"On July 23, 1682, the Heishui Pioneer Brigade instructed: Samur, the chief of the Tunguska Toucheng, and Olgrad, a Mongolian nobleman, have completed their studies at the Han-Mongolian School and have obtained the rank of captain of the army reserve of the Republic of China on the east coast of China, and hereby order you and the two of you to return to your hometown and take charge of the land, pastures, cattle, sheep, and forests of the Thirty-two Tun east of the Songhua River and west of Ningguta. The two of you will do your best to collect taxes for the government, both in kind and in cash, adjudicate disputes between farmers and herdsmen, and resist and even fight back against the attacks of the Qing state. Samur, do your best to restrain your tribe from bullying the southerners who have been resettled, and at the same time to scrutinize the spies in your jurisdiction, and to execute them if they are discovered, and not to allow the two-faced to exist; Olgrad, you are a professional who has systematically studied military affairs, and you command three companies of Mongol cavalry, and you must do your best to win a stable living space for the pioneer settlers, and resolutely suppress the enemy's momentum, so that they will not have the idea of confronting us. In addition, Samur and Olgrad, you two must also strictly order the farmers and herdsmen who have unmarried daughters in the area under their jurisdiction to marry their daughters to the new southern pioneers, and not to marry each other, let alone marry in the areas controlled by the Qing State, so that our new immigrants can settle down as soon as possible. If you do not do this well in this work, you will be severely punished by the law of the land, and you will be punished with public flogging, and the peasants who violate this provision will also be fined, and you will not be treated leniently! Judge Hasegawa of the Harbin Third Circuit Court will supervise the work of both of you, so don't slack off, don't forget! "In a certain office in Harbin Fort, Bei Zhensheng, a captain of the active army, carefully read an order sent from Miaojie County, and then signed his name on it, and asked the orderly to bring the official seal of the Harbin Garrison Command and stamped it, which can be regarded as officially effective.

It is said that Harbin Fort and Model Fort have been established for some years, and the people of the East Coast have fought with the Qing people here for many years, and finally gained the upper hand. Now, they have long since gained a firm foothold, and have repeatedly expanded the defense area, naturalized more indigenous tribes, and carried out the successful work of organizing households and gathering people, and their strength has greatly increased. On the other hand, their opponent, the Manchu Eight Banners, after losing the help of the Russian Cossacks, felt that it was difficult to support them alone.

Basically, it can be said that now the influence of the Qing State in the east of the Songhua River has fallen to the lowest point in history, and the foundation laid by the hard work of Huangtaiji from generation to generation has almost been cut off by these unscrupulous descendants. And having lost your influence over the local tribes, why should you order them to pay taxes, send soldiers, and send troops? And without these tribes to provide personnel, food and materials, then just the few small walled cities in the Qing Dynasty with garrisons and official mansions can be of any use? I can't say that I was unplugged in the end!

Therefore, these Buraku people living in Manchuria were very crucial, and their hearts and minds determined the final victory or defeat of the East Bank and the Manchus in this fertile black land. After all, population has always been the most valuable wealth in this uninhabited land, and without population, there is no war potential, then everything is empty, and how much you eat will eventually spit out with interest!

Through years of continuous efforts, the people on the east bank have basically opened up the situation east of the Songhua River, and through pressure from the east, north and west, they have basically formed a siege of Ningguta, which is the main reason why the Manchu government once proposed to abandon this important stronghold. It can be said that now as long as the people on the east coast are willing and pay a certain price, they can completely take down Ningguta and further squeeze the Qing forces to the south. It's just that now it seems that they are more willing to use a relatively peaceful mode, lose a little less of their own strength, and expel the Manchus by influencing and controlling the servant tribes. After all, the greatest value of cannon fodder lies in this, and the living space created after they "hurt each other" with the Manchus can naturally be filled by immigrants from Shandong, Ningshao and even other places.

