Shi Kefa became more and more suspicious, "Hong Junzuo, you say, aren't these women blue-eyed and red-haired?" Aren't they a gang of red-haired ghosts? So who are they? It can't be Han Chinese, right? ”

"They shouldn't be Han Chinese, they don't know Chinese at all." Hong Chengchou shook his head, his gaze fell on the teapot in his hand, "According to the observation of the lowly officials and rangers, they look like the people nearby. ”

"The red-haired ghosts killed these days, they should have been scraped alive!" Shi Kefa scolded casually, "It's a pity that we don't understand their language, we can't ask questions, and we can't send them back." ”

Hong Chengchou continued to play with the kettle: "Didn't Your Majesty say that the entire Mobei, all the way to the fishing area, are all Mongol tribes living in the surrounding areas?" Adults might as well ask Li Lun to ask, maybe Li Lun can understand their words. ”

"Yes, let Li Lun ask tomorrow," Shi Kefa thought about it, if Li Lun couldn't ask anything more, he couldn't help it, "Hong Junzuo, what about these captured red ghosts?" We don't have anyone who knows the language of red hair. ”

"His Majesty once said that once the red-haired firearms are captured, send someone to send them to the Beijing Division, and when the military department transports military rations, let them bring the red-haired leader and the red-haired guns back by the way, and it will be up to His Majesty to decide."

"Well, there may be people in Jingshi who are proficient in the red-haired language, since you bring it back, you can simply bring a few more red-haired soldiers, so that the red-haired leader will not be a nonsense and there will be no witness."

"Your Excellency is right, bring a few more soldiers."

"Hong Junzuo, what about the rest of the red hairs?"

"My lord," Hong Chengchou first gave a military salute to Shi Kefa, "I have an idea. ”

"Hong Junzuo has something to say, you might as well say it directly!"

"I think that after Li Lun has asked these women, I will send them back to their original tribe, and let their clansmen deal with them together with the captured red hair."

"Hong Junzuo means ......"

"The purpose of doing this is to gain their trust, to bring the relationship between Daming and these people, and to lay a good foundation for the official entry into the fishing sea next year."

Shi Kefa narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while, "Hong Junzuo, tell me your plan in detail. ”

"My lord, I hope that I will take advantage of the opportunity of the red hair's attack to send an army to enter the fishing sea in the name of protecting the local people."

"But we don't have food to feed them right now."

"We don't have to feed them now, we don't interfere with their daily lives, their food is up to them, and we will change their lives in the winter or next spring."

"Hong Junzuo, if you really want to reform them, you will inevitably attract their opposition, who would want to change the habits that they have lived for hundreds or thousands of years?"

"My lord, even if you want to use powerlessness in the future, it will be beneficial to be stationed now, at least we know their way of life, know their daily residence, know their numbers and combat effectiveness, and when we really want to conduct military operations, we will not be blinded."

"Hong Junzuo has a point," Shi Kefa was still a little worried, after all, the people of the fishing sea had a different way of life and language from the Han people, "How is Hong Junzuo going to approach them?" You can't communicate verbally. ”

"My lord, even if I go again next year, I still can't communicate in language," Hong Chengchou was not discouraged, he already had a brief plan, "Actually, these women and red-haired prisoners of war are the best language of communication." ”

Shi Kefa nodded, "I just don't know if Li Lun can ask where their tribe is." ”

"My lord, it doesn't matter if you can't ask, after all, we are an army, at least we can retreat with our whole body, even the red hair can swagger on their land, but we are completely victorious over the red hair."

"Well, I agree with Hong Junzuo's opinion, if the army can stay in Yuerhai, Hong Junzuo instructed them to pay attention to the terrain, and look for suitable settlements in places where rivers meet, where the terrain is open, and transportation is convenient, according to the way of His Majesty, so as to prepare for the full takeover of Yuerhai in the future."

"Yes, my lord, I am going to go fishing in person."

"You're going in person? And what about Chita? ”

"This, the humble post has been considered, now the herdsmen of one government and two counties are gradually adapting to farming, and there will be no major problems for the time being, Hengjiu and Beiwang counties, each stationed a regiment, Chita Mansion temporarily lives in three regiments, under the unified command of Li Li, the humble post takes the remaining four regiments, and rushes to the fishing sea, where the situation is unknown, maybe there are red hairs, the number is too small, it is difficult to grasp the initiative."

"That's okay," Shi Kefa was still a little worried about the instability of the herdsmen, "However, Hong Junzao, the garrisons in various places should strengthen contacts, and in case there is any change, it is better to concentrate troops." ”

"Yes, my lord, in the autumn harvest season of one prefecture and two counties, the lowly government will try to allocate soldiers to strengthen the inspection of the three places to prevent the local herdsmen from making any changes when the grain is not harvested," Hong Chengchou clasped his hands into fists and saluted Shi Kefa, "Your Excellency, can you explain to the imperial court that you can transport some grain over first, in case the herdsmen fail to harvest spring wheat, so as to ensure that they survive the winter." ”

Shi Kefa bowed slightly, "This year is the first year that spring wheat has been planted in Lingbei Province, and there are many unpredictable possibilities, and I will explain the situation to the imperial court." ”

Hong Chengchou let out a sigh: "My lord, then this matter is decided?" ”

"Hong Junzuo is going to the fishing sea, you must be cautious, in case you can't do anything, don't use force, wait for the stability of one government and two counties, and then concentrate your forces to clean up the fishing sea."

