Erdan looked out the car window and couldn't help but open his mouth wide. The Shwedagon Pagoda www.biquge.info more than 100 meters high. Standing in front of them, majestic and magnificent, everywhere is filled with a golden and magnificent aura, giving people a sense of splendor and magnificence, and shaking everyone's nerves.

The taxi stopped. The hotel that Erdanding booked is near the Shwedagon Pagoda. After getting out of the car, Hou Xiaolong paid the fare, but the black and thin driver did not leave immediately, but also got out of the car and walked to the Shwedagon Pagoda, clasped his hands respectfully, and made a big salute. began to silently recite Buddhist scriptures, and after a long time, he bowed, returned to the car and drove away.

Myanmar and Thailand are both countries where Buddhism is prevalent, and the people's reverence for Buddhism has been deeply rooted in the bones and throughout all aspects of life.

The two of them checked into the Cotai Hotel, cleaned up a little, got out of the hotel, and went straight to the largest gambling stone field nearby.

If you come to Myanmar and don't go to the gambling stone market to find out, you won't be considered to have been to Myanmar. Moreover, the most important thing is that Erdan already knew from Zhang Dandan that her father Zhang Zunian had been in Myanmar for more than half a year, but he had not been able to make any progress, and until now, he has been mixed in the gambling stone market.

Before reaching the market, the surrounding area of the road was already full of small stalls. However, Erdan took a look, the stalls here are mostly carved by some figures or Buddha statues, all of which are handicrafts, but all kinds of jade objects and rough stones are rare.

Erdan took a look at these small handicrafts, and most of the materials should be ivory or wood.

"Boss, two bosses, let's take a look, authentic ivory carvings, as well as bamboo and tree root carvings." Several stall owners shouted in pure and skillful Mandarin, so that Erdan instantly had the feeling of being in the domestic antique market.

The two walked to a stall, and the stall owner was a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties. "This big brother, listening to the accent, is Chinese."

"It must be dropped, pure Chinese compatriots, from my grandfather's generation came here, but the local accent has not changed and the sideburns have been urged." This eldest brother is very bold, and his accent is still the same as that of the Northeast.

Hey, the fellow saw the fellow, and the tears were in his eyes. Hou Xiaolong picked up a rusty saber on the stall and looked at it.

"Absolute Japanese generals command swords, trophies captured by my grandfather himself." The stall owner said.

"Your grandfather, it's the Burma Expeditionary Force." Hou Xiaolong said.

Erdan's heart moved, the Burma Expeditionary Force, he knew, and he watched a TV series some time ago.

"Yes," said the stall owner with a solemn expression, "Look at the two brothers, they both know that history." ”

There are many Chinese in Myanmar, except for the new generation who later went to invest and set up factories and want to start a business, most of the Chinese elders who stayed in Myanmar to live were the remnants of the China-Burma Expeditionary Force.

Back then, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to ensure the main transportation routes between China and Myanmar, China successively dispatched several expeditionary forces, with a total strength of more than 100,000 troops, which effectively ensured the supply safety of the China-Myanmar lifeline and made indelible contributions to the victory of the anti-fascist war in the world.

However, later, due to the failure of the Allied command, coupled with the internal struggle of the Kuomintang, the first Chinese expeditionary force sent to Burma ended in failure. The Chinese army, which was in a foreign land, suffered heavy losses, and the total number of captured, sacrificed, starved to death, and missing in the rout reached 70,000.

The remaining officers and soldiers had no way back, and finally stayed in Myanmar to live. And this period of the history of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was not known again until the nineties of the last century. Media and television, reports and related film and television works were all the rage at the time. Many veterans have also returned to their hometowns to find their roots.

These are the last of these soldiers to die well. There is also a large part of the domestic and foreign difficulties, and finally retreated to the Golden Triangle area on the border of China and Myanmar and China and Thailand, and became a tiger and became a hegemon in the Golden Triangle region. The reason why the Golden Triangle region has become a world drug production base that is difficult to eliminate, in addition to the local indigenous tribes, is because of the existence of these super-effective remnant troops.

Of course, the Burmese government did not want to recognize this force, and launched several wars. Although the officers and men of this national army have been repeatedly defeated in previous battles, their combat effectiveness is still more than enough to deal with the Burmese government army.

Later, in the sixties of the last century, the remnants of the Kuomintang fought with the Burmese Communist Party again. Due to the loss of supply support from the Kuomintang in Taiwan, these sub-Kuomintang forces suffered heavy casualties, and the number of people became smaller and smaller, and more than a dozen separatist forces, large and small, were formed in the Yunnan, Thailand, and Burma regions.

A large part of the Chinese who remained in Myanmar are the descendants of this group of sub-national forces. However, as they get older, these people gradually wither, leaving only the generation of children who have inherited the culture of the mainland.

Looking at the appearance and temperament of the second egg, the stall owner knew that this person was not an ordinary customer.

Erdan's favor is obviously different from Hou Xiaolong, who turned into a special forces.

"How much does this carving cost?" Erdan picked up a small ivory Buddha statue and said. This ivory sculpture is oily and white, moist and delicate to the touch, and should be called the best grade.

Erdan actually doesn't know anything high-quality, what really attracts him is the faint purple aura on this ivory sculpture.

If there is aura, it proves that this thing is an old piece, a genuine product, and a good thing.

Erdan looks good, and the international trade in ivory has long been banned. Nowadays, the real ivory carvings are old objects that have been around for many years.

There are really a lot of gadgets in this guy's stall, but what Erdan really values is this small Buddha statue carved from ivory. When he met his old friend in a foreign country, he didn't hesitate, and he picked several other things.

"A total of 2,300 yuan, RMB." The stall owner said cheerfully. Now the renminbi is strong and welcome.

It's drizzling. In particular, this small ivory piece is also included. However, Erdan glanced around, but his heart moved, and he pointed to the stalls next to him and said, "I said this big brother, why don't you sell some jade or something." When I arrived in Myanmar, there was no jadeite for sale, which was really awkward. ”

Hey, the stall man smiled and whispered: "If you want to buy real jadeite, brother, you should go to a regular store and don't buy these fake and shoddy products." ”

Hey, what is that? Why are they all fake, Erdan is very puzzled.

You may be here for the first time, and you don't know it yet. The stall owner's eldest brother said enthusiastically, and then Balabala spoke.