Chapter 57: Fighting in the Open and Dark
Two days later, Su Rui told the professor and his party that the Americans had already arrived in Ruoqiang County first, and asked them to meet there. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The professor complained when he heard this, saying that if the itinerary was changed, it would have been better to notify them earlier, and they had wasted two days here.
Zi Yang saw that they were shopping, taking pictures and buying souvenirs in the past two days, and they had a lot of fun, thinking that they would not wait anxiously, and it was true that they didn't have enough time to play.
At the moment, everyone was riding in the car with large bags - it was obvious that the weight of the professor's luggage was much heavier than when he got off the train. Zi Yang and Lao Wang thought that it would be too much to stand by and watch like this, and the professor's sharp gaze had to pierce the two of them.
In the spirit of humanitarianism, Ziyang Lao Wang and Xiao Hei helped carry a few bags of things. Brother Xiao nodded gratefully to them, and the others didn't say much. It seems that you should have done this job a long time ago, and then I remembered it, and it was really not long-sighted.
Because it had just rained yesterday, the road conditions were not good, the car was driving very slowly, the driver was grumpy, and he kept greeting someone's ancestors with a grunt, and the car was as wild as a wild horse.
Half an hour on the road, the powder couldn't hold on, took out a white handkerchief and wanted to vomit, Professor Wang saw this and ordered the driver to drive steadily, and the driver said that he would not be able to do anything from the foreign monarch's order. While scolding, he continued to drive the car into the air.
Professor Wang shook his head bitterly beside him, and kept scolding in his heart: rotten wood cannot be carved, and the wall of dung cannot be encircled! The poor mountains and remote areas are out of the people!
Seeing that there was a stream of green juice oozing out of the powdered snow-white handkerchief, Lao Wang couldn't see it, and stepped forward to call the driver: "Drive slower, you may not be able to run fast when you step on the accelerator on this kind of road." ”
The driver scolded and said: "Lao Tzu is just such a way, you don't want to sit down and go." ”
Lao Wang was anxious, staring at the beads and yelling: "Your mother X is shameless, believe it or not, Lao Tzu kicked you down?" As he spoke, he rolled up his arms and sleeves and gestured with a fist the size of a garlic bowl.
The driver saw that there was a mistake, glanced at it and found that the block looked more scary, he didn't dare to continue to cross at the moment, his subordinates slowed down, and the car finally drove more smoothly, and his mouth was still muttering: "You have the ability to drive yourself, who are you scaring about?" Do you have the ability to open it yourself and scare me? ”
Looking at Su Rui's appreciative eyes, Lao Wang was also moved by his ancient and enthusiastic behavior, touched his head and smiled: "Look, my temper ......"
After arriving in Ruoqiang County, everyone came to a guest house according to the address given by Su Rui, and saw a tall foreigner waving to them in front of them from a distance.
When I walked to the front and saw that there were three people on the other side, a tall and thin man with blond hair and blue eyes, who looked like the leader, in his forties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, more than two meters tall, standing in the crowd like a giraffe.
Another burly man is also more than 1.8 meters tall, with a flat and wide face, tall cheekbones, thick lips, and long thin eyes. The hair is shaved well, revealing a layer of green stubble.
The other is an elderly man with an inconspicuous appearance, a sad face, medium build, wearing Mongolian clothes, long hair and a shawl, and a hat.
Su Rui translated for everyone, this thin and tall man is called Dr. Alexander, a representative of the American side, and the burly man is called James, an American, of Mongolian descent, proficient in Chinese, and is Alexander's assistant. The old man's name was Timur, and he was a witch doctor.
Lao Wang said: "You foreign people who engage in scientific research also believe in superstition? Do you have to bring religious people to cheer you on when you come out to work? ”
Su Rui smiled: "This Timur is a local guide, and the witch doctor is also one of his professions, also known as a shaman. Shamanism is the religion practiced by the Mongols, and with Timur as a guide, it will be much easier for them to move around the area. ”
At that moment, everyone exchanged a few words, and when Ziyang shook hands with Timur, he suddenly felt that there was something strange in his eyes, what was strange, but he couldn't say it in his heart.
As the leader of the Chinese side and the nominal leader of the team, Professor Wang Wenhou has been waiting for several foreign colleagues to come forward to meet him, but after listening to Su Rui's introduction of the two sides, several foreigners nodded and thought it was meaningful. Turn around and go to take inventory of your equipment.
Professor Wang was angry with white smoke coming out of his nose, thinking that Lao Tzu was also a character when he was in school, and even the principal had to nod when he saw me, which green onion are you? Dare to be so rude to me!
In the blink of an eye, the foreigners' luggage and equipment are sophisticated and advanced, what metal detectors, SLR cameras, laptops, satellite locators, ground penetrating radar and other precision instruments are a bunch of precision, compared to the probe shovels, hand shovels, brushes, and compasses brought by their own group are the same as the tools of ancient times, and they really can't take their hands, and they are sulking in their hearts.
However, Lao Wang and Zi Yang were familiar with Alexander, and Lao Wang practiced a foreign language with Alexander over there: howareyou? whereareyoufrom? mynameislaowang!
When he checked in, Professor Wang was angry and sweaty, and the foreigner didn't greet him when he booked the room, and directly booked Professor Wang's room with other students.
Thinking that a well-known university professor in his hall was going to squeeze the standard room with his students, he clanged in the room and smashed the dishes to get angry.
This Zi Yang looked at the side and secretly smiled shamefully, thinking that the gap between Chinese and Western cultures was really unobstructed in this small inn. Dr. Alexander and everyone are housed and fed, and there is nothing special about it, but Professor Wang feels that he is a character all day long, talking about pomp and circumstance, and asking for courtesy at every turn.
After dinner, everyone gathered for a meeting, and Su Rui asked Professor Wang how he was doing and whether there was any problem with leaving Loulan tomorrow. Professor Wang snorted in his nose to indicate that he was still angry, which was not a problem.
At that moment, Alexander took out the information and satellite map to introduce, and Su Rui was on the side to translate.
This Loulan ancient city is located in the northeast of Qiangruo County, about 300 kilometers away from the county seat, located on the north-west bank of Lop Nur, 7 kilometers south bank of the Peacock River, and its geographical coordinates are 89°55'22" east longitude and 40°29'55" north latitude.
Alexander had already discussed with Timur the line of the march, and tomorrow morning, the group set out from the 36th regiment field in Milan, 74 kilometers from Ruoqiang County, and marched 222 kilometers to the northeast, correcting the direction with a satellite locator and compass on the way, so as not to get lost.
Then Alexander explained that because the "Yadan landform" was full of ditches and bumps along the way, the car could only travel a few kilometers per hour. There are still more than 20 kilometers from Loulan, cars cannot drive in, and they must ride camels or walk to reach them.
They had already asked the Mongolian guide to prepare the camels for the pick-up in the local area, and the twelve people were divided into four off-road vehicles, with the equipment and set off tomorrow, and then the equipment and equipment that they needed to take care of were distributed.
Professor Wang was sulking with his arms and cheeks puffing out next to him, and said that I would be in charge? Why are you talking to yourself? The carefully planned travel and leisure routes at home have all failed, which is so angry.
I thought about refuting it in my heart, but I couldn't find a valid reason. Alexander put everything in order. Obviously, I didn't take him seriously, and I didn't even mean to ask for advice!
However, fortunately, Alexander did not mention these expenses such as renting a car and renting a camel, so his budget was much more generous, and then Professor Wang focused on how to spend the funds.