"Come on!"

Zhao Qirui said with a smile: "You families, one or two are rich, why don't you know that you will join forces to repair the road, I don't believe it, if you do a good job of infrastructure, you can't benefit from it?" ”

"Brother Zhao, you're kidding, it's not that you don't understand this."

Xu Youhai spread his hands and said helplessly: "Speaking of which, when my family first established itself here, I also thought about building roads, but at that time, Myanmar was a mess, and there was no way to organize it. ”

When Chu Chen heard this, he said, "Uncle Xu, can't you act as a liaison, and then gather together to discuss, isn't it......"

At the end of the words, Chu Chen saw that everyone was looking at him with a smile, which made him really a little confused, scratched his head and asked, "Did I say something wrong?" ”

Xu Youhai said with a smile: "Your kind of idea, if it is placed in the kind of environment in your country, it can indeed be realized, but Xiaochen, don't forget, this is Myanmar!" ”

"How?" Chu Chen asked curiously.

"Achen, don't forget Jì, there are often wars here." Zhao Qirui actually understood what Xu Youhai said, he said that before, he was just complaining, and when he saw Chu Chen asking, he explained a little.

"War? It's not always said that there is a war in some area near the border, how can it be ...... here"

Speaking of this, Chu Chen patted his head. He had already figured out what was going on.

In general, wars are fought for. In addition to the land, of course, there are all kinds of resources. Now that jadeite is so valuable, in the eyes of the government and various local forces, it is a mouth-watering piece of fat, and with the situation in Myanmar, it is a matter of course that there will be a war.

The facts are indeed similar to what Chu Chen thought, due to various historical reasons, Myanmar has been constantly fighting big and small wars in the country, and in many places local warlords occupy the mountains as kings.

By the late eighties of the last century, the value of jadeite ore gradually became prominent. In the eyes of everyone, it became a fragrant bait, so the Mijina area became the focus of contention between the government army and local forces, and this dispute has not been completely subsided until now.

As for why this kind of thing was not disclosed, Chu Chen guessed that Bacheng was blocked by all sides.

"Got it!" Xu Youhai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, of course, we businessmen also want to have a stable environment and good infrastructure, but with the current situation is not realistic at all, you occupy the mountain today." It is likely that they will be driven away by others tomorrow, and in this case, who wants to build any infrastructure? ”

Hearing this, Chu Chen had nothing to say. In the final analysis, this situation in Myanmar is still the hardest for the people at the bottom, and the big families at the top. No matter what, as long as it doesn't affect their money. As for the common people, and how much does it have to do with them?

Before. Chu Chen still didn't quite understand the old saying that Ning is a peaceful dog, don't be chaotic and leave people, but the scene in front of him made him understand that although this sentence is ugly, it does make sense.

The next road was even more bumpy than before, everyone was holding the handle in the car, and they were not interested in talking, but fortunately, the car was strong enough, the cars were reinforced, and the glass was also made of thick bulletproof glass, otherwise if it was replaced by other cars that had not been modified, Chu Chen estimated that it would fall apart after running two steps.

On the road from Mijinna to Hpakant, there will be a checkpoint basically every twenty or thirty kilometers, although it is only a vehicle stop tool made of a few logs, but with a large number of soldiers with loaded guns, Chu Chen feels that unless it is an armored car, there should not be many people who will be stupid to rush the checkpoint.

Besides, the three cars that Chu Chen and the others were in were all with state guest passes in front of them, and the soldiers also knew Xu Youhai, so when those soldiers saw Xu Youhai, they didn't check it much and let them go.

Of course, this is also Xu Youhai's big face, if it is someone else, it is polite to stop it, in case the soldiers suspect that you are premeditating, you may be questioned and beaten.

In this way, after three hours of bumpy driving, the car finally arrived at Mogang, which is the main traffic artery in northern Myanmar, and there are red jade and amber mines nearby, which is the largest jade market in Myanmar and an important town in northern Myanmar.

When the car drove to the door of a restaurant, Xu Youhai let everyone get out of the car, and then ordered some food for everyone to rest while eating.

After three hours of turbulence, even Chu Chen couldn't stand it, let alone Zhao Qirui and others, all of whom were sad.

