Yilan City, Beihai Province, Mobei Military Region.

This is the northernmost city of the Han Empire and the largest city in Beihai Province. The castle was built on the west side of the southern end of the North Sea, next to the Angkora River, the only river flowing out of the North Sea.

The name of Yilan City originated from the Yuan Dynasty when Yuan Shizu set up Yilan Prefecture near here, when the west of the southern end of the Beihai Sea, there were five tribes such as Gilligis, Ang Kera, Wu Si, Sha Hena, and Qianqian Prefecture inhabited, Kublai Khan set up Yilan Prefecture here, built official offices, warehouses, post houses, and sent officials, and Yilan became the center of the vast area of the Qian River and the Ang Ke River.

The Qian River and the Ankhthorn River were basically occupied by the Russians who had infiltrated from the east, who called the Qianhe River the Yenisei River and the Angara River the Angara River.

The city of Buryatia, which faces the lake across the lake, is the second largest city in Beihai Province, two castles are located on the east and west sides of the southern end of the North Sea City, Buryat City chokes a large river that flows from the Mobei steppe, the Selenga River, this big river originates in the territory of Beiting Province, and the north stream joins a number of tributaries and enters Beihai Province, reaches Buryatia, and then turns around and flows into Beihai.

The Selenga River is the gateway for the Khalkha provinces of Mobei to enter the Buryatia part of the North Sea Province and further north.

Buryatia is located east of the southern end of the North Sea, choking the Selenga River, a large river that flows into the North Sea, and also guarding an important southward passage.

The city of Yilan is located to the west of the southern end of the North Sea, and holds the mouth of the Ang Ke La, the only major river that flows out of the North Sea.

The city of Buryatia is dominated by Buryat Mongols, while the city of Ilan is dominated by the envoys.

The Yakuts and Evenks used to be widely distributed in a vast area from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Khing'an Mountains in the south to the Heilongjiang River basin.

At one time, Yakutia was constantly at war with the Buryats, and they were squeezed by the Buryats, and they kept moving north. However, in recent decades, it has migrated eastward under the constant pressure of the Russians in the west.

At the behest of the Han Emperor, most of the Buryats moved to the east of the North Sea, while the Yakutia and Evenks moved to the west of the North Sea. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty divided the titles of the heads of the tribes. Divide the territories for the lords of the various departments, and the places where they are located are all included in the Beihai Province of the Mobei Military Region.

The Han Dynasty built a city on the east and west sides of the southern end of the Beihai Sea, where the garrison set up a government, established a school warehouse, and set up a trading station. Many Han Chinese also moved here, and the two cities also brought a lot of excitement to this peaceful place of Beihai.

On the square of Yilan City, Li Xin is leading the militia to train.

Li Xin is Li Yan, who used to be a general of Li Zicheng's Chinese army, he was originally a man from the late Ming Dynasty and a son of a local clan in Henan. Because he was wrongfully imprisoned, he was rescued by the Red Lady and joined Li Zicheng.

In the army, he was also trusted and relied on by Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng did adopt many of his suggestions, but the army was not able to defeat the general trend. In the city of Luoyang, Li Zicheng robbed the city, plundered the wealthy, let the troops loot, so that Li Xin was disappointed, and finally he led the troops to revolt under the rebellion of the Han army Jinyiwei, and opened the Luoyang city gate to lead the Han army into the city. In one fell swoop, Li Zicheng was defeated.

After the war, he and the Red Lady led the headquarters to accept the reorganization, and led the troops to go all the way down to Hubei and Shaanxi with the official army to conquer the remnants of the Sichuan rebels, and finally fought until Xikang.

The Emperor of Han decreed that Li Yan should be granted the title of founding baron. He was promoted to the post of chairman of the Military Academy Association.

However, after receiving the order of thanksgiving, he resigned from his official position. took the red lady back to his hometown in Henan, and found that everything was wrong, and the people in his hometown were for him who had been a thief. There is no good face.

The war has subsided, but the injuries suffered by the bandits in Henan over the years are not inevitable all at once.

Li Yan himself suffered, his former wife, son and daughter. All were lost in the chaotic war of the past few years.

Li Yan, who resigned and returned to China, could no longer stay in his hometown, and he could not face those villagers, relatives and friends. In the end, he took the reward given by the emperor, bought a few horses, and took the red lady all the way north.

They traveled through most of the mountains and rivers, and finally made it all the way to the North Sea.

arrived at the place where Su Wu used to shepherd sheep.

The tranquility of the North Sea brought him to a halt.

Li Yan participated in the construction of Yilan City throughout the whole process, watching from a barren land, a castle was built, and an official office, military camp, and school were built.

The city was built, the merchant post was opened, the soldiers were stationed, and the merchants came.

