The sound of music was heard from the pier. In the two years since Vladivostok was founded, this is the first time that the master has come to inspect the city. Everyone is very nervous, and the preparations are very grand.
Chen Xi opened the sliding door of the balcony and screamed.
This Royal Clipper was transmitted from modern times and has a complete temperature control system. The temperature indoors is 25 or 6 degrees Celsius, but at this time, it is already minus 20 degrees Celsius in the harbor. It has already snowed here
.
The wind from the north is biting and cold, blowing on the skin and causing pain like a knife.
Chen Xi quickly closed the door again, and she was horrified to find that the balcony was covered with ice. The swells from the Sea of Japan rushed onto the balcony, and the sea water froze.
"Master, why is it so cold here?" Chen Xi said shivering.
"You have never been to the Northeast, so you don't know how severe the winter here is. But I have been prepared and have prepared special clothes for you to keep out the cold," Yang Fan said.
"Sir, shouldn't we wear mink here?" Xiao Niangpi asked. She had been to Mongolia in winter before, where it was extremely cold at 20 to 30 degrees below zero. She always wore mink.
I have to say that mink skin is really effective in keeping out the cold, but it is too expensive. Otter skins from the Northeast are also quite good. Good mink and otter skins have fluffy hair like needles, and each one is comfortable.
Unfolded, shining with oily light.
These precious skins do not even touch water or snow. They will slide off if they fall on them.
The girls love fur very much, so they had the chance to wear it this time. It’s not that cold in Guanhai, but it’s actually a bit warm to wear mink. It’s just right here, neither hot nor cold, very comfortable.
"Well, wearing fur is very warm, but it's too heavy. I've prepared down jackets for you, which are light and warm." Yang Fan asked Xu Xiu to bring thermal underwear and down jackets.
"Hey! These clothes are so light." Xiao Niangpi said in surprise after putting on her clothes.
These down jackets are filled with the best materials. The best stuffing for down jackets is goose down, which includes white goose down and gray goose down. These are all white goose down. Ladies are mysophobic and like pure white things.
Yang Fan has no shortage of geese and ducks, there are plenty of them.
"And these snow boots, they are light and warm, and will not slip on the ice. The road here is full of ice, so it is easy to fall." Yang Fan took out a pair of snow boots from the box, squatted down and leathered them with his own hands.
Put it on.
The little girl's face was red, sitting on the chair, squinting her eyes happily, enjoying the favor of the master. Men in this era are all chauvinistic, and few people like Yang Fan are so gentle. Yang Fan sometimes draws their eyebrows.
, they can be happy all day long.
"Wear your masks, the wind is very strong."
Yang Fan took his wives out of the cabin, and went down directly to the pier through a middle door on the side. As soon as they came out, the cold wind blew, and it felt so cold.
Li Huaishu immediately stepped forward, stood at attention, saluted, and shouted loudly: "Commander of Vladivostok Base, Governor of Suifen River Basin, Li Huaishu reports to the master. Please give me instructions."
Yang Fan patted him on the shoulder with a smile. Li Huaishu was a member of the old family who followed him in the early days. Now they have all taken independent leadership positions. Li Huaishu has already reached the rank of colonel.
"Commander of the Sea of Japan Fleet Chen Zuwang, reported to the master for instructions." Chen Zuwang is now also the person in charge of the Vladivostok Fleet. He also has the rank of captain of the Navy. Although he became a monk halfway and joined the army later, his technical level is very impressive.
Yang Fan thinks highly of him, and now he has entered the inner circle.
"Okay, everyone is exempt from the courtesy." Yang Fan said with a smile.
"Thank you, Sir" all the military officers and administrative officials shouted loudly.
At this time, supposedly a four-wheeled carriage should have driven over to take the master and his wife to where they were staying. But the roads here were covered with snow, and from the dock, it looked like they were all wooden houses built of logs. The roofs were covered with
There was thick snow.
The snow in this era was much heavier than that in later generations. During this period, the forest coverage rate was high, and soil and water conservation was good. In winter, heavy snow could accumulate one or two meters thick, requiring constant snow plowing.
Yang Fan looked around and realized that it was impossible for carriages to travel in this kind of road environment. Because there was no time to repair the roads with hardened pavement. Even if they were repaired, they would have to keep plowing the snow. The snow on the road was crushed by the cars, and it was all covered with snow.
ice.
