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Chapter 855 [Female Shaman of the Daily Department]

According to later Russian sayings, the indigenous people in the outer Xing'an Mountains and the area to the north are all called "Yakuts".

Yakuts, Yakutsk, it's clear what's going on.

The natives here actually call themselves "Saha people".After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Yakutia was renamed the Republic of Sakha in order to show respect for the indigenous people.

For a long time, Sakha and Evenki were often confused.

One is that the customs and habits of the two ethnic groups influence each other, and the other is that when dividing the ethnic groups, the Sakha people in China are all classified as the Ewenki people, while the Ewenki people in the Soviet Union are all classified as the Yakut people ( Sakha).

By the way, the term "Tungus" was originally what the Sakha people called the Ewenki people...

According to modern scientific means, in the tombs of the Mongolian plateau during the Hun period, the genetic upstream of the Sakha people was found.

It shows that the ancestors of the Sakha people lived in the Mongolian Plateau in the Han Dynasty.

Some scholars speculate that its distant ancestors should be Gaoche people.According to different migration routes, it can also be called Dingling, Tiele, and Chile.Later, they were integrated into the Huihe Khanate, so some experts said that the Sakha people and the Uighurs belong to the same origin and different streams.

The language of the Sakha people belongs to the Turkic language family.

More than 200 years ago, they also settled in the Baikal region, and were driven to the extremely cold place by Buryat Mongolia.

So don't think that they are primitive people, others have mastered iron smelting technology!

At this moment, a Saha female shaman came down from the front deer cart.She was wearing a thick fur coat with animal skin strips all over her body, and a strangely shaped hat with several colorful feathers stuck in it.

Her name was Vasya Britotian, and she drew out her sharp blade and pointed at the castle: "Go!"

A reindeer pulled a sleigh and ran straight to the outside of the city. A soldier shouted: "We are here to redeem the hostages, let them out quickly!"

Peng Chunlin asked: "What did they say? Can you understand?"

Khabarov translated: "Redemption of hostages."

The Sakha celebrate the New Year in summer, and those Cossack robbers also like to row around in summer.Once the Saha tribe was discovered, they hid during the day and raided at night, not to mention fur and food, and also captured important tribe members as hostages.

Peng Chunlin said: "Bring out all the hostages and let them identify them."

The Saha warrior who is in charge of shouting is called Dawa, which means "a mountain that is difficult to climb".When he saw the gate of the castle open, he immediately grasped his weapon and was ready to fight at any time.

Khabarov walked in the front and said, "Come and identify it."

Dawa saw his clansman at a glance, it was the only son of the female shaman.Once the female shaman dies, her son will inherit the position of shaman after practicing for three years to protect the tribe from harm.

Peng Chunlin said, "Let this person go."

When the hostage was brought in front of Dawa, Dawa was stunned.According to the normal process, shouldn't someone go to the shaman to inspect the goods, and the two sides hand over the fur and exchange hostages?

Khabarov said: "The hateful Rakshasa bandits have been driven away by the great Chinese. From now on, no one will bully you, and the Chinese will be your protectors. This is a gift prepared by the Chinese!"

Zhang Tingxun stepped forward holding a small jar of salt.

Dawa took it subconsciously, dipped his finger in salt and tasted it, and immediately felt like drinking fine wine.

To obtain table salt here, either cook pool salt or dig rock salt.No matter what kind it is, it is full of impurities and tastes bitter.The table salt in front of him was as white as snow and had no peculiar smell.

Dawa didn't dare to neglect, he carried the hostages and drove the sled back.

He held up the salt jar, pointed at the castle and talked for a while, already dancing with joy.

The female shaman, Vasya Britotian, looked at the Datong Army curiously: "The Chinese drove away the Rakshasa bandits. When they released the hostages, not only did they not ask for furs, but they also gave us snow salt as a gift?"

"Yes," Dawa said happily, "Chinese people are good people, not bad guys like Rakshasa bandits."

Vasya Britotian asked her son again: "Do you know what's going on?"

His son, Kunde, replied: "I was caught here by Rakshasa robbers, and I was locked in a dark room with hostages from other tribes. I could only eat a small bowl of barley porridge every day. One day , The sound of artillery came from outside, and the Rakshasa robber was killed. The Chinese didn’t detain me any longer, and asked me to help them repair the castle, and I could barely eat enough every day.”

"Come with me," said Vasya Britotian.

All the sledding team rushed to the castle. The female shaman got off the car and stepped on the snow, crossing her arms on her chest: "My name is Vasya Britotian, thanks to my Chinese friends, I saved my son and gave it to him as a gift." Our precious snow salt."

After Khabarov translated, Peng Chunlin said with a smile: "My name is Peng Chunlin, and I am the chief here. The Rakshasa bandits are also enemies of China. I hope we can be friends."

Vasya Britotian untied the dagger from his waist, held it up with both hands and said, "You are already friends of the Sun Department, please accept this dagger."