"In accordance with the order of Chen Kezhi, the captain of the Heishui Pioneer Team: Now there is a Tunguska tribe chieftain who obeys the Ju tribe west of the Songhua River and is willing to settle in the area under our control, pay various taxes, and undertake various obligations, including military service. Captain Chen agreed to Nashun's request, and gave him a batch of woollen wool, cotton clothes, and spirits, and promised to spend 3,000 yuan in military pay from Nashun, which was paid by the Harbinburg treasury. Captain Chen allowed the 300 households of the department to hold hereditary military positions, and they were stationed in the No. 6 fort west of the Songhua River, which was the border of the country. Because the Qing army was intercepted and killed by the Qing army in Nawencheng on the way to Shun, the food, livestock and other materials of the Nashun tribe were completely lost, and the whole population walked on foot, went through a lot of hardships, and fed their hunger with weeds, bark, and fruits, and their health was not good, so the treasury of Harbin Fort should also spend part of the grain to the ministry for relief, and the property and cash given by the superiors should also be allocated as soon as possible, so that the department could recover its vitality as soon as possible. In addition, Nashun was summoned to Hailan Pao Port before October to report on his work, and if he did not arrive within the time limit, the Harbin Fort Garrison Command could take resolute measures. ”

After reading this document, Pei Zhensheng first groaned for a while, and then rattled the bell to call one of his secretaries - because Harbin is still a military district, and the garrison commander Bei Zhensheng has both military and political positions, so he has two secretaries to assist in civil affairs - and asked him: "Have all the Shunbu been settled?" ”

The secretary was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then the tribe that had come to him automatically appeared in his mind, so he immediately nodded and said, "It's settled, commander." At that time, the garrison command urgently provided a batch of military rations and clothing, and Manager Han of the Bank of Taiwan also donated 20 large livestock and two tons of old grain, which you also praised at that time. ”

"Hey, look at my memory!" Bei Zhensheng patted his forehead in annoyance, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "I've been too busy lately, two all-nighters in a row, not only my body can't stand it, but even this head is a little difficult to use, and I didn't even think about it for a while." Who's, yes, that, what is he doing now? ”

Deputy Commander Chen gave them some old weapons from the warehouse, and approved a batch of arrows and ammunition, and asked them to patrol about 30 kilometers away. This tribe can probably have hundreds of strong men, and the scale is quite large, Deputy Commander Chen is very satisfied, so he let them stand in the northwest to serve as our first line of defense. The secretary said: "Of course, Commander, if you want more detailed information, you still have to go to Deputy Commander Chen, this is handled by him, and we only know a rough idea of the civil affairs side." ”

"Well, I see." Bei Zhensheng nodded and said, "Now that the new order has come down, there are your civil affairs matters." You can make a copy of this order from Temple Street in a moment, and it contains the part of the Harbin State Treasury that will pay for the food and salary, and you can handle it as you see fit. My opinion is that even if we don't have a lot of supplies at hand, we should try not to deduct them and send them out. After all, if you want to make your family work hard, you must give enough money and food, and we people on the East Coast still have this mind. ”

The secretary glanced at the order book, and immediately felt bitter in his heart, this is going to bleed again! However, since the superiors have agreed, naturally there is no room for his little secretary to put his beak, so he just handles it according to the rules. As for where to make up for the shortfall in money and food in the future, he thought about it, so he had to make more reports and apply to his superiors. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to ask someone from a bank in Taiwan to "borrow" a part temporarily, because they have a lot of money anyway.

But I have to mention it here. Although many people from the east coast migrated from Denglai and Ningshao in the south, and even a small number of ronin from Japan came to settle down, the population of Harbin Fort and Model Fort was still pitiful, and the area of reclaimed land was naturally very small. Moreover, due to the cold climate, this place can only harvest one season a year, and can only grow low-yield crops such as rye and oats, so the grain harvest is numerous, and it cannot be said to be abundant. Coupled with the existence of a large number of unproductive government employees, military personnel and other pure consumer population, Harbin Fort even needs to transfer a small amount of grain and a lot of meat into the transfer every year, otherwise it will be difficult to insist.

However, even if money, materials, and food are tight, they must grit their teeth and spend at this time. After all, they are military districts after all, production is not the first most important task, expanding the sphere of influence and influence is the most important, so things such as the placement of Nashun in Toucheng will definitely have a lot in the future, especially at the moment when the influence of the people on the east coast is increasing.

