The Yunnan-Burma Highway starts from Kunming and ends in Lashio, Myanmar, with a total length of 1,146.1 kilometers. The Yunnan-Burma Highway is connected to the Central Railway of Myanmar and directly connects to the Yangon Port, the former capital of Myanmar.

Along the way, Gao Jiu saw that vehicles were coming and going on the road were constantly passing, but the road conditions were very poor. He couldn't help but feel a little worried and said, "Mr. Long, the transportation volume of this road will soon increase. The road needs to be improved urgently, otherwise it will seriously affect traffic. Are you familiar with the people in the Southwest Transportation Office? It is best to remind them to carry out repairs in advance."

Long Yingyuan shook his head and said, "Brother Jiu, we can't control this matter."

Immediately, he introduced the management status of the Southwest Transportation Office.

The full name of the management agency of the Yunnan-Burma Highway is "General Manager Office of the Southwest Import and Export Materials Transportation of the Military Commission, and is referred to as the "Southwest Transportation Office".

The Southwest Transportation Office has successively established transportation personnel training centers, transportation offices, Yunnan Burma Road Hospital, Zhamang Clinic, Automobile Construction General Factory, Tengchong Pack Transportation Management Office, Auto Brigade, and various warehouses. Due to the large organization, there are many problems in management. Privately carrying passengers and freights in transportation became popular, the fleet discipline was poor, and the management was also intrigue and even publicly criticized, making the management even more chaotic.

As for road maintenance, it is also very difficult to raise funds. This is because these issues involve a wide range of aspects, including the Yunnan Provincial Government, local government and many other departments, and no one is willing to get involved in such a complicated matter.

Gao Jiu nodded and said nothing.

The convoy continued to move and finally arrived at the destination Ruili City.

Ruili is located in the western part of Yunnan Province, connected to Mangshi in the east, Longchuan in the north, southwest, and southeast, connected to Myanmar mountains and rivers, facing each other, and adjacent to the Myanmar city Mujie,

Ruili has a southern subtropical monsoon climate, with drought and rain all year round, basically free of frost, with an average annual temperature of 21     ℃, no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, flowers bloom in all seasons, fruits are produced throughout the year, with a proportion of forest coverage of 55%, beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery, making it a rare and hot area treasure land.

This is the first time Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming, Zheng Sanpao and others have come here, and they highly appreciate the scenery here.

It was the first time Ouyang Xue came here. She was a little curious and asked half-jokingly: "Brother Jiu, you are so interested in this place. Do you want to retire here?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Yes! The scenery here is so beautiful. Two houses are built, men farm and women weave, work from sunrise, rest from sunset, and children surround their wives. Isn't it great?"

Although he knew Gao Jiu was joking, Ouyang Xue couldn't help but yearn for it. She imagined herself with her husband and watching the child play in the yard. Her eyes were blurred and her expression was very sweet.

Gao Jiu looked out of the car, and the scenery between the mountains and fields was beautiful, but his eyes passed by these, looking at the distant sky. He was not here to support his elderly care, but this was just a springboard for him. His goal was Myanmar opposite, or to be precise, the Golden Triangle. He wanted to build his own world there and find a place for the elders and fellow villagers, brothers and sisters in Taohua Mountain to settle down.

Gao Jiu once thought about many places, such as Europe and the United States. With his financial resources and business acumen, even everyone in Taohua Mountain, including their families, can support them and give them a career, which is also a way out.

However, they must be outsiders and ethnic minorities, and will be discriminated against, leave their hometowns, and have no sense of home. He also considered the countries in the Strait of Malacca in the past, where there were many Chinese people, making it more convenient to live.

However, once the Pacific War breaks out, the strategic depth of the island countries is too small to resist the Japanese invasion, and they will still face the trouble of war.

After thinking about it, the Golden Triangle region is relatively convenient. It is close to mainland China and is a place that is not in charge. It is also a good choice to live your own small life.

Gao Jiu did not think so suddenly. When the Guofu retreated from the mainland in history, the remnants of the 93rd Division of the Guo army entered the Golden Triangle, and they stood there, and their descendants still live there.

With Gao Jiu's strength, he is much bigger than the 93rd Division, so he doesn't have to worry about being untenable. He can build his own world there.

Mr. Long San had already made the way in advance and arrived at Ruili first. After Gao Jiu and others arrived at Ruili, Mr. Long San had already brought Ruili local officials to greet him.

The management agency of the People's Government in Ruili is called Ruili Establishment Bureau.

Director Ma Ruiguang is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is as thin as many locals and has dark skin. He is wearing a Zhongshan suit, a top hat, and a pocket watch in his pocket on his chest. His bracelet is exposed. This is the standard dressing of local government officials in this era.

The level of the Ruili governing bureau is smaller than that of the county magistrate and the town magistrate. Director Ma is a local Han native. He has been growing up in Ruili since he was a child and has never seen any big scenes. He felt a little nervous when he saw the great figure like Long San Gongzi, King Long San Gongzi, and others. When he saw the respectful attitude of Long San Gongzi to Gao Jiu, Ouyang Xue and others, he knew that the person who came was higher. When he saw Gao Jiu and Ouyang Xueqi's majestic appearance, he couldn't help but look a little restrained.

