"No one volunteered to stay, so we had to think of something else." Missionary Jia Shi once said.

Wang Fuchen pondered carefully for a long time: "It's better to draw lots to decide, and those who are drawn will stay." Of course, you can't stay forever, rotate for two or three years. ”

Jash once said: "Listen to that Khabarov, it's easier to die here than Hailan Bubble." We are stationed in Hailanpao, and we have to consult the local aborigines in order to adapt to the winter of Hailanpao. Here, it's even more important to accumulate experience, so when you change defenses, you can't change them all at once. ”

Wang Fuchen said: "There are 60 garrisons, and 20 people are exchanged for a year. Every year, grain is transported from Hailan, and by the way, 20 soldiers are brought to change the guard. Twenty new soldiers, forty veterans to gain experience. In this way, sixty garrisons can be replaced in three years, and the survival experience of the new garrison soldiers can also be guaranteed. ”

"Yes." Jia Shizeng nodded.

Wang Fuchen said: "Since it is a round of change every three years, there is no need to bring the soldier's wife here." If you get pregnant, the baby will probably die a lot. ”

The Datong army of Hailan Pao and Yaksa are all unmarried or widowed. They are married to an indigenous woman from Heilongjiang and have already settled in the Heilongjiang Valley, and if they have to change their guard every year, then there is really no need to bring their wives to Yakutsk. ”

It was only when the Cossacks lived too badly in Tsarist Russia that they came to places in the cold and snow, and even established strongholds in the permafrost.

Allowing the Datong Army to settle in Yakutsk is tantamount to exile, and it is difficult to accept it both reasonably and reasonably.

Jia Shizeng said: "You can ask the imperial court to exile some felons." The kind of person who committed the most heinous crimes and was bound to die did not even have the qualifications to be exiled to Heilongjiang to be exempted, and he could choose to be exiled to Yakutsk in the future. It doesn't take too much, as long as Yakutsk can maintain dozens of Han Chinese people. ”

"Although there may be a lot of deaths, in a few decades, the Han people here should also be able to reproduce to hundreds or thousands." Wang Fuchen agreed.

After the two discussed, they called the soldiers to draw lots.

No one signed up to stay voluntarily before, and when I heard that the lottery was decided, no one had any objections. Counting officers and civilians, more than 500 troops were dispatched this time, and 60 people were selected to stay, and those who were selected could only consider themselves unlucky.

Wang Fuchen said to the soldiers: "Don't be afraid, there will be 20 people who can change guards and leave next year." When the time comes, lots will also be drawn to decide who will go, and one of the three will only need to be stationed for one year. I will leave Khabarov behind and teach you how to live in this place, how to survive the winter here. By the way, some of your Daur wives are pregnant, and all the soldiers will help take care of them. ”

The secretary of the army brought pen and paper.

The paper was cut into small squares, and 60 words were written for "Liu", and the rest were all blank.

The soldiers lined up to draw lots, and the clerk opened them on the spot to announce the situation.

"No."

"No."

"No."

"Stay!"

“……”

The unlucky guy who drew the word "stay" did not hang his head, but smiled bitterly at himself.

"Zhang Tingxun, what line are you arranging? Get out of the queue! Wang Fuchen suddenly scolded.

Zhang Tingxun ran out of the ranks, held his head high, and saluted with his crossed arms: "General, I am also a Datong army, if I don't participate in the lottery, how can I serve the public?" I won't be able to be a man in the army from now on! ”

The rest of the soldiers looked over one after another.

Wang Fuchen was suddenly anxious, and if Zhang Tingxun was not allowed to draw lots, the soldiers would inevitably complain, which was not conducive to him leading troops in the future. If Zhang Tingxun is selected, in case he freezes to death and dies of illness here, how can he explain to his old boss Li Zheng? How do you explain to Grandpa Zhang Tieniu?

Wang Fuchen, who commanded the battle competently and decisively, couldn't make up his mind for a while, and turned his head to look at the missionary Jia Shizeng.

The missionary officer mainly grasped the ideological work and considered more things than Wang Fuchen. Jia Shi once thought about it: "Lao Wang, if you don't smoke, you can't do it, once you make an exception, I don't know how many bad rules will be there in the future." Wish...... Don't win this little man's lottery. ”

Wang Fuchen glared at Zhang Tingxun fiercely, and said angrily: "Go and line up!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Tingxun ran back to his original position.

One after another, more than 200 people have drawn lots, but there are only more than ten people who have won the lottery, and the odds of winning the lottery are becoming bigger and bigger.

It is very likely that when you put the paper sticks in the box and shake them, you shook a lot of "keep" notes to the bottom. Because it was written with 60 words "stay", I put it in and shook it at one time.

Wang Fuchen hurriedly shouted: "Shake it again, the sign is not even." ”

"Hahahaha!"

All the soldiers laughed when they heard this, they could all understand Wang Fuchen's difficulties, and they really left the little grandfather in Yakutsk to play big hair.

"Stay!"

Sure enough, after shaking the box again, the first one to go to the lottery won.

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

ranked in front of Zhang Tingxun, every time he didn't win, Wang Fuchen's heart sank. Finally, someone was drawn, and he spit out a breath of turbidity, and he was more tired than fighting.

Finally, it was Zhang Tingxun's turn, and there were only 104 people left who had not yet drawn lots, and there were still 15 "stay" signatures.

14.42% chance of winning.

