Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 239 The red-haired man has arrived

The next day, the sky was bright, and the seven Feiyaka people who mustered up their courage finally appeared in the sight of the sentinels in Beihai Town.

"Stop! Stop there!" As the soldiers in the watchtower yelled loudly, the sharp and piercing whistle began to sound.

Meiergua turned to the six people behind him and asked, "What is that person talking about?"

The six people looked at the chief in unison, which clearly meant that you can't understand those who are canonized by the Qing court, let alone us!

Mergua then turned his head and continued walking forward.

With a "crash", the soldiers on the watchtower pulled the bolt and began to raise their guns to aim. "Go any further and shoot!"

At this time, the seven people on the opposite side took off the animal skins, antlers, and dried bear gall that they carried with them from their waists, and waved them at the sentry.

"Do you want to change something?"

"I want to change that dress on you!"

"Do you want to change your hat?"

After hearing the news, Wukanbei rushed to the bottom of the watchtower and shouted to the sentinel above: "Don't shoot! I'll ask first."

The sentry saw that it was Wukanbei, and then remembered that the other party was from Hezhe Feiyaka, so he reminded: "Be careful!"

Wu Kanbei took a few steps forward, and shouted to Meiergu and others in Manchu: "Stop!"

Now that they finally understood, Meiergua and his party stopped hesitantly.Wu Kanbei carefully looked at the seven people on the opposite side, all of them had big beards, wore blue or black long-breasted cotton robes, and wore a hat with their hair tied behind their heads. Shoulder level.They had daggers and short knives in their arms, a bow and a big bag behind their backs.As for the quiver, it must have been hidden behind the back.

The most striking thing is that the seven people in front of them are all barefoot and don't wear shoes at all.

Wukanbei immediately came to his senses, these are the Kurfiyakas!He clasped his fists together, bowed his hands to the seven people and said: "In Xiawukanbei, I was originally watching the Hezhe fishermen on the Dan River. I don't know how you call them?"

Meiergua frowned and said, "Hezhe people? Why don't you grow a beard, and your face looks like a woman's."

As soon as this remark came out, Sembakur and the others behind him burst into laughter.Facing the laughter of these people, Wukanbei responded with a normal face: "I am serving in the Beihai Town Army now. The rules here are strict and soldiers are not allowed to grow beards. In the past, my beard was cuter than you guys. All long."

"Beihai Town? In the army? Who are you guys?!" Meier Gu asked loudly.

"My brother, who are you?" Wu Kanbei asked with a smile.

"My name is Meiergua. I was appointed by the government of Ningguta to serve as the local Karada."

"Oh? Then I'll call you Big Brother Meiergua. The Ningguta government you mentioned was just defeated by our Beihai town last year."

When Wukanbei said that "we" defeated Beihai Town, he felt a little guilty in his heart, because at that time he was still a member of the "Retired Barbarian Army" of the Qing Dynasty.

When Meiergua heard this, his eyes almost popped out.That is the Qing Dynasty, the Celestial Dynasty!

Seeing the other party's appearance, Wu Kanbei smiled and said, "Don't believe it? You will find out when you have a chance to go to the other side and ask."

Meiergua was skeptical, and was about to ask again, but saw a person walking over.The person who came was the company commander of the guard, and he asked Wukanbei: "Who are they?"

Wu Kanbei quickly saluted the company commander, and then explained the situation.The guard company commander said to Wukanbei: "Stop them, I'll report to the chief."

"Yes."

Ukanbe's salute aroused the curiosity of Meiergua and others.He walked in slowly and asked Wukanbei, "Who is that?"

Wukanbei thought for a while before explaining: "Oh, that's my boss. He's going to report to his boss." (There is no word "sir" in Manchu, only "hafan", which means boss.)
Meiergua felt his heart move, and quickly asked: "The boss's boss? Are there two particularly tall people here?"

Wu Kanbei was taken aback.Now besides Zhao Xin, the tallest two people here are Liu Sheng, so he suddenly became vigilant, pretending to be nonchalant and asked: "Brother Meiergua, how did you know?"

Meiergua pointed back at Sambakur: "He saw it."

Wu Kanbei quickly asked: "Where did you see it?"

Sembakur pointed to the northeast and said, "It was at the mouth of the Oha River a few days ago!"

Wu Kanbei had already made up his mind that they were talking about Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng.He shook his head and said, "My master is very busy, he doesn't have time to see you. If you need anything, just tell me."

It is said that in Manchu, the words "lord, master, monarch, and emperor" are all expressed in one word, which is ejen.As a result, Wu Kanbei's expression strengthened Meier Gu's desire to meet Zhao Xin.In the minds of Fiyaka people, God is the master!
As the saying goes, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, but Meiergua and the others really didn't wear shoes.He made up his mind that he would meet those two people no matter what he said today.

During the stalemate, a soldier ran over and said to Wu Kanbei: "The chief wants to see them."

