episode_0574

After passing Dogangeon, the best irrigation, water storage, and flood control facility in the Jungwon region, which I visited once before, Muncheonhyeon, the first gateway to Cheonghae, appears.

To be precise, its appearance had been revealing itself even before that.

From the capital, the mountain range blocks the view in the distance like a folding screen.

For some reason, I thought I was ignoring the distance and not getting closer, but when I passed Dogangian and reached the entrance to Muncheonhyeon, um.

Cheong once again reflects on whether he underestimated Jungwon’s situation too much.

I don’t think it’s terrain I can pass through while holding this, so what should I do because I’m sorry and embarrassed?

But it’s not Cheong’s fault.

In Qing’s hometown, the mountains were round and low, so it was not easy for people to change their perceptions from childhood.

“Kihi, don’t be so worried. Since it has been less than 100 years since the new road was laid, it is surprisingly worth walking around. It’s not time to climb the mountain yet, so take it easy.”

Yang Sang-guja, who joined as a guide, looks like he could turn into a gang of robbers no matter how you look at him.

The sound of laughter is light and evil, the walking is not straight but crooked, shakes loudly and rattles, and the tone of voice is polite but not polite. It is a frivolity that can be seen only among neighborhood gangsters.

“Hmm. Because I’m not riding it. Hey, are you okay? Should I exchange it for Hee-mae?”

“Yes. No.”

“Kya, this feels like watching the moment when the master collapsed from overwork a while ago. For a week, the lotus did not move around much. The master was also hugged as if it was natural with an expression without a hint of shame, so I guess unusual people are different.”

The intention was that the two of us would get along well with our shyster Wangya.

But what does Cheong hear? Are you shamelessly pointing out that it is being held right now?

If Yeonpa had seen this action, he would have said, ‘This bastard is talking like a dog!’ I would have immediately slapped him on the back and stamped him with a terrible construction seal that ruined the front wheel.

Yeonpa is not here, and Yang Sangguja is proud of having made a connection once, so even if there is no malicious intent, it is just that he was born like this and there is nothing he can do.

I thought it would be better for Hee-mae, who was an experienced supporter and the one member of the group who could barely give in as much as he could and could barely be called an expert, to take charge of transporting Cheong on the mountain path.

What can I do when Gu Ning vehemently denies it and insists on listening to it in turns?

Fortunately, there was a road made of compacted clay through the canyon where two majestic mountain peaks meet.

Qiang men, carefully riding the water stream carrying supplies on rafts, pass by every now and then, looking around to see if they are from the Central Plains.

So, on the first day, we hiked up the canyon along the road next to the stream, so it wasn’t a particularly difficult journey.

Then, along the way, a fairly open riverside appears, and people seem to be living just about anywhere, but a small village appears.

It will be Muncheon-hyeon, the only central style residence in Muncheon-hyeon and the location of the county.

“If you go up the river like this, you will reach Jiuzhaigou. Wow, that place is really amazing. In my life, wow, I really can’t express it because I’m a little ignorant, but when you pass Hwangryong Valley and come down after seeing Ochaeji, wow, wow, that’s such a spectacular view.”

“Hwangryong Valley? Oh, right? Isn’t there a lake in the valley? Oh, that doesn’t mean it’s a big deal. Because there are many valleys and lakes here and there, right?”

“It’s not the valley you think. Thousands of ponds are laid out like steps and flow for a long time, and the water is blue-green and transparent, making it one of the spectacular views of the Jungwon region, called the immortal scenery of the human world.”

“Oh, a mountain? Have you been there?”

“Keuhum. I just heard it on the way.”

I thought he was just picking up snacks along the way, but he seems to be picking up what other people are saying as well.

Cheong thinks it must be so famous that even Sanyi, who lives in Hebei, has heard of it. But what on earth is it that makes the pond look like stairs?

However, the road to Yuanche is rough, and the Jiuzhaigou area hidden at the top is a spectacular view that only those in the know can see.

There is no way that an outsider, especially Paengdaesan, who has been living outside for a long time, would know about this, so it is truly a strange thing.

Unless you go on a trip to Sacheon and ask the jokesters who also serve as news sources in the central plains if there are any amazing scenery that you can show to others.