Zhang Tingxun's thoughts are very entangled, and he looks forward to staying in Yakutsk to show that he can endure hardships and stand hard work. As long as he is selected, as a little grandfather, he will be stationed in Yakutsk for two or three years, and he will definitely be famous in the entire Anton Metropolitan Protectorate. At the same time, he didn't want to stay, this place was really not interesting.

With this mentality, Zhang Tingxun twisted out one.

After the clerk opened it, he subconsciously looked at Wang Fuchen.

Wang Fuchen scolded: "If you don't get it, just say it!" ”

The clerk spread out the signing paper and shouted, "Stay!" ”

Wang Fuchen's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted on the spot, this time he really messed up.

"The little grandfather is mighty!"

The soldiers coaxed in unison, and at this moment, they completely accepted Zhang Tingxun.

Zhang Tingxun scratched his head with a smile, he stayed and stayed, he was very strong, he didn't get sick much since he was a child, and he didn't think there would be any problems.

After all the lots were drawn, Wang Fuchen said: "Peng Chunlin stays and temporarily serves as the garrison officer of Yakutsk." Wu Wenbi stayed behind and temporarily served as the chief missionary officer in Yakutsk. Ma Wei stayed, you are a military doctor, and you take care of the soldiers. Li Jiang stayed, recorded the daily temperature here, and then drew a map of the neighborhood. The four of you, all of you, have been stationed for three years. ”

These four unlucky eggs are not drawn by lot, because they have special tasks, and they are directly named and left.

Wang Fuchen said to Zhang Tingxun again: "You make Peng Chunlin your deputy!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Tingxun was excited, he was actually promoted, although it was only a temporary position.

On the same day, Wang Fuchen explained many matters, and left with his army the next day. There were some supplies left, as well as captured supplies, enough for them to last a year or two.

After the large army left, Peng Chunlin called a meeting.

Including Khabarov, there were 65 troops in total.

The first thing to do is to deal with slaves and hostages. The slaves understood well, the hostages came from nearby tribes, and the Cossacks would take the hostages and let the natives exchange them for furs.

The reason for the hostage detention is that the indigenous people here are semi-nomadic, and it is difficult to control them without taking hostages.

There were 87 slaves in total, all of them men, and their usual work was farming.

There are also livestock, three horses, and five reindeer. The Cossacks were always fed personally, fearing that the slaves would touch the livestock, and accidentally rode away.

There were more than a dozen hostages, all of whom were male, and were supposed to be the sons of the tribal chief.

There were also 92 women and more than a dozen children. The identity of these people is very peculiar, the women are the wives of the Cossacks, and the children are the descendants of the Cossacks.

Peng Chunlin knew why he stayed, so many officers, he chose himself to be in charge of this place, obviously because he was most familiar with Zhang Tingxun.

Peng Chunlin first organized the team, appointed the captain, the chief, and the captain, and then announced: "Those children are all Cossack species. I don't want to raise it, and I can't bear to kill it, how about driving it away? ”

No one objected, and some people wanted to say something, but they never spoke.

The meaning of expulsion is to fend for themselves, how can a group of children survive the winter?

Zhang Tingxun looked left and right, couldn't help it, and said: "Those under the age of five can be raised, and they don't remember anyway." ”

Peng Chunlin nodded: "Yes." ”

Science has proven that the human brain can only be fully developed at the age of seven, so things before the age of seven will basically be slowly forgotten.

Peng Chunlin said again: "Our wives are all over Hailan Pao, and we didn't bring any of them. Three years, it is very difficult, and those who want to ask for a wife can sign up. If you don't dislike it, you will accept the women left behind by the Cossacks. If you want to wait, you can marry the nearby natives and give something as a dowry when the time comes. ”

The three major capitals and overseas territories, Datong's military discipline has changed somewhat, and the imperial court encourages soldiers to marry more wives, especially indigenous women!

As long as you don't rob the people's daughters, as long as your military salary can hold up, the more wives and children you have, the better, and you can quickly increase the number of local Han people. Isn't it disrespectful to women? But nothing is set in stone.

There were more than a dozen soldiers on the spot, willing to accept Cossack women.

Peng Chunlin asked, "Is there anything else?" If not, I will give the rest of the women to the slaves as wives. ”

With that, two more soldiers raised their hands.

Peng Chunlin nodded and said, "You draw lots in order to choose a wife." Pick the rest of the women and let them choose their slave husbands for themselves. ”

The Datong army chose women first, and the remaining women chose slave men.

Finally, Khabarov announced to the slaves: "You are all free, you can continue to stay here and farm, pay some grain every year as a tax, and the rest of the grain will be your own." If you want to leave, you can do it now. ”

the fart!

Their tribe has long been nomadic and has long been nomadic to leave, and now leaving Yakutsk is tantamount to death.

Chosen by a woman to be her husband's slave, she was willing to believe in the Datong Army and took the lead in kneeling down to thank Da Dou. The rest of the slaves were skeptical, but they were willing to stay and farm.

After a few more days, the weather became colder and colder, and the night was almost close to freezing.

Half a month later, snow began to fall.

With snow piled all over the ground, the Datong Army welcomed its first guests.

More than a dozen reindeer pulled the sleigh, and the sleigh was carried by people and fur, and they quickly approached the castle.

These were natives who came in exchange for hostages, who appeared only after the snowfall, and flew to and fro in sleighs to prevent the Cossacks from tracking them.

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