"Since it's so useful, let's collect more and go back." Huang Zhao is a senior outdoor activist and has a deep understanding of the effects of these Chinese patent medicines, so he immediately became interested.
Lingao has an obvious dry and rainy season, and the summers are humid and hot. There is a huge demand for this kind of proprietary Chinese medicine. The Ministry of Health has long issued a notice asking the remote exploration team to pay attention to collecting specimens of various herbal medicines during the exploration.
"No, it won't mature until April." Bai Guoshi looked at the specimen in his hand, wrapped it carefully, took out a map, compass and ruler, and marked the location on the map.
"Collect samples first, and then harvest the seeds when they are mature to build a plantation. Puzzle seeds are very valuable and are the earliest commercially grown cash crop in Hainan."
"You really know a lot." Huang Claw admired him.
"They are all things from the history of tropical crops in China. When I took this course, I thought it was useless. I didn't expect it to be useful now." Bai Guoshi said with emotion.
"Haha, people with a professional background are different from ordinary people like us. They are very professional!"
"What the hell, I only know a little bit about it." After all, Bai Guoshi is a freshly graduated college student and is very thin-skinned.
The team delayed for a while and continued to move forward. After less than ten minutes, the team stopped again.
"Pause!" This time it was Cui Yunhong who was in the middle of the team.
"Did you find something too?" Ye Mengyan was impatient. If he kept going like this, how long would he be able to return to the base?
"Zhao Xue is lame." Cui Yunhong's report lacked the anxious tone of a man when a woman, especially a young woman, was in trouble. It was no wonder: he was not interested in women.
When Bai Guoshi heard this, he ignored the specimen, threw it into Huang Claw's hand, and ran towards the central defender with all his equipment.
Their marching formation adopts a 2-3-2 formation: two vanguards, three center defenders, and two rearguards. They are 200 to 300 meters apart and communicate with each other using walkie-talkies.
"Safety first!" Seeing the young man plunge into the mist, he quickly shouted - this place is more than 200 meters away from the team's center back position.
In addition to professionals like them, there is also an IT professional in this team - Zhao Xue. She was brought along simply because she claims to be a senior outdoor enthusiast, and her computer expertise will also be helpful to Cui Yunhong's exploration work -
―The key is that Liu Zheng can't stand the bullying from his beautiful sister, and Bai Guoshi also uncharacteristically firmly supports bringing Zhao Xue along.
Due to the lack of local guides, 400 years of changes have caused great changes in the terrain, so the maps they brought have a lot of details that need to be corrected. Although the remote exploration team has gone out for reconnaissance more than once in the past, they have never been able to go far.
Far. To the west it only passes through the Gaoshan Ridge area and reaches the border of Danzhou, to the south to the outskirts of Lidong, and to the east into Chengmai County.
This entry into Danzhou is the first time that the long-range exploration team has gone deep into a place outside Lingao County. The unfamiliar roads and high mental stress have made the entire exploration extremely physically demanding. Four days after setting off, everyone has been worried
Then the IT person finally showed his true colors - Zhao Xue was very energetic in the past two days. When he was a vanguard, he often pulled down the central defender for nearly a kilometer regardless of the distance.
Help her take pictures - but after four days she had to switch to the central defender, and her pace slowed down - there is a big difference between long-term field work and short-term fun. Not to mention an amateur, even Huang Paw is so talented
Veterans with 7 years of outdoor experience feel that this task is not easy. Cui Yunhong has a background in geological surveying, so this strength is a piece of cake for him. Bai Guoshi has a lot of experience in outdoor activities because of his major, and
She had been exercising for several years, and she could barely bear it down. Seeing Zhao Xue start to falter, Bai Guoshi naturally wanted to ask for help, but she just said it was okay.
When I ran closer and took a look, I saw that Zhao Xue's sister's equipment was all unloaded on the ground, and her trouser legs were rolled up high, revealing a pair of snow-white calves - worthy of being called Xue. But what made the scenery worse was that Liu Zheng, a man with cheeks, was using
His big rough palms played with those small, white knees - in fact, Zhao Xue is 170cm tall, and her knees are definitely not small.
"Both knees are filled with fluid." Liu Zheng fiddled and squeezed for a while before coming to a conclusion.
"Filling?" Bai Guoshi wanted to pretend to touch Miss Zhao's knee, but he didn't have the courage.
