Chapter 64: Departure to the North
At dawn in the morning, the sound of calling the donkey woke up a few people in the small broken house, Fang Jing was a lazy person, he didn't sleep until dawn, and he basically didn't want to get up, but the sound of the donkey was really ugly, Fang Jing was also speechless, he felt that he had bought the wrong thing, and he had bought a few scourges and came back.
The first thing to do after getting up was to give the three donkeys some beans to eat, and they would have to rely on them to walk for a while, Fang Jing carried the beans soaked in water yesterday, went to the three donkeys, poured the soaked beans in front of the three donkeys, and let them eat some beans at will.
After returning with the boiling pot, he began to pack up his things, wrapped the two sleeping bags with a big cloth and tied them up, then put the gold cake into the bag and tied it up, rubbed a few straw ropes and carried things to the end of the donkey, tied the sleeping bag to the donkey's back, and then put the boiling pot and bamboo dishes and chopsticks into it and tied it with a lid, the outside of the boiling pot was burned into a black pot, and others couldn't see what color it was, so don't care, in addition to the lid also showing bright silver, of course, Fang Jing also has a way, stuffed into the cloth bag and the sleeping bag together, In this way, people will not be able to see it, the lid of the pot that looks like a big plate is hidden, and the last remaining half bag of rice is also tied, okay, everything is over, and it is ready to go.
"Big head, small tree, little grass, you ride this donkey, I ride this one, and this one will bring something." Fang Jing led a donkey that had just eaten beans over and said to the three little babies.
Holding Xiaocao up, Xiaocao has never ridden a donkey, a little scared, sitting straight, very stiff, Fang Jing held the small tree in front again, and then put the big head on the back, Xiaocao was sandwiched in the middle, so that Xiaocao was no longer so afraid, tied the donkey rope to the neck rope of the donkey he was riding, and tied the donkey rope with the goods to the neck rope of the donkey with the big head, and finally Fang Jing checked it, and felt that it was feasible, so he led the donkey and started to set off.
Fang Jing led the donkey to the front, and the three wows who sat on the donkey screamed, feeling the excitement of riding a donkey, pointing to the front and saying that it was so high, and pointing to both sides and saying that it was so fast, Fang Jing was also funny when he heard it, but Fang Jing felt that such a journey must be good, and the laughter and laughter along the way were also a rare scenery.
Fang Jing led the donkey to the city gate, happy in her heart, thinking that in the future, she could take her little sister to visit Datang slowly like this, it would be really pleasant.
After marching into Jinzhou City, Fang Jing bought a few Hu cakes with the copper money he kept, and then began to walk towards the north gate of the city.
After coming out of the north gate of the city, when you come to the Han River ferry, there are some special ferrying boats docked at the ferry, and the boatman will ask if he needs a ferry whenever he looks at someone coming.
"Boatman, we need to cross the river, how many copper coins do you think we want?" Fang Jing asked a boatman, thinking about three donkeys and four people, it should only be a few dozen dollars.
"Guest officer, our boat is small, we can only cross the river separately, let's spend twenty dollars together, two boats are okay, this is my brother, guest officer, rest assured, we have been ferrying on the Han River for decades." The boatman looked at Xia Jing and them, pointed to a man beside him, and explained the situation to Fang Jing.
"Okay, listen to the old boatman." Fang Jing felt that there was no problem, the two wooden boats would be able to fit them, and looking at the flow of the Han River here, it was not very urgent, and he agreed that there was no problem in his heart.
Drove the two donkeys to a boat, and then drove the other to a boat, Fang Jing and the four of them went up, the boatman's level of handling the boat pulp was still okay, Fang Jing looked at it dozens of meters from the shore, and his heart was relieved.
Looking at the water surface of the Han River, flowing unhurriedly, looking at the distance of the Han River, there are also many boats crossing the river, of course, there are also many boats fishing in the Han River, and there are also many people on the bank of the river.
The two sides of the Han River are separated by about a mile, and they can reach the opposite bank within a quarter of an hour or two, at this time Fang Jing and they have already crossed the river, gave the boatmen twenty yuan, and began their next journey, and the boatmen also began their ferry again, Fang Jing led the donkey rope to the northwest.
Fang Jing didn't know which direction to go, because he remembered the map of his previous life, the northeast direction was basically a mountain, and the northwest was also a mountain, but Fang Jing chose to go northwest at will, mainly to see what the Qinling Mountains were like, not to mention that Fang Jing wanted to see what the official roads that pierced the Qinling Mountains were like, and besides, as long as he went north, he could always get to Chang'an.
In fact, Fang Jing was right about going to the northwest, because as long as Fang Jing arrived at the northern end of Shiquan County, he could know the Shu Road, the Shu Road was very famous, the Shu Road was a traffic artery in ancient times, and Fang Jing finally needed to take the meridian road in the Shu Road to reach Chang'an.
The roads in the Shu Road, in fact, most of them were built in the Warring States Period, or they have been built, of course, there are also later dynasties to build, all kinds of historical books are recorded, in the past, the traffic needs to go south to the north, but Shu belongs to the land of high mountains and dense forests, and Shu produces all kinds of materials, for the transportation of these materials and the conquest of the world, but also in order to speed up the journey, built a number of roads to Shu.
Among the various roads, it should be the most famous lychee road, this official road passage was built by Tang Xuanzong for Yang Guifei, just for Yang Yuhuan to eat fresh lychees, the official road built with power and manpower, material resources and financial benefits, Du Mu's poem has a cloud "Chang'an looks back and embroiders piles, and thousands of doors on the top of the mountain are opened." Riding the red dust concubine smiled, no one knew that it was lychee", this is the origin of Lychee Road.
