After going through the border and customs checks, we got back on the minibus. At the last checkpoint out of the Russian border, a beautiful Russian border control female soldier got on the minibus, and after checking the number of people and passports, the beautiful female soldier got out of the car and waved her hand to let the minibus go. The minibus left Russia and slowly entered the buffer zone, commonly known as the three-way zone, which is an ungoverned zone between the border between China and Russia. Seeing the five-star red flag fluttering above the Chinese border control port in front of me, I was very excited, although I had been in Russia for less than a month, I felt as if I had been away from home for a long time. After getting on the minibus, Chao Ge told us that our current port is a motor port, and the locals call it Eighteen Li, and all the goods transported to Russia by road are declared and inspected from here. I saw a lot of Russian KAMAZ trucks queuing up to leave the country on one side of the port, and some Russian tour buses and some small cars waiting to leave the country on the other side, and the tour buses were half full of people and half cargo. Chao Ge said that those Russian tourist buses are all Russian masters who come to buy goods, and those KAMAZ trucks are delivered from Russia, and then pull the goods back, and we can find these trucks to pull onions across the border in the future. I asked, why didn't I see China's tourist buses? Chao Ge said that China's tourist buses usually leave the country in the morning, and at this time, only the Russian ones who have purchased goods leave the country. After the border guards got on the bus and checked their passports and the number of people, the minibus left the eighteen-mile port. The minibus had not gone far when I saw a lot of motorcyclists on the side of the road, and when I saw the KAMAZ trucks coming out of the port, several motorcycles chased after them. I asked Brother Chao, what are they doing? Brother Chao shook his head and said, God knows what they are doing, they have been to Manchuria for a few days before, but they really haven't noticed this. I said to myself, "Are these people going to rob Russian trucks?" A Manchurian local, who was on the minibus, laughed and said, "Those who drive motorcycles are scrap copper." I was a little puzzled, so I asked, are these KAMAZ cars loaded with scrap copper? It seems that Russia has control over the export of non-ferrous metals, and the export should require a license. Brother Chao was also very curious, and asked the locals in Manchuria what was going on? The locals in Manchuria explained that scrap metal is not worth much in Russia, but it is very valuable when it is taken to China, and these Kamath truck drivers who run in Manchuria will carry dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of scrap copper in their cars every time they come to Manchuria, and after they are sold in Manchuria, they will buy some Chinese goods to take back. Brother Chao asked: Don't the Russian and Chinese customs care? The locals in Manchuria said that these drivers have a lot of methods, in the spare tire, in the baffle, and under the seat, and they can always find ways to smuggle them into pieces, and these motorcyclists are the ones who collect scrap copper from these KAMAZ truck drivers. The locals in Manchuria went on to say that not only these scrap copper, but also these Russian truck drivers will fill up the fuel tank before leaving Russia, and after arriving in Manzhouli, they will sell the oil in the tank, leaving only the oil that can drive back to Zabaikal, and the spare tire on the car will also be sold, anyway, everything that can be sold will be sold, and these things are much cheaper in Russia than in China.

I said that both diesel and gasoline are much cheaper in Russia than in China, but I don't understand, do people want KAMAZ tires? Chaoge said that China has imported a lot of KAMAZ cars from Russia in recent years, and there must be a great demand for tires and accessories. I thought to myself, I used to think that it was just China and Russia dumping Chinese goods, but it seems that this border trade is really diverse, and these drivers can be regarded as international masters who make a fortune by smuggling. The minibus first arrived at the gate of the bustling and very lively Wudao Street North Market, and after everyone else on the bus went down, the driver took us to the train station at our request. When I took the international train out of Manzhouli, I passed through the Manzhouli railway station, a very small railway station, only a very old Soviet-style two-story building, and the train station was surrounded by some wooden houses, which were very similar to the wooden houses I saw in Ulan-Ude, and I think these houses should be inhabited by Mongolians. I saw that the plaques on the street were written in both Chinese and Mongolian characters. After buying train tickets to Harbin that night, Wang and Dayong, who accompanied them like arrows, ate a bowl of noodles per person at the small restaurant next to the train station. Seeing that it was still early, Brother Chao took us to the CITS Hotel to open a room. The four of us took turns taking a hot shower in the room, and Brother Chao reported the situation to the boss on the phone in the room, and then called Xiao Wang, who said on the phone that the greeting card calendar and zodiac toys had been ready. Brother Chao asked me to go down to the lobby and ask where I can send bulk cargo to transit to Zabaikal in Manchuria? I went down to the lobby and saw the business center of CIT, so I went in and inquired, and a beautiful girl inside told me that there were several delivery companies next to the northern market. I went back to the room and talked to Brother Chao, who called Xiao Wang and asked Xiao Wang not to get off work first, and to wait for his call in the company. After putting down the phone, Brother Chao said:

