Seeing that Secretary Wang was interested, the driver, Lao Li Meifei, said: "Of course, not every household is like this, but there are often such things, and I listen to the people of the Family Planning Commission." …… Secretary Wang, it is said that all the girls in Wuling Township are very beautiful, and many of them are rare beauties. To be the leader in that kind of place may not only be a fat shortage, but also an absolute blessing. ”

Secretary Wang couldn't help but smile, but said in a very calm tone: "I am going to take up a post, and many aspects of the problem need to be paid attention to, and it must not cause adverse effects." ”

The driver, Lao Li, laughed: "Secretary Wang, you are so young and unmarried, what is wrong with a single man?" Besides, you also know the local folk customs, and you usually care more about the left-behind residents in the township, and communicate more with the female cadres about their work and feelings, which is also what you should do! …… The women's director of Wuling Township went to the county for a meeting, I have seen it, it is a beautiful woman, I have never seen such a beautiful woman. ”

Secretary Wang's eyes lit up: "Is it true?" ”

Driver Lao Li: "How can I lie to you!" I was stunned at the time, and I thought to myself, as long as I can hold such a woman and kiss it, this life will be worth it! ”

The two of them in the car just walked and talked all the way, and the difficult and rugged journey was driven by a certain desire, and it became no longer so boring and difficult in anticipation. Cheng Tianle had been following unhurriedly, and by three o'clock in the afternoon, when he had calculated that the distance had been more than ninety miles, he suddenly heard the sound of another car.

Oddly enough, the car was not coming from the opposite side, but an off-road vehicle that caught up from behind. It was a minivan with an empty body and no stuff. Cheng Tianle has carefully observed various marks on the road, and there is no trace of the car passing by for at least half a month, so how can the off-road vehicle catch up with a truck traveling in the same direction?

This situation is very strange, in fact, it can only explain one thing, the truck should have driven from the direction of Wuling Township, and then turned around on the road and drove back, just in front of the off-road vehicle. Cheng Tianle thought so, and unfolded his divine sense again and again to pay attention to the investigation, but he did not find any traces of anyone exerting his magical powers.

The off-road vehicle driver is subconsciously honking the horn, but there is no way to overtake on this kind of road, unless it reaches an open area with no cliffs on both sides, the front car stops and barely hits the wheels out of the roadbed, and the rear car can carefully brush past.

It was impossible to overtake while driving, so the off-road vehicle had to follow the truck, and after walking a short distance, I finally saw the traces of people and a dizzying rope bridge. The road leads to a cliff, and in the edge of the cliff there is a flat clearing between the mountains and forests, and a small white two-story building is built, and behind the small building is a small substation.

Cables emerge from the ground and connect two towers to the towers on the opposite side of the cliff. Between the two cliffs is a valley nearly a thousand meters deep, and there is a torrent rushing at the bottom. The rapids made a right-angled bend not far away, and the roar of the water crashing against the cliff could be heard from the top of the cliff. From this cliff to the top of the cliff on the opposite side, it is more than 200 meters wide, and there is a rope bridge erected in the sky.

Cheng Tianle has crossed the Hengduan Mountains not long ago, and is no stranger to various ropeways and rope bridges. In the eyes of tourists, the steep and beautiful peaks and majestic valleys of the Hengduan Mountains are all beautiful scenery of nature; But for the people who have lived there since ancient times, those are the hardships and dangers that must be faced one after another. Since ancient times, ropeways have been indispensable for the transportation and transportation of the local mountain people, and this is still the case today.

The earliest ropeways and rope bridges were made of bamboo and rattan, twisted into thick ropes with tough bamboo strips, fixed to the huge rocks at both ends of the valley, and below were the abyss and rushing rapids. If several ropes are pulled side by side, fixed together with transverse bars, railings are installed, and wooden planks are laid, it is a primitive rope bridge. This kind of rope bridge has limited bearing capacity and service life, and it is very troublesome to maintain, but the relative cost is relatively low.

In ancient times, the main structure of the high-end rope bridges and cableways was an iron chain, such as the Dadu Bridge that had been captured by the Red Army during the Long March, and the iron chain with a thick bowl mouth was laid under the bridge plate; In modern times, steel cables are used as the main structure.

Now many people travel to the scenic area, most of them have taken the cableway, some of the rough rope is hung with a seat with a safety buckle, and some are hung with a closed car.

However, simple ropeways in remote mountainous areas are far from safe and comfortable. The simplest is a zipline, also called a zipline, which is installed at both ends of the canyon, one high and the other low, with pulleys hanging to glide over using natural gravity. If the zipline is hoisted from a car, it often resembles a large iron cage. Gravity-driven ziplines usually require a pair, one to slide over and the other to slide over.

The zipline is so dangerous that it can sometimes feel like an acrobatic game. In some mountainous areas, you can see a flat rope drawn from several wire ropes, and the winch is used to control the winch hanging underneath, and the winch in many places is often manual rather than electric.

