Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, is full of magic for the Mongolians. If they cannot survive by relying on animal husbandry, they will come to Ulaanbaatar to survive. And those herders who cannot move their families to the city and do not have enough livestock to support their lives, and they also have their own ways to make money. They raise yurts and wait for tourists who come to travel, but their usual income is 80% of the Mongolian Natural Park Committee.

At the suggestion of the embassy staff, Jiang Feng and others also came to a yurt area, paid 1,000 US dollars, and rented dozens of large yurts.

"Haha, this is much cheaper than staying in a hotel." One of Jiang Feng's subordinates said with a smile.

"You can choose to stay in a hotel in the district." Jiang Feng replied.

The subordinate immediately stopped talking. He had just visited the hotel environment. Instead of living there, it was better to live in a yurt. At least it was clean here and it was a bit fresh.

The situation of the hotel in Ulaanbaatar is really unsatisfactory. The difference between it and yurts is probably that one is built with bricks and cement, while the other is not.

Strictly speaking, yurts are not tents, they have their own characteristics. The roof is supported by connecting wooden fences and wooden poles, and then filled with felt mats as insulating materials. A set of yurts weigh about one ton and need to be moved by a large cart. A few cows or three or four camels can be pulled. Tourists, such as those who come to South Korea, can participate in the daily life of herders and set up yurts with them. The roof is supported by two pillars, and the living room is about 20 square meters on average. The gate of the yurt generally faces south and can be sunbathed.

Such a yurt can only be rented for a day for only five dollars. Jiang Feng, dozens of people, rushed in, but they were so happy that the Mongolians who were rented. In addition to food and drink, the number of people with 40 or 50 spent 1,000 dollars to get it done. It must be said that it is very cheap.

The embassy said to Jiang Feng: "Mongolia's economic structure is single, and its available energy has been mainly relying on imports for nearly a century. The Russian oil company, which is responsible for the supply of 90% of Mongolia's crude oil, has raised prices twice in the past three months, with an average increase of 20% each time. Since last year, the domestic wheat price in Mongolia has nearly doubled. Mongolia has extremely lacked water resources, and ordinary people have very poor water conditions. On the other hand, there is no good urban drainage system. Whenever rivers flood, cities will accumulate garbage and have poor sanitary conditions."

Jiang Feng nodded and said, "From the place I passed by, you can see those wooden houses and other things, which shows that the lives of the people in this place are indeed not very good."

There are some rich people in Mongolia, otherwise the Rolls-Royce would be expensive and not very popular in China. However, at the same time, the gap between the rich and the poor is expanding at an astonishing speed. Now Mongolia's economic lifeline is basically in the hands of a few oligarchs.

There is a famous villa street in Bayinboluk, the northern suburb of Ulaanbaatar. The villas there are all kinds of colors, all European styles, and very beautiful. The rich and leisure Mongolians draw and design their own villas, and there are almost no duplicate villas in the entire area.

On the villa street that stretches for dozens of kilometers, there are mountains on the east and west sides, with forests on the mountains. Under the blue sky and white clouds, roofs of various colors shine together, just like entering the fairy tale world. The ordinary Mongolians who can live a paradise life compared to those poor people struggling in urban slums or grassland yurt Bao Li.

According to the staff of the embassy, ​​even in countries like Mongolia with vast grasslands, incidents of fighting for grasslands often occur. Sometimes, nomads have to grazed their livestock to the protected areas again and again.

Small garden facilities allow residents to eat healthy food. In times of economic hardship, any new ideas are popular among the public. The nomads' staple food is still meat and dairy, but at least now there are new wild vegetables and fruits on the menu.

"When guests come from afar, they are willing to take time to receive them because life on the grassland is boring for them." Embassy staff introduced to Jiang Feng. "Their usual entertainment is to listen to radios. Most nomads have radios to receive radios from foreign radio stations. They also like to listen to the guests who come to travel and tell some news about the outside."

The yurt where Jiang Feng lives is an older Mongolian family. The owner was very happy to receive an extra $100 bill from Jiang Feng. The old man's family dressed up to attend the welcome ceremony and passed it on tobacco. According to the staff of the embassy, ​​it was a ceremony to welcome guests in the past, but today, I am afraid that only older people know about this ceremony, which means that the guests came with a friendly wish.

