Build a farm from the mountains

Chapter 31 The Legend of the Mountain God's Bench

"Wang Wang."

The two ate two big pancakes, ate some biscuits and drank some water, and ran for a while when it was cold. After waiting for more than 20 minutes, a dog barked in the distance. Wu Meng sat up and said, "Here we come."

"Yeah." Wu Hao curled up and didn't move, so he wouldn't be discovered if he was far away from the mountain road.

He can feel Hou Dabao's pulse accurately, and he knows which way to go.

The hunting dog will not speak easily unless it encounters anything. The barking of the dog today was also caused by the excitement of not going up the mountain for a long time, and it stopped after a while.

The sound of the dog gradually faded away, and the two of them put on their snowshoes and followed slowly, not getting too close, or they would be spotted by the dog.

Let them find their way and follow them safely.

This walk lasted more than five hours, the sky was bright, and I encountered nothing.

"It shouldn't be." Wu Hao frowned. Logically speaking, after traveling so far, even if there were few prey, he should be able to meet a small animal like a rabbit.

Obviously there are footprints, why doesn't the dog in front bark?

Signaling Wu Meng to follow, the two of them quickened their pace, and when they vaguely saw a figure, they found a small slope to observe and finally understood the reason.

"The two of them are tigers!" Wu Meng cursed.

To lead a group of dogs to hunt, you need to understand the terrain of the mountain and the living habits of various prey.

You have to understand how to cooperate with dogs, how to cooperate with knife hunting, how to cooperate with gun hunting, and the most important thing in group hunting is to lead the dog.

In front, Hou Dabao and Hou Laoer were sitting there eating dry food, while the three dogs lay on the side and gnawed something.

There is no leading dog, only what prey can be found by the three newly bought gang dogs.

"It's quite a tiger!" Wu Hao slid down the hillside and took out a big cold pancake to eat.

It is estimated that Hou Dabao's head dog was seriously injured, and he was afraid that others would go first. Anyway, he knew the location, so he didn't need the head dog.

The first person to discover the warehouse was a villager from the south, and it was because of the death that he only heard others mention it.

What kind of nest, the dog died, the person died, and I didn't inquire about it when I went out for a walk when I was recuperating.

Hou Dabao can lead his cousin to prove that he is not stupid, just in case he does not eat alone.

There are two warehouses nearby in one direction, and the other needs to turn a corner, not too far apart.

"Fuck! Those two tigers are forced to sit on the mountain god's bench!"

Wu Hao climbed up quickly, and could vaguely see Hou Dabao and Hou Ming sitting on a tree stump that had been cut down.

"They're going to suffer!"

Wu Hao didn't object or agree after hearing this. Sitting on the "Mountain God" bench is a taboo, and the old Shanren would never sit on it. He is the sixth poison of the new century.

But the legend of "Mountain God" and his bench is real. He heard it from his grandfather.

There are three treasures in the Northeast: ginseng, deer antler, and Song Xiaobao.

These three treasures are really good in everything, and you can chat for three days and three nights with just one of them.

In the Qing Dynasty, the "mountain god" was the protagonist in the Northeast.

Ginseng mainly grows in the Changbai Mountains, and there are ginseng diggers who make a living by picking ginseng, and are called "mountain hunters".

The people who often go to the mountains to the northeast of Daxing'an Mountains to do anything are not all called "mountain releasers" or "mountain drivers".

This word is not wandering around in the mountains.

Because it is really not easy to go to the mountains to collect wild ginseng. It can take a few days or as many as several months. All the pots, pans and ginseng tools have to be taken to the mountains.

Encountering ginseng when going out is nonsense. There are basically no ginseng in Daxing'an Mountains, and it is good luck to meet one in a lifetime.

It has been excavated since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and 80s ginseng in Changbai Mountain is rare.

At the end of autumn, the vegetation is lush, and there are many wild animals in the mountains.

Experienced ginseng pickers have to "take their heads" with them, otherwise they will easily lose their lives if they rush into the mountains.

There is a set of rules for picking ginseng.

