Time passed, and a few days passed. A big truck came to the village, and a bunch of people got off it.
Also carries a variety of equipment and tools.
Zhang An asked about it and found out that these people were originally found by Zhu Yuliang when he returned to the county.
He had made up his mind to find out the leprous hole.
There was quite a commotion this time, and many people in the nearby villages were curious.
What is going on in Changqing Village? Why are there so many people here?
The upper level of Leizi Cave is not very big. People from the Armed Forces Ministry went down to the cave for two consecutive days to explore the lower level.
The result below is not that magical, it is just a natural cave.
I didn’t find leprosy or other things that everyone was talking about.
Such caves are basically everywhere in Zhang An's place.
It’s just that Leizi Cave is deeper and the entrance is steeper.
If one stands on it and looks down, it will be pitch black and nothing can be seen.
Coupled with the strange noises coming from below from time to time, the people in the village felt inexplicable fear.
If you go deeper inside, they will need professionals to follow you in some places.
As soon as Zhu Yuliang heard the result, he finally followed him to conduct an on-the-spot investigation.
In the cave below, milky white stalactites can be seen everywhere, just like huge lumps of snot.
It is attached to the rock wall inside the cave, and this scene can be seen on the rock wall inside.
After they illuminated it with light, they could see that there were more than just stalactites on the rock walls inside the caves.
And below the hole, you can see a very obvious layer of yellow-blue calcification that has precipitated.
It can be seen from this that water once covered this height.
This just explains why there is water flowing out of this hole when there is a flood.
In the cave, you can see various stalactites growing on these rock walls.
These stalactites have various shapes, some resemble plants and some resemble animals.
There are even some that have just been formed, with stone milk dripping from them.
If in future generations, others see this, they will have to rush over and collect it.
This is a rare thousand-year-old stone milk, a good treasure used for foundation building and cultivation.
A cave like this would probably not be formed naturally in a short period of time.
The bright flashlights brought by Zhu Yuliang and his party were very powerful. They were not the flashlights used by ordinary people, but they could only see the nearby places clearly.
Further out, it was pitch black, and you couldn't see anything even with the light.
Zhu Yuliang followed the survey team and slowly went deep into the Leizi Cave, and finally saw a stream of living water flowing out from the depths.
It is now August or September, and the rainy season with heavy floods in summer has passed, so there is not much water flooding the cave.
They followed the source of the water and looked upwards.
You can also see many giant salamander footprints of different sizes on the underwater tidal flats and exposed mud.
Finally, after going deeper for more than ten minutes, Zhu Yuliang finally saw what he wanted to see.
In the shallow water area here, there are several giant salamanders wandering around, as well as many hook shrimps living in the water.
These giant salamanders have brownish-brown skin all over their bodies, as if they are blending in with the sedimentary color of this area.
If you don't look carefully, you might not even notice them.
These may be the protective colors that they have evolved to protect themselves after living for a long time.
As Zhu Yuliang and the others moved around, ripples on the water surface began to ripple.
These guys seemed to be able to feel something strange, and each one slowly started to move.
He drilled into the cracks in the cave under the stone and soon got into the cave.
After Zhu Yuliang's visual observation, when he came all the way here, he found that the giant salamanders he found were not very big.
But most of them are over 30 to 40 centimeters in length. They look relatively thin, so they should be relatively small.
Then Zhu Yuliang did not disturb them, but led everyone inside.
Because the giant salamanders he just saw convinced him that Zhang An's previous guesses were not entirely correct, but they were not far off.
Following the water flow, we came to a cave entrance, and we could see that the water on the ground came from inside.
Although it is narrow here, it is only big enough for one person to get in and out.
After the people in front entered, there was no unusual information coming from inside.
Instead, a huge cave was found inside, and you could see that it was a huge pool.
Zhu Yuliang then followed him in. It was really too big here.
The roof of the cave is completely like an arc-shaped roof, and the water pool below is crystal clear.
You can also see that the bottom of the water is a clear blue, which is really beautiful.
