The terrain of Yanshan County is in the shape of an irregular strip, with a population of only about one million, and is surrounded by mountains and Shaolin forests.
The mountain along it is called Chongshou Mountain, which stretches for more than a thousand miles from west to east and is named after the many poisonous insects and ferocious beasts in the mountain.
After climbing over the Insect Beast Mountain and heading north, you will find the Great Wilderness Forest.
The Great Wilderness Forest is a vast primitive old forest. It is located in the hinterland of the Dali Dynasty and stretches along the northwest direction. The other end goes deep into the Sangluo Dynasty.
There are many deep mountains and swamps in this wild forest, and there are many terrifying alien beasts, and there are countless poisonous miasmas. For ordinary people, let alone going deep into it, even on the periphery, they have to risk a narrow escape. I am afraid that beings like Master can't
Let’s explore in detail what kind of scene it is inside.
The northern and southern boundaries of the Dali Dynasty are divided by the Great Wilderness Forest. To the north of the Insect Beast Mountain, all the way across the Great Wilderness Forest, from south to north, from east to northwest, is an extremely vast no-man's land, home to poisonous insects and ferocious beasts.
Heaven.
Every winter, the wilderness forest blocks the cold current in the north. Compared with the bitter cold in the south in winter, the north is better!
The land of several states to the south of the Great Wilderness Forest is collectively called Linnan Road, the land of several states to the north is the North Forest Road, and in the middle is the uninhabited land of the Great Wilderness Forest.
If Yunjing wants to continue going north, Yanshan County is a turning point. He needs to walk thousands of miles eastward, then reach Jinshui Ferry, and take a boat along the Lijiang River that almost spans the Dali Dynasty to bypass the Dahuang Forest before he can truly reach the north.
Just this detour covers three to four thousand miles. If we directly cross the wilderness forest, we will save about three thousand miles, but the geographical location is such that it is impossible not to make a detour.
Although Yunjing now has the ability to fly, he does not dare to risk crossing the wilderness forest from the sky. There are many strange beasts in it. God knows if there will be some terrible thing that blows into the sky and knocks him down.
After all, he is still not strong enough. If the force of force truly reaches the legendary realm of freedom, then it will be a world where everyone can go. In the wilderness forest, at that time, it was not a matter of coming in and out to be free...
Entering Yanshan County, Yunjing walked for a whole day without seeing any human beings. This land was too desolate, and the air was dry and hot. Although Yunjing was no longer afraid of the cold and heat, he was still a little uncomfortable in such a climate, so
He grabbed a bamboo leaf and wrapped it around his neck, which made him feel better.
Snakes are cold-blooded animals, so it is very comfortable to cool down in the summer heat. Anyway, as long as the cloud scenery is not too excessive, the small animals will not take the initiative to attack him. The bamboo leaf green is very obedient around his neck.
Using viper bamboo leaf green to cool down the heat, I guess only Yun Jing can think of it.
It is worth mentioning that the bamboo leaves he used to cool down were washed in the stream...
Xilulu~!
The sound of horse hooves could be heard from behind the official road, and soon two men from the world rode past Yunjing, causing a burst of dust to rise.
They didn't forget to take a look at the cloud scenery after passing by.
The two people walked away, and Yunjing vaguely heard their conversation.
"Brother, I just gave you a wink. Why didn't you get rid of that lonely scholar? This barren mountain and ridge is so desolate that it doesn't work every day. You picked it up for nothing."
"Are you a pig? Elderly people, children, women and scholars who are alone when you are away from home are the four kinds of people you should not mess with. You don't even have this little experience in the world?"
"However, the scholar looks weak and elegant, and he is still so young. It shouldn't be a big problem, right? He obviously has no experience in martial arts. Although he carries a sword, he hangs it on the bookcase. If something unexpected happens, wait for him to get the sword.
I'll die ten times if I fall!"
"You know what the heck, you can't mess with people like this. If they dare to walk on the road so arrogantly, they must have something to do. If you want to die, I won't stop you."
"You are too sensitive, brother, why are there so many accidents?"
"When you go out, you can never go wrong by being careful, and..."
"And what?"
"I don't know if you noticed that the scholar had a bamboo leaf hanging around his neck just now, but he didn't even bite him. I'm afraid he's good at using poison to control animals. If you offend him, you might die without even knowing it."
"Brother, when you say that, I feel very upset."
"Humph, it's good to know. Also, I don't know if you've noticed yet. The land in Yanshan County is very dusty, but the scholar is still as white as snow and spotless!"