“Oh. It is expected. You can just look at it on the way, right?”

“Huh, lady? That’s the road to Geomgak, so if you go there, you’ll end up in the middle of nowhere.”

“eng. what. But why did you bring it up?”

“I just told you there was such a thing, right?”

“No, where in the world can you say something and then say you’re not going? Is it like this?”

Cheong is dumbfounded.

When we went sightseeing, the guide said, ‘Oh, there’s a really cool tourist spot over there called So-and-so, but we’re not going there. I saw it and it was really cool, but you can’t see it.’ Isn’t that what you are doing?

If you’re not going, you shouldn’t tell me at all.

Or, from the beginning, you could first explain that there is another tourist attraction over there, and that it is not on our itinerary, but I will explain it to you, so please go there later.

Can I trust this guide?

After staying for a night in Muncheon County, we began climbing eastward and up the canyon hills in earnest.

For some reason, even though I keep climbing up and climbing up and climbing up the fairly steep mountain path to higher and higher places, there are only higher peaks with rough mountain slopes on the left and right.

When I asked Yang Sang-gu, he said that the basic height is 1,500 jang and there are several peaks that reach 2,000 jang. What is it? Two thousand? How can a mountain stretch two thousand miles?

Surely, the glistening white top of the mountain is the ice cap, a sign of the extreme cold that will never melt.

As a result, it can be said that the consideration of freedom was of great help.

Isn’t a guide all its own?

There is no need for a top expert who is good at light techniques to make a little money by just being a guide.

Moreover, there was no one in the group who was less advanced than Yang Sangguja, so how much of a help it would be to be able to be guided on a path tailored to the warrior at the speed of the warrior.

If you had to pick one person who holds the party back, it would not be Seoliri, but Cheong.

I can’t run as fast as I can because I have to be careful not to shake it while holding it in my arms.

There isn’t a lot of luggage.

As you pass Ihyeon and climb the mountain path of the Mai River and turn north, the open Nakgigae Prairie appears out of nowhere.

It’s not just a grassland, it’s a steppe.

If you want to add the word ‘dae’ in the central region, you can’t even try to use a size of any size.

How wide is the Nakgigae Prairie, proudly referred to as such a great prairie?

If we replace it with the Korean people’s unique unit system, Yeouido, it is 11,100 Yeouido, and if we look at Seoul, which is a larger unit, it can be roughly said to be 50 Seoul, the equivalent of 50 Seouls, or 30% of the land of the country of Qing Dynasty origin.

“If you go straight up the river like this and go around the mountain that gets in the way, you will reach Cheonghae Fortress. You can just follow the water and do it without me, right? Even a child who doesn’t know martial arts can do it, so there’s no reason to ask.”

It sounds somewhat unpleasant.

The person himself is polite, but he is a bit rude.

“Then, Soin, I will leave now. I would like to take you all the way to Kunlun, but I have to take someone more precious.”

“Thank you for your hard work. Thanks to you, I came here comfortably.”

“I think the lady must have been comfortable anyway, but hehe, that’s an overstatement.”

There is no part of what is said until the very end that is not unpleasant.

The remaining path is easy enough to find your child, so if you are less precious, just go, even though you won’t be able to walk in your arms anyway.

However, it has already been ten and a half days since I arrived here from Chengdu, and the person I have seen during this time, Yang Sang-gu, is just a person with this kind of way of speaking.

I don’t have any malicious intent, but should I say I’m being rude?

Cheong, already accustomed to that way of speaking, catches a glimpse of Yang Sang-gu and finally sets foot on the land of Cheonghae (still in Sacheon) (although he has not set foot on the land).

It may be said that it takes ten and a half days to barely cover six hundred miles, so it does not qualify as a martial artist, but

The height of the ground I’m standing on is over 1,000 feet, so climbing the mountain for 10 days without even a single person walking on my own can be considered an extremely fast pace.

Taishan Songshan is five hundred feet high. If Songshan is built on top of Taishan, it will be this height now.

The volcano, which is said to be tall and rugged, is only seven hundred feet tall, so it was also an opportunity to see how high the land of Cheonghae is.

Thus, the Hongyuan Grassland in the southern part of the Nakyigae Prairie.

