Chapter 689 Pig Poron
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There are more than 200 miles from Xiangyang to Wudang Mountain.
The name of Wudang first appeared in the Han Book. From the end of the Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin and Sui Dynasty, it was a place where people seek immortality and learn Taoism lived. Wudang Mountain in the early Tang Dynasty was not so famous. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the Taoist scriptures linked the legendary Zhenwu God with Wudang Mountain, and connected Wudang Mountain to become the birthplace and ascension place of Zhenwu.
In the Ming Dynasty, Wudang Mountain was named a great mountain and a mountain that governed the world by the emperor, and was respected as the supreme royal family temple. Wudang Mountain was famous for its prominent position as the top five mountains, and the five immortal mountains in the five directions were all famous.
At this time, Wudang was claimed to be within a radius of 800 miles, connected to Xiangyang in the north, and to Fangzhou in the south, and located in Junzhou. There are many peaks in the mountains and mostly fallen into basins, with high mountains and dense forests, many birds and beasts, tigers, leopards, wolves, and all kinds of them are found.
More than two hundred miles away, not far.
But Li Shimin was not in a hurry to rush, and he only took thirty or forty miles a day, hunting while walking. It was more like an autumn outing, walking for a long time, then hunting, camping at night, turning into a bonfire and barbecue party.
The birds and beasts on the edge of the mountain near the town plains have almost been beaten by the hungry people, but in the mountains farther away, there are still many preys because of the ferocious beasts.
But no matter how strong a tiger is, it is just a dish in front of the army.
The generals regarded hunting as a war, and all kinds of encirclement and interspersed them. Those big insects and leopards were not opponents of the army. Under the bow and knife, they all became prey.
Li Shimin was wearing leather jacket and jeans, riding a horse in the forest. The guards drove out the wild beasts and then let Li Shimin shoot them to death.
In one day, Li Shimin shot and killed seven wolves, two leopards, one bear, three wild boars and two pythons. If it weren't for the tiger's name, Li Shimin didn't do it himself, he would have to add a few big bugs to his record.
Such a rich record really made Li Shimin vent his depression.
Li Chao's record is also very fruitful, and he has hunted a lot.
In fact, this kind of hunting is much easier than a small hunt. Because with soldiers helping to drive it away, many beasts are exhausted. Li Chao stood there and shot, so he didn't have to worry about danger.
Li Chao killed two big bears and shot several big leopards. The most amazing thing was that he shot a dragon by a river.
It is not a real dragon, mermaid dragon, but a pig woman dragon.
Zhu Po Long is actually a crocodile. In later generations, there was no wild crocodile found in China, but Li Chao shot and killed crocodile near Xiangyang.
But this is not a strange thing, and even the imperial guards from Guanzhong are not uncommon about it.
The crocodile shot by Li Chao was called the Yangtze crocodile in later generations, and in ancient China, it was called the crocodile, commonly known as the earth dragon, also known as the pigboy dragon.
The turtle hole is very deep... The sound is like a drum, and the night sounds are updated, which is called the turtle drum.
Su Song of the Song Dynasty also said that there are many rivers and lakes today, and they look like the cemetery-guarded carp, but they are one or two feet long, with scales on the back and tail. They roar at night, and the boatmen fear it.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, Yangtze alligators were everywhere in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and even longer, Yangtze alligators were more widely distributed in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins. At that time, the temperature and rainfall in the Yellow River basin were the same as those in today's Yangtze River basin, which was very suitable for the foraging and reproduction of crocodiles.
It is said that Hubei is abbreviated as Hubei in later generations, and it originated from an ancient Hubei country, Hubei.
The E Kingdom was originally a tribe that lived by catching crocodiles and crocodiles as its totem, called the O Tribe. In the later area of Xiangning County, Shanxi, the E Kingdom was formed. At that time, there was E Mountain there, and there was E water at the foot of the mountain, flowing through the E Valley and pouring into the Yellow River. By the time of King Cheng of Zhou, his younger brother Shuyu was granted the title of the country to Tang Dynasty and changed the name of the country to Jin.
Because the ancient E Kingdom is close to the capital of Jin, it was later annexed. The survivors in Hubei fled south to Eliban in Henan, and later moved to Nanyang, which was still called the Kingdom of E Kingdom. During the reign of King Yi of Zhou, Zhou and E Kingdom had a feud. Zhou and Guo allied troops to conquer E and occupied E capital. The people of the E people had to move south to Echeng and settle down on the shore of Liangzi Lake in Hubei in later generations.
According to records, there were so many crocodiles in Echeng that they all made rafts with crocodile skins and connected the Chengzhou Bridge to cross the Yangtze River.
There are poems in Li Sao that describe this matter. The dragon commands Liang Jinxi, who is talking about the story of using a dragon-skinned raft as a floating bridge.
The Kingdom of E was later destroyed, but the name of Eyi was left behind and even became the abbreviation of Chu in later generations. This E, to trace its roots, is actually closely related to crocodiles.
Li Chao was really not clear about these things before. After Li Chao shot a crocodile and heard the old scholar Wei Zheng tell him when he was crocodile dragon in the camp.
That day, Li Chao shot and killed a crocodile, but it was not surprising at all.
Because of this ferocious crocodile, hundreds of them were hunted and killed on the same day. Usually dominating a certain area of water, it was all delicious on the barbecue grill in front of the soldiers.
The crocodile is actually very small, and the adults weigh less than two meters and weigh seventy or eighty kilograms. This kind of crocodile is considered to be a small crocodile, and it is actually very gentle in character.
They act slowly, and ordinary people are more afraid of them, but it is easy for the army to hunt.
The turtle skin is very thick, but the meat is quite tender. The skin is cut open, and the meat inside is white, a bit like snake meat. Pick off the skin, apply salt, set it on the fire, roast it for a while, and wait until the oil drips and the skin is crispy, you can eat it.
The taste of crocodile meat is quite average.
"Everyone says dragon meat in the sky and dog meat on the ground, but why do I think the dragon meat tastes a bit strange?" Li Shimin took a piece of crocodile meat sliced by Li Chao, dipped it in some dipping sauce, and ate it a few bites.
"It's a bit like chicken!" Wei Zheng also took a bite.
Yu Wenshi chewed, "I think it's like rabbit meat!"
"Teacher, this crocodile skin is a bit like a sea cucumber!" The prince's taste is quite unique, so he grilled a piece of skin to eat.
This kid has a weird taste like Li Chao.
"The taste is quite delicious." Yuchi Gong thought it tasted very good. He sprinkled salt and cumin, and added some dogwood pepper powder. It was numb and a little spicy, and the taste was very good.
Li Chao looked at Yuchi Laohei's biting with great enthusiasm, and couldn't bear to remind him that the piece of meat was actually not roasted yet, it was simply cooked, and it was a little blood red.
"A pig woman dragon is 70 to 80 kilograms, and if you catch a thousand, it will cost 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms. This thing is good, you can catch more." Li Shishi went to the conclusion while eating.
His conclusion is that the pig-pork dragon is very stupid and easy to catch, the meat is rich and the taste is good, and it can be included in the plan for large-scale capture.
Li Chao obscured three seconds of silence for the pigs and dragons.
Chapter completed!