Chapter 5: The Descendants of Genghis Khan

A few of us were chatting in our box drinking tea and chatting, suddenly I heard a knock on the door, thinking that Lena came to look for a fat man, I went over to open the door and saw two Asian men in their thirties standing in the corridor, the reason why they are called Asians here is because they are not like Chinese but not like North Koreans, "Who are you looking for?" I asked in Chinese, and one of them politely said something in Russian: "Hello! I also politely replied in Russian: "Hello! However, some of the second monks were confused, and then Lao Chen said a Russian sentence behind me: "Hello! Is it for the goods? The Asian who had greeted me quickly said, "Yes, yes." Seeing that I was still stunned, the Asian reached over and said in stiff Chinese, "Hello! My name is Bayil and I am Buryats. "I almost laughed, this name is easy to remember, August 1st Army Day," my name is Peng, Chinese. I shook hands with him, although the robbery happened at night, I was still very defensive of the Russians, but when I saw that they were Asians, there was no tension, and Bayil laughed twice and said: "I know you are Chinese, do you have any goods?" I want to buy some. Lao Chen asked them to enter the box and take out the gloves to show them, Bayil looked at the gloves inside and out and tried them on, and then asked Lao Chen: "Very good gloves, how much is the wholesale?" Lao Chen replied: "60,000 rubles." Bayil said: "It's too expensive, I want more, how much is the minimum?" Lao Chen asked, "How many pairs do you want?" Bayil replied: "1000 pairs." Lao Chen: "The minimum is 55,000 rubles." Bayil looked at his companion, and then said to Lao Chen, "We're going to go out and study it." After saying that, the two of them walked out of the box.

"They are Buryats, and they should have been on the car in Ulan-Ude at four o'clock in the morning, specifically to receive goods on international trains." Lao Chen told us based on his own experience of running international trains, and I recalled: "In the middle of the night, not long after the robbers left, they stopped at a big station for more than 20 minutes, and I didn't fall asleep at that time, and that station should be Ulan-Ude. "Ulan-Ude Buryatia, so familiar name, I remembered at once, when I was working, in order to better understand Russia, I specially borrowed a book in the city library to introduce Russian history and national conditions, including an introduction to Buryatia, the Republic of Buryatia, is a member of the Russian Federation, located in the Russian Far East and borders Inner Mongolia, the capital of Ulan-Ude, with a population of more than 500,000 people, one of the medium-sized industrial cities in the Russian Far East. The entire Republic of Buryatia is covered by primeval forests, the amount of timber reserves ranks first in Russia, the world's most famous and deepest freshwater lake Lake Berga is located in the Republic of Buryatia, the territory is mainly inhabited by Buryats, the Buryats are a branch of the Mongolian ethnic group, their living habits are roughly the same as the Mongols, mainly nomadic herding. The Buryats were originally descendants of Genghis Khan, during the Yuan Dynasty with Genghis Khan's expedition to settle in Lake Baikal north of Mongolia for a generation, the Tsar's army in the Ming and Qing dynasties went eastward, after decades of war occupied this area, part of the Buryats fled to China, was incorporated by the Qing government as one of the Eight Banners, and a part of the Buryats finally submitted to the rule of the Tsar, after nearly four hundred years of Russian Tsar plus the unified governance of the Soviet Union, although the distribution of the Riats still retained their own living customs and religious beliefs, But he eventually lost his own language. "Will they be unruly in their business?" Xiao Liu was a little worried about the robbery incident in the middle of the night, and Lao Chen said: "They believe in Tibetan Buddhism, are kind to others, and generally do not steal and kill." "Yes, yes, they all believe in Buddhism, and I read about them in the book." I added.

Bayil knocked on the door twice politely and walked in, he said to Lao Chen: "I just studied it with my partner, the price of 55,000 rubles is still a bit high, can it be 50,000 rubles?" Lao Chen and the fat brother looked at each other, and the fat brother first stretched out five fingers and then three fingers: "53,000 rubles is the lowest." Bayil and his partner glanced at each other, then stretched out five fingers, then two fingers: "52,000 rubbs (here the meaning of the deal), we pay dollars." The fat brother stretched out his hand and patted Bair's hand and shook it together, saying, "Hala Shao (good) Dawaiyi (deal)." "Lao Chen and Fat Brother took out a few woven bags under the bed and put them on my bed with Fat Brother, opened a bag by bag to Bayir and they counted the inspection, Xiao Liu and I wanted to help but couldn't intervene, ordered a bag and carried the bag to the corridor, ordered the goods on the lower bunk and then ordered the goods on the upper bunk, and soon the goods were checked well, Bayer took out a stack of 100 dollars from his body, calculated with a calculator, and handed over the dollars to Lao Chen, who also carefully checked the authenticity.

Zhejiang people have been standing outside the door to watch the transaction during this period, and when they saw that they were busy here, they immediately brought over a set of Adidas to Bayil to see, and Bayil's eyes lit up after seeing it, and he couldn't wait to ask: "How much is a wholesale?" Xiao Liu translated to the people of Zhejiang, and the people of Zhejiang said to Xiao Liu: "Sue them for 25 US dollars." Xiao Liu translated to Bayil, who walked aside with his companion and muttered for a while before coming over and saying, "We want 300 sets of sportswear, can it cost $20?" Xiao Liu translated to Zhejiang, "300 sets of minimum 23 US dollars." Xiao Liu translated to Bayil again, Bayil and his partner looked at each other, nodded to each other, and then Bayil made an OK gesture, and then the same procedure, point inspection and money.

Bail and his companions were very happy to receive the goods, and Bayil took out a bottle of vodka and a pack of sausages from his backpack, flicked his chin with his index finger (in Russia means drinking) and said, "Let's celebrate the deal." The fat brother waved his hand to Bayil and said, "I have Chinese vodka here." As he spoke, he took out a bottle of two pot heads, and Bayil and his companions gave a thumbs up excitedly when they saw it: "There is less Chinese vodka and Hara." The Zhejiang people brought another bag of beef jerky, because they put all the goods in the corridor, the box was no longer crowded, and it suddenly became spacious and comfortable, and the fat brother also called Lena over to drink and celebrate together.

After drinking for a while, Bayil looked at his watch and said to us: "It's almost time to reach Lake Baikal, you must enjoy the beauty of Lake Baikal, there is a small station on Lake Baikal that stops for a few minutes, and when the time comes, we will get off the bus, and after a while you will trouble you to help us carry the goods to the door of the car." "Don't worry, we'll help you get the goods out of the car, we're all good friends, don't worry, let's get rid of this glass of wine." The fat brother raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Bayil, who drank the wine in the toast and folded his hands in front of us: "Thank you, the wine can no longer be drunk, when we get to Lake Baikal, we have to find a car to pull the goods back to Ulan-Ude, and when we arrive at the station, I invite everyone to eat the unique fresh food smoked fish on Lake Baikal, and then go to Ulan-Ud to find me, I will help if I can help, this is my address and phone number." After speaking, he wrote down his address and phone number on a piece of paper and handed it to Lao Chen.