Wu Kanbei heaved a sigh of relief, and he didn't know how to deal with it any further.So he met Meiergua's curious eyes and said, "Master wants to see you."

Meiergua was overjoyed, he waved his hand and was about to go inside when Wukanbei stopped him again.

"Brother Meiergua, please leave your weapons here, and I will return them to you when you leave."

The six subordinates and Meiergua looked at each other, and when they saw each other nodding, they took off the bows and arrows on their backs and the short knives in their arms, and handed them to several soldiers.Then they followed behind Wukanbei and entered the residential area.

At this time, many people in the residential area had already woken up, either washing their faces and rinsing their mouths, or squatting in front of their houses to eat breakfast.Because everyone is doing hard work these days, Zhang Bo deliberately arranges for three meals a day to be white flour steamed buns.At this time, I saw soldiers walking in with seven barefooted natives. Many people were eating breakfast while looking around curiously.

The seven Meiergu'a couldn't help swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva when they smelled the smell of white flour steamed buns in the air.He was a person who had been to Delengen Wooden City, so he had some knowledge, so he refrained from speaking.But Senbakuer behind him couldn't help it anymore, pointed to a steamed bun in a child's hand and said, "I want to eat this! I'll exchange it with you for animal skins."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the other five people also said that they wanted to exchange things for steamed buns.At this time, Hu Liu's daughter, Niuniu, was holding up the steamed buns, seeing everyone's eyes on her, the little girl felt very wronged in her heart, should she eat it or not?

She thought about it, and saw that the bearded man with bare feet was still pointing at the steamed bun in her hand, so she got up and walked slowly to Senbakuer, held up the steamed bun, and said in a slightly crying voice: "I won't eat any more." , give it to you."

This scene was so embarrassing, Meiergua wished he could find a crack on the ground and get in!These six scumbags!How embarrassing!
Sembakur was also stunned. He didn't expect that the first person who came here to exchange things with him was a child.He squeezed out a smile, and said blah blah: "I'll exchange something, you won't suffer." After speaking, he took a piece of buckskin from the big bag on his back, stuffed it into Niuniu's arms without any explanation, and then After taking the steamed bun, he opened his mouth wide and took a bite.

The vagrants around the audience were also dumbfounded, thinking that they still bring such a thing?A skin for a white bun?
Suddenly, a refugee raised a steamed bun in his hand and said to another Feiyaka: "I will exchange this with you."

The others also reacted at this time, holding up uneaten or half-eaten steamed buns and surrounded them.

"Change mine, change mine."

"I just took a bite, it's as if I (didn't) eat it!"

"I'm still halfway, don't be greedy, just give me a small piece of skin and I'll hit it."

A few scumbags smiled and took out their fur goods, and were about to start exchanging steamed buns with the refugees.Mei Ergu cursed angrily: "You idiots! Have you never eaten white noodles?!"

"Chief, I haven't eaten for a long time. The last time I ate was when you took me to Delaney."

"Yeah, I'll change it."

"It's enough to change half of it, I'll try it."

"Shut up!" Meiergu was furious.

Wu Kanbei and a few soldiers couldn't laugh or cry at this moment. They hurried forward to disperse the refugees, and said to Meier Gu and others: "There are plenty of steamed buns, and I will get them for you later. Follow me to see the master first."

When they heard this, they quickly put the animal skins in their hands into their bags, followed Wukanbei with a smile and walked towards a big green tent.

This is Zhao Xin's temporary residence. Two soldiers with guns stood at the door of the tent. When they saw Wukanbei bringing seven natives over, the soldiers immediately became nervous.A guard said to Wukanbei: "The chief is inside, go in." After speaking, he opened the thick curtain.

Meiergua followed Wukanbei into the tent, and his eyes lit up immediately.Looking up, I saw a bright object above my head emitting light, which illuminated the tent so brightly that even the corners could be seen clearly.

Under the north gable of the tent, two bare-jawed guys sat on cushions, smiling and looking at themselves.Behind the man sitting in the middle, an extremely beautiful woman knelt there, holding the man's arm, looking up and down at herself.

Wukanbe first stood at attention and saluted.His stern look made Senbakuer and others stand up straight involuntarily, looking at Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and A Miao.

"It's the three of them." When Senbakul saw the appearance of the three of them clearly, he couldn't help being stunned, and hurriedly walked to Meiergua and said in a low voice.

"Please sit down." Zhao Xin raised his hand as a gesture, and at the same time said to Wukanbei: "You stay as an interpreter."

There are no chairs in the tent, just a row of thick cotton pads on the west side.After hearing Wukanbei's translation, Meiergua and the others sat on the cushions hesitantly.

No condescending, no murderous guards.What Zhao Xin wanted was this scene, where everyone sat cross-legged in their tents and chatted wantonly.As for if the other party violently wounds someone, the pistol on the mat behind him is not a vegetarian.

Everyone introduced each other, and several soldiers brought tea.Meiergua suddenly said, "Are you from the sea?"

