3. Banlao Town
After we bought some daily necessities in Cang Yuan, we drove to the border.
This was already a rural road. There were basically no cars passing by, and there were very few pedestrians. There were only dense mountains and forests.
The farther away from home, the more terrified he was. Where was the destination? Uneasiness and worry were written on everyone's faces.
Two days later, at dusk, the car finally entered a small town. Zhou Xingzong said that this place was called Old Ban, and Myanmar was on the other side of the valley.
After getting their things from the inn, everyone went out for a stroll.
Old Ban was located on the side of the mountain road at the border. There was a valley to the south of the road, and he could not see the end of it. This valley was the border, and Myanmar was on the other side of the valley. Zhou Xingzong said that this was the border drawn by the government and Prime Minister Ne Win on the plane. At that time, the two sides had a lot of trouble figuring out what to use to draw the border. When they saw the endless valley on the plane, both sides had the same idea and agreed to use it as the border.
Zhou Xingzong smiled mischievously, not knowing if this was true or false.
Myanmar's full name was "Union of Myanmar". It was located between 92 to 101 degrees east longitude and 9 to 28 degrees north latitude. Its north and northeast borders Tibet and Yunnan. The China-Myanmar border is 2185 kilometers long, of which the Yunnan-Myanmar section is 1997 kilometers long.
Myanmar was the second largest country in Southeast Asia and was shaped like a diamond. From the south to the north, it was about two thousand miles, and from east to west, it was about nine hundred kilometers wide. The terrain was complex, high in the north and low in the south. The east, north, and west were all high mountains or plateaus, and only the middle was a plain. Across from the valley we are standing in is the vast mountains of the Eastern Highlands, where we are going.
It was a mysterious country, a strange place. The Eastern Plateau was the largest single geological unit in Myanmar, a large fault area. It was between 900 and 1300 meters above sea level. The eastern mountain range was between the Irrawaddy River, the Xitang River, and the Salween River. There were rich mineral deposits there.
Everyone stood at the edge of the valley and looked at the mountains in the south. It was almost dusk, and the setting sun had already hidden behind the mountains, gilding the mountains with a layer of gold. Above the mountains, the sunset was like blood, and the sky was crimson, reflecting the green mountains.
This magical place belonged to the Shan State of Myanmar. Myanmar was a multi-ethnic country with various local governments. The various ethnic groups in Shan State also had their own territories and armed forces. It could be said that the heavens were high and the emperor was far away. No one could care. To the south was the notorious Golden Triangle of drugs. In fact, the Kuangqu belonged to the periphery of the Golden Triangle.
This is the place we are going to. Not to mention the high mountains and dangerous waters, deep forests and slippery moss; Poisonous snakes and wild beasts appeared, and poisonous fog filled the air.
Therefore, someone suggested bringing a gun along. However, this troublesome matter did not come true in the end.
But even if he brought a gun, I don't think it's safe. It might be even more dangerous.
We need a place to stay when we get there. Fortunately, there was already a fellow villager who was mining there. He was willing to let us stay at his place first. We had already agreed on the time to arrive.
However, it started to rain after we arrived at Old Ban. We had to wait for the sky to clear up for two days. Zhou Xingzong said that they had to wait for the weather to clear before they could set off. The road conditions were quite bad, and if they were to barge in, something would happen.
Mr. Ban had a post office, so everyone went to make a call. When they arrived at the Myanmar Kuangqu, there was no electricity, let alone a post office. It was impossible to contact the outside world. I thought about it, but there was no phone to call. His parents had passed away. My brother was very good to me when I was young. After we got married, he had his own job, career, and family. It was impossible for him to be like before.
Sunday was Banlao Street. There were stalls selling clothes, groceries, pork, wild vegetables, herbs, and mountain products on the open space on the road and roadside. Most of the people who went to the market were Wa people. They were dressed in black and green clothes that were dyed and woven by themselves. The men carried knives on their waists, and the women held tobacco pipes in their mouths. They were talking in a Wa language that we could not understand.
It rained for five to six days straight. Everyone was playing poker in the small room of the hotel. They were all anxious and annoyed.
"This damn place is wet and stuffy. My sweaty pants have been cold for three days and haven't dried yet. If this goes on, we'll all grow mold and become savages. I don't think we need to mine anymore. We'll make a fortune by holding a savage exhibition!”Chen Hui said.
Bi Minpu laughed and said,"I can't say a good word from your mouth.”
"Little Chen, I don't think we need to wait for Long Hair. You're like a savage now. We'll have an exhibition tomorrow." Luo Ruhui smiled.
Everyone roared with laughter. Chen Hui had shaved his head, but he had a full beard. The beard was so long that it connected with the hair on his chest and neck.
Chen Hui was not angry. He smiled and said,"Uncle Luo, we'll start preparing tomorrow. What do you think?" Tomorrow, you go to the Wa village to buy a black dog and kill it to go with the wine. Then, use 502 to stick its fur on your body. How about we pretend to be uncle and nephew? We'll split it fifty-fifty."
" If you want to pretend, pretend to be your father…Sigh, I don't have the heart to practice my mouth with you. This d * ck, this d * ck…" He kept scolding.
On the sixth day, the rain finally stopped. Zhou Xingzong said that they would have to wait for two more days until the road was dry before they could set off. However, Guan Yunwu said that he couldn't wait any longer. Otherwise, he would miss the time he had agreed with his fellow countrymen. He insisted on leaving the next day.
Guan Yunwu was highly respected and was a proper geological engineer. It was said that the mines that he had selected in his hometown had all dug up rich ores. He was very reputable in this industry. This time, he had invested in the dry mine. Everyone had high hopes for him and jokingly called him a giant panda, a national treasure. Luo Ruhui didn't mind being long-winded and called him Mr. Giant Panda, the national treasure.
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