I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

In this area, cars are difficult to pass, and the means of transportation of the scientific expedition team are horses and yaks.

The horse is equivalent to a "passenger car", and the yak is a "truck".

These dozens of yaks come from different families, and they are not familiar with each other. Under the arrangement of the township leaders, these yaks temporarily formed a transportation team.

After being frightened, the yaks became wild, and they used the family as a fighting unit to fight in groups.

Kaka!

This is the sound of horns colliding with horns, resounding across the plateau.

Shen Qi, Xu Zhou and other scientific workers from the low-altitude areas of the capital had never seen the chaotic scene of a herd of yaks fighting, and they were at a loss for a while.

The yak is an irreplaceable means of transportation on the plateau. If a few yaks are killed and injured due to a fight, it will cause irreparable and huge losses to China's scientific research work.

At this critical moment, only a clear whistle was heard, and a rider came out.

The rider is mighty and majestic, with a felt hat on his head, a leather jacket, a shotgun on his shoulder, and a leather whip in his hand. He is dressed like a Tibetan hunter.

Clap!

The rider whipped the ground and blew a few more rhythmic whistles.

"Ah, yo, yo, yo!" The rider circled around the herd of yaks, yelling with a sense of ceremony.

One thing down one thing.

After the rider's combo, the yaks became quiet and the chaos was brought under control.

Shen Qi and Xu Zhou joined forces. This scientific expedition team was mainly composed of Yanda personnel, and the University of Earthquake also sent relevant professional scientific expedition personnel.

The Tibetan boy who bravely tamed the yak is called Awang. He is the administrator of the Ering Lake-Zhaling Lake Reserve and the guide of this scientific expedition team.

"Brother Ngawang, you are very skillful." Shen Qi was full of praise for the Tibetan guide, and asked for tips on taming yaks.

Awang taught Shen Qi the method of taming the bullwhip and related formulas, and Shen Qi memorized them in his heart.

The scientific expedition team rode horses and drove cattle all the way westward. When it was getting late, they set up tents to rest overnight.

The joint scientific expedition team of Yanda University and the University of Earthquake came with a mission. Scientists from various majors gathered around the bonfire to talk at night, and the starry sky on the plateau was extremely bright.

The group of scientists agree that global warming is making things worse for the arid, water-scarce northwestern regions of China.

The unreasonable interference of human beings on the ecological environment is an important reason for the rapid deterioration of the environment in the Sanjiangyuan area in recent decades.

"Man-made disasters require the government to strengthen management. Natural disasters require the joint efforts of all of us who are scholars." Shen Qi took yak dung and put it into the campfire. The best energy source here is yak dung.

"Yes, if we don't make up our minds to improve the ecological environment, human beings will be doomed." Xu Zhou wrapped his jacket tightly. It's midsummer in July, but the nights on the plateau are extremely cold.

Scientists from the capital chatted about science, but Awang did not understand professional knowledge. He patrolled with a shotgun and acted as both a guide and a bodyguard.

"Brother Awang, come and have a seat." Shen Qi waved to Awang.

Awang walked to the campfire, looking somewhat restrained, he was the least educated among the group.

"Brother Awang, you are the most familiar with the plateau, tell us the story here." Shen Qi said.

"Digging for gold and caterpillar fungus made us both rich and poor." Awang spoke half-baked Chinese and told the past of Sanjiangyuan in plain language, with a Han cadre in Maduo County as a supplement.

The Sanjiangyuan area is rich in gold and cordyceps. These two precious resources not only brought wealth to the Sanjiangyuan area, but also caused great damage to the ecological environment here.

During Ma Bufang's reign, large-scale gold mining began here.

Although the productivity at that time was extremely low, more than 40,000 taels of gold were put into Ma Bufang's private treasury every year.

Ma Bufang's gold mining team once dug up a huge gold nugget weighing 23 kilograms in Maduo County. Ma Bufang was overjoyed, thinking that it was auspicious, and immediately ordered someone to make a very delicate large mirror frame and put the gold nugget on display.

The shape of this gold nugget is peculiar, like a fierce dog roaring at the sky, the golden light is dazzling, and everyone who sees it is amazed.

How much gold Ma Bufang took with him when he fled is still a mystery.

I heard that when Ma Bufang was in exile, he had to temporarily change his escape plan because he carried too much gold and indirectly crushed the plane.

"Too much gold digging is not good, it will damage the environment, the water will turn yellow, and there will be a lot of sand." Awang expressed his strong desire to protect the Sanjiangyuan environment with his simple words.

"Ma Bufang's period was basically destructive mining. After so many years of mining, it can be seen that the gold reserves here are extremely amazing. However, the price we paid was huge." Maduo County officials shook their heads and sighed.

Compared with digging gold, non-professionals digging Cordyceps will cause more serious damage to the Sanjiangyuan area.

In the 1990s, a large number of foreigners flooded into Sanjiangyuan. They had no experience in identifying and digging Cordyceps. They used the method of digging the ground to find Cordyceps. They were often busy for several days. They did not find a single Cordyceps, but they turned over a good pasture.

After digging up the Cordyceps, the outsiders slapped their buttocks and left, leaving the local aborigines with nowhere to go, and the local residents and cadres borne all the consequences.

The vegetation in the source basin of the Yellow River was severely damaged, forming a large area of ​​sandy land, which also affected the middle and lower reaches. In recent years, landslides and mudslides have emerged one after another, and the country invests astronomical figures in human, material and financial resources in emergency rescue and disaster relief every year.

So Ngawang stopped herding sheep. He realized that only by protecting the environment in his hometown can they survive.

After dawn, the scientific expedition team continued on their way.

Going deep into the Yellow River Source Nature Reserve, there are more and more wetlands and swamps.

In a small area, there are countless water pools and lakes of different sizes and shapes dotted around, the large ones are thousands of square meters, and the small ones are only a few square meters.

Shuibo and Haizi look like mirrors inlaid on emerald jade plates under the summer sun. They are connected together like peacocks spreading their tails. Tibetan compatriots in history called this section of the Yellow River the Kongque River.

"Fortunately, the ecological environment near the source remains in a good state." The scientific expedition team stopped to collect scientific data on climate, hydrology, geology and other aspects of the place.

Suddenly there was a crisp cry in the sky, and everyone looked up and looked excitedly: "Look, black-necked crane!"

A flock of large birds hovering in the sky, with white wings and black necks, is particularly beautiful.

As soon as Ngawang saw the bird's head, he bowed and muttered words, which were scriptures.

Tibetan people believe in Buddhism and love black-necked cranes very much, calling them "cranes", "sacred birds" and "auspicious birds".

The black-necked crane is an endangered species. The scientific expedition team can meet wild black-necked cranes here, and everyone thinks it is a symbol of auspiciousness.

Shen Qi picked up the camera and clicked on the sky. He brought a high-performance camera with him and took pictures of this group of wild black-necked cranes.

Just relying on these photos of wild black-necked cranes, plus simple text descriptions, and returning to the capital for a little sorting, a zoological paper bulletin can be formed.