Turtle Mountain is also known as Lu Mountain, in ancient times, this mountain was named Yiji Mountain. Located in the north of Hanyang City, it is one of the three mountains with many scenic spots and historic sites in Wuhan. Kameyama has been a famous tourist attraction in history. Turtle Mountain is adjacent to the big river in front, with Han River in the north, Moon Lake in the west, Lotus Lake in the south, mighty and entrenched, and Wuchang Snake Mountain and Jiajiang confront, the situation is very precipitous.

Kameyama is mainly famous for its historical sites. This mainly includes Guanwang Temple, Tibetan Horse Cave, Whetstone, Taiping Xingguo Temple, Guiyue Pavilion Zhuangyuan Stone, Yuwang Palace, Yueshu Pavilion, Taohua Cave Luohan Temple, Longxiang Temple, Lusu Tomb and so on.

On the Turtle Mountain in April, the mountains were already full of green trees and flowers, and Chiang Kai-shek summoned Song Zhewu to the top of the Turtle Mountain today.

Lin Wei and Song Zhewu sat in the car, and they saw a lot of military police on duty far away from Guishan, and when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they were almost three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry.

Because there was no road up the mountain, the car could only drive to the foot of the mountain, so Lin Wei and Song Zhewu had to follow the guards who led the way up the mountain on foot. Along the way, you can see guards behind the trees on both sides of the mountain road and among the flowers from time to time.

In the small pavilion on the top of the mountain, there is a plate of dried fruits, a pot of tea, two cups on the stone table, and a rattan chair is placed on each side of the stone table, on which a thick brocade cushion is placed. From here, you can see the vast Yangtze River. The white sails on the river are dotted, and from time to time there are steamers sailing across the river, plowing white tracks on the river.

Chiang Kai-shek did not wear a military uniform, but a gray robe, standing facing the Yangtze River. The hem of the robe fluttered in the warm and humid river breeze. From behind, Chiang Kai-shek did not look like a powerful leader of a country, but like a squire at leisure.

Lin Wei whispered behind Chiang Kai-shek: "Chairman, Wen Ge is here." After speaking, he turned around and retreated into the distance, and chatted with Yan Daogang one by one.

Song Zhewu entered the pavilion, and after saluting, Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said: "Wenge, the temperature in Wuhan is the best at this time, and there will be a heat wave in another month or two." Today we will learn about the hermits in the mountains, and enjoy tea here to see the scenery. ”

Chiang Kai-shek put on the rattan chair and motioned for Song Zhewu to sit down as well. "Wen Ge, this crusade against the Gui family, the war in Hubei can go so smoothly, it all depends on Wen Ge's Fourth Route Army, for your Fourth Route Army, I want to pay the meter reward."

Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood and defeated the Gui faction with just a gesture of his hand, destroying the Gui faction's forces in Hebei and Lianghu in one fell swoop. At present, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi have only a few divisions of troops in Guangxi, and now they can solve the Guangxi problem without even the central army coming forward, and only Chen Mingshu from Guangdong, He Jian from Hunan, Liu Xiang and Li Mingrui from Sichuan. Now he can free up his hands to attack the Northwest Army, as long as the Northwest Army is solved, the political situation in the country will be basically stable. Then no one will have the ability to threaten his position, and no one will dare to disobey the orders of the central authorities. Moreover, it is not difficult to solve the Northwest Army now, and this Han Fuyu has already been pulled over. These things could not but make Chiang Kai-shek happy.

"The chairman of the committee has won the award, and this march to Wuhan is completely to carry out the order of the chairman and do his duty as a soldier. In this battle in Wuhan, the Fourth Route Army was able to achieve such a record, thanks to the Second Route Army attracting Hu Zongduo's main force to Wuxue and other places, and the north of Wuhan was empty, so I picked up a bargain. Moreover, Feng Yuxiang also obeyed the orders of the central government and sent Han Fuyu to lead an army of 100,000 to participate in the crusade against the Gui family. Besides, Zhewu came to help with Shanxi's orders. After speaking, he smiled slyly and said: "I mean, it is inappropriate for me to award the award separately, and if I want to award the award, I will also award the award, which is a little foolish opinion of Zhewu, and I ask the chairman to consider it." ”

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment and nodded. didn't continue on this topic, but pointed to Parrot Island in the Yangtze River and asked Song Zhewu: "Wenge, do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

Song Zhewu of course knew that this was Parrot Island, and soon after returning to China, he accompanied Little Gates, who had just taken over the business in China, to Sichuan once, and that time Liu Xiang bought a batch of arms from Little Gates, and when he came back, Song Zhewu deliberately went to Parrot Island, the first of China's five major river states.

Parrot Island is now the largest bamboo and wood distribution center in China, and in 1925, Chen Huanchu and other three people surveyed and mapped the "Parrot Island Hunan Bamboo and Wood Gang Complete Map", marking the "Five Mansions and Eighteen Gangs" and the map of each gang hall, reflecting the situation of the Parrot Island Gangs in the early years of the Republic of China. According to Liu Wendao, now the gangs on Parrot Island have purchased land to build more than 20 guild halls, with more than 200,000 residents; And set up a "Zhumu Li Gold Bureau", stationed officials to collect taxes.

As the confluence of the east, west, north and south, and the two rivers, the prosperity of the wharf has stimulated the business field culture, teahouse culture, Jianghu artist culture, temple fair culture, and Chu witchcraft culture. The rise of these cultures, combined with the rich folk culture of ancient Chudi, has given birth to a unique scenery in China -- the wharf and rivers and lakes culture on the basis of the two thousand years of Han Mo Liufang.