This small seaport town only built hundreds of wooden houses. Some were barracks, some were residences, and most were warehouses. A simple wall was built outside with logs. A watchtower was also built, and trenches were dug outside and barbed wire was installed.
In this era, there are wild beasts everywhere here. If the place is not carefully arranged, a hungry black bear will come in in the middle of the night and kill a few of them.
"Come on, let's walk to the hotel. It just so happens that I am also doing some activities. I have been on the boat during this period, and when I suddenly landed on the shore, I felt a little land-sick. Haha." Yang Fan said jokingly.
"Although there is no carriage here, sir, we have prepared this for you and your ladies." Li Huaishu waved his hand, and from behind a wooden house, a group of dogs stuck out their tongues and panted. They dragged behind them.
carrying a light carriage carriage on a sledge.
"Wow! Such handsome dogs." Xiao Niangpi and the others were immediately attracted by these sled dogs.
Yang Fan took a closer look and saw that they were actually a group of Erha.
Yang Fan was also convinced. Where did Li Huaishu get it? Isn't this thing only found near the Arctic Circle?
"Sir, it is inconvenient to use horses here in the winter. The snow is too thick and the wheels cannot move. Last winter, tribes from the Kamchatka Peninsula came to Shuangchengzi and exchanged furs, alluvial gold, and Dongzhu for our cotton coats, grain, salt, and iron.
Pot. They came here on a dog sled."
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Did you trade with them? Kamchatka people are warlike. How did you become friends with them?"
In later generations, even the Russians, known as the "fighting nation", were afraid of them and regarded them as warlike people.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As early as the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, there are historical records that called the country located to the north of the North Sea the "Flowing Ghost Country". This ancient "Flowing Ghost Country" is actually what it is today
The Kamchatka Peninsula area.
At that time, the aboriginal people living here were called Koryak people, who lived on reindeer, fishing and hunting, and had a long-term relationship with the Tang Dynasty in exchange of envoys.
"We had a ship that ran aground on the Kamchatka Peninsula while exploring the coast. They initially planned to attack us, but our muskets had a farther range than their bows and arrows. After dozens of people died, they surrounded us and refused to retreat. Later we
Send someone to negotiate with them."
"Our cotton coats, refined salt, and iron pots were all things they had never seen before, or were scarce. They offered to exchange them with us. That's how we got to know each other. In winter, they would drive their dogs to
The sleigh has come to Shuangchengzi to trade with us."
Yang Fan nodded. Although the people here are barbarians, the Sable Road has been open for more than two thousand years. They are still friendly to merchants. The tribes here will protect merchants instead of robbing. Because they know that only
Only merchants can bring them the materials they need but cannot produce on their own.
Only when everyone maintains the smooth flow of trade routes can merchants come to their own tribe. If every tribe robs merchants, the trade routes will be cut off. If you rob a caravan here, you will be attacked by angry tribes from all around.
"We have too many products here, and these savages are so excited that they don't even want to leave. They are willing to stay and work for us. I finally persuaded them to leave. I have been trading this kind of dogs with them since last year.
, now there are more than a thousand."
Yang Fan looked at this group of dogs. About twenty can only pull a carriage with a sled. More than a thousand dogs can only pull more than fifty. However, this also solves the traffic problem in winter.
"Get in the car, let's go to a hotel to stay first, and tomorrow we will go to Shuangchengzi, the central stronghold of the Suifen River Basin." Yang Fan said with a smile.
It's also very cold here. As long as he stands in the snow without moving, his feet will feel frozen for a short time. His feet are a little numb.
In such an extremely cold place, the secret to survival is to keep moving and not stop. Otherwise, you will get frostbite.
As if the ladies were amnesty, they already couldn't bear the cold. After all, they had just come from the tropics and were still not used to it.
They immediately got into the carriage. There was a small stove and the briquettes were burning vigorously. However, there was no burning sensation at all, which showed how cold it was here.
Vladivostok is no longer the center of Yang Fan's colony. In the entire Suifen River Basin, more than 20,000 households and a population of over 100,000 have immigrated. It has formed a twin city with walls and ten towns.
The ruling center here is Shuangcheng Zicheng. With more than 10,000 Japanese people recently being repatriated here, the population has further increased.
