Chapter 62: The Mainstay

Seeing that it was almost over, Zhang Zhimu got up, and before he could speak, everyone was silent. Zhang Zhimu said: "Thank you for your kindness and giving me the opportunity to gather with you. Thank you for saying a lot, but there is no need to be so polite. When we come out in this troubled world, we should reach out to each other to help each other when we are in trouble. I think most of the people here are businessmen, we can live and die together today, it's really fate, it's better to do this, we all write our contact addresses on paper, and then we have a copy, which one can get together in front of the door in the future, reminisce about the past, if you have a business, you can do business, and it is not in vain that we meet once in a few days. The response from below applauded. Zhang Zhimu continued: "Let me first introduce our strengths to you. First, now that we have opened up the passage to the north, we can bring as many Mongolian horses and skins as we want. Anything from the south can be shipped out. In addition, there is a business that we can all do together, and this time we will go back and build a steel spring carriage. I have noticed that there are quite a few wagons in our caravan, each of which can only carry a maximum of ten stones, and that the carriages must be overhauled everywhere they go. And the carriage we built can not only pull more than twice as much cargo, but also is so strong that even if a person sits on it, because the whole carriage sits on a steel spring, it will not feel a bump. In particular, we are also preparing to make a four-wheeled carriage that specializes in pulling people, because it is a four-wheeled vehicle, the horses do not have to bear the pressure of the wheels, and the car will not rise and fall due to the horses' steps, and people will not only have a sense of bumps and will be very stable and comfortable. Maybe you still don't believe it, but each carriage was sold for five hundred taels of silver at Killinghukou. Of course, if we go back and build carriages in batches, we will lower the price and leave enough space for everyone. ”

I heard that there is such a thing. As a result, the order of the table was messed up, and they all wanted to talk about business with Zhang Zhimu, Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't look for me to talk about business, go to Mr. Lu" Then Lu Chengxiang was surrounded by people.

The guy took the pen, and everyone wrote down their names, addresses, contact information, etc., and many people also wrote down the types of goods they handled, and asked the guys to find someone to transcribe them according to the number of heads. It was suggested that everyone should put on their mudras. Later, this contact map did bring a lot of wealth to everyone. In this troubled world, most of the people who can come out to run business are brave and knowledgeable. Those who can have their own caravans have a certain strength, and they are all happy to be able to climb to such a business as Yaogang, at least go back, you can blow it and it is related to Yaogang.

Li Bin, a businessman from Shaanzhou, came to toast Zhang Zhimu and said that if Zhang Dong's family did not leave, he could take a good look at Shaanzhou, there are many places of interest and historic sites here. Zhang Zhimu said that we are going to rest here for a few days, and we also want to take a good look at this thousand-year-old city. Li Bin said: "If you don't dislike it, how about I lead the way for the owner?" Zhang Zhimu said: "That's great, I'm afraid of delaying your time." Li Bin said: "Zhang Dongjia is too polite, then say okay, I'll go to the inn tomorrow to find you." ”

After Li Bin left, Liu Qin, the shopkeeper of Yongmao Commercial Bank in Xuzhou, came to toast, and after drinking the wine, Liu Qin said: "I heard that the owner wants to buy grain, but we are specialized in making grain, and we are a big household in Xuzhou, and we are the area where grain is produced." However, Henan has been suffering from severe drought for many years, so it can only buy some grain from Shandong. Zhang Zhimu said: "We have a stop in Xuzhou, and when we arrive at your doorstep, we will discuss the matter of food, and today is to drink." Liu Qin said: "Okay, then we happen to rest here for a few days, when you set off, let us know, we are still on the same road." "Zhang Zhimu now has a faint feeling that this wine will not be drunk in vain, if there are partners everywhere, as long as we ensure that the trade routes are smooth, there will be money to be made, which is much better than selling everywhere, and we can transport the goods to ourselves.

