(Monthly ticket!) Chapter 1016 Those Strange Places There are not many boats on the river. Although the war has left Luoshui, the shadow of the war is still there. Most of the fishermen on both sides of the strait that can be moved have already moved. Those who cannot go far away have tried to move to areas controlled by the Black Flag Army on the west bank. Perhaps it is the most difficult thing for people to recover after the war. Compared with the green trees and flowers blooming on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, most of the people's hearts are still gloomy and gray. There are four Huanglong Clippers in front, and the same is true in the back. In the middle is a huge stern ship. This is a large ship that has not been modified, and the ship building is still there. After leaving Xinyang City, the fleet went upstream and headed north along the Luoshui River. Passing through the confluence of Luoshui River, Yangtze River and Huangniu River and heading east towards Yong'an Canal, there are two wide waterways available. If you walk west along the Yangtze River for a while, you can turn into Yishui River. Yishui and Luoshui, this curved line is the boundary that separates the Central Plains. To the west of Luoshui are the southwest roads controlled by Fangjie's Black Banner Army. After crossing the Yangtze River and passing through the Mangdang Mountains along the Yishui River, you will find the barren northwest land. I don¡¯t know why the composition of the earth is so magical. The southwest is a land of plenty and the northwest is a land of bitter cold. The further north you go, the more barren it becomes. When we get to Shandong Road, it rarely gets warm for a few days throughout the year. After crossing Shandong Road, further north is the mountain range that turns from Langru Mountain. Langru Mountain turned almost ninety degrees from north to south to east to west on the north side of Shandong Road. However, after crossing Langru Mountain to the north, there is still grassland, but even the Kuoketai Meng family is too lazy to take care of this grassland. ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? passes through this place that is already the border area of ????the grassland, and it is the 100,000 mountains where the people of Bei Liao once lived. If the cold in Fangu City is bearable, then the cold in Shiwanda Mountain can only be endured by the Northern Liao people who have lived there for generations. ¡°If it were another ethnic group, I¡¯m afraid it wouldn¡¯t be long before they couldn¡¯t hold on. Why Shiwandashan is so cold is impossible to explain. Just like no one understands why the northwest of the Sui Dynasty is so barren, no one can understand why there are such cold places as the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the world. It is said that the people of the Northern Liao tribe had always wanted to surrender to the Great Sui Dynasty, but the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty did not give a clear answer. The Great Khan of the Northern Liao Dynasty sent people to explore northward, trying to find another place suitable for people to live. But to their disappointment, the further north they went, the colder it became. The farthest team went out for a full three thousand miles, but they could no longer see the stone mountains. What they saw were frightening icebergs. In this way, the people of Bei Liao gave up completely. When Fang Jie had nothing to do on the big ship, he spread out the map of the Sui Dynasty and looked at it. There was no news from Gyeonggi Province yet, so even though he was a little uneasy, there was nothing he could do. However, he left Xiang Qingniu and Wu together, calculating the distance. Xiao Yijiu had also received the message and was heading here, so there shouldn't be any big trouble. The map of the Sui Dynasty is quite detailed. It is actually an extremely difficult task to draw a detailed map in such an era. It is much more than the distance traveled by Emperor Taizu Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty to build an empire. It requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources and takes several years or even decades to complete. The map in Fang Jie's hand was re-added during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Sui Dynasty. It is much more detailed than the map that Emperor Taizong sent to explore and draw in his later years. This map also added areas around the Sui Dynasty, while the map drawn during the Taizong period only marked who controlled those places. Fang Jie moved his finger on the map, starting from the southern end of Luoshui, which is a little further east on Yunnan Road, and walking all the way north. After reaching the Yangtze River, he turned a corner and reached Yishui, then kept heading north. The birthplace of Yishui River is said to be on Langru Mountain, which runs east-west. It is said that there is a Tianchi on Langru Mountain, which is extremely vast. But because the terrain is too dangerous, it¡¯s not very clear. It is difficult to verify the source of such a large river that almost runs from north to south. People sent by the Ministry of Industry in the Sui Dynasty could not go up to Langru Mountain at all. "What are you looking at?" Sang Sasa asked, holding Ning'er and sitting down next to Fang Jie. Fang Jie reached out to take Ning'er and held her in his arms. The little guy has adapted to her father's arms these days. She didn't tease her, so she just looked at Fang Jie and grinned. Fang Jie kissed her on the forehead. This feeling was particularly satisfying. "I've always had a question that I can't figure out." Fang Jie pointed to Fan Gu: "To the west of Fan Gu, across Langru Mountain, is the grassland. There is abundant grass on the grassland, but why is there almost no grass growing on the east side of Shandong? Further north, you can't go far beyond the mountains and you'll still find grassland. Although I haven't been there, Yun Shu said that the grassland there is not bad. " He stretched out his hand and drew a circle on Shandong Road: "There is only one building between them.It's just a mountain range Further east, Shandong Road is the most barren, and the environment becomes better the further east you go. When you get to Hexi Road, it's basically not much different from the Hedong