02. Hidden City
Now, Shan State, which was once a serious drug-victim area, has also changed.
Here, the law explicitly states that the cultivation of drugs is not permitted. Many of the fields where drugs are grown have been planted with tea.
In addition, the Golden Triangle has also established the so-called Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, which has begun to transform towards tourism.
Everything is thriving.
But are drugs really extinct in the Golden Triangle?
The answer is no!
What is the most profitable business in the world, is drugs, arms, and movies.
Because this thing is very profitable, even if it is officially banned from planting, it is still repeatedly banned in private.
Lin Rin told Zhang Xuan that although the striking power of the Three Kingdoms was very strong, and it did bring a huge devastating blow to the drug kingdom of the Golden Triangle, with the passage of time and the development of science and technology, drugs slowly resurgent in this place.
Although it is not as terrible as it was at the beginning, producing more than 3,000 tons a year, it is at least 8 or 900 tons.
"It's shrunk by two-thirds, and it seems that the blow of the Three Kingdoms is quite severe. When Zhang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but say.
Lin Rin responded: "Even if it has shrunk by two-thirds, only one-third remains, this is still the birthplace of drugs, and the world's three major drug sources." ”
"And ......," she continued, "with the development of science and technology, opium poppy is no longer a necessity, and many drugs are chemically synthesized synthetic drugs, such as methamphetamine and ecstasy, which are not only low-cost, but also high-priced. ”
Zhang Xuan nodded, indicating that he understood.
While it's true that opium poppy cultivation is no longer cultivated in many parts of the Golden Triangle, that doesn't mean the drug will be eradicated.
Owen, who was one step behind, added: "BOSS, don't forget that this is the Golden Triangle, the most suitable place to grow opium poppies, with modern technology, many drugs no longer need to be planted in the ground, just find a place where there is no one, build a greenhouse factory, and you can continue to grow poppies." ”
This is one of the reasons why drugs are repeatedly banned.
Although technology has brought convenience to life, on the contrary, it has also brought great convenience to drug producers.
Although the Golden Triangle is indeed very suitable for the survival of drugs, the problem is that Zhang Xuan did not come here to grow drugs, he came to fight drugs.
Especially the drug base under the Red Blood Society.
However, the Golden Triangle is not big, it is not small, it is not easy to find the base of the Red Blood Society, even if it finds the base, with the urine of the Red Blood Society, it is definitely heavily guarded.
This is their pillar industry.
Destroying their base is not something a few of them can do.
Therefore, the first thing Zhang Xuan did when he entered the Golden Triangle was to recruit troops and build his own army.
"Do you have any good advice on this? ”
"I recommend going to the hidden cities of the Mekong...... Roanapura!"
Hidden city?
Zhang Xuan was stunned, he didn't seem to have heard of this thing.
Owen said, "Boss, you may not know, Roanapura is not a good place, it is a paradise for gangsters and mercenaries. None of the people who live there are good people, all of them are bad people, villains, murderers, mercenaries, prostitutes, thieves, bastards. ”
"Is there such a place?" Zhang Xuan was a little dazed, he was a little thirsty, so he asked No. 3 to go to the neighborhood and buy a few bottles of water and come back.
Lin Rin took a sip of a bottle of mineral water and said: "In the nineties of the last century, after the failure of Khun Sha, he was brought back to Yangon and imprisoned until death, and some of the people who followed him were wiped out, but some of them retreated to a town in the jungle and gradually developed. ”
And as the drug crackdown is getting more and more serious, more and more people have to come to this place as a last resort in order to escape the official crackdown. ”
As the population grew, Roanapura became a sin city, where most of the people living in the city were murderous fugitives, and of course some people saw business opportunities and ventured here. ”
"All in all, the city has grown for a variety of reasons. ”
However, a lot of people don't know about the city and even think it's nothing more than an urban legend. ”
"On the map, you can't even find the city of Roanapura, as if it never appeared, there are rumors on the Internet, but there is no denying that the city really exists. ”
Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, and said, "Hearing you say that, this city seems to be very mysterious." ”
"Yes, it's mysterious, after all, it's not easy to get to this city. Owen said.
"So Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos don't know about the existence of this city?" Zhang Xuan asked.
"How could it be, of course they knew. Lin Rin replied.
"Now that you know that this city exists, why not destroy it. ”
Faced with Zhang Xuan's doubts, Lin Rin replied: "Because there is an iron rule in this city, there is absolutely no production of drugs." ”
Su Yang was stunned.
Lin continued, "Although you can buy drugs in the city, the city does not produce drugs, which is one of the important reasons why the city has existed to this day. ”
"Of course, in addition to this, there are other reasons, such as the fact that this place cannot be found on the map, because it is hidden in the rainforest, even satellites can be interfered with, and the mountain road is rugged, which is not suitable for military attack. Neither tanks nor planes can get close to each other, and so on. ”
For these reasons, the city survived and survives to this day.
Of course, the most important thing is that iron rule!
Roanapura doesn't produce drugs, so it's not a source of drugs, and even if you go to great lengths to get it down, there's not much benefit.
In addition, many armies have run into a wall here, so the city has not been destroyed.
"If this is really a paradise for gangsters and mercenaries, then we can recruit troops here and build our own arm. ”
Zhang Xuan admitted that he was indeed moved.
Lin Rin and Owen glanced at each other and said, "That's true, but unfortunately, this city has long been occupied by gangsters and mercenaries, and it is not easy to recruit troops here and establish our own private army, boss." ”
The city is so big, there are many monks and few porridges, and if you want to rise here, you will inevitably move the interests of others.
Blocking people's financial routes is like killing parents.
This is not a small feud.
If you really want to form a private army here, the resistance is definitely not a star.
"Then what do you mean, not going to that Roanapura?" Zhang Xuan said as he looked at Owen and Lin Rin.
The two of them were silent for a moment, and said in unison: "Go, why don't you go!"