The so-called Liaodong, as the name suggests, refers to the area east of the Liaohe River. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is the eastern and southern part of present-day Liaoning Province, between Bincheng and Dandong City.

Although these two cities are also near the sea, if you make a comparison, the most abundant marine resources are undoubtedly the first to recommend Bincheng.

This is entirely determined by geographical location. From the map, Dandong is only south of the Yellow Sea, but Bincheng is right on the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the dagger-shaped land is plunged into the vast sea, specifically into the Bohai and Yellow Seas.

To the east of Ben Thanh is the hustle and bustle of the Yellow Sea, with solid tidal flats and towering rocks and reefs, like rows of gladiators holding their arms and shoulders to resist the power of the deep Pacific Ocean.

Both fish, shrimp and sea crabs grow majestically, steel-blue mackerel fly like cannonballs on the cusp of the storm, and samurai crabs wave their long pincers and "click" in the reef.

To the west of Ben Thanh is the gentle Bohai Sea, where the fine white waves swept by the breeze like fluttering pleated skirts, caressing the flat and soft sand carefully, the golden sand like millet shimmered in the waves as far as the eye can see, and even the fish, shrimp and crabs grow delicate and stretched, swimming like dancing.

Hong Yanwu's destination, Snake Island, is located 25 nautical miles in the Bohai Sea northwest of Bincheng.

Hong Yanwu and his entourage arrived in Bincheng in the early morning of May 6, 1977.

The first thing they did when they got off the train was to buy a map of the city. Later, after finding a nearby guest house to drop off their luggage, they immediately rushed back to the street and searched around.

When they first arrived in Bincheng, these outsiders from the capital had three profound feelings.

The first is that the buildings lining the streets in the center of the city are full of exotic atmosphere. The small western-style buildings that can be seen everywhere were all built during the reign of Japan and Russia. There are Gothic, Baroque, and Classical Revival. Although most of them have become dilapidated and disgraced because of the "movement", it is still possible to imagine the prosperity and glory of those years.

The second is that the trams of the thirties are still in use in the city. This kind of thing, which was called "dangdang car" in the old capital, has been contributing to the city's public transportation since the Japanese occupation period, and it has never been interrupted for a day.

Hong Yanwu and they like the "clang, clang" sound of the tram very much. In their opinion, this is the same as the bell tower of the telegraph building on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, which plays a melodious "Dongfang Hong" music every hour, and can also represent the unique style of the city.

The third is that although Ben Thanh is full of stores and seafood restaurants related to fishery companies, the strange thing is that the market is very depressed and there is an extreme shortage of supplies.

Originally, Hong Yanwu also wanted to take Chen Liquan and "Little Baizi" to enjoy the raw seafood in his impression, but when he entered many houses and looked at decent restaurants, he found that not only did there be no sea cucumber and abalone, but also no prawns, and there was not even a decent fish. The blackboard hanging on the wall is full of ordinary home-cooked dishes.

As a result, they inquired with the waiter and found out that there was seafood, but it was all allocated by the aquatic company to foreign-related restaurants and special stores. As for ordinary people going to restaurants, it's good to be able to eat fine grains.

Needless to say, this is another decade of "movement", the sequelae of the stagnation of production in all walks of life.

Although there is no hope of smooth sailing, it must be said that Hong Yanwu's original plan for street visits was actually quite a failure.

At first, he thought that since the "Frustrated Tiger Dragon" was a precious medicinal material, he put the direction in the city's museums and pharmacies. Unexpectedly, after a week passed, they almost walked all the streets of the city, but none of the museums had any records of "Frustrated Tiger Dragons", and no one in the pharmacy had ever heard of this kind of thing.

Those people took Hong Yanwu's words as foreign words, and all the answers were the same, as if these guys had colluded in advance and ordered an offensive and defensive alliance, and most of the guys reacted with great annoyance, "What 'frustrating tiger dragon'? I don't know, I haven't heard of it, and we've never sold that toy!"

In this way, the more pharmacies they visited, the more discouraged Chen Liquan and "Little Baizi" became, and even Hong Yanwu gradually lost his spirits. And in the end, what made them think that all the people in the pharmacy were waste who didn't understand anything was a gray-haired "old medicine shop".

That man was the only one who admitted to hearing the legend of the "Frustrated Tiger Dragon", which gave them a glimmer of hope at the time, and thought that older people should be well-informed. But I didn't expect that this old man was not much better than others, so he couldn't say anything about being ugly and ugly, but he was quite curious to interrogate what they all knew.

