The Sable Road is a trade route that connects Bohai, Jurchen and other ancient peoples of Northeast Asia with Central Asia. It is different from the traditional Silk Road and passes through North Asia.
This road started in today's Tajikistan and was developed and operated by Sogdian merchants. Here the Silk Road branched off into a northerly branch, starting from the eastern area of Lake Balkhash and heading northeast into the Tangnu Uryanghai area. (
There are gold mines in the Altai Mountains here)
Passing through the western Great Lakes Plain of Outer Mongolia, continuing to the northeast, passing between the territory of Zasaktu Khan and the territory of the Buryats. (This part mainly trades livestock and furs with the Mongols.)
At the source of the Ergun River in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, it turns northeast into the Waixing'an Mountains, and travels southeast along the north bank of Heilongjiang. It probably crosses the Heilongjiang at Hailanpao, and then turns south through the Sanjiang Plain and Jiamusi Hegang area.
Plain, southward to the Songhua River Basin. (This part mainly trades mink and ermine skins with the Sauron people and the savage Jurchens.)
The last section goes south along the central part of the Songnen Plain and reaches the four Jurchen tribes in Haixi, namely Yehe, Hada, Huifa, and Wula (Wula Street is today's Siping City, Jilin). It finally reaches the outside of the Liaodong Great Wall, which is the end point of Jianzhou Jurchen.
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This road has existed since ancient times, even dating back to prehistoric times.
Before Zhang Qian's passage to the Western Regions, trade routes had long existed, but in Gansu and Shaanxi, there was intermittent relay trade. Three thousand years ago, Greek gold coins with the image of Athena were unearthed from ruins in Xinjiang.
Similarly, African ivory was also found in the tomb of the Nanyue King in Panyu, Guangzhou (late Qin and early Han Dynasty). Cultural relics related to the Middle East and Mediterranean civilizations.
In other words, whether it is the maritime route in the south or the Eurasian continent in the north, trade routes have existed since ancient times.
The mink fur trade in Northeast China had developed as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, when it was called "Yi Lou Mink". By the Tang Dynasty, tribes in the Heilongjiang and Ussuri River basins sold large quantities of sable fur to the Western market.
Popular in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Through the spread of the Sogdians (the ancestors of today's Tajiks) who had direct trade with these peoples, "Yi Lou Mink" also became well-known among the Iranian people in Central Asia.
It is very likely that certain technologies from the West and even the Romans came to the Northeast through this route over a long history of two to three thousand years. The people in the Northeast used precious skins such as mink and ermine skins, not only in exchange for
Various living supplies arrived, and some technologies were also obtained.
During the Jingkang Disgrace in the Northern Song Dynasty, during the two siege battles of the Battle of Tokyo in Bianliang, the trebuchets of the Jin Army destroyed the defensive equipment and trebuchets of the Northern Song Dynasty.
There was a huge gap between the Northern Song Dynasty's equipment, both in terms of range and power. The Jin army's iron-plated armor was so sophisticated that it completely overwhelmed the Song army. And all of this was developed in a very short period of time.
There is a reason why the Sable Road and the Silk Road overlap in the Land of Seven Rivers east of Lake Balkhash. The Altai Mountains were called Golden Mountains in ancient times, and the gold used in Greek gold coins was quarried in the Altai Mountains.
Gold in ancient Europe was transported westward from the Altai Mountains in Xinjiang along trade routes.
"The nobles of the north have benefited from this Sable Road in all dynasties. Trade has never been cut off. After the Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road was cut off, but the Sable Road still continued. The ethnic groups that benefited changed from Turks to
Mongolia, Jin, Jiannu. Therefore, different ethnic groups have been rising in the Northeast, posing a continuous threat to the Central Plains." Liu Hongxun said.
Yang Fan has always been doubtful about the rapid rise of Jiannu. The rise of a generation is very similar to that of Wanyan Aguda. Maybe a caravan from Central Asia not only brought the supplies they needed, but also brought
Military technology.
Liu Hongxun continued: "However, in the Tianqi Dynasty, everything changed, because the amount of slave trade was too large and the profits were frighteningly high. The imperial court formed a complicated group that specialized in eating this profit. And such a huge benefit also
It caused a fight. It even formed an interest chain in which slaves were built and plundered, the eight major business groups sold the stolen goods, and some people in the court provided protection."
"After the people from Donglin came in, they planned to smuggle slaves to the Jianren slaves from Liaodong and Shandong to replace the old group of interest groups. Mao Wenlong became a stumbling block in the middle. And Mao Wenlong was an old group of interests.
The white glove of the group’s trade in Liaodong. Therefore, Mao Wenlong has been involved in the whirlpool and cannot extricate himself.”
Yang Fan was silent in his heart. Apparently, his Western Expedition to deal with the Haraqin, Duoyan, and Tumote tribes was also used to cut off the traditional trade route for thousands of years. No wonder Donglin supported the Western Expedition at that time. The emperor also supported the Western Expedition. Yes
As far as Dong Lin is concerned, what Yang Fan did before was exactly what they hoped for.
Yang Fan solved the Zhangjiakou problem, which was actually beneficial to Donglin's plan. Yang Fan was unknowingly used as a weapon by them. They hoped that Yang Fan could solve Monan Mongolia and cut off the access of the older generation's interest groups. But they didn't.
I hope Yang Fan will become big, so I hope he will be defeated in Jiuyuan City.
If you think about many things in series, you will understand the cause and effect.
Yang Fan solved Monan Mongolia for them, which was beneficial to their plan, but after Yang Fan completed the task, they began to stumble, trying to make it impossible for Jingying and Yang Fan to get back. After Jingying was defeated, everything was perfect.
From now on, the trade with Houjin and even the financial resources of this Sable Road will belong to them.
"Who is transporting technology to the Northeast region?" Yang Fan couldn't help but ask.
"Shamans!" Liu Hongxun said. "I don't know much about the shamans. I only know that they are much more powerful than we thought. I heard that their power can reach the far west where Mongolia reached."
"The rise of Jiannu was because the Mongols converted to Lamaism and broke with the shamans. They burned the shamans' sacred objects and expelled the shamans. So the shamans reached an agreement with Jiannu, and a large number of shamans came to Jianzhou.
Help them."
Yang Fan nodded. He also saw clues from the historical data. It seemed that Jiannu had made a promise to the shaman. After they moved into the imperial capital, they gave the queen's palace to the shaman and killed pigs for sacrifice in Kunning Palace every day. The emperor
They all participated in person, and some of the ministers who were favored were also qualified to participate.
After the sacrifice, everyone shared the sacrificial meat. The boiled pork without any seasoning was very difficult to eat. The old ministers could only secretly hide some green salt in their sleeves.
They danced to the gods and made sacrifices every day, and they did not finish until Puyi left the palace.
Yang Fan knew that in this era and previous history, there was a prairie from the Songhua River Basin all the way to Eastern Europe. Academically, it was called the Eurasian Steppe Belt.
This is the world of the steppe peoples. In the westernmost part of the Eurasian steppe belt, that is, the Scythians in the Ukrainian steppe, shamans appeared in prehistory and then spread to the entire steppe belt.
