Story daquan I bring you an article "salt meets thousands of miles":
According to legend, during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a small village called Laoniupo at the foot of Jintang Mountain. Although it was remote at that time, it was located on the ancient salt-tea road leading to Chengdu in eastern Sichuan. At that time, due to the constant wars in various places, bandits appeared in this important logistics channel at that time, and the traffic was not smooth. Because there is no local salt production, the salt in western Sichuan is transported from far away by the "salt gang", and the people in the mountains attach more importance to salt than to oil.
There is a humorous folk song circulating among the people: "Salt comes thousands of miles to meet, but it is difficult to hold hands without salt;" When the salt is repaired, help each other in the same boat, and the sea salt is repaired to sleep. "Although this ballad is exaggerated, you should bring a small jar of salt as a gift in this mountain blind date, otherwise I'm afraid you can't even get in the door.
It is said that there lived a local rich man named Zhang in the south of this village. The old man loves money and is stingy, but he has a beautiful and clever daughter named Qiao Qi. In the north of the village, there lived a poor man named Zeng. There is a young man named Daniel in this family. Daniel lost his father, and his mother and son lived together. This Daniel is handsome, honest, hardworking and capable. He has been herding cattle and collecting firewood for years.
Every morning, Daniel carries a firewood knife early and drives the cow up the hill. Qiao Qi, who washes clothes by the stream, always meets Daniel in the morning light. Whenever the sun goes down, Qiao Qi, who draws water at the entrance of the village, will see Daniel carrying firewood and driving the cow down the mountain with a whip in his hand. Whenever Daniel passes by the well, he always helps Qiao Qi draw water. After a long time, the two became intimate and fell in love with each other.
This is good for Daniel and the girls in two of a kind, but Zhang Laocai is too poor to love rich people. Seeing that Daniel's family was poor, he never agreed to this marriage. Later, Zhang Laocai couldn't help but argue with his daughter, so he had to bite his teeth and let the Zeng family take out 6636 Jin of salt according to the custom of using salt at that time, otherwise there was no way. This Zeng family is a poor family, where did you get so much salt? Daniel is a good young man in the village. The villagers in the stockade are willing to help him, but everyone hasn't had enough salt for a long time. This can be difficult for NianLia.
Just when Daniel was worried about his marriage, a spotted leopard came from nowhere on the ancient salt tea road in the jungle. It was so fierce that it hurt nine people in a row. For a time, people were worried on the ancient salt tea road, and people talked about the leopard's discoloration. The government has organized hunters to kill many times, but it has always been fruitless. Instead, I lost a few lives in vain. Later, the government had to post a notice offering a reward, and the government rewarded the talent who killed the beast. Daniel is young and strong. He was once taught a good martial art by a salt escort. When he heard about it, he revealed the list. Daniel insisted on going despite the opposition of Qiao Qi girl and his mother, so Qiao Qi girl and his mother had to tell him to be careful. Daniel, carrying a firewood knife, went into the mountain to look for the leopard. Sure enough, within half a month, the panther was hacked to death by Daniel's firewood knife. This ancient salt tea road has restored the tranquility of the past.
It is said that Daniel went to the government to receive a reward. He asked the county grandfather for 36 pounds of salt instead of gold or silver. After asking the reason, the magistrate was deeply moved by the young man's deep affection and loyalty and immediately rewarded him with a fast horse. Daniel got the salt and rode home excitedly. Miss Qiao Qi has been waiting at the village entrance for a long time. When she saw Daniel sweating profusely, she told him to dismount and have a rest.
The evening breeze blows gently, and the breeze is refreshing. The two men leaned under a willow tree and watched two children playing by the river. They smiled and looked forward to a bright future happily. At this moment, suddenly there came the roar of the stone mill rolling down the mountain. Daniel knew that there was a sudden rainstorm in the upper reaches of the river, and "Pheasant Water" rushed downstream without warning, so he jumped up without thinking and pulled Miss Qiao Qi down the ridge of the river. A man grabbed a child and ran to the shore, and then a thunder followed. The wind and cloud suddenly changed, heavy rain fell from the sky, and suddenly flash floods broke out. The two children were finally safe and sound, but the 36 Jin of salt earned by Daniel was left under the willow tree in desperation.
They were dumbfounded when they rushed back to the tree. There is a round pit where the salt was put just now. The salt bag floats in the pit and all the salt is dissolved in the water. This situation is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for both of them, and both of them immediately sat down on the ground feebly.
The story spread all over the village. While comforting the two people, the villagers beat up the water in the pit with 998 1 barrel, and each family made a fire to cook the dissolved salt in the pit again. It is true that everyone is United, and the profit is broken. Within a day, the salt was really boiled out. However, an unexpected miracle appeared. When each household weighed the boiled salt together, 36 Jin of salt became 72 Jin of salt like a baby. People were puzzled, so the next day they drew 998 1 barrel of water from the pit and boiled 72 kilograms of salt in a short time.
The old cow is out of the salt well! The story spread at once, because there was a salt well, and the stockade was sandwiched in a ditch between two mountains. The name "Yanjinggou" was handed down from this ancient salt tea road. Since then, people here are no longer short of salt, so they are no longer married to salt. Legend has it that the salt well only flows 8 1 load of salt water one day and one night, and produces 72 kilograms of salt, which is quite amazing. Later, Daniel and Qiao Qi girl also formed a happy marriage, and their descendants flourished.
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