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Chapter 943 (3)

At half past ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, after nearly three hours of trekking, An Yi and his party came to the southern border village of Xia Pawa. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Located on the west bank of the Nanlei River, Xia Pawa Dazhai is the place where the "Kawa" (now Wa people) have lived for generations, and the old Gaozhai and Hedong village of the Wuyi nationality in the southwest, the old town inhabited by the Hui people in the north, and the Malei town ten kilometers in the south, which is a typical area where the whole southern Yunnan ethnic group lives together.

An Yi and his entourage of more than 200 people meandered up the stone slab mountain road carved out from generation to generation for hundreds of years, bypassing the banana forests and spotted bamboo bushes that can be seen everywhere, passing through the shade shrouded by towering trees, and climbing up the stairs in the lingering fragrance of flowers and the chanting of hundreds of birds, and it took an hour and a half to take a short rest at a wide corner halfway up the mountain. The toast heads who feasted together last night are now only four followers, and the four toast heads are all supported by a group of servants before they pant here, and those toast heads who have not seen a figure are estimated to be still sleeping in the guest room of Meng Lian's Xuanfu Department - the Wuliangye and Luzhou Laojiao wine brought by An Jiajun are too strong, and An Jiajun's generals are massive, where can the small bodies of the toast heads who are used to drinking sweet, greasy and low-alcohol rice wine stand it? In less than two hours after the dinner party was underway, most of them were drunk, including the tall and unrefusable Dao Tusi Gongxiu, who slept until this morning and couldn't open his eyes under Gu Changfeng's special care.

This resting place was specially excavated by the "Kawa people", close to the side of the cliff, built a hexagonal grass pavilion, three sides with heavy huge stone bars to form a fence, the north side of the grass pavilion erected two giant logs have been carbonized on the surface, the log hangs antelope skulls and a pair of huge horns.

Zhu Yun, who had fine beads of sweat condensed on the tip of his nose, told An Yi, Gu Changfeng, Zhan Zhi and others: "After these two pillars, even if you step into the mountain gate of Kawa Dazhai, 'Kawa people' in the local language means people who live on high mountains. They are kind-hearted, but they are also very strong, and they are the second only martial people among all the local ethnic groups.

"When every Kawa man reaches the age of thirteen, the head of the clan shaves his hair, then takes a bag of corn and a bag of mountain goods from the elder, and walks barefoot to Simao City, more than 200 kilometers to the east. Corn is eaten on the road, mountain goods are sold in Simao City, and the money sold is exactly the price of a firecracker, and the adult man returns to the village with firecracker, iron sand, and enough gunpowder for a hundred shots, and the head man holds a sacrificial ceremony for him, and from then on he is considered an adult. ”

Everyone was surprised and pondered the deep meaning.

Zhan Zhi said with great admiration: "This nation is not simple, in such an almost cruel way, so that the young people of the clan get the greatest experience in their lives, just imagine, a thirteen-year-old child alone carrying a bag of rice and a bag of mountain goods, walking 300 kilometers, many adults along the way can not stand the loneliness, he also has to cut bamboo to make bamboo rice, but also sleep, and can not fall ill, with a daily journey of 30 kilometers, he has to walk at least nine days, to Simao with mountain goods in exchange for shotguns and food for the return journey, The whole process involves many areas that children have never set foot in, and it is very beneficial to the tempering of will, which is amazing!

"I think that this trip will have a great impact on the life of every kava man, who has experienced confusion, fear, hunger, despair, faith, perseverance, perseverance, etc., and those who come back enjoy the joy of success, and what they have seen and heard along the way, and the experience they have gained in trading, will form their own outlook on life, and all this will be done in just twenty days. There is a saying in our Chinese that 'reluctant children can't trap wolves', but if you really want to do it, who is willing? In contrast, this kava nation...... Tough! ”

Several members of the Zhu family agreed in unison, and the old man Zhu also exaggerated it.

What Gu Changfeng thought of was recruiting troops, concentrating the young and strong of all ethnic groups in the local area, and building a mountain army that is familiar with the terrain, has strong survivability, and crosses mountains and mountains as if walking on flat ground.

Continuing on the way to the cottage, Gu Changfeng came to An Yi's side in a few arrows, and quietly said his idea, which coincided with An Yi's thoughts, and the two talked while walking, extremely devoted, which made the old man Zhu's father and daughter, Zhu Yaoliang and others who were walking in front and behind puzzled.

Zhu Yun originally wanted to tell An Yi a few things about the customs and habits of Kawa Village, but when he saw An Yi and Gu Changfeng discussing seriously, he could only follow silently.

Nearly 100 meters away from the village, the welcoming song has been heard, dozens of kava girls in red clothes and black dresses, and their bodies are covered with exquisite ornaments, singing in unison with wooden drums and three-stringed instruments and other musical instruments.

The two teams of young men with black scarves on their heads and sleeveless short clothes with machetes hanging on their waists responded in unison, and the head of Kawa Village led a group of elders, already holding sweet rice wine and waiting.

An Yi knew that the relationship between Xia Pawa Dazhai and his army was very good, and the Tusi Tou and Dai Zhengliang named Genran were brothers who were allied by blood.

