Xiao Lingyue stood up and looked at the cliff thoughtfully.
Zhong Ronggui explained.
This cliff is their most secret and important delivery location.
It will only be used when the delivery volume is large and there are special important situations to ensure safety.
Such as this time.
The county magistrate "Li Bihuai" died suddenly, the caravan was detained, and the imperial envoy to inspect the imperial mausoleum arrived early.
All kinds of unfavorable circumstances have all collided together, but this time the transaction has more "goods" than before, so there is absolutely no room for error.
Zhong Ronggui was afraid of death and originally wanted to cancel the transaction.
But the real owner behind the caravan disagreed, and forcefully ordered them to trade, and changed the delivery location to this cliff, and the delivery method also changed accordingly.
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Zhong Ronggui has never been here to deliver goods in person, so he doesn't know the situation on the cliff.
Xiao Lingyue could only check it by herself.
The iron ore that was transported to the cliff cannot disappear for no reason.
Since there are no traces of being transported down the mountain, it proves that there must be other simpler and more convenient ways to transport the iron ore away without anyone noticing!
How is it done?
Xiao Lingyue walked slowly along the cliff and thought quickly.
If it were in modern times.
If you want to transport heavy goods from the mountains, there are countless ways to use technology.
The simplest one is to transport aircraft, followed by cranes, cable cars, slide rails...
But this is not the 21st century, but ancient times where all aspects are restricted. The method of transporting things is still based on human power and animal power. The most clever thing is to build a hanging basket on the city wall to transport things up and down.
etc!
Xiao Lingyue thought of this and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Hanging baskets can be used on city walls, why not on cliffs?
It's the same up and down transportation, but the height is different. Isn't it the same as long as the rope is lengthened and the pulleys are used?
Xiao Lingyue suddenly thought of something, and immediately walked to the edge of the cliff and looked carefully at it with a fire stick.
as expected.
On the rocks at the edge of the cliff, there are clear traces of rope friction, and even shallow dents were worn out on the rocks.
There were many protruding rocks on the side of the cliff. Xiao Lingyue took a photo of them with a fire stick and soon found the same rope wear marks at the bottom of these large rocks.
A picture gradually took shape in her mind.
After an extensive search, Xiao Lingyue found a man-made cave in the woods near the cliff.
The entrance of the cave is covered with heavy vines, and there is a cave inside.
Xiao Lingyue walked in with the fire certificate and saw at a glance bundles of hemp ropes, hanging baskets for transportation, pulleys, iron rods, shovels and other tools in the cave.
There is even a rope ladder and all kinds of tools are very complete.
She couldn't help but murmured: "I'm well prepared..."
She knelt down and picked up a scattered hemp rope. The weight of the hemp rope she picked up was obviously wrong. It was much heavier than the normal hemp rope.
She used a dagger to cut open the surface of the hemp rope, and sure enough.
These ropes are mixed with iron wire, which greatly enhances the load-bearing capacity and will not break even if heavy objects are hoisted.
As for hanging baskets and pulleys, they are generally used when building houses, and are most commonly used by craftsmen.
Therefore, there must be some in the imperial tombs under construction.
Someone must have used local materials, stolen these things from the imperial mausoleum, and hid them here.