The restaurant seems to be very thoughtful, this time the wine was drunk, most of them were carried out by the guys, and the guest room had already been prepared in the back hall and arranged for everyone to rest. Zhang Zhimu also saw that the smiling mouth of the shopkeeper of the restaurant couldn't close, and he hadn't had such a guest for a long time. Needless to say, how much money was earned for this meal, the whole city will know tomorrow that such a banquet was held in Hongbin Building.

The next day, Zhang Zhimu returned to the inn and arranged two tasks, first, Liu Yun was responsible for training, and the newcomers must integrate into the collective as soon as possible; Second, Lu Qi is in charge, using wood *** thunder, referring to the iron shell mine to increase the length of the thunder body, because wood is much lighter than the iron shell, it can increase the amount of **, and it can hold fifteen catties. In addition, buy some fine bamboo, and tie it to the arrow shaft with a bamboo tube to make a rocket. Let Lu Chengxiang buy some white cloth, cut it into strips, and prepare to wrap it around the shaft of the arrow, dip it in fire oil and launch it to set it on fire. The first day is mainly a queue training, which is mainly to improve the discipline of the team.

After the arrangement, Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng led Yang Yulin and followed Li Bin to visit the scenery.

Zhang Zhimu told Li Bin that he wanted to see Sanmenxia on the Yellow River. Zhang Zhimu knew that a dam was built in Sanmenxia in his previous life, and Sanmenxia had long been invisible. Now that I have the opportunity to see, I can't miss Sanmenxia, which I can't see in my previous life.

Several people rode horses to Sanmen Mountain in the northeast of Shaanzhou, where you can look north at the Yellow River and overlook Sanmenxia. Although Zhang Zhimu was prepared, he was still shocked by the yellow water under his feet, when Dayu, he used the axe to split the mountain into three canyons, "human gate", "divine gate", "ghost gate", and the river was divided into three streams by ghost stones and divine stones, which was really like having three gates. From south to north, there are the human gate, the god gate, and the ghost gate. Li Bin pointed to the heart of the river and said: "The boulder in front of the Shenmen is the mainstay. Some people say that this mainstay is the stone pillar of the town left by Dayu when he controlled the water, and it is said that he is the incarnation of an old man of the Yellow River. It is said that in the past, an old man led several cargo ships to sail downstream, and the ship sailed to the mouth of the Shenmen River, when suddenly the weather changed suddenly, the wind did not stop, and the rain poured down. In an instant, the white waves in the canyon were monstrous, the fog was rising, and the water potential could not be seen, and the direction could not be distinguished. The old man drove the boat through the Shenmen, and saw that the boat was about to be pushed to the rock by the wind and waves. The old man shouted, 'Take the helm and come to me.'" He jumped into the waves. Before the boatmen could figure out what was going on, they heard someone in front of them shouting "Come to me, come to me", and it turned out to be the old captain standing in the middle of the rapids to guide the ship. The boatmen approached and were about to pull him onto the boat when a wave pushed the boat downstream and out of danger. The boatmen tethered the boat downstream, returned to the old man, and saw that he had become a stone island, standing tall in the rapids, guiding the course of passing ships. Therefore, people call this stone island, the 'mainstay', also 'come to me'. From then on, the mainstay became a beacon in the canyon, and after the ship had passed through the three gates, it would rush straight towards the pillar. When the ship was about to collide with the pillar, the backwater of the waves in front of the pillar pushed the boat to the safe channel next to it, avoiding the reef of Ming Island and sailing out of the canyon smoothly. Suddenly, He Jingzhi's "Sanmenxia Song" surged into his heart. Zhang Zhimu chanted a few words, "Look at the three gates, the three doors are open, 'the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky'!" The door of God is dangerous, the door of ghosts is narrow, and the door of people is above the cliff of a hundred zhang. The yellow water splits the door with a thousand thunders, and the wind travels thousands of miles to the East China Sea. Liu Qin, Chen Yufeng, and Yang Yulin were all moved by these poems, and several people were standing on the Baizhang Cliff of the Human Gate. Zhang Zhimu was afraid that they would ask about this poem, so he hurriedly said: "It is said that if the ship goes to the ghost gate, it will be invited by the carp spirit, right?" Li Bin smiled and said, "Anyway, I didn't come back from any door, I don't know if the carp spirit invited me." Zhang Zhimu turned back to Chen Yufeng and said: "It is said that the ship has come here, and at the end of ten ships and nine ships, can't you use ** to blow up a channel?" Chen Yufeng said: "How much ** and manpower is needed, all dynasties and dynasties have not been able to do it." Zhang Zhimu said: "That's because I haven't come yet." The three of them all stared at Zhang Zhimu, and Zhang Zhimu felt that he was a little out of shape. Hurriedly said: "If there are conditions, we will definitely open this waterway for the benefit of all generations." Liu Qin pointed to the opposite bank and said: "The Kaiyuan New River is behind the mountain on the north bank of the Guimen, which was dug manually in the Tang Dynasty, and is eighty or ninety long, just bypassing Sanmenxia. The entry and exit of the ships are all pulled by the slender men on the plank road on both sides of the river. Zhang Zhimu secretly made up his mind that he must split this mainstay and open up a new channel.