"hiss……"
The two people gradually went away. Yun Jingxin, who was hurrying on his way, thought that everyone in the world was so cautious. And he must be very observant. With just a quick glance, he could actually see so many skills in himself.
Come.
Looking down at himself, Yun Jing secretly thought that this was indeed a bit abrupt, so he let go of Zhuyeqing and withdrew his telekinesis, and it didn't take long for him to become dusty.
Well, he was fishing. After all, he was really bored along the way. He even wanted to find someone to make trouble to relieve his boredom.
It was sunny, so he brought an umbrella, but didn't use it. It's a bit girly for a boy to hold an umbrella, but he wasn't afraid of the sun anyway.
There is a saying that the land in Yanshan County is desolate, but there are many poisonous insects. Snakes, rats, insects and ants can be seen everywhere. This is probably the so-called poor mountain and bad water.
This was already the second day that Yunjing set foot in Yanshan County. In the afternoon, the sun was almost setting. After experiencing several waves of people from all walks of life, ranging from 17 to 35 people, no one came to Yunjing to trouble him.
It means that those people who are wandering around in the world are too unprofessional, and you guys who are tired of life should bully me, so that I can beat you up and make you bored.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, he thought he was going to spend the night in the wilderness again, but when he used his mind to scan, he actually found a person in front of him.
It was a poor commoner in simple clothes, in his fifties or sixties, leading a donkey. Four wooden boxes were held on the back of the donkey, and the wooden boxes contained water. One person and one donkey were walking slowly dozens of meters away from the official road.
On a narrow trail, it looks like it will soon lead to an official road.
Seeing this, Yunjing quickly stepped over.
When the old man led the donkey onto the official road, Yunjing happened to meet him.
When the other party saw Yun Jing, especially his scholar's attire, he immediately led the donkey to the side of the road, lowered his head and said nothing, as if waiting for Yun Jing to leave first.
This is how much I have gone through before I learned how to lower my posture when meeting strangers and stand by the side of the road like "Don't bully me." It's so skillful that it makes people feel distressed.
Sighing in his heart, Yunjing stopped and bowed his hands and said, "Old man, it's getting late now. I would like to ask if there is a place to rest and stay nearby?"
The old man was stunned when he heard the words. He glanced around to make sure there was no one there, then he acted as if he had heard correctly. He opened his mouth and said with yellow teeth, "Is this gentleman talking to me?"
After all, this place is too far away from Xinlin County, and the accent has changed countless times. Yunjing spoke Mandarin, and the old man probably didn't understand it at all.
Fortunately, Yun Jing has a photographic memory. When he set foot in Yanshan County, he learned the dialect here. Simple communication is enough, so he repeated with a local accent: "Old man,
I would like to know if there is any place nearby where I can stay."
The old man understood, felt awkward for a moment, and said uneasily: "Returning to Langjun, as far as I know, there are no inns or hotels nearby for dozens of miles. Sixty miles ahead, there is a place to stay in Dogya County."
Dog Ya County? What the hell is this name? Could it be that the dog meat there is particularly famous? But it shouldn’t be called Dog Ya, and it’s more than sixty miles away. It would probably take the next morning to walk there.
After thinking for a while, Yun Jing said: "Old man, what do you think about this? I'm in the middle of nowhere, and it's almost dark. Can you take me to your village to find a convenient place to stay for one night?"
It was okay to live in the wilderness once or twice, but after many times, Yunjing still missed the feeling of sleeping in bed.
After hearing what Yun Jing said, the old man looked at him anxiously, shook his head and said at a loss: "This, I..."
At first sight, he didn't want to take strangers to their village. In this era, poor rural areas were very exclusive, and it took a lot of courage to receive strangers of unknown origins. After all, no one knew whether they were bad people or not.
"Old man, I am not a bad person, I am a scholar with a good reputation. This is my student status. If you don't believe me, look, I really can't find a place to live. If you can, please take me to your village to find a family to stay for one night."
, Yunjing took out his academic records and said.
Scholars' academic records are still very useful in this era, but in places like the countryside, I don't know if they are useful or not. Yunjing just has the attitude of giving it a try. Of course, if it doesn't work, he doesn't have to.
If you go to another village, you'll end up spending one night in the wilderness.
When the old man saw the student registration in Yun Jing's hand, he guessed that he was illiterate. He still shook his head and said nothing, not wanting to take him there.
Feeling a little helpless, Yunjing put away his school registration, forget it, and won't embarrass others.
