"This is the best Mongolian double-curved compound bow. It's really a good thing." Chief Hezhezhara said excitedly.
These East China Sea Jurchens have excellent archery skills, but their bows are not that good.
In East Asia at this time, the best bows and arrows were from the Jiannu people, followed by the Mongols. Their understanding and practical experience of sinew-angle composite bows was much deeper than these savages.
In addition, they did not have the financial resources of the Mongols and the slaves, so their bows and arrows were not good. But they knew the goods. As soon as these cavalrymen got started with bows, they immediately knew the benefits.
The cavalry's short bow is particularly suitable for hunting in the forest. The infantry's large bow is inconvenient to move and carry.
Tatalahachi picked up a piece of leather armor and couldn't put it down. Their tribe only had deer skin but no cowhide. Deer skin was not very effective as armor. His brother saw a piece of Mongolian feather armor at a glance. Although it was broken,
There were holes on it and blood stains on it. However, he took it out in no time.
Seeing these chiefs and leaders searching for treasures in the garbage, they were all smiling. Yang Fan was also a little speechless. The living environment of these people was so bad that they used these rags as treasures.
Donkey Dan took a step forward and said: "Today, uncle, please show mercy. Everyone can choose a set of iron armor, a steel knife, a long weapon, a bow and fifty arrows. As today's meeting gift, everyone can choose what they can get.
All right, but fighting is not allowed."
As soon as Donkey Dan finished speaking, the ecstatic leaders immediately rushed towards the garbage pile. Fortunately, the garbage pile was big enough, and they rummaged through it frantically. There was no fight, mainly because they were afraid that Daming would be blamed.
When these savages all found the weapons they wanted and put them on, they all opened their mouths happily, just like the Chinese New Year.
Yang Fan stood up and said: "Today there will be a banquet for you all at noon. In the afternoon, everyone is free to roam the streets and shops. You can buy anything you need. Tomorrow, the Ming Dynasty will conduct a firearms display at the Vladivostok Firearms Camp. Please watch it together.
If you are interested in joining the Ming Dynasty in attacking Jiannu, you can sign up."
The leader of Gule rolled his eyes and asked: "Uncle, now is not the time to send troops when the weather is freezing. It is best to send troops in summer and autumn."
In fact, these savages who grew up in the ice and snow, the severe cold really can't kill them. The main reason why they don't want to go at this time is that there is nothing to plunder. At the turn of summer and autumn, they can grab a year's crops. The main thing these people want most is
It's food.
They are different from the Jiannu slaves. They don't capture slaves because they don't have enough to eat themselves and there is no surplus food to feed the slaves. They also don't know how to farm. In such a northern place, with the agricultural technology of this era, they can't farm.
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Fishing and hunting are the most unreliable livelihoods. At that time, primitive humans relied on fishing, hunting and gathering. It was normal to go hungry for nine meals in three days. If the animals ran away or flew away, they would starve if they were not caught. They were far away
Not as reliable as nomads. Therefore, the fishing and hunting tribes are also the most ferocious. They fight with wild animals to survive.
Food can save lives in winter. Under the heavy snow cover, thousands of birds fly away from thousands of mountains, and all traces of animals are wiped out. It is common for entire tribes to starve to death.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "I will pay you with food. You will starve in the winter anyway. Instead of hiding in the cave to endure the winter, it is better to join my mercenary army. I will pay you and give you food."
Yang Fan's words immediately made these savages' eyes light up.
"Uncle, how much food do you provide and how do you pay for it?" Saihan asked immediately. His tribe is not small, with five hundred strong hunters.
"I will give one person three kilograms of corn a day. In addition, I will give fifty kilograms of corn for the departure fee. You can leave this to your family so that they can have food for the winter. I will also be responsible for the military rations during your expedition. You can save it if you are not at home.
If you give food to your family, they can eat more and fewer people will starve to death. You should calculate the internal and external accounts carefully. Is it a good deal?"
The headwoman Xiwenna immediately asked: "How will the humans, animals and wealth captured from Jiannu be distributed?"
As soon as Xi Wenna's words came out, all the leaders immediately looked at Yang Fan.
As long as there is a war, there are bound to be casualties and there are bound to be spoils of war.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Everything seized belongs to whoever grabs it. If I want it, I will pay to buy it from you. However, the Han slaves must be given to me unconditionally. The land cannot be given to you."
Everyone nodded. Such a distribution plan is beneficial to them, and it can be regarded as taking care of them. They don't want slaves, so they usually kill them or eat them directly. They don't want the land either, because they will go back after receiving the benefits. The land cannot be taken away.
Besides, they are a people of fishing and hunting, and are only interested in mountains with prey.
Yang Fan said: "I will sell the weapons and armor to you on credit. When you have the trophies, you will pay the bill. You should think about it today. After the firearms drill tomorrow morning, you will give me an answer."
"I will send troops before New Year's Day. The Ming Dynasty will send three regiments, plus two battalions of cavalry. You can send whatever you can."
This is a good business. Beating children on a rainy day means you are idle. In the Northeast, half the year is spent farming, and half the year is idle. This will be the case in future generations, let alone now.
These hunting and fishing savages must stock up on food for the winter in the autumn. Because of the heavy snow, all the animals are extinct and the rivers are frozen. They can only huddle in the shafts, struggling among the furs and urala grass, and use food as sparingly as possible.
Hold on until the ice and snow melt.
If they don't make it through, it wouldn't be surprising if they all starve to death.
Now, my uncle offered to pay for them to be mercenaries, not only taking care of their food and shelter, but also giving them a military salary of three kilograms of grain a day. The departure fee also included fifty kilograms of grain. This saved a family's life this winter.
No one will starve to death for sure.
What these chiefs think is that the three kilograms per person are all for themselves. They don't need to give so much to the following, and they can keep at least half. This is a good business.
As for the loss in fighting, they don't care. If they don't fight, hunting losses will be small. Isn't it just fighting for their lives? Besides, they can also buy metal weapons and armor on credit. There are also good Mongolian riding bows.
"I will send out five hundred soldiers." Xiwenna immediately shouted.
"I will send out one hundred and fifty soldiers."
"I will send 700 soldiers." Saihan shouted, and he planned to bring the young man and the old man too. After all, the more people you have, the more you will earn.
"I will send out 1,500 soldiers." Gu Le shouted. He is the strongest, so he can send out the most people.
The clerk hurriedly came over to register. In a short time, the number of these leaders ranged from fifty to five or six hundred. In the blink of an eye, there were 40,000 people.
The population of Jurchens in the East China Sea will not exceed 1.5 million. This number is very large.