"It should be," Liu Zheng glanced at him and smiled slyly behind his back, "You can feel it, I'm not sure."
"Okay, okay." Bai Guoshi's face actually turned red - there is nothing more embarrassing than having someone see through your little thoughts.
I pretended to rub it with my fingers, but because I was nervous, I felt it was soft, slippery, and a little elastic. I quickly said: "It should be that the knee is filled with fluid."
"Well, this is a typical sports injury caused by lack of physical strength." Liu Zheng came to the conclusion that he should have said long ago.
"It doesn't matter, I can still walk!" Zhao Xue said anxiously. She looked determined and refused to admit defeat, and she didn't expect Bai Guoshi's dirty thoughts at all.
"It's not a serious injury, but it's not suitable for overexertion." Liu Zheng thought for a moment, "Let's take a rest first."
"It doesn't matter to me, you can keep walking!"
"Don't be too strong." Huang Zhao said in a good manner, "It would be better to rest before walking. Unfortunately, there is no ice pack. A cold compress may be effective."
Ye Mengyan came back from the vanguard position panting, and immediately became angry when he saw this look:
"You are just looking for trouble! When you go on a mission, you have to find a woman to make up for it! You are filming a military TV series!"
"Xiaoye, it's not good for you to say that. Women hold up half the sky." Liu Zheng laughed.
"Pay attention to unity, unity!" Huang Zhao hurriedly came to persuade, "Men and women are physiologically different and cannot be generalized. It is indeed not easy for a girl to walk so many roads - do they also contribute to the collective? You see, everyone
Cried--"
Everyone turned around, and sure enough, Zhao Xue's face was lying on her knees, and her shoulders were twitching.
"Hmph, when you're in full swing, you show your teeth and claws, but when you're not good enough, you'll do this -" Ye Mengyan refused to give up.
"Complaining won't solve the problem." Liu Zheng saw Bai Guoshi's expression was wrong, and thought not to make any unnecessary noise, so he quickly put on the face of a captain, "You will be like this again if you complain, take a rest first, and deal with the injury.
I’ll make plans later.”
"Huh, don't worry about it, you jingoistic pigs!" Zhao Xue suddenly stood up, picked up the equipment on the ground and threw it behind her, then strode forward. Everyone was about to go up to stop her, but within ten meters of walking out, she
She stumbled and was half-kneeling on the road again. Bai Guoshi rushed forward to help her. Liu Zheng and others secretly laughed in their hearts.
She was resting on the side of the road. After discussion, she decided that if there was no major discovery on the way, she would not delay any longer and return directly to the camp. Zhao Xue moved from the central defender to the rear guard. The rear guard had Huang Zhao and Bai Guoshi, who had enough labor to help her return. There were no arrangements for the night.
She was on duty. After Liu Zheng announced the decision, he quietly poked Bai Guoshi: "Seize the opportunity." Bai Guoshi just wanted to confess that he had a pure relationship with Zhao Xue, but Liu Zheng had already walked away.
Along the way, Liu Zheng asked the leading soldiers to slow down their march and take care of the wounded. In fact, non-professionals such as Huang Zhao and Bai Guoshi were also overwhelmed.
The walkie-talkie rang again, this time from the top soldier Ye Mengyan: "Stop advancing, there is a situation ahead!"
When Liu Zheng cautiously came to Ye Mengyan's side in a low profile, a city unexpectedly appeared under the hillside not far away in the mist that was dissipating in the sunshine.
Is it really a city? Liu Zheng wiped the lens of his telescope in surprise. According to intelligence, the only city within a hundred miles is Lingao County. Where did this walled city come from? Could it be that they were lost?
Arrive at Danzhou City?
Several people quickly opened the map and looked at it for a long time. This was indeed not Danzhou City. But it was definitely not Lingao County. After measuring the location and comparing it with the map, they found that they were now in the modern Nanbao Town area.
"Let's take a closer look?" Yellow Claw suggested.
"Okay, Bai Guoshi, Cui Yunhong will stay and look after Zhao Xue. The others are following me." Liu Zheng said, throwing the Remington shotgun in his hand to Bai Guoshi, "Be smart and run away if you find something wrong. We will do it ourselves."
Will get away."
"Understood!" Bai Guoshi was a little nervous. He watched the others slowly groping forward.
The best observation point is at the top of the hillside, where you can have an unobstructed view from a high position. However, it is getting very bright now, and the farmers should go out to work. Maybe they will meet people who come to cut firewood or collect grass on the hillside. All three of them will take their time.
