Chapter Ninety-Five: The Mainstay of the Yellow River
Dayu controlled the water and came to the thrilling canyon on the Yellow River "ghost sees sorrow". The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info split out three gates in the canyon: "God Gate", "Ghost Gate" and "Human Gate". And this place is collectively called "Sanmenxia". People say that the gate of God is dangerous, the gate of ghosts is narrow, and the gate of man is a hundred feet above the cliff. Since then, it has become a scenery on the Yellow River.
When Dayu chiseled the "human gate", Beishan Yugong's family rushed to help in the war. There are four generations of Yugong's family, a total of more than ten people, all of whom are strong men, and there is only one little great-grandson, named Xiaoyu, who is a child of seven or eight years old.
All of this family have strength, and they have ancestral experience in digging mountains. Digging mountains and rocks is a natural ability. The work is clean and neat, the various processes are continuously connected, and the operation is like "flowing water". It's a pleasure to do the work.
After the "human gate" was chiseled, Yugong's family said goodbye to Dayu and prepared to go home, but Yugong's little great-grandson Xiaoyu was attracted by Dayu's team and insisted on staying, and Dayu's other four middle brothers were together, and followed Dayu to control the flood.
Dayu also loves Xiaoyu, so Dayu has a little fool brother in the team of Dayu's water control. This little fool, who looks rough and cooing, has a square head and big ears, a round figure, like an "axle", is born with infinite strength, and can easily lift three or five hundred pounds of big stones at the age of seven or eight.
Before Xiaoyu came, Shennongzi had always been angry with Boyi, and he had always wanted to find someone who obeyed his orders, but Pythagorean and Jiuzhang refused to accept him. This came back a little fool, Shennongzi was overjoyed, and thought in his heart: "Finally, there is a person who can be at his mercy." So he stepped forward, patted Xiao Yu on the shoulder, and said enthusiastically: "Brother Xiao Yu, we will be our own family in the future, and you will listen to me as an elder brother in the future." Follow me, I won't let you suffer. ”
Shennongzi wants to show off his skills in front of Xiaoyu, so that Xiaoyu will not dare to underestimate himself in the future. So he said to Xiaoyu: "Brother Xiaoyu, today I want you to see your brother's ability and open your eyes." With that, he pulled out of his stance, jumped up high, and caught a backflip in mid-air, and then fell to the ground. As soon as his feet stepped on the ground, the whole person disappeared.
was only frightened and stunned, and his eyes widened and he looked carefully at the place where Shennongzi fell. At this time, I felt a cool breeze blowing from the back of my neck, and I was suddenly creepy. suddenly turned around and saw that it was Shennongzi blowing wind on his neck.
Xiao Yu was puzzled, reached out and subconsciously touched his neck, and scratched his head again. Shennongzi smiled at him wryly, and said: "This is just a small trick, my brother's skills are great, and my brother will not lose anything with me in the future." ”
Xiao Yu was so impressed that he almost threw himself to the ground, chattered repeatedly, and hurriedly said: "I still rely on my brother to take care of me." ”
Shennongzi patted Xiaoyu's shoulder with a big smile and said, "Brother, don't worry, my brother will take care of you." ”
Boyi, Pythagorean, and Jiuzhang watched from the sidelines, and they were all sneering at Shennongzai. And Shennongzi pretended not to see it, and didn't care about the disdain of the three of them. Still hooked up with Xiaoyu and said this and that.
In addition, after the "Sanmenxia" was dug above the Yellow River, the flood water in the upper reaches that had been tied up smoothly passed through the "Sanmenxia" and vented down. However, when it reached the front, it encountered a "river mountain", blocking the way of the river. This river mountain stands in the center of the river, and the river channel, which was not wide, is occupied by this river mountain. The river flows here, wandering, agitating, struggling to bypass the "Hexin Mountain", roaring out from the narrow waterways of the gorges on both sides of the mountain. The white waves in the canyon are rough, the water mist is filled, the water potential cannot be seen, and the direction cannot be distinguished. Through the mist, look at the "river mountain". I saw it rise from the Yellow River in a protruding manner, the precipice was towering, the strange rocks were sagging, like a giant beast, roaring in the sky, and like a coiled dragon rushing up from the water of the Yellow River, ready to go to the sky.
