Chapter 307: The King of Kunlun
The sun shines through the dense pine forest and shines on a lake that is crystal clear and full of fish and shrimp frolicking freely.
The banks of this crystal clear lake are covered with a variety of wild grasses, and the wild grasses are flanked by large reeds.
Runzhi took everyone to pass by a large pine forest, and came to the side of this very wide lake, only to see a stone tablet on the edge of the lake, which was engraved with three big characters, Kunlun Lake.
It turns out that this Kunlun Lake is a lake specially excavated to improve shipping capacity when Dayu governed the Yangtze River, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and is a big lake in the middle of an important tributary of the Huai River.
Runzhi pointed to the crystal clear surface of Kunlun Lake, and then said slowly:
"In fact, since ancient times, the lake water has been very important to the surrounding farmland, since ancient times, the people have taken food as the sky, so many people at dawn are very dependent on this farmland, because only these farmlands can provide these farmers with enough food throughout the year, and the imperial court can also receive enough taxes with the help of these farmlands. In fact, the harvest of this farmland is closely related to the surrounding large-scale water conservancy projects, and this big lake and river is an important hub in this water conservancy project. The reason why this Kunlun Lake is named Kunlun Lake, in fact, this is naturally related to a general back then, at that time, a general born in the Kunlun Mountains, in the famous battle of Chiyou in ancient times, helped the Yellow Emperor finally defeat Chiyou, and since then laid the foundation of the Chinese nation. In order to reward this general, the Yellow Emperor ordered that the largest mountain range in the general's hometown be named Kunlun Mountains, and the largest city he played an important role in this war, the surrounding lake was called Kunlun Lake, and naturally the name of the general was Kunlun. ”
The sunlight shines on the surface of the lake one by one, and the lake surface emits slight ripples in the swimming of many fish and shrimp, and these ripples exude colorful light under the illumination of the sun, which is very charming and moving.
On top of this huge lake, there is a bamboo raft, moving slowly in the lake, on the bamboo raft is a white-haired old man, this old man is wearing a robe, wearing a hat, holding a long bamboo pole with both hands, slowly paddling in the lake.
The old man saw someone stopping on the shore to watch the scenery in the lake, and he thought that someone had come here to play, perhaps because he was used to seeing many celebrities and gentlemen coming to play here, so the old man quickly held the bamboo pole and rowed over to Runzhi and his party.
"The guest officer wants to fish in this lake, and fishing in this lake is the beginning of a great ability to give birth to it. Since ancient times, people have liked to fish in this Kunlun Lake, whether it is a dignitary or an ordinary person, they are all very interested in fishing in the east of this Kunlun Lake. Presumably, a group of guests came here to enjoy the elegant scenery around Kunlun Lake, and at the same time, you must have heard a lot about fishing in Kunlun Lake. This bamboo raft has provided thousands of people with the opportunity to fish in the middle of this Kunlun Lake, if the heavy oil wants to hammer off, then at this moment this bamboo raft is empty, can provide you with a fishing opportunity, I don't know if you need it? ”
The old man was still wearing a robe, a hat, and a long bamboo pole, and he was already close to one of the pedestrians, but before the person arrived, he was still a long distance away from Runzhi, and the old man had already let go of his throat and shouted.
Runzhi saw that the old man had rowed the bamboo raft in front of him, and thought in his heart that an old man of such an age was still making money with a bamboo raft here, and it must be a very difficult family, and such a family should also be carefully cared for, so since the old man has already come, then there is no reason to refuse, so Runzhi said with a pleasant face:
"Okay, then please send us to the center of the lake, but we have more than a dozen people here, but this bamboo raft is so small, so it must be difficult to bring us all over at once, so you only take two people at a time, and then take them to the middle of the lake to fish, after the two of us have a stick of incense, whether we catch a fish or not, we are turning back, and then let new people go up again, I don't know how?"
It turned out that Runzhi was also very sharp-eyed, and when he looked up, he saw that there were some fireworks in a bag on this bamboo raft, presumably because the old man had just arrived and sat down to eat fast and chant Buddha, and then came here to row a bamboo raft to cross people here, so he said so along the water.
The old man saw that so many people wanted to take a bamboo raft to the center of Kunlun Lake to fish, and he was very happy to think that he could suddenly receive so many people's silver, so he naturally smiled and nodded in agreement. China
So Runzhi asked some of the officials who liked fishing to stand up first, and then let these people take this bamboo raft to the lake pavilion to fish first. Naturally, these people were also very happy, after all, they had been traveling day and night for days, and they were already very tired, and it was very happy to suddenly have time to go fishing.
Runzhi looked at the two tall and big officials, got on the bamboo raft, and then the old man used a long bamboo pole to gently click, the bamboo raft immediately left the river bank, and slowly marched towards the center of the lake, only to see that the bamboo raft was like a leaf, generally under the old man's careful water, little by little slowly moved towards the center of the lake, and in less than a while, the bamboo raft came to the center of the lake.
Runzhi glanced at the bamboo raft that stopped in the middle of the lake, and saw that the bamboo raft was in the middle of the lake, like a small piece of green onion in a big bowl of boiled fish soup, and it was a little pleasing to the eye, so he only glanced at it, and didn't feel a little smile.
