Mai Zayang is an area controlled by the Kachin armed forces in Myanmar, which was originally slash-and-burn, barren and depressed, and once cultivated and sold opium. Subsequently, under international pressure, the Kachin Organization announced a ban on opium poppy cultivation and drug trafficking. Having lost its opium, Kachin's income has plummeted, and they are eager to find another source of money to ensure that they can renew their equipment and survive the armed separatist war.

A man named Li Yangmo contributed to the Kachin organization and helped Mai Zayang design a set of blueprints for the gambling industry to promote the comprehensive development of the tourism economy. The Kachin group began to legalize the gambling industry and signed an agreement with Li Yangmo to establish an economic development committee to develop the gaming, tourism, and timber processing industries in Mai Zayang.

As a result, Mai Zayang once became the preferred place for gambling for mainland civil servants and ordinary gamblers. Due to the influx of a large number of domestic gamblers, pharmacies, clinics, telephone booths, shoe stalls, fruit stalls, and barbecue stalls have gradually appeared in Maizayang, and life has become more and more convenient. The population of Mai Zayang has increased dramatically from thousands to nearly 50,000, with many shops, bright lights, and bustling day and night.

However, the extremes of things must be reversed, and the country decided to ban gambling in the Maizayang area.

On February 5, Dehong Prefecture held a working conference on the prohibition of gambling, coordinating the Dehong Border Detachment of the Armed Police, the Longchuan Police, and the border troops to intensify border inspections, block the convenient roads for illegal immigrants to participate in gambling, and suspend exit procedures. At the same time, the departments of communications, electricity, water supply and other departments coordinated the implementation of "three breaks and one stop" on Maizayang to cut off the basic conditions for the survival of all casinos.

On Feb. 6, 70 casino workers in Maizayang were repatriated.

In the early morning of February 7, more than 6,000 people returned to the country, and Maizayang became an empty city.

But Maizayan has become the economic and cultural center of the Kachin-controlled region. Some analysts believe that in order to appease the anger of the people of Huaxia and respect the face of Huaxia, the Kachin organization had no choice but to abandon Maizhayang. But the Kachin forces are reluctant to give up gambling until they have other safeguards.

Three years later, a group of young Chinese tourists came here. Maizayang's main street is a 14-metre-wide cement road. Most of the one- and two-story concrete houses on both sides of the road are deserted, closed, only one hotel is open, cell phone signals have been reopened, but only a few shops are holding on, looking forward to returning to the glitz and gloom of the past.

"Brother Biao, it turns out that this place is very prosperous." The local tour guide, Xiao Ma, said proudly.

At the peak of Maizayang, you could see Mercedes-Benz, BMWs and big domestic bosses who came to gamble on the street a few steps away, and gamblers came and went. Bring a lot of money to Maizayang.

Even within a year or two of the crackdown, there were still a few gambling halls here. At that time, most of the few gamblers in the gambling hall wore headphones and bet on the phone. These customers are gambling online, and due to the scarcity of gamblers, all casinos have introduced this remote-controlled gambling program. Gamblers can observe the situation in the casino through video, and the people who place bets are casino employees and big bosses.

Some loan sharks began to develop informants in the country, luring people to gambling in casinos to extract commissions. So another emerging "industry". The "water release company" has developed rapidly in Maizayang. Despite the depression of the casinos, the informants scattered by the water release company to the country have brought a lot of income to some "companies". The so-called "informant" is the "outreach" of the company's development in various parts of the country. That is, the person who pulls people to the casino to gamble. After the gamblers are pulled, the casino will withdraw a commission from the company according to the gambler's gambling money, usually about 2%.

However, since the domestic measures such as cutting off financial services, communication services, electricity supply, and stopping the issuance of one-day travel permits at the border, Maizayang has been completely abolished. Lost the soil and space for survival.

"Which army is in charge of the military force here now?" Xiao Xie asked.

"It's the 46th Kachin Battalion, and the Burmese Army also calls him the 46th Frontier Battalion." The pony replied.

"Got in touch?"

"You're making a big deal, and they said they'll meet you at noon at the Maizayang Hotel."

Midday. Mai Zayang is the only hotel that is open.

"I want to buy this place in Mount Mary, or rent this place, and you've read the plan. Arms and your much-needed food in exchange for your useless land. Ah Biao's tone was a little condescending.

"Ninety-seven kilometers of Mount Maili and the surrounding area are under internal self-administration for a period of 150 years, do you really think that we will sign such a contract? You're not buying land, you're trying to turn it into a concession. A dark and thin lieutenant colonel said, he was the battalion commander of the 46th Battalion, Wu Jilin.

The most important feature of the concession is its internal self-management, and it is not led and supervised by personnel sent by the leasing country, and the host country has lost its administrative, legislative, judicial, police, and military powers, so the concession has become a "state within a state" of the host country.