Then the old man and his family were humming some songs in words they didn't understand, which sounded very melodious and melodious. Moreover, judging from the feeling of the river wind, in this high-latitude city, it seems that the sky is very low. Living in this environment for a long time, the mood is naturally more depressing. Therefore, sheeping sheep on the vast grassland requires a lot of more yelling and yelling. Over time, not only did a nation on the horse's back, but also a nation that could sing and dance.

It surprised Jiang Feng. The old man and his family can speak English, and there is no obstacle in talking. Their oral proficiency is very good!

Jiang Feng communicated with them for a while, and then he realized that Mongolia's favorite thing is tourists from Europe and the United States. These people are generous and not bad, and are much better than those rough **men. They are not like businessmen from mainland China. They only know how to exploit surplus value from them. Therefore, they are all studying English seriously and vigorously developing the tourism industry.

The old man said that one of his sons was working with the United Nations Food Rights Project commissioner, and his income was quite good, but the place where he worked was farther from the capital and he could only come back for a long time. Such a large yurt was idle, so he simply rented it out to tourists as a tourism industry, and the income was also satisfactory.

In fact, since 1990, Mongolia has completed a thorough victory from the planned economy to the market economy, and most local enterprises have not survived. The old man's son followed the commissioner of the United Nations Food Rights Project to collect information in Mongolia's large and small towns and towns to report on the hunger situation there.

Now they are conducting research on Selenge Province, which is more than 200 kilometers away from the capital, near the border between Mongolia and Russia. It is a place for milk powder production, but the interests of the surrounding herders are difficult to guarantee because most of the milk comes from nearby Siberia, where the cows are healthier. The milk production is also higher, while domestic companies lack competitiveness, and the product price is half higher than that of Siberian milk powder. Therefore, all the workers here can earn is just a bite of food, and there is no talk of sustainable development.

Because yurts move around, the system in Mongolia is similar to that in Russia. As long as you don’t build fixed houses in the center of the city, if you don’t set up yurts on the road, no one will come to you for trouble.

But many people are taking advantage of the tricks and setting up yurts not far from the highway, which can attract more passers-by or truck drivers who need rest.

Mongolia has 50,000 kilometers of roads across the country, but the hardened road surface is only more than 1,000 kilometers, and the other road surfaces are sandy roads pressed out by cars traveling for a long time. On the road leading to the Altai Mountains in the west, the highest place is more than 4,300 meters above sea level, and the fuel tank of the car often freezes. At this time, the old-fashioned Soviet imported trucks show its advantages. The driver ignited a fire under the car, which could melt the gasoline.

Nowadays, Mongolians like Japanese cars. Many people make a fortune by reselling second-hand cars from Japan and South Korea. However, in the eyes of drivers who often run snow mountain and walk on dirt roads, the quality of old Russian cars is more reliable.

For nomads here, life in the mountains in winter is extremely difficult. The temperature often drops to minus 35 degrees Celsius. The frozen soil cannot grow any crops. If the storage for winter cannot meet the needs, many families have to slaughter a large number of livestock in the winter. The cattle and sheep are cut into small slices and cooked. According to traditional customs, bones cannot be cut off throughout the process. While eating their favorite lamb legs, the family may be thinking about whether they will also buy a few yurts and raise a few horses in the winter next year, and switch to tourism.

Jiang Feng had previously doubted whether he could bear the fishy smell of mutton, because he found that when the people here cooked mutton, they didn't put any ingredients, just some salt, but when the mutton was cooked, the strong aroma surprised him.

While drinking the broth, Jiang Feng was also surprised to find that it was so delicious and had no smell of mutton.

When asked about the staff of the embassy, ​​he said that the pasture here is of good quality and cattle and sheep do not need to eat feed, so pure natural high-quality mutton is of course the most delicious, and there is no need to use it as ingredients to remove any mutton smell...

"What a pity. I didn't find two chefs with Dong Laishun and brought all kinds of ingredients together." After hearing this explanation, Jiang Feng felt very regretful. If he had prepared, the most delicious mutton hotpot in the world would be the most delicious mutton hotpot in the world. How many times better than drinking mutton soup now without supplementary ingredients?

He was sighing and heard noisy outside, but he didn't know what was going on. However, when he saw the old man's eyes, something was wrong, as if he had encountered something very troublesome.

"What happened?" Jiang Feng was puzzled, but he still grabbed a lamb leg and bit off a large piece of the fattest meat. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!