After crossing this reservoir, after walking more than 80 kilometers, you will come to Askmen, the capital city of East Kazakhstan Oblast.Oskemen's old name was Ust-Kamenogorsk, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city, like many cities in the former Soviet Union, changed its name.The city arose in the Soviet Union with the construction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk hydroelectric power station, which was originally an important hub for the Almaty-Barnaul railway, and the construction of the hydroelectric power station led to the development of the metallurgical industry, and became the most important lead-zinc smelting center in the former Soviet Union.The city is a battle with the city of Baplodar, a heavy smelting center built in the fifties and sixties of the last century, and can be seen everywhere in the eastern part of the city, and the smoke from the large chimneys is like a cloud, making a good city muddy.In such a seriously polluted city, to be honest, Yang Jing was not in the mood to stay, so while the sky was not yet dark, Old Ivan drove the yacht and continued to swim upstream.Less than 15 kilometres upstream from the centre of Oskemen is the Ust-Kamenogorsk hydroelectric power station, where the Soviet government built a 426-metre-long barrage dam to restrain the raging waters of the Irtysh River, and with the help of the mountains on either side of the river, a reservoir with an average of about 500 metres and a length of 70 kilometres.The reservoir is separated from the Bukhtamar Reservoir upstream by a Bukhtamar Reservoir dam.The Irtysh River officially entered the mountains only after passing through the single-stage locks of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Barrage Reservoir Barrage Dam.Before the sun set completely, the Siberian Endeavour finally passed through the single-stage locks of the Ust-Kamenogorsk hydroelectric power plant and entered the area of the reservoir with gentle currents.The more than 400 kilometers from this reservoir to the mouth of the upper reaches of Jaisangbo are all in the reservoir!
Because of the dam's dam, the water in the reservoir is barely flowing, and the entire reservoir is like a narrow mirror, echoing the sunset in the western sky, making it difficult to tell where the sky is and where the water is.While there was still some light in the sky, the Siberian Endeavour, which had just passed through the locks, had moved forward for a few hundred meters and docked on the right bank of the reservoir.It looks like a small village built on the back of a reservoir and a hydroelectric dam, similar to the luxury villas on the left bank of the reservoir.On the edge of the reservoir, there are several marinas, and several yachts are docked on the edge of the marina.Although these yachts are not as luxurious as the Siberian Endeavour, they are all large yachts of about 60 feet, and it can be seen that the wealthy people in the vicinity are still very fond of boating on the river.Old Ivan steadily docked the yacht on the edge of the largest pier, and when Yang Jing and the others got off the boat, there was already a middle-aged man with a big belly waiting on the dock.Seeing Yang Jing and them walking out of the cabin, the man was stunned for a moment, and then saw the old Ivan who followed him off the boat, and he greeted him warmly.The two of them hugged each other warmly, and it was obvious that old Ivan and this big fat man were very familiar."
Come, Nikolai, let me introduce you, this is Mr.
Yang from Huaxia, this is his bodyguards.Mr.
Yang is a distinguished guest invited by Mr.
Alek Perov, and you will have to entertain him in a moment.Mr.
Yang, Nikolai Boglovsky, the manager of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Reservoir Resort, has been running the resort for more than 20 years, and his resort is considered the best resort in the Ust-Kamenogorsk Reservoir and Bukhtamar Reservoir. ”Yang Jing shook hands with the big fat manager, exchanged a few words, and entered the resort under the guidance of the big fat manager.Looking at it from the water just now, I thought that this was a resort villa area funded by some rich people, but I didn't expect that all the buildings here belonged to the big fat man in front of me.This building is full of resort facilities."
Mr.
Yang, Nikolai is also from Baku, he used to be a chef, he is good at making fish, he once opened a restaurant in Baku, and it is also a well-known restaurant in the local area.However, when his wife died of cancer, he was sad and took his family to his wife's hometown, Ust-Kamenogorsk, and opened such a resort here.His wife is buried on the hillside behind the resort. ”Hearing this, Yang Jing couldn't help but look at the big fat man who was smiling and entertaining the guests, but he didn't expect this big fat man to be a lover."
Nikolai met Mr.
Alekperov when he was in Baku, and Mr.