Road. The most difficult place is Shandong Road. " Sang Sasa looked at Fang Jie's finger for a while and nodded: "If you didn't talk about it, you wouldn't have noticed it. It's really strange. Why is there nothing in the grassland to the west of Langru Mountain, but so barren to the east? Speaking of cold, it was also cold on the grassland west of Langru Mountain, but it did not affect the growth of pasture. " "Is there a big monster living underground on Shandong Road? Fang Jie said with a smile. Sang Sasa also smiled: "If there is such a big ferocious beast, how can anyone survive?" I came from there, and the natural environment there is very bad. My strength is also the weakest in Shandong Road, and I can hardly borrow much natural power. " Fang Jie was startled for a moment, vaguely thinking of something, but the thought was fleeting, and when he thought about it again, he couldn't think of anything. Wanyan Yunshu was holding a piece of delicate pastry in his hand, bit by bit Feed it to Ning'er. While feeding him, he recalled: "It's really strange to say that no one from other places can stand the cold of Shiwandashan except us, the Bei Liao people. My father Khan said that our Bei Liao people lived here in the earliest days. " She pointed to the narrow grassland north of Langru Mountain and south of Shiwanda Mountain: "Although this place is also very cold, there is no problem in herding horses and sheep. Later, after the establishment of the Meng Yuan Empire, the Wolf Cavalry continued to expand its territory. When they reached this point, although our tribal warriors were very strong, they were no match for the huge number of Mongolian Yuan Wolf Cavalry and had to retreat into the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Many years later, our people have adapted to the cold, and even the war horses have gradually adapted. " "So you have the cold cavalry. " Fang Jie said with a smile. Wanyan Yunshu nodded: "Father Khan said that the horses that were brought into Shiwanda Mountain at the beginning were almost extinct, and in the end there were only a few dozen horses left, and the people were They guarded them as if they were treasures. Very few of the ponies that were born later survived. In the fourth year after the tribe moved into Shiwanda Mountain, there were only two horses left in the tribe. Fortunately, it was a male. A mother strangely, the reborn pony seems to be naturally not afraid of the cold and can run on the snow-capped mountains. During this period, the tribe had been sending people to plunder the small tribes on the grassland, and used the stolen war horses to mate and breed with the tribe's war horses. It took many years before they regained their horse herd. "She wiped the corners of Xiao Ning'er's mouth with a handkerchief: "For a thousand years, the tribe has lived so hard and did not dare to let the Mengyuan people know about our breeding of horses. Until more than 200 years ago, the horses were The scale has become so big that it can no longer be concealed. But at that time, we were no longer particularly afraid of the Mongolians. When they came, we ran into the mountains. When they left, we went to plunder the grasslands. " "In order to suppress our tribe, the Wolf Riders will launch a siege on our tribe almost every few years. "She sighed, and when she thought of this, she thought of her parents. "I don't know if Father Khan and the others are living well in their new home. There has been no news from them for a while. " "That's right" She seemed to suddenly remember something: "Do you still remember that there once was a Han gentleman in the tribe. " Fang Jie naturally remembered it and nodded. "It's so cold in the mountains, but I don't know why, there are always Han people coming. Once one leaves, another one will come soon. Father Khan once wondered if there were any secrets in the mountains. Those Han people pretended to stay in the tribe and teach the people their knowledge, but they were actually secretly exploring something. " "What can there be? " Seeing that Ning'er was sleepy, Sang Sasa took her over and patted her gently: "What can be hidden in a hundred thousand mountains? " "I don't know" Wanyan Yunshu shook his head: "Father Khan only speculated that our tribe is not as capable as the Han people as practitioners, so we cannot explore the secrets of the mountain. However, the Han in our tribe leaves every once in a while and comes back every one or two months. That's why Father Khan speculated that he only regarded our tribe as a temporary home and settled down because he needed supplies. " Fang Jie pondered for a while, but he couldn't imagine what could be hidden in such a cold place as the Hundred Thousand Mountains. "What if it's not some kind of treasure? " Sang Sasa suddenly said: "What we have been thinking about is that the Han people in the Yunshu tribe came from the Central Plains. But why couldn't they come from the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains? Perhaps a long, long time ago, there were practitioners who went there and felt that it was quiet and free from the world, so they stayed and practiced hard. But they don¡¯t want to be closed off.? He was alive, so he sent people out from time to time to inquire about information. The Han man in the Yunshu tribe might be a cultivator from the Shiwanda Mountain, a sentinel sent out to observe the outside world. " "Sentinel?" " Fang Jie repeated it, and then smiled. Sang Sasa's statement is a bit unbelievable, and the possibility is actually not high. "That person's cultivation level is not high. "Fang Jie said." Sang Sasa said: "Of course your cultivation level is not high. Should people with high cultivation level be sentinels?" If it is what I speculated, it is also a disciple who was sent out, and he is not the best disciple. Naturally, this kind of drudgery is done by the disciples who are not very promising, or are not pleasing to the eye. " "No matter what. Fang explained: "If you can endure the suffering, Shiwandashan is really a good place to practice." It is the most pure place and no one disturbs it. If it's as Sa Sa thinks, there might be some amazing practitioners living in Shiwan Mountain. "After Fang Jie said this, something suddenly flashed in his mind, but he still couldn't catch it. He always felt that he had overlooked something.