Peng Chunlin said: "Friends, please rest in the castle. We will provide you with rich food. We can trade in the future. You will exchange furs, and we will exchange cloth and salt. If you want to settle down, you can also live near the castle. will teach you how to grow food."

Vasya Britotian hesitated slightly, looking at the firecracker in Datong Army's hand.

She felt that there should be no danger. If the Datong army attacked immediately, she would not be able to avoid this devil's weapon.

Different Saha tribes have different totem beliefs. The sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, thunder, and birds, bears, wolves, and pigs can all be used as totems.

The tribe in front of them uses the sun as their totem, and they are known as the Sun Chasing Tribe and the Sun Chasing Tribe.

They were invited into the castle, and not only were they fed with barley, potatoes, and smoked fish, but they were even offered a jar of bad wine.Bad wine is a Cossack collection, extremely precious, and is estimated to come from the Baikal region.

Such warm hospitality infected the female shaman, and immediately asked people to fetch food from the sled.

It was frozen deer blood and yogurt, and some deer jerky.

"I offer a toast to the shaman," Peng Chunlin said.

Vasya Britotian was very forthright, drank a toast, and said: "The sun blesses Chinese friends!"

Under Khabarov's translation, the two sides began to communicate enthusiastically.

The female shaman probably didn't drink much, and she blushed after a few drinks. She asked curiously, "I know there are Tungus people (Sauron tribe) in the south. Where are the Chinese friends from?"

Peng Chunlin said: "We come from further south, and the tribes of Sauron have surrendered to His Majesty the Emperor of China. His Majesty the Emperor of China ordered us to go north, first to help the Sauron tribe drive away the Raksha ghosts, and then come here to help you drive away the Raksha ghosts." .”

The Sauron tribe is the collective name of the Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki and other tribes.

Vasya Britotian couldn't imagine where it would be further south. She had never heard of China.

Peng Chunlin took the opportunity to say: "Next summer, soldiers will bring food. At that time, if the shaman wants to, he can send his tribe to China with the ship."

Vasya Britotian nodded and said, "I will."

The female shaman felt that China should be a very large tribe, and the emperor of China was the leader of that tribe.The distance should be very far, at least half a year away, she is very willing to make friends with this kind of friendly and powerful tribe.

After rambling for a long time, the deer blood and yogurt have melted.

Vasya Brito poured some yogurt into the hot deer blood and stirred it: "Please taste the deer blood from the Ministry of the Sun, it can keep the body warm, and you won't get sick even in the coldest winter."

Peng Chunlin took a sip, and his face turned green immediately. The mixture of yogurt and deer blood had a wonderful taste that could not be described in words.

Facing the expectant eyes of the female shaman, Peng Chunlin bit the bullet and took a few sips, almost vomiting out of his stomach.

Deer blood is a good thing, nourishing yin and tonifying yang, warming up the body in winter.

Moreover, these Sakha people belong to semi-nomadic tribes, and often cannot obtain salt smoothly, so they rely on drinking deer blood and cow blood to supplement salt.

"Ting Xun, come and try it too, it's a yang-strengthening thing." Peng Chunlin felt that he couldn't be tricked by himself.

Vasya Britotian could see it clearly, and stopped forcing Peng Chunlin, got up and poured deer blood for Zhang Tingxun herself.

Although Zhang Tingxun grew up in a noble family, he is a rough embryo in his bones.When I first drank it, I was a little uncomfortable, but after drinking a few more sips, I felt good. Gulu Gulu drank the whole bowl of deer blood.

Peng Chunlin was dumbfounded and wondered if Zhang Tingxun had a problem with his sense of taste.

Zhang Tingxun put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with Hengxiu, and hiccupped: "It really is a good thing. I feel hot after drinking it."

How can it be effective so quickly?You will get hot when you drink a bowl of hot soup in winter.

The two parties were full of wine and food, and began to discuss business.

The Daily Tribe brought 20 furs to buy hostages, most of which were deer skins, but there were also a few sable skins.

The Cossacks seized by the Datong Army did not lack clothing at all, and the padded jackets they brought with them could be exchanged for.

The padded jacket worth a few taels of silver was exchanged for fur worth thousands of taels of silver. Both parties were very happy. This was a win-win deal.

Peng Chunlin said: "Next summer, we will still have salt and quilted jackets. I hope we can continue to exchange items. By the way, there are also cotton cloth and needles and threads. If the padded jacket is torn, we can mend it."

"Thanks to the generous Chinese friends, we will come with leather next year." Vasya Britotian, looking forward to the next transaction.

It didn't snow today, Peng Chunlai wanted to show off his force and invited a female shaman to watch the soldiers practice.

Dozens of Datong soldiers stood in the snow-swept open space, shouting in unison and practicing bayonet fighting.

Vasya Britotian looked at the shining bayonet and stood there thinking.She knew the weapon, and it could fire bullets that would be irresistible to the strongest Horde warriors.

These Chinese are more powerful than the Rakshasa bandits, and they may be able to propose a marriage.