Yilan City has gradually become lively, and Li Yan has also restored his old name Li Xin.

Because he was a man and had a founding barony, he was very respected in this new city. Because of its location in the far north, there is a town in Beihai Province.

But instead of consolidating the town, there was a shelf division stationed in Buryatia and in the city of Ilan. In fact, each division has only one association, and this association is also a shelf association, with only one target actual soldiers. The garrison of the entire Beihai Province is actually less than a reorganization association, which is also because it is too far away and it is not easy to supply.

There are quite a few people in Yilan City, there are thousands of people. However, most of them were soldiers, and the rest were mostly the families of soldiers, as well as some Han immigrants, and many merchants. There are also some tribal leaders and herdsmen who buy houses and live in the city and open shops.

In addition, there are many herdsmen's children, those herdsmen's children are required to be sent to the city school for five years of education, because the herdsmen mostly graze outside the city, far away, so the children are sent to the boarding system, food and accommodation are all in the school, and only go home during the winter and summer vacations every year.

Yilan City is not only the seat of Chengguan Town, but also the seat of the county seat, as well as the seat of the capital and the provincial capital. From the governor to the patrol, to the commander, to the commander, the commander of the division, the chief of the standard, etc., there are all kinds of civil and military personnel.

Li Xin also has his own pasture and arable land outside the city, where the weather is extremely cold, but because of its proximity to the river, this area can also cultivate some potatoes, corn, sorghum and even wheat, but the yield is low.

However, although Li Xin has his own farm outside the city, he still lives in the city most of the time.

Li Xin has a very large mansion in the city, and the land in Yilan City is the most valuable and valuable, and everyone's homestead can be surrounded by a large area. He and the Red Lady built a big house in the city and opened several shops, one of which was a fur shop, specializing in buying sable skins and black fox skins from hunters such as Yakutia and Evenki.

He also opened a pharmacy, which not only purchased and processed medicinal materials, but also invited several doctors to recruit a group of apprentices to open the door for diagnosis and treatment.

These two businesses are doing very well at present, although it seems that there are only a few thousand people in Yilan City, but now there are no less than 200,000 people in Beihai Province, and these herdsmen in Haixi Province have more than 100,000 people combined, and the market is not small.

Especially those furs that Li Xin acquired. Sable, in particular, was bought from hunters, and as long as it could be sent to Beijing, the profit was terrifying. A good sable skin, if sold to Europe, can be exchanged for fifty acres of land.

Today, the most expensive and hottest thing in Europe is neither spices nor porcelain, nor silk or tea, but furs. Sable, black fox, white bear, each of which can be sold for a very high price.

The reason why the Russians desperately crossed the Ula Mountains and ran to the bitterly cold Siberia was mainly because of the amazing value of these furs.

The first to come to Siberia. It was the hunters and fur traders, and then the mercenaries, the expeditions, of the hooligans, the fugitive peasants.

Li Xin also worked as a teacher at the city's only middle school, where he used to attend classes twice a week.

In addition, he is the president of the Yilan City Chamber of Commerce, a member of the city council, and one of the 24 jurors of the Yilan City Court.

He even has a title, the head of the militia in Yilan City.

The city of Yilan is too far away from the Central Plains, and although there are garrisons and officials, the main population here is still the Evenks of Yakutia. And the Buryats, the Khalkhas, and so on.

In order to better stabilize this northern frontier, and to better allow different tribes to coexist in harmony here, although the imperial court has administrative, judicial, and taxation powers, its means are also relatively flexible. Small cases of general disputes and brawls. It's up to the lords themselves. In the case of property disputes and thefts, the court judges preside over the case, and the lords and nobles such as knights and samurai are judged. There are also chambers of commerce and other chambers of commerce to form a jury of 24 people, which is also similar to the judicial autonomy of the rural clans in the Central Plains, and the same as the grassroots organizations such as Xiangyutang and Shen Mingming.

On the basis of the separation of judicial administration in Dahan. In the judicial judge's presiding procedure, juries were added to prevent these tribes from disagreeing with the court's verdict. And once a jury was added, with juries from the clan lords, nobles, and respected people, these contradictions could be greatly reduced.

As soon as the jury system was introduced, it received a lot of praise. Beihai Province simply added a council, so that when some important matters were decided, the officials of the imperial court and the lords and nobles of the clan had the opportunity to better discuss.

The people of those tribes were also given the opportunity to express their opinions, and even gave them some supervision over the yamen.

Of course, the functions of this parliament are actually strictly limited. At most, they participate in politics and discuss the political power, and cannot replace the yamen and officials of the imperial court to perform their duties, nor can they veto the decisions of the imperial court. Even this council, which was not entirely tribal nobles, also joined some popular people of the Han Chinese, such as the head of the chamber of commerce, the headmaster of the school, etc.