Runzhi seemed to think of something, so he continued:
"In fact, the reason why this general is called Kunlun is because this general is tall and big, Kunlun means tall and big means a kind of majestic meaning, the largest mountain range in General Kunlun's hometown is tall and big and snowy all year round. At the top of this mountain range, the peaks, the ridges, the valleys, the mountains and the mountains, but there are different landscapes. Beneath the top of this mountain is the perennial frozen snow, and between the ridge and the peak, there is a large green grassy grassland, which is very suitable for herdsmen, and at the foot of this mountain, there is a large plain area, many of which are fertile with water and grass. Because there's a big lake down there. People call it the Taklamakan Lake, this is a very magical red, at that time the water in this big lake is like that, clear to the bottom and that role is huge, in the flood, it can attract a lot of floods to this big lake, and when it gets drought, it can all pump out the water of this lake, used to irrigate the surrounding fertile fields and grasslands, but this big lake because of an ancient country that once appeared, is also known as the ancient country of Loulan, The king of this ancient kingdom of Loulan is known as King Taklamakan. The king was a very ambitious man, and his dream was to expand his kingdom and make the people richer by enriching his country and strengthening his army, and then conquering the world around him. ”
Runzhi paused, then continued:
His idea is actually correct, that is to say, his original intention has been supported by the majority of the people, but even so, in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, he cut down a large number of forests, and in order to give birth to a large number of people, so he reclaimed a large number of grasslands, and even a large part of the Taklamakan Lake was gradually covered with stones and soil in the Kunlun Mountains, and a part of these pastes became the continent and gradually the lake water here was covered by these. Covered with mud and stones, and then slowly became a new river, this river began to become a new river from north to south, this river is what we call the Brahmaputra River, that is to say, all the pot water of this pot began to be diverted, towards a new place, a steady stream of retreat to the south, from then on this land began to fall into a barren situation, it turns out that this water also has inertia, once the water flow in which direction is qualitative, then want to change it again to so difficult to go to the sky, It is precisely because of this that although this king finally made his Dawn people achieve the goal of improving their living conditions, but gradually the surrounding natural environment gradually fell into barrenness and was seriously damaged, and finally the entire ancient country of Loulan was gradually covered by wind and sand, and could no longer be inhabited, so the entire Taklamakan king with all the people was forced to start migrating eastward, and finally became the ancestor of the Khitan tribe. ”
Runzhi unconsciously spoke, the sun has started from the east in the early morning, gradually rising to the highest place in the sky, people's shadows began to get shorter and shorter, and finally gradually activated their bodies to become one.
After Runzhi finished telling this story, the time for a stick of incense had arrived, and the two officials who had first started to go fishing in the center of the lake had returned, so Runzhi let the other two officials get on this bamboo raft, and then preached:
Later, the ancestors of the Khitan tribe, that is, the ancestors of Kunlun, permanently settled in the grassland located a little to the east, and thus gave rise to a very vast and bold grassland culture. At that time, because the emperor was fighting with Chiyou, in order to collect enough nails, the emperor collected all the soldiers who could be put into the war and all the teenagers who could participate in the war in the entire land of China, Kunlun was only fifteen years old at that time, but for the needs of the war, he resolutely participated in the war between Chiyou and Chiyou under the call of the Yellow Emperor. In the end, the Yellow Emperor defeated the Chiyou tribe and gave glory and wealth to all the generals and soldiers who participated in the war, although many soldiers were given different marquises, wealth, and even women according to their bravery and exploits in battle. At the end of the war, the fifteen-year-old was already a twenty-five-year-old after the war. In this war, he killed thousands of people, and it can be said that the so-called "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither", perhaps this is the person. In this war, he only remembered that he wielded the bronze sword in his hand, coming and going freely, invincible, like entering a no-man's land, naturally he could also be regarded as a demon king with a serious enemy, in the eyes of all the Yellow Emperor tribal warriors, he was extremely brave and fearless, and he was a hero recognized by everyone. In order to commemorate his performance in battle, people called him the invincible king. ”
Runzhi cleared his throat and continued:
After this war, the Yellow Emperor in recognition of his outstanding contribution to this war, that is, bravely and fearlessly killed thousands of enemy soldiers, with the thousands of enemy heads he handed over. So he was named the king of Kunlun, and gave him a prince in Kunlun for generations, and drew a special map for him. On this map, he gave him a fief of one-tenth of the territory of China, and gave him the name Kunlun State as a vassal state, and the young people born around this Kunlun country from then on were all brave and fearless young people, often very suitable for combat, and charged the enemy mercilessly on the battlefield, and were able to bend the bow and arrows on horseback to quickly destroy the enemy in an instant. Naturally, this Kunlun King is also the ancestor of Genghis Khan. Naturally, this gave rise to Genghis Khan, the most outstanding hero of China who has been praised by the world for thousands of years. Of course, Genghis Khan also knew that his ancestor, the creator of the ancient Kunlun kingdom that was once famous in China, was a Yellow Emperor Chiyou, who made great contributions in the battle of the deer and the war, and became a king of generals from a grassroots background. ”
The gentle breeze blows on the surface of the lake, and the lake unconsciously gives up the ripples layer by layer, which slowly moves from the center to the sides, and emits regular circles of color under the sunlight, which is very pleasant to look at.
In the center of this lake, there are countless white two-inch-long small fish, jumping happily, as if they want to get more oxygen, constantly jumping up from the lake, drawing a perfect arc in the air, and then gracefully jumping into the water again, which attracts many birds, and the moment the fish jump out of the water, they are taken away by those birds.
Among these birds, the egret is the majority, as well as the osprey and many other birds. Among them, there are also many wild ducks swimming freely in the lake, enjoying themselves.