442 A friend comes from afar
When they saw it, they were still some distance away from the stone wall dwelling.
It was a pass, and it was very windy and cold, but they still stood here and watched it for a long time before they reluctantly left.
After they walked out, they kept looking back, as if they wanted to keep in their minds what they had just seen.
"Hold on, this looks close now, and it will take half a day to walk over. "Wizard reminder.
"Uh-huh. Everyone agreed, and sure enough, they quickened their pace, as if they were motivated by something.
But fortunately, the next road is better than before, to be precise, there is a "road".
A small stone path, paved with gravel, is smooth and winding all the way to the front.
Occasionally, there are bumpy places, and there are several stone steps along the way, and instead of gravel, the paving is made of stone cut into blocks. There are occasional fractures, but generally they are flat.
How can there be such a well-built road in such a place?
"Is this also the person who built the stone wall house?" Jiang Wangfeng asked in surprise.
"It's not. Before the guide could speak, Xu Wen spoke first, and he motioned to Jiang Wangfeng to say, "Before asking, observe and think about it." ”
"Oh. Jiang Wangfeng honestly agreed, he really observed it back and forth, left and right, and then suddenly realized, "It's not together, the road is relatively new! And it's ......."
Before he finished speaking, he was robbed by Tian Jifeng: "And it wasn't repaired at one time, and it was maintained later." The stairs are a bit newer here than the gravel road. ”
"Grab me from you!" Jiang Wangfeng slapped him angrily, and Tian Jifeng laughed.
"According to the legend, this stone wall dwelling has been built for at least a few decades, and this road is only a few years, at most ten years. ”
"And here, it feels renewed, it's only three years at most, right?"
"No, it feels like someone has been maintaining the ...... all along"
Following this line of thought, Fang Jueming, Qiao Zhi and the others also had a heated discussion, and soon saw more things.
"Really, could it be that Shibi Ju has always been inhabited?"
Jiang Wangfeng asked suspiciously, several people looked at the guide together, and the guide hurriedly shook his head: "I don't know, and I haven't heard of it!" This road is early in the morning, and no one usually comes here at all, besides, who would live in such a ghost place without food or drink?"
He had a point. With reliable guides to lead the way, it takes them two days to go up the mountain. The mountain is bare, and food, clothing, and miscellaneous items need to be brought up from below. It's too inconvenient to live here, right?
Everyone was confused, and while they were puzzled and discussed, they continued to walk along the path.
Winding and circling a few times, the stone wall dwelling sometimes appeared, sometimes blocked. By the time it appeared for the fifth time, it was already very close, and its magnificence and magnificence made it very clear to them.
Xu Wen looked diagonally ahead in amazement.
This stone wall is built on the mountain, almost attached to the stone wall.
It is not a single building, but is composed of three palace-like buildings of different heights, and the buildings are connected by a corridor-type trestle bridge, which is magnificent and atmospheric, as if a fairy pavilion was born between the heavens and clouds.
In such a place, such a building can be built......
It's really amazing.
Speaking of which, it is somewhat similar to the Hanging Temple that Xu Wen has learned about in another world, but the Hanging Temple is a wooden structure building, and this stone wall house looks like a brick and stone structure, so the lines are relatively simple, but from a distance, the brick wall eaves are full of brick and stone carvings, and a lot of refinement is added to the simplicity.
In this stone wall house, the difficulty of construction brought by the special terrain is one thing, and the inconvenience of transportation of building materials is also a huge problem. Despite the double difficulties, it was born and appeared alive in front of them.
I'd love to take a closer look and find out how this miracle came about.
At the same time, Xu San suddenly exclaimed, blinked vigorously, looked at Shibiju for a long time, and asked, "Am I mistaken?
“...... It seems that yes, there is a shadow dangling!" Fang Jueming also saw it.
Could this be the one who built the road?
Everyone looked at each other and quickened their pace.
After another circle, the gate of the stone wall house was finally close in front of him.
The stone wall is built on the mountain, and the mountain is its best barrier. Therefore, it did not build a wall, nor did it have a gate in the strict sense of the word, but built a gate in the place where the stone wall house was going to enter.
The door square is about two and a half meters high, the single eaves rest on the top of the mountain, built on the stone base of the block, there is a stone lion on the left and right above the base, the shape is simple, but vivid and interesting, one looks up to the sky and roars, one squats on guard, is full of vigorous vitality.
This slightly freehand style is very rare in the Zhenmen stone lions that Xu Wen has seen.
However, after getting a little closer, Xu Wen soon discovered the reason why the stonemason did this.
This stone lion is carved out of granite.
Granite is dense and hard, and it is not a good material for carving, and it is more difficult to finely process it.
The stonemason's use of freehand carving can be regarded as learning from each other's strengths, but even so, being able to carve granite with such spirit is enough to show that this stonemason's extraordinary skills......
Xu Wen became more and more curious, he patted Shi Shi's head and looked up.
The main part of this gate is also granite, which is actually quite shocking.
It has no joints all over and is made from a single piece of granite!
That is, this piece of granite is a real piece of material, at least two meters high and one and a half meters wide. As you can imagine, it is also very heavy, and it will be quite difficult to mine, move and craft.
It would be quite difficult to handle this kind of material on flat ground, and it is really incredible that it will appear on the waist of such a dangerous mountain now.
He did not hide it, and bluntly told his companions what he knew.
Xu Xihuai learned stone work, but Jiangnan stone work is very different from the local West Desert, he also nodded again and again, and added: "This kind of stone is too hard, good is good, but it is not convenient to cut and transport, we generally rarely use it." The most commonly used is bluestone, which is moderately soft and hard, suitable for stacking and tiling, and is also suitable for deep and shallow reliefs, which is more versatile. ”
Bluestone is a diorite sedimentary rock, also known as limestone, which is referred to in the limestone chant "thousands of hammers chiseled out of the deep mountains".
It is widely distributed, has large reserves, is common and easy to use, and can also be processed into lime, which is indeed a very good stone, and has a wide range of uses, which can be said to be the most commonly used one.
Judging from Xu Wen's previous discoveries, Tianyun Mountain itself has granite reserves, and it seems that the Shibiju workshop is made of local materials.
But even so, in terms of the characteristics of granite itself, this is not an easy task, it is also extremely difficult.
"Let's go inside. He pondered for a moment, then looked up.
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from the doorway in front of him.
It was a person's voice, his voice was clear, with an obvious smile, and he said leisurely: "It's fun to have friends from afar!"