When bandits kidnap people up the mountain, they must have their own purpose. If they want to kill people, they can just do it at the bottom of the mountain. There is no need to waste the effort of bringing people up the mountain and then killing them.
Since no one can be found here, that person must be somewhere else.
"These rough houses are closest to the wall. If the imperial army comes to encircle and suppress us, this area will be the most dangerous place." Zhan Beihan said in a low voice, "These houses should be used by patrolling bandits."
Xiao Lingyue thought for a while and agreed: "The people on the watchtower will change shifts, which means that the patrols and security of these bandits are carried out in separate teams. I estimate that their patrol time is day and night. Once a team of people withdraws, then they can
Let another team go up, alternately, day and night."
Because of this, the bandits who take over the shift need a temporary resting place.
These are built near the wall. Although they are rough and crude, they at least have a bed to sleep in. They should be their "temporary dormitories."
Because I just want to sleep and don't live here, there are no daily necessities here, only beds and quilts.
In addition, most of the bandits are rough men, and they live in the mountains all year round. Their hygienic habits are worrying, which leads to a very bad environment in the house and a stinky smell.
"More than that." Zhan Beihan stood in the side shadow of a room.
By using the angle of the mountain and the house to cover it up, not only is it a blind spot, but you can also see the entire mountain village sloping upward.
His eyes fell on those row upon row of houses, one floor higher than the other: "I suspect that this bandit village has a very strict hierarchy!"
"What should I say?" Xiao Lingyue also stood in the blind spot, not afraid of being discovered.
"The entire cottage is built on the mountain, and all the houses go up along the mountain. The higher the location, the more difficult it is to build the houses. Logically speaking, they should be simpler, but look -"
Zhan Beihan's eyes were as bright as a sword, and he pointed to the top of the mountain, "The closer to the top of the mountain, the better the houses are built, and they are obviously different from the houses below."
Xiao Lingyue raised her head and looked carefully: "It's really like this."
The overall layout of the bandit village is a bit like the Miao village, with the wall at the bottom and a not-so-wide flat land.
Along the edge of the flat land, there are many winding paths that lead all the way to the top of the mountain.
On these small roads, there are many levels, and there are scattered houses on each level. Some are connected together, and some stand alone, which looks very messy.
However, the higher you go to the upper floors, the bigger and more spacious the houses become, and it seems that this is where the bandits really live.
"It is much more difficult to build such a building in the deep mountains and old forests than at the bottom of the mountain, and it cannot be built in a day or two. Has this bandit village been there for a long time?" Xiao Lingyue asked doubtfully.
You know, in ancient times, houses were built without any mechanical equipment.
It can only be built by pure manpower.
All houses are made of wood. You need to cut down the trees first and polish them into beams and wooden columns. Then lay the foundation and put up the frame. Finally, use suitable wet mud mixed with grass roots/stems to fill the walls and wait for them to dry.
, it became a mud wall.
Every step of this process requires people to complete it, which is not easy at the foot of the mountain, let alone in the deep mountains and old forests.
And, this is just the worst mud house.
If you want to build a pure wooden house or a brick house, it will be even more difficult.
Green bricks can only be fired in brick kilns in cities and towns, not in ordinary villages or countryside. These bandits have to find ways to transport the bricks to the mountains before they can build houses.
Xiao Lingyue looked at the rows of large and impressive blue brick houses on the top of the mountain and felt that it would take only a few years to build them.
"The bandit village has existed for decades. At first, it was just a rural village, inhabited by ordinary people who made a living by hunting and collecting herbs. Later, it was occupied by others and became a bandit village."
Zhan Beihan said: "The imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress many times. They also bulldozed and burned all the buildings, but they were rebuilt later and it became like this." Popular 『』 This chapter has been completed!