Anping County is not too far from Dengzhou. It only takes about an hour or two at most if the wind is smooth.
Otherwise, Jiayi would not have been chased away like a dog, and he would have been beaten and drowned in the sea all the way back.
Xiao Han and others started setting off in the morning. By mid-morning, before the sun had even risen above their heads, they could already see a large port with dozens of large and small ships moored in the distance!
"Hold the grass! Why is this so big!"
On the deck, looking at the natural harbor lined with masts, Liu Hongji grabbed the railing and couldn't help but cursed on the spot!
He thought that he and Xiao Han had traveled extensively over the years and had seen a lot of seaports and rivers.
However, unlike those various ports that could only supply a few ships to dock at the same time, the Dengzhou Port in front of him refreshed his understanding of the word port for the first time!
Not to mention anything else, right in front of them, there were seven or eight huge naval warships docked sideways on the shore! And their position was less than one-tenth of the size of this port!
Moreover, right next to these naval warships, there are several long plank roads made of huge bluestones like the Great Wall!
These plank roads are like outstretched arms, extending far from the shore to the sea. I don’t know how such a huge project was built in the first place!
It was a pity, because when their boat got closer, Xiao Han saw that most of these spectacular stone planks had been seriously eroded by the sea water, and looked shaky, as if they would collapse into the sea water at some point.
"That's Danxia Mountain?"
After seeing this spectacular port, Xiao Han's eyes followed the coast and extended into the distance!
Where, there is a lush green mountain protruding into the sea!
Although, Xiao Han could not see the splendid ancient buildings on this green mountain, but could only vaguely see a small temple hidden by trees.
But he still recognized it at a glance: this is Penglai, a magical place that will become famous throughout the country and recorded in countless myths and stories!
"Oh, Xiao Hou has been here before?"
Perhaps because he heard the words "Danxia Mountain" blurted out by Xiao Han, Luo Shixin looked at him in surprise and asked.
"Haha, no..."
Xiao Han, who was still in shock, heard Luo Shixin's voice and realized that he had made a mistake. He hurriedly touched his nose and laughed twice.
After all, his recognized identity is that he is a member of the Guanzhong! Even if he was displaced at a young age, he would not have been able to run from Guanzhong to Shandong and then come to Dengzhou for a tour.
"Well, I saw it in a book, yes! It must be like this!"
Rolling his eyes, Xiao Han made up a random reason for himself, and then he quickly changed the subject and asked Luo Shixin: "By the way, why is the port here so big? Are there really so many ships docked? And those stones
Why is the plank road the same as it has been for many years?”
"Oh, are you talking about this?"
When Luo Shixin heard Xiao Han ask these questions, he didn't doubt him. After all, it was his first time coming to Dengzhou and he had the same question.
Therefore, he did not show off, and immediately patiently repeated the words of the man who had solved his doubts for Xiao Han:
"The port you see has been established as early as the pre-Qin period! Including the name of Dengzhou, it was also when Qin Shihuang visited the east and "called literati to climb mountains" and then Wendeng was born! When the state was established, the name was
Called Dengzhou!
Legend has it that when the First Emperor visited here on an inspection tour, he saw a fairy mountain emerging from the clouds and mist on the sea, with cranes flying on it and monkeys jumping! He thought that this place could connect to the fairy world, so he immediately ordered a port ship to be built, and from then on he went to sea to search for the fairy mountain and find the elixir of immortality! For this reason!
, we have used countless manpower and material resources, and since then, this place has become what it is now!"
"Oh? Fairy Mountain? Is there really a fairyland in this world?!"
As soon as Luo Shixin finished speaking, Liu Hongji, who was eavesdropping on the side, couldn't help but jumped out, stared at the sea and sky in the distance and asked: "Did the first emperor see any strange towering buildings in the sky?
, and there are huge iron birds that can fly? There are also iron boxes running on the ground?"
"This..." Luo Shixin was speechless. Those words he had just heard were spoken by that person. How could he know what the fairy mountain that the First Emperor saw looked like?
Thinking of this, Luo Shixin could only shake his head helplessly and said: "I don't know what he saw at first, but what are the iron birds and iron boxes you mentioned?"
"You don't know? You've been here for so long and you haven't seen anything like this?" When Liu Hongji saw that Luo Shixin actually asked him about things on the Fairy Mountain, his tail almost went up to the sky! He hurriedly cleared his throat and said:
"Hey, poor baby, there is no fairy fate! To tell you the truth, just a few days ago, Xiao Han and I were on an isolated island and saw a place that looked like a fairyland! Tsk tsk, even though it was only for a moment.
, but the things in there are beyond your wildest dreams! Where can I find..."
"Ahem!"
Just when Liu Hongji was recalling what he saw that day and thinking about showing it off, Xiao Han coughed heavily, interrupting his next words.
"Stop dreaming. How can there be any fairyland or fairyland in this world? Didn't you think that Qin Shihuang spent so much effort and couldn't find any trace of the gods? He was also tricked by the alchemist Xu Fu because he was looking for the elixir of immortality.
He defrauded countless gold and silver treasures, boys and girls, but in the end no one ever came back."
"Hey, who do you think is dreaming?"
Liu Hongji, who was in high spirits, was poured with this basin of cold water. His heart was filled with chills and excitement!
At that moment, he stared at Xiao Han with a dark face and said: "Just because Qin Shihuang hasn't been found, it doesn't mean that he hasn't been found! Hum hum, in my opinion, he was wrong from the beginning! He actually thought of sending someone there!
Looking for a fairy mountain? Isn't that a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return?
Even if the people he sent found the fairy mountain and obtained the elixir of immortality, they would not be able to bring it back to him. If they have such a good thing, wouldn't it be better for them to steal it themselves?
Maybe, that person named Xu Fu got the elixir of immortality, and then he didn't want to come back, so he ate it and stayed on that fairy mountain!"
"Well……"
After a while, Xiao Han and Luo Shixin were speechless.
I have to say that although Liu Hongji has a big imagination, what he said is not unreasonable.
After all, it is not a treasure, but an elixir that according to legend, if you take one pill, you can stay young and live forever!
No matter who is sent out to look for this kind of thing, he will probably swallow it in his own mouth as soon as he finds it!
How could it be possible to travel thousands of miles and then send it back to the emperor?
