Volume of Changning Kingdom: Section 35 Treasure Hunting
In the early morning of the second day after the Dharma Conference, Huang Shidong was packing his bags and preparing to take the Australians with Zhu Shunshen to the Zhu family's ancestral land at the foot of Changning Mountain to look for the treasure they wanted. At this time, there was a rapid knock on the door.
Huang Shidong opened the door, and it was his aunt Huang Qiyan who came with her brows furrowed and her expression in a trance.
"Auntie, what are you doing?"
"Shidong, I dreamed of your sister-in-law when I was sleeping last night..." Huang Qiyan said uneasily.
Huang Shidong was a little surprised, because in the past, every time his aunt mentioned dreaming about his sister-in-law, he would be very happy, but this time there was no expression of excitement at all.
"Did she say anything in her dream? Did she say where she is now?" Huang Shidong asked quickly.
Huang Qiyan shook her head: "I didn't say, but she came with a little girl. She told me that this girl is the reincarnation of the next generation of my grandma..."
"Oh? What does the little girl look like? Which girl of our generation does she look like? No, the reincarnation of the next generation will only appear after the previous generation returns to the sacred mountain (passes away)... so to speak... my sister-in-law...
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Huang Qiyan nodded with tears in her eyes. Huang Shidong didn't have a deep impression of this sister-in-law. After all, he only had a child back then. But he knew the meaning of his sister-in-law's dream.
Reincarnation through dreams has a high status in the sacred mountain belief. Although Huang Shidong has been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child and knows that the sacred mountain belief respected by his family is more of a "Shinto teaching", he has grown up in this atmosphere after all.
.So I couldn’t help but think about the dream my aunt talked about.
He knew that everyone in the Huang family had already acquiesced that his sister-in-law had passed away, and that his dream was not so much announcing this fact as informing the new incarnation of the goddess.
"I can't really see what this little girl looks like. But she doesn't look like any girl from our Huang family... She looks like the Yi girl who came here a few days ago." Huang Qiyan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued.
"Are you talking about the girl Anna who came with the Australians? How is this possible?! She has the appearance of a red-haired Yi! The incarnation of the goddess has always been the daughter of our Huang family... Could it be?! Auntie, tell my father.
Are you done?" Huang Shidong found it unbelievable.
"It's not too late. Aren't you going to Changning Mountain? I'll tell you here first. When you are on the road with them, you must take a closer look at that girl." Huang Qiyan seemed to believe it completely.
"Okay! Auntie, I just need to pay more attention to her on the way!" Although Huang Shidong said this, he was filled with great doubts.
Grandma's mountain sacrifice ceremony on the sacred mountain will be held for two more days, but the treasure hunting team from the Zhu family's ancestral land has already set off.
Cui Yunhong and Wu Tingwei met people who went up to the mountain to worship, both local and from other places, men and women, old and young. The crowds were bustling and lively. According to Huang Shidong, these days are the days when people near various places come to worship.
On big days in Chinese villages, anyone who can escape will come to Changning Mountain to pay homage.
It is early spring at the moment, but Shanbagang is warm and humid all year round, with plenty of sunshine. Banyan trees and large-leaf huanghuali trees grow like they are blooming, with large banyan trees reaching tens of meters in height and hundreds of square meters in crown width.
Bibizhi is the green skyline of Shanba Port. The huge tree canopy blocks the sky and brings coolness to the houses under the trees and pedestrians on the road. The stone road paved with bluestone is very clean, and the trees on both sides of the road
There are also red flowers in full bloom, bringing the message of the changing seasons to Sanpachi Port, which has summer all year round.
"Teacher Cui, what kind of flower is this? It looks so beautiful when it blooms all over the tree!" Anna asked.
"This is azalea, a flower native to China." Cui Yunhong originally wanted to say that azalea is Brunei's national flower.
"There are many plants here, but there are too few that bloom. Dad said: Amsterdam is full of flowers in spring, and it's so beautiful. Hey, that's strange. Shouldn't there be more flowers in warm places? Teacher Cui."
Anna turned on his Three Thousand Questions mode again.
Cui Yunhong couldn't help but secretly admire Anna's observation ability. She discovered very accurately that there are few flowering plants in tropical rainforests. Because they cannot vernalize, many flowering plants remain evergreen in tropical rainforests, and there are many in the tropics.
The so-called flowering plants are actually leaves with different colors giving the illusion of blooming.
Bougainvillea, a tropical flowering plant, is still in its home in South America at this time. The Borneo rainforest is naturally mainly green, and cannot display the colorful colors like temperate regions.
After Cui Yunhong explained the principle of plant vernalization to Anna, she turned to Wu Tingwei and whispered: "Don't you think it's strange that the national flower of Brunei is the rhododendron?"
"Yes, rhododendron is actually a temperate plant, and it is native to China..."
"That's not all. Brunei's national flower, Simbogaga, is actually the Kangding Rhododendron unique to my hometown in southwestern Sichuan..."
"Really? I really didn't know about this. This is so strange. Why would a tropical Southeast Asian country choose the azalea from inland Sichuan as its national flower?"
"Have you forgotten? Huang Senping calls himself the General Guard of Tengchong, Yunnan. This shows that his family and the immigrants who came with him are probably from the southwest region. Southwest Sichuan is very close to Yunnan."