Leaving the bank of the Yellow River, several people worshiped the Buddha Gate Holy Land Kongxiang Temple, which is the burial place of the Bodhidharma Patriarch. In this Zhang Zhimu, Yang Yulin told the story of the Bodhidharma Patriarch. This place was originally called Dinglin Temple, and the Bodhidharma Patriarch died when he was one hundred and fifty years old and was buried here. Later, on the way back from the Western Regions, the envoys of the Eastern Wei Dynasty met Master Bodhidharma who used a Zen staff to pick a shoe and returned to the west, and immediately reported it to the emperor. After the emperor heard this, he ordered someone to dig up the tomb of Bodhidharma, only to see only one shoe in the empty coffin, so he knew that the master had been detached into a Buddha, so the Dinglin Temple was renamed "Empty Phase Temple". Li Bin said: "There are too many cultural relics and historic sites in this place in Shaanzhou, there are thousand-year-old temple Baolun Temple, thousand-year-old temple Kongxiang Temple, thousand-year-old capital city Shangyang, thousand-year-old ancient ferry Maojindu, etc., you can't finish it at once. Today I'm going to show you a local wonder. "Yang Yulin said okay, I see that these temples are the same, and I can't see anything. Tell me what the spectacle is. Liu Qin deliberately sold a pass and said: "You'll know when you arrive." The men rode for a while, came to a large square pit, and said, "There is a village here, do you believe it?" Zhang Zhimu shook his head. Li Bin pointed to the pit and said, take a closer look at the pit. Zhang Zhimu and the others looked down, and it turned out that the four walls of the pit were dug into caves, and the bottom of this pit was their yard. I really think it's weird. Liu Qin said: "This is called Tianjing Kiln Courtyard, also called Dikeng Courtyard, so here you don't see a house when you enter the village, and you can't see anyone when you hear a sound." Because the local climate is dry and rainy, people have built this patio kiln courtyard that is warm in winter and cool in summer. Zhang Zhimu and others were amazed when they saw it.

In the evening, when he returned to the inn, Lu Chengxiang said that the oil had been bought. It turned out that this fierce fire oil was packed in several jars, and when I opened it, the asphalt content was not much, and the fluidity was good. However, Zhang Zhimu thought about it again, it was inconvenient to shoot with a bow and arrow, and it was difficult to burn himself. So he called Lu Qi over to discuss, and asked Lu Qi if he could get a thick piece of bamboo, drill an eye, pour the fierce fire oil into it, seal it, and shoot it out with a bed crossbow. Lu Qi said: "If you use a bed crossbow to fire, you can use two sections of bamboo, you can open it, and then, hit a pointed iron head and install it, tie a little **, so that it can be shot directly on the enemy ship, ** can blow up the bamboo tube and ignite the fierce fire oil." Zhang Zhimu said: "Good way, hurry up and do it." ”