The route chooses to explore upstream along the blocked river that passes through the bamboo mountain.

The group walked upstream and southwest along the Duhe River, and first gathered in Zhushan County.

This bamboo mountain is already on the edge of Shennongjia, and although there is little arable land, it is very rich in natural resources.

A large amount of bamboo and ore is being developed in an orderly and gradual manner, and the tuntian is not only farming, but also raising goats and donkeys.

Towns, villages, and strongholds are teeming with life.

After a little walk, you will enter the mountains, full of lush greenery, dense vegetation, waterfalls, mountains and springs, rivers and streams, streams converge into small rivers, small rivers merge into the largest blocked river, and the blocked river becomes the largest tributary of the Han River.

Although there are autumn tigers in September, everyone does not have to worry about water sources and summer escape.

"The river is also known as the river blockage, and according to the record, the water source of this river is very clear, and it is indeed the case today, better than most of the rivers I have seen before."

Xu Xiake squatted by the river and carefully picked up some water: "The water is pure, the water is clear...... There must be a mystery in the streams and springs~"

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, it is different.

Wang Hongyu squatted down together and looked at the clear river water: "What do you think the upstream will be?"

Xu Xiake thought slightly: "I can only guess that the landform and rocks will be very different...... These may not necessarily help the generals, but they are certainly worth documenting and studying. ”

"This study has nothing to do with fame, but to record the appearance of China and explore its laws."

"Good."

On the side, Deng Yuhan heard Xu Xiake's analysis, walked over and asked in Chinese with a strange accent: "Xu?" Are you a geologist and petrologists? ”

Wang Hongyu briefly introduced Deng Yuhan for Xu Xiake, and translated it briefly, Xu Xiake said modestly: "I'm not a scholar, I'm just a child who loves these things, and there are many, many people who are better than me."

This sentence of modesty directly shocked Deng Yuhan.

The river water quality and geological rocks mentioned above are only a few people studying in Europe.

He stayed in Macau for two years, knowing that the knowledge and status of Jinshi, Juren, and Xiucai are theoretically above Tongsheng, but he never expected that Huaxia would be Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and a Tongsheng is already so powerful!

Walking upstream from Zhushan County, a few hours later, we arrived at the place where the Zhuxi River meets the blocked river.

Yang Yuanwai, who is engaged in the bamboo and wood business, is more familiar with this place, and he introduced to everyone: "The river is widened here, and you can carry a thousand catties of boats." From here, you can walk along Zhuxi to Zhuxi County, and you can only take a big bamboo raft or a 300-pound boat. ”

Along the way, I saw a lot of wharves and ships along the way, all of which were specially dredged and constructed by the construction of Juntun, which was very convenient for the materials to be transported out.

Some of the hundreds of people on this expedition explored the hills and jungles along the river, and some transported food supplies and tools along the river.

But after this meeting point, it is difficult to pass the big ship.

From here, too, it gradually became less accessible.

Walked more than ten miles upstream along the Blocked River to the southwest.

The river is not narrow, but it has become very rapid, and the banks are no longer soil, but pebbles that have washed away for many years.

Even in the surrounding mountains and forests, the thick water mist will not dissipate for a long time.

A gust of mountain wind blew, rolling up the mist like a veil, revealing the verdant hills.

Xu Xiake observed the ups and downs on both sides of the river, sighed and began to describe: strange rocks, red vines and green vines, wild trees, and the vast expanse. The water blocking at the bottom of the valley is shaped by things, or quiet as a virgin, or the waves crash against the cliff......

Wang Hongyu glanced at it, only to see the gist of it: the hills are incomparably green, a gust of wind blows like green waves, the river beach is as white as snow, and the river water is clear to reflect the sun and the moon......

"There are no people in the mountains!" The loud-voiced Han Li Tiezhu tried to go up, but gave up in frustration.

The mountains are not high, but they are very shaky, and the vegetation is very dense, and there is little room for people to walk in.

"Hahaha~ The primeval mountain forest is like this, this is a very good bamboo and wood furniture material~" The forester looked at the dense forests on the mountain, and immediately thought of making money.

"This scene can be a tourist place, it should be viewed from a distance rather than blasphemous, and it should not be cut down ......" Xu Xiake certainly has a different idea.

Seeing that the forester and Xu Xiake were about to argue, Wang Hongyu saw the stitches and said: "What is the development is a later story, the transportation here is good, so that whether it is war, transportation, forestry or tourism, there will be opportunities."

The members of the Zhou family and the construction of the military tun nodded one after another, there are only small roads in this area, and the rivers are also turbulent with reefs and undercurrents, which are temporarily inconvenient for transportation, but they can completely build a good foundation.

"Is there a guide who is familiar with this place? around" Zhou Yijie asked quietly.

"Yes!"

Two hunters and a herb picker have been here a few times in a few years.

After a little inquiry, I learned that few people from the government here came, and the homeless people rarely went so far to cultivate such a difficult place to cultivate.

However, there is a village in the mountains, about ten miles away, and the scale of dozens of Miao and Han people has never been in contact except for business.

Wang Hongyu ordered the men of the Tuntian Army to leave half of them to survey the perimeter of the river to prepare for the development of transportation in the future.

The rest of the people followed him to visit the stockade 10 miles away.

Although it is a distance of 10 miles, the direction is to enter the mountain, that is, to enter the outer layer of Shennongjia.

Every step is very difficult, if it weren't for the guide to follow the stream and find some wild boars and foxes left behind by animal paths, I am afraid that I would not have been able to walk all the way in one day for 10 miles.

Shennongjia is very rich in flora and fauna, and because there are relatively few humans seen, they are not very afraid of humans.

With the naked eye, I saw several kinds of deer that I had never seen outside, and some people even caught glimpses of black bears and leopards in a flash.

Xu Xiake is quick to move, and as long as she finds it, she will record it immediately. Deng Yuhan didn't let it go, and when he saw a strange animal, he immediately sketched and drew his appearance.

Rare creatures such as impala and yellow-throated marten, which were not too few at this time, were discovered and recorded by them by chance.

Wang Hongyu knows that he has brought the right person.

Xu Xiake did not have the opportunity to come to Yunyang and Shennongjia in history, but this time he can stay permanently.

Deng Yuhan can be regarded as an excellent scientist in this field in this era, and he just keeps him by his side, and he can also recruit all kinds of talents from Europe.

Later generations do not count Shennongjia, and there are 69 species of national key protected animals and 78 species of plants in the upper reaches of the river reserve. In the late Ming Dynasty, which has not yet been developed, of course, there will be more.

Just now, Lin Yuanwai and Xu Xiake discussed the future of this place, but in fact, there is definitely no need to develop bamboo and wood according to Lin Yuanwai's suggestions.

The existing forest farms in Yunxian, Zhushan and Zhuxi are enough to support a huge scale of furniture factories. The follow-up reproduction is not a simple and rough expansion, but to reduce costs, improve quality, the brand and high-quality products.

So, there will be no logging here.

Instead, like Xu Xiake suggested, build a scientific research station affiliated with the Southwest United School.

"What is this?"

Turning over the foot of a hill ahead, the scene in front of me suddenly changed.

The group that followed the guide stopped and stared at the rocky spectacle of the jungle.

I saw that there are many waterfalls and streams here, but there is little vegetation on the stone mountain, and it is almost a stone forest formed by a large area of strange stones.

Except for Wang Hongyu and Xu Xiake, everyone else doesn't know what to call them?

"Karst landform ......"

"The karst landform of Yunnan-Guichuan also has ...... here in Shennongjia"

Wang Hongyu and Xu Xiake whispered.