Chapter 225: Putting the Mountain
Li Yuanhao called to inform Zhao Heizi of the murder that happened in the lynx ditch. Perfect World No Pop-up Ads Reading. As for the nature of the murder, he described it as an uneven distribution of spoils, which led to cannibalism. Of course, this could not be further from the truth.
As for the little girl and the skinny monkey in the cave, they are long gone. Meng Dezi lost his soul and was depressed, so he had to work with An Xin and Li Yuanhao to continue to embark on the journey of digging ginseng. It's just that Meng Dezi began to gradually become taciturn and full of concerns.
They walked through the cliff face, which could only allow one pass, and was covered with thin ice, and the mountain road was slippery. Walk across the frozen sturdy, large and small lakes. Walk across a decades-old suspension bridge that looks like it's decaying. Then climb over a few more large and small hills. After walking for two more days, they were already standing in a canyon with five peaks on the periphery of Changbai Mountain, which could be said to be the deepest part of Changbai Mountain. Except for those ginseng pickers, it can be regarded as a human jin area.
"Wait, there's a five-pint leaf around here, and it's about eighty years old." When passing through a miscellaneous forest, Meng Dezi suddenly stopped, and he said seriously.
"Ginseng here?" An Xin was stunned for a moment when she heard this, this place is a hillside, overgrown with all kinds of miscellaneous trees, there are linden trees, red pines, oak trees and so on. The field of vision is also very open, if there is ginseng here, it has not been picked up a long time ago?
"yes, this is it." Meng Dezi nodded and said affirmatively: "I found out a few months ago. Wild ginseng of this vintage is so precious that I haven't found a suitable buyer yet, so I left it. β
"I thought that the best wild ginseng grew in those high mountains and mountains. You have to climb the rock and walk the wall to get it. I didn't expect them to be on this inconspicuous hillside. An Xin said with a strange expression.
In fact, wild ginseng is very demanding on the growing environment, and it especially likes to grow in dense forests. But not all dense forests can grow. As early as more than 1,000 years ago, there was a folk saying that "three trees and five leaves, were yang to yin, yu came to beg me, and linden trees were looking for each other".
This illustrates. The most suitable forests for ginseng growth are mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests and mixed forests, among which the broad-leaved forests with basswood are the best. Of course. In addition to forests with linden trees, ginseng also grows in broad-leaved forests with oak and linden trees.
Ginseng also has certain requirements for soil, it likes to grow on palm forest land, and needs a relatively rich ** substance. In the broad-leaved forest. Due to the accumulation and decay of perennial litter and leaves, a lot of ** substances are produced, and the soil structure is relatively loose, so it can meet the needs of ginseng.
Ginseng is both a yin-loving plant and a cold-tolerant plant. It prefers scattered light and relatively weak sunlight, and is most afraid of strong direct sunlight. It is also afraid of high temperatures, as soon as the temperature exceeds 30 degrees, it will stop growing, if it is higher. It will die. On the contrary, it will not freeze to death at minus 40 degrees, and it will still remain alive and continue to grow the next year.
And all these conditions are reflected on this small hillside. So to say that there is no wild ginseng here is really unbelievable.
An Xin may not understand these things, but Li Yuanhao's heart is very clear. He said puzzledly: "Although ordinary people may not be able to enter this place, other ginseng diggers should also be able to come here, and if they are seen by others, they will be dug up?" β
Listening to Li Yuanhao's words, Meng Dezi's face showed a helpless look. said: "Do you think that the current ginseng diggers will risk their lives to run to this deep mountain and old forest to 'release the mountain'?" They have all switched to planting a long time ago. No need to go through the wind, frost, snow and rain, and the beast raid. You can grow a lot of ginseng in your own field, just like planting turnips. Moreover, it only takes four or five years for all kinds of chemical fertilizers to be urged, and the ginseng that comes out of the field is similar to those wild ginseng that is twenty or thirty years old. Although the price is very cheap, it is better than enough quantity. You say that in such a comparison, who else will come to 'release the mountain'? β
When Li Yuanhao heard this, he had to shake his head helplessly. This phenomenon of blindly pursuing the greatest interests while throwing away a lot of ancestral things is not uncommon in today's society. Almost all of us want to make quick money, and the more we earn, the better, and we don't think about the consequences of doing so, the devastating damage it will bring to humanity itself, or what we should leave to our children and grandchildren. Those poisonous bean sprouts, bags of apples, red tomatoes, swollen watermelons, broiler chickens that can be eaten in forty days, etc., are all deformed products under this crazy thought.
"What is 'putting the mountain'?" An Xin is like a curious baby in this mountain, because there are so many new things. She is always like the best student, and she is ashamed to ask questions about everything she doesn't understand.
In fact, 'putting the mountain' is the name of the industry in the Northeast region for digging wild ginseng in the mountains. This industry has been around for a long time, and it formed a considerable scale during the Qing Dynasty, so that the Qing government had to stop the indiscriminate mining. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the invoice collection was implemented, and the private procurement was strictly enforced. This is the earliest measure taken by the government to protect wild ginseng resources in history.
