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    "Come on!" Zhao Qirui said with a smile: "You two families are so rich, why don't you know how to join forces to repair the road? I don't believe it. If the infrastructure is built, you can't benefit from it.  ?¡± ¡°Brother Zhao, you are just kidding, it¡¯s not like you don¡¯t understand this matter.¡± Xu Youhai spread his hands and said helplessly, ¡°Speaking of which, when my family first established themselves here, they also thought about building roads.  But Myanmar was a mess at that time, and there was no way to organize it. Now, even if our family wants to build roads, everyone else is cleaning up the snow in front of them and not caring about the frost on other people's tiles. We can't be the only ones to provide the money.  Right?" When Chu Chen heard this, he said, "Uncle Xu, can't you act as a liaison? Let's get together and discuss it. That'll be fine" At the end of the conversation, Chu Chen saw that everyone was smiling but not smiling.  Looking at him, which made him really confused, he scratched his head and asked: "Did I say something wrong somewhere?" Xu Youhai smiled and said: "Your idea, if placed in the environment in your country,  , it can indeed be achieved, but Xiaochen, don¡¯t forget, this is Myanmar!¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Chu Chen asked curiously.  "Achen, don't forget, there are always wars here." Zhao Qirui actually understood what Xu Youhai said. What he said before was just a complaint. Seeing Chu Chen ask this, he explained a little.  "A war? It's not always said that it's a war in some areas near the border. What's going on here" At this point, Chu Chen patted his head.  He already figured out what was going on.  Generally speaking, what are wars for?  In addition to land, of course there are various resources.  Now that jade is so valuable, in the eyes of the government and various local forces, it is just a piece of coveted meat. Given the situation in Myanmar, it is natural for a war to break out.  The facts are indeed similar to what Chu Chen thought. Due to various historical reasons, Burma has been experiencing constant wars in the country, and in many places local warlords have occupied the mountains and become kings.  By the late 1980s, the value of jade mines gradually became apparent.  It became a popular spot in the eyes of everyone, so the area close to it became the focus of competition between government forces and local forces. This dispute has not completely subsided until now.  As for why this kind of thing has not been disclosed, Chu Chen guessed that Bazheng was blocked by all parties.  "Understood!" 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 it is simply unrealistic. You occupy the top of the mountain today.  . It is very likely that someone will drive him away tomorrow. In this case, who would be willing to build any infrastructure?¡± Hearing this, Chu Chen had nothing to say.  In the final analysis, the situation in Myanmar is the hardest for the lower class people, as for the big families at the upper class.  No matter what, as long as it doesn't affect their money.  As for how the common people are doing, and how much does it have to do with them?  In the past.  Chu Chen still didn't quite understand the old saying that it's better to be a peace dog than to make trouble and leave others, but the scene in front of him made him understand that although this sentence sounded ugly, it did make sense.  The road that followed was even more bumpy than before. Everyone was holding the handles of the car and had no interest in talking. Fortunately, the car was strong enough. The cars were reinforced and the glass was used.  Thick bullet-proof glass, otherwise if it were another unmodified car, Chu Chen would probably fall apart after running even two steps.  On the road from Mikinna to Hpakant, there is a checkpoint basically every twenty or thirty kilometers. Although it is just a vehicle blocking tool made of a few pieces of wood, coupled with a large number of soldiers with live ammunition,  Chu Chen felt that unless it was an armored vehicle, not many people would be stupid enough to rush through the checkpoint.  Besides, the three cars Chu Chen and the others were riding in all had state guest passes on the front. In addition, the soldiers all knew Xu Youhai, so when the soldiers saw Xu Youhai, they let them go without much inspection.  Of course, this is because Xu Youhai has a big reputation. If it were anyone else, it would be polite to stop you. If the soldiers suspect that you have premeditated evil, you may be questioned and beaten severely.  In this way, after three hours of bumpy ride, the car finally arrived at Mogang, which is an important transportation artery in northern Myanmar and has ruby ??and amber mines nearby. It is the largest jade market in Myanmar and an important town in northern Myanmar.  .  When the car drove to the entrance of a restaurant, Xu Youhai asked everyone to get out of the car, and then ordered some food for everyone to eat and rest.  Three hours of turbulence was enough for Chu ChenHe couldn't bear it, let alone Zhao Qirui and others, all of them looked sad.  Yi Hongguo rubbed his sore arm and said with a grimace: "Hey, it's because I'm getting older. I didn't have any trouble taking this kind of path before, but now I really can't bear it anymore." Xu Youhai said with a smile: "Kaspidus,  Let me tell you, you are too lacking in exercise. Look at me and Brother Zhao, how can we be like you?" Yi Hongguo looked at the others and said with a wry smile: "Hey!  , The body is the capital of revolution, but it is just a lip service. Looking at it now, it is indeed a wise saying! "At this time, he felt somewhat regretful, feeling that he had suffered so much just to come here to see the jadeite.  The mining is really uneconomical.  In fact, since he solved the piece of "Five Blessings" before, Chu Chen is no longer interested in visiting the jade mining area. What he hopes most now is to let his uncle and the others take the jade back home, while he goes to Yinglun and Wu  Can meet. ??????????????????? However, they had already promised Xu Youhai before the current trip, and they were embarrassed to say it if they regretted it temporarily. And then again, it was a bit of a pity to miss this opportunity after finally coming to Myanmar.  At this time, the waiter brought the food, and Xu Youhai reminded: "The road will be more difficult than it was just now. Let's just rest our stomachs now, so as not to feel uncomfortable in the stomach" "Ah! Still!  It¡¯s difficult to leave" When Yi Hongguo heard this, he couldn't help but wailed, which made everyone laugh.  However, he had strongly approved of going to the mining area before. Now, unless he couldn't insist on it, he would be too embarrassed to withdraw.  After resting for half an hour, everyone got into the car again and continued the bumpy journey.  After passing Mogang, the road must have become more and more difficult to walk as Xu Youhai said, because there is no dirt road next, and the road for cars is the road bed pressed out by the big trucks transporting rough stones. This kind of road  One can imagine how rugged it was. In the end, not to mention Yi Hongguo, even Zhao Qirui felt nauseated.  "Uncle Xu, this road is so difficult to walk. When there were no cars before, how did the mines get transported out?" Chu Chen's words were confused several times.  Say it completely.  Xu Youhai replied: "What can we do? Of course we have to use elephants, or simply use human power to carry it out" According to Xu Youhai, in the past, the more dangerous wild animals were not like they are now.  There are so many animals. If you accidentally cause an animal disaster, you may pay the price with your life.  And because of Myanmar's geographical location, poisonous miasma will occur every evening and early morning. If it is accidentally inhaled, it is likely to cost one's life.  Although there is such danger, in order to survive, ordinary people, apart from being careful, can only resign themselves to fate. It feels sad to think about it.  ¡­??????????????????????????????? Apart from the difficult walking, there were no accidents along the way. When it was nearly four o¡¯clock in the afternoon, the car finally entered the main mining area of ??Burmese jade, the Hpakant area.  Once here, Chu Chen looked out of the car window and could often see some modern equipment for mining jade.  As mentioned earlier, jade mining in Myanmar should be traced back to the 14th and 15th centuries.  But after all, there is no relevant authoritative documentary record, so there is no exact research on when jade mining in Myanmar began. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out that the jade was discovered in the 13th century by packmen in southern Yunnan, my country. After polishing, jade that was comparable to nephrite was discovered.  However, the "Ai Caotai Bian" co-authored by Mr. Yin Zizhang and Mr. Yin Zijian, the ancestors of overseas Chinese in Tengchong, records: "Burmese jade was discovered by local natives in 1443 from the washed river bed. Later, overseas Chinese also discovered several jade mines, so  From it, they took it to Sanya Gong (now Mijinna) and traded it with the Tengyue border residents. "But in fact, judging from historical documents and unearthed cultural relics, the mining of jade may be much earlier than currently speculated, and there was sporadic mining in the Han Dynasty.  .  In fact, before the British invaded Myanmar in 1885, the area rich in jadeite was still the chieftain land granted by the "Dian Province Fence" and belonged to the territory of our country. Therefore, there is a history book "Travel to Yunnan and Guizhou" records: "Jasper comes out of the sky."  At that time, jade mining was a private activity, and jade was required to be presented as tribute to the central dynasty.  It's a pity that the Qing Dynasty was so useless that the great rivers and mountains of China were given to others. Every time he thought about this, Chu Chen couldn't help but feel angry. But now that it was the twenty-first century, he couldn't help but curse a few words in his heart.  , what else can be done?  Because the roads are not good and there are frequent traffic jams on the road, the car did not arrive at Pagan City until nearly six o'clock in the evening.  They set off at around eight o'clock in the morning, and including the rest time on the way, it actually took nearly?? hours of time.  You must know that the road from Mijinna to Pagan is only more than 150 kilometers. It took nearly ten hours for such a small distance. Chu Chen found it incredible when he thought about it.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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