From entering the mountains, to searching for ginseng, and then to collecting ginseng, every step is not easy.

In particular, one of the "old gods" must be taken care of.

The first thing before driving up the mountain is to pay homage to the "old man".

There can be many "tops", but there are no more than five "old tops", that is, "mountain gods".

Worship is not just casually bowing and kowtow, the rules are much older...

And the Northeast only recognizes the last one, and this "Mountain God" has a general background and an unusual experience.

During the Qing Dynasty, ordinary people in several provinces such as North China, Central Plains, and Shanxi Province suffered from natural and man-made disasters.

In order to have a mouthful of hot food, I have to go all out to open up wasteland and take root in the sparsely populated and fertile Kanto region.

People from several provinces passed through the Shanhaiguan Pass, and the mountain province later had the largest number of people.

In the past, the Kanto area was the hometown of the Qing Dynasty.

The royal family is not stupid. In order to prevent outsiders from harming Kanto, they sealed off all their hometowns and sent heavy troops to guard them.

The common people show their special skills for a bite of food.

There are too many people who ventured through the pass, and "Crossing through the Guandong" got its name from this.

After these people arrived in Kanto, they didn't start farming directly. At that time, most of the areas were wild lands, and the name "Great Northern Wilderness" did not come out of the air.

It is difficult for everyone to survive without supporting each other, so they have developed a cheerful and hospitable character in the Northeast, and they will help when encountering difficulties, unless there is too much hatred.

At that time, some of them reclaimed farmland, while the other part did what seemed "unserious".

Doing things like picking ginseng, panning for gold, cutting trees, collecting mushrooms and wild fruits, hunting and so on, became "mountain hunters".

Ginseng is a precious thing. According to records, ginseng could provide the imperial court with an income of more than 200 million taels of silver during the period of Huang Taiji.

You can imagine how hard it was to dig.

It is true that ginseng is valuable, but it is more dangerous to drive to the mountains. Many people starved to death, drowned, fell off the cliff and died on the road without even seeing the shadow of ginseng, and were even eaten by wild animals.

Therefore, both the "mountain drivers" and the local people have awe of the "mountain god".

But no one can tell what this "fairy" looks like.

There are also many legends about "mountain gods".

The original tiger was named "Mountain God" by Qing Taizu Nurhachi because he fled to Changbai Mountain when he was hunted down.

He met a tiger, and then got ginseng. He thought that the tiger helped him get ginseng, and he sold the ginseng money to recruit soldiers and horses to conquer the country.

According to folklore, there are four "old men", Nurhachi, Wang Gao, and Liu Gu.

However, Sun Liang is the most famous among the folks in the Northeast.

He was also one of the "mountain hunters" at that time.In the early Qing Dynasty, the mountain province where he lived experienced heavy snowfall, earthquake, famine and other catastrophes.

Sun Liang is a filial son who was one of the first people to enter the Guandong in order to find medicine for his mother.

Board the ship from a pier called "Jinkou", drift unsteadily across the Bohai Sea, and finally reach Changbai Mountain.

But he didn't understand anything. He wandered around for a month or two and almost starved to death, but he didn't find a single ginseng.

At this time, he met a fellow villager named Zhang Lu, who was an experienced herdsman. After traveling together, Zhang Lu taught him a lot about herdsmanship, and the two finally dug up ginseng.

Later, the two got lost.

The old mountain hunters can get lost, which shows how dangerous the mountains are, and not everyone is willing to risk their lives to gamble.

Sun Liang returned to the agreed place and kept his promise. He waited for his brother for three days and three nights, but Zhang Lu did not come back.

People who drive mountains talk about sharing adversity, wealth and honor. When entering the mountain together, you must never abandon your companions. The same is true for those who form a gang on the road. You must show loyalty.

He couldn't walk, so he went into the mountain to look for it, got lost in the mountain, and never came out again.

When he was about to die, he bit his finger and wrote a desperate poem on a crouching bull stone.

"My family name is Sun, who lives in Laiyang, and traveled across mountains and seas to dig ginseng."

(End of this chapter)