Wu Tingwei made an expression of sudden realization.
"This Kangding Rhododendron likes a cool and humid environment best, and it is probably quite adapted to the environment here in Changning Mountain."
"It's not hot in the tropics yet, brother, so there's no time to cool down. That guy Huang Lu doesn't even want to go out."
"That's because you northerners are afraid of heat and humidity. The seaside areas in Southeast Asia are really not as hot as our Yangtze River Basin in summer. When the sea breeze blows here, it's very comfortable to stay under the trees."
While Cui Yunhong and Wu Tingwei were chatting about ancient times, Huang Shidong came to Anna's side for an excuse, looking for an opportunity to look at the girl's face carefully.
To be honest, although the girl in front of me can see some Chinese characteristics, overall she has a "red-haired" appearance. At a glance, she looks like a red-haired barbarian girl.
She could also be the incarnation of the Goddess? Huang Shidong simply couldn't imagine it. But the aunt has always hated the red-haired barbarians and would never make up random things on a whim. This is really strange.
However, his actions caused everyone to misunderstand, and they thought that the second master of the Huang family had something in mind for Anna. The problem was that Huang Shidong had a wife... Everyone looked at him with suspicion, and Cui Yongfang even looked angry.
The look of injustice made Cui Yunhong secretly amused.
As a group of people walked down the mountain road, Cui Yunhong noticed that there were two streams flowing out from the Huang Family Zongbing Mountain. The one with the larger flow was used for water intake, and the smaller one was used for dumping wastewater. This is a natural water supply and drainage.
The system makes the environment of Shanbakang very good, and there is no cross-flow of sewage that is common in towns in this time and space.
In the streets and towns at the foot of the mountain, most residents draw water directly from the river, and do not always keep water tanks or buckets at home. The river water is clear and clear, and there are fish swimming there, so it is not easy to breed mosquitoes. The other waterway used for sewage drainage has a relatively large amount of water.
It is large, has strong self-purification ability, fast flow speed, and there is no environment for mosquitoes to breed. The peninsula in Shanba Port is surrounded by the sea on three sides. The terrain is slightly tilted towards the sea and there is no water accumulation. The sea breeze makes the air here very circulated. In addition, the peninsula has
Residents are mainly engaged in fishing and wood processing, and the farming areas that are prone to breeding mosquitoes and flies are also located in the upper reaches of the river, which reduces the possibility of contracting tropical diseases such as malaria to a minimum. It is no wonder that the Huang family can develop Shanba Port here.
The streets and alleys were very lively because of the Dharma conference. People from various villages came here to pay homage to the mountain. Many vendors also took the opportunity to set up stalls here to do business. There was a bustling and lively scene everywhere.
Huang Shidong was the "Second Master" of the Huang family. Many people knew him. In order to avoid unnecessary social interactions, he took them down a secluded path and walked through quiet streets and straight to the pier.
The Huang family has prepared three large awning boats at the dock. One is for the Huang family's head and Australian guests, and the other two are for the Huang family's servants and the Australian navy members who protect the leader.
To reach Changning Mountain, you can only go upstream from Shanba Port by taking the Ninghe River Road. The whole journey is winding and winding for 50 to 60 miles. The river has many shoals, so you can only get there by boatman. It is estimated that it will take two days and one night to get to the foot of the mountain.
There are three villages along the river where you can stay overnight, but Cui Yunhong and Wu Tingwei brought all their outdoor camping equipment.
Sailing from Shanba Port to the inland means rowing against the current. When there is wind, the sail is used, and when there is no wind, the boatman holds the pole and rocks the oar. In some places, the current is fast or there are shoals, and the boat has to be stretched temporarily.
Both sides of the Ninghe River are not wild lands. Many fields have been developed, and villages large and small can also be seen. The Huang family has been operating here for more than 200 years, and the agricultural foundation here is quite complete. When asked about production and sales, Huang Shidong said that local grain production
Very high. Due to the relationship between water and heat, rice can actually be grown all year round. However, fertilizers cannot keep up, so usually only two crops of rice are grown. Sweet potatoes are grown on slopes that are difficult to irrigate. A large amount of surplus grain is exported every year. The Netherlands
People have always been the biggest buyers.
In recent years, VOC's demand for food has increased significantly. The Chinese villages and towns here have expanded their rice planting areas, and the demand for food has become even stronger.
The atmosphere on the road was very relaxed. Huang Shidong explained the customs and customs along the way to Cui Yunhong and Wu Tingwei. Anna regretted very much that she did not bring her sketchpad when she came out. Fortunately, Cui Yunhong taught her the technique of sketching with pencil on Australian paper, but there was no one on the ship.
She drew on the table for a while and felt uncomfortable, so she stopped drawing. She turned around and chatted with Cui Yongfang and Zhu Shunshen.
Zhu Shunshen was in good spirits after recovering from his illness, but no matter how Wu Tingwei looked at it, he could not feel that this dark-skinned young man had the blood of a great emperor.
"Anyway, Puyi looks like an old man walking around in Beijing." Wu Tingwei felt that there was no need to dwell on such an issue, so he stopped thinking about it.