With a bow, he turned around and walked away. After taking only two steps, he turned back and said, "Old man, I will give you the money."
"How much?" the old man immediately raised his head and asked.
Choking for a moment, Yunjing thought for a while and said, "When I stayed in an inn in the city, the average inn only cost twenty or thirty copper coins a night. How about I pay this price?"
"Then you come with me and live in my house. My eldest daughter got married last year and the house happens to be empty. It's very clean and can be used by you," the old man said enthusiastically.
Well, no matter how much you say, it's useless. Money is better for love. Yunjing felt a little confused about whether to laugh or cry.
"That will trouble the old man."
"No trouble, no trouble. After all, you have to collect money. By the way, does Mr. Wang want to eat then?" the old man said with a smile.
This is a way to earn more money.
It doesn’t matter. It’s natural to spend money on accommodation and food when you are away. Yunjing said: “I’m a little hungry. If the old man can provide some food, I will also give him the money.”
"Haha, that's a good relationship," the old man said happily, smiling crookedly. As soon as money was mentioned, the previous anxiety disappeared somewhere.
Then Yunjing accompanied the old man along the official road.
The old man said: "Mr. Lang, take the road from the front and walk three miles along the path to reach our village. You can reach it before dark. It's so far. I see you have tender skin and tender flesh. Why don't you take a ride on my donkey?"
, it is strong and can hold up.”
His donkey was thin and small, carrying several boxes of water weighing more than 100 kilograms. Yunjing really couldn't bear to torture his little donkey, so he shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, old man, I can go on my own."
The old man was obviously a little disappointed. He thought he was trying to make some money by riding a donkey in Yunjing, but he failed.
Walking was not an issue, so Yunjing took the initiative to bring up the conversation and asked: "Old man, are you going to fetch water?"
"No, there is no water at home. Let's get some while it's dark, otherwise we won't have any water to eat tomorrow," the old man nodded.
After all, the two parties had "business" contacts, and Yunjing was easy to talk to, so he didn't feel the pressure, so he was not as nervous and reserved as before.
"It's so far away. It must be more than ten miles back and forth," Yun Jing said slightly surprised.
Sighing, the old man said: "Then what can be done? There is no water in the village, so we have to go far away. If it is further away, there will still be water to drink, so that we will not die of thirst."
This life is too difficult. After thinking about it, Yunjing knew that moving was a problem that the poor people could hardly think about, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Old man, since there is no water in the village, why not
How about moving to a place with water? Then it will be easier to draw water and irrigate the land, right?"
"Who says it's not, but it's not easy. People can move, but the land cannot be moved. If you move, you still have to go back to farm. Our ancestors have been doing this for generations. We are used to it," the old man said calmly.
The hard days obviously can't make him fluctuate anymore.
Feeling a bit sad, Yunjing added, "Since there is no water in the village, why did our ancestors settle there?"
"Well, actually there used to be water in the village. More than 20 years ago, once the earth dragon turned over, the wells in the village stopped producing water. We had to go to distant places to fetch water. I have gotten used to it over the years."
He shook his head and said with a sigh on his face.
It turns out that the earth dragon turned over and changed the geological structure. Their village had no water. This was a natural disaster and ordinary people could only accept the arrangement of fate.
After understanding the whole story, Yun Jing said: "It's not easy for you."
"It's okay, I'm just a little tired. It's a good idea to walk a few more steps and put in more effort. I have enough strength," the old man said optimistically.
The two of them were talking and left the official road at the fork in the road and walked onto a small road. The sun had already set on the horizon.
While walking on the path, land gradually appeared on both sides of the road. However, because it was a mountainous and hilly area, the land was also irregular in size. In some places with larger buttocks, wherever there was soil, food was grown.
Looking at the land along the way, Yunjing found that the crops grown here were mainly soybeans and sorghum, but because the land was barren and the plants were thin, the yield was estimated to be less than half of what Yunjing's family has today.
Seeing this, Yunjing couldn't help but fell into deep thought and couldn't help asking: "Old man, it's difficult for you to get water, how do you water these crops?"
"Well, I hope God doesn't rain, but it can't rain too much. If it rains too much, the ground will be full of rocks, and the soil and seedlings will have to be washed away. If God doesn't rain, I can only go far away and fight before me.
We have to carry water to irrigate the places with water. Alas, sometimes a load of water cannot irrigate much land. When the sun shines, it is almost useless, but there is no way. This is the only condition. It is difficult and tiring, and this is the only way." The old man calmly said
Tao, I have become numb to such days.