Alec Perov often dined at his restaurant at that time.This guy has a knack for making fish, and although he used to make saltwater fish, he is still very good at making freshwater fish after coming here.It is with his craftsmanship that his resort has become more and more prosperous, and many people from the upper and lower reaches of the Irtysh River have come to him to eat fish.Whenever Mr.
Alek Perov passes by by boat, he will inevitably enjoy Nikolai's own fish here.The taste is very tasty. ”Yang Jing said with a smile: "Let Nikolai show his hand for a while, all the dishes he is good at will come up, and we will enjoy them to our heart's content." ”The dinner was really sumptuous, and Nikolai knew that the young Chinese man who came here with old Ivan in the evening was a very important guest of Mr.
Alec Perov, so he didn't usually cook much by himself, and the preparation of a dinner party was naturally very rich.After eating and drinking, Yang Jing patted his belly and smiled at old Ivan with some difficulty: "Victor, I found that in the past few days when I came out with you, I am afraid that my weight has increased by several catties."
How do you have friends who cook food everywhere you go?
”Old Ivan put down the cigar in his hand with a smile, "Actually, I'm a person, I have two hobbies in my life, one is sailing, and the other is food."
And Mr.
Alek Perov also loves food, so over the years, I have followed Mr.
Alec Perov to the West, and everywhere I went, I didn't remember anything else, but my old Ivan remembered all the food in this place.And then when I go later, I will inevitably go there to taste all kinds of delicacies, and over time, even Mr.
Alec Perov will ask me what kind of food is available everywhere I go. ”The old man was extremely proud of what he said, and it could be seen that he had no regrets about being able to have such a life for the rest of his life.To be honest, Yang Jing was also a little envious when he heard this.What kind of day is it good?
What kind of life is comfortable?
It's very simple, it's not that you eat all day long, and sleeping in a big bedroom comparable to the palace is called a good life, and it is called a comfortable life.In fact, like old Ivan, he usually does what he likes to do, and then he can eat his favorite food at every meal, which is actually a very enviable and comfortable life.A person like old Ivan, although he is not rich, really makes money work for him, instead of becoming a slave to money.This kind of lifestyle and attitude to life is what Yang Jing yearns for.In the evening, the group stayed at the resort.Although the Siberian Endeavour is a superyacht, it is still far from the kind of real superyacht with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.It's okay to stay a few more days on a superyacht that's about the size of a palace on the sea, but where is the displacement of the Siberian Endeavour, even in the inland river, you can feel the shaking.After a long time, it is bound to be uncomfortable.This night, Yang Jing slept very comfortably.After breakfast early the next morning, the group said goodbye to Nikolai and continued on the boat.Because it is sailing in a wide reservoir, the speed of the Siberian Endeavour can be increased to twenty knots, which is close to forty kilometers in an hour.It is said that this reservoir has made Ust-Kamenogorsk prosperous, but in fact, this reservoir feeds much more than the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk.Along the way, Yang Jing saw a lot of small villages and towns and small resort villas on the edge of the reservoir.The peaks on both sides of the reservoir also began to gradually become taller, and mountains of four or five hundred meters could be seen everywhere, but it was precisely because the peaks on both sides of the reservoir became higher that the sight was greatly affected, and Yang Jing could only stand on the deck every once in a while and use the Sky Eye skill to scan the surroundings.As a result, until the 70-kilometer reservoir was completed, Yang Jing did not find anything that could be done.However, Yang Jing was not annoyed.After all, the 1,100 tons of gold of the last tsar were hidden in the upper reaches of the Irtysh River, which was only inferred by Yang Jing himself based on many clues and information, and he did not have a very accurate clue to determine that the gold was hidden in this area.So this time I took a boat ride upstream, and the play was more than treasure hunting.Of course, it is best to find gold, but if you can't find it, you can enjoy the beauty of the upper Irtysh River.Yang Jing They set off from the resort at about 7 o'clock in the morning, and after a two-hour voyage, a barrage dam nearly 400 meters long appeared in front of them.On the east side of the barrage, there is a long four-level lock, through which several boats of various sizes are waiting to enter the Buchtamar reservoir upstream.The elder Ivan drove the yacht into the queue, and after nearly four hours, the Siberian Endeavour finally passed through the locks and entered the largest reservoir in Kazakhstan and the fifth largest reservoir in the world, Bukhtamar Reservoir.