Pick up treasure

"Wang Ding, drink more. This wine is soaked in the penis of a tiger I beat when I was young. You also have another person. It doesn't matter if you drink more. I will bring a few more when I am young." , this thing is not rare here..."

Wu Gang knew about Wang Ding and Bi Yue's affairs. Speaking of their current relationship, Wu Gang also knew about it. Otherwise, Wu Gang couldn't treat Wang Ding so kindly, and they were still relatives.

It can be said that when he brought the tiger whip back, Wang Ding blushed, and could not help whining in his heart, buddy is still young, it seems...it seems that this thing is not needed now.

"What a nice boy, if you were in Burma, you would be able to find more wives."

This... how many more daughters-in-law are you looking for?Is that all right? "

Wang Ding held a piece of braised pangolin in his mouth, and he didn't put it in his mouth for a long time. He asked a silly question, which made everyone laugh.

"Polygamy is allowed in Myanmar, but if a daughter-in-law marries too many, it may not be a good thing."

It turns out that in Myanmar, due to the large number of ethnic groups, each has its own rules, there are no political laws at all. For example, when a thief is caught, he is often beaten to death by the onlookers. This is true in Myanmar. It is not guilty.

Myanmar's government basically doesn't care about anything. For example, internal disputes in various villages are mediated by village elders according to local customs, which is generally more fair.

Moreover, Myanmar does not seem to have any concept of nationality. It is a truly "free and independent" land. You don't even need to become a Myanmar citizen. You only need to practice in a local monastery for 7 days to get the approval of local customs. From then on, you will be recognized by Myanmar society. Admittedly, even if you have a complete Burmese manhood.

In this way, they have the same rights as local residents, except perhaps the right to vote, but there seems to be no elections in Myanmar, and they can marry wives and have children locally.

Myanmar is a country with severely low productivity today. The problem of survival is the primary problem that ordinary people need to solve. In addition, there is no family planning here. There are many daughters in every family. Some of them who cannot afford it will marry off their daughters. , Of course, the object of marriage is not necessarily required to be single.

Myanmar's polygamy system may seem funny, but it is actually beneficial to women.

For example: Unless the woman has dishonorable behavior, divorce is absolutely forbidden, and you must never abandon it. There is a saying that is often said in Western churches: Regardless of poverty or disease, you must support her whole life.

Since women are in charge of labor, men are responsible for all housework—cooking, washing clothes, and taking care of children. According to the general level in Myanmar, if you have 3 Laofans and 9 children, then there are 11 household chores in total. I want you to do it.

Hearing this, Wang Ding felt chills all over his body. Thinking about the situation of a big old man carrying one on his back, holding another in his arms, and following a group of naked children behind his buttocks, Wang Ding shuddered. It's too miserable, right?

Maybe some friends will say, it’s a bit miserable during the day, but at night, the surname is Fu, and I live the life of a bridegroom every night, but this is not necessarily a good thing. In Myanmar, the concept of "fairness" in traditional customs , but also go deep into all aspects of family life, you must treat each of your wives equally, and take turns to popularize Zhou Gong's etiquette.

If some of the wives you marry are prettier and you want to prefer them, then you can’t. This will be unanimously condemned by public opinion. What to do with the same room has become a moral obligation here, and there must be many Classmates will have no interest at all.

"Brother Ang, can't men work in the fields and women take care of the children at home?" Qian Le asked with interest.

Wu Gang shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "Myanmar is different from China. If a man has three wives and three women are responsible for housework, the farm work for four people must be beyond the reach of one man.

And if one man and two women go to farm, the two women who farm will definitely worry that their children will not get good care from the other woman, and conflicts will easily arise.

Therefore, the only reasonable institutional arrangement is: let all the women farm the land, and the men alone guard the house to take care of the children, and these wives, big and small, generally have a very good relationship, almost like real sisters. "

Wang Ding was dumbfounded by Wu Gang's words, this damn fair distribution must be true.

After Wu Gang introduced the marriage customs of Myanmar, he looked at Wang Ding with a smile and said, "How about it, how about I find you a temple and live there for seven days, then you can enjoy the treatment of Burmese people. With your wealth, I'm afraid A lot of people are rushing to marry your daughter to you..."

"No, Brother Wu..." Wang Ding raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, which caused everyone to burst into laughter. Everyone was joking about Wang Ding, and the atmosphere at the wine table was very harmonious. I dare not say it, but my heart is hot.

After eating, Wu Gang arranged for Wang Ding and Qian Le to live in the guest room. There is basically no entertainment here in Myanmar. After 12 o'clock in the evening, it became very quiet. Wang Ding, who was tired after a day of drinking , took a shower and fell asleep.

When he woke up the next day, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning. Wang Ding quickly got up, washed up briefly, and walked out of the room.