Dayu led four heavenly generals, four generals, five little brothers and Tu Jiao's mother and son from the "Sanmenxia" down. When I came to this "river mountain" to take a look, I couldn't help but feel a palpitation. Deeply shocked, he gasped. Never before has I seen such a thrilling scene since the flood was controlled. Dayu stood on the bank of the Yellow River, his eyes staring at the "River Heart Mountain", for a long time, thinking in his heart. But how to govern this Hexin Mountain and how to govern it, Dayu's heart couldn't come up with a definite plan for a while.
Bo Yi saw that Dayu thought for a long time, and without saying a word, he stepped forward and said: "Brother Dayu, I think this mountain in the middle of the river is a roadblock on the Yellow River, and it must be eradicated." ”
Pythagorean also stepped forward and said: "This mountain in the middle of the river is a stumbling block to the Yellow River, and if you want to make the river unblocked, you have to move it." ”
Chapter 9 said to himself: "But it is in the middle of the river, the construction is difficult, there is nowhere to settle, nowhere to start, it is difficult, it is difficult." He shook his head as he spoke.
Shennongzai stepped forward and said: "Brother Dayu, I know how to escape from the earth, I can walk underground, Xiaoyu is in good health, has strength, and has the ability to dig mountains, you say how to do it, I will take Xiaoyu with me, we are not afraid of difficulties." ”
Dayu shook his hand to the little brothers and said, "I know the opinions of the brothers, everyone stand aside for the time being, and wait for me to think about it." After that, he stopped speaking, stared at the mountain in the middle of the river, and thought about various plans in his heart, and stood on the edge of the Yellow River until dark, and did not come up with a good idea.
Dayu was thinking about eating, lying in the cave where he was camping, he couldn't sleep at night, he turned around, and his mind was combing through various plans for governing "Hexin Mountain" over and over again.
Dayu was just about to close his eyes, and in a trance, he saw a beam of sunlight coming in from the mouth of the cave, and the cave suddenly brightened, as if it was daytime. Then an auspicious cloud floated in from the entrance of the cave, and I saw an old fairy standing on the auspicious cloud, with a white beard and white hair, dressed in hemp clothes, holding a white whisk in his hand, and his face was full of red light. Dayu fixed his eyes and saw that the old fairy was none other than his teacher Huaxiazi.
Dayu hurriedly got up, walked a few steps, came to the front of Teacher Huaxiazi, knelt down and kowtowed to the teacher. After kowtowing, he stood up, grabbed Teacher Hua Xiazi's hands, and asked with joy on his face: "The teacher has always been good? I don't know where the teacher came from today? I haven't seen you for many years, but I miss the student to death." ”
Teacher Hua Xiazi was also full of smiles, took Dayu's hand, and said, "Good, good." I miss you too, I promised you that when you are in trouble, I will come, isn't this coming today!"
Dayu said: "The teacher is worthy of being a fairy, and the students are worried about the management of the 'Hexin Mountain' on the Yellow River. It's almost to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat, and the teacher came in time to do it this time. ”
Teacher Hua Xia Zi asked, "What's the problem?" ”
Dayu said: "I just chiseled out the 'Sanmenxia', and now I have encountered this 'Hexin Mountain' standing in the middle of the river. When I saw the 'River Mountain' for the first time, my heart moved, and it seemed that I felt a huge spirit in it, which inspired and inspired people's hearts. It's exciting, and it's uplifting. But I can't tell what it is. I want to chisel this 'river mountain' from the Yellow River, but I feel reluctant. For a while, I had a lot of thoughts and couldn't make up my mind. ”
Teacher Hua Xia Zi said: "You said that the 'Hexin Mountain' in the middle of the Yellow River seems to symbolize a spirit. In my opinion, that is the national spirit of the descendants of Yan and Huang, and the group spirit of people like you who have pursuits, ambitions, and the courage to take responsibility. It is like the backbone of the Chinese nation.
