Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 262 Mainstay
Skipping the occasional episode, compared to the scenery of the land journey with horses and horses when we came, the return journey by water this time has a different scenery.From the plains and hills where chickens are singing thousands of miles away on both sides of Huai and Wei (states) and people are densely populated, to the wilderness in Shanzhou where birds are singing and apes are singing, and the torrents between the mountains and deep gorges are rolling.

Nothing but to make people feel open and cheerful again.And at night, when you start to slow down, you can see the communication towers standing on both sides of the Yellow River waterway, and on top of the mountain tops, which also serve as lighthouses. Regardless of the four seasons, cold, hot, sunny, and rainy, the winding pillars of light are shining like spots.

The only bad thing is that because of the need to take care of (supervise) Chu Yu, Linghu Xiaomu has also become more reserved and avoids suspicion; it makes Jiang Tian temporarily lose some of his daily fun; but also because someone is with him day and night. That's why, at night, Chuyu didn't go out at night.

Therefore, Jiang Tian simply resumed his original habit of working hard at night.During the several months spent in another time and space, I will record every bit of gain and loss and perception one by one, as my own introspection and reflection after the event, and what can be improved in the future.

Although, it seems that the state of the "space-time hole" attached to the "jump" mode will finally stabilize in the foreseeable future.But since the Haidong regime in that world can be used as one's trump card and backup, it is necessary to consider how to manage it well in the future.

In addition, it will take time to slowly digest and verify the information obtained from Gao Wentai's residence.Because, the shadow of the black hand behind the scenes involved in his confession has already pointed to a certain prominent member of the royal family back then, but there are still many doubts about the details.

However, at noon on the third day when the time came for this waterway vehicle and boat to go upstream, they had to stop temporarily near the Dayang Bridge in Pinglu County.Before that, there were already more than a dozen ships of similar voyages, which were parked on both sides of the Dayang Bridge.

The reason is also very simple, the exception is the upper reaches of the Yellow River channel, the famous ghost gate - the mainstay of the Sanmenxia.According to legend, Dayu controlled the water and split the high mountain into three canyons, namely "Human Gate", "Shenmen Gate" and "Ghost Gate" with his magic axe, and diverted the water of the Yellow River to the east.

Among them, the originally spacious river is divided into three daunting gates (three narrow and rapid waterways); the three mainstays of different sizes standing on it are the relics left by it; The boats that want to go up the Yellow River are in danger.

Because these three mainstays of the river, no matter what, stand stubbornly at the turn of the river, making all the water passing here become violent and turbulent; and most of the boats that make the adventure pass through are not overturned. , Overturned, is to lose control and smash into the hard mainstay of the river.

Because the terrain here is extremely dangerous, and it is not far from Hangu Pass, the ancient Xiongguan Pass, and it is a land and water throat, so Sanmenxia was also called "Xiaohan" in ancient times.After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the products, money and food shipped by Southeast Asia also had to stop here and bypass this section by land.

In fact, in all dynasties, there are many people trying to improve the river course, widen the river body, and lower the hidden reefs; Stone chisel construction was carried out in the area of ​​Sanmen and Dizhu.

However, except for the stones falling into the river due to construction, which made the water flow more turbulent, it did not improve the river course much; in the end, it only contributed to the need for water and land transfer in this section, and as a livelihood and career, a large number of breeding and prosperity Towns and villages.

Until Lianggong was in power, one year happened to encounter a rare dry season/severe drought; at that time, someone suggested that the emperor should go to the Hedu Temple in Hexi County in person to sacrifice to the Lord of the Yellow River, "Lingwei Gong", thinking that the people of the world would gather together. Heart, and sense the weather in order to change.

However, the person who made the suggestion was promoted/demoted to the Nanping Metropolitan Government; he was in charge of teaching the native barbarians in the thick jungle along the Chishui River.And Liang Gong announced a big plan, which is to gather the disaster-stricken people along the big river to build water conservancy for relief.

And one of the important projects called earth-shattering is to take advantage of the short window period of severe drought and shallow water to open up and clean up the mainstay of the horizontal obstruction in Sanmenxia.Therefore, it took a great price, and lost hundreds of talents to achieve results.

In the end, the big mainstay that bears the brunt of the brunt was climbed up by craftsmen who took the risk of taking a boat, and dug a series of holes around the root near the bottom of the river; then buried it with special medicinal powder and burned it, disintegrated and collapsed in the river; The boat tows large chunks and is no longer a problem for the reef.

