John Hua nodded to them: "Okay, I agree with what you said. I think it's getting late today, so let's go back first. We'll go to the snow-capped mountains early tomorrow morning."
Yue Guanchao continued: "One more thing. We have helped you find the direction of the snow mountain. Where are my family members now?"
"Please rest assured about this." John Hua waved to them: "Your family is safe and already at the inn. Since we have reached a deal, I will definitely abide by the details of the deal. You can see them when you go back. It’s his turn.”
They collected their things and returned to the ancient city of Yasa. When they returned to the inn, Yue Qingshan was already in the room.
"Old man, they didn't do anything to you, right?" Yue Erpao asked with concern. Although Yue Qingshan seemed fine on the surface, he still had to ask.
"Hey, kid, I'm an old man. What can they do to me? They just lock me up and serve me well. I guess they don't want my life. Otherwise, there are so many opportunities on the road. You missed everything in vain, I should have been used to threaten you."
He paused and his eyes became strange: "Now that you can see me, it means you have reached a deal. Old man, I am more curious, what exactly does he want to blackmail you for?"
After all, Yue Qingshan had been the manager of the Golden Rat Club, and he still knew a bit about the world. Now that he could see these young people, he already understood what kind of deal they had reached with John Hua.
Song Siyuan interjected: "They want me to help them find the tomb of Jieli Khan. As of today, the general location of the tomb has been determined, but the specific location cannot be determined yet. Tomorrow we plan to go to the snow-capped mountains to have a look."
"Then do you have a clue?" Yue Qingshan knew that the deal they reached was definitely not to provide such vague clues, but to actually find the ancient tomb. Now just not having a clue is the most dangerous thing.
Sun Daqiao sighed: "This difficulty is not small. The last time we found the Ancestral Vein Soul Palace, it was actually not our own fault. It was the Tang family who gave us a set of incisions that allowed us to successfully find the location of the Soul Palace. , now, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the tomb of Jieli Khan with our own hands."
"but."
Sun Daqiao changed the subject: "Song Qianjin is right about one thing. Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng can calculate all the major events in the next two thousand years. They can definitely predict that Jieli Khan's tomb will turn into frozen soil. I am thinking that if Jieli Khan The Khan's mausoleum really wants to exist in the frozen soil, and it takes a lot of effort."
Yue Guanchao put his arms around the old man's neck and said, "Sun Daqiao, please stop being so pretentious and talk quickly. You didn't get to the point."
Sun Daqiao said tremblingly: "Permanently frozen snow mountains only exist on snowy plateaus. Except for snowy plateaus, the frozen soil in most places is frozen in winter and spring, and completely melts in summer and autumn. Between the freezing and melting, the frozen soil is in between." It will definitely be soaked with water. Every winter and spring when the flowers bloom, there may be mudslides that fall directly down the hillside from high places. I am thinking that this situation is completely unfavorable to the mausoleum.
When building a mausoleum, we often choose a place with excellent Feng Shui. One of the factors is to find a stable earthwork environment or a rocky environment for the mausoleum. We will try our best to avoid places with loose soil structures such as swamps.
Because the soil with loose structure cannot support the structure of the tomb at all, it is possible that the soil will collapse within a few years due to frozen soil, directly destroying the entire tomb.
When Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were looking for tombs, they would not deliberately look for peaks that would turn into frozen soil in the future. If they safely placed the tomb under such peaks and soil, does it mean that they have solved the problem of frozen soil melting or Soil collapse problem.
To solve these two problems, the first way is to look for permafrost, and the second way is to consider the materials used to build the tomb.
Let’s talk about the first situation first!
If we are looking for permafrost, this means that these frozen soils will not melt at all and will not change within two thousand years. In this case, the hard frozen soil will add a lot of strength to the mausoleum. , but such mausoleums often do not appear outside the snowy plateau.
The snow-capped mountains they saw can only be regarded as seasonal snow-capped mountains. They are frozen in winter and spring and thawed in summer and autumn. There is a half-year freezing period from December to May every year. After May, it will not freeze until November. After completely thawing, by this time, summer and autumn will come.
