In the Qin Dynasty, there was a kind and beautiful woman named Meng Jiangnv. One day, when she was doing housework in her yard, she suddenly found a man hiding under the grape trellis, which startled her and was about to shout. I saw the man waving his hand again and again, pleading, "Don't shout, don't shout, help me!" " My name is Fan Xiliang, and I'm here to escape. "
It turns out that Qin Shihuang arrested people everywhere to do coolies in order to repair the Great Wall. I don't know how many people died of starvation! Meng Jiangnv saved Fan Xiliang. When she saw that he was sensible and had fine features, she fell in love with him, and Fan Xiliang fell in love with Meng Jiangnv. They are soul mates, and with the consent of their parents, they are ready to get married.
On the wedding day, Meng's family was decorated with lanterns and decorations, beaming with joy. Seeing that it was getting dark, the people who drank the wedding banquet gradually dispersed. The bride and groom were about to enter the bridal chamber when they heard a chicken fly and a dog bark. Then a group of vicious officers and men broke in. It's hard to say that they chained Fan Xiliang and took him to work in the Great Wall.
The happy event went up in smoke, and Meng Jiangnv was filled with grief and indignation, missing her husband day and night. She thought that instead of sitting at home in a hurry, I would go to the Great Wall to find him myself. Yes! Do it! Meng Jiangnu immediately packed her bags and set off. Along the way, I don't know how much wind, frost, rain and snow I have experienced and how many steep mountains and rivers I have trekked. Meng Jiangnv never cried a bitter word or shed a tear. Finally, with tenacious perseverance and deep love for her husband, she reached the Great Wall.
At this time, the Great Wall is already a long wall composed of construction sites. Meng Jiangnv looked everywhere from one construction site to another, but never saw her husband. Finally, she summoned up her courage and asked a group of migrant workers who were about to go to work: "Do you have Fan Xiliang here?" Migrant workers said: "There is such a person, a newcomer." Hearing this, Meng Jiangnv was extremely happy!
She quickly asked again, "Where is he?" Migrant workers said: "I am dead, and my body has been filled at the foot of the city." Suddenly I heard the bad news. It was like a bolt from the blue. Meng Jiangnv only felt black at the moment, so she burst into tears. I cried for three days and nights, and I cried so dark that even the sky was moved.
It's getting dark and the wind is getting stronger and stronger. There was a loud crash, and a section of the Great Wall cried down, revealing its corpse. Meng Jiangnv's tears dripped on his bloody face. She finally met her beloved husband, but he never saw her again because he had been killed by the cruel Qin Shihuang.
2. The legend of Dingcheng Brick
Dingcheng Brick refers to a brick placed on the back eaves of the West Wengcheng gatehouse in Jiayuguan. According to legend, during the Ming Dynasty, there was a customs repairman named Yi who was proficient in the 99 algorithm. As long as all the buildings are calculated by him, the materials used for labor are very accurate and economical. The supervisor who supervised customs clearance asked him to count the number of bricks used in Jiayuguan. After detailed calculation, Yi Zhankai said, "Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine bricks are needed."
The supervisor handed out the brick and said, "One more, one less, cut off your head and punish the craftsman for three years." After the completion, only one brick was left, which was placed on the back eaves of the West Wengcheng gatehouse. The supervisor was overjoyed when he learned that he wanted to deduct the wages of Iraq and all craftsmen. Unexpectedly, Yi said unhurriedly, "That brick was put by the gods, and it is a fixed city brick. If it is moved, the tower will collapse. "
The supervisor is in charge, and dare not pursue it again. Since then, the brick has been put in place, and no one dares to move. Now, this brick still remains on Jiayuguan Tower.
3. Ice transport stone
When Jiayuguan City was first built, thousands of stone strips 2 meters long, 0.5 meters wide and 0.3 meters thick were needed. After the craftsmen cut the stone strips in Montenegro, they couldn't lift them, the carts couldn't walk, and the mountains were too high and the roads were too far to transport them. Everyone is worried while cutting stone strips. Seeing that winter is coming, the stone strips have not been shipped out of the mountains. If the construction period is delayed, it will be small without salary, and this head will be difficult to protect.
Everyone sighed for a long time. Just then, suddenly there was a muffled thunder from the top of the mountain, and a piece of brocade fell from the white clouds. All the craftsmen quickly caught it and saw several lines looming on it. After reading it, everyone suddenly realized and did it. When winter comes, people build a road from the mountain to Guancheng, splash water on the road to form an ice track, and then put the stone strips on the ice track to slide and transport.
As a result, the stone strips were successfully transported to Jiayuguan City, which not only did not delay the construction period, but also saved a lot of construction period. In order to thank God for his protection, many craftsmen built temples near Guancheng to worship the gods, which became a must-visit place for craftsmen after they started their careers.