Got the dagger.
The group of people climbed up the hillside without incident. Hidden below the mountain was the city about a thousand meters away. This was the closest they could get to the city. Beyond that was open land, which had been transformed into paddy fields.
, there were also some residential buildings scattered around. In the farmland, people were driving cattle off the ground.
The city looks very small in the telescope - smaller than Lingao County. If it weren't for the tower on the city gate, most travelers would only see it as an earthen village.
"nnd, there are cannons on the tower." Huang Zhao held the telescope and muttered to himself.
Liu Zheng said nothing and continued to search the city with his telescope - this was definitely not a village. Under the telescope, he could see government offices, rows of brick houses, and a very large village in the city.
Empty field. No rural village would have these.
"There is a flagpole in front of the government office, with the flag of the Ming Dynasty hanging on it." Huang Zhao reminded Liu Zheng.
"Well, from the looks of it, it's probably the location of some local administrative agency." Liu Zheng was a little surprised, "What exactly is it?"
The city looked very calm through the telescope. There were not many people going in and out of the city gate. They were all farmers in ragged clothes. Standing at the gate was a soldier in ragged clothes, holding a wooden gun.
Ye Mengyan had received complete reconnaissance training. While Liu Zheng and the others were looking at the diorama, he had roughly estimated the number of residents in the city based on the size of the city - less than a thousand people. From the number, form and size of the houses in the city
It is inferred that this place is probably a military camp: there are barracks, stables, warehouses, and especially a school ground. Although there are only two gates in the city, both have towers and cannons on the walls.
"I know," Liu Zheng thought about some of the things that were discussed during the Intelligence Committee's joint meeting a few days ago, "This should be Weisuo City!"
In the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the local government offices, there were also military garrison and field garrison cities. In Qiongshan County, in addition to the Qiongshan County seat, there was also the Haikou Houqianhusuo garrison city. In the core area of Lidong: Li Mu
At the foot of the mountains and on the bank of the Nandu River, there is also a city with thousands of households built on the water.
This small city should be similar to a guard city. I just don't know which one it is - this will have to be verified by the historical intelligence team.
"Take photos, measure and record the directions." Liu Zheng said, "mark the geological changes on the map so that the troops can attack later and take more photos."
A little further away, Bai Guoshi and others were waiting boredly when Cui Yunhong suddenly dragged his big bag down the hillside as if he had discovered a new world.
Bai Guoshi was startled: "What are you doing?!"
Cui Yunhong waved her hand to signal not to speak. Bai Guoshi lowered his voice, "What did you find?"
"Kaolin."
"What is kaolin?" Zhao Xue asked.
Cui Yunhong picked up a white stone-like object and struck it a few times with an address hammer.
"Something used to make porcelain." Bai Guoshi explained.
"Oh," Zhao Xue was confused, "but we don't need to make porcelain? I think the lunch box and enamel bowl are enough."
"What is needed," Bai Guoshi said, "sanitary ware, ceramic tiles, etc. can be solved now."
Cui Yunhong shook his head, thinking how to explain the important role of kaolin in industry? Being able to make porcelain is important, but kaolin is an essential whitening agent and filler in the modern papermaking industry. The value of this discovery is too great.
The sample he collected was tubular coal series kaolin. Ji Yunhong judged that there should be a coal mine nearby. He remembered that he had seen information that there was a small coal kiln near Nanbao Town in Lingao, which produced lignite of low quality. Kaolin was probably an associated mineral.
At a rough glance, although it cannot be evaluated by drilling or digging trenches, the kaolin outcrops are quite widely distributed, indicating that the reserves here are valuable for development. If you look carefully, you may be able to find coal mines.
come out.
Lignite is the mineral coal with the lowest degree of coalification. It is a low-grade coal between peat and bituminous coal. Its calorific value is relatively low and cannot be used as coke for steelmaking. It can be used as fuel or fertilizer. If it can be developed, it will be a very promising coal.
valuable resources.
This field exploration was really fruitful. Cui Yunhong was a little excited, so she simply took out the instruments and notebooks from her backpack and started doing geophysical exploration on the spot.
Bai Guoshi was extremely nervous. He held his Remington and looked around, fearing that a native would suddenly appear from somewhere - he had never killed anyone before, and he didn't want to indulge in meat here.