Look at the 'Hexin Mountain', for thousands of years, whether it is the invasion of storms and rains, not the erosion of stormy waves, just like the 'mainstay', standing majestically in the waves of the Yellow River, like a dragon, like a tiger, strong and fearless. Isn't this the indomitable national spirit of the Chinese nation's courageous struggle? Isn't it the selfless, fearless, and enterprising heroic spirit of the backbone of a nation like you?"
Dayu said: "Listening to the teacher say this, I finally understood, it turns out that the spirit that I can't understand is the national spirit of our descendants of Yan and Huang!"
Teacher Huaxiazi said: "If a nation wants to survive, develop and progress, the national spirit is indispensable, and it must not be lost and forgotten. ”
Dayu asked again: "Teacher, then how should I govern this 'Hexin Mountain'?"
Teacher Hua Xia Zi said: "You want to preserve this 'Hexin Mountain' to warn future generations not to lose the national spirit." However, from the perspective of water control, this 'Hexin Mountain' must be chiseled, in this case, you can adopt a philosophical approach, which is to chisel away all the excess parts around the 'Hexin Mountain' that hinder the flow of water, and retain the core 'mainstay' part of it, so that it still stands in the Yellow River. In this way, it not only controls the water, but also leaves the 'mainstay' of the Yellow River, leaving a spiritual legacy for future generations, isn't it the best of both worlds. ”
Dayu was overjoyed when he heard it and said: "Thank you for the teacher's guidance, like seeing the blue sky through the clouds, the students' hearts suddenly brightened." ”
Teacher Hua Xiazi said: "Your doubts are lifted, and I should also go." With that, he turned around and walked away.
Dayu saw that the teacher was coming and going in a hurry, and wanted to ask the teacher to stay for a while. So he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but he stumbled under his feet, stumbled, startled, and woke up in a flash, but it turned out to be a dream.
Dayu turned over and sat up, rubbed his eyes, calmed down, and carefully recalled the scene in the dream just now, vividly in his mind, as if it had just happened. Every word of Teacher Huaxiazi, Dayu remembered it in his heart.
The problem that plagued Dayu was finally solved, and a stone in Dayu's heart fell to the ground. Thinking that this plan would be implemented tomorrow, I fell asleep peacefully.
In his sleep, Dayu suddenly felt that he was riding a light boat, out of the "Sanmenxia", down the river, in the turbulent torrent, rushing forward. Dayu held a penny, standing on the bow of the boat, and the boat was sinking and floating on the cusp of the storm. Suddenly, a "mainstay" appeared in the middle of the river in front of me, facing the waves and forging ahead in the waves.
Just when Dayu's boat was about to approach the "mainstay", Dayu was shocked by the scene in front of him and was at a loss for a while.
At this critical moment, I heard a roar from the "mainstay": "Come to me!" Dayu simply propped up the penny boat and hit the "mainstay" directly. At the moment when the boat was about to collide with the "mainstay", the wave backwater in front of the "pillar" just pushed the boat to the river next to it, avoiding the reef of Mingdao and going down the river. Looking back, I saw that the "mainstay" had fallen far behind the boat.
Dayu put his hand on his chest and wanted to breathe a sigh, but he couldn't breathe, so he screamed "Oops!" and woke up. It turned out to be another dream, and one hand pressed against his chest and he couldn't breathe.
Dayu opened his eyes and saw that the eastern sky outside the cave had revealed the "white belly of the fish", and it was dawn. Dayu stiffened a carp, turned over and got out of bed, walked out of the cave, and breathed the fresh air floating over the Yellow River to his heart's content.
After a while, everyone got up one after another, walked out, and saw Dayu standing in the open space in front of the cave to breathe fresh air, so they all gathered towards Dayu. Dayu told everyone about the two dreams he had at night.