4. goat carrying bricks
Jiayuguan City, the wall is 9 meters high, and dozens of pavilions of different sizes and countless stacked walls will be built on the wall. The amount of bricks used is amazing. At that time, the construction conditions were very poor, there was no lifting equipment, and it was all carried by hand. At that time, the bricks used to repair Guancheng were all burned 40 miles away. After the brick is burned, it will be pulled to the bottom of Guancheng by ox cart, and then carried up manually.
Because of the height of the city, the only way to get up and down is steep and it is difficult to get up and down. Although many people were sent to carry the bricks on the wall, all of them were tired to death, but the bricks on their backs were still in short supply, which seriously affected the progress of the project.
One day, a shepherd boy came here to play with sheep. Seeing this scene, he had a brainwave. He took off his belt, tied a brick at both ends and put it on the goat. Then he patted the goat on the back with his hand. The little goat trotted up the wall with a brick on its back. People were surprised and happy after seeing it, and they followed suit. A large number of bricks were quickly transported to the city wall.
5. Happy Valley Great Wall Boundary
After Qin Shihuang beat the Hu people away, in order to prevent the Hu people from retaliating, he proposed to build a strong Great Wall on the border with the Hu people. His suggestion won the appreciation of many ministers. I agree to start with Liaozhong in the northeast, because it is still a strategic place as soon as it faces the sea.
From there, the Great Wall can be completely built before the Hu people regain their previous momentum. So, where to fix it? Qin Shihuang advocated enclosing all the unified six countries with the Great Wall.
Many ministers said that if all six countries were surrounded, the total length of the Great Wall could reach several Wan Li, and it would take decades to complete. This consumes too much manpower and material resources, which may cause people to die. Therefore, the ministers suggested that it would be better to make it shorter. However, no matter how the minister opposed it, Qin Shihuang strongly advocated encircling the six countries with the Great Wall.
The more he argued, the more the ministers objected. Qin Shihuang looked up and thought for a moment, with an imperceptible sneer on his face. He suggested marking the Great Wall with horse racing. Let a general ride a fast horse. After the horse is full, people will set off from Shanhaiguan and cross the borders of the six countries non-stop. They can run as many days as they can, and they can run as far as they can.
Ministers believe that this is possible. Even a swift horse chasing a romantic moon runs for two or three days, that is, two or three thousand miles. So, they nodded and promised who would have thought, and Qin Shihuang put forward another condition: along the national border, no matter whether it is a mountain peak or a flat land, a camp should be built every 300 miles to let racers run around the camp and strengthen the strength of the troops. Ministers don't know the intention, they all agreed.
After the civil and military officials stepped down, Qin Shihuang called his confidant and said a few words to them, and they parted ways. On the day of the horse race, I saw a general wearing a white helmet, riding a white horse, wearing a white robe and hanging white armor. He flew out of the first camp, took a flat road, climbed mountains, and arrived at the second camp for more than half a day. Rushed out of two camps and headed straight for three camps.
Four, five ... more than six days, I hurried through ten camps. Qin Shihuang received a report from scouts that the racers had rushed through ten camps. These ministers wondered how the horse could run like this, and it was still running after more than six days. Five or six days later, the horse was reported, and the jockey had run to the 20 th battalion.
The minister is even stranger. Why, where is this horse still running? Who is this? What kind of horse are you riding? It's been more than ten days, and I should be exhausted if I don't die. The fairy must have been riding for more than six days. The horse was tested again and the jockey rushed through ten camps. This time, the minister understood that even a fairy could not do it. You look at me and I look at you. Did Qin Shihuang cheat from it?
One by one, stable boy reported that the racers had rushed through forty camps. Qin Shihuang was overjoyed, not to mention. However, some ministers have crooked noses. The white robe will still ride on horseback. The horse ran to Jiayuguan and saw that the white robe whipped the white horse several times, and the white horse's nose and mouth were runny and fell to the ground one by one. The white robe will also fall off the horse.
What's going on here? How did a horse run all the way to Vandolly? It turned out that this was a tactic used by Qin Shihuang. In order to achieve the goal of the Great Wall encircling the six countries, he proposed to set up a battalion every 300 miles, and he sent eight confidants. Each camp is equipped with a white horse and a white-robed general. The white robe of the first camp will go to the second camp, and the reserve team of the second camp will run out later, looking like a person.
In this way, a * * * dispersed more than forty camps. Then why did Jiayuguan people fall? It turned out that there was a general named Zhao in Jiayuguan camp, who was extremely dissatisfied with the practice of Qin Shihuang. He thinks that if the Great Wall is built in Jiayuguan, it can stop the invasion of the Hu people. Why did it take so long to build? It's too expensive So, when he saw the fast horses in the former camp arrive, he let the hungry horses drink water for a few days.
After he got on the horse, he whipped it off twice. As soon as the horse was clever, he ran a few steps and choked on the ground. Qin Shihuang was very unhappy when he heard that the horse had landed in Jiayuguan. However, according to his words in advance, the Great Wall must be built to Jiayuguan.