Chapter 436 (2/2)

Bobcat estimated that he had fallen for more than 100 meters. His arms felt a little sour, and then he stepped on the ground under his feet. Then he felt that his body was caught by a pair of powerful arms.

”Uncle SM, we haven't reached the end yet, but it's not a steep hillside. We should be able to reach the end by pulling the rope.” The sound of the stone bear was much louder, but it was completely covered up by the more huge sound of water flow. It must be that the river below is not far away.

It took about five or six minutes for the two men to reach the bottom along the not so steep slope, and a faint river appeared in front of them.

”There is a great possibility that this river will lead to Monongahela!” SM is also very sure to say. Here, his excellent sense of direction began to play a role.

The direction of the river can be determined here, and there is no road on the South Bank of the river, that is, the side where they stand now. Although it's too dark to see if there is a road across the Qinghe River, Shi Xiong knows that there is a road on the North Bank of the river that flows from the West into Monongahela, but there is no road on the south bank.

The two men began to take off their skins from their backs.

Since it is planned to drift down the river at night, the best boat is undoubtedly a cowhide raft.

The stone bear once visited the Tibetan area before crossing the river. In the Yarlung Zangbo River, he saw the scene of the local Tibetans crossing the river with grass filled cowhide rafts.

The cowhide rafts used by Tibetans are much smaller than the large cowhide rafts used on the Yellow River. There are only four skins under one raft, and some even have only two skins. Naturally, this kind of raft can't carry too many things or people, but it is very stable. Because the leather bag is not inflated, but filled with some grass, it's not afraid that the raft will be damaged when it is hit by a torrent on the reef.

In fact, more than 70 years before the stone bear crossing, many large leather rafts could be seen transporting on the Yellow River in Lanzhou section, and there was a famous local saying: ”sheep skin rafts are used as warships, and potato eggs are boiled in casseroles.”.

This shows that this kind of raft is a very safe means of water transport.

In fact, the sheepskin raft is similar to the cowhide raft used by the stone bear now, but the leather raft carried by the stone bear and the bobcat is much smaller, with only four leather bags. Each leather bag is about the same size as a travel bag, and weighs only seven or eight Jin.

Bobcat carries two, stone bear carries two. Untie these four skins, find a few thicker branches, tie them together with ropes, and then you can go into the water.

Although it's dark, it's hard for the bear and the bobcat. After a short time, they found the right branch and built a raft.

Of course, before going into the water, each of them had a longer and thicker branch in his hand, which was as thick as his arm. These two branches are used as poles.

After all, it's downstream. Although the raft is not afraid of collision, we can't just watch the raft hit the rocks, so there must be some necessary struts.

The stone bear went into the water, and the water from the bank did not pass his thigh. However, he stood firmly and put the assembled raft into the water with both hands. After Bobcat got on the raft, he turned over and got on the raft. Then, with a brace, the raft left the bank and was driven downstream by the fast rive