While the leaders of the Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea were discussing, Yang Fan and his wives set out from Vladivostok Port and took a dog sled to Shuangcheng Zicheng.
Yang Fan has already released the news that he will form an alliance with the East China Sea Jurchens in Shuangchengzi.
Shuangchengzi is the central city in the Suifen River Basin. It belongs to the Russian Federation in modern times and its name is Ussuriysk. Shuangchengzi is located in the plain area between the Sikhot Mountains, Changbai Mountains and Xingkai Lake. It borders Dongning, China to the west and 10 kilometers to the south.
Vladivostok 100 kilometers.
Shuangchengzi is located at the intersection of Suifen River, Lakovga River and Suptiga River. It is a plain in the Far East coastal area close to the seaport. It is an important commodity distribution center in the Far East.
The geographical location here is very good, and it was chosen by Yang Fan as the center of governance. There is a natural harbor in the front and a large plain in the back. It is rich in mineral resources and natural resources. It is a natural Great Bay Area suitable for industry.
At present, 20,000 immigrants have been recruited here, and the Han population is more than 110,000. Recently, more than 13,000 people from Tsushima Island have been immigrated here. The population is now close to 130,000.
Among these people, the Port of Vladivostok is a shipbuilding base and port. Therefore, 5,000 households have been resettled.
Shuangchengzi is a central city and the seat of the Governor's Palace. It will develop light industry in the future, so five thousand households have been resettled.
The remaining 10,000 households were scattered to ten surrounding towns.
In this wild land, there are dangers all the time. The danger comes not only from attacks by savages. Wild animals, severe cold and heat, poisonous insects, snakes and ants can also kill people.
It can be as hot as 37 to 39 degrees in summer here, and as cold as minus 37 to 39 degrees in winter.
Basically, the hotter the summer, the colder the winter. However, the summer in the Northeast is hot for more than half a month. And the wind is cool under the shade of the trees. As long as you are not exposed to the sun, it is quite comfortable.
Yang Fan did not dare to disperse the people. Therefore, a town with 1,000 households maintained a scale of 5,000 or 6,000 people.
In each town, logs with a diameter of more than one meter are used, which are blackened with fire to prevent rot. They are then buried two meters deep in the ground and eight meters high when exposed above. The distance between the two wooden walls is four meters. The middle is filled with soil and tamped.
Build a city wall.
When conditions permit, I plan to cover it with bricks again. The purpose of using logs is to speed up the construction.
The houses in the city are all prefabricated wooden houses. There is too much wood here, or it can be said to be a forest and snowfield. Drinking water depends on digging wells. Fuel can be burned with wood or coal. Open-pit coal mines have been found here.
The fields these people cultivate are all outside the city. After finishing their work, they have to return to the city to live. They never dare to spend the night outside.
Every hilltop here has a big cat like the Northeast Golden Grain Layer. If you are attacked by a big cat, you can only think that you deserve to be unlucky.
When these immigrants came here, they saw what they called big insects. They were horrified to find that this was definitely not what Wu Song was fighting.
The golden lynx here is more than 4 meters long and extremely powerful. The male weighs more than 600 kilograms. A slap can easily kill a lynx. The female can weigh more than 350 kilograms.
The palm strike force of the Siberian tiger is about 1000kg, and the bite force is about 500kg. The palm strike force of ordinary people is about 125kg, so the tiger's palm strike force is 7 to 8 times that of ordinary people, so the strength of ordinary people is much lower than that of tigers. Wu Song
It is impossible to defeat a tiger.
In the past two years, farmers doing spring plowing have encountered many incidents of scrawny hungry tigers biting farm cows that had just survived the winter. When encountering such a thing, the team leader would usually tell everyone to run away.
All farm cattle have purchased insurance, and Xinghe Insurance will pay for it. Human life is still more important.
But there are still some people who are reluctant to part with cows. In this era, a cow is the vast majority of property and the lifeblood of many families. Their inertial thinking is deeply ingrained.
They raised their iron forks and spears to fight, and ended up falling into the tiger's mouth with the ox. Later, Li Huaishu had no choice but to urgently send them muskets. There were not enough muskets, so a ship was transferred from Beitangkou.
With firearms, we have a deterrent effect on wolves, brown bears, and tigers, and the casualties are reduced.
