Qinling, Meridian Road, Yangquanyi

Day and night, day and night rotation.

When Yue watched the tide, they passed through the plank road in the cave, and when they came out again, they had already reached the end of the meridian road, and they looked ahead in the morning blue light, and the huge pass, shaped like a convex giant building, stood in front of the mountain gate!

Yue Guanchao carefully observed, their location is only ten miles away from the foot of the mountain, and a few miles more than a few miles to enter the Hanzhong Basin, the stone fence on the side of the hillside is thick and solid, and the wooden beams under the pallet support the entire plank road, and there is a sea of clouds rushing outside.

"Let's stop for now, I want to stand on the castle tower and take a few pictures, this kind of beauty is so rare."

Seeing her say the first word, Yue Guanchao hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then stopped the carriage.

Climbing the stairs and standing in front of the building, Song Siyuan lay on the side of the battlement and said: "There are many passes like this in the meridian road, and in ancient times it was the pass point for the generals to defend the plank road. ”

After finishing speaking, Song Siyuan looked at the railing and looked at the Hanzhong Basin under the pass!

At this moment, it is already the red sun about to rise, and the pass where they are just looking at the basin in front of them, only to see the galloping cirrus clouds gathered into a group by the high mountains on both sides, and the entire Hanzhong basin is like a shrouded mist, reflecting a golden and red brilliant glow, and several rivers are gradually melting, and the ice is shining, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

When everyone saw this beautiful scenery, they breathed the mountain breeze containing dew, and most of the fatigue of traveling day and night was dissipated.

Song Siyuan picked up the camera and took pictures of the golden light and sea of clouds, and under the pass was the Rushing Waterfall, the turbulent water rushed into the river, and poured into the downstream of the mountain peak and fell into the sea of clouds.

Song Siyuan finished taking photos of the pass, Yue Guanchao they increased their horsepower, and crossed the Meridian River stone bridge, and came to the Yangquan Station by the river, if the Hanzhong Basin is compared to a flat gourd, then the Yangquan Station is located in the location of the gourd mouth, here is the first post station to enter the Hanzhong Basin, and it is also a rest post across the Qinling Mountains!

Pedestrians want to cross thousands of miles of Qinling, it is impossible to do it overnight, even if people can stand the horses can not stand it, in case the horse is tired and dies in the middle of the road, it is really called the sky should not be called the earth, in order to prevent people from being trapped and horses lack of disaster, the convoy horse team that travels between Guanzhong and Sichuan and Shu often has to rest in the Hanzhong Basin in the belly of the Qinling Mountains, feed the horses, let people and horses rest well, and then continue to hurry.

Once they choose to rest, they either go to the official post of Han County at the bottom of the gourd, or the Yangquan post in the mouth of the gourd, one of the two is the official post of the government, and the other is the private post of the people, almost all of which are used for carriage and horse rest, and there is not much difference.

What they want to go to is Yangquanyi on the banks of the Meridian River!

Although this post station is on the plain, it has built a loess mound several meters high, and all the inn mansions are built on rammed earth mounds, just like an old tomb to build a house, which can be seen clearly from afar.

Observe carefully, the area of the soil mountain is not large, only about two or three acres of land size, and the surrounding steep mountains are compared, just a small soil bag, there are crooked stone roads on all sides for up and down, the simple aconite card is erected under the mound, only the rusty iron sheet is embedded with the three big characters of "Yangquanyi", at most there is a gray shop sign hanging on the column head, and there is not even a lantern.

They drove the carriage up the horse slope, and the rammed earth walls of the four sides immediately stood in front of them like castles, looking like a square urn city with a loess brick wall, each courtyard wall was expected to be a tower, and the torches of the night patrol had been extinguished, and the smoke was heavy.

In the center of the courtyard wall, there are two entrances and exits, a huge plaque writes the four words of Yangquan Station, it can be seen that the rivet willow door is opened, and there are carriages stopping by the courtyard wall, these pedestrians put the reins on the Zhuma stone, patting the dust on their bodies, and entering the post station in groups of three or two.

"I didn't expect so many people to stay here, and I thought it was just a small courtyard."

Song Siyuan looked at the courtyard wall, the area of this post station is not small, if you look at it from a distance, it is almost the same size as a small village and town, coupled with the frequent circulation of cars and horses, she was even more surprised.

Tang Baoguan should have been here when he was young, coughing and explaining: "Women, Yangquan Station and Hanxian Station are both resting posts from ancient times to the present, and the Son of Heaven of the Dynasty wants to let the convoy transport goods have to be repaired here, this post station has been renovated many times after thousands of years, and the house furnishings have long been changed, and the courtyard structure is indeed still the shape of this square urn city." ”

For the post station in front of him, Song Siyuan was surprised but also understandable - except for the period of the Great Unification Dynasty, Qinling can be controlled by the imperial court, once the land is juxtaposed, the pass here becomes very important, whether it is the flow of live goods, or the marching attack, most of them have to stay in the Hanzhong Basin, if such a post station is just an ordinary courtyard, it can't prevent the bandits and rogues at all, and only this kind of high-gate compound can resist the swords and firearms of the rogues.

"Let's go, we're not here to fight the horses, just drive the carriage in, and ask the runner to give the horses some good food."