"You people, you are hard to give up your money." Seeing his secretary's painful face, Bei Zhensheng immediately laughed, only to hear him say: "Don't worry, our report will be submitted this year, and a large amount of money and food should be allocated soon." The current North Manchurian is a ripe fruit for our Eastern Coast Republic, which can be picked immediately. Once we take control of these areas, it will be our duty to restore the local economic and social order, which obviously requires the assistance of the top management of the development team, and we will certainly not be able to do it alone. Therefore, don't hide those family resources in the library, take them out, if you can attract more tribes to vote, it will not be a loss. ”

The secretary nodded again and again when he heard this, and then only heard him ask: "Commander Bei, I heard that the upper authorities are holding peace talks with the Qing Kingdom, and we are still doing things to Ningguta and Naowen City, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" Will our superiors have any bad opinions about us? ”

"People are worried, mediocre people disturb themselves!" Pei Zhensheng commented disdainfully: "How can the negotiations be reached so quickly? Do you know what conditions Captain Chen Kechen proposed? He proposed that the two countries should be bounded by the watershed in central Manchuria, with the north part of the country on the east bank and the south still under the rule of the Qing state, and the Qing people would inevitably refuse to agree to this method of demarcation, because it would mean that they would be forced to give up a large area north of the watershed and throw the so-called ancestral land to us people on the east bank, and the Qing court would not agree to this absurd proposal. Therefore, there is still talk to be discussed in this negotiation, and it is estimated that the negotiations have been completed in Denglai in the south, and we are still far away here. Captain Chen Kechen just doesn't want to negotiate peace with them, don't you understand? ”

When the secretary heard Bei Zhensheng say this, he immediately understood. Ningguta or something is good to say, how can this brain Wencheng Qingguo be lost without a fight, the location of this important node is too critical: from here to the west, it is the Hulunbuir steppe, and then to the west, it is Mobei Mongolia, which is the basic plate of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the so-called Manchu and Mongolian unity is also. Moreover, from here to the west and north, the Russians can also be contacted, and the Qing people obviously do not want to cut off this line for no reason, so it is impossible to give up the east coast at the negotiating table. Therefore, from this point of view, if the people on the east coast do not revise the conditions, the negotiations between the two sides will not be able to negotiate in any case, which is beyond doubt - and by extension, the land of the Denglai pioneer team in Liaodong (Dandong, Kuandian, and Donggou counties on the right bank of the Yalu River) is bound to become a focus of negotiations between the two sides, and how to deal with it is actually quite interesting.

"Captain Chen's meaning is actually obvious, that is, not to negotiate peace, continue to fight, continue to infiltrate, and continue to expand territory and influence. The Qing Kingdom is now in trouble, and the power projection in the bitter cold land outside the pass is also not smooth, we are afraid of Mao! Bei Zhensheng sneered and lit a match, lit the stuffed pipe, and took a beautiful puff before saying, "Anyway, Captain Chen will take care of everything, and you don't have to worry too much." If the money and food are insufficient, the boss will naturally help find a way. ”

It is said that since the three feudatories in the Far East were split up many years ago and each has its own government, the interests of the three feudatories are now more obvious. The Southern Pioneer Brigade, which was located in the prosperous area south of the Yangtze River, was increasingly demanding peace and trade in the localities, and was quite dissatisfied with the constant provocation of the Qing Dynasty to the detriment of local interests, so even Ma Wenqiang had to consider their opinions a little. As for Denglai, because of historical reasons, there is no such thing as Ningbo to preserve a large number of old gentry, merchant class and social relations, everything is a new start, so the government has a strong control, but for them to build a royal paradise east of the Jiaolai Xinhe is fundamental, so they are also more enthusiastic about negotiating peace with the Qing State, after all, now the situation in China has changed greatly, there is no need to contain the Manchus so strongly, not to mention that even if the Manchus negotiate peace, it is unlikely that the more than 100,000 troops stationed in Qingzhou Mansion will be withdrawn, and they are not so stupid.

Finally, it's time for the Blackwater Pioneers, whose interests have always been to expand, which is almost a consensus from top to bottom. Therefore, on the premise of obeying the supreme instructions of the homeland to the three feudatories in the Far East, it is logical to make decisions on many foreign policies with due regard to their own interests. After all, the Far Eastern feudatories are not robots without thoughts and feelings, it is impossible to be free from selfish distractions, without their own ideas, and how to reconcile national and local interests is always the most important thing for politicians to consider. And the biggest benefit of the Blackwater Pioneer Team is obvious at present, that is, to take all the North Manchurians!