The convenient one is the rope bridge, and what Cheng Tianle saw was a modern rope bridge. It uses wire rope as the main structure, using anchor blocks, connectors, and vibration regulators to form components, fixing a number of steel ropes across the canyon, with soft railings on both sides, and a bridge plate is also laid on it, which can be used to walk the car.

This rope bridge should be the throat road for the outside world to enter and exit Wuling Township, and it seems that it was not long ago. And on the high cliffs on both sides of the bridge, the traditional zipline is still preserved. On the left side of the bridge, there are steps leading to the heights, and a steel cable is angled to the opposite bank, and a large bamboo basket is hung underneath, which is large enough to hold a man and a cow.

People sit in the basket, the basket can be hung on the steel cable and slide directly to the opposite side, and a rope is attached to the basket, which can be pulled back from this side and continued to be used. On the right, there is also a zipline, and the high point and the bamboo basket are on the high cliff on the opposite bank, and people can also slide over there. After the opening of the rope bridge, there is no longer a need to ride this thrilling gondola zipline, but the locals still keep it as if it were a symbol and a memorial.

The door of the small two-story building in the open space at the top of the cliff was closed and the figure was occupied. The pickup truck stepped on the accelerator at the entrance of the building and accelerated, and rushed onto the rope bridge with smoke. The steel rope was shaking and swaying, as if it was about to go down at any moment, but it still flickered across the bridge, turned a corner and disappeared, and the road still seemed to lead to no direction.

The driver of the off-road vehicle behind suddenly saw a cliff and a rope bridge, and involuntarily slowed down. At this moment, the door of the small building on the side of the road opened, and two men came out of it, one holding a small flag and the other with a whistle on his chest, standing at the head of the bridge and reaching out to stop the off-road vehicle.

The driver, Lao Li, shook off the car and shouted, "What are you doing, why are you blocking the road?" ”

The bearer of the flag also shouted: "The car can't go any further, this bridge can't be crossed!" ”

Driver Lao Li: "Why can't you pass?" I just saw a car passing by, isn't this the road to Wuling Township? ”

The whistleblower pointed to the side of the bridge and said, "You can't see such a big sign with words written on it?" Looking in the direction of his finger, there was a sign on the left side of the bridge, which read, "This bridge was built by the villagers of Wuling to facilitate the travel of local residents." It is forbidden to chase and fight on the bridge to avoid danger; It is forbidden to overweight and overloaded vehicles, otherwise you will bear the consequences. ”

The driver, Lao Li, pointed to the sign and asked, "Are you watching the bridge?" ”

The sentry nodded, "Yes, we are on duty at the bridgehead. You can't cross the bridge with this car, otherwise the danger will be small, and it will be troublesome if the bridge is crushed. ”

The driver, Lao Li, pushed open the door and walked down, shouting very dissatisfiedly: "Why can the truck just now pass, but my car can't?" ”

The flag bearer said coldly: "This car is overweight." ”

Driver Lao Li: "Is this off-road vehicle heavier than that truck?" Do you have long eyes! ”

Flag bearer: "I know the car that just passed, it is from the township, and I have walked on this bridge many times, and there will be no problem." But your car has a heavy chassis, and it will be dangerous to cross the bridge, so if something really happens, it will be terrible! ”

The driver, Lao Li, looked at the two people, leaned over and said to the car: "Secretary Wang, they are the township watcher of the bridge, saying that our car is overweight and will not let us pass." ”

Secretary Wang sat in the car and said: "I obviously saw a truck passing by, did they deliberately make things difficult for foreign vehicles and wanted to extort?" …… Don't know what I'm here for? Sue them, get out of the way! ”

The driver, Lao Li, had confidence, walked back to the car and said, "Do you know who is in the car?" ”

Flag bearer: "It doesn't matter who he is, he has to get out of the car!" You can't cross the bridge in this car, otherwise who will be responsible for the accident? ”

Driver Lao Li: "It's Secretary Wang and Secretary of the Township Party Committee Wang Chongqing who came to Wuling Township to take office!" Didn't you get noticed? ”

The sentry was stunned: "Secretary Wang? I seem to have heard that Secretary You has retired, and the county has sent another secretary over. ”

Driver: "Now that Secretary Wang has arrived, he will sit in the car!" If you don't let Secretary Wang cross the bridge, then call the township and ask them to send a car here to pick them up. ”

The sentry turned his head to look at the flag bearer and asked, "Lu Bai, it's Secretary Wang who came from the car." What if they have to cross the bridge? ”

The flag-bearer named Lu Bai replied, "Lu Wu, go and ask the stationmaster." ”

Behind the small building on the side of the road is the substation in Wuling Township. In the past, due to the inconvenience of crossing cliffs and traffic to and from Wuling Township, a small building was built in this location. Before the rope bridge was opened, if there was any inspection work arranged on it, the relevant personnel were required to go to the local area, and often only arrived at this small building, where the township personnel received and reported their work.

The small building serves as both a reception and an office for the substation, and after the rope bridge is completed, the substation attendants are also responsible for guarding the bridge. Because the population of this township is small, the manpower is really limited, and many staff members wear many hats. To be continued. )