After descending the mountain, the patriarchs of each village specially sent Zheng Bang and Xiao Qiongzhi to the door of Xiao Qiongzhi's courtyard, and then began to say goodbye one by one. Mobile

When Patriarch Liao was about to leave, Xiao Qiongzhi said to him with a smile: "Patriarch Liao, I am very interested in the Tai Sui in Baibao Lake in your village, and I want to borrow something from it, you see, is it convenient?" ”

Patriarch Liao was very surprised, and said with some embarrassment: "Little master, if I can catch that Tai Sui, don't say that you want to borrow something from it, even if you give it to you, there is no problem." ”

"It's just that as I said before, Liao Dada, Liao Xian, and Liao Chong in our clan all died in its hands. That Tai Sui is really terrible. Although, I have now arranged for someone to catch it, in fact, I am not sure that I can catch it at all. ”

"No, I mean, I'm going to ask my uncle to accompany me and go to Baibao Lake in person to borrow something from Tai Sui. But that Tai Sui is from your village lake, and I want to ask your permission before I go over. Xiao Qiongzhi realized that Patriarch Liao had misunderstood what he meant, and hurriedly explained.

"Oh, I see, of course you can." Patriarch Liao's eyes immediately lit up.

Before he came, he had heard the patriarch of Xujia Village tell him about Zheng Bang's deeds, and he knew how powerful Zheng Bang was, so he couldn't help but look forward to Xiao Qiongzhi and Zheng Bang's arrest of Tai Sui together.

"Thank you. Then please wait here for me and my uncle, I will go home and say hello to my mother and them, and then prepare to pack my bags, and I will be ready to leave soon. After Xiao Qiongzhi finished speaking, he immediately entered the courtyard with Zheng Bang.

At the beginning of the year, the top of Baibao Mountain, which belongs to Liaojia Village, is by Baibao Lake, the blue sky is like washing, the clear water is the same color as the blue sky, and it is transparent like practice.

On both sides of the lakeshore, there are tall and rugged strange rocks, and there are no common plants and trees on the shores of the lake.

It seems that the predecessor of this lake, most likely was a volcanic crater.

No wonder Patriarch Liao would say that this lake is particularly deep, and it is said that the deepest place can reach the bottom of the mountain.

Xiao Qiongzhi got off Zheng Bang's back, accompanied by him and the Liao patriarch, and walked up to the five Liaojia village clansmen who he arranged and were responsible for fishing during the day, waiting for Tai Sui to appear, and looked at their fishing baskets.

Unexpectedly, their basket was empty.

She couldn't help but ask them curiously, "Didn't you catch any fish today?" ”

"Little master, we caught a lot of fish before the morning hour, and they were all taken down the mountain by the people who went up the mountain to bring us food, and after the morning, it has always been difficult for us to catch fish in this lake." One of them, who looked to be in his fifties, replied respectfully.

It seems that what Patriarch Liao said before is true.

When the hour came, all the fish dived into the deep water far away, and disappeared.

It is estimated that Tai Sui usually stays in deep water and rarely swims to shallow water, so it is rarely discovered.

In this case, if you want to catch Tai Sui as soon as possible, the best way is to go fishing in deep water.

It's a pity that Patriarch Liao said before that there is a strange black crucian carp about twenty meters away from the shore of the lake, and their teeth are particularly sharp.

Otherwise, just make a boat and row to the middle of the lake to fish Tai Sui, how convenient.

She turned her head and looked at the shores of the lake, and when her eyes touched a few of the large rocks, tens of meters high, she had an idea.

She pointed to them and said to Zheng Bang and the Liao people: "You see, as long as we dig a rectangular hole in the direction of the big rock facing the lake, and then put a big wooden plank into the hole, and flatten and fix the upper and lower ends, then the big wooden plank will become a wooden bridge in the sky." ”

"Next, we take the wooden planks and splice them to the tail end of the wooden bridge volley, and then we can use this method, step by step, to build the wooden bridge to the center of the lake and fish in the middle of the lake."

"In this way, it should be easier to have a chance to catch Tai Sui, who is usually hidden in deep water."

"Indeed, little master, this is a brilliant idea, you are absolutely clever! When this wooden bridge is completed, it will be called Qiongzhi Bridge! Patriarch Liao's eyes lit up and said with a smile.