The half-year-long freezing period and half-year-long thawing period each year are equivalent to the frozen soil melting and freezing again every year, which completely fails to meet the conditions of permanent frozen soil.
Song Siyuan also mentioned that from the early years of the Tang Dynasty to the beginning of the previous dynasty, during the two thousand years, the cold period and the warm period alternated, which also means that the frozen soil in these snow-capped mountains may have melted and then been frozen by the cold air, so Thaw and refreeze repeatedly.
If they had not solved the problem of frozen soil, the mausoleum might not exist at all, because the mausoleum would have been completely crushed and brittle by the collapse and melting of the frozen soil.
It completely fails to meet the conditions of permafrost, so of course it is impossible for Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng to choose it. However, if the process is reversed based on the results, they can choose to build tombs here, which shows that the second scenario is very likely to be realized - —That is to solve the problem of melting permafrost and give the tombs a more stable structure, which can ensure that these tombs will not be harmed by soil collapse even if the permafrost melts and freezes for thousands of years.
At this point, everyone became curious. Song Siyuan asked: "Can this problem be solved? Or in other words, can they find a mausoleum structure that is stable even if the permafrost melts?"
Sun Daqiao obviously knew how to do it. He lowered his voice and nodded, his face becoming more and more mysterious: "When I was traveling around the world, I also saw some Mongolian businessmen from the grasslands. The further north I went, the more I encountered them. Frozen soil that melts and solidifies, and even good soil will turn into frozen soil after experiencing ice, snow, wind and frost for three to five years, and is destined to turn into wet mud once it melts."
Prairie people could not tell when the frozen soil appeared and when it melted, so they gradually developed hanging pile burials for frozen soil according to local conditions!
This kind of hanging pile burial requires digging a deep pit when the frozen soil is hard, and then using wood to build a huge square tomb. Before placing the tomb into the pit, many wooden piles more than ten meters long need to be inserted on the four sides of the tomb. ,
These wooden piles are densely arranged like comb teeth and completely fixed outside the tomb with angle irons. They look like a huge wooden box covered with thorns.
Then the tomb chamber is completely sunk into the pit. At this step, it is already time to seal the soil. The excavated frozen soil will be completely melted by the baking furnace. After melting, the glutinous rice slurry is poured in and stirred evenly. It was not completely solidified yet and was completely poured into the wooden pit.
In a day or two, the soil will become very hard after it is completely solidified. They are frozen soil themselves and added with glutinous rice slurry. Even hammers and iron rods may not be able to penetrate it. Of course, the huge tomb chamber will be destroyed. Protect it.
After it thaws next spring, the frozen soil will be like a ball of rice cakes due to the stickiness of glutinous rice pulp. Although it becomes soft, it will not collapse directly like ordinary frozen soil.
During the melting process of frozen soil, since wood is more tough and ductile than stone, it can maintain the integrity of the tomb to a large extent. It is equivalent to having an extra layer of piles to fix the frozen soil outside the tomb, which directly and completely completes the tomb. Support it to prevent the tomb from collapsing due to melting permafrost.
After the frozen soil melts, it can easily change its shape. In order to find the tomb, these Mongolian people will kill the young camel in front of the old camel. When they worship, they can lead the old camel to find the tomb and let the old camel smell it. Follow the blood stains to find the location where the little camel died, so you can find the exact burial place.
When Sun Daqiao said this, he nodded towards them: "I was wondering whether Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng used this method to maintain a dynamic stability of the entire tomb in the frozen soil. With this huge wooden Tomb chambers may actually be able to remain stable in the frozen soil.”
"That being said, didn't they think that wood can also decay? After thousands or tens of thousands of years, these woods will probably rot away." Yue Guanchao questioned.
Sun Daqiao nodded: "That's just what I said. I don't know whether this hanging pile burial is true or false."
He paused and then said: "Although this hanging pile burial may be fake, I remember that there is a form of burial that was indeed adopted by the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, and that is the secret burial system in the mysterious tomb."