At the bottom of the water in the farthest place, you can clearly see a stream of water flowing continuously from the mountain.
Seeing such a scenery, Zhu Yu sighed in his conscience that even during this trip, he found no trace of the giant salamander.
Just discovering a place like this makes me feel no regrets.
"Director, look."
With Wang Tao's low shout, Zhu Yuliang, who was still intoxicated by this scene, woke up instantly.
Following the direction of Wang Tao's finger, Zhu Yuliang saw a huge head emerging from the pool.
Then he slowly climbed up the gentle stone wall, and a huge giant salamander head appeared in front of Zhu Yuliang's eyes.
The one-meter-long giant salamander that Zhang An and the others discovered before was just a surprise to them.
Then the scene in front of me can no longer be described as shocking.
Just the head above the water is already extremely big.
If Wang Tao sees it correctly, this head must be as broad as a normal person's shoulders.
"This is probably the real living fossil."
Zhu Yuliang murmured in a low voice, fearing that the loud voice would disturb the big guy in front of him.
I only saw this big guy slowly crawling out of the water, and his whole body was completely exposed to everyone's view.
Under the gaze of everyone, this giant creature slowly crawled on the stone wall towards the cave in the stone wall.
It also had a small fish in its mouth, which seemed like a drop in the bucket compared to its body.
This giant salamander is very big, you can tell it with the naked eye, it is at least twice as big as the one in Zhang An's village.
Zhu Yuliang guessed that this might be what Zhang Jianwen said.
But it is no longer just a pole, it is at least as tall as an adult.
After all these years, this guy has grown a lot.
Zhu Yuliang did not let everyone measure its data on the spot.
On the one hand, this guy is too big, so there is no guarantee that it will be aggressive, because it is too big.
On the other hand, Zhu Yuliang thought that since he had found traces of their activities here, it would be the best choice not to disturb them.
The colleague who just came with us has already taken photos. When we go back and develop the film, these can be used as original data.
Just like that, after waiting for it to crawl back to the cave where it lived, and could no longer see its tail, Zhu Yuliang and his party stopped paying attention.
"Director, is this too big? I've definitely never seen such a big one."
"Don't say I've seen it before, I've never heard of it. It's probably the biggest one I've discovered now."
Wang Tao is still patting his beating chest. He was really worried that Zhu Yuliang asked him to go up and measure the length and weight of the big guy.
Who dares to do this? Wang Tao estimates that this thing weighs much more than himself. If it does a death roll for him, it will.
Wang Tao shuddered as he thought about it.
"What's wrong, Wang Tao, do you feel very cold? The temperature in this cave is indeed a bit low."
Wang Tao's shiver was obviously noticed by Zhu Yuliang, who asked him with concern.
"It's a bit cold, director. I should have put on more clothes."
Then Zhu Yuliang came to the edge of the water pool and carefully observed the situation in the water pool.
He didn't dare to go too far forward, who knew what else was in the water.
Although this pool is large, it doesn't look too deep, and the water is very clear.
If Zhang An were here, he would definitely think of the natural water pool he discovered on the mountain before.
It's not much different from this one, because it's really pretty.
In this pool, Zhu Yuliang looked carefully and could see many cave fish and other things living in it.
The eyesight of these fish living here has obviously completely deteriorated.
Even if Zhu Yuliang and others irradiated them with light, they had no reaction.
No wonder the "prehistoric giant salamander" just now can live here and grow to such a huge size.
Zhu Yuliang firmly believed that there must be more than just that big guy living in this cave.
And in those densely packed stone caves, there must be many more that everyone has not seen.
Just the fish and shrimp living in this pool are enough for them to prey on.
Moreover, this pool is not stagnant water. Based on many years of experience, Zhu Yuliang can tell that there is some living water flowing in from the edge of the rock wall under the pool.
I am afraid that what is really connected here is an underground river, and the fish and shrimp in the water may also come from there.
However, Zhu Yuliang didn't have a clear idea of what to do because he was not a geological expert.
There is no need to conduct research in that area, as long as you figure out what you are responsible for.
