Chapter 857 Modao Creek
"So you are helping the children, what are you doing?" The person holding the lamp was an old man, and there was a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old beside him.
There was also a khaki dog beside the young man. The khaki dog stood in front of the young man, looking at everyone warily without saying a word.
A biting dog does not bark. This dog is powerful. Zhou Zhi also quietly stood in front of Jiang Shuyi, and then he realized that he and the yellow dog had adopted the same strategy.
"We are students from Jiachuan Middle School, and we came out to have fun after graduation." Fang Wenyu is not only handsome, but also has an upright face. It is very easy to show up in this situation.
"What fun is there in the remote countryside here?" The old man said with a smile: "I'm from the front team, why don't you go to our team to rest? The moisture near the water is a bit heavy."
"It doesn't matter, just one I’m not afraid at night.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said, “What do you call me, brother?”
Zhou Zhi's main focus is his affinity. The young man who was a little afraid of society laughed and said: "It's called Soybean."
"There are no rules." The old man said angrily: "I am the captain of the production team, you can just call me Lao Li. , this is my grandson Dingding, Dingding is calling someone!”
Dingding smiled shyly, saying hello to everyone.
"Captain Li, hello, are we too noisy and bothering you?" Zhou Zhi said, "I'm really sorry if that's the case. We will keep our voices down."
"No, no." Captain Li Waving his hands: " Who can be bothered by this wilderness? No, it's the girl at the entrance of the village who came out to catch the chickens. She said she saw a group of children coming to the stream and building a house. I was worried, so I came over to take a look. What are you going to do at our place?"< br>
"We are just passing by." Zhou Zhi said: "Tomorrow we will continue to walk up the Xishui River, and finally go to the Swan Pond to have a look."
"This road is not close." Captain Li When I said this, I remembered the rhubarb on the side. Che: "Hey, it's not a big deal if you have a jeep!"
"Sir, let's sit down and chat for a while?" Zhou Zhi then invited an old man, a small dog and a dog to join him: "Have a drink with us. Please eat sweets Dingding”
Jiang Shuyi returned to the car and grabbed a handful of candies for Dingding. Nowadays, it is not easy for children in the countryside to eat toffee. Dingding was suddenly excited and nervous: "Thank you, sister!"
"You Come on, remember to brush your teeth tonight." Captain Li told Dingding, and then asked, "What are you thinking about?" Do you want to come here to play?”
Everyone sat down around the fire pit again. Zhou Zhi poured some Laojiaotouqu into Captain Li’s enamel cup and placed a bag of peanuts, melon seeds and sesame candy next to him. In front of him, he said: "We mainly want to escape the summer heat. You old man doesn't know how hot it is in Jiachuan now. How about that?" It's just like a steamer. It's more comfortable here."
"Good wine..." The old man looked at the bottle and praised it, then pulled off the thick cloth cadre uniform and smiled proudly: " We can’t do anything here, but it’s comfortable in hot weather. Look, it’s still so thick. ”
"But it won't work in winter. The road was not built before, and sometimes the snow would come down and block the road. It would take a month or two to get out of the village!" "The scenery is absolutely beautiful!" Liang Hong They couldn’t believe their ears: “Is there any place in Jiachuan where snow can cover the mountains?”
“It’s the entrance to central Guizhou.” The old man said with a smile: “That place is called ‘Snake Bupan’. It’s cool all year round, and reptiles are not willing to go there.”
"Old man, why is this place called Modao Creek?" Zhou Zhi is very interested in local chronicles. These place names usually represent history, and he can research it wherever he goes.
“In the old time, I am talking about the old time.” The old man emphasized it, and then said: “In the old time, the Salt Gang was divided into two groups. There are horses on the street, and a group of people who take the water route come up along the Xishui River and come to us. This is a big station.”
“When you get here, you can’t take the official boat, and it is divided into two roads. One way, you have to change boats to go to Guandu Town, and the other way is the current road. It used to be the Tea Horse Road. By road, we go to Loushanguan.”
"Why is it called Modao Creek?" The old man said with a smile: "Because after here, it is no longer the Taiping Land. From here to Datong, there are bandits' dens. The Salt Gang's cavalry and fleet have to prepare their guys here. To sharpen knives and guns, it’s called Modao Creek.”
“By the way, that’s the day you’re going. Echi is in Datong, the last place in the Sichuan-Guizhou region after the founding of New China."
"I know that." The location of the bandit's nest is the narrowest pass in Niuqing Mountain, which is past Xishui County. "
"It was not easy to get there before. The name of that place was Bandit Rock!" The old man said with a smile: "But although this road is not easy to walk, it is a save road. If you go to Hongshui County in the west and go around, take Tucheng Road If we go more than two hundred miles, the road will not be smooth.”
“If you take the main road, you have to go. From Jiachuan, go down the river to Jiangjin and enter through the mouth of the mountain village on all sides of Dayuandong. The road is still a long detour, and the Loushanguan section is also very difficult to walk. Unlike here, after passing Bandit Rock, you will reach Xishui County. Then the road is narrow and flat in Qianzhou, and you can reach Zunyi by walking along Renhuai and Yaxi.”
"Eh? That's weird." Zhou Zhi discovered a problem keenly: "To put it this way, the best route from Sichuan Salt to central Guizhou is the Xishui River route, and the Niuqing Mountain section is more difficult to walk. , If a group of officers and soldiers are stationed in Datong to manage this road, wouldn't it be a great convenience for the caravans? "< br>
"Hahahaha, you have hit the point, kid." The old man laughed: "Do you think Datong's officers and soldiers should be sent from Sichuan Province or Guizhou Province?"
"Hi! "The old man Zhou Zhijing immediately understood: "This kind of place has a name, it's called 'Ji Guang'!"
“There is one more section.” The old man said: “The warlords over in Qianzhou think that Sichuan Salt’s money is to make money for them, and that expensive tobacco leaves the province is to make money for them. So they He has never cared about the life and death of the people, so he is naturally working hard to build the road over Loushanguan."
"That's right. Yes!" Fang Wenyu has the potential to be a warlord, and he can tell: "Loushan Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It's easy to go downhill when you come out of Qianzhong, but you have to attack all the way from Shuzhong, and over there Just out of the mountains is Jiangjin, and not far down the river is Yuzhou, which is a perfect place for dumping expensive cigarettes.”
"If I were a warlord in central Guizhou, I would definitely build that end well. The entire buffer zone here would be able to receive information in time and be able to deploy calmly."
"This is the local warlord's small Abacus." Zhang Lu laughed. Said: "As a result, when the Red Army entered Guizhou and the Central Army followed behind, the Red Army just took a detour and slipped out of the southern road where they were least interested."
(End of this chapter)
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