From Changyi Village back to Shuanggou Village, Yang Zaixin discussed with Long Xiuguo and put forward his ideas. No matter what is suitable for planting on the slope of Lianghegou in Shuanggou Village, as long as you do it, there will be a conclusion in short, even if after the argument, the geology has no characteristics, it can be regarded as a fact.

Zhang Bing promised to use a month with Yang Zaixin to walk through the two river ditches. Prepared the corresponding tools, water, and dry food, took a knife and rope, and the two of them were ready to set off, and before leaving, Long Chenghai also joined in. In this way, the three of them are the exploration team.

It is said that there is an ancient road along the river, but nowadays, the ancient road is flooded with forests and weeds. As long as you search, you can find this road, and then you can go directly to the upstream hundreds of miles away.

Shanghe belongs to the scope of Shuanggou Village, which is not large, only more than ten kilometers, and then it is the area of Linxian County. Even if there is a beautiful scenery, it is impossible to let the water supply work. In total, the amount of work to explore is not large, but the sides of the narrow ditch are steep, and even if there is an ancient road, it is not easy to climb to the top of the mountain and the mountainside to collect specimens and take pictures.

Climbing up the mountain from the river ditch, there are many sections that cannot be climbed at all, too steep, the stone walls are forested, hundreds of meters high, looking up from the river ditch, it is like inserting into the sky.

The three of them made preparations, but the equipment of the same professional still cannot be compared. Fortunately, Zhang Bing and Long Chenghai are both people who are familiar with the terrain, and after walking two miles along the river, they began to climb up the mountain, this river ditch happens to be a slope, and the weeds and trees are very deep. Fortunately, the slope is quite gentle, about 40 degrees, and after reaching a height of tens of meters, the slope is even gentler.

Because of this kind of terrain, it is suitable for development as a planting site, and if it is all steep slopes, it cannot be planted at all.

Drill into the forest, these are trees, not of much value. Long Chenghai said, "Director Yang, the slope here has actually been barren for many years, because in the 70s, during the National Study of Dazhai, the village once reclaimed this slope. ”

"Yes. Then why was it abandoned later? ”

"There are few people in the village, and there is not enough labor to manage it. In addition, the slopes here are also thin, the sun is not enough, and the harvest is not good. "It's no wonder that the harvest is not good, and who is willing to bother.

"Isn't the soil deep?" Yang Zaixin sat on a stone block built into a ridge, climbed dozens of meters, and was soaked. His physique itself is not good, even if he is young, his physical fitness is far less strong than that of Zhang Bing.

"No, I heard from my fathers that corn, sweet potatoes or potatoes were planted here, and millet was also grown, but the land that was cleared out of the land was not topdressed, and it was naturally thin. At that time, every family in the village did not have enough to eat, so who was willing to work hard?" Long Chenghai said, "Later, the land was divided into households, and no one wanted these lands, so it was collectively owned by the village, including all the slopes and mountains and forests in the upper and lower rivers and ravines, and it was not distributed to each household and belonged to the collective." ”

"In this way, if the village wants to develop and rent out the land, as long as the village agrees, isn't it easy to operate?" Yang Zaixin didn't expect the nature of the land here to be like this.

"That's true. The output of these mountains, medicinal herbs, etc., can be searched here by all families, and no one intervenes. The forest is a collective forest, and occasionally someone comes to cut a few for use, but no one says. ”

The management of the village is naturally looser, as long as it is not excessive, it is basically tolerable.

Further up, you can see the slopes one by one, and if there is a water source, it can be completely terraced. The slopes are built with solid stone ridges to protect the soil from slipping. Seeing that such a stone ridge was neatly built, Yang Zaixin said, "Is this kind of stone ridge also made in the 70s, it doesn't look like it." ”

"Director Yang, these stone ridges have existed in history. It is said that at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, all parts of the country were opening up wasteland and expanding the area of cultivated land. Not only here, but also in the wasteland of the entire town and village. In the Qianjia period of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court encouraged the cultivation of wasteland for five years without paying rent, which was a relatively great stimulus to the wealthy families at that time, and also made all the places around the villages that could be reclaimed for planting. Today, those of us who come after us are lazy. ”

These discoveries are not uncommon to the people in the village, and they are all old things in the village. Yang Zaixin heard about this for the first time, and he felt that people could reclaim and plant before, and now it must be feasible to reclaim it, but it is necessary to select suitable crops and choose crops with economic value.

With such a foundation, Yang Zaixin felt that he was one point closer to the goal, so he continued to climb to the top of the mountain. When you get halfway up the mountain, see that the time is already noon. Several people also consumed a lot of physical energy, ate dry food, and continued to climb. After passing the mountainside, the terrain is flatter and it is easier to drill into the forest. However, this side is a slope and the scenery is ordinary.

When he went to the top of the mountain, he looked through the photos taken along the road, and Yang Zaixin also collected soil samples along the way to sort it out, and felt that the harvest of this day was not bad. "Brother Long, how much area is this slope?"

"There will always be a few hundred acres. Long Chenghai said that for the hillside fieldland, it is difficult to estimate the area accurately, "this kind of slope, there are at least five or six along the way, this is the closest to the village, but also in the 70s reclaimed and cultivated, go upstream, there are also reclaimed slopes that have not been reclaimed, from the top of the mountain, the actual distance between each other is not far." ”

"It should be," Yang Zaixin also recalled, walking from the river ditch, the winding road is difficult to walk, and it took more than half a day to climb uphill, but from the top of the slope, the area occupied by the village is only about ten kilometers, and beyond it is the territory of Linxian County. "Isn't this far from the road into the village?"

"Yes. Long Chenghai pointed in one direction, "Go here, cross that hill and go down to the village road." ”

Instead of going down the ditch along the old road, the three chose to walk on the top of the hill and return to the village from the road into the village, which would take less time.

The next day, Yang Zaixin was in pain all over his body and had to stay in the village and not leave, rest for a day, and recover his physical fitness. After a day, Long Xiuguo was also free, and there were four people out of the village again, and they did not take the ditch but went directly to the top of the mountain from the road into the village. Looking at the two slopes, looking down from the top of the mountain, the actual feeling will be much less, but from a macro point of view, these slopes are better grasped.

I saw two slopes in one day, and it was only noon when I walked to the top of the mountain. Sit on the top of the hill and the cliff below. From this out, you can see the ditch and the stone wall on the opposite side.

Long Xiuguo said, "Director Yang, the best scenery on both sides of the ditch may be this section. We look at it from here, and the angle is not too good. Going forward, there is a platform, stand on the platform and look at it, you can see clearly on both sides of the valley. Especially when it's foggy, it's really like being in a fairyland. ”

Hearing Long Xiuguo say this, Yang Zaixin couldn't help but stand up, and the group walked towards the platform. Zhang Bing led the way in front, and after walking for long, he began to descend the mountain, and a small hairy road was barely recognizable. The road is made up of large boulders, some connected to the mountain, some resting on the stones, which is very spectacular.