Chapter 714: Rebellion in Burma
A lot of people don't know much about Myanmar and therefore don't know how terrible this place is.
You know, in this area, even if you are doing business, you must have a relatively hard background relationship, and not only that, but you also have to pay money to eliminate disasters on the basis of this relationship.
Of course, this is all good, if you don't have a relationship but go deep into this place, then the chance of being kidnapped is as high as more than 99%, once you are tied to the meat ticket, you meet the relatively more enlightened person, maybe you will be released after receiving the money. But if you meet that kind of cruel and ruthless guy, even if you give money, you will still be killed, and then you can only be accompanied by lonely ghosts here.
After listening to Yang Yaoshan's explanation, Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, seeing that Yang Yaoshan had a hard time talking, and he might bite his tongue if he wasn't careful, after all, this broken road was really bumpy.
He was also afraid of biting his tongue, I remember seeing a report before, a girl was eating in the car, but the car braked suddenly, and her tongue was bitten off, it was terrible to think about, he didn't want such a thing to happen here.
Zhang Tianyuan also wrapped himself tightly with a seat belt, so that even if the car shook badly, he would not be thrown into the carriage.
When people are stable, they also have time to observe the situation around them.
He just thought that this SUV was of good quality, driving on a slightly flatter road, it felt very comfortable, and it felt quite comfortable to sit on the seat, and it was estimated that the price of this car might be about another million, of course, rmb. It's not a Myanmar currency.
But the car has undergone some obvious modifications, what exactly is the price. It's not clear, some cars may be much more expensive than the price of their own car.
There are many places where this car has been modified. Even a layman like Zhang Tianyuan can see this.
First of all, the body of this car is reinforced, with a strong bulletproof function, and even if it is a rocket, it may not be able to break the car, at most it will be overturned.
If you want to break this car, you will probably have to use anti-tank shells. In addition, the window glass is also very special, Zhang Tianyuan took a look at it with a word appreciation trick, and it was really bulletproof glass. It is very different from ordinary glass.
And bulletproof glass is also good and bad, this bulletproof glass should belong to a relatively high grade, and the effect is much stronger.
In addition to modification, there are some special signs on the car, in addition to the signs that the vehicle must have, there are also some special passes, Zhang Tianyuan doesn't know what is written on it, but it can be noticed that every checkpoint. After some soldiers saw that sign, they automatically let them go, and they didn't even talk nonsense, it is estimated that it should be a sign that can make these soldiers jealous.
Zhang Tianyuan was glad that he came with Yang Yaoshan. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy, and he saw a cart pulling wood stopped. Then the people in the car came down and discussed with these soldiers for a long time, and only after paying the money did they let Tong Guò go.
"Hmph. If I changed, I just broke in. "This is the kind of thing that Snake Lin is most unaccustomed to, plus the people of Nala Timber are obviously Chinese. It's likely that he is still a Chinese, so he is a little angry.
"But don't! or ......."
Before Yang Yaoshan finished speaking, he suddenly heard a gunshot, which startled them, only to find that another car had passed, but the car did not pay the money, but directly smashed the wooden car stopper, and then rushed forward, but those who were soldiers shot and directly burst the tires of the car.
"Yes, that's what I want to say, if you break hard, the tires will definitely burst, and you will either die in an accident, or you will be dragged off the car and beaten, and you will have to pay in the end. Yang Yaoshan sighed and said, he has seen too many such things, a Chinese friend of his is in the timber business near here, and he often encounters such things, but it is generally fine to pay the money.
As he was talking, the people in the car had already been dragged down, and then they really had to be beaten up like Yang Yaoshan said, and then paid to let him leave.
"Alas, I've heard for a long time that Myanmar is very chaotic, but I didn't expect it to be so chaotic, it's just a roadblock robbery in broad daylight. When Zhang Tianyuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh and said.
"You're right, it's robbery, so very few people want to come to this kind of place. Yang Yaoshan's heart was like a mirror, but these things were not something he could change, so he could only act according to the rules.
On the road from Myitkyina to Hpakant, there is basically a checkpoint every twenty or thirty kilometers, although it is only a vehicle stop made of a few logs, but it is very practical.
Because of the kind of sign attached to the front of the car, every time Yang Yaoshan's car arrived at such a checkpoint, it did not need to stop, or stopped slightly, and those soldiers would generally let it go as long as they saw the sign.
Of course, there are also those who are not afraid, and they directly ask for money, but after Yang Yaoshan took out a document from his pocket and showed it to the man, he kept silent about the money.
However, Yang Yaoshan still paid some money, saying that he wanted to buy cigarettes to smoke, after all, the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult, Yang Yaoshan often has to take this road, if you really offend these people, no matter how powerful you are and how high your status is, it is definitely possible that something will happen.
If you keep these people up, it's much safer.
