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Chapter 568: The Deer Tribe

These people who drove reindeer sleighs and took advantage of the heavy snow to come to Yakutsk to find Cossacks to redeem tribal hostages were all Yakuts from Siberia.

In China, they are called the Shilu Tribe.

However, they claim to be Sakha people, and Yakutia belongs to the name given to them by Tsarist Russia. Later, in order to appease the Yakuts after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia renamed them the Sakha Republic.

For a long time, the Sakha people and the Evenki people of the Sauron tribe were collectively called the Yakuts.

Because both groups like reindeer and live very close to each other, it’s just that the Sakha people learned how to raise reindeer from the Even people. They originally only raised cattle and horses, while the Evenki people knew how to do it themselves.

And the so-called Tungus people were originally the name given by the Sakha people to the Evenki people who lived with them but spoke a different language.

The language of the Sakha people belongs to the Turkic language family of the Altaic language family, while Evenki belongs to the Tungus language family of the Altaic language family.

About three hundred years ago, the Sakha people still lived in Olkhon and the Lake Baikal Basin in the south, which was the backbone of the Lingbei Province of the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, because of the Mongolian expedition to the west, they gradually moved north and settled in the middle of the Lena River.

In the classical poetry and legends of the Sakha people, lions, elephants, gems, gold, etc. are often mentioned, but these things do not exist in northern Siberia and can only be introduced from the southern plains.

Moreover, the religion of the Sakha people also generally believes in shamanism.

Therefore, don’t think that the Sakha people are all primitive natives of Siberia. The Chukchi people are indeed, but they are definitely not. They have iron smelting technology, and blacksmiths have a very high status in the Sakha tribe.

If we go further south, the Sakha people will still cultivate food crops, instead of generally raising reindeer like what people like Xu Sanfu saw.

The man who came to shout under the city wall was a warrior from the Saha tribe named Talya, which in Turkic means river or ocean.

Xu Sanfu came down from the city wall with the soldiers and Besikov. Talya immediately clenched the weapon in his hand, tense up and ready to fight at any time.

Until Besikov shouted: "Here are all the people in the city. Come over and see for yourself who are your tribesmen?"

Talya remained vigilant, stepped forward to identify carefully, and soon found the captured hostage. There were three people in total, one of whom was the son of the tribe's blacksmith, and the remaining two were the children of the clan leader and the shaman.

It can be said that all the important people have been killed in one fell swoop, and these Cossacks are indeed smart enough. And those three people were also well raised by the Cossacks, otherwise they would not be able to exchange for the fur supplies of the Sakha tribe if they died.

Xu Sanfu nodded: "Let these three people leave."

Talya was a little confused when she saw the other party letting the person go directly. Shouldn't these bandit outsiders follow the procedure and take away the fur materials before letting the person go? And it's impossible to let them all go at once. At most one of the three people can be let go.

Besikov said: "Those damn Cossack bandits have been driven away by the Ming Dynasty army. Now this is the land of Ming China, and they are all the troops of Ming China. I will not rob your property or kidnap you anymore. Hostages, they will become your friends. In the future, we can cooperate and communicate together and trade survival supplies with each other. These things are the meeting gifts given to you by Ming Dynasty China!"

After saying that, a soldier gave a gift at Xu Sanfu's signal.

The gift was very simple, just a small jar of salt, tea leaves, and a saber.

These were specially left by Sun Ruhai so that Xu Sanfu and the others could use them to make friends with the indigenous tribes and trade with them for daily necessities, meat, etc.

Although the Sakha people also have iron smelting technology, in such a cold permafrost environment, no matter how good the iron smelting technology is, they will not be able to produce any good products. The sabers sent by the Ming army can be produced from the Zunhua Arsenal, and their quality is much higher than that of private iron smelting.

Talya was soon stunned by these simple gifts. Not to mention the saber and tea leaves, only the jar of table salt as white as snow. She reached out and dipped a little and tasted it. It had no pure salty taste at all. Bitterness from impurities.

This is good stuff!

When it came to the tribe's survival needs, Talya did not dare to neglect, so she drove the sled back to report with three hostages on her back.

Xu Sanfu was wrapped in a cotton coat and did not wait long before the Sakha sleigh team approached the castle en masse.

The leader got off the sled and said: "My name is Tamueye, my friend from China in the Ming Dynasty. Thank you for driving away those Cossacks, saving my son, and saving our tribe."

After Besikov translated, he specifically reminded: "One of those three people is the son of this person, so his status in their tribe must not be simple."

It is indeed not simple. Tamur Aye is the blacksmith in their tribe. In the Sakha tribe, blacksmiths are often endowed with supernatural powers, so they have a very lofty status.

Xu Sanfu quickly figured it out and said with a smile: "It's all a matter of effort. The Cossacks invaded our Ming territory. They are the enemies of our Ming China. I told His Majesty the Emperor that all Cossacks will be expelled from Siberia."

Besikov translated it, and the emperor in it was translated by him according to the concept of the leader of a large tribe.

Tamureye quickly understood the meaning, nodded and said: "The Cossacks are indeed a group of despicable and hateful outsiders. We do not reject outsiders. The land here is large and we can nomadically hunt together. But they attacked us. The tribesmen robbed our cattle, horses and furs, causing many of our tribesmen to starve and freeze to death last winter."

Xu Sanfu said: "That is too much. Our Ming army will not do such despicable acts. From now on, we can be friends. If the Cossacks come here, we can fight together. And we can also trade survival supplies with each other, such as the salt just now , weapons, and tea can all be exchanged, and you can also use furs and livestock to trade with us."

Tamueye also smiled and said: "Yes, Ming China will be friends of the Reindeer Department from now on. We brought some furs this time, originally to redeem our people. But now, we can use them to share with our Chinese friends Trading."

After some small talk, the two parties started talking about business. The reindeer tribe brought hostages for fur exchange this time. Now that the hostages have been released, it is impossible to take the furs back intact. Therefore, it is also a good choice to use it as a trade to exchange for some supplies from Xu Sanfu and others.

In this way, you can also make good friends with the Chinese. Tamoureye is very