According to later Russian accounts, the indigenous people of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and the areas north of it were all called "Yakuts".

The Yakuts, Yakutsk, it is clear what is going on.

The natives here actually call themselves "Sakha people". After the collapse of the Soviet Union, as a sign of respect for the indigenous people, the Republic of Yakutia was renamed the Republic of Sakha.

For a long time, the Sakha and Evenks were often confused.

First, it stems from the mutual influence of the customs and habits of the two ethnic groups, and second, when dividing the ethnic groups, the Sakha people in China are all classified as Evenki, and the Evenks in the Soviet Union are all classified as Yakuti (Sakha).

By the way, the word "Tunguska" was originally the name given to the Evenks by the Sakha people......

According to modern scientific means, in the tombs of the Mongolian plateau during the Xiongnu period, the upper reaches of the genes of the Sakha people were found.

Explain the ancestors of the Sakha people, the Han Dynasty once lived on the Mongolian plateau.

Some scholars speculate that his distant ancestor should be a Gaoche man. According to different migration routes, it can also be called Dingling, Tiele, and Eile. Later, it was integrated into the Uighur Khanate, so some experts say that the Sakha and the Uyghurs belong to the same origin.

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

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

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

At this moment, running in the front of the deer cart, walked down a Sakha female shaman. She wore a thick fur coat covered with strips of animal skin, and wore an oddly shaped hat with a few colored feathers stuck in it.

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

The reindeer pulled a sleigh and headed straight outside the city, and one of the warriors shouted: "We have come to ransom the hostages, let them out!" ”

Peng Chunlin asked, "What did they say?" Do you understand? ”

Khabarov translated: "Ransom the hostages." ”

The Sakha celebrate the New Year in the summer, and the Cossack robbers also like to row around in the summer. Once the Sakha tribe is discovered, they hide during the day and carry out raids at night, taking not to mention furs and food, and capturing important tribesmen as hostages.

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

The Sakha warrior in charge of the shouting was called Dawa, which means "difficult mountain to climb". When he saw the castle gate open, he immediately clenched his weapons and was ready to fight.

Khabarov walked in front and said: "Come and identify yourself." ”

Dawa saw at a glance his own people, the only son of a female shaman. Once a female shaman dies, her son will inherit the shaman's position after three years of cultivation and protect the clan from infringement.

Peng Chunlin said, "Let this person go." ”

The hostage was brought in front of Dawa, and Dawa was directly stunned. According to the normal process, shouldn't someone go to the shaman's side to inspect the goods, and the two sides will exchange furs with one hand and hostages with the other?

Khabarov said: "The odious Rakshasa bandits have been driven out by the great Chinese. In the future, no one will bully you again, and the Chinese will be your protectors. This is a gift prepared by the Chinese! ”

Zhang Tingxun stepped forward with a small jar of salt in his hand.

Dawa subconsciously took it, dipped his fingers in salt and tasted it, and it was as if he had drunk a fine wine.

Salt is obtained here, either by boiling the salt in the pond or by digging up the rock salt. Either way, it is rich in impurities and has a bitter taste. The salt in front of me is as white as snow and has no peculiar smell.

Dawa did not dare to slack off, and took the hostages and drove the sleigh back.

He held the salt shaker and pointed to the castle for a while, already dancing with joy.

The female shaman Vaxia Britotian looked at the Datong Army curiously: "The Chinese drove away the Rakshasa bandits, and when they released the hostages, not only did they not ask for furs, but also gave us snow salt as gifts?" ”

"Yes," Dawa said happily, "the Chinese are good people, not villains like Rakshasa bandits." ”

Vaxia Britotian asked her son again, "Do you know what's going on?" ”

His son, Kunde, replied, "I was captured here by the Rakshasa robbers, and I was locked up in a dark room with the hostages of other tribes, and I could only eat a small bowl of barley porridge every day. One day, the sound of artillery was heard outside, and the Rakshasa robber was killed. The Chinese did not detain me anymore and asked me to help them repair the castle and barely eat enough every day. ”

"Come with me." Vaxia Britotian said.

The sled team all ran to the castle, and the female shaman got out of the car and stepped on the snow, her arms crossed in front of her chest: "My name is Vaxia Britotian, and I thank my Chinese friends for saving my son and giving us valuable snow salt." ”

After Khabarov translated, Peng Chunlin smiled and said, "My name is Peng Chunlin, and I am the chief here. The Rakshasa bandits, who are also enemies of China, hope that we can be friends. ”

Vaxia Britotian untied the dagger from his waist, held it in both hands, and said, "You are already friends of the Sun-Chasing Division, please accept this dagger." ”

Peng Chunlin said: "Friend, please go to the castle to rest, we will provide rich food." From now on we can trade, you will exchange furs, and we will exchange cloth and salt. If you are willing to settle down, you can also live near the castle and I will teach you how to grow food. ”

Vaxia Britotian hesitated slightly, looking at the firearm in the hand of the Datong army.

