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Chapter 18 The Rules of Putting Mountains

The history of ginseng mining in Changbai Mountain can be traced back to the period of Jurchen or Bohai Kingdom.

At that time, ginseng was a tribute to the Central Plains dynasty by the ethnic minorities in Northeast China, which shows its value.

Hundreds of thousands of years of development, countless ancestors who shuttled back and forth in the deep mountains and old forests to find ginseng, left behind a lot of experience and rules.

In the past, there were special ginseng gangs, who pointed to the mountains to dig ginseng to live. These people went into the mountains in spring and went out before the snow fell.

According to the different seasons of ginseng growth, the season of releasing the mountain can be divided into Yacao City, Qingcao City, Leek Flower Market, Xiaojiabianer City, Dajiabianer City, Qinghamtou City, Honghamtou City, and Huangluosan.

Among them, it is easiest to count Red Hammer City.

At this time, the ginseng seeds are ripe, and the bright red clusters are swaying in the wind, as if they are waving to people.

A little red in the green bushes is the most conspicuous.

Therefore, most people will rush into the mountain at this time.

I hope to meet a big tree in the vast forest, dig it back and sell it for a good price, and improve my life.

Xu Shiyan carried his bags on his back and traveled through the forest, all the way to the vicinity of the Immortal Cave.

He was alone, and he didn't plan to go too far, so he designated this place with a radius of more than ten miles as a mountain farm.

Let the mountain people enter the mountain, the first thing is to worship the old man of the mountain god.

Use three stones, two vertical and one horizontal to build the "Lord's Mansion", which is the temple of the old man of the mountain god.

Put three twigs in front of the old man's mansion instead of incense, kneel down and pray for the god of the mountain to bless you and make you rich.

After worshiping the mountain god, you have to choose a hillside facing the wind and facing the sun, and build a hut, which is the shack where the mountain people live.

First cut three wooden poles with a fast axe, and then pick up some soft bark of poplar and elm to tie the wooden poles to support a tripod.

The whole piece of birch bark was peeled off from the birch tree, and the top was covered with thatch to prevent rain, and the inside was covered with hay and animal skins to prevent moisture.

After the ground is set up, we have to cut some dry firewood around.

The night in Changbai Mountain is very cool, and there are many wild animals. A fire can be used to keep warm, drive away mosquitoes, prevent wild animals, and guide the lost people.

The placement of the firewood is also particular, and it must be followed, which means smooth.

After finishing these tasks, most of the day passed, so I lit a fire to boil water, ate and rested.

After breakfast the next morning, we began to let the mountains officially go, also known as pressing the mountains, opening the mountains, pressing the scorpion, and samumcao.

If you enter the mountain in groups and there are many people, everyone should stand together and shout in unison before pressing down on the mountain. The purpose is to scare away the wild animals, which is also called Huangshan.

Xu Shiyan was alone, and relying on the fact that this place was not too far from the big house, and there were not many wild animals, he saved the Huangshan Mountain, and directly left the shack to wander around the mountain with a Suobao stick in his hand.

Suobao stick, also called Suobo stick, is a six-foot-long wooden stick with a red string tied to the top, and copper coins tied to both ends of the red string.

The vegetation is lush in the forest, and I don't know what is hidden in the grass.

The Fangshan people hold Suobao sticks in their hands, and as they walk, they use the sticks to poke the bushes and tree trunks to scare away snakes or other small animals hiding in them.

At the same time, you can also poke weeds and find ginseng.

Every time you walk a certain distance, you have to "beat the kidnapper", that is, break the twig at ninety degrees to use it as a mark, indicating that this place has already been passed.

It is not easy to walk around in the mountains. You can't talk, and you can't shout when you see anything.

Xu Shiyan went into the mountain alone, which saved some trouble.

I walked around slowly, my eyes kept wandering in the grass, not letting go of every inch of land, every flower and plant.

