It snowed heavily and the rivers and seas were frozen.
It was only late October at this time, but the west coast of the North Sea was already like an ice cellar.
The ship was parked in the bay and was frozen by the sea ice. The Prime Minister, dressed in mink fur, still felt cold. He just wanted to stay in the log house and warm the stove all day, or sit directly on the fire kang and drink tea.
But the local tribes like this ice and snow very much. They are not affected at all. The snow up to their knees is not a problem for them. Every tribe man and woman can easily make a pair of skis and put them on their feet.
Walking on flat ground.
Okhotsk Fort was renamed as Qidumigang.
The original Orthodox church in the city was demolished, and the dynasty ministers drove the Rakshasa people to build the Yuewang Temple, the Guandi Temple and the Confucian Temple.
These Rakshasa prisoners were very experienced in building wooden houses. The church actually just removed the roof and replaced it with a Chinese-style roof. The thick logs were set up and the gaps were filled with moss, etc., which had excellent cold-proof and thermal insulation effects.
The Rakshasa captives were treated like animals every day, building castles, building houses, and chopping firewood. As a result, their treatment was not as good as that of the Hezhe people's dogs. Their dogs could eat large dried fish, but they could only eat minced fish.
Dry.
It can only be chewed dry, not even boiled.
"The tribes want to return to the tribe."
"With such heavy snow and ice, it's not easy to go back. Why not stay here for the winter?"
"Sir, for them, this world of ice and snow is nothing to worry about. They have dogs. They build sleds and let the dogs pull them all the way back to the tribe. They can run very fast. Even if they don't bring dogs, they can still run very fast with skis on. They
You are not afraid of the cold, and the fur on your body can protect you from the cold. You can even dig a snow hole to spend the night in the wild. If you bring dried fish or meat with you, neither man nor dog will go hungry, and you can even hunt minks and foxes along the way."
After hearing this, Wang Chao admired these natives.
There are too many tribes here, and even those tribes of the same ethnic group do not have a leader or anything. Most of them live in clan units. No matter the Ming Dynasty called them Savage Jurchens or Beishan Jurchens, or the Manchus called them
Sauron, or Daur, Hezhe, Feyaka, Ewenki, etc., actually they themselves are not divided in this way.
For example, if they are both Feyaka people or Chiler people, although their internal languages are roughly the same, they all live in clan units. Different clans can only share similar languages and customs, but they have no contact with each other.
Not closely.
The haras of each surname have their own leaders, and the Gazha villages below also have their own leaders, but there are no leaders above each hara.
Even in daily life, we basically live in Garzha as a unit.
According to language, they can be roughly divided into the Daur and Buryats of the Mongolian language family, the Yakuts of the Turkic language family, the Evenki, Hezhe, and Oroqen of the Tungus language family, and the Feyaka people who are different from them.
and the Ainu in southern Sakhalin.
In the northern part of the Outer Khingan Mountains there are also Yukargir languages, Chukotka-Kamchatka languages, and even Eskimo-Aleut languages.
"Hold a celebration banquet and entertain them well."
The heavy snowfall in the cold winter does not hinder these indigenous people. Autumn and winter are originally the best hunting seasons. After autumn and before spring, the furs of wild animals are the most valuable, and it is also the best season for hunting.
A good hunter can even hunt hundreds of mink pelts in one autumn or winter.
Although there are many people in the pioneer fleet, there is no shortage of food, clothing and quilts to spend the winter here. Unlike those poor Cossacks, they set out from Yakutsk or other castles to explore and travel between the mountains and rivers.
Because we are taking an unknown route, we can only move along the river and switch between different rivers. Therefore, we can only take a small rowing boat that can accommodate a few people. This way, we can directly lift the boat when changing to other rivers.
Get ashore.
Although such a small boat is light, it also means that it cannot carry too much stuff. Their expeditions sometimes last for two or three years at a time, and food basically comes from looting or trading along the way.
Even gunpowder is limited, so use it sparingly.
In contrast, the pioneering fleet set out from Vladivostok and took the already explored route to Nurgan Yongning Port, where it was replenished and then came here.
There are abundant supplies in the cabin, including rice, wheat, even flour and fried rice, dried meat and fish, as well as tobacco, wine, tea, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.
There is also a lot of charcoal, briquettes, etc. on the boat, which is very thoughtful.
The dynasty minister entertained the tribesmen in the newly built Yue Wang Temple.
He directly asked the crew to set up a long table and started a buffet.
Grilled whale meat, fried whale blubber, spiced beef jerky, baked dried fish, bacon glutinous rice, black pepper mashed potatoes, boiled corn, steamed buns, dumplings and pancakes, seaweed and egg soup...
Although the Koryak people who like to bury fish in the soil until it turns sour and smelly, take it out and eat it boiled with stone are not here, the diet of other tribes is definitely quite backward and primitive. For example, the Feyaka people never eat it.
A group of people who wash their faces and like to play bears in fish skins. Although they are good at fishing and like to raise dogs, eating fish is also very simple.
During the salmon migration season, the whole family works hard to catch fish, and then dries it, which is a year's ration. When eating, soak the dried fish in water and then tear it apart and eat it. If you catch live fish, you will eat it directly.
Sashimi.
The mortality rate among the Feyaka people is extremely high. There are several main reasons. First, they eat sashimi, second, they die from illness due to lack of hygiene, and third, they die from playing with bears.
The Feyaka people will also catch thousands of kilograms of king cod, and sometimes the tribe will even hunt whales together, but generally small tribes do not have that ability. The main whale hunters are the Feyaka people living on Sakhalin Island.
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A large piece of whale was grilled, sprinkled with black pepper sauce, and sprinkled with chopped green onion. It was both delicate and beautiful. The Feyaka people had some difficulty picking up a piece with their chopsticks, but it fell to the ground. They didn't care and simply stretched out their hands to grab it.
