Chapter 427: The Ancient Bridge
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At this time, Mayor Ye suddenly received a phone call, which should be from the government, and the tone on the phone was a little urgent. After hearing this, Mayor Ye's face changed greatly.
"Go ahead here! I've got to go first. "This time, even if he was walking, he had to get out quickly.
"What's the matter? In a hurry? Let Ah Sheng send you there on a motorcycle. It's impossible to walk these roads with big cars, but motorcycles are still possible. The old village chief spoke, looking at Mayor Ye's face, everyone guessed that it might be a big deal.
Mayor Ye's expression became serious: "A large reservoir in the next town collapsed, and the water rushed down to our town, and now the streets in the town have been flooded. I don't know how the people by the river have been affected this time, so I have to go and see it quickly. ”
Hearing this, everyone present was shocked. Listen, isn't the flood coming?
"Ah Sheng, hurry up and send the mayor over, pay attention to safety!" The old village chief immediately shouted.
There are mountains and rivers in the mountainous areas, which may be beautiful in the eyes of urban people, but the most feared things in the mountainous areas are two things: the first is the current mudslide, and the second is the flood.
"These rivers aren't very big, and even if they flood, they won't be very serious, right?" A tourist asked.
The old village chief shook his head: "You can't say that, if there are no reservoirs, highlands, lakes and the like, then you won't be too worried." But the collapse of a reservoir, or the breach of a lake in the highlands, that's terrifying. Previously, there was a missing mouth in the Silver Rock Lake at the top of the Silver Rock. All the inhabitants along the river were affected, and it was normal for a few people to die at that time. ”
Although reservoirs and lakes play a role in storing water for irrigation, once something goes wrong, many people suffer. In rural areas, that is, along the river, people generally choose to settle near the river, and the highway is generally extended along the river. In this case, the flood will definitely be affected.
"It seems that the tofu slag project is not only in the city, but also in the countryside!" Some tourists sighed. in this country. This is a very bad, but very common phenomenon.
"The more new things are now, the more they are not banned, but the durability left by the ancestors of the past." Zhou Furong said to everyone.
The crowd was heavy and continued to rush ahead to repair the road. The big cedar tree had been cut into several sections, and everyone helped carry it into the car and let Chu Shengyi pull it back.
Someone went to count the rings and found that it was really not 100 years, only 85 years. This time, I have to admire the knowledge of Mu Gong, who can see through the age of a tree at a glance.
On the way. You also saw a lot of big earthworms. Although earthworms live on the ground, they are called "drinking dew on the ground." Drink Yellow Spring! ". But they are also afraid of flooding, and when it rains heavily, their nests are filled with rainwater, and they have to burrow out of the ground.
"There are so many earthworms, and they are so big, they look quite scary?" Some girls are afraid of this thing, and they feel disgusting.
However, some villagers specially pick up these earthworms and take them back to feed the chickens and ducks.
"Huh! The plank bridge was not pushed away by the flood. That's amazing! "I built another kilometer ahead and made a turn. Everyone saw the wide surface of the river, and the water was turbulent and rolling. The ferocious water of the river had slightly submerged the plank bridge across the river, but the plank bridge remained unmoved.
"That's a high-quality project!" Chen Wu said.
Now, those reinforced concrete bridges may have collapsed by firecrackers, but the wooden bridges built by the ancients can withstand the impact of floods.
"Huh! The bridge is also a long time old. When I was very young, there were only two bridges to cross the river, or to cross by wooden boat. But there was a lot of water. Wooden boats are unreliable. You can only walk on bridges, this wooden plank bridge is one of them, and there is also a stone slab bridge upstream. The wooden plank bridge was built by the farmers at that time, and the stone slab bridge was built by the landlords at that time. The old village chief explained to everyone.
The stone slab bridge that the old village chief said. Chu Jiaqiang is also very clear. Spanning more than 30 meters, all of them are paved with thick stone slabs. The bridge wasn't big, and the old walk-behind tractors were just right to get through. As long as the driver is not brave enough and his hands are a little messy, he may fall into the river more than 20 meters high, even if he does not die.
The bridge is also durable, and a modern cement bridge has been built not far from it. But I heard the old man say that when the cement bridge was first built, it was the longest bridge in Heqian Town. It was precisely because of this that many people went to see it at that time. But there was a tragedy, the bridge actually broke, and more than a dozen people died on that occasion.
That incident attracted the attention of some high-level officials, who heard that the construction team that built the bridge was strictly organized, and some leaders in the town were implicated.
Later, it was rebuilt again. Although there were no accidents, everyone still subconsciously did not take the bridge, it should be said that it was the loneliest and loneliest bridge in the town.
"Slate Bridge? Wasn't that built by the ancestors of the old village? One of the tourists said suddenly.
Chu Jiaqiang's ancestor used to be a landlord, this is not a secret, and people who have been here for four or five days may be able to know about it.
"That's not it, this bridge doesn't belong to our village." The old village chief smiled and said.
"Don't underestimate this plank bridge, it took a lot of manpower to build it. The wooden pillar piers below alone are more than ten meters down. Those woods were made from the heart of a century-old tree, and it was difficult to nail down at that time. Mu Gong said very much.
In addition, the wooden bridge is now unmanaged. Because the wooden planks on it can be removed, in the past, if the river was too big, everyone would remove the horizontal wrench on it. This can reduce the impact of the river on the bridge, and when the river is small, it can be installed again.
This is the wisdom of the ancients, they pay attention to practicality, many things may not be very beautiful, there is no imagination of the current designers, but the quality and practicality, absolutely unparalleled.
"Can you still tear it down? The ancient bridge is really interesting! "It's a little strange to have a tourist.
"Of course, the planks are all installed. You go to both sides of the bridge and remove the first plank, and then you can quickly remove it one by one, and then you can quickly remove it, and the piers are left there, no matter how big the flood is, it will not affect them. The old village chief stroked his beard and smiled.
Hearing the old village chief's explanation, the young people became even more awe-inspired. I was deeply impressed by the wisdom of my ancestors. If these skills are carried forward, why do we always have to bring in the Western set, but we still can't learn it, and there are all kinds of problems.