In Vaxia Britotian's view, if the Chinese choose to marry and cooperate with the Ribu, they will inevitably fight against the rival clans of the Ribu.

These are simple values, we are friends, my enemy is your enemy, and your enemy is my enemy.

When the Cossacks first came here, they were also welcomed by a certain tribe. They thought the Cossacks were powerful, so they agreed to the Cossacks to build castles, hoping to form an alliance against other tribes. By the way, the castle of Yakutsk, the builder of the city is Bektov, who was eaten by the Siberian tiger.

The ending can be imagined, the tribe that befriended the Cossacks was attacked by the Cossacks who had completed the construction of the city.

Some of the tribe were brutally killed, some were captured and enslaved, and the rest of the tribe all fled.

"Let me lead the team?" Zhang Tingxun was quite pleased, he had long wanted to go out and have a look, and it was really boring to live in the castle all day.

Peng Chunlin said: "That female shaman has taken a fancy to you and wants to marry a girl to you." You go and see for yourself, you can get married if you can see it, and you can't look down on yourself to find a reason to shirk it. ”

Zhang Tingxun said: "I have a wife in Nanjing. ”

"I know," Peng Chunlin said, "but you can't go back for several years in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, and you have to have a woman to take care of you." The imperial court also encouraged the soldiers to intermarry with other races, and to reproduce more offspring to enrich the population, so that you should take concubines for the sake of Your Majesty and the imperial court. ”

"Let's talk about it." Zhang Tingxun said perfunctorily.

It's only minus a few degrees Celsius, and although there is snow everywhere in the wild, it's still a relatively warm month.

Zhang Tingxun set off with eight soldiers, followed by Li Jiang, a civilian servant, who was responsible for recording the route along the way. As for the temperature record in the castle, it was handed over to Peng Chunlin, who could understand the thermometer.

Of course, Khabarov also had to go, and this cargo is currently the only translator.

The Cossacks left a few reindeer and put on the improvised sleigh, and Zhang Tingxun left with the Sakhas.

"Woohoo!"

There was light snow in the sky, constantly blowing on his face, and Zhang Tingxun was inexplicably happy. He likes this feeling, free and free, galloping freely, far better than the comfort zone of Nanjing.

Why do you say that the Sakha are semi-nomadic?

Because there are few suitable places for grazing, a tribe must have at least two fixed pastures in order to survive and thrive.

One is a summer pasture, which is located on the northern side; One is a winter pasture, and the location is skewed to the south.

Summer pastures are regular grazing, and livestock can be taken to pasture. In winter, pastures are more troublesome, requiring herders to cut grass for storage and rely on hay to keep their livestock through the winter.

Two fixed pastures are tribal territory, and once there is a fight, it often means a war for survival.

After nine days of running in the snow, I finally came to the winter pasture of the sun-chasing department.

There is also snow all over the place, but it is not as thick as on the castle side. There are even some livestock that have been taken out by the herdsmen to cut the snow and graze by themselves, and they are not afraid of eating bad stomachs. The herdsmen next to them were not idle, busy mowing the grass and loading the trucks to store forage for the coming cold winter.

The stationing place of the tribe is scattered with tents of all sizes.

These tents, called "pourazi", are made of branches on the ground to form conical supports, topped with birch bark in summer and animal skins in winter.

Each tent is surrounded by a wooden fence. In addition to the wooden fence, there is a wider wooden fence. The herders' livestock is usually kept between two wooden fences, around the tents where they live.

In the event of extremely cold weather of minus 60 degrees, it will inevitably lead to the death of a large number of livestock, because the livestock lack cold protection.

The Sun-Chasing tribe is a relatively powerful tribe because they also have hundreds of horses.

Where there are horses, there are cavalry!

A very small number of Sakha tribes even have "heavy cavalry". They made their own pieces of iron armor and connected them to the leather armor with leather ropes, so as to create "composite heavy armor".

These horses are also peculiar and are called "Yakut horses", or "Sahamas".

The skin is thick and the hair is long, the limbs are thick, and it can withstand the severe cold of dozens of degrees below zero.

The primitive breeds of the Far North were smaller, about the size of the Mongolian horse.

The central Yakut horses are larger, with an average shoulder height of 139 cm for stallions and 137 cm for mares.

The south, on the other hand, is a large breed, with an average height of 141 cm at the shoulders and 136 cm at the shoulders of the mares.

What Zhang Tingxun saw at this time was the southern species, and the leader of the Ri Chasing Department rode over to greet him, and the shoulder height of the war horse under his crotch was very likely to reach 145 centimeters. In addition, the horse was stout and had a lot of hair, as if it was riding a monster.

Li Jiang, the cartographer, muttered in a low voice: "Deputy Zhang, this horse is strange, you can exchange a few horses in the coming year and transport them to Hailan Pao for breeding." ”

Zhang Tingxun said: "The physique is too strong, and the limbs are thick, it is estimated that he can't run fast, and the horse used to drag the artillery is not bad." Moreover, the horsehair is abundant and long, and it is extremely cold-resistant, which is suitable for fighting in the Mobei grassland. ”

The female shaman followed and communicated with the leader, as if explaining the identities of Zhang Tingxun and the others.