Wu just happened to walk into the small courtyard where Wang Ding lived, and when he saw him coming out, he greeted him and said, "Wang Ding, go have breakfast, don't rush out in the morning, let the two professors take a rest, by the way, I I won’t greet you anymore, let’s go to the hotel to have a look..."

Wang Ding nodded, he knew that the two of them were really tossed yesterday, the few times they vomited halfway, they almost vomited out yellow bile, even at noon, they might not be able to recover Come.

After Wu Gang left, Wang Ding looked at Qian Le nervously. Qian Le was holding a map of Pagan to compare with the location of the sun flag on the digital camera display.

Seeing that Pagan was being excavated everywhere yesterday, Wang Ding's hope is not very high. Maybe the treasures of that year were dug up by the jadeite pickers.

After Qian Le looked at it carefully for a long time, he said confidently: "Brother Ding, the location on this map is about [-] kilometers away from Savage Mountain. found……"

"Savage Mountain?!"

Wang Ding was taken aback when he heard the words. Wang Ding, who had read a lot of relevant materials before coming to Myanmar, was no stranger to this name.

Savage Mountain was the place where the Chinese Expeditionary Army was defeated for the first time. Tens of thousands of defeated Chinese soldiers were swallowed up by that mountain. I didn't expect that the island country in the future would be besieged there.

And the city of Pagan is located on the edge of Savage Mountain. The Wulu River, the birthplace of emerald, flows through the middle of Pagan City. The so-called Laokeng Emerald Mine is basically on both sides of the Wulu River. place.

"Thirty kilometers, how about this, put this in advance, after watching the emerald mine, see if there is a chance to go there..."

Thirty kilometers is not very far in Wang Ding's mind. With his and Qian Le's physique, even in the mountains, three or four hours is enough to go back and forth. He was wondering if he would find an excuse to go hunting with Qian Le. Check it out there.

I have already arrived at Pagan, and the treasure is close at hand. Although the two of us can't get it out, but if we don't take a look, Wang Ding will not be reconciled. If the treasure is still there, he can always find a way to recover it in the future from.

Wang Ding and Qian Le have been studying the map. At noon, they received a call from Wu Gang. He was accompanying the two professors and asked his driver to pick up Wang Ding and Qian Le. Wait outside the house, don't go out of the city within the city.

Wu Gang is thinking about the safety of the two of them. In Pagan, the major emerald companies are at odds with each other, and they all have a bunch of mercenaries, and assassinations of each other happen from time to time. Maybe they If you entered the city yesterday, you would be targeted by some malicious force.

Those forces did not have the guts to assassinate and kidnap Wu Gang, because that would cause turmoil in the entire Pagan and even Burma, but some forces could still catch Wu Gang's guests and make some threats.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the driver I met yesterday drove the car to the gate of the house. When it came in, there was one car, but when it drove out of the city, five cars followed behind.

After a night's rest, although the two professors could hardly hide their tired faces, they were able to move without hindrance, and the two were eager to see the birthplace of the Jade King.

The special geology and landforms of Myanmar have an irresistible temptation for all geologists.

After meeting up with Wu Gang and others at the hotel, a convoy of 7 vehicles drove out of Hpakant City, and drove upstream along the clear Wulu River.

Although the two sides of the Wulu River have been mined for a long time, the river that nurtures the Pagan people is still crystal clear and flows quietly through the city of Pagan.

The car drove upriver along the Wulu River, the scenery along the way was very beautiful, the wide banana trees, the dense jungle, and the gurgling river, just like in the painting.

At every distance in the Wulu River, there will be a chain bridge with wooden boards on it. There are a lot of people coming and going, most of them are rushing to the Pagan Market.

These people include local people who have cultivated Hpakant for generations, and there are also many people who come here to fish for the world. You must know that Hpakant is the intersection of Mandalay, Menggong and northern Myanmar.

In addition to emeralds, there are also rich gold, silver, and copper mines buried under the land of Pagan, including the teak in the forest, which are all sources of emeralds that can be traded, attracting all kinds of people with various purposes. People who come to Hpakant.

And in addition to these, when people talk about Pagan, they always say that Pagan is run by three lines, namely the white line, the red line, and the green line.

Baicheng refers to heroin. It is close to the border between India and China. It has always been a place where drug traffickers are active. Many drug lords wanted by Interpol are hiding in places such as Pagan.

The red line refers to the ruby, a specialty of Myanmar, which is also very famous in the world, and the green line is naturally emerald.

Along the 150 kilometers up and down the Wulu River, with Pagan as the center, there are hundreds of emerald stones in Longtang, Xiangba, Huika, Mogang, Dakanmu, Dongmo, Houjiang, etc. mine.

Among them, there are ten famous mines with a long history, all of which are located in the upper and lower reaches of the Wulu River, and those new factories are mostly in the Dongmo area, where the mines are all bare, and a large number of exposed rough stones are directly displayed outside. , but without the kind of skin of the old pit.