The mountain release line that has been inherited for many years has a unique business rules. Harvesting wild ginseng is very difficult, and it can take dozens of days to release the mountain once, and it can take several months at most. Ginseng pickers should bring a large number of daily necessities and ginseng collection tools, and be led into the mountain by the 'head', which is the honorific title of those who have rich experience in the mountain for many years.
When putting the mountain, you should line up in a horizontal line, put your head on the right side of the horizontal team, and another person who also has rich experience in putting the mountain as a deputy, called the side stick, is on the left side of the horizontal team, and there is a waist stick in the middle of the horizontal team.
The difference between the members of the horizontal team is about three meters, and they use the 'Solo stick' to dial the cao and watch as they walk. From the foot of the mountain to the slope of the mountain to look up, this is called 'pressing the mountain', and the other way is called 'decorating the mountain', that is, the group of people are separated to search, and the wooden stick is used as a communication signal.
But either way, it is strict to talk and eat, according to the older generation of mountain holders, that is, ginseng dolls wearing red belly pockets are easily frightened, and if someone talks or eats, it will scare it away.
In fact, the real reason is that when looking for ginseng, it is necessary to gather and concentrate, and talking and eating will distract people's attention, and it is easy to miss it if you are not careful.
Their communication relies entirely on the 'Solo stick' in their hands, and they will take turns to use it to tap the trees around them for a period of time, and they have determined their position. It can also play a role in expelling wild beasts, snakes, insects, rats and ants in the cao bush.
Whoever finds ginseng should immediately put a stick on the ground, tie it to the stem with a red thread tied with a copper coin, and spread a red cloth on the ginseng xiamian. It is said that ginseng dolls have the ability to escape, and once they are tied to the red line, they can't run away.
In fact, the red thread is just to be eye-catching, because ginseng grows in the miscellaneous cao bushes, and it will be broken if you are not careful. Tie a red line, red and green, it will be particularly eye-catching.
As for the red cloth paving, it is used to pick up the ginseng seeds that will fall down when touched, and this thing is also very expensive, and it is a good yao that blindly promotes midwifery.
The first to discover wild ginseng is called 'open eyes', and when you discover wild ginseng, you must 'shout mountain'. It's holding a 'Solo stick' in his hand and shouting the alias of ginseng 'mallet'! When he heard this, he immediately 'picked up the mountain' and asked loudly, "What goods?" βγ
The discoverer has to answer according to the jargon according to the age of ginseng, for example, the three-year-old is called 'Erpod', and the four-year-old is called 'Lampstand'...... Then gather everyone to kowtow to the ground to express their gratitude to the mountain god, and then start digging ginseng.
After listening to Meng Dezi's introduction of what 'putting the mountain' is, An Xin said with some yearning: "How can I sound like a lively sacrificial ceremony, it's a pity that I haven't seen it with my own eyes." Think of a row of mountain men, walking up in unison, unable to speak, but relying on knocking sticks to contact and transmit information and determine their own position. Once I find the wild ginseng, I have to shout it like a song for everyone to hear, it must be a spectacular and interesting scene, and I would like to see it with my own eyes if I have the chance. β
Meng Dezi sighed and said: "More than ten years ago, in June and July of the yin calendar, you can still see groups of mountain releasers, all calling friends, so spectacular. Now that scene is almost invisible, and everyone has changed to grow ginseng at home to make a fortune. However, the objects that this family raised and urged, where can they compare to this innate spiritual thing. β
Spiritual object, An Xin's heart moved. Yes, isn't this wild ginseng generated by the essence of heaven and earth? Maybe you can feel it. She secretly released her 'Supreme Heart Sutra'. As a result, she was pleasantly surprised to find that on this hillside, it was like the stars of the Tianshan Mountains accidentally falling, covered with large and small, flaky distribution of spiritual energy points. It is all contained in the body of those wild ginseng, and it seems that there are really a lot of ginseng and great-grandchildren of this 'five-grade leaf'.
An Xin pointed to a linden tree about ten meters away from her and said, "Brother Meng, where is the five-grade leaf you are talking about?" "Because under that linden tree, An Xin has already felt that amazing aura fluctuation, which is no less than the 'Song of Gongjuema' that Grandpa Yi gave her. The aura contained in that 'Song of Gongjuema' raised her 'Supreme Heart Sutra' to a whole level. Thinking of this, An Xin couldn't help licking her red lips. In her heart, she was full of fiery anticipation for the 'five-pint leaf' that was about to meet.
Meng Dezi said in surprise: "How do you know? He took An Xin and Li Yuanhao to the bottom of the linden tree, and sure enough, he saw a red thread tied to a copper coin tied at the bottom of the linden tree.
An Xin said strangely: "Shouldn't the red thread be tied to the wild ginseng, why did you tie it to the tree?" When Meng Dezi heard this, he felt that his head was full of black lines. To be continued 580
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