When you are tired, you can "take a squat", that is, rest, when you are hungry, you can "take a meal", that is, eat, and when you are addicted to smoking, you can "take a fire".

"Na" means auspicious and smooth in Manchu, and it's all about getting big ginseng.

Xu Shiyan wandered around the mountains for a day, but he didn't "open his eyes", so he had to go back to the cave to rest.

It is not uncommon for the mountain people to go into the mountain for a few days without "opening their eyes". Xu Shiyan was not discouraged, and proceeded to cook, cook and sleep step by step.

It's just that at night, there was a faint howling of wolves in the distance, and Xu Shiyan didn't sleep well.

It started to rain in the middle of the night, and although it stopped raining in the morning, the temperature was very low.Xu Shiyan changed into a ragged leather jacket and ripped leather pants, and then put on a raincoat.

The leather jacket and leather trousers were all found by Mrs. Li for him. When he was young, Old Li often went to the mountains to release mountains. Now he is old enough to see ginseng on the mountains. These things are kept at home.

Hearing that Xu Shiyan said that he wanted to go into the mountains, Mrs. Li took out all the old man's household belongings and gave them to Xu Shiyan.

It had just rained, and the leaves and grass were covered with crystal raindrops. When the wind blew it down, it was another light rain.

Xu Shiyan was wearing a leather jacket, leather pants, and a raincoat, but he wasn't afraid. He still held a rope stick in his hand and wandered in another direction.

After walking for half an afternoon, my eyes suddenly brightened, and a little red stood out among the green leaves in front of me.

Xu Shiyan walked over quickly and came to the front, carefully looked at it, and it really was a small ginseng seed.

Looking down along the ginseng seeds, four palm-shaped compound leaves grow on the purple-black stems.

Ginseng, according to different growth years and different biological characteristics of different years, can be divided into "three flowers", "slap palm", "two Jiazi", "dengtaizi", "four leaves", "five leaves" from small to large. ", "Six leaves".

If it is garden ginseng, it can grow to five or six leaves in the six-year growth period.

However, the growth cycle of wild ginseng is very long, and each stage takes several years or decades, especially the last few stages, and it is possible to grow one more leaf after hundreds of years.

That is to say, seeing the leaves of ginseng, the more leaves, the bigger and more valuable the ginseng may be.

Generally, five leaves can produce big goods, and six leaves can keep big ones.

Four leaves, that is, four leaves, the ginseng underneath will not be very big.

Going into the mountains to open your eyes and meeting four leaves is actually unlucky in the eyes of many people.

Xu Shiyan stared at the ginseng tree for a while, and then called out, "The club."

This is called Shouting Mountain. According to legend, ginseng can run when it becomes a spirit. When it meets a ginseng, it shouts a club, and the ginseng froze in fright and stopped.

"How many leaves?" If there are many people coming, other people will ask after hearing it. This is called Jieshan.

"Maul, do you want to take it?" This is to say the size of the ginseng, and then ask whether to dig it.

Fourth, it sounds the same as death, and has a bad meaning, so most people don't say it directly when they meet Sipiye, they just say stick, and the other party understands it.

"Take it." Xu Shiyan hesitated, but decided to dig.

Alone, the procedures that should be followed have to be followed, so I did all the work of shouting mountains and mountains.

Decided to dig this ginseng tree, first took out a red rope tied with copper coins, which is the mallet lock, and locked the mallet.

Wrap the red thread of the mallet lock on the ginseng stalks, and put the copper coins at both ends on the Sobao sticks or branches that have been inserted into the ground to prevent the mallet from escaping.

Ginseng is a plant, so it will not run away naturally.

This is mainly due to the complex terrain with high mountains and dense forests, the mixture of ginseng and grass is difficult to distinguish, and it is easy to miss without marking.

The mallet is locked with a red rope, which is very conspicuous in a piece of green, making it easy for people to lock the target.

(End of this chapter)