She felt that there should be no danger, and if the Datong Army took action immediately, she would not be able to avoid this devilish weapon.

Different Sakha tribes have different totemic beliefs, such as the sun, moon and stars, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, birds, bears, wolves, pigs, and ...... can be used as a totem.

The tribe in front of him uses the sun as a totem, and is known as the Sun-chasing Tribe and the Sun-chasing Tribe to the outside world.

They were invited into the castle and were given barley, potatoes, and smoked fish for food, and even a jar of bad wine. Bad wine is a Cossack collection, extremely valuable, presumably from the Baikal region.

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

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

"I toast the shaman." Peng Chunlin said.

Vaxia Britotian was very bold, raised a glass and drank it all, and said: "The sun bless Chinese friends!" ”

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

The female shaman probably hadn't drunk much, and after a few glasses, she blushed and asked curiously, "I know that there are Tunguska people (Sauron) in the south, and where do Chinese friends come from?" ”

Peng Chunlin said: "We are from further south, from the Sauron tribes, and have submitted to His Majesty the Emperor of China. His Majesty the Emperor of China, I have ordered us to go north, first to help the Sauron tribe drive out the Rakshasa Demons, and then come here to help you drive out the Rakshasa Demons. ”

The Solon tribe is the collective name of the Daur, Oroqen, Evenki and other ethnic groups.

Vaxia Britton couldn't imagine where it would be further south, she had never heard of China.

Peng Chunlin took the opportunity to say: "Next summer, there will be soldiers to bring food. At that time, the shaman could send his clansmen to China with the ship if he wished. ”

Vaxia Britotian nodded and said, "I will." ”

The female shaman felt that China should be a very large tribe, and the Chinese emperor was the leader of that tribe. It should be a long way, at least half a year, and she is very willing to make friends with such a friendly and powerful tribe.

After a long time, the deer blood and yogurt had melted.

Vaxia Brito poured some yogurt into the hot deer blood and stirred: "Please taste the deer blood of the daily part, it will keep the body warm, and you will not get sick even in the cold winter." ”

Peng Chunlin took a sip lightly, and his face turned green all of a sudden, the mixture of yogurt and deer blood, the strange taste was indescribable.

Facing the expectant eyes of the female shaman, Peng Chunlin took a few sips of his head, and almost vomited out of his stomach violently.

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

Moreover, these Sakha people belong to semi-nomadic tribes, and often do not have access to salt, so they rely on drinking deer and cow blood to supplement their salt.

"Ting Xun, you can also taste it, this is an aphrodisiac thing." Peng Chunlin felt that he couldn't be cheated alone.

Vaxia Britotian saw it clearly, and no longer persecuted Peng Chunlin, and got up to pour deer blood for Zhang Tingxun in person.

Don't look at Zhang Tingxun who 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 a few more sips, I thought it was good, and I drank the whole bowl of deer blood with a slurp.

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

Zhang Tingxun put the bowl down, wiped his mouth with his horizontal sleeves, and burped: "It's really a good thing, and my body is hot after drinking." ”

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

The two sides were full of wine and food and began to talk about business.

The tribe brought 20 pelts to buy the hostages, mostly deerskins, but a few sable skins.

The supplies captured by the Datong army in the Cossacks were not lacking at all, and the padded jackets brought by the troops could be exchanged.

A padded jacket worth a few taels of silver in total, in exchange for furs worth a thousand taels of silver, both sides were very happy, and it was a win-win deal.

Peng Chunlin said: "Next summer, we will still have salt and cotton jackets to ship, and we hope to continue to exchange goods when the time comes." By the way, there are also cotton cloth and needle and thread, which can be sewn if the jacket is broken. ”

"Thanks to our generous Chinese friends, we will come back next year with our skins." Vaxia Brito, looking forward to the next trade.

There was no snow today, and Peng Chunlai wanted to show off his strength and invited the female shaman to watch the soldiers' drills.

Dozens of Datong sergeants stood in the cleared field where the snow had been cleared, shouting in unison to practice bayonet fighting.

Vaxia Britotian stood there thoughtfully, looking at the bright bayonet. She knew that this weapon could shoot bullets, and even the best tribal warriors could not resist it.

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

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

Now, the tribe plans to marry the Chinese tribe.

Vaxia Britotian asked, "Is Chief Peng willing to intermarry with the Sun-Seeking Division?" We will marry the most beautiful maiden of the tribe. ”

Of course, Peng Chunlin was willing to intermarry, but he had already taken in a woman left behind by the Cossacks. Although it is said that the second one can be accepted, many of the soldiers here do not have women, so they can't go too far.

Peng Chunlin had a bad stomach, and pointed to Zhang Tingxun, who was practicing bayonets: "That's the son of a Chinese nobleman, maybe a beautiful girl from the Japanese department can marry him." ”

Vaxia Britotian actually recognized: "This is the warrior who drank the blood of the deer?" We are very satisfied. ”

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