Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 98
"Yuanfeng is the reign name of Song Shenzong, and Shaosheng is the reign name of Song Zhezong..." Wang Manyin is very fond of these reign names.

"Has our generation in Guanzi Village ever fought a war? How could there be a mass grave?"

"Of course it was fought. Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, the former Xixian area was always the front line of the war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia. Hundreds of wars, large and small, took place. The Wuding River in Mijia Town was even worse in history. There are many bones, and millions of corpses are buried."

Since written records, the Wuding River Basin has always been the forefront of the conflict between nomads and farming civilizations.

From Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties, one tragic story after another took place in this land, and the fighting almost never stopped.On the mountain outside Mijia Town, Wang Manyin also saw the dilapidated Great Wall and the remains of the Beacon Tower.

"I know this, 'Poor bones by the Wuding River, still a person in a spring girl's dream'." Shang Zhimin immediately shook his head and memorized ancient poems, explaining that he was not ignorant.

Wang Lianshun said impatiently: "It's useful to talk about it. The key point is that this place is a mass grave. What should we do? Should we still dig?"

According to Xie Gong's plan, a flood discharge channel will be built here.Now that so many bones have been dug up, do you want to modify the location of the flood discharge channel?

The custom on the Loess Plateau is to burrow into the ground for safety, and generally the graves of the dead will not be touched.After all, the tradition of thousands of years cannot be changed in a while.

What's more, this place looks fierce.

"What are you going to do, what piece of loess does not bury people, and the living can let the dead block the way! Dig them all for me... throw them all in the ditch next to them and bury them." Quickly gave the order.

Then, he jumped into the pit first.

Hearing what he said, Wang Lianshun moved his mouth and did not raise any objections.If I continue to say it myself, I guess I will make a mistake.

Wang Manyin didn't do anything, if it was in later generations, maybe he would deal with it differently.Now the conditions are limited, that's the only way to go.

But what Wang Yanqiang said is correct, there is no reason for the living to let the dead stand in the way.

Several educated youths were full of fighting spirit, holding shovels and rakes, followed by jumping into the pit to start working.

This place was originally the bottom of a ditch, and it was often eroded by floods in summer. Over the past thousand years, the bones have been rotten.Once the nails are raked down, they will all become broken bones and scum, and even the whole root cannot be pieced together.

Someone took the lead, and members of the commune joined in twos and threes, and baskets of bones, dregs, and loess were carried out.

As for the copper coins and other things dug up, they were all picked out, and what everyone dug up belonged to everyone... The amazing thing is that no one said they were afraid now.

"Manyin, do you accept copper coins at the consignment point here?" a member asked.

"Accept, why not accept?!" Wang Manyin also answered very simply.

After all, how many copper coins in the hands of collectors in later generations are family heirlooms? 90.00% are dug out of the soil, but just changed hands.

As the mass graves were completely dug up, more and more things were dug up. There were hundreds of copper coins alone. If you sell scrap copper, it can be worth two or three yuan.

There are also pottery pots, broken pottery pieces... These are worthless, and they are things used by dead people, and no one cares, they are all thrown aside.

Wang Manyin was lucky, in addition to a dozen copper coins, he also found a stone seal.After cleaning up the soil on it, I can barely make out the characters in seal script, engraved with "Wang Clam's seal".

As for who the specific opponent is, he doesn't know.

However, those who could use seals in ancient times did not belong to ordinary people.Save it to future generations, at least up to a thousand years.

After watching with the members for a while, Wang Yanqiang called Wang Manyin and others to unload the stones.

***
After breakfast, Wang Manyin went to the village early to join Wang Yanqiang.

The two took rhubarb and headed towards Langwo Mountain again.

For this operation, Wang Yanqiang was very well prepared and deliberately carried two guns at home on his back.A rifle, ready to deal with wolves later.The other is an earth gun, filled with gunpowder and iron sand, which can shoot out a large area, which is more effective against small prey.

When they arrived, Wang Manyin directly led the opponent into the pit and cliff ditch.After walking forward for a certain distance, he pointed to a pile of gray and white feces in the wormwood.

"You read that right, it must be wolf dung. There are so many... There should be wolf dens nearby," Wang Yanqiang nodded after reading it, completely agreeing with Wang Manyin's deduction.

Wolf dung and dog dung look similar in shape, but the difference is also very obvious.The wolf dung turned white after drying, with some animal hair on it, and half of the dog dung was black.

That large pile of dry wolf dung at least shows that wild wolves have lived here for a long time.

"Let's drop the 'little bomb'?" Wang Manyin said and took out a jar.

Although the power of the small bomb is not as powerful as the detonator, it should not be underestimated.So he was careful along the way, for fear that it would explode if it bumped.

"Well, let's let them all out and come back when we hear the sound."

Although Wang Yanqiang was carrying two guns, he had no hope.

Wolves are not stupid, they will watch people order food.If you meet a child in the mountains, you will naturally sneak up close and launch an attack.

If you encounter an adult, there is a high probability that you will hide quietly.

What's more, the current environment is too restrictive, and small bombs are easy to use.But in a few days, the weather will completely warm up, and the lard wrapped outside will melt and cannot be used.