Fang Jing led the donkey to move forward slowly, although the road under his feet is also an official road, but it is not as prosperous as the Han River, its main waterway is cheap, and the cost of the land route is much more expensive, so the large and small boats along the river up or down can still be seen at any time.
"Big Head, do you know where we are?" Fang Jing and the four of them and three donkeys have been walking for a day, and they can't see people, they just walk along the official road, but they don't know where they are.
"Brother Jing, I don't know what kind of place this is." The big head looked around, but he didn't know what kind of place this was, and he wanted to come, the big head was just staying in Jinzhou City, how could they cross the Han River.
"Okay, it's not a big deal to walk slowly, let's find a place to sleep in the open after a while, and I can't see anyone, otherwise I can ask for directions, but I think we haven't gone far, it should still belong to Golden State." Fang Jing said that she knew, and said a few words casually.
The sun hung not far from the top of the mountain, Fang Jing and the others casually found a place with higher terrain and a slightly flat ground, with their backs against a tall rock, as a campsite today, Fang Jing used a long sword to cut a lot of dry grass on the ground, and they had to sleep in the wild tonight, so they naturally had to get better, otherwise, they wouldn't have a good time today.
Fang Jing looked at the sky, it shouldn't rain at night, if it rains, it will be troublesome, but Fang Jing still has a way; Fang Jing got a place to live, asked the three little babies to stay where they were, and left quickly to catch the prey, Fang Jing didn't need a few of them to pick up any firewood or stones, this is a real mountain forest and wild, and there are so many wild animals that they can fight siege battles.
Fang Jing only had half an hour from leaving to returning, holding a little roe deer in his hand, and the little babies looked at it with slander, thinking in their hearts that Brother Jing was really capable, he could catch prey casually, if he also had Brother Jing's ability, it would be great, and he wouldn't have to go hungry in the future.
Roe deer, the black roe deer in the Qinling region, also called the southern musk deer, forest musk deer, fragrant deer, is the smallest roe deer, adult roe deer weighs about twenty or thirty catties, herbivorous wild animals, similar to deer, but much smaller than the deer, inhabiting about two thousand meters above sea level, of course, low-altitude areas can also survive, at present only about 100 are found in the wild in China, very rare wild animals, belonging to the national first-class protected animals.
Fang Jing carried the roe deer to the edge of the mountain stream to clean up, and after bringing it back, he began to untie the rice and boil the pot, picked up some stones at random and made a stone stove, went into the forest to chop some dry firewood, roasted the roe deer, and made barbecued pork rice.
The three donkeys will also be left at will, looking for some sprouted grass to eat, Fang Jing thought that he would wait until he finished eating to give them some dried beans and then tie them to the side of the tree, otherwise they wouldn't bark loudly at night.
After the four of them finished eating, they stayed by the fire in a daze, saying some words, although most of them were Fang Jing asking, and a few little babies answered, but it also made the anger harmonious, Fang Jing didn't know how long it was, watching the sky slowly getting darker and darker, after getting up, he led three donkeys to tie them to a tree not far away, took some beans and sprinkled them on the ground for them to eat, no matter what donkey was, opened the sleeping bag and spread it on the dry grass, and returned to the side of the fire to continue his roasting and chatting.
The crescent moon rose in the sky, shining on this mountain and forest wasteland, Fang Jing turned his head to look around, there were all kinds of insect chirping in his ears from time to time, Fang Jing felt that there were no large animals around, snakes were basically not near the fire, they had long since lost their whereabouts, maybe they were still hibernating.
"It's getting late, let's sleep, we have to go tomorrow." Fang Jing felt that it was a little late, and called the three little babies to sleep.
"Brother Jing, you just said that there are tigers in the mountains and forests here, will you come to us?" Xiao Shu looked around and asked Fang Jing with some fear.
"Yes, there must be, but it will never come to us, and even if it does, I can cut it and save us from sleeping." Fang Jing is not afraid of any tigers, but she doesn't know her unintentional mistakes, which caused the three little babies to be afraid.
"Don't worry, brother, I am strong in martial arts, just come to a tiger, brother, I will cut it so that I can't recognize it." Fang Jing said something that the little babies couldn't understand, but he also guaranteed that he could kill the tiger, which made the three little babies get into the sleeping bag and go to sleep.
I don't know how long Fang Jing and they have been asleep, a few donkey barks woke up Fang Jing who was sleeping in a daze, thinking that it was dawn, so he sat up and found that the sky was dark, but the donkey's barking continued.
Fang Jing raised his eyes and looked at the donkey's bark, oh go, a leopard with two little leopards is surrounding the three donkeys, which shocked Fang Jing, is this going to tear my mount apart? How do I move forward? How do I get to Chang'an?
Fang Jing hurriedly got up, flew over with a long sword, and cut the leopard with one sword, regardless of calling the donkey and the little leopard, turned around and came back to continue sleeping.
Although the three little ones were also noisy, they did not fully wake up, the donkey's barking stopped, and they continued to sleep, and the little leopard not far away got into the weeds and hid, but the three donkeys licked the blood on the ground, but the leopard was already in a different place.
The breeze blows, and a smell of blood begins to waft away, drifting towards the woods, maybe it won't be long before the carnivores will smell blood, but there are not many large carnivores around, and it is estimated that it will only attract some insects, birds, rats and ants.