Yi Hongguo rubbed his sore arm and said with a bitter face: "Hey, it's too old to go, and it was no problem to walk this way before, but now I really can't stand it." ”

Xu Youhai said with a smile: "Grasshopper, if you want me to say, you are still too lacking in exercise, you look at me and Brother Zhao, how can you be like you?" ”

Yi Hongguo looked at the other people's spirits a little better than him, and said with a wry smile: "Hey! I used to say that the body is the capital of the revolution, but it is just words, but now I look at it, it is indeed a wise saying! ”

At this time, he regretted it somewhat, feeling that it was really not cost-effective to come here to see the mining of jadeite just because he had suffered such a big sin.

In fact, since he solved the "Five Blessings" before, the current Chu Chen has no interest in visiting the jadeite mining area, and what he hopes most now is to let his uncle and them bring the jadeite back to China, and he will go to England to meet Wu Ke.

However, on the current trip, they had already promised Xu Youhai before, and they were really embarrassed to say it when they regretted it temporarily, and then again, it was not easy to come to Myanmar, and it would be a pity if they missed this opportunity.

At this time, the waiter brought the food, and Xu Youhai reminded: "The road will be more difficult than just now, let's just lay down our stomachs now, don't feel sick to our stomachs at that time......

"Ahh It's still hard to walk......" When Yi Hongguo heard this, he couldn't help but wail, and that appearance caused everyone to laugh. However, he strongly agreed with going to the mining area before, and now he is embarrassed to withdraw unless he can't stick to it.

After resting for half an hour, the crowd got into the car again, and continued the bumpy journey.

After Mogang, the road is determined to be as Xu Youhai said, it becomes more and more difficult to walk, because there is not even a dirt road next, and the road of the car is the roadbed pressed out by the large truck transporting the original stone, the ruggedness of this road can be imagined, not to mention Yihongguo, even Zhao Qirui is a little disgusted.

Xu ...... Uncle, this way...... It's so hard to walk to ...... When there is no car in front of you, pick ...... How to transport the mine...... Out? Chu Chen's words were divided several times before they were completely said.

Xu Youhai replied: "It's still ...... What can be done, when ...... But with elephants, or...... It's just a human recall......"

According to Xu Youhai, it was not like it is now, there are many more dangerous wild animals, and if one accidentally gets worse, he is likely to pay the price of his life. And because of the geographical location of Myanmar, every evening and early morning, a drug miasma will be produced, and once inspired, it is likely to pay the price of life.

Although it is so dangerous, in order to survive, in addition to being careful with themselves, ordinary people can only resign themselves to fate, and it feels sad to think about it. ……

Fortunately, except for the difficult road along the way, there were no accidents, and when it was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally came to enter the main mining area of Myanmar jadeite, the Hpakant area. When he arrived here, Chu Chen looked out of the car window and could often see some modern equipment for mining jadeite.

As mentioned earlier, jadeite mining in Myanmar can be traced back to the 14th and 15th centuries. However, there is no relevant authoritative document, so there is no exact research on when jadeite mining in Myanmar began.

Among them, the British Bolang believes that jadeite was discovered in the 13th century by a packer in southern Yunnan, China, and then found jadeite comparable to nephrite after polishing.

However, in the "Aicaotai Edition" co-authored by Yin Zizhang and Mr. Yin Zijian, the ancestors of Tengchong overseas Chinese, it is recorded: "Burmese jade was discovered by the local natives from the washed riverbed in 1443, and later overseas Chinese also discovered several jade mines, so they took them and took them to Sanya Gong (now Mijinna) to trade with Tengyue border people. ”

However, judging from the historical documents and unearthed cultural relics, the mining of jadeite may be much earlier than now speculated, and there were sporadic mining in the Han Dynasty.

In fact, as early as 1885 before the British invaded Burma, the range of jadeite was still the Tusi land given by the "Yunnan Provincial Fence", which belonged to the territory of our country. At that time, jade mining was a private activity, and it was required to offer beautiful jade as a tribute to the central dynasty.

It's a pity that the Qing Dynasty is too useless, so that the original great rivers and mountains of China have been assigned to others, every time he thinks of this, Chu Chen can't help but feel angry, but now that it is the twenty-first century, what else can he do except curse a few words in his heart?

Because of the bad roads and the frequent traffic jams on the roads, it was not until nearly 6 o'clock in the evening that the car arrived in the city of Hpakant. They set off at eight o'clock in the morning, and with the rest time on the way, it took nearly ten hours.

You must know that the road from Mijinna to Pakan is only more than 150 kilometers, and it took nearly ten hours for such a distance, Chu Chen feels incredible when he thinks about it. (To be continued......)