Chapter 1256 Special Mission (First update, please subscribe)
Shan State.
For many Nanyang people, this has always been an extremely distant term.
Although it is far away, in the news about Nanyang, this geographical term often appears in news reports, such as Shan State humanitarian crisis and Shan State no-fly zone.
In recent times, the humanitarian crisis in Shan State has turned into the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
These news reports, without exception, showed Nanyang people a chaotic world.
This world, for many people, is extremely strange and even full of danger.
But there will always be people who enter this strange and dangerous world.
The DC3 passenger plane flying to Xin'an roared over the rainforest. About half an hour after flying over Monsa, it started landing towards the airport.
Meng Nongfei deliberately sat on the left side of the cabin so that he could overlook the city when the plane flew over Xin'an. He could see the city from 1,000 meters in the air.
Xin'an is just a city in the rainforest, not a capital.
Ten years ago, this was just a village in the rain forest, with tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians living here. The people living here opened up paddy fields in the rain forest, built houses, and settled here.
And now, a modern city is located there. There are not only rice fields here, but also some modern factories. In addition to factories such as textile factories, there are even heavy industries such as machinery manufacturing factories, and most of these enterprises are invested by Nanyang capital.
The size of the city is not large.
“Three fives can be used to describe this city. It is a small town of five square kilometers, fifty thousand people, and five roads...”
This is Xin'an, the capital of Shan State.
Obviously, this is no longer the "three-five city" in the past. Looking down from the air, you can see that the city has more than just a few streets, although the buildings in the city are not high. , most of them are four to five stories, but it can be seen that the construction of the city is very regular.
In the southeast of the city, obviously the wealthy area, those houses have their own gardens. The other side is obviously a relatively poor area, where there are thousands of wooden houses with tiled roofs. Those houses look somewhat similar to the houses in Nanyang, but they have some differences.
There are narrow roads running through it. Even from the air, it can still be seen that most of those roads are unhardened dirt roads.
Meng Nongfei just stared at the city in the rainforest. However, he could only see the city market for a while from the plane, but it also gave him a basic understanding of the city.
The city is located on a mountainous plateau. The condescending city allows them to deal with threats from the outside world. This is the fundamental reason why they chose to build the city here in the first place, because it is easier to defend.
In the southwest of the city, there is a building with a blue roof. It is a steel structure factory. It should be the industrial zone of Xin'an. There are houses of different sizes everywhere near the industrial zone. It must be Where workers live.
Just like this, Meng Nongfei looked down at this building from the air. At this time, they were preparing to land.
Soon the plane landed at the airport. After the plane landed, Meng Nongfei saw several MiG-15 fighter jets parked not far away.
When he saw those planes, the corners of Meng Nongfei's mouth rose and he almost laughed out loud - after Nanyang established a Shan State no-fly zone, the Yangon authorities once accused Nanyang at the United Nations General Assembly of supporting its Shan State Of course, Nanyang’s representative to the UN General Assembly firmly refused to acknowledge the accusation of separatist activities. He even took out a photo and pointed at the MiG-15 fighter jet in the photo.
"This is definitely a groundless charge. As we all know, there are no MiG fighter jets in Nanyang. If Shan State is supported by us, then where do the Soviet-style weapons they use, including MiG fighter jets, come from?"
< br>MiG fighter jets, AK47...
Everyone knows why these Soviet weapons appear here. They were either captured by Nanyang in Siam or in Egypt. In short, those Weapons appeared here and became Nanyang's excuse.
Anyway, this is a confusing account. Nanyang has never admitted that they support Shan State, but one thing that is undeniable is... this is indeed a "state within a state."
Meng Nongfei had no luggage in the cabin and only carried a handbag. The terminal building was unbearably hot and buzzing with flies. There were about a dozen soldiers wandering around, as well as a dozen police officers. They were obviously from different tribes. The policemen looked very humble, leaning against the wall and barely speaking to each other. However, it was the soldiers who caught Meng Nongfei's attention.
While filling out the entry registration form, Meng Nongfei half-closed his eyes and paid attention to the soldiers. He passed health and passport controls, both of which were conducted by police-like officers whom he believed to be Chinese.
They spoke Mandarin with a southwestern accent, which was similar to what Meng Nongfei knew before - this is a place where the Tang people call the shots.
This is just like Saigon - the signboards on both sides of the streets are in Chinese characters, the Mandarin language is taught in the schools, and the teaching materials used in the schools are the same as those in Nanyang, or even directly provided by Nanyang, because the Myanmar authorities cannot Controlling this area, Shan State education is mostly at the primary level, mainly relying on monasteries and schools taught by volunteer teachers from Nanyang to provide basic education.
Everything is very familiar!
Except poverty!
Poverty is the biggest characteristic of Shan State.