"After the Kokang region was recaptured by the Burmese army last August, the Burmese army was ready to go to war against your second special region. At the beginning of this year, the Burmese military reached an agreement to purchase 60 K-8 trainer/light attack aircraft jointly produced by China and Pakistan. The K-8s, which were likely to be used for ground air strikes, were equipped with 23 mm cannons, PL-7 missile pylons, and two 57.7 mm rocket launchers (each containing 12 rockets), as well as 50-250 kg bombs. In December, the Tatmadaw purchased an additional 50 Mi-24 attack helicopters and 12 Mi-2 transport helicopters from Russia. Now, eight Mi-24s have appeared at the air base in Myitkyina, where the Northern Command of the government forces is located. Xiao Xie is very close to these foreigners who speak Mandarin and look like himself, but it does not prevent him from suppressing the confidence of the other party, "This year, there is a problem with your American aid, and the arms and various supplies that should have arrived at the beginning of the year have been delayed, if the Burmese army attacks you at this time, on the one hand, the government army that has been strengthened by new weapons, and on the other hand, the coalition army that is unprepared and lacks medical treatment and ammunition. If you get our weapons aid, everything will change, all you have to do is rent out the house that no one lives in, it's as simple as that. ”

"The area of Maili Mountain plus your request is 97 square kilometers, with 1 administrative district, 6 natural villages, 347 households, and a population of 1,773 people. Maizayang has become the economic and cultural center of our Kachin-controlled area, and Maili Mountain is very close to it and has great development prospects. The cash or arms equivalent you pay in a lump sum is $50 million, which is also disproportionate. Guo Kaidong, deputy commander of the 46th Battalion, said. In addition, you have also called for the implementation of internal self-government, which is not acceptable to the people even when it is publicized, and it is very unfavorable to our Kachin side. ”

Ah Biao said very easily, "Your headquarters is not here in Laus, Maizayang was okay a few years ago, Maili Mountain is a barren mountain, and there are no mines to mine, we publicize tourism development and construction to the outside world, you can give us the right to security, your chairman and commander are not such indecisive people." Take our kindness back, and we are here for your good news. ”

Three days later, Ah Biao and Xiao Xie signed a secret agreement with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to exchange $70 million in arms for 97 square kilometers of land in the Maili Mountains area, which will be administered internally for 99 years.

Ah Biao and Xiao Xie stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at the tree-lined Maili Mountain

Before this military operation, Lei Dongdong, Ah Biao and Xiao Xie had repeatedly studied that this was a bold military adventure, even a gamble. The thunderbolt before the departure proposed three possibilities for this operation: first, the team could not stand after reaching Maili Mountain; Second, the team could not stand on a steady footing after reaching Maili Mountain; Third, the team is rooted in Maili Mountain. He went on to propose that we should resolutely avoid the first and second outcomes and strive to achieve the third. Because the result of the first is that the team is wiped out; The second result is to fight guerrillas there like guerrillas. and then a complete collapse of the army after a certain operation; To achieve the third result, you need to build a strong defensive line, Myli Mountain does not need a defense in depth, what you have to do is to rebuild the fortress-like three-dimensional fortifications built by the Japanese during World War II as quickly as possible, and we Wyverns need to train our team in Burma. Buying Myliss is easy. But how to gain a foothold in Mount Mary depends on your strategy.

A week later, all 6 natural villages, 347 households, and 1,773 people in the jurisdiction were notified. A month later, they all descended the mountain and moved to a village about 40 kilometers below the Maili Mountains, near Maizayang.

The small natural village originally called Zhatanpu is now renamed Yinglong City. The entire Yinglong City is under vigorous construction. The original inhabitants will be provided with housing free of charge in proportion to the population, and of course their land and houses on the hill will go to the municipal administration, which will pay the residents compensation in proportion. Cash in compensation for housing was not the main factor in the displacement of the indigenous people, and one of the decisive news for them to relocate their families after the long journey was that Yinglong City would recruit a large number of workers among them, and if the family did not cooperate, they would lose their government jobs with a salary of 1,000 yuan a month. The scope of recruitment is wide, and there are basically no restrictions on age and gender, but don't complain if you're late.

"Xiao Xie, this trick has worked, the next step is for you to build here and attract the attention of others, and I will take people to the mountains." Ah Biao looked at the construction site where the machines roared and said that these machines and employees were hired with high salaries in China, and that a new batch of machinery would be operated by his own people into the mountains, and now there are nearly 400 Flying Dragon Club personnel in Myanmar.

Xiao Xie Jue's time is not enough, "You take everyone away, tomorrow the little bald head will arrive with the last group of people, that is more than three hundred elites." ”

In addition to the last batch of supplies for the Kachin Independence Army, the little bald head also had his own heavy weapons, including multiple rocket launchers with 240 mm truck chassis, as well as Russian-made 107 mm Type 63 and 122 mm Type 90 multiple launch rocket systems, SA-16 anti-aircraft missiles, and "Hound" MKII (Bloodhound) surface-to-air missiles, as well as early warning radar 2L117 from Russia.

"The boss's gold is only doing business with the Russians, but it can't last long if it only goes in and can't go out, Xiao Xie, see if you can expand this place a little more, and turn it into a casino or something in the future, so as to increase some income for the club." When Ah Biao was in Maizayang, he had an idea about whether to open up a financial source to reduce the burden on the club.

"I think so too, you see in the east, I arrange for the aborigines, the north is the highest terrain here is our camp, the south is designed to be schools, hospitals, government departments and other supporting facilities, and the west I want to make a big consumption area." Xiao Xie wanted to wait for Ah Biao to come back from the survey task and talk to him in detail.

"I think it's bigger, the sewers should be high, like in American movies, our city is 100,000 people, it's too small to turn around." Ah Biao likes to do it all at once, and when the boss comes, he is digging holes here and filling in the pits, and he is not the domestic foodies who do the project, and they will be reimbursed if they don't dig or fill in the places.

"Okay, I'll make it bigger, according to the standards of big cities, we will design our own city, and when you come back, I will show you the model." Xiao Xie said ambitiously. (To be continued......)