Chapter 856 Modao Creek

Author: Erzi Congzhou

Chapter 856 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 beside and 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, I won't be afraid even for one night." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "What do you call the old man? And this brother, your dog is quite powerful."

Zhou Zhi's main focus is friendliness. The young man who was originally a little afraid of society laughed and said: "It's called Huangdou."

"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 calls people!"

Dingding smiled shyly and said 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 waved his hands: "Who can be disturbed in this wilderness? No, it's the Yaoniang at the entrance of the village who came out to catch chickens. She said she saw a group of dolls coming to the stream and building a house. I'm not worried.

Just come and take a look. Are you on vacation? What are you going to do at our place?"

"We were just passing by," Zhou Zhi said, "Tomorrow we will continue walking up the Xishui River and finally go to the Swan Pond."

"This road is not close." After Captain Li said these words, he remembered the big yellow car next to him: "Hey, it's not a big deal if you have a jeep!"

"Old man, let's sit down and chat for a while?" Zhou Zhi invited an old man, a small dog and a dog to join him: "Drink something with us, and we'll treat Dingding to some sweets."

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 go ahead and eat. Remember to brush your teeth tonight after eating." Captain Li told Dingding, and then asked: "Why do you want to come here to play?"

Everyone sat down around the firepit again. Zhou Zhi poured some Laojiao Touqi into Captain Li in an enamel cup. While placing a bag of peanuts, melon seeds and sesame candy in front of him, he said: "We are mainly here to escape the summer heat. You, the old man, are all here."

I don’t know how hot it is in Jiachuan now, but it’s like a steamer. It’s more comfortable here for you.”

"Good wine..." the old man looked at the bottle and praised, then pulled off the thick cloth cadre uniform on his body and smiled proudly: "We can't do anything here, but it's comfortable in the hot weather. Look.

, and you’re still wearing such thick clothes.”

"But it won't work in winter. Before the road was built, sometimes the snow would come down and the road would be blocked. It would take a month or two to get out of the village!"

"The scenery is absolutely beautiful!" Liang Hong couldn't believe her ears: "Is there any place in Jiachuan where snow can cover the mountains?"

"It's the entrance to central Guizhou." The old man smiled and said, "That place is called 'Snake Bupan'. It's cool all year round, and reptiles don't want 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 them wherever he goes.

"In the old time, I mean the old time." The old man emphasized it, and then said: "In the old time, the Salt Gang was divided into two groups. One group traveled by land, so they mounted horses on Ma Street, and the other group

Those who take the water route come up along the Xishui River, and our place is a big stop."

"When you get here, you can't take the official boat, and it is divided into two roads. One way has to be changed to a small boat and goes to Guandu Town. The other way is the current road. It used to be the tea horse road. You can transfer to land transportation and go to Loushanguan."

"Why is it called Modao Creek?" The old man said with a smile: "Because after passing here, it is no longer the boundary of Taiping. The road from here to Datong is full of bandits' dens. The Salt Gang's cavalry and fleet must prepare their guys here.

To sharpen swords and guns, it is called Mo Dao Creek."

"By the way, the Swan Pond you are going to is located at the entrance of Tianzi Hall on the Sichuan-Guizhou Tea Horse Road in Datong Village."

"I know that." Zhou Zhi nodded: "After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the last bandit nest in the Sichuan-Guizhou region was located. It was the narrowest pass in Niuqing Mountain, and past it was 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 provincial road. If you go around Hongshui County in the west and take Tucheng Road,

It has to be more than two hundred miles away, and the road is not very smooth."

"If you take the main road, you have to go down from Jiachuan 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 section of Loushanguan is also very difficult to walk. Unlike here, we have to pass the bandits.

Yan is Xishui County, and then the road to Qianzhou is narrow and flat, and you can reach ZY 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 team of officers and soldiers were stationed in Datong to manage this road, wouldn't it be a great convenience for caravans traveling between them?"

"Hahahaha, you have hit the point," 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 after reminding him: "There is a name for this kind of place, it's called 'Jin Guang'!"

"There is one more section." The old man said: "The warlords in Qianzhou think that the money from Sichuan Salt is to make money for them, and the money from Guiyan is to make money for them. So they have never taken care of the people.

Life and death, of course, we will vigorously build the main road over Loushanguan."

"Exactly!" Fang Wenyu has the potential to be a warlord, and he can tell: "Loushang Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Coming out of central Guizhou, you have to go all the way downhill, but going past Sichuan, you have to attack all the way up, and

Just out of the mountains over there is Jiangjin, and not far down the river is Yuzhou, which is a perfect place to dump expensive cigarettes."

"If I were a warlord in central Guizhou, I would definitely build up the entire buffer zone here so that information can be received in a timely manner and deployed calmly."

"This is the little calculation of the local warlords." Zhang Lu said with a smile: "As a result, when the Red Army entered Guizhou and the Central Army followed behind, the Red Army just took a detour and sneaked out through the southern road where they were least interested."
Chapter completed!