When Long Yingyuan introduced Gao Jiu and Ouyang Xue's identities, Director Ma was startled. He smiled and nodded and said, "Welcome to Master Gao Jiu, welcome Miss Ouyang to come." He said this, he was a little nervous and didn't know what to say.

When Mr. Long saw his appearance, in order to relieve his nervousness, he said, "Brother Jiu, Miss Ouyang, Director Ma is very hospitable, and has set up a banquet to entertain you all."

Director Ma nodded repeatedly and said, "I would like to appreciate the glory of all the guests!"

In Ruili's Dai style building, Director Ma set up a banquet. He rarely received a person with a noble status like Mr. Long. This time he spent a lot of money and specially arranged local style dances to show his grandeur.

Yunnan has rich products and many specialty delicacies, such as sprinkled pot, sprinkled bastards, sour bamboo shoots, roasted suckling pigs, chicken mushrooms, fried bee pupa, mango, rice noodles, poruda, thin bean flour, etc.

Although the food standards in Taohua Mountain are very high, the types of wine and vegetables are limited after all. Wang Zhankui, Zheng Sanpao and others ate very happily, and they all praised it, thinking that the trip was worth it.

Director Ma arranged the Dai dance today, peacock dance, gahai and elephant feet to cheer.

The Dai woman dressed beautifully and slim in shape was dancing the graceful peacock dance, making her eyes straight from the old hats from Taohua Mountain.

Long Guobi was very familiar with the customs and culture of Yunnan. She explained to Gao Jiu and others while watching. Ouyang Xue was also fascinated by the viewing and exclaimed a few words from time to time.

Gao Jiu is not unfamiliar with Peacock Dance. He has watched it many times in film and television dramas in the past, but the freshness is not that strong. What he is interested in is the elephant feet inspiration.

The elephant foot drum has distinct national characteristics. The drums are divided into three types: long drums, short drums and big drums. The long drum drum is 7 feet long, with cowhide or python skin as the drum face, and the drum tail is like feet, made of logs. The performer uses fingers, palms, fists, and feet to beat the drum face with his fingers, palms, and feet. The man and the drum rotate and swing together, which is elegant and generous, and the drum beats are sharp. The short drum drum body is slightly short and 5 feet long, and the rhythm is slightly slow during the performance, the drum beats are steady and the sound is deep and short. During the performance, the sound is grand and heavy, shocking the sky and the earth, and the scene is spectacular. The drum drum is a dance that the Dai people like and everyone can dance.

Gao Jiu was very happy to see it and couldn't help but step forward and beat the cowhide drums.

The actors saw that their distinguished guests loved their dance and enthusiastically guided Gao Jiu's rhythmic skills in beating drum beats.

Gao Jiu learned things very quickly, and soon mastered the technique of elephant feet to slam the drum and couldn't help but start playing. Seeing the guests happy, the actors jumped up to the drum beats again.

Seeing the boss showing off on stage, the brothers in Taohuashan naturally applauded the boss. Young Master Longshan, Ouyang Xue and others also applauded and the atmosphere on the scene was very warm.

Back at the table, Gao Jiu asked about the situation of Ruili ethnic minority.

Director Ma introduced that the main ethnic minorities in Ruili include Dai, Jingpo, De'ang, Lisu, and Achang.

Gao Jiu noticed that the only Dai songs and dances arranged today, and asked: "What is the relationship between the local ethnic groups?"

Director Ma smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "It's normal."

Gao Jiu understood that due to differences in customs and habits among various ethnic groups, there are usually some contradictions, and sometimes the relationship will become very rigid. This has always been the case in all dynasties, and this problem was not solved during the Republic of China.

Gao Jiu asked about the local economic situation again, which was also very ordinary. In the past, the main reason for inconvenience of transportation, but now the traffic on the Yunnan-Burma Highway is busy, which has also brought some of the economy here. Ruili has some characteristic industries, such as jade, but it did not form any scale in the war years.

In the next few days, Gao Jiu, Ouyang Xue, Long Yingyuan and others, accompanied by Director Ma, visited various aspects of Ruili and met with the leaders of various tribes.

After investigation, Gao Jiu basically had a relatively complete plan.

That morning, he sent a telegram to the Military Command Headquarters.

Chongqing, Military Command Headquarters.

The boss of the Military Commission received a telegram from Gao Jiu, saying that the Yunnan-Vietnam Highway was about to be closed, so that the government would prepare early.

The boss was very moved that Gao Jiu was really serving the country and the people. The news he provided was extremely important and was related to the safety of the major artery of the transportation of materials in the Anti-Japanese War.

He was also a little confused. In the telegram, Gao Jiu also said that he was willing to pay for his own money to build a 52-kilometer road from Mengchuan Town to Ruili's establishment bureau, and asked the government to say hello to the Southwest Transportation Office and not interfere.

The first feeling of the boss was that Gao Jiu was a little full, and the road construction was really useless. I don’t understand what Gao Jiu was going to do?

