It is more than 500 miles from Jingqiang Village to Bingzhou, and it takes more than ten days to go back and forth, plus the time spent in Bingzhou, Zhong Hao estimated that he would have to leave for more than half a month. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Cui Feng and Yang Huaiyu are in charge of the training of the war camp, as for the construction of the village and the various workshops, after Zhong Hao left, Han Hu and Zheng Wentao were temporarily arranged to be in charge.

After arranging the things in the stockade, Zhong Hao took Wang San and five elite cavalry of the war battalion selected by Yang Huaiyu on the road to Bingzhou.

Starting from Jingqiang Village to the east, it takes less than an hour to arrive at the Hehejin ferry by the Yellow River.

Hehejin Ferry is the only ferry port connecting Linzhou and Lanzhou at this time.

The three states of Linfu Feng outside the Great Song River are separated from the Yellow River by the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and this section of the Yellow River is very fast, and it is difficult to cross the river easily, so there are only two passages to the east of the river, one is the Yellow River pontoon bridge between Fuzhou and the Baode Army, and the other is the Hehejin ferry between Linzhou and Lanzhou.

These two passages are an important lifeline for the three states outside the river to communicate with the mainland, and they are the only way to travel between the two sides of the river.

The morning sun is rising, the golden sun is sprinkled, the Yellow River water is hot and hot, rolling down from north to south, the yellow waves on the river are churning, and it is magnificent. If you stand on the top of Tiantai Mountain behind Jingqiang Village and look at the Yellow River, the Yellow River will look like a yellow dragon wearing shining scales.

Countless large and small ferries are busy on both sides of the ferry, constantly transporting passing guests and goods. In addition to large and small ferries, there are also many manned or cargo sheepskin rafts fighting in the turbid waves on the river surface of Hehejin Ferry, and the number is not less than that of boats. Although the Hehejin ferry is the smoothest section of the Yellow River, it is still very windy and rough, and it still takes a lot of courage and courage to cross the river on a raft carried by a dozen sheepskin bags.

Zhong Hao still admires those rafters. Rafting on the Yellow River requires a lot of courage and skill.

Zhong Hao felt that Jingqiang Village also needed to prepare some sheepskin tubes that could make sheepskin rafts. In case Jingqiang Village is broken by the party members in the next day or there is any critical situation, it may be of great use when it is necessary to quickly withdraw to Hedong.

The sheepskin tube for a sheepskin raft requires a high degree of slaughtering skill, opening through the sheep's neck and slowly peeling off the whole piece of skin, without cutting a single piece of fur. After the sheepskin is dehaired, blow to make the leather tire expand, then pour a small amount of clear oil, salt and water, and then tie the head, tail and limbs of the leather tire tightly, and the color of the leather tire after drying is yellow-brown and transparent, looking like a bulging cylinder.

These sheepskin tubes can be stored for a long time, and they are usually stored when they are released and stored in gas, and if Jingqiang Village encounters the situation of retreating to Hedong, when they need to be used, they can be used by refilling the gas.

Zhong Hao also felt that it was just in case, just in case. When you come back from Namashu, be sure to find a few cobblers who can make sheepskin cones.

Taking those sheepskin rafts and crossing the river in the rolling turbid current, Zhong Hao did not have the guts, mainly because Zhong Hao did not know how to water, if the sheepskin raft overturned, there would only be an ending of drowning. Of course, even if you know the water, there is not much hope of survival in this Yellow River rapid, and I am afraid that I will be swept away by the turbulent river as soon as I fall into the water.

Of course, Zhong Hao has an official body, and he carries the post station with him, so naturally he doesn't need to take those sheepskin rafts, he can take Wang San and them to take the official ship of the Hehejin Post Station together.

When Zhong Hao came from Qingzhou and merged with the state, there was no Hedong Shuai Si Guan Gou Jiyi text send, although there was a survey at that time, but it was only a small survey brand, and he could only live in a post station or use a post station car and horse ferry, and could not use it with his entourage. But after arriving in Bingzhou, with the dispatch of Guan Goushuai's driver Yiwen, his small survey has long been replaced by a large survey, and he can naturally take his entourage to use the ferry boat of Hehejin.

The Yicheng of Hehejin Ferry is surnamed Huang, and he knows Zhong Hao. Huang Yicheng saw that Zhong Hao took Wang San and a few people to Hehejin Station, and without waiting for Zhong Hao to take out the survey sign, he had already asked people to prepare a river ferry for Zhong Hao and them.

Hehejin Post Station is next to Jingqiang Village, Zhong Hao feels that many places in Jingqiang Village need to use Hehejin Station, so Huang Yicheng has a lot of benefits from Jingqiang Village, so he is naturally more polite to Zhong Hao. Besides, although he is also an official, he is only a foreign official, and he can't enter the stream, and Zhong Hao is an official from the eighth grade, and his grade is much higher than him, and Zhong Hao's dispatch is Shuaisi's Guan Gou Jiyi Text, which is to appease the adult's cronies, Huang Yicheng naturally has to be polite.

Huang Yicheng arranged a medium-sized ferry boat for Zhong Hao and his entourage, and after Zhong Hao thanked Huang Yicheng, he took Wang San and them to lead the war horse to board the boat and cross the river.

In the prosperous places in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, there is a post station for thirty miles on the official road, but it is sparsely populated in the northwest, so naturally there is no such dense post station, and there is no such standard mileage spacing. Generally in the east of the river, there is only one post station in about fifty or sixty to seventy or eighty miles. Seventy or eighty is a horse-drawn carriage for a day's ride, and if you ride a horse, you can travel more miles in a day. Ordinary officials travel either by carriage or on horseback, and as long as there is no problem on the road, they can still ensure that they can stay in the post station every day.

On the east bank of Hehejin Ferry is the boundary of Xingxian County, Lanzhou.

Xingxian County is located on the Loess Plateau, the west side is Luliang Mountain, everywhere ravines are vertical and horizontal, the official road that crosses Xingxian County from east to west is extended along the Weifen River, and both sides are a piece of dry plateau.

Although the Weifen River is only a small river, it is located in a valley that extends from east to west, so the official road was built along the Weifen River.

After Zhong Hao and the others went ashore at the ferry, they rushed to the Xingxian Post Station where they needed to settle down tonight. It is only about sixty miles from Hehejin Post Station to Xingxian Post Station, and it can be reached in a little more than half a day if you ride a horse, so there is still plenty of time, so Zhong Hao and they don't have to rush too much along the way.

Zhong Hao and his entourage went west along the official road on the bank of the Weifen River. On both sides of the official road are very high loess plateaus in the distance, and some sour jujube branches grow indiscriminately on the walls, and the strong wind blows, not bringing up a piece of flying dust, but a desolate earthy yellow everywhere.

The northwestern arid plateau is generally dominated by drought-tolerant crops such as millet or millet, and wheat is only grown in fields watered by water near rivers.

When Zhong Hao and his entourage arrived at Xingxian County, which is located on the outskirts of the city, they had just arrived in Shenshi. Zhong Hao showed his survey, and after the post man of Xingxian Post Station saw it, he politely arranged a post house and a stable for Zhong Hao and his party.

Zhong Hao saw that it was still early, and there were still two hours before the city gate was closed, so he went to Xingxian with Wang San and them for a walk.

Xingxian is only a middle county, the county seat is not big, the population is not large, the city is not very prosperous, and there are no scenic spots, Zhong Hao They turned around and were bored, so they went back to the post station early to rest.