At this point, all personnel surveying the cave have withdrawn.
Moreover, during subsequent field visits, we discovered that there were also a large number of wild salamanders living in the mountains behind Changqing Village.
Zhu Yuliang immediately said that he would go to the province to apply for a report and establish a wild giant salamander protection base here.
Not to mention other things, just the "prehistoric giant salamander" is enough.
You must know that the past few years are not decades from now, and the country's protection of giant salamanders is now truly in place.
Ten or twenty years later, it may be due to people's deliberate protection, or it may be due to the proliferation of artificially bred giant salamanders and a large number of artificial exiles.
As a result, giant salamanders in the wild are not that rare to see.
And the giant salamander, which has always been priced at a sky-high price, has become less popular. Artificially bred giant salamanders cost tens of dollars per pound and are no longer worth buying.
So even if I found a wild giant salamander at that time, I wouldn't be so excited.
This may be related to the overall improvement of the basic literacy of the people.
Of course, Zhang An didn't want to get involved in this matter, because it was too troublesome.
The village communicates with their forestry department, and they even set up a forestry station in the village.
Zhu Yuliang, an old man, also asked Zhang An if he would like to be a non-staff member of their department and be responsible for the forestry station in Changqing Village.
Zhang An refused without thinking. To put it bluntly, non-staff workers are temporary workers with little remuneration and many things to do.
Although Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo really wanted Zhang An to agree, Zhang An didn't want to cause trouble for himself.
Zhang An didn't agree to Old Man Zhu, so he had to find someone else, and finally found Zhang Ping from the village elder's uncle's house.
The uncle and aunt are very happy. Now their children finally have jobs and don't have to leave home.
Ever since their daughter got married, their family had only one son left at home, so the two elders were naturally reluctant to keep him away.
Moreover, temporary workers are also good, and at least they have some benefits. This position is already very good for the people in the village.
"Dad, our sheep is quite big. Why don't we take it to the Wang family and breed it?"
The black goat that Mr. Huang brought last time was a ewe. It had been eating and drinking well at Zhang An's house and was growing quite well.
When Huang Erye went to buy it, he bought it from Wangjiachongli. He heard that that family also had male sheep.
In the past few days, Zhang An kept barking every day when he saw his big black sheep, which was not honest at all.
It was obviously in heat, so Zhang An thought to simply take it to breed it.
In the future, I will give birth to a lamb to accompany it, so that it will not feel lonely as a sheep.
"Okay, let's just pull him over while we have time."
Zhang Jianguo left as soon as he said so, and immediately took out the big black sheep.
Zhang An directly tied it in the carriage and tied it up, and the father and son rushed towards the Wang family.
Wangjiachongzi used to be a village group in Changqing, but later it became an independent village on its own.
It is precisely because the road to the county was built, right at the door of their village, that directly improved the conditions of the entire village.
Zhang An drove his car and arrived at Wangjiachong Village within a few minutes.
They don't know which family raises sheep, but they can ask people in the village.
"Uncle, let me ask the family that raises black goats in our village how to get there."
As soon as Zhang An drove into the village of Wangjiachong, he saw an old man holding a buffalo, so he stopped and asked about it.
"Heyyangshan, oh, Mingqian's family, just follow this road and walk straight ahead. When you get to the front, you can see the house in the yard that has been converted into a pen house. It is their house. He happens to be at home today.
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This old uncle was quite enthusiastic and pointed it out to Zhang An while talking.
Zhang An took out the cigarette he carried and gave it to his uncle, but he didn't ask for it, saying that he would feel more comfortable smoking this leaf cigarette.
The space in front was not very wide, so Zhang An parked his car on top of the wheat field in their village, and the father and son pulled the big black sheep and headed towards the front.
The old uncle pointed the way to Zhang An very clearly, and their home was also very obvious. Zhang An saw it after walking a few steps with his father.
As soon as they entered the door, a big yellow dog barked at Zhang An and his son. At this time, someone from the main room came out and stopped the barking big yellow dog.