The Sakha people have a strong concept of yin and yang, with horses being yang and men taking care of and raising, cattle being yin and women taking care of and raising.

Their habit of raising horses and cattle should have been formed in the Baikal region.

As for raising deer, it was only slowly figured out when I moved here. Nowadays, some tribes have not mastered the art of raising deer and cannot gallop through the snow and ice - some tribes do not have deer, but they do have dogs, and dogs pull sleds in winter.

The tribal leader, named Naini, checked the salt he had brought back and wrapped the cotton jacket he had bought in exchange for it.

Then, he asked Kunde, the son of the female shaman.

"These Chinese are very nice, they released me and let me help repair the castle, so that I can work every day in exchange for food," Kunde said. The Sakha people who were captured by the Rakshasa bandits, who were originally treated as slaves, were also released by the Chinese, and women were also rewarded as wives for slaves. The Sakha people, who were freed, were very grateful to the Chinese and volunteered to stay in the castle to grow food. ”

The leader Naini was convinced that the Chinese were very friendly, and warmly welcomed Zhang Tingxun and others into his account.

Before entering the account, Zhang Tingxun was stopped because there was still a ceremony.

The chief's son, hammering it with a flint, lit firewood in the center of the tent. This "ignition" ceremony is to welcome the dignitaries and is also present during the celebration.

Others used long poles to remove the hides from the top of the tents, leaving a gap for smoke extraction.

With the "fire position" as the center, the position directly opposite the door is called "Malu", and the leader Nani invited Zhang Tingxun to sit down together. The position on either side of the "fire position" is called "Aolu", where female shamans, Datong soldiers and important members of the tribe sit.

There is no shochu here, but there is mare's milk wine.

The chief's wife and daughter entertained the guests with mare's milk wine, and brought some meat and fresh fish.

The tribe is located in the river valley area, and when Zhang Tingxun came, he traveled a long way on the frozen river. The fresh fish is also obtained by chiseling ice, cut into raw fish pieces, and I don't know what seasoning is mixed in.

"This is a horn cup? It's not like a cow's horn. Zhang Tingxun asked.

The chieftain, Naini, laughed and said, and Khabarov translated: "It's an ivory cup." ”

Not ordinary ivory, but mammoth tusk.

The main handicraft of the Sakha people is carving from mammoth ivory, which is abundant in Siberia.

The leader, Nani, raised his mammoth ivory cup: "Welcome distinguished guests from the Chinese tribe, and may our friendship not wither in the cold winter!" ”

"I wish Your Excellency the chief good health, and I also wish that the livestock of the Zhai Division will not freeze to death in winter." Zhang Tingxun is better at talking than Peng Chunlin.

"Hahahaha!"

The chieftain Naini was really happy, especially since the livestock would not freeze to death, which was the best blessing for the Sakha people.

The chief had tents set up for them, and they all slept in tents that night.

The next day, the people wandered through the tribe and found that there were significantly more women than men.

After inquiring in detail, I learned that even in winter, men have to go out hunting and grazing. Due to this reason, accidents often occur, and men live far less than women.

Capable men tend to be polygamous.

Here is the primogeniture, and even the father's wives and concubines can be inherited. But the rest of the sons can also get a small amount of family property to ensure that they will not be frozen to death and starved to death.

Only the dowry of a woman is her own private property, and the dowry is generally passed on to her daughter.

The only exception is shamanic families, which have both men and women. Once a woman is a shaman, she is never allowed to marry outside because the shaman holds the most important knowledge. For example, poetry, medicine, astronomy, climate...... Wait a minute.

Li Jiang said to Zhang Tingxun: "The Sakha people obviously have many boys and girls, and felons who are exiled in the future do not need to bring their wives at all." Let their wives remarry, and the felons were exiled here and married directly to the local women. ”

"Not bad." Zhang Tingxun nodded.

Li Jiang also said: "In the future, we can add felt and ivory to the goods traded. Felt is the cheapest, and if you bring it more, you can not only surround the tent from the cold, but also cover the livestock from freezing to death, and the Sakha people must love felt. And ivory, which is an ordinary object here, is worth a lot of money when sold in China. ”

Felt is really the cheapest of all woollen fabrics, but it is very useful, and the Sakha people do not have it.

The Sakha people shelter their livestock from the wind and snow, and they sew them together with many pieces of animal skin. Think about it, hundreds of deer, how many animal skins do you need to cover them?

And the slightly wealthier families have dozens of deer, and the leader Nani has hundreds of deer.

Cheap felt, in exchange for expensive ivory. Cheap padded jackets in exchange for expensive fur. The business was completely done, and it was possible to get great wealth without plundering like the Cossacks.

Garrison Yakutsk, absolutely not at a loss!

"Deputy Zhang, Deputy Zhang......" Li Jiang continued to speak, but saw that Zhang Tingxun had lost his mind.

He followed Zhang Tingxun's line of sight, and saw several Sakha girls walking by with wooden barrels, most of them going to milk mare's milk or milk.

These girls are better dressed than ordinary women, with fur clothes all over their bodies, and even mink fur around their necks.

Zhang Tingxun obviously fell in love with one of them.

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