The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 49 Returning ([-])

Jingkou "Suanshan" Ferry is a large U-shaped harbor, facing the river with rocks and cliffs, and the easternmost mouth into the sea is Xiangshan, which can just resist the invasion of tides. Ditch) Guazhou Ferry.

The Hangou Canal passes through Guangling and connects the two lines of the Jianghuai River. It was dug by Fuchai, the king of Wu, and is the Yangzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Guazhou Ferry, cross the river to "Suanshan" Ferry to Jingkou.

The two big ships with the flag of "Xiao" sailed westward from the "Suanshan" ferry, one in front of the other, and they came in a hurry. View the scenery of Beigu Mountain.

Unlike Jiaoshan and Jinshan, which hang alone in the middle of the river, Beigu Mountain stands beside the river and consists of three peaks, the front, middle and back.

There are many sceneries on Beigu Mountain. According to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after the Chibi War, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou and married Sun Wu. He recruited relatives at the Ganlu Temple on Beigu Mountain, but it was mostly Luo Guanzhong's imagination.

However, it is true that Liu Bei and his party from Jingkou visited Beigu Mountain hand in hand with Sun Quan, leaving scenic spots such as Ruanshi, Liumajian, and Jianjian Stone, as well as the Yellow Crane Tower and Yueyang Tower, which are known as the "Three Famous Places of the Yangtze River". One of the multi-view buildings.

The boat left the "Suanshan" ferry and went to the center of the river. Looking around, the river, the sky and the sea are in one line. The feeling of greatness.

From Qing, Liao, and Sanwu's big ships, the vast soup, went up the river to Jiankang, thousands of boats and hundreds of boats, the waves raced, and the waves roared, like war drums beating among the clouds, mist and sea air A total of tides are born, the rays of the sun are divided into three parts, and a round of red sun rises in the east.

I don't know if Liu Bei climbed Beigu Mountain and watched this scene, would he feel this way?

It's a pity that he came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Xiao Qinzhi regretted that he didn't climb Beigu Mountain, but was dragged away by the frightened patriarch, he couldn't help sighing.

"Qinzhi, come here." The patriarch was very interested, and greeted Xiao Qinzhi who was feeling infinitely emotional at the stern of the boat.

When they came, the patriarch and the sixth uncle took the front boat, and when they came back, they bought a lot of goods, so they went together on the first boat. Xiao Qinzhi looked back and saw the two playing chess, he couldn't help complaining, two stinky chess baskets, what is there to play .

"Make tea." The patriarch ordered casually, but he stared at the chessboard, squeezed the sunspots with his hands, and sacrificed the newly learned dots, threes, and threes.

Sixth Uncle has been busy purchasing goods these few days and has not paid attention to the latest situation. At this moment, he couldn't help frowning. The white piece in his hand could not be dropped for a long time, hesitatingly said: "Second brother, what kind of move is this?"

The patriarch stroked his beard and said proudly: "You are not here for a few days, so I don't blame you. I watched Qinzhi play chess with others, and I felt it."

Xiao Qinzhi broke off a piece of tea paste, and glanced at the chess board when he heard the words, he was immediately shocked, four corners, four dots, three three, this is the patriarch's own innovative rogue play.

The chessboard has four corners in total, point three and three to defend the corners, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the patriarch took advantage of people's unpreparedness and occupied four corners in advance, the sixth uncle even played a ball, and directly surrendered and fell down.

Xiao Qinzhi seemed to be dreaming back thousands of years later, and saw on the Yehu platform, three-thirds and three-three armies were attacking. Whether it was the start or not, it was right to hit three-three first. It is indeed a must-have tool for beginners to upgrade.

"Go cancer." Xiao Qinzhi shook his head and spat secretly.

Sure enough, in the second game, the patriarch resorted to his signature hooligan move.

The level of the two of them was between the same level, but the sixth uncle couldn't break it for a while, and fell behind, his face turned into a pig's liver, and he grinned: "What kind of chess are you playing? This is cheating." Suddenly he turned his head to stare at Xiao Qinzhi, and said angrily: "Come on, you broke his bird move."

Xiao Qinzhi was so happy to kill the majesty of the patriarch, unexpectedly, the patriarch glared over:

"Watch chess without saying a word, you are a real gentleman, go make your tea while you're at it."

For several rounds in a row, Uncle Six complained of losing, angrily threw away the chess piece, stopped playing, and waited for tea.

Xiao Qinzhi took a sympathetic look at Uncle Six, and served the two of them with the tea that was boiled together with the tea cream in his hand, dogwood, scorpion, and so on. It's a strange smell, without a trace of tea fragrance.

Suddenly, Xiao Qinzhi thought that Biluochun, the famous tea of ​​later generations, was produced on the east coast of Taihu Lake. The climate in Wujin was similar to that in Wu County. It could be said that there were tea trees on Jinniu Mountain. It happened that Qingming was approaching at this time, which was a good time for tea picking.

If the green tea can be promoted and gained a reputation, it will be a net profit for the Xiao family. Wujin is close to Sanwu, and the most important thing is rich people, a proper way to make money.

Xiao Qinzhi buried this plan in his heart for the time being, and was ready to implement it when he returned home.

Xiao Qinzhi originally thought that the return journey would take about the same time as the arrival time, about three days, but an accident happened. Soon after the fleet entered the Dantu Waterway, they were forced to anchor and wait in line.

The area between Dantubei and Jingkou is a hilly area, the terrain is high in the middle and low on both sides. When the fleet came, it happened that it had been raining for several days, and the water channel was sufficient, so there was no stagnation, and they passed through in one go.

However, in the past few days, the tide has been low, and the section of the waterway from Dantu to the Yangtze River Estuary has insufficient water, and large ships with a deep waterline cannot pass through. It is necessary to practice the lake to release water, and manually pull a giant winch to drive the large ship through the Daiyan.

The so-called Daiyan is an ancient super shipping water conservancy project. From the high ground to the low ground, there are layers of Dai weirs in the middle, plus nine bends and eighteen bends, to delay the water potential and to store water for shipping, similar to later generations. The cascaded ship locks of the Three Gorges.

The water needed for the Daiyan comes from the Lianhu Lake among the hills.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, Chen Min surrounded Changshan, took 84 streams, and built Lianhu Lake. , and then turn down from the three gates to the lake, pass through Dingmaodai, and adjust the water volume of Dantu Waterway.

At the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Dantu Waterway was further reused. On the basis of the original one, Zhang Kai, the internal historian of the Jin Mausoleum, built a new Fengtang to increase water storage and shipping.

Lianhu Lake and Xinfengtang not only have the function of ensuring shipping, but also mediate water conservancy and farmland irrigation.

Sometimes, I really have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. Who would dare to believe that more than 1000 years ago, the ancients had created the prototype of the Three Gorges Project.

On the afternoon of February 30th, due to waiting in Dantu for many days, the fleet just arrived at Xijin Ferry, Wujin County. Tenant Yinhu and a group of hundreds of people transported the purchased goods back to Xiao's Manor.

The trip to Jingkou lasted nearly ten days, and this was also Xiao Qinzhi's first time traveling far away. The biggest gain was that he opened his eyes and saw the prosperity of the top wealthy families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

At the same time, I also met many people, such as the Chen brothers, the Yang brothers, Xu Miao who is good at both Confucianism and metaphysics, Zhao Yunfei who is good at painting and other talented people from poor families.

The biggest regret is that I have not received the "Declaration Form" promised by Taishou Xie, but the copy of "Ping Fu Tie" presented by Diao Cheng can also soothe the soul.

(End of this chapter)