The most hateful thing is the wild boar, which always harms the crops. A wild boar can destroy several acres of land in one night. The angry farmers cry.
When this thing was full, he went to rub it against the pine tree. The pine oil all over his body formed a thick armor over time, which even a musket could not penetrate.
After long-term battles of wits and courage with wild boars, farmers learned how to dig traps, poison, and cast fishing nets to capture them.
Li Huaishu once saw with his own eyes an angry wild boar fighting a black bear.
This experience opened his eyes.
The black bear chased by the wild boar ran as fast as it could. Finally, the bear had no choice but to climb a tree. The wild boar rushed into the tree in anger, trying to knock the tree down. But the tree was more than one meter thick, how could it knock it down?
The black bear dared to come down only after seeing the wild boar walking away in anger. The black bear, who stood 2.56 meters tall, had no time to be proud. The wild boar suddenly rushed over from behind a big tree.
The long fangs penetrated directly into the belly of the black bear. The black bear was pushed against the tree trunk, and then it was fatally injured. The black bear howled in pain and its intestines came out.
The angry black bear slapped the wild boar on the face. The wild boar's entire face was knocked off and its skull was shattered. It died suddenly on the spot.
But the black bear also had a stomachache, hung its head and remained motionless.
In the end, both the bear and the pig died in this posture.
The sight of the Li Sophora tree was so frightening. Are all the wild beasts in the Northeast so ferocious?
He was considered a veteran warrior who had experienced many battles. Although he had the unexpected joy of picking up a wild boar and a black bear for nothing, his legs were still shaking with fear.
After this time, he had a personal experience of the dangerous environment here.
Another time, he led a team to camp in the wild. When he woke up in the morning, he felt that his crotch was slippery, cool and greasy.
He reached out and grabbed it, got closer, and took a closer look. He almost jumped out of fright.
As a result, a venomous snake with a triangular head and a length of more than one meter was caught.
Fortunately, he caught the snake at seven inches and controlled the snake's head, so he was not bitten. However, the snake Xinzi licked his face, which made him feel sick and almost vomited, and he was so frightened that his eyesight went black.
He jumped up in excitement and chopped off the snake's head with a dagger.
The snake's head was broken and fell to the ground, but it was still twisting and struggling on the ground. A yellow dog wanted to watch the fun, but was bitten by the broken snake's head. It immediately twitched all over, foamed at the mouth, and was poisoned to death on the spot.
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After this incident, he ordered that every time the troops went out to sleep, they would tie their trouser legs with leggings and wear long leather boots. The sleeping bag must be tied around the neck.
Otherwise, snakes like warm places and are especially willing to get into crotch or quilt.
Yang Fan took two battalions of Vladivostok local troops and a servant battalion to Shuangchengzi together. The two hundred miles were covered with snow. Because in winter, dog sleds often transported supplies, so a snowy road was created.
Yang Fan and his wife sat in a sled carriage and were pulled by fifty huskies. Others used sledges to carry supplies and moved forward with the carriage sandwiched in front and behind. Soldiers from three battalions used skis to advance.
The servants are all trained in skiing. They can use skis.
The record for extreme skiing in later generations was about 17 hours and 300 kilometers of skiing. But that was on regular snow trails. This kind of fluffy wilderness snow is absolutely impossible.
Some places look flat, but in fact there is a big pit under the snow. It is very dangerous to fall into it, so you can't walk too fast.
The skiing speed of the soldiers was such that they could travel a hundred miles a day, which is about fifty kilometers. Yang Fan planned to stay in the snow for one night and continue moving the next day. He would arrive at Shuangchengzi in two days.
In fact, it was possible to reach the destination by marching in a hurry, but Yang Fan was worried that the troops would be exhausted and cause falling behind and frostbite. If they fell behind here, they would be in danger of freezing to death at night.
Moreover, when meeting these savages, you must be cautious. Do not underestimate the enemy.
These Tungus people have different personalities from the Han people.
The Han people are cold-faced and warm-hearted. They are not easy to make friends with. But once they recognize you as a friend, they are very reliable and trustworthy. The Tungus people are the opposite. They are warm-faced and cold-hearted. They will also greet travelers and strangers warmly and are very hospitable.
However, if there is a conflict of interest, they will suddenly pull out a knife and stab you.
Yang Fan took the troops there to prevent them from becoming irrational and acting irrationally after seeing the large amount of supplies.