As for the three gates of humans, ghosts and gods, people first climb to the flat top, and then dig holes on the spot to set up supports.Then, people and equipment were continuously sent over by the suspension cable on the shore; and then the ground was shoveled and leveled little by little after drilling holes, filling explosives, blasting stones and manual cleaning.

Therefore, with many places on both sides of the river going hand in hand, although casualties and frequent accidents are unavoidable, the progress of the project is still quite smooth.Soon, the human gate and ghost gate close to the north and south banks were eliminated close to the waterline; and the divine gate located in the middle was also cut off in the middle.

But just when the success was complete, the untimely Xia Lei earthquake ushered in the flood season with heavy rain; therefore, the last step of this astonishing achievement still left an eternal regret.Because since then, the courts of all dynasties have never seen such a low dry season.

But no matter what, most of the obstacles that lie in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and lead to the land of Guanzhong have been resolved.After losing the mainstay and the threats of boats from both human and ghost schools, the flow of the Yellow River has become much more relaxed, and it can pass through most of the seasons.

But also because there is only half of the Shenmen (giant stone) left, the Yellow River waterway passing here is still relatively narrow.Therefore, in the current season when the water level is low, only a large ship with a material weight of more than [-] materials is allowed to pass slowly on the upward south channel for the safety of the ship.

And not long ago, there was another boat going up, because the rope pulled by the livestock and horses on the shore suddenly broke, which caused it to lose balance and collide and run aground on the shore.Therefore, other arriving ships can anchor nearby and wait patiently before being cleared and towed out.

Even so, the moment the barge dropped anchor, many local farmers and villagers with boats and boats sprung up on those shores that looked green and idyllic. Melons, vegetables and handmade products come together like swimming fish.

"New boat passenger, the journey has been bumpy and tiring. Would you like some ice-cold syrup to relieve your fatigue?"

"Here is the freshly harvested honey from the native land. It melts into water and fills you with sweetness."

"Selling water melons, juicy and juicy big melons, sweet and refreshing..."

"The yams and Yujishu that just appeared, are filling and appetizing..."

"Prunes and plums from Yanjin,"

"Guo Guo, Guo Guo, choose three pieces for ten dollars..."

"Sell skewers, roast skewers, red soup skewers, braised stewed skewers, bake and cook now..."

For a while, Jiang Tian, ​​who was standing on the ship tower watching the excitement, even had the illusion that he was not in ancient times; but in a small and medium-sized city in the third and fourth tiers of later generations, the general illusion of tourist attractions.As the so-called long period of peace, the prosperity of the highly developed commodity economy can be seen.

However, with the continuous emergence of various changes in this world, and those forces who take advantage of the situation and hide behind the scenes to make troubles; how long can this seemingly prosperous and peaceful situation continue?While thinking silently, Jiang Tian chose without hesitation.

So, under his instructions, on the vacant deck at the rear of the vehicle and ship, they were quickly piled up on several tables and tables, eating and snacks in various ways; Taken for self use to form a makeshift deck buffet.

On the other hand, Jiang Tian stopped the short and fat water official from the side, and asked him in a chatty manner about his experience of being on the boat for many years on this waterway; The anecdotes and strange things that have been encountered, as well as some customary rumors and taboos.

Until in the distance, on the bridgehead tower used for lighting and inspection at night, there was a sudden sharp sound of gongs; then it became the sound of gold plates and bells used to warn and remind the ship to avoid while sailing.However, there was a burst of gold plates and bells ringing, and soon spread into pieces.

Along with these ascending boats that were berthed not far from the shore in turn, there were warning knocks one after another; Jiang Tian also saw in the waterway upstream, suddenly a boat appeared from behind the half of the Shenmen Stone. The flat-headed large board boats that are commonly used for freight are obliquely rushing down the current.

After only half a sound, it slammed into the boats moored at the shore; only heard the dull vibrations one after another, and the crackling sound that made teeth ache; the passengers, watermen and boatmen on board screamed , cursed again and again; at least two or three ships were knocked down and capsized.

"Rescue!"

"Hurry up and save people!"

All of a sudden, no matter whether it was the villagers on boats who were selling their products and vegetables, or the recent river boats that had not been affected, there were people shouting one after another and running around to take action.But this water official turned to the boatman and waterman who gathered around him, and said in a solemn voice: "Be safe and don't be impatient, remember what your job is? Just let the supervisor do what you want." That's what I ordered!"

And Jiang Tian couldn't help but smile when he heard the words, this Cao official is also an interesting person.However, before he opened his mouth to say anything, the people who had rushed to the runaway and stranded ship in the distance suddenly let out screams and strange screams one after another, and rushed to escape, or He fell into the water again in a panic.

(End of this chapter)