After hearing this, Bo Yi said: "Brother Dayu is thinking about it day and dreaming at night, and dreaming of what Huaxiazi said in his dream is his own thoughts that linger in his heart during the day. The 'mainstay' is also a subconscious that already exists in the bottom of the heart. It's just that I haven't shown it all the time, so I said it through the teacher's mouth in a dream. That 'come to me' is also the revelation that Brother Dayu got from examining 'Hexin Mountain' in the past few days, and demonstrated it in his sleep. ”
Shennongzi said: "What Boyi said is not right, it must be Brother Dayu's fairy teacher who came to give Brother Dayu a dream, what the gods do, how can Boyi understand?"
Pythagorean said: "Whether it is the idea of Teacher Huaxiazi or Brother Dayu's own idea, it is a good idea anyway, it is good to get rid of the excess and leave the core." ”
Chapter 9 said: "This can not only dredge the Yellow River, but also leave a 'mainstay', which is labor-saving, time-saving, and meaningful, and is the best solution." ”
Xiaoyu said: "I just joined the team, and I can't say anything, I will dig the mountain, and I have the strength, so leave the job of digging the mountain to me!"
Chang Xin, Zhu Hai, Xuan Gong, and Huang Ge all said: "To chisel out this 'mainstay' to symbolize the national spirit of our descendants of Yan and Huang, we must all devote ourselves to it, have a point of heat, send a point of light, and contribute our strength." ”
The four generals said together: "Since the 'mainstay' has such significance, we and the other four generals will also participate in the war and contribute to the Chinese nation." ”
Dayu said: "Since everyone is in favor of leaving the 'mainstay' plan, then it is decided." I will dig it myself with the axe of the mountain. Xiao Yu gave me a hand to dig up the stone stubble left on the riverbed, Boyi and other four little brothers used earth baskets to load gravel, and the four heavenly generals and four generals were responsible for transporting the gravel out. ”
Then he shouted into the air: "Where is Ying Long?"
Ying Long replied: "Ying Long is here, I don't know what Xia Bo commands?"
Dayu instructed: "Ying Long, today I will chisel the 'Hexin Mountain' in the Yellow River into the 'mainstay' of the Yellow River, you have to help me intercept the Yellow River, so that the 'Hexin Mountain' is exposed from the water for construction, can you do it?"
Ying Long replied: "Xia Bo rest assured, there is no problem, for Ying Long, this is a piece of cake." Ying Long said as he flew towards the Yellow River.
Dayu and his entourage also followed Ying Long to the edge of the Yellow River, only to see Ying Long circling around the river, stretching his waist, and immediately grew to a length of 100 zhang, three or five zhang thick. Then it was connected end to end, forming a large circle, falling downward, surrounding the 'Hexin Mountain', like a closed round iron cylinder, enclosing the 'Hexin Mountain', blocking the rolling waves in the Yellow River out of the circle. Between the dragon body and the 'Hexin Mountain', there is more than a zhang of room for width, leaving enough space for Dayu to chisel the 'mainstay'. Then he turned around and sucked up the water in the middle, leaving not a drop left, so that the 'Hexin Mountain' was exposed from the riverbed of the Yellow River.
Dayu led everyone to stand on the shore and saw Ying Long's continuous movements, all in one go, clean and neat, and couldn't help but shout in unison, "Okay!"
Ying Long listened to the applause of the crowd, and his heart was happy, and he said: "Little trick, it's ugly, hehe." ”
Dayu carried the Yellow Emperor's mixed yuan gong and jumped onto the water. Stepping on the waves, clicking, clicking, clicking, three steps and five steps onto the 'River Heart Mountain', and then along the root of the mountain to check the surroundings.
A few little brothers will not tread the water, are blocked by the river on the riverbank, the four members of the sky will be a person to hold a little brother, all sent them to the 'river mountain', only Shennongzi did not need the help of the general, only to see him stomp his feet, then escaped into the ground, not long after, from the ' At the foot of Hexin Mountain, he drilled out of the ground, and happened to have a face-to-face with Xiao Yu, which scared Xiao Yu a lot, thinking that there was some monster drilled out of the ground, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be Brother Shennongzai, and he couldn't help but admire Shennongzi even more from his heart, and said: "Brother Shennongzai, it's really amazing, he can actually know the spell of the gods." ”
Shennongzi puffed up his chest and said, "Brother, am I originally a fairy!"