"When I was in Manchuria last year, I didn't know about this kind of dumping and bulk cargo. ”

I smiled and said:

"Brother Chao is just thinking about big business, where would he think of learning about the dumping of bags. ”

Brother Chao looked at his watch and said:

"Let's go, let's go to the northern market now to learn about the situation of bulk cargo, and also ask about the delivery of vegetables and fruits by the way, and then we will go to dinner, and after eating, we will send Brother Wang and Dayong to the train station. ”

On the way to the northern market, Brother Chao said that Manchuria is a very small border town, and before the Soviet Union disintegrated and the port was opened, there were only two or three thousand people here, and at that time it was mainly some institutions at the port and the staff on the railway.

At that time, when you came to Manzhouli, you still needed to go to the Public Security Bureau to apply for a border permit. After Russia's ports were opened to China, many outsiders came in Manchuria. Manchuria is divided into railway south and railway north, railway south is the suburbs and freight yards, railway north is the urban area, there are only five streets in the urban area, the street is directly called 12345 streets from the railway station, the local people use a smooth mouth to describe the small in Manzhouli: a city five streets, a watchtower pipe two ends, a park a monkey, a handful of melon seeds to the end. Brother Chao said that in the days he spent in Manchuria last year, for this smooth passage, he really went to the only Beihu Park in Manzhouli, and there was only one monkey mountain in the park, but it was not a monkey but a family of three, an old monkey, a female monkey and a small monkey. I really didn't see traffic booths or traffic lights on the road. In addition to some small inns and restaurants on the side of the road, there are small shops selling all kinds of goods, and the plaques of the shops are written with various names written in Russian, which looks very interesting, Sasha shop, Natasha shop, Dania shop, Marina shop, all the Russian names I know are used here, I wonder what Russians will think when they see a store named after themselves? Looking at the Russians walking by with large bags from time to time and the cars with Russian license plates driving on the street from time to time, I suddenly felt as if I had not returned to China yet. In less than ten minutes, we walked to the northern market. The entrance to the northern market is very lively, there are Russians with large bags on their backs, there are also tricycles with legs, and scalpers exchanging dollars and rubles. Brother Chao said that many of the operators in the northern market are border masters who run tour groups, and there are many Wenzhou people who sell leather jackets and tourist shoes, and Russian tour groups carrying Russian goods are also allowed to set up stalls here to sell and exchange goods every morning. I remembered that Xie San, the border leader of the international columns, had been to the northern market. After asking the scalpers about the exchange rate, I easily exchanged the 1,000 US dollars I was carrying into RMB, and prepared to go to the post office the next day to remit the money home. After exchanging money, under the guidance of scalpers, we found a relatively large packing station on the edge of the market. The locals call the shipping company the packing station, because when the international masters ship to Russia, they have to beat the goods into compressed packages, and the delivery company has special people to make compressed packages, so there is the name of the packaging station. The owner of the packing station told us that the delivery is calculated according to the cubic or kilogram, and it can be sent directly to the designated city. If we want to check it in by ourselves on the Zabaikal side, then he will arrange for us to bring it to Zabaikal in the form of a handbag. Russian customs stipulate that Russians can carry 50 kilograms of duty-free goods with them, so that many local Russians in Post-Baikal have applied for a multi-year round-trip visa, specifically to help China carry bags, so it is derived to carry bags this similar to smuggling. After thinking about it for a while, Chao Ge decided to ship directly to Novosibirsk through the guò packing station. Brother Chao called back to the company with the phone number of the packing station, asking Xiao Wang to immediately contact the empty car to distribute the goods to Manzhouli, and send a batch of greeting cards, calendars and zodiac toys as soon as possible.

The owner of the packing station then told us that if we send vegetables and fruits to Russia by car, we need to go through the inspection and quarantine procedures in Manchuria, and he can help contact the Russian truck, because the Russian customs and border inspection are very **, so it is best for us to have someone with the car in the border inspection of the Zabaikal customs all the way, and he can help find some relationships, anyway, you can get it if you have money. I asked for his phone number and address, and I was going to ask my family to send me the goods in the future. After a hearty dinner, we burped Wang and Dayong on the train, and I thought maybe we would meet again in Ulan-Ude.

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