Chapter 572: Wangjiang Pavilion

Yu Ruizhi said again, "But now this mountain peak has become a dense forest again."

Yan Junda said, "Thirty or forty years have passed, and fortunately, our Green Ridge Township's economy hasn't had any development for so many years, so this forest has had a chance to grow."

Speaking of this, Yan Junda laughed at himself. Poor economic development had now become an advantage, but at least Green Ridge Township had the benefit of good scenery.

Everyone stepped up the stairs. Qingfeng Mountain had dense forests, including rare tree species such as southern *Taxus chinensis*, *Emmenopterys henryi*, *Cathaya argyrophylla*, *Metasequoia glyptostroboides*, *Altingia chinensis*, and *Taiwania cryptomerioides*. These trees were also very good ornamental tree species. Their existence made this forest beautiful and breathtaking.

Qingfeng Mountain is located at the junction of Green Ridge Township and Meng Hu Ling Township, and the altitude and climate are about the same, so the plant species here are about the same as those in Meng Hu Ling.

Although Yan Junda said there were no fierce beasts on this mountain, Su Xinghui and Yu Ruizhi still walked in front, blocking Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu and Yan Junda. Now the ecological environment is getting better and better, what if the wild boars from Ye Zhugou side ran over?

However, they didn't see any relatively large animals along the way, just encountered wild rabbits and pheasants a few times. Seeing people going up the mountain, they ran into the depths of the dense forest in a panic.

Several people spent nearly half an hour climbing to the top of the mountain. There was a pavilion on the top of the mountain. I don't know when it was built. The flying eaves and bucket arches looked very agile, but it had been a long time, and the paint had almost fallen off, the colors were mottled, and it was full of vicissitudes. A plaque hung under the pavilion eaves, with the three big characters "Wangjiang Pavilion" written on it.

The ground in the pavilion was paved with bluestone slabs. There was a stone table in the middle of the pavilion, and there were a few stone stools beside it. A chessboard was also carved on the stone table, with nineteen vertical and horizontal lines. If one could bring a set of chess pieces and play a game of chess on this, it would be an elegant thing.

Su Xinghui walked into the pavilion, looked at the pavilion, stone table, stone stools, and the chessboard on the stone table, and said, "I don't know if the story of Wang Zhi's rotten axe handle happened in this pavilion."

Yan Junda smiled, "This pavilion doesn't have such a long history. This pavilion is recorded in the county annals. It should have been built during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and it has only been more than a hundred years."

Su Xinghui said, "This pavilion should be renovated, at least repaint it and repair the damaged parts, so it will look much better."

Yu Ruizhi nodded, "If we really want to develop this place, we must renovate this pavilion. By then, this will also become an important scenic spot."

Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu turned around, and she said pleasantly, "You guys look, the scenery here is really beautiful."

Everyone turned around and looked down the mountain. They saw Green Ridge Reservoir at the foot of the mountain. The huge water surface of more than eight thousand mu reflected the noon sun, and the sparkling light jumped on the water like golden copper coins. From time to time, a fish jumped out of the water, stirring up a wave.

And looking further into the distance, more than ten miles away, the rolling Yangtze River wound like a dragon, heading east, making people feel a sense of heroic spirit.

This great river is majestic and vast. In China's five thousand years of history, I don't know how many heroes have performed how many generous and tragic heroic stories on both sides of this great river. Facing this great river, how can one not have feelings?

Su Xinghui said, "The great river flows east, washing away the romantic figures of the ages!"

Yan Junda said, "Speaking of which, our Shangjun County was also a famous ancient battlefield in ancient times. During the Battle of Red Cliffs in the Three Kingdoms period, this Qingfeng Mountain was a place for stationing troops. Yue Fei of the Song Dynasty also resisted the Jin here."

Yu Ruizhi said, "That's good. If this place is developed into a tourist area, this can also be used as a major selling point."

Su Xinghui said, "Brother Yu, you can't talk about business without mentioning business now. You are really a good businessman!"

Yu Ruizhi said, "That's for sure. In business, talk business. Since you recommended this project to me, of course, I have to think of all the advantages and try my best to do this project well. After all, there are friends who want to cooperate with me, and I have to be responsible to my friends."

Yan Junda smiled, "President Yu, this is really a very good selling point. A few years ago, farmers dug up a bronze drum on this mountain. It is said that it was used by Yue Fei's army. Now this bronze drum, as well as arrowheads and spearheads dug up in this area, are all preserved in the county's cultural relic management office."

Yu Ruizhi said, "That's a good selling point. Maybe there are tourists who come here specifically to dig for these things."

Yan Junda said, "Actually, these things are dug less now. There were many before liberation. There were quite a few in the 1950s. It's a pity that at that time, we were engaged in Great Leap Forward steelmaking, and everyone didn't understand the value of these things and directly melted them."

Yan Junda's words made everyone sigh. Yes, how many cultural relics in that era were destroyed like this? These are all treasures of Chinese civilization!

After sitting in the pavilion for a while, several people came down from Qingfeng Mountain, got into the Mercedes-Benz, drove to the mountain east of the reservoir, and stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Several people got out of the car, and Yan Junda said, "This mountain is named Shi Quan Mountain, and there is a temple on the mountain called Shi Quan Zen Temple, which is said to have been built during the Southern Song Dynasty." ===== CHAPTER 574 =====