In the end, the old man saw that they were really impatient, and he only gave a reply, "The above has never given the pharmacy a task to purchase this medicinal material, so it is impossible to find it in all the pharmacies." ”

Hong Yanwu and the others were discouraged by this for a whole day, and after calming down, they discussed it again, and they finally decided that they could not stay in the city anymore, and should go straight to the fishing villages around Snake Island to have a look. So in line with the intention of fighting for a long time, they purchased a lot of food and drink, camping materials, and even cigarettes and alcohol for friendship, and then officially marched towards the coast of Bencheng.

Not to mention, this time the direction was not wrong. In most of the fishing villages opposite Snake Island, most of them have the legend of the "Frustrated Tiger Dragon" of the old generation, but it is vague and the details are also vague.

However, after Hong Yanwu and his team searched for seven or eight fishing villages large and small on the northwest coast of the Bohai Sea, they finally got a definite information in a place called "Clam Bay".

At the cost of two bottles of "Zhuanghe Laojiao" and a box of dim sum that had been "oiled" because they had been shelved in the store for too long, they learned from the secretary of the fishing village brigade that in this small fishing village of about 100 households, there was an old "sea bumper" nicknamed "Lao Daoyu".

When this person was in his prime, because he went to the vicinity of Snake Island to "kill abalone", he accidentally encountered the "Frustrated Tiger Dragon", and even disfigured his appearance, was seriously injured, and escaped with his life.

It can be said that in the nearby fishing village, for more than 100 years, there is only one person who has witnessed this legendary fierce sea fish, and has survived the death. And this person has just returned from "touching the sea" and is currently at home.

Unexpectedly found a glimmer of hope, Hong Yanwu was naturally overjoyed. They immediately asked the secretary to lead the way, and with the gifts, they found the "old swordfish" courtyard is quite large, but the house is shabby.

Unexpectedly, this wife has rheumatism and asthma, and her only daughter went to the countryside to become an educated youth, and she is in such a situation, and she has no fixed income "Old Knife Fish", her temper is very stubborn and unkind.

As soon as he heard that Hong Yanwu and they were here to inquire about the "frustration of the tiger and dragon", this old man not only did not accept gifts, did not want the banknotes sent to the door, but also went out to pick people out without saying a word, and did not even give the secretary's face. As a result, Hong Yanwu and the others had an inexplicable closed door.

Later, Hong Yanwu and the others searched in many ways in the fishing village to find out the reason.

Dare to love the "old knifefish" is a well-known hero in the entire northwest coast back then. Back in the thirties, his boats were the most fished. His wateriness is unmatched. When swimming breaststroke, it is a large toad, and it can jump dozens of meters away with a few kicks of its legs. The diving level is also one of the best, even in the old autumn, he dares to go to the sea to fish for sea cucumbers. And when he was young, he also single-handedly killed an adult "Xianggong shark" (scientific name hammerhead shark, hammerhead shark, also known as hammerhead shark, is a collective name for sharks and hammerhead sharks. The fisherman called it the Xianggong Shark because, when viewed from the front, the bloated fish-headed elephant was an ancient Xianggong hat) This unprecedented feat made him a hero recognized by all fishermen.

But such a master of playing the sea, but in his life, he was only defeated in the hands of the "Frustrated Tiger Dragon", not only the boat was destroyed, but also almost killed, and after narrowly escaping his life, he also disfigured his appearance, and one ear and a large piece of dough entered the stomach of the "Frustrated Tiger Dragon".

Later, because the people in the village kept asking him about the details, and many people were suspicious to make fun of him, so that he was tired of being disturbed and unbearable, and finally this nightmare that he did not want to remember became his shame and the greatest taboo.

In fact, Hong Yanwu can understand the taboo of "old knife fish". But the problem is that after all the hard work, he only found such a faint clue. If it was just broken, he didn't know what else to think of.

So in the spirit of being angry and not discouraged and stalking, he simply got into contact with the "old knifefish" thoroughly, and he had to respectfully knock on the door every day. Eat behind closed doors, and be scolded in the same way. In the end, even the "old saury" went out to "touch the sea" again, and he followed him to death, becoming the shadow of the other party, a piece of kraft candy that could not be broken or dusted.

To put it bluntly, he only believes in one thing, that is, "sincerity, gold and stone are open". He feels that people's hearts are flesh and blood, and as long as he is sincere, the "old saury" will definitely soften one day. (To be continued.) )