Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 472
In addition to these, there are only some hollows dug out in the grottoes. According to Hengfa, the horizontal ones are cabinets, which can be used to store clothes and bedding on straw mats; the vertical ones are tanks, which can be used to store food and drinking water.

"This is a good place to escape from the world and live in seclusion." The grotto was quite spacious, Zhou Zhi came back after making a big circle, and said to Wu Qiaomu who had already entered.

Wu Qiaomu was opening a can of braised pork there.

Living in Fawang Temple before, I was always embarrassed to make meat in the temple, and the two of them haven't eaten meat for many days.

Putting the canned meat on the fire and heating it, the taste is overwhelming, and Zhou Zhizhuan came back because of it.

"It's just water, supplies, and excrement that are not easy to deal with." Master Qiao is rigorous in thinking and full of scientific spirit, and he can tell how difficult it is to survive here.

"Then how did the people who lived here solve this problem?" Zhou Zhi felt that the hope of the Dragon Canon had failed, and this trip was not in vain, and it was fun to study this problem.

"I've seen it. There is a groove carved on the cliff at the water tank." Hengfa said, "That's a waterway."

"It should be possible to draw the mountain spring from the depths of the cliff through the bamboo pipe, and then draw the water in through the groove."

"Really?" Zhou Zhi didn't pay attention when he was inspecting the grotto. Zhou Zhi got up again and went to the cavities at the bottom of the grotto to observe. Sure enough, there was a stone trough leading from the stone wall of the ear room to a large stone jar.

I found a wooden stick to wash away the accumulated dust along the stone trough. On the stone wall of the ear room, I even took out a small eye, which could be pierced through, and a little light outside could be seen.

Hengfa's deduction was indeed correct, and this should be the channel for diverting water from the outside.

After solving this problem, the rest is simple. People who live here can go out every day, so they can take out domestic garbage and take care of personal hygiene.

The cave is about two hundred square meters, and it is not a big problem to live in five or six people.

Dinner is ready, baked potatoes, canned braised pork, fried batter.

Stir-fried batter paste is something like black sesame paste made by frying flour with some nut powder, spice powder, sugar, and salt with boiling water. It tastes good, has balanced nutrition, and is high in calories. It is the best food for mountain running .

In addition, Hengfa also mixed a vegetable with plucked ear root, purslane, and chrysanthemum to supplement fiber and vitamins for everyone.

But it was obvious that canned meat was Zhou Zhi and Wu Qiaomu's favorite treasure. People who hadn't eaten meat for more than ten days would not see this.

Hengfa doesn't eat meat, but he also finds it funny to see the greedy appearance of the two kids grabbing meat.

Zhou Zhi and Wu Qiaomu were very satisfied with the meal. After the meal, Heng Fa also made a pot of herbal tea with coriander roots and white tea branches, and everyone drank tea and chatted around the firepit.

The topic is naturally inseparable from the gods and gods in the mountains, eccentrics, and bandits with magical skills.

It is very close to Hongshui, Datong, and Dajing. Banditry was a serious problem in the past, and thousands of people gathered at the most time. There are countless stories.

Even Hengfa was not very clear about these things: "Yuzi, who is this monk Wu?"

Zhou Zhi took a sip of herbal tea: "There are different opinions on Monk Wu's identity, but most of them say that he was a monk in a temple when he was young, and became a bandit when he grew up. There is no experience in between."

"Among the bandits on all roads, Monk Wu didn't reveal much. The county chronicles only mentioned one thing, that is, after the bandits were suppressed on Gulou Mountain, the remaining bandits tried to flee to Hongshui Datong through Yaoba, and were caught by Hongshui. The forces blocked in Xindian, among these local forces, there is the name of Monk Wu."

"Huh? Bandits beat bandits?"

"It's called Huo Bing, and it's not uncommon for it to happen in "Water Margin", "Zhou Zhi said.

"Where is Gulou Mountain?" Master Qiao asked.

"Drum Tower Mountain is on the border of Sichuan and Guizhou, more than 200 miles away from here. It is a large mountain at the junction of Luxian, Naxi, Jiachuan, Xuyong and Hongshui counties. The terrain is dangerous and there are only three small roads to pass through. .”

"There is a folk song in the local area: Gulou Mountain is wide and wide, with five villages and three passes. Blacksmiths hammered ten thousand catties of iron, and stonemasons hammered a few mountains, just for Changzhi and long-term peace."

"The long-term peace and stability here refers to the two gates in the north and south of Gulou Mountain-Changzhi Gate and Jiu'an Gate."

"In [-], Mao Renfeng sent Major General Gao Can Luo Guoxi of the Southwest Chief Executive Office to Manzhou to build the 'Second Line of Defense in Southern Sichuan', using Gulou Mountain as the base camp, and entangled the remnants of the Kuomintang and local bandits Ou Xianglin, Ren Zhanwu, Pan Houkun, Xia Yunqing, Li Yimin and other forces, claiming to be a crowd of [-], raided grain collection teams, attacked township offices, threatened Manzhou, robbed the Yangtze River waterway, and undermined local government.

"In view of the severe situation, the Manzhou Military Division made the decision to clear the Gulou Mountain bandit gang. The troops were divided into three groups, and it took a month to clear the Gulou Mountain outskirts."

"First, the Shakan and Niubeishi were cleared to protect the safety of the Yangtze River waterway. Then we attacked Fenshui and joined forces with the guards of the Fenshui District Office to defeat the bandits who came to attack and blocked the direction of Fenshui. "

"Then the troops captured Jiangzhen, Dawangchang, and Yaoba, and defeated all the gangs in the three places. The troops arrived at the designated positions in three directions, and completely surrounded Gulou Mountain. The time for the suppression plan was completely ripe."

"The subsequent battles were ruined, but there is a miraculous thing recorded in the county history, that is, the bandit leader Pan Houkun, who was later found in Yaobachang. According to him, there are many stone caves around Gulou Mountain, some of which can even be connected to the On the Yaoba side, he escaped through those passages."

"It's a pity that Pan Houkun was shot immediately afterward. These passages have become a mystery until now."

"Speaking of this, I remembered." Heng Fa nodded: "It seems that the battle at that time was commanded by Brigadier Commander Zhu."

"Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud, "Gulou Mountain belongs to the Five Disregarded Territory. It has always been deep in the mountains and dense in forests, and the bandits are always used to talk about it."

"Master, what you said about Brigadier Zhu's suppression of bandits happened in 13 when he served as the commander of the No.[-] Brigade of the Second Army of the Yasukuni Army. At that time, he also visited Anle Mountain in our county. a poem—

Jueding relies on the sky under the eyes, and the angry howl, the halberd shadow and the sword are red.Zhuma Gaogang looked back, and the mountains bowed their heads to worship the heroes.

The momentum is vigorous and the end is a good poem. "

"However, in [-], he was already the commander-in-chief of our army. There were so many important things to do, how could he personally command the battle of this kind of scabies?"

"Ah, there is another interesting thing. After he finished suppressing bandits in Gulou Mountain, the local people set up a public morality on the Niubeishi mentioned before, which is the only way from Gulou Mountain to Manzhou. On the stele, there are four big characters of "eliminating violence and safety" written on it."

(End of this chapter)