However, this is normal here. 98% of Shan State is a mountainous area. In this mountainous tropical rain forest area, the cultivated land area is limited. In the past, the food here could not even be self-sufficient. It was only in recent years that, with the help of Nanyang, they cultivated large areas of terraced fields and planted rice and various cash crops, thus gradually escaping poverty.
As soon as I left the airport, I felt the poverty here. The asphalt road in front of the airport was only four or five meters wide, which was probably the standard of a farm trail. There were some vendors selling fruits or souvenirs on the opposite side of the road. Meng Nong Fei glanced around and saw the person holding the pick-up sign. After he walked over, the person asked him.
“You must be Mr. Meng from Nanyang!”
“Yes.”
"I'm here to pick you up, Ah Shan. The colonel sent me to pick you up."
Ah Shan did not pick up his luggage, but led him into a jeep. Then he drove all the way in the opposite direction to the city.
“There are still many poor people here!” On the way to the mountains, Meng Nongfei listened to the driver introducing the situation here. The driver’s Mandarin was very stiff, but it did not hinder the communication between them.
“There is poverty everywhere in the mountains. In the past, mountain people mainly grew duck slices, but now many people grow corn, durian, mangosteen...”
Although the American-made jeep was old, it drove like a fish in water on the dirt road. After a few hours, they finally arrived at their destination—a village in the mountains.
Patches of corn are grown in the terraced fields around the village, and corn is the most common staple food in this land.
Soon, Meng Nongfei followed Ashan to a bamboo building in the center of the village, where he met the colonel. He was wearing a Nanyang-style camouflage combat uniform and a pair of The sunglasses may be Dior, or they may be Thunderbirds.
Who knows?
But what is certain is that it must be a luxury brand from Nanyang.
"Welcome to our Shan State, Mr. Meng."
As soon as he saw Meng Nongfei, the colonel seemed extremely enthusiastic. He walked directly into Meng Nongfei's house. While the servant was serving tea, the colonel Sorry:
"Sorry to make you laugh, the conditions here are not as good as those in Nanyang, there is no air conditioning, and there are no high-rise buildings, but..."
The colonel threw out a piece of oil paper wrapped in it. of black bricks and said with a smile:
“We have the best smoke in the world!”
Looking at the black bricks in front of him, Meng Nongfei's eyes lit up. This was exactly the purpose of his coming here.
"I know, that's why I came here. I want to know why the colonel suddenly increased the price!"
Faced with Meng Nongfei's inquiry, the colonel said helplessly:
"Mr. Meng, we have been cooperating for two years. In the past two years, you have been a very good partner. I would not increase the price if it were not forced, but you You should know that in recent years, Shan State has been cracking down on these.
General Li of Xin'an asked everyone to switch to corn and rice. Villages that continue to grow these things will be hit, even me. We know what will happen next. Our planting area is decreasing little by little. Now we can only hide in the rainforest to plant some. So, the relationship between supply and demand..."
The colonel smiled and said:
"In this case, raising the price is the only option."
"15%!"
Meng Nongfei thought After thinking about it, he said:
“This is my bottom line, but I can buy 50 tons at a time!”
"No problem, as long as Mr. Meng comes, he is giving me face. Don't worry, I will give priority to ensuring the supply to you in the future!"
The colonel wearing sunglasses laughed and said:
"Mr. Meng, we have a happy cooperation!"
"Then when can I harvest?"
"It can be done at any time, the goods are in the village..."
Just as the colonel happily ordered people to open the champagne, suddenly there was a strange noise in the air, and then someone hurried in and shouted loudly.
"Commander, commander, is the commando team of the Narcotics Control Bureau!"
What the Narcotics Control Bureau!
The colonel, who was still laughing, suddenly changed his expression. He is in this business and knows what it means when the Narcotics Control Bureau comes to visit.
Staring at Meng Nongfei, he suddenly seemed to understand something and shouted loudly.
"You, you are a fucking undercover agent of the Narcotics Control Bureau! I will shoot you!"
After saying that, the gun was pointed at Meng Nongfei. Faced with the threat of the gun, he did not show any signs of it. Instead, he took a step forward and said in a light tone:
"Colonel..."
Meng Nongfei looked at each other and said:
"You and I both It’s very clear what price you will pay if you shoot. Now that you are at the door, everything is over, so why bother to resist?”
When he finished speaking, the helicopter was already hovering above their heads, and the black holes of the commando's guns were pointed at the mountain stronghold.
Listening to the roar of the helicopter, the colonel's expression became extremely complicated. He stared at the other person for a long time and then said:
"You, you... damn, I was just doing what we had already done. It’s just a business you’re used to!”
Meng Nongfei said coldly:
“Bad habits always have to be changed. If you don’t change them, then we will help you change them!”
(End of this chapter)