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "Yes."

"I heard from my people that your boat is as big as a small mountain, can I have a look?"

"Yes. Someone will take you to the north in a while."

"I also heard." Meiergua hesitated for a moment, and then mustered up the courage to say: "I heard that you can make a ship as big as a mountain disappear in a blink of an eye."

Wu Kanbei was stunned when he heard it, but he still translated it.

"Who did you listen to?" Zhao Xin's expression changed immediately after hearing this, and he looked at Meier Gugu with a burning gaze.

"I, I saw it." Senbakur changed from sitting to kneeling, lying on the mat and bowing his head back. "That day, that afternoon, I was chasing a red deer, and I saw you wave your hand, and the four boats disappeared."

After Wu Kanbei finished translating stammeringly, A Miao's expression changed behind Zhao Xin.She looked up at Zhao Xin's profile with a stunned expression.

Liu Sheng's original smiling expression sank in an instant, and he stared at Senbakur and asked, "Then what is the purpose of your coming here today?"

Seeing that the strong man with the bear head spoke, Senbakur quickly explained: "I went back and told Karada, and he brought us here."

He didn't dare to tell the truth, Meiergua's original purpose was to snatch it first before speaking.

Meiergua looked at Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng, and explained: "We came here with goods, and we wanted to see if we could exchange something."

"So you want to change steamed buns?" Someone had already told Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng about the scene in the residential area just now.

"No, no, no!" Meiergua hurriedly shook his hand, and said hastily, "We want to exchange for some iron weapons. It would be even better if you have weapons here." Right now, the seven of them are unarmed, even if they have the heart of a thief, there is no thief guts.

"Weapons?" Zhao Xin shook his head. "I have no weapons here."

"The ax you used to chop down the tree yesterday was fine."

Liu Sheng stared and said: "We also need to use the axe, don't change it!"

Meiergua asked cautiously: "Can you tell me why you live here?"

Zhao Xin said in surprise: "Here? This place is very good."

"But it smells bad here, and the water in those puddles is not drinkable, it's all black. I heard the shaman in the village say that it's the blood of the devil!"

"Oh? Hahaha, what else did the shaman say?"

"No more. The shaman was killed by the red-haired man. I plan to go to the mainland next month and invite another shaman to come over." Wu Kanbei's heart tightened when he heard this.

"Red-haired man?!" Zhao Xin became nervous all of a sudden, could it be...
Meiergua sighed, and explained slowly: "Yes. Our village used to be more than 100 miles west of your place, near a big lake. A few years ago, the red-haired man came in a big boat. .After they landed, they killed anyone they saw. These people are tall and have many hands. In addition to their sharp weapons, they also hold a kind of iron pipe that can breathe fire. We really couldn’t beat them. Many people died, so we moved to went south."

The more Wukanbei heard, the more he felt that those people were similar to the robbers who killed his own family. He hurriedly asked loudly, "Is it blue eyes, high nose, a big beard, and a fur cloak?"

Meiergua was surprised: "Have you seen it too? Except most of them have red hair, some of them have yellow hair. It's about the same color as the withered grass in autumn."

Wu Kanbei couldn't continue to ask, the knuckles of his hands were clenched, and the veins on his forehead were popping out. He guessed in his heart that those people should be the ones who killed his wife and children; even if they weren't, they should be a gang.

Seeing Wu Kanbei like this, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng asked strangely, "Wukanbei, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Kanbei took a few deep breaths and felt that his emotions had calmed down a bit, so he translated the words just now with the two of them.

After listening to Wukanbei's description, Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng looked at each other and said in unison: "Tsarist Russia!"

20 years ago (1765), since the Qing government had no formal garrison on the island (because there was no external threat here in the early days, the garrison of the Qing government withdrew to the mainland after staying for a while), the Tsarist Russians on the Kamchatka Peninsula sent a group of An expedition of soldiers and exiled prisoners.They raided the northern tip of Kudao, killed the local Feiyaka people, built camps in the mountains, and mined coal mines.The docks of these Russian invaders were located in a lagoon in the northern part of Kuye Island. This lagoon was called "Lake Zalif Baikal" in another time and space.

A few days ago, when Beihai Town's fleet circled the northwest of Kuye Island, they did not stop because of their high speed, so they did not find any traces of Tsarist Russians or ships.

And four years later in history, that is, in 1789, the Tsarist Russian expedition will invade the southwest of Kudao on a large scale.After they landed on the island, they massacred the local Feyaka people and deported them back to the mainland; at the same time, they built town halls, churches, prisons, schools and other buildings in Muzibo (Alexandrovsk, the center of the coal mine).

According to Meiergua, the camp of the Tsarist Russians was only about [-] kilometers away from Zhao Xin and the others, separated by a dense virgin forest.

At this time, Wukanbei still didn't know that the murderers who killed his wife and children, destroyed his body and destroyed his records, and set fire to his homeland were really in that camp.

(End of this chapter)