There is an allusion in the middle, Dai Zhengliang's Miao doctor wife led the medical team into the village a year ago, and cured more than ten elderly people and children's diseases within half a month, the superb medical skills and straightforward character of the blue doctor quickly won the respect and love of the Kawa people, before leaving, the blue doctor also bought the four seasons of the horn flower fruit that grows on the mountain behind the village at a price of 20 oceans per catty, and taught the villagers to identify more than a dozen herbs and pangolin scales that can be exchanged for money, etc., and told the head and the villagers, From now on, the Chinese herbal medicines in the cottage do not need to be sent to the distant Simao City for trading, together with animal skins, mahogany and other goods, and can be sent to the purchase station next to the garrison in the east of Menglian City, and the price is not lower than that sent to Simao.

Since then, every two months, the medical team has come to the village, and the Kawa people have finally reassured themselves of what they call the "Great Army" of the An Jia Army, and they always want to do something to repay their Han brothers and the medical team.

On the day when the dragon raised its head in the lunar calendar this year, the head man led more than ten young people from the cottage to carry the live leopards that had just been hunted, and went down the mountain with torches all the way.

After inquiring about the reason, the officers and men of the garrison regiment did not dare to slack off, and enthusiastically ferried the Kawa people by ferry, providing horses and food along the way, and at the same time urgently reported to the commander Dai Zhengliang.

At noon the next day, Dai Zhengliang led his wife, brother-in-law and guards, riding out more than 50 kilometers, both sides were moved when they met, the blue doctor did not say a word, he ordered the brothers to gather around the Kava head and the young and strong into the city, Ma Yuanjiang, who got the news in advance, led more than 1,000 soldiers to line up to greet them, and the people of Simao City watched from the road, exclaimed, and kept sending the proud Kava and their leopards into the county government and did not want to disperse, and Simao City was like a festival in those two days. That night, the head man became a brother with Dai Zhengliang, who had a similar temperament at first sight, and Dai Zhengliang said that the eldest brother, you give me a live leopard, and the younger brother will send you ten long and short guns.

On the third day, the leader even hung a shell gun on his waist, led more than a dozen young men with brand-new imitation German K98 rifles, and rode more than a dozen healthy horses that Dai Zhengliang secretly bought as a gift with his own money, and walked through the village and town with high spirits, and returned to the cottage. Since then, as long as it is Dai Zhengliang's order, the lower Pawa Kawa Dazhai is the first to support, and the border against the enemy the day before yesterday, the Kawa people are the first to sign up.

In addition, thanks to the growing trade of mountain goods, timber and herbs with the An Jiajun, the living standards of the villagers in Dazhai have also doubled, becoming the richest group of people in the major villages in Fangyuan.

This time Dai Zhengliang and his wife did not come, but the head and the villagers are very familiar with Zhu Zizhan's father and daughter, for decades, the Kawa people rarely go to Simaocheng, the largest city in southern Yunnan, but they all know the Zhu family's benevolence, and know that the respected Zhu Zizhan ancestor is in charge of the Tusi Yamen in southern Yunnan, plus Zhu Zizhan's family is in difficulty, the economic constraints of the Kawa or the Yiyi people are treated equally, generous help, so that the reputation of the Zhu family is very good, As long as the Tusi head people within a radius of hundreds of miles go to Simao City to trade, they will visit the Zhu family, and because of this, after An Jiajun entered southern Yunnan, An Yi repeatedly instructed Dai Zhengliang and Ma Yuanjiang to invite Zhu Zizhan to serve as the speaker of the public office, and let the talented and learned descendants of the Zhu family serve as government officials at all levels. Feeling the good reputation of An Yi and the righteous act of helping the victims, the Zhu family readily agreed to go out without thinking anything, and recommended a group of celebrities with real talents and practical learning to work in government agencies at all levels.

Under the introduction of Zhu Zizhan's father and daughter, An Yi and the others met with the elders one by one, greeted each other, took the wine handed by the leaders, stretched out their fingers, dipped them in the wine and flicked their fingers three times, respectfully worshiped the ghosts and gods, and then took the big bowl and drank it all, and entered Dazhai hand in hand in the bursts of cheers.

What's more, the Yunnan official dialect is good, there is no difficulty in the communication between the guests and the host in the next banquet, and there is not too much politeness and attention to each other, but the sweet rice wine in the village is too low, although the stamina is greater, but it is still too light for An Yi, Gu Changfeng, Zhan Dao and others.

The wine was half drunk, and they were happy, but there was a fierce quarrel outside the hall at this time.

The head man lowered his face even more, turned his head and waved his hand, and the butler standing by the gate immediately trotted out, and after a while the quarrel outside stopped, and the thin butler came in and prostrated himself.

An Yi couldn't understand a few, the well-behaved Zhu Yun left the position where he was sitting on the ground, kneeled behind An Yi and explained in a low voice: "There was a misunderstanding, several young people in the stockade were very curious when they saw the general's guard attire, but the general's guards stood under the wooden building like wood, one of the young people reached out and touched a guard's gun, and was knocked over before touching it, and the young man in the stockade was not convinced, and wanted to compete alone to win or lose, and the bet was the gun and steel helmet hanging on the chest of the general's guard. ”

An Yi was a little surprised, looking at the more Ran who was sitting on the main seat, and even more at An Yi, there was no displeasure on his face, but he grinned with deep charm.

Stimulated by alcohol, the forty-two-year-old had a little more of a challenge in his eyes.

An Yi had a headache and was hesitating, Gu Changfeng's hand quietly passed An Yi, An Yi could only smile and ask: "Brother, why don't we go out for a walk together, and meet the warriors in the village by the way, as early as when I was in southern Sichuan, I heard the fierceness of the Kawa warriors." ”

The sturdy one was even more overjoyed, stood up and grabbed An Yi's hand, and walked out together, with a satisfied smile on his red face.