"Humble duty understands." Hong Chengchou replied neatly, "My lord, this 'fishing sea' seems to be the name of Meng Yuan, and it is not like the name of the Han people...... What a lake. ”

"Bei...... Lake? Shi Kefa closed his eyes and pondered, and then slowly opened his eyes, "Before this province came to Lingbei, I had consulted the relevant information of Lingbei Province, about this fishing sea, which is the place where Su Wu shepherded sheep in the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty called Beihai, and the Tang Dynasty called Xiaohai, according to the habit of His Majesty, either restore the title of the Han and Tang dynasties, or take a new Chinese name." ”

"My lord, let's call it Bei Lake, baby's lake, His Majesty said, this is the largest freshwater lake in the world, there must be many treasures in the lake that we have not seen, besides, His Majesty Xià once called Bei Lake......"

"Bay Lake?" Shi Kefa muttered repeatedly, feeling more and more comfortable, "This name is indeed good." ”

"Then we'll call it Beihu Lake from now on!"

The next day, Shi Kefa summoned Li Lun and asked him to interrogate the captured women.

It's a pity that Li Lun can't understand what those women say.

Zhu Youzhen and Bumu Butai, that is, Wang Meiyu, made a historical mistake here. In fact, the Buryats who lived around Lake Bay were not descendants of the authentic Mongols, and they were more closely related to the Vaspurs.

The Vaspurs were not descendants of the Mongols, they originally lived in the far north, fishing and hunting, and when Genghis Khan unified the Mongolian plateau, they were the first local natives to become naturalized as Mongols.

When the Mongol Yuan fell and Mongolia fell into division, the Washorn people became independent from the Mongols, because they were not descendants of the Mongols, they were forced to live in Moxi, a place where water and grass were not abundant.

In the era of Tokhtok not being sweaty and first being the phase, the strength of the Watt Thorn people reached its peak, far exceeding the weakened Tatar Mongolian tribes, and in the "Tumubao Change", even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was captured, but they did not have the blood of Genghis Khan's golden family, and their prestige among the Mongolian tribes was not high, and they were never able to complete the great cause of unifying Mongolia.

The Buryats living around Lake Bay, although they are said to be Han Chinese descendants of the Mongols, are actually a generalized term, and they are only related to the Waspurs, no wonder Li Lun does not understand their language.

Hong Chengchou does not care what language the Buryats speak, he believes that sooner or later the Buryats will have to learn Chinese, and since the Ming army is coming, the Buryat language will disappear into the dust of history.

He set out from Yashan, along the Wuda River, the Shilok River westward, on the way will also meet sporadic Buryats, they mostly look at the Ming army with suspicious eyes, probably to see that the Ming army is not blue-eyed and red-haired, and there is no intention to invade, their fear gradually weakened, but they also ignore Hong Chengchou, often avoid the Ming army, walking alone in the grassland, forest.

At the end of the Wuda River, is the Segeleng River, from a distance, the Segeleng River is like a white Hada in front of it, if the Mongolians encounter such a river, I don't know if they will be grateful for the gift of immortality.

Hong Chengchou saw that there were a large number of almost naked people holding wooden sticks in the Wuda River, who were spearing fish together in the river.

The arrival of a large number of Ming troops attracted their attention.

Some fishermen looked at the Ming army, perhaps because they thought that the Ming army was not hostile, or maybe it was the critical moment of fishing, they did not pay attention to the Ming army, but just tied the fishing basket placed on the river bank to their waists, and continued their fishing plan.

Hong Chengchou looked around, on the other side of the Wuda River, there was a group of people, who were leisurely herding their flock, "How can there be pale yellow goats?" Could it be that this is a variant of the flock? ”

The soldiers' eyes were also on the other side, and suddenly, a sharp-eyed soldier shouted: "Throne, that's not a goat, it's a deer, he's a reindeer." ”

"Reindeer? I've only heard of grazing cattle, horses and sheep, but I've never heard of reindeer," Hong Chengchou smiled and shook his head, "No wonder some 'goats' still have spots on their bodies, and they don't seem to be the right size." ”

Looking at the large number of war horses of the Ming army, maybe they thought that the Ming army was a nearby tribe, as long as they did not interfere in their lives, they were too lazy to take care of the Ming army.

"Bring ten women here!" Unable to communicate in language, Hong Chengchou didn't have any particularly good methods, so he had to play up the idea of a woman, hoping that this last method could attract the attention of these fishermen, if this trick didn't work, I was afraid it would be a sword and a soldier.

The ten women wrapped in the middle of the line were taken to the front of the Ming army by the soldiers, and they could already clearly see the fishermen in the river.