Chapter 746: Arriving at Mijina
"Okay!"
After receiving an affirmative answer, Xu Youhai smiled and patted Chu Chen's shoulder, at such a young age, he can be compared to Sha Ming, such a talent can be said to be even rarer than rare.
Then, he asked: "Xiao Chen, take the liberty of asking, are you gambling on the stability of the stone?" ”
Zhao Qirui pursed his lips and said: "Aren't you talking nonsense, how can Achen's gambling stone be unstable, otherwise, how can I say that Achen won Leng Shaming not once or twice?" ”
Xu Youhai was surprised when he heard this: "Ah! Leng Shaming didn't return to Myanmar not long after participating in the 'One Knife Thousand Gold', how could Xiaochen have a chance to compete with him? ”
Yi Hongguo next to him said with a smile: "I said Xiao Xuzi, your memory is really bad, have you forgotten what we just participated in?" ”
"Hey! I almost forgot about it! Xu Youhai patted the back of his head, and then asked: "So, Xiao Chen tried to compete with Leng Shaming on the public plate again, and he won?" ”
"That's not it!" Yi Hongguo added fuel and vinegar to say the things at that time again.
Although Chu Chen had brought enough surprise to Xu Youhai today, after listening to Yi Hongguo's story, he was still quite shocked, and he was able to solve the Fulu Shouxi from a piece of wool that many people couldn't see the table, and the level of this gambling stone was already superb.
Xu Youhai sighed: "In this way, Xiao Chen really has the possibility of defeating the Jade King!" ”
Hearing him say this, Zhao Qirui was a little dissatisfied and said: "What is possible, is it obvious that it can be defeated!" ”
Xu Youhai smiled slightly and said, "Brother Zhao, let's tell the truth." I actually think that Xiao Chen can win, but the level of the Jade King is not for nothing. At the beginning, he was able to unravel the glass seed from a thunderbolt stone that was basically sentenced to death. How can such a person be so easy to defeat? ”
Zhao Qirui sneered: "Cut! It's not that Achen hasn't unraveled the glass species from the thunder stone that was sentenced to death. ”
"Uh......" Hearing this, Xu Youhai didn't know what to say, he turned his head and asked Chu Chen speechlessly: "I said Xiaochen, what other glorious deeds do you have, tell them all!" ”
Chu Chen said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing, I'm just making a little fuss, and I also think what you said is right." The competition with the Jade King is indeed not so easy to win. ”
Xu Youhai said with a smile when he heard this: "Look at it, it's better for Xiaochen to calm down!" But Xiao Chen, what you just said is really too modest, you are all a small fight, then no one is not a small fight......"
Talking and laughing, everyone took the RV to a Chinese restaurant, where they had an authentic Sichuan meal. They got into their RVs and went to a barracks on the outskirts of Mandalay.
Xu Youhai stepped out of the RV and said, "I said, can't you play in Mandalay for two days and then go to Mijina?" Don't worry, I'll call that kid Lun, and he promises that he won't dare to put a fart. It's okay for him to release people directly. ”
Chu Chen said politely: "Uncle Xu, thank you for your kindness. But now I want to bet on the news of the Jade King, it should be through Guò Leng Shaming. It has reached his own ears, and I think it is better to settle this matter sooner. As for playing, after the event is over, there is time. ”
"Then take your shoulders!" Xu Youhai shrugged his shoulders: "By the way, why didn't this kid Leng Shaming come on the same plane as you?" ”
Chu Chen replied: "Our plane was full, and he booked the next one." ”
"I'm KAO, it's still a Mi-6 heavy transport helicopter, such an old cargo color, it won't fall halfway through, right?"
As soon as Chu Chen's words fell, Yi Hongguo next to him immediately shouted when he saw the helicopter they were about to take.
"Phew! I said, don't be a crow's mouth, okay! Besides, this is Myanmar, and it's good to be able to borrow a Mi-6, so it's hard for you to want to sit in Chinoo! Xu Youhai said angrily.
In fact, the Mi-6 helicopter is still outstanding in terms of performance, and it is equipped in many countries, and when it is used as a passenger transport, an additional seat is added in the center of the cockpit, which can carry 65~90 passengers, which is more than enough to install Chu Chen and others.
However, just like Yi Hongguo said, the helicopter in front of him is too old, it is still from the seventies, although it is well maintained, but the very old appearance still makes Chu Chen and others sitting on it a little worried.
But there is no way, there is no plane to get to Mijin, only the railway is more convenient, but in the case of the old railway here, it is estimated that it will take dozens of hours on it, and they don't have so much time to waste on it.
There was no way, everyone could only sit on this old plane with some trepidation, and then flew into the sky in the deafening sound of propellers.
