Everyone hurriedly approached to stabilize their mood, added firewood to the fire, and brought bread for them to eat.

Xing Yi told them not to eat too much, first pad, drink some water, rest for a while, and then add a little.

After eating, drinking some water, I gradually recovered.

Clothes that were wet from the canyon rapids were also dried out.

The three of them carried tents, simple living utensils, and a measuring machine, and Xing Yi knew at a glance that it was a modern new equipment integrating level, latitude and longitude, distance, imaging and other functions, and the value would not be less than one million.

All three of them are from Jiaotong University, one is older, in his early forties, and the other two are younger, in their twenties, and they call the older one Professor Xiang, and they are a working group, with Professor Xiang as the leader.

They came to the canyon yesterday morning, worked all day from the canyon, set up tents in the canyon at night, went up the mountain this morning, but could not find the way down the mountain in the evening, there were no people in sight around, and they were worried that there were wild things, so they built a fire for help, and the fire was lit for five or six hours, and no one came, thinking that it might be dangerous tonight.

Introducing them to the team leader, he said with tears in his eyes, excited, and said that he really didn't expect you to come.

With the help of five people, they brought their equipment and tents, and everyone helped each other down the mountain, and returned to Moon Fort for about two and a half hours.

The three members of the working group, as well as Xing Yi, were arranged to rest at the farmer's house, and at 10 o'clock the next morning, they all went to the aunt's house to gather and eat the egg noodles boiled by his daughter-in-law.

During the short break, Xing Yi talked to them a few words.

Xing Yi couldn't help but ask Professor Xiang: "You are measuring canyons and mountain slopes, shouldn't you be trying to build bridges?" ”

Professor Xiang looked at Xing Yi and smiled: "Do you think our field work is preparing for the construction of the bridge?" ”

Xing Yi continued according to his own train of thought: "I think the premise of building a bridge here is to have a high-grade highway passing through. ”

"You have a very reasonable point, the county is connected to the highway, which is the need for development and the golden road for the people to get rich. This is especially important for your county. ”

"I like the regional administrative divisions and the transportation environment, so I study the map when I have nothing to do. The highway from our province to Beichuan Province will inevitably pass through several counties such as Jinxi, Jinxiu, etc., and in this way, if it develops, it can form a large passage through the north and south. ”

"Well, it's very insightful, and soon, the national and provincial plans for the county-to-county expressway have begun to be laid out."

"However, I also understand that in the context of the tilt of national policies, the enthusiasm of provincial and regional leaders is also a prerequisite for the speed of development."

Speaking of this, it is obvious that their work must be related to roads and bridges, to be precise, that is, the preliminary survey of the Tiger Leaping Gap Bridge. According to the time calculation, that is, within three years.

After resting, he asked the professor to leave and continue the work of the next section, Xing Yi proposed to send them, but was politely declined.

On behalf of the three professors, he thanked Aunt Ding and his sister-in-law, and asked Aunt Ding to convey his gratitude to the peasant brothers.

Professor Xiang said to Xing Yi: "I must find a chance to meet you and communicate more." ”

Xing Yi readily agreed: "It must be." ”

Xing Yi also left Moon Fort with them. drove out dozens of meters away, and saw Aunt Ding's father in the reversing mirror, waving while running, and the two children followed closely behind.

Xing Yi didn't stop, and after he stopped, he might have new entanglements because of his son.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xing Yi arrived at his destination, Luodong Village by the Xingjiang River.

The village is not big, there are fifty or sixty households, the houses are one after another, it is located on the mountain pass, the carriages and horses from outside, the advanced village, to the Xingjiang River, you need to turn over the pass.

Walk down a hundred meters from the pass, just to the river, there are three stone ridges, the lowest one is immersed in the water, two thigh-thick wooden stakes are inserted in the cracks of the stone ridges, used to tie the rope on the boat, an iron-hulled boat, the hull is flat, about two meters wide, seven or eight meters long, four wooden fangs are set horizontally in the middle, for the people who cross the river to ride, a wooden fang can sit three or four people, and there are fourteen or fifteen people in a boat.

The river is no more than 50 meters wide, the water is turbid, floating plastic bottles, and branches pass by quickly, which shows that the speed of the water is not slow at all, but it still cannot be compared with the flowing water in the canyon.

There were not many people to cross the river, and it was almost half an hour before six people gathered, and some of them made trumpets with their hands around their mouths and shouted loudly to the village, and a minute later the captain of the boat came out of the stone house at the entrance of the village, carrying with him an artemisia pole.

The captain of the boat untied the ropes, jumped on the boat, and collected money one by one, three yuan per person, regardless of gender, old and young. Put the money in a plastic bag, put it in it, go to the front, open your feet, stand on the bow of the boat like a fork, raise the artemisia rod in your hand, plunge it into the water, and tilt forward, and with the force of your hands, the boat leaves the riverbank.

When the passengers disembarked, the captain went ashore and tied the rope, stuck the artemisia rod on the side of the boat, found a stone to sit down, took off the cigarette stick on his waist, took out the plastic bag of tobacco leaves from his purse, rolled it in slow motion, lit it, and squeaked and smoked.

Xing Yi walked around the river for a while, slowly approached the boat boss, and took the initiative to talk to him.

"How deep the river is, there must be big fish in it."

"The river is not deep, big fish are common, and last year someone used a barrage net to get a 45-pound green carp."

"How deep can you dig into the mud with this artemisia rod?"

"The mud and sand on the riverbed is not very thick, just over a foot, and down there are popsicles and hard rocks."

"Will there be places where the sediment is a little thicker, three or four meters, or even five or six meters?"

The boat boss looked at him well and pouted: "You are not from Splendid City, are you?" ”

"I'm from Splendid City, what? Don't you listen to the accent? ”

"I can't tell by the accent, and now, there are a lot of people who speak accents from all over the south, east, and west."

"If you don't analyze it by your accent, then where do you think I'm not from Splendid City?"

"People in Splendid City generally don't inquire about that, they are very responsible, and honestly do their own work."

"Hehe, it's so strange, just ask about the sediment at the bottom of the river, isn't it a proper person?"

"Hehe, I look at you, don't go around, just ask if there is a shipwreck under the river, be direct."

Xing Yi was really a little embarrassed that his mind was pierced by the boat boss, but since he had stabbed it, it didn't hurt to say it directly.

So he told him: "You are well-informed, and since I have mentioned this matter, I will tell you bluntly, that I have come at the behest of a good friend, and he told me that I especially believe that there is a boat sunk by a rebel leader in this river, and that it is full of gold and silver treasures. He asked me to spy on it first and see if anyone in the neighborhood knew about it. ”

"What about after the spying? Do you just bring people and horses to salvage? ”

"That's what I was going to do."

The captain of the boat looked up to the sky and laughed: "It's a pity that you are late!" ”