"Yes!" Xiao Qiongzhi replied without hesitation.

This bridge was planned by himself anyway, and it should be named after him.

Besides, don't say it, Qiongzhi Bridge, Qiongzhi Bridge, taste it carefully, this name is quite good!

"It's a good idea, but these big rocks, the closest to the middle of the lake, must be nearly 300 meters away. Even if each large plank is five meters long, it would take sixty. ”

"And a five-meter-long wooden board, even if it is only as thick as a hand board and as wide as a foot, weighs about 20 catties."

"Sixty yuan is 1,200 catties. That is to say, the large piece of wood placed in the hole carved out of the big rock must be a plank that can bear the weight of 1,82 pounds. ”

"As far as I know, the best load-bearing planks are larch. As long as the thickness of two palms is enough, it can bear more than 2,000 catties. Moreover, it is not very reweighted. The thickness of two palms is about thirty-five pounds. ”

"In addition, in order to facilitate load-bearing, the interface at one end of each plank and the tip of the clip at the other end have to be extra long. At the same time, the more the plank is used in the back, the thinner it can be, so that the plank can be loaded in front of it to reduce the weight. Zheng Bang thought about it seriously before analyzing it carefully.

"Good! Then we can now dig a hole in the big rock first, and at the same time, when digging the hole, we also have to dig a little deeper, a little farther away from the top of the big rock, so that the big rock can bear pressure. ”

"Wait until tomorrow morning, and we'll borrow an ox cart and go to the county to buy larch planks." Xiao Qiongzhi listened carefully and made a decision very simply.

Dingzi Township is too poor, and she has noticed that there are not many decent things to sell in the township.

There are 60 long and thick larch boards, and it is estimated that it is possible to buy them only in the county.

"Yes!"

"Okay!"

Neither Patriarch Liao nor Zheng Bang had an opinion.

Next, according to what Xiao Qiongzhi said, dig a hole in the big rock.

This is actually easier said than done.

First, the direction of the big rock against the surface of the lake is often deeply embedded in the lake, and it is necessary to tie the body with a rope from the top of the big rock, and let people help put the rope down, and dig a hole in the air into the big rock, shaking, not easy to exert force.

Second, large rocks are hard and not easy to chisel through.

Third, after the big rock is chiseled, it is used to put about two palm-thick planks, the mouth is wide, it is not convenient to fix the plank, but if it is just wide enough, although it is best not enough, but the more you chisel inside, the more difficult it will be because the mouth is not wide.

Fortunately, Zheng Bang is a master of kung fu, and he has excellent wisdom, and he also has a sharp dagger.

As soon as he reached the target position, he used a dagger to cut a small hole in the vertical rock wall, next to his left and right feet, so that he could easily step on his feet.

On the top of his left hand, a small hole was carved so that he could grasp the stone wall with his hands.

After doing this, he began, patiently chiseling a rectangular stone cave with wooden planks.

After more than half an hour, it was finally done.

In the meantime, the people in Liaojia Village heard that Zheng Bang brought Xiao Qiongzhi over and planned to catch Tai Sui in Baibao Lake.

They were obviously busy digging Huai Mountain, Poria cocos, and picking mountain chestnuts, and they were also busy stealing, so they rushed to the lakeside to see the excitement.

After they saw Xiao Qiongzhi, under the introduction of Patriarch Liao, they all greeted her respectfully one by one, and warmly invited her and Zheng Bang to their home as guests when they had time.

Xiao Qiongzhi smiled and greeted them back, but politely declined their invitation.

She didn't think about disturbing the lives of the people in Liaojia Village at all.

Before coming over with Zheng Bang, she had already planned that tomorrow, she would go to the township to buy some planks and let people send them to the mountain, just by Baibao Lake, choose a leeward rock, and build a small wooden house, so that it is convenient to stay in Baibao Lake for a long time and fish Tai Sui.

And now, since she has decided to buy larch planks and build a bridge over Baibao Lake, it is more convenient to buy some planks and build a log cabin.

After Zhou Zhengbang dug the hole where the wooden planks were placed, she and Zheng Bang went back to Zhoujia Village together.

Because, the location of Zhoujia Village is closer to the county seat, so it is convenient to enter the county seat early tomorrow morning to buy larch planks.

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