The buildings in the village that sometimes appear are single- or double-story buildings with square, angled brick walls.

The relatively decent facilities are painted white or yellow gold, and the upper part has a unique decoration with white circles painted neatly in a row on a black-brown background.

Still, it is the building that catches the eye first because it is a carpentry building.

And the specialty product of Nakgigae Prairie is mou (yak).

Boiled mou meat, stir-fried mou meat served with fish sauce, and sannae (yogurt) made from mou milk.

Let’s go around this taste.

however?

To begin with, since it was a prairie with not many customers, specialty restaurants and restaurants were rare, so wherever you went, you could find boiled beef, grilled beef, and beef stew.

This is the problem of rural areas without cities.

Since there were no separate lodgings or restaurants, it just became a small festival where the entire village would treat guests when they came.

Also, isn’t the amount of money that Eunja offers to a pretty guest worth it?

It was served as grandly as possible, and it was served with meat instead of the usual vegetables, so I couldn’t even say I was tired of it.

Of course, I never get tired of Cheong.

Because meat is always right.

However, my friends were wondering, “Why are we supposed to hold a memorial service with meat now?”

If you stop by around evening, after a meal, a liquor bottle is left on the floor and the whole neighborhood gathers together to drink it through straws.

Rather than pouring it into a glass, each person puts in his or her own straw, and the guests take a sip first in order of rank, then the men take a sip first, then the women take a sip in order of age, and then after each turn, they add water and fill the bowl again.

It is a unique drinking culture in which alcohol gradually turns into water and ends when the cycle roughly disappears.

As the alcohol gets weaker, does the drunkenness not get deeper? I guess it’s a bit disappointing for drunkards.

Perhaps because there are no restrictions on drinking for minors in the Central District law yet, even children came out and their eyes sparkled.

It’s also cute to see the future dreamers trying to drink the juice for as long as possible.

We hike up the winding tributary of the Baekha River, stopping by small villages like this, and sometimes tent villages with herds of cattle.

A large waterway appears along the way, and it is called the Hwangha River, the source of the Baekha River, and one of the four major rivers in the Central Plains.

It’s winter soon, so the grass is yellow and the ground is frozen and cold, but the plateau’s unique idyllic scenery still warms the heart.

As the Yellow River curved and turned sharply to the east, a fairly tall mountain to the north spread out to the left and right like a castle wall, blocking the road.

At the end of the Nakyigae Prairie, on the border with Qinghai Province, a small town called Nima, located on the riverside and also called Nimajin, comes into view.

It is a city that requires logistics from Gansu Province, and is also on the banks of a river that flows down the Yellow River to Sichuan, so it is bound to be quite prosperous.

Are there luxury hotels in cities like this, and what do luxury hotels have?

The bathhouse! bath! hot water!

So, although it’s still a little early, I get a room, fill my stomach with Chinese food for the first time in a while, and ask Jeomsoy for directions.

“Sir, is this your first time on Cheonghae Road?”

“Yes. Does that make you pregnant?”

“Oh, somehow. They said it would exceed the settlement limit, so I did it just in case.”

“Uh, is there a problem?”

“The strong people are easy to cross, so if you look carefully, you will see the path. But since there are no private houses along the way, shouldn’t you be well prepared?”

There is a mountain road that the Qiang people ride, but there are no private houses on the way to Henan County, Qinghai Province in the north.

In other words, you have to stay overnight.

“Ah. Then, may I ask you to prepare something?”

“Hmm, but it’s a chaotic time right now, so it’s actually better not to go. Now, a group of thieves have settled down around Hanam-hyeon.”

“A bunch of bandits?”

“Why do you say that these vicious thugs demand people as tolls even though they have wealth? They seem like people who should be killed.”

Hanam County is the only city that accesses Cheonghae Province from the south, so it is also a gateway from Sacheon and Gansu to southern Cheonghae.

There was a group of thieves in that place.

Thanks to this, logistics has decreased and prices have risen, and the public sentiment around it has become extremely unfavorable these days.

“If I can prepare it for you, it would be nice to put up a note, but how can you do that when the road is so obviously rough? So, it would be better for you to just go down to Gansu. Still, since you are heading to Seonyeong, why not go up from Nanju?”

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