The folk customs of Changzhou are quaint, the streets are paved with glossy granite stone slabs, and the wine flags and teahouses are lined up on both sides. There is a lot of attention to the shops here, as an intermediary wooden shop, the door is open to the street; On the contrary, the wooden village with strong capital has a kitchen to the street, and the gate faces the river to see its own wood. There is a jar of good tea in front of each commercial house, which is free for passers-by to drink; When the green and yellow are not connected, the guild halls give good porridge and rice to the old, weak, sick and disabled.

The people of the counties on the continent demarcated the borders and lived and worked in peace and contentment in their own gangs. Song Zhewu once moved from the head of the continent to the end of the continent to change the scene, the stilted buildings in Xiangxi, the cedar bark roofs in Baoqing, the wooden houses in the Dongting Lake Plain, the nest chicken shed in Diao Lake in Hanchuan and other local characteristic buildings scattered along the street, in the Parrot Island alone to see enough of the folk characteristic buildings in Hunan and Hubei, here is almost a museum of two lakes characteristic architecture. The wooden raft on the side of the wharf has been moored to the center of the river, and the sound of the horn on the shore has come and gone, spreading far between the clouds and water. From time to time, the drums on the river are faint, and the rows are carried by the wind and waves of the Yangtze River, driving the platoon from the sky; The river beach responded immediately, and the firecrackers were like lightning and fire; The wooden row arrived smoothly, and the boss killed pigs at the dock to hold a flowing water banquet, thanked the water god Yang Si Bodhisattva, and feasted guests from all walks of life.

The hall building is the treasure of Parrot Island, its appearance is the eaves and arches, competing for beauty, and the wind and fire wall is made of glutinous rice lime mortar; The hall is made of rough materials, and the cypress beams and pillars are carved with floating pictures such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Boy Worshipping Guanyin", "Penglai Qiongge"; The altar is lit with red candles and cigarette smoke, and the momentum is magnificent and solemn. On the archway, there is a gilded plaque and a colorful door god, and the two sides are embossed with couplets such as "gathering in a foreign land, chatting with the guest land", and the strong nostalgia is coming. As the meeting hall of the gang, the guild hall hides the dragon and crouching tiger, exuding a strong atmosphere of rivers and lakes; At the same time, it is also a hometown association, which provides free half-month board and lodging for hometown guests who encounter difficulties, and provides travel expenses home.

That time, not only Song Zhewu, but also Little Gates was impressed by the quaint folk customs and rich Hunan and Chu culture here.

At this time, when Chiang Kai-shek asked this simple question, he didn't know why for a while, but he still responded: "Chairman, this is the parrot island that has been famous for a long time in ancient times." ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at the parrot island by the river with an expressionless face and said, "But Wenge, do you know? This Parrot Island is not the parrot island you said it was famous for in ancient times. The real Parrot Island was originally in the river outside Wuchang City. Legend has it that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when You Heng was a guest at the Huang Zu's eldest son Huang Shooting Conference, he improvised a pen to write a "Parrot Fu" of "Qiang Qiang Qiang Jin Yu, every sentence wants to fly". Later, You Heng was killed by Huang Zu and buried on the continent. Many celebrities in the past dynasties, "Tibetan Boat Parrot Continent" throughout the river scenery, left a lot of poems, Tang Cui Hao "Qingchuan calendar Hanyang tree, fragrant grass and parrot island", Li Bai "smoke open orchid leaves fragrant wind warm, shore peach blossom brocade waves", Meng Haoran "Xi Dengjiang on the Yellow Crane Tower, see the parrot island in the river", is a good sentence for a while. But the continent gradually sank at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Now this parrot island in Hanyang, a continent of new silt during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, was once called "Make-up Continent", Jiaqing changed the name of Make-up Continent to Parrot Continent, and rebuilt the tomb of Youheng in the 26th year of Guangxu. In other words, the Parrot Island you see now is not the real Parrot Island in history. This incident can tell us that what we hear or even see with our own eyes is not necessarily true. ”

Chiang Kai-shek retracted his gaze at Parrot Island, turned his head to Song Zhewu and said: "Although Yan Baichuan responded to the order of the central government to crusade against the Gui family and was the first to send a telegram, if your Fourth Route Army does not come to Hubei, he will never send a single soldier. But your concerns are reasonable, I think so, Wenge, you will suffer some grievances, this time you will not be awarded to the Fourth Route Army. However, the meter award is still needed, and the person who electrifies the meter award will be replaced by Yan Baichuan. is to let Feng Huanzhang know that Yan Baichuan not only telegraphed to support the central crusade against the Gui system, but his Fourth Route Army also made great contributions to the central crusade against the Gui system. Chiang Kai-shek smiled knowingly when he spoke of "his Fourth Route Army."

"Chairman Mingming, as soon as this electric meter award is issued, it is estimated that Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang will be very annoyed." Song Zhewu smiled and complimented Chiang Kai-shek.

The corners of Chiang Kai-shek's mouth moved happily, and he quickly retracted the smile he had just shown and said: "Just now we talked about the real and false Parrot Island, I wanted to tell Wen Ge, 'Hearing is false, seeing is believing'." This sentence is not very accurate, and sometimes, what the eye sees is not necessarily true. ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu was a little puzzled, Chiang Kai-shek said lightly: "Let's just say that this crusade against the Gui system, Feng Huanzhang ostensibly promised the central government to send troops, and also sent Han Fuyu to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, and led his troops to Wusheng Pass, but he didn't enter Hubei again." Not only that, but the central government's request for him to express his support for the central government's telegram has also been delayed. What is he Feng Huanzhang going to do? It is nothing more than wanting to wait for the outcome of the battle between the central government and the Katsura system, and he is choosing countermeasures according to different results. ”

(To be continued)