Li Xin has a good reputation in Yilan City, and he has not hidden his past experiences, but in this place where the Emperor is far away, everyone doesn't care too much about that.

What you see is that he is not only the honorary principal and teacher of the middle school, but also the head of the city shop and the president of the chamber of commerce, and a famous lawyer, a member of the jury, a member of the parliament, and the head of the militia.

Not to mention that although he resigned early, the title is still genuine.

Even the governor often sent people to invite him to the palace to discuss matters, and the general of the army was very polite to him.

Because Yilan City is in charge of half of Beihai Province, there are not many garrisons. Therefore, a militia was established, and not only the chambers of commerce and the common people in the city formed a militia according to the regulations, but also the tribes outside also formed reserve armies and militia teams.

After the militia was established, the governor, the chief soldiers, and the inspectors personally came forward and asked Li Xinlai to take up the post of chief instructor.

The militia in Yilan City is quite numerous, with an establishment of a full 5,000 people, 500 people into a battalion, and 10 battalions of militia. These militias take turns training in their spare time, sometimes patrolling the city.

The North Sea is cold in winter, and the lake freezes from January to May before thawing. However, the lake at the mouth of the Ankora River is the only lake that does not freeze.

In the winter, the herders' cattle and sheep are already locked in the winter paddocks, but the herders are not without things to do. In winter, they also go hunting, casting traps in the mountains and forests to catch mink, or digging ice holes in the river to catch raccoons.

The militiamen of the 10 regiments were trained in turns, two regiments at a time, and only needed to be trained for one month. After a lap, the long winter is almost over.

It is also beneficial for the militia to be trained, and every day they are trained, they will be paid one day's salary. Moreover, the main attraction to the militia was that after completing a month's training and performing well, each militia member was given a musket.

Hunting with a musket is definitely better than a bow and arrow. Especially when dealing with ferocious animals such as bears and wolves.

Except for the militiamen, who were trained to receive guns, other hunters could not buy guns from the Han army, and guns were controlled items and were forbidden to be sold at will.

Only militia and reserve troops can receive guns and buy cars, and each person must also obtain a license to hold a gun, one person with one certificate and one gun.

The imperial court hoped that the people of these frontiers would be more martial, but it also did not want the situation to get out of control.

The militiamen formed a phalanx, and after half a month of queue and training in gun holding and aiming, they were finally able to start firing live ammunition. Their muskets were also flintlock muskets, but they were militia versions of flintlock rifles, which were far more powerful than the new rifles that were officially used in the army.

But even this simplified version of the rifle was loved by the militiamen who were trained. Being able to not be afraid of wind and rain, fixed ammunition, automatic fire door, these are already very good. The range is longer than that of a bow and arrow.

After all, the North Sea was too far away to supply too many garrisons locally. The more troops there are, the more supplies they need, and it can be very difficult to rely on transporting them from the rear, especially when there is such a long period of heavy snow and freezing every year.

Therefore, the organization and training of militias is a good solution. Let the herdsmen and hunters also organize, equip them, take time to train every year, and in case of police, they can immediately call up and use them.

The imperial court does not need to provide a large amount of additional supplies, it is just a small subsidy.

In Li Xin's opinion, these militiamen are all excellent soldiers, much stronger than the outcasts and bandits he brought in the Central Plains Chuang Army before.

The herders and hunters who were able to choose the militia were young and strong in their own right, and many of them were basically good hunters. In particular, those of Yakutia and Evenki, who were known as the people of the forest, were also called the people of the Deer Department. Their greatest skill is to hunt in the snow forest on deer or sleds.

Hunters basically know how to shoot arrows, and it is not difficult for a good archery to practice musket.

After half a month of exploration, they are already very familiar with the musket, and they are no strangers to it.

The drums of the military band kept beating, and a platoon of more than a dozen militiamen was already able to skillfully step on the drums.

Under the command of the drums, the militiamen in a platoon walked forward about twenty paces with rifles on their shoulders before stopping. Li Xin looked at the queue they stopped, very neat.

The horn was raised, and an old hunter who was the platoon leader immediately shouted loudly. The militiamen in a platoon all raised their guns, and with the sound of an iron whistle, the thumping gunshots rang out continuously.

A platoon of guns rang out, and smoke filled the air.

The militiamen, however, began to crouch down to reload at the whistle of the platoon commander, and by this time the second platoon had already strode behind them to the beat of drums and raised their muskets.

"It's all good, and the hit rate has reached 50%!" Li Xin held the binoculars, looked at the row of wooden man rakes in the mirror, and couldn't help but say in amazement. (To be continued.) )

PS: Recently, it's been hot and cold.,Accidentally caught a cold.,It's quite uncomfortable.,I couldn't update it yesterday.,I'm sorry!