The Sakha people also have surnames, and they cannot marry with the same surname. Marriage between tribes is extremely common.

Now, the Chasing Sun tribe intends to marry the Chinese tribe.

Vasya Britotian asked: "Is Chief Peng willing to intermarry with the Ministry of Sun? We will marry the most beautiful girl in the tribe."

Peng Chunlin is of course willing to intermarry, but he has already accepted a woman left by a Cossack.Although it is said that the second one can be accepted, many soldiers here do not have women yet, so I can't do too much.

Peng Chunlin was full of anger, pointing to Zhang Tingxun who was practicing bayonet: "That is the son of a nobleman in China, maybe a beautiful girl from the Daily Department can marry him."

Vasya Britotian actually recognized it: "This is the warrior who drank the deer's blood? We are very satisfied."

Chapter 856 [Felt for Mammoth Ivory]

In Vasya Britotian's view, if the Chinese choose to marry and cooperate with the Sun-by-Sun Department, they will inevitably fight against the hostile clans of the Sun-by-Sun Department.

This is a simple value, we are friends, my enemy is your enemy, your enemy is also my enemy.

When the Cossacks came here, they were also welcomed by a certain tribe.They thought the Cossacks were very powerful, so they agreed with the Cossacks to build castles and wanted to form an alliance against other tribes.By the way, the castle of Yakutsk was built by Beketov who was eaten by Siberian tigers.

The ending can be imagined. The tribe that made friends with the Cossacks was attacked by the Cossacks who had completed the fortification.

Some tribesmen were brutally killed, some tribesmen were captured as slaves, and the rest of the tribes all fled.

"Let me lead a mission?" Zhang Tingxun was quite happy. He had long wanted to go out and have a look. Living in the castle all day was really boring.

Peng Chunlin said: "That female shaman fell in love with you and wanted to betroth a young girl to you. Go and see for yourself. If you like it, you will get married. If you don't like it, you will find reasons to shirk it."

Zhang Tingxun said: "I have a wife in Nanjing."

"I know," Peng Chunlin said, "but you are in the Anton Governor's Mansion, and you can't go back for several years. You have to have a woman to take care of you. The court also encourages soldiers to intermarry with other races, and to multiply offspring to enrich the population. You should do it for your majesty and the court." And take concubines."

"Let's talk about it later." Zhang Tingxun said perfunctorily.

It was only a few degrees below zero at this time. Although there was snow everywhere in the field, it was still a relatively warm month.

Zhang Tingxun set off with eight soldiers, and Li Jiang, a civil servant, followed. He was responsible for recording the route along the way.As for the temperature records in the castle, leave it to Peng Chunlin who can read the thermometer.

Of course, Khabarov must also go, this guy is currently the only translator.

The Cossacks left a few reindeer behind, put on the simple sled, and Zhang Tingxun followed the Sakha people away.

"Alas!"

There was light snow in the sky, blowing on his face continuously, Zhang Tingxun became inexplicably happy.He likes this feeling, free and unrestrained, far better than the comfort zone in Nanjing.

Why do you say the Saha people are semi-nomadic?

Because there are very few places suitable for grazing, if a tribe wants to survive and reproduce, it must have at least two fixed pastures.

One is the summer pasture, the location is biased towards the north; the other is the winter pasture, the location is biased to the south.

Summer pastures belong to conventional grazing, and it is enough to take the livestock to the pasture.Pastures in winter are more troublesome. Herdsmen need to mow and store grass, and rely on hay for livestock to survive the winter.

The two fixed pastures are both tribal territory, and once a fight occurs, it often means a war for survival.

After nine full days of galloping in the snow, they finally came to the winter pasture in the Sun Department.

There is also snow everywhere here, but the thickness of the snow is not as thick as that of the castle.There are even some livestock, which were taken out by the herdsmen to dig up the snow and graze by themselves, and they are not afraid of spoiling their stomachs.The herdsmen next to them are not idle either, they are busy mowing grass and loading their trucks to store fodder for the coming winter.

The tribe's resident is scattered with tents of all sizes.

This kind of tent is called "Cuoluozi". It uses branches to build a cone-shaped support on the ground. In summer, birch bark is used as the top, and in winter, animal skin is used as the top.

Each tent is surrounded by wooden fences.In addition to the wooden fence, there are wider wooden fences.The herdsmen's livestock are usually kept between two wooden fences, surrounding the tents where they live.

Once encountering the extremely cold weather of minus 60 degrees, it will inevitably lead to the death of a large number of livestock, because the livestock lack cold protection.

The Sun Riders are a relatively powerful tribe, because they also raise hundreds of horses.

Where there are horses, there are cavalry!

Very few Saha tribes even have "heavy cavalry".They made the iron armor pieces themselves, and connected them in series with leather cords, thus creating "composite heavy armor".

These horses are also very peculiar, called "Yakut horses", or "Sahamas".

Thick skin and long hair, strong limbs, can withstand the severe cold of tens of degrees below zero.