He couldn't figure it out, so he could only think that Gao Jiu had a great sense of patriotism and love for the people, and that he had too much money and had nowhere to spend it.

The boss is a cautious person. He doesn't know Gao Jiu's motives and dares not report this matter to the big man.

He sent a telegram to Gao Jiu, and the telegram said: "Brother Gao, I will definitely help you with your affairs. But why did you suddenly run to Yunnan and still have to pave the road and build the bridge there?

Please inform us in detail what you think.”

Gao Jiu replied to him and said, "I came back from Hong Kong this time and passed through Kunming. After receiving the news from Vietnam, I wanted to set up a transportation company here to make some money, but the road conditions on the Yunnan-Burma Highway were too bad.

I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I wanted to spend some money to build the road, which was also for me to make money myself. Otherwise, I would only make money, and I felt a little unreasonable.

Please say hello to the Southwest Transportation Office for this matter, so don’t cause trouble for me in the future.”

The boss already knows Gao Jiu very well, and he always feels that this reason is not sufficient enough. Gao Jiu is some money and some are ways to make money, so he doesn't have to go to the Yunnan-Burma Highway to set up a transportation company to get a share of the pie.

No matter how confused he was, he couldn't send a telegram to Gao Jiu for inquiries, so he sent a telegram to the Kunming Military Command Station to let them know about Gao Jiu's movements in Kunming.

Gao Jiu was open-minded in Kunming, and he didn't need to deliberately hide anyone. The Kunming Military Control Commission Station immediately sent a telegram to the boss, saying that Gao Jiu and Mr. Long had set up a trading company in Yunnan and set up a transportation company under it.

The boss thought this was a bit reasonable. The reason why Gao Jiu went there to build a transportation company to make money was probably to help Mr. Long San and get some money to spend. Now these reasons make sense, so he asked to meet the big man and report the matter to him.

The big shot also attached great importance to the information provided by Gao Jiu. He immediately ordered the military command, the Ministry of Transport and other departments to strengthen the management of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and instructed the Southwest Transportation Office to invest funds, manpower and material resources to repair the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

When he heard that Gao Jiu was going to build a road there, he was also a little confused and asked, "What are you doing when Gao Jiu is not fighting the Japanese in Taohua Mountain?"

The big boss took Gao Jiu to Hong Kong, helped the Military Control Commission obtain the secret of the China Reserve Coupon, and the establishment of a transportation company in Yunnan, and reported to the big man.

The big man was really moved, he said: "This Gao Jiuwei

guo The civil government has made a lot of contributions. If he wants to make some money there, he will go. Notify the Southwest Transportation Office and follow Gao Jiu’s requirements and do not interfere with his affairs."

Gao Jiu was very happy to receive the telegram from the boss, and he asked Mr. Long to say hello to his father, the King of Yunnan. In this way, in Ruili area, Gao Jiu had considerable power and could do things according to his intentions.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Long came forward to communicate with Director Ma of Ruili Establishment Bureau and set aside a piece of land for the trading company outside Ruili City. The trading company was also very generous and gave Director Ma 10,000 oceans to repair the office space of Ruili Establishment Bureau. Director Ma thanked him for his gratitude and was very happy.

This time, Yue Lin and Wang Yuling came to Yunnan with Ouyang Xue. Yue Lin performed well in Chongqing. All the buildings, including pharmaceutical factories, were designed, supervised and constructed by him. In order to reward him, Gao Jiu transferred Wang Yuling to work by his side.

This young couple has been loving each other for a long time, and they are very distressed when they fall in love in another place. Jiu Ye is so reasonable that they are extremely happy.

This morning they received a notice to go to Gao Jiu's residence for a meeting. That morning, Gao Jiu, Ouyang Xue, Long Yingyuan, Long Guobi, Yue Lin and Wang Yuling attended the meeting.

Gao Jiu decided to set up another construction company under the trading company. The company was under the responsibility of Yue Lin and Wang Yuling to build a material transfer station and research institute outside Ruili City, and was also responsible for the construction of the section from Mengchuan Town to Ruili on the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Yue Lin asked: "Jiu Ye, nothing else is a problem. How to solve the recruitment problem of construction companies?"

The reason why Yue Lin asked this is because the theater controls are now implemented in the rear, and the recruitment of a large number of workers must be approved by the local military and political departments.

Mr. Long smiled and said, "This is a small matter, I'll solve it."

Gao Jiu nodded and said, "This matter will be solved by Mr. Long and I personally."

The reason why Gao Jiu paid for the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway was not to make money on this road. He wanted to use this section of the road to do something to pave the way for the future entry into the Golden Triangle.

Director Ma, who set up a bureau in Ruili, was in a good mood and was able to get in touch with a big shot like Mr. Long San, so his small local official also became hard.

Gao Jiu and others were rich and powerful, not only gave him 10,000 oceans, but also able to repair the Yunnan-Burma Highway to bring political achievements to themselves. He was determined to hold on to Mr. Long San, who might have the chance to make a fortune in the future. Therefore, he was more attentive and organized a group of people to provide services to the people of the trading company.
Chapter completed!