After driving for more than an hour, the convoy came to the foot of a mountain. After the people in the car in front got out of the car to negotiate, the checkpoint at the foot of the mountain removed the roadbed blocking the road.

The convoy drove along a not very wide mountain road to the middle of the mountain, parked the car on a flat slope, and everyone walked down one after another.

"Big Brother Ang, is this your mine? It's really spectacular..."

Half of the mountain on the opposite side was almost flattened. Below Wang Ding and others, hundreds of people were busy, and there was also the excavator called "Strange Hand", which made a roaring sound and kept He took out a piece of stone from the mountain wall.

The skilled workers next to him immediately stepped forward to identify the stones pulled out by strange hands. Some of them were struck with a hammer, and some were seen with eyesight. As long as they felt that the stone had material, they would immediately load it into the cart, and when it was full, And then unified outward transport.This is primary ore.

Wang Ding knew that primary ore refers to a type of mineral that first existed in the earth's crust and remained in the soil after weathering. Most of the emeralds produced by this primary ore are colorless.

Moreover, the quality of jadeite from primary mines is often very average, far inferior to that of jadeite produced from secondary mines such as iron and copper. Because the formation of the color of jadeite requires the existence of secondary mines, so those There must be associated mines around the brightly colored emerald growth sticks. Five minutes later, everyone bypassed a mountain path and were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them.

From that side, the mountain is still intact, but after bypassing the mountain road, there is a flat plain in front of it, half of the mountain has been bulldozed, and there are still several deep pits in the ground.

Seeing someone coming, several soldiers guarding the periphery immediately surrounded them. After negotiating with Wu Gang's people, they did not ask for a body search, but stood not far from them with guns in their hands, watching their every move. "This...is this all emerald?"

In a large pit with a length of more than 50 meters and a width of more than 40 meters, Wang Ding climbed a ladder to the bottom of the pit, and looked at the stone "Jade" in front of him in disbelief.

The surface of this emerald, which is as big as a hill, is covered with white crystals. If you look closely along these crystals, you can occasionally find some green.

Wang Ding walked around the huge jadeite with a length and width of tens of meters, and found that there were deep holes in every part of the jadeite, which must have been made to check the quality of the jadeite inside.

It's just that this piece of material is very consistent. Wang Ding observed it with aura, and it does contain a lot of jadeite meat, but the quality is the same as what you see outside, and it is a low-grade jadeite variety.

If this piece of jadeite is untied, those stalks can only be used as trinkets worth tens of dollars at most, so it is better to just put it like this. If the Burmese government has a way to move it out, build a museum to collect tickets Exhibiting it to the outside world can also make a lot of money.

"It's 36 meters long, 126 meters high, and extends 19 meters inward. It's incredible. The color of this primary ore should be due to changes in the earth's crust in the late formation of emeralds, and liquid invaded it, resulting in ionization. , resulting in these green veined emeralds.

This also destroyed the structure of the entire emerald, but such a large piece of emerald is equivalent to a small vein, it is incredible..."

Professor Ma and Professor Liang went down to the bottom of the mine and started measuring with a tape measure. After more than ten minutes of busy work, they finally measured the size of the "King of Emeralds" and gave them together. Wang Ding and Qian Le, who went down to the mine, explained the reason for the formation of this emerald.

"It's big, but the material is too bad. The carved thing is only ten or eight yuan each. If it's made of glass, it's worth a lot..."

Wang Ding said with a smile, but his words attracted the contemptuous gazes of the two teachers, glass species, what a joke!

If this is a piece of glass-grown jadeite, it can buy the entire Burmese government axe, and it will stay here and cannot be retrieved?With the clinking of the Burmese government's poor axe, it would have been sold for countless pieces long ago.

After more than half an hour, Wu Gang greeted a few people from above. He invited Professors Ma and Liang to come, mainly to find ore veins for him, and took them here for a visit. Production has been discontinued, and there is nothing else to look at except this so-called "King of Emeralds".

This time Wang Ding sat in the same car with the two experts. After looking at the jadeite, the two of them were very excited and did not feel that the road was bumpy. They kept talking about the jadeite.

Wang Ding also learned some knowledge beside him. He used to only know that jadeite is picked from stones, but now he at least understands some formation factors and environment of jadeite.

After going down the mountain, the convoy drove away from the Wulu River and turned into a fork road. The road became more and more difficult to walk. After nearly two hours, it stopped at the entrance of a bald mountain, but around it, there were It is a lush forest.

There were several large trucks parked at the foot of the mountain, more than 20 houses built of wood, and more than a dozen people with weapons, walking back and forth there, and when they saw the convoy approaching, they all surrounded them.

You can't climb the mountain here, but you have to take the cable car up. Wang Ding and Qian Le are the second wave to go up. There are only two of them in this car. It is very spacious to stand inside. Although the speed of the rail car is not fast, but A few minutes later, it also rose to the halfway up the mountain, and the figure looking down the mountain has become smaller. (To be continued.)