Chapter 70: The Bridge
The total length of this chain bridge is nearly 10,000 meters, and I heard that it was built by Zhang Xiaohua's grandfather when he was still alive. At the beginning, her grandfather and several of their comrades-in-arms fled to this mountain when they were fleeing.
When there was an emergency, I was patronizing and running for my life, thinking of the pursuers behind. Just crawled non-stop for a while. I don't know how long I've climbed, and I don't have time to care about how high I've climbed.
All I know is that when they climbed the mountain, they found a cave and hid for a few days. But it was not found that there were no pursuers catching up. So I couldn't help it, and I got out of the cave again, and reached the top of the mountain to see what was going on.
It turned out that it was quiet at the bottom of the mountain, and sure enough, there were no pursuers in sight. That's when I was relieved. Later, I heard that these pursuers did not want to catch up with them and receive rewards, but because their strength did not allow it.
There were people who followed them to catch up, but in the end, they didn't succeed. It wasn't when I climbed to the mountainside, but I wanted to look down, but I was scared to death. Either he was careless, or his physical strength was not well controlled, and he fell off the cliff and fell to his death.
In the end, the soldiers fell to their deaths one after another. The governor who led the troops did not go any further, and arranged for the soldiers to come up and chase after them. First, he believes that even if he is professionally trained, a soldier cannot climb it.
And a few of them were still seriously injured, how could they pass smoothly. So she guessed that her grandfather and them might have fallen to their deaths.
However, in order to make the original bad, the walls are still sharp and angular, and the edges and corners can be grasped with bare hands. Polished smoothly. They couldn't reach the top, so they polished everything 100 meters below the ground.
If you want to cut off her grandfather's back road, her grandfather and they are lucky to be alive, and they will not be able to go down the mountain and be starved to death.
But the pursuers didn't know that although from the bottom up, the grass and trees were not bare, but when they reached the top of the mountain, there was indeed a cave. Not only was he not starved to death, but he was also full of children and grandchildren.
However, the fact that her grandfather and their ability to survive has a lot to do with their strong wills and fearlessness. They spent a few days in the mountains, feeding only on the bark of the roots. Later, seeing that there were no pursuers coming up, I thought that I would have to go down the mountain and report to my superiors.
But when I climbed the mountain in the middle, I couldn't go down in the second half. Because the cliffs were polished smooth by the pursuers, there was no fixed point for the hands and feet. I could only give up the plan to go down the mountain and climbed back to the mountain for the time being.
Later, wild fruits, wild beasts were found in the mountains. In the end, he drilled the water source again, and he lived a normal life. However, thinking that the tasks arranged by the organization were not completed, I couldn't sleep day and night.
So, a few people discussed, and they built a downhill road that climbed the rock and walked the wall. But at that time, the conditions were limited, and the repair was still made of wood nails. When his grandfather and the others first came down the mountain, they went up and down two wooden nails and moved them down step by step.
It also took a long time to spend a few days in the mountains and then to build this wooden nail wall bridge. So by the time her grandfather and them came down the mountain, the country had already changed hands, and their original organization had been disbanded.
Suddenly there is no organization, and life has no direction. And now she heard that a new gang had been formed, but her grandfather and his family were tired of hearing chickens and fighting all day long. Suddenly, I wanted to live a peaceful life inside.
So several people discussed again and decided to retire from the world and not ask about the world. Then he went to a kiln and ransomed himself for a few prostitutes. So he took them back to the mountain. And gave birth to children in the mountains and lived a life of seclusion.
Later, the society progressed, and although the progress in the mountains was slow, there were also major changes in transportation. Originally, there were only two wooden nails, because I was worried that the age would be long, and the wind and rain would be exposed to the wind and rain, and sooner or later the wooden nails would decay one day, so that the future generations would dream of a long time and worry-free.
In their lifetimes, it took more than ten years of hard work to change the wooden nails into iron nail buttons. And in the mountain next door, such a road was also built. So now it's not only much easier to go down the mountain, but it's also much closer.
Now above the head, there is a square hand pull buckle, and where the foot steps below, there is a thick twisted iron chain, in order to prevent the twisted iron chain, which is easy to shake because it is too long, at intervals.
There will be a fixed iron pier. The size of this iron pier is not big or small, just enough to step on one foot of an adult. On the iron pier, there is also an iron pole standing vertically. It's a lot safer now than it used to be.
Although it is much safer now than before, when crossing the bridge, you still have to pay full attention and do not tolerate a little negligence.
There is a slight difference, and there is no psychological barrier and the mind is wandering. At any time, they may fall down and break to pieces, and no one will be able to collect even the bones.
Today's Iron Chain Bridge, like the first time I went out, is still empty. Since a few years ago, there has been an outsider at the bottom of the mountain. When I heard that there were still people living on the mountain, I was very curious. And I still don't believe it a little, I think it's incredible.
But what I heard was so conclusive that it didn't seem like a lie. Then I thought, climb up and see. This outsider has a decent physical fitness. I heard that when I used to travel on a poor foot, I walked from the south to the north, and I walked to the east...
He thinks he can do it, and he has enough courage and guts. At the same time, I also brought equipment, knowing that the high altitude will cause low air pressure, which is easy to cause hypoxia. So I also deliberately brought a small bottle of oxygen tank. During the rock climbing, I will inhale oxygen from time to time.
But even so, in the end, it was inevitable to escape. When he was halfway up, I heard that his hands suddenly became weaker and weaker, and his arms were still a little sore because of the long stretch. Then the oxygen tank accidentally fell down.
So, when passing by the iron pier, his hands slid down, and then he held the iron rod on the iron squat, thinking about squatting down and resting before walking. But because when squatting down, the strength was not well controlled.
When he squatted down, he squatted too quickly, and his forehead just collided with the pier pole, and then he unconsciously touched his forehead to see if there was any blood. As a result, it was already bleeding, and his hands were also stained with blood because he touched them.
Originally, it was just a bit of leather. However, because the man had forgotten that he had fainted blood, he brought his bloodstained hand to his eyes. This looks the whole person wrong. In the end, as soon as he let go of his hand, the whole person fell down.
I heard that the people who came down the mountain did not see this outsider coming down the mountain. All kinds of speculations came out. For a while, rumors spread around, even if it was stormy. One pass ten, ten spread hundreds, all versions are available.
After that, there was no one under the mountain who dared to come up again. Even in the event of a flood, they would not consider going up the mountain. Even if you are forced to go up the mountain in the end, you will only climb to the small hill below, and never set foot on the cliff.
And the people on this mountain have been educated and trained since childhood. We all know the dangers, so we won't go down the mountain easily unless there are special circumstances. Moreover, the mountain people are used to staying on the mountain, so they don't want to go down. So the bridge has been vacant for a long time.