In this way, the two threw a "small bomb" every 30 meters.In addition to blasting wolves, this thing can also make noise when people step on it... In order to prevent accidental injury, the two also specially made obvious signs nearby one by one.

The whole cliff ditch is winding and almost 500 meters long.During the period, several pheasants and hares were found. Rhubarb just wanted to chase them out, but was stopped by Wang Manyin.

There are too many pits in the wormwood, if the dirt dog falls into it, it will be a serious injury if it does not die.

When they reached the middle of the cliff, they suddenly saw several fresh wolf dung, and there were still bones left over from the gnawing.

After sniffing for a while, Rhubarb rushed to a dark pit and roared in a low voice.

Obviously, the wolf is most likely hiding inside.

Wang Manyin was very grateful again: Fortunately, he stopped a few educated youths and didn't let them go deep into the cave to explore.If you encounter wild wolves inside, the consequences will be disastrous.

Seeing that Wang Manyin remained silent, Wang Yanqiang thought he was tempted, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Manyin, let's not go down. The situation in the cave is unknown, and accidents are easy to happen."

"Yes," Wang Manyin nodded repeatedly.

He was also afraid that his rhubarb would be injured, as long as the wild wolf was still hiding in the cliff ditch, sooner or later they would find the bait.

When the bait is finished, it is almost the end.

The two exited the cliff ditch from the other end.

"Let's go, take the rhubarb and see if we can get some rabbits and pheasants. Let's have a tooth-beating sacrifice at noon." Wang Yanqiang relaxed after finishing the business.

He is very envious of rhubarb's ability, and has never seen such a spiritual dog.With this guy around, finding a small prey shouldn't be a problem.

Wang Manyin had this intention, and immediately led Rhubarb to open the way ahead.As soon as he turned over a hill, this guy's movements were wrong, his body was bowed, and he let out a low whimper.

Wang Manyin was naturally familiar with Rhubarb's actions, and immediately reminded him: "Uncle Yanqiang, get ready, there may be prey ahead!"

Hearing this, Wang Yanqiang raised the soil gun that had been loaded earlier.

The next moment, a gray figure sprang out from the grass in front of him.

Wang Yanqiang took aim, then put it down again.

In a blink of an eye, the hare disappeared into the jujube thorn bush.

"What's the matter, why don't you fight?" Wang Manyin asked puzzled.

"It's female. Female rabbits can't be beaten in spring," Wang Yanqiang explained.

This should be the most simple concept of animal protection for hunters on the Loess Plateau. They know that if the pond is exhausted, there will be no fish next year.

However, Wang Yanqiang is good enough to separate the male and female hares at a distance of seven or eight meters. Wang Manyin is not capable of this.

Soon, another pheasant came across.

This time Wang Yanqiang was not relentless, he raised his gun to aim, pulled the trigger, and succeeded in one go.

bah...

The guy fluttered a few times and fell into the grass.

Wang Manyin rushed to the front immediately, directly twisted the pheasant's neck, and gave the other party a good time.

Wang Yanqiang was very proud of his marksmanship, he held it up and said, "Man Yin, do you want to try it?"

Although Wang Manyin was a little moved, he finally shook his head: "Forget it, I heard that this thing is quite dangerous."

"It's okay, I'll help you load the medicine, and I promise there will be no problems."

Wang Manyin still refused.He only lives once, and he doesn't want to touch unsafe things.Especially the earthen guns produced by this kind of earthen workshop, there are not a few people who are blinded by jumping.

"Sunshine!" Wang Yanqiang could only shake his head.

He felt that this guy was a bit difficult to understand. He obviously looked like a hero and did things that suited his own taste, but he was cowardly in some things.

The two continued to search, and encountered a male hare during the period. Unfortunately, Wang Yanqiang raised his gun too late, and the other party ran away.

Seeing that the sun above their heads was almost noon, they simply found a leeward place, separated by a bundle of dried lemon sticks, and started to barbecue.

The pheasant is cooked, half of each person, and the remaining bones are thrown to rhubarb.

Eating dry food and drinking cold water filled my stomach.

After eating and resting for a while, the two continued to wander around and finally shot a male hare.

After a while, they stepped into the cliff ditch again.

Follow the marks and look for them one by one.

No, still no.

Even after searching seven or eight places, it was still empty.

Suddenly, there was the sound of buzzing flies on the grass not far in front, and Rhubarb immediately let out a low growl.

With joy on their faces, they couldn't help but quicken their pace.Sure enough, there was a bloody scene where the small bomb was dropped.But when they saw the prey, the faces of the two changed to disappointment again.

Not an imaginary wild wolf, but a fat wild cat.

The appearance of this animal is very similar to that of a domestic cat, except that the ears are slightly longer, and it is often seen in the Loess Plateau.

But this guy looks a bit miserable, his head was half blown off, and he couldn't die anymore.

"Okay, we're not empty-handed, the leather of this thing is worth a dollar or two..." Although Wang Yanqiang was a little disappointed, he still comforted him.

On the contrary, Rhubarb's reaction was a bit strange. After sniffing, this guy suddenly lowered his body and walked towards a nearby cliff.

"There are still situations, let's go and have a look." Wang Yanqiang immediately grabbed the butt of the gun.

(End of this chapter)