Of course, the soldier also pretended to shirk it, and then handed over the money, they spoke Burmese, and Zhang Tianyuan didn't understand what it was, anyway, looking at the meaning of the soldier, he was very happy, and that's it.
After about two hours of continuous bumps, the convoy of Zhang Tianyuan and others arrived at a place called Meng Gong, which also translates as "Mogang".
It belongs to the towns of Kachin State in northern Myanmar. It is located 50 kilometers southwest of Myitkyina, on the right bank of the Mon Gong River (a tributary of the Irrawaddy River), through which the Myitkyina-Mandalay Railway passes, and there is a highway northwest to India. There are red jade and amber mines nearby, making it the largest jade city in the country.
This town has also left a history of blood and tears of many Chinese. The Chinese Expeditionary Force of that year launched the Battle of Menggong River here.
Over here. The expeditionary force commanded by Sun Liren occupied Bujieban Mountain in just one day. A total of more than 12,000 Japanese soldiers were annihilated and killed, and General Sun Liren fought a battle, which was also famous.
Another interesting thing is that in World War II, the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Merrill Commando of the Northern Theater Command fought a long battle against a part of the Japanese 33rd Army under Lieutenant General Honda Masasai, and finally Myitkyina was conquered by the Allied forces led by General Stilwell, that is, Myitkyina was victorious.
Myitkyina belonged to China before 1956, and when the national borders were demarcated in 1956, Premier Zhou took into account the production needs of the people of the whole country. Reached a consensus with the Burmese government to divide Myitkyina, which is rich in jade, to Myanmar and exchange it for a large rubber forest in Xishuangbanna.
At the same time, it was agreed that jade from Myitkyina could only be sold in Yunnan-Guizhou.
Zhang Tianyuan is not good at commenting on this matter, whether it is right or wrong, after all, he is not an expert in history, there is still a difference between archaeology and history, and the difference is not small.
Zhang Tianyuan who arrived in Meng Gong. I just got out of the car and rested for a while, ate something, looked at things and thought about people, and thought of two great people. One is Sun Liren and the other is Premier Zhou, and they didn't stay too long. They continued to get on the bus and move forward, and their final destination was Hpakant. Besides, it was getting dark. The road is very difficult to walk, so you should get to Hpakant before it gets completely dark, otherwise it is easy to get into trouble on the road.
In this section of the Menggong road, at least there is a highway, but after Menggong, there is not even a highway, all of them are all kinds of complicated road sections, fortunately, the drivers of the four cars have been soldiers, driving chariots, so they are very clear about such road conditions, nothing happened, but along the way, the driving is still very difficult.
Listen to Yang Yaoshan said, now mining, the use of mechanized collection, and in the past, before the machinery, all the jadeite is transported from the mountains by the power of manpower and animals, there are elephants here, there are more transported, and Xinjiang can only rely on horses and mules.
"I heard that the Burmese government has moved new rules to prevent large-scale mining from continuing to be used, saying that it is to protect mineral deposits, is there such a thing?" Zhang Tianyuan asked Yang Yaoshan.
Yang Yaoshan looked at the front nervously, didn't dare to look back, and replied: "There is such a rule, but there are policies, there are countermeasures, people here, few will listen to the government, both sides have been fighting for so many years, no one obeys anyone, no one can destroy anyone, if there is no external force to interfere, I believe that Myanmar has always been like this, after all, it is used to mining, and then let go back to that primitive mining method, many people will definitely not be able to stand it."
On both sides of this overgrown road, there are tall trees that can't be seen from the treetops, these trees are distributed on the mountains, looking a little gloomy, Zhang Tianyuan heard that there are all kinds of dangerous creatures hidden here, and every evening and early morning, there will be miasma, many people who strayed into the forest, rarely survived.
So at this time, the door of the car has been closed, although it is not yet evening, but for the insurance period, if a car of people are poisoned by the miasma, it will be really troublesome.
Zhang Tianyuan used to like to read that kind of adventure novels, especially the popular "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Notes on Tomb Robbery", so when he saw the gloomy jungle and thought of the plot in the novel, he couldn't help but swallow his spit, which was really a little creepy.
But such a thing, to make him can't help but get excited, adventure, if there is no danger, then how can it be talked about adventure, it can only be said to be tourism.
The dense jungle is difficult to penetrate even when the sun is at its strongest, and it is even more difficult at this time, and the combination of the dark mountains and the jungle sometimes gives the illusion of a giant monster lurking there.
The huge monster was staring at the people in the car, as if it was going to swallow them along with the car.
"Brother Yang, I've always wanted to hunt, but you also know that our environment in China is generally not allowed to hunt, I heard that there are a lot of wild animals in Myanmar, and there are also a lot of jungles, if you have the opportunity, give me some advice, I will also try this aristocratic life......"
Although Zhang Tianyuan doesn't like to watch horror movies, he has a strong desire to explore unknown things.......