Put it directly into your mouth.
When you take a bite, the outside is slightly crispy, but the inside is very tender, especially the juice, which has a unique aroma.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Well, well, well," the leader nodded as he ate.
What about fried noodles, fried noodles, Yangchun noodles, fried rice noodles, boiled rice cakes, dumplings, steamed stuffed buns, wontons, those tribe leaders and disciples who wear all kinds of furs and are always dirty and look like Brother Sharp, how have they ever seen this?
Grow a wide variety of Central Plains delicacies.
As for the chefs on the ship, it was still a world of ice and snow, and the materials were limited. Otherwise, they would have to prepare hundreds of official dishes to show their skill.
Seeing this group of tribesmen rushing to grab the ship, the Prime Minister of the Dynasty smiled with a smile on his face.
All of these people were dirty, but the furs on their bodies were all extremely precious, and many of them were worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
It's a pity that their mother-in-law's rough craftsmanship means the processing is mediocre and the sewing is ugly, but the leather is all good.
Sable skin, sea dragon skin, sea tiger skin, bear skin, whale skin, sea mink skin, and they also have many walrus tusks, tiger teeth and other accessories.
Wait until these people have eaten and drank enough.
The Prime Minister clapped his hands, and the crew brought a lot of clothes and fabrics.
There are woolen military coats, woolen blankets, exquisite cowhide jackets, sheepskin boots, and even cotton and silk shirts that are very breathable and cool for summer wear.
The Prime Minister proposed to trade with everyone for their dirty furs.
One set of summer cotton clothes, one set of summer silk clothes, plus winter woolen coats and woolen blankets, plus two pairs of boots, to replace their dirty clothes.
When this condition was mentioned, everyone waved their hands, very embarrassed.
How can the rags with fleas crawling all over my body be worth such exquisite clothes and so many sets? The patterns on them are so beautiful and the colors are so bright. It took so much labor and such skillful hands to make them.
"For us to be more united and closer in the future!"
The Prime Minister did not dislike those clothes at all. He took them back, cleaned and processed them, and removed the leather and made them into high-end furs. That cost hundreds or even thousands of silver dollars. Those sets of cotton and silk clothes and shoes were only worth a few dollars.
A hundred times the profit with ease.
In the end, the leaders couldn't resist the temptation of those exquisite clothes and took off their clothes in public.
The Prime Minister saw fleas crawling on them, and saw dirt on their bodies, but they still kept smiling. They were all in vain, so that was nothing to worry about.
After exchanging clothes.
The Prime Minister gave them some more gifts, such as fire torches, axes, machetes, iron pots, etc. He also gave them some tea, tobacco and wine.
After buying a set, it is actually not very valuable.
But in the eyes of the tribesmen, these gifts are too heavy.
They hurriedly returned the gift. They had nothing to offer, and others were not interested in using bones, spears, and arrows, so they only gave away skins.
There are also dogs to give away.
The Prime Minister of the Dynasty took one or two pieces from each person, but not more. Although the leathers were dirty, they would be very valuable if they were taken back and processed, but he was not greedy.
Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, he once again talked to these tribal leaders about the Ming Dynasty's efforts to maintain regional peace in the future, and hoped that everyone would join the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.
It was also said that Yongning City, Okhotsk and several other camps would become fur purchase points in the future. Even the price was initially mentioned, which was much higher than what the Tsarist Russians offered.
"Adult men over the age of sixteen must pay a tribute in kind to the court of a mink skin every year. Men over fifty and under sixteen, as well as women, do not need to pay tribute."
"Besides, there is no need to give any more gifts."
The leaders were shocked.
Only one mink skin tax per year?
The Tsarist Rakshasa devils levied 11 tickets a year on their young men and 5 tickets on minors. They also asked them to give them gifts and even captured them as hostage guarantees.
"You don't need to keep hostages, and this tax won't be paid in vain. We will station troops here in the future. If there are robbers who steal your property, or kidnap and attack, you can come to us. We will send troops to help you and protect your safety."
A place of peace."
"This time you send troops to help, we will not forget to give each person an additional reward, five silver dollars each, and you can also buy goods for five silver dollars."
"Also, if you have furs in the future, you can sell them here. You can exchange them for silver coins, pots, axes, swords, salt, tea, tobacco and wine, rice, wheat, grain, cloth, clothes and hats, etc. The purchase price
justice."
"You can also accept our employment and join our hunting team. We will provide better hunting equipment, and you will share the skins after catching the prey."
"You can also move to our castle to divide the fields for farming, or graze and fish. Life here will be safer and more stable."
The Prime Minister made one attractive offer after another, and also took them to visit the warehouse in the castle, which displayed iron pots, iron axes, swords, fire sickles, candles, cloth, fishing nets, hunting nets, animal traps, and salt.
Tea, tobacco, wine, rice and wheat...
They are all good things and their mouths are watering just looking at them.
Wang Chaoxiang took them through it, and then told them the transaction price of these goods. The price was based on mink skins, and how many mink skins all the goods could be converted into.
You only need mink skins to exchange for these products, and other furs, medicinal materials, etc. can also be exchanged for the corresponding amount of mink skins.
Hala leaders of various clans, and even Gezha village chiefs, come to the city twice a year to listen to the holy edicts, and will receive rewards. If they are chosen to go on pilgrimage to Beijing, the rewards will be even greater.
In short, there are many good things: living in the Ming Dynasty, not only eating well and wearing silk, but also using iron pots, iron axes, fire sickles, and no longer have to worry about tsarist Rakshasa devils plundering, or Jianlu Jurchens oppressing.
With the protection of the Ming Dynasty, no one will have to worry about that in the future. If anything happens, they will go to the court.