Then the old man pointed to the surrounding land with a smile and said: "You don't know something, Mr. Lang. It has been pretty good these years. At the beginning, people from the government came to guide us and said that excrement and excrement can increase food production. After a try,
Really, after all, the government still thinks about us people, and they actually came up with this method. Life was difficult in the past. They were busy all year round, and the harvested grain after paying taxes was not enough to last for two months."
Looking at the thin crops in the surrounding land, Yunjing felt heavy in his heart. This was the output of using farmyard fertilizer. Without farmyard fertilizer, he couldn't imagine what kind of crops could grow on these lands.
After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong again and said: "Old man, I think the crop yields are not high. You still don't have enough to eat after paying the taxes. How are you going to live?"
"How can we survive by relying on geographical crops? Mr. Lang must be from another place. He is not familiar with our place. The crops in the fields must not be enough to eat. People here, in addition to farming, can also do other things."
If you collect herbs, catch insects, raise them and sell them, that’s the big deal, otherwise you wouldn’t be able to survive long ago,” the old man explained.
The cloud scene suddenly dawned. The so-called "supporting the mountains and relying on the mountains and relying on the water" is nothing more than this.
Immediately I couldn't help but ask again: "Old man, what herbs and insects do you usually collect to sell? What's the price?"
There is nothing that cannot be said about these things, and the old man is not afraid of Yunjing coming to take away their jobs. He said: "As for herbal medicine, the main ones are tiger bone grass, cool flower and big leaves. Tiger bone grass can treat bruises and bruises, and cool flower can detoxify many poisonous insects."
The large leaves are poisonous and can stop bleeding, so they are easy to sell. After drying, the price ranges from six to seven to eight coppers per pound, but it also depends on the year. As for insects, scorpions, centipedes, snakes and ants can be caught and sold, and they are also easy to sell.
Yes, with this income, if we don’t encounter disaster years, we can barely survive.”
A small person has the shrewdness of a small person. Yun Jing could clearly tell that what the old man said was a bit conservative. I'm afraid he didn't mention some precious and valuable medicinal materials.
But Yunjing didn't take it seriously. He just wanted to understand the people's sentiments here, and he didn't want to find out clearly about settling in this place. In short, the people here were still living well, and they had not reached the point of despair.
Soon after, there was still some afterglow in the sky, and Yunjing and the old man arrived at his village.
This village is located on a low ground, in a mountain valley, and is sparsely populated with ten or twenty households. As night falls, there is already smoke floating in the sky above the village.
After all, different regions have different architectural styles.
In Yunjing's hometown of Xinlin County, most of the houses of poor people are huts with earthen walls, but here, the walls of the buildings are almost all made of stones, and even the roofs are covered with stone slabs. The whole stone house is quite beautiful.
Strong and sturdy.
The old man and I walked into the village along the stone road. We guessed that it was rare for strangers to come to this village. Many people looked at Yunjing secretly to see what was strange. However, every time Yunjing looked over, those people would avoid him like frightened little rabbits.
Open your eyes and hide.
Walking on the road in the village, the old man thought for a while and lowered his voice and said to Yun Jing: "Lang Jun, don't mind if I tell you something. It doesn't mean anything. It's just that almost every household in our village raises some bugs. Many bugs are
It's poisonous, so you'd better not wander around to avoid being bitten by bugs. Once poisoned, it will be very troublesome. Don't worry if you come to my house. I have a nest of venomous snakes in my house. They are closed and they won't run around."
After hearing this, Yunjing thought that there were many poisonous insects and beasts in Yanshan County, so it was normal for people here to raise poisonous insects. After all, every place has its own customs. If people want to live, they must find ways to earn income.
of.
"Don't worry, old man, I won't wander around. I'll stay here for one night and leave tomorrow." Yun Jing nodded and smiled.
Yunjing wasn't afraid of poisonous insects or anything like that. What he was thinking at the moment was whether people raising bugs here were raising poisonous insects. Could he be attracted by a girl and someone secretly put a love charm on him?
?
In that case, will I obey or not?
Thinking of these nonsense, Yunjing himself felt happy, thinking about good things...
Not to mention, as soon as the old man reminded me, Yun Jing's mind swept away, it was true that every household here kept bugs, snakes, scorpions, centipedes, toads, ants... They were all poisonous, nest by nest, and the timid people looked at them.
The scalp will be numb.
After a while, Yunjing arrived at the old man's house...