To say, sitting on such a plane was indeed a little scary at first, but after getting used to it, Chu Chen looked curiously out of the window and looked at the ground, but there were tall trees and dense forests everywhere in sight, and there was no scenery at all.
The mountains of Myanmar are not particularly steep, but they are endless, one mountain peak after another, the jungle is dense, and there is no end in sight, even if Chu Chen's skills are used, if he is thrown alone in this kind of place, it is estimated that he will not be able to come out in a short time.
After a break on the way, the helicopter that Chu Chen and the others were riding finally landed in the evening to a military camp on the outskirts of Mijina.
After stepping off the plane, except for Chu Chen, Zhao Qirui and others all turned pale, and they walked as if they were stepping on cotton.
When Xu Youhai saw everyone's appearance, he smiled and said, "Yes, let's take a rest today, and we'll talk about it tomorrow!" ”
Of course, everyone would not have any opinions on such an arrangement, so the group got into the car that had already been parked in the barracks and went to the hotel that Xu Youhai arranged for them.
Mikina is a major transportation hub in northern Myanmar and a trading hub on the Stilwell Highway. Located on the west bank of the Mirike Khai River, a tributary of the upper Irrawaddy River, it is the most important river port in northern Myanmar. It is located in the northern mountainous and hilly area, and because of its special geographical location, it was a very important strategic base during World War II.
It is a center for silk reeling, timber and food processing, and a distribution center for agricultural products. In addition to growing crops such as rice and sugar cane, teak and other timber are also abundant.
Teak, also known as annatto, purple teak, blood tree, etc., is a large deciduous or semi-deciduous tree. It is a tropical tree species that requires high temperatures and is found vertically in low hills and plains below 700-800 meters above sea level.
Teak can be used in medicine, and it is also a material for making high-end furniture flooring, indoor and outdoor decoration. Teak is known as a national treasure of Myanmar, so it is quite expensive. The teak material itself has beautiful texture lines and contains gold wire, so it is also called gold teak.
In addition to teak, the Hpakant area near Miskina is one of the most famous jadeite mining areas in the world.
The local jadeite mining dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries. After the 90s of the last century, the Myanmar government opened up private mining, and Myanmar law stipulated that the right to mine jadeite was only open to Myanmar's own enterprises, which could be wholly owned or co-operated with the government.
In the Hpakant region, almost half of the owners of jadeite mines are Burmese Chinese. The government provides the land, the private sector provides funds, and the mined jadeite wool is traded in the market, and a 10% tax is paid to the government first, and the remaining part is divided by the government and private companies according to a certain proportion.
According to conservative estimates, the annual production of jadeite in the Hpakant region has been in the thousands of tons in recent years, but the quality of jadeite has a tendency to decrease. This situation is one of the incentives to push up the price of jadeite.
Speaking of which, don't look at the precious items such as gems and teak in Myanmar, but they are in the hands of a very small number of people, and most people in Myanmar are very poor, lack the means of wealth, and people are poor and think about change, and the theft and sale of resources has reached an unimaginable level.
Although Myanmar now wants to prosecute the smuggling of jadeite, and even if Myanmar catches smuggling jadeite, the smuggling situation is only slightly curtailed because of poverty, and many people still risk their lives to bring wool to southern Yunnan, which is close to the neighborhood, in exchange for living needs.
Sitting in the car, Zhao Qirui and others began to close their eyes and recuperate because they were too tired, while Chu Chen, who was still in good spirits, looked at the scenery along the road.
Although Mijina is an important town in northern Myanmar, all you can see are low-rise wooden houses, and buildings made of steel and concrete are very rare. In this respect, it is far worse than Yangon and Mandalay, at least in those two cities, there are some modern buildings.
However, there is also Chu Chen who feels a little more cordial here, because of the proximity to southern Yunnan in our country, coupled with some historical reasons, many of the local residents are of Chinese descent, and their lives are more like those in China. However, unlike in other countries, like most cities in Myanmar, the pace of daily life seems to be unusually slow.
The hotel arranged by Xu Youhai for Chu Chen and others is already the most luxurious one in the city, but after getting out of the car, Zhao Qirui was still very speechless when he saw the appearance of the hotel, because the main building of the hotel is just a three-story building, and there is no way to talk about the word "luxury".
After a hasty dinner at the hotel, everyone went back to their respective rooms to get ready to rest. Inside the room, it is also quite simple, except for a 21-inch bulky color TV, there is no electrical appliance, even the hot water is filled with a kettle, and the waiter has to send it over.
Fortunately, there was a bathroom here, so Chu Chen hurriedly went to take a shower to wash away the fatigue of his body, and then after talking to Wu Ke on the phone for a while, he went to bed. (To be continued......)