Xiaoyu pleaded: "Does my brother have time to teach my brother a few hands?"
Shennongzi said with a big grin: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!"
The four heavenly generals and the four generals will discuss together, and everyone will form a conveyor chain for transporting waste rock. The four little brothers put the gravel chiseled by Dayu and Xiaoyu into the earthen basket of the earth, and then passed to the heavenly generals by the Xuangong and Huang Ge who stood in the circle, and the four heavenly generals stood in a line in mid-air, across the Yellow River, like a bridge over the Yellow River. Gengchen took the earthen basket and passed it to Xuanyu, who passed it to Kong Lu, who passed it to Dazhang, who then passed it to Changxin standing on the bank of the Yellow River, and Changxin passed it to Zhuhai, and finally Zhuhai threw the waste rock into the valley. Everyone catches the basket with their right hand and passes the empty basket back with their left hand. Turning tedious labor into a game is as fun as making a game, which not only improves labor efficiency, but is not boring.
Dayu held the mountain god axe, used the "dragon thirty-six axes", around the heart of the river mountain axe one axe after axe to split, the axe flashed, the rocks flew, click, the sound of the clatter of the stone is endless, a piece of large and small mountain rock was split down.
Xiao Yu followed behind Dayu, and used the pickaxe to scrape the stone stubble left in the lower part, and a pickaxe was like a rotating wheel, and the stone stubble was planed down by sticking to the roots.
The four little brothers Boyi, Pythagorean, Jiuzhang, and Shennongzai concentrated on loading gravel into the earthen basket, and when they encountered large boulders, they directly passed them to Xuangong and Huang Ge. The whole chain runs continuously, like flowing water, which is pleasing to the eye.
Dayu's move to chisel the "mainstay" of the Yellow River alarmed the nearby mountain gods, water gods and various gods and fairies. They all came to the front to watch. Some stand in the clouds, some on the cliffs. Some hid behind rocks, others in the bushes. One by one, they stared at each other, big and small, looking here from all directions. Some admire, some praise, some frightened, some curse, and some just join in the fun.
The four heavenly generals, the four generals, and the four little brothers have long been accustomed to this kind of situation, and they don't think it's strange, just bury their heads in work, only the little fool saw this scene for the first time, was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Shennongzai, look, there are monsters outside." ”
Shennongzai said: "Little foolish brother, don't pay attention to them, with my brother here, they don't dare to do anything to you, you can rest assured that you can work." ”
Xiao Yu withdrew his eyes in disbelief and continued to dig the mountain.
From sunrise to sunset, the "mainstay" of the Yellow River was finally chiseled. Dayu collected his strength, put away the axe of the mountain, Xiaoyu cleaned up the last stone stubble, and the little brothers and the four heavenly generals and the four generals also passed the last basket of gravel. They all returned to the bank of the Yellow River, and then saw Ying Long jump out of the Yellow River with a "poof", and the flood waves of the Yellow River rushed to the mainstay with a "whoosh", and the mainstay stood majestically and was as stable as Mount Tai.
Then the crowd looked at the "mainstay". I saw a huge cylinder pulling out of the water, ten zhang high, ten zhang thick, the upper end of the pillar was flat like a stone, and the foundation of the column was deeply rooted in the bottom of the water. The shape of the whole pillar, simple and natural, majestic atmosphere, solemn and solemn, impact the vision, shock the soul, it is really a "Zhenhe God Pillar".
Later generations have poems to praise and say: The lonely peak floats on the surface, a pillar nails the heart of the wave, withstands the danger of three doors, the root is nine bends deep, the pillar is abrupt, and it is up and down.
For thousands of years, this "mainstay" has stood majestically in the waves of the Yellow River, holding the waves of the Yellow River and turning the tide. It is the symbol of the spirit of the Chinese nation.
"The mainstay" is also called "Come to me". After the ship sailed through the "Sanmenxia", it was about to rush straight towards the "mainstay". Just as it was about to collide with the pillar, the undercurrent in front of the pillar backwatered and pushed the boat to the safe waterway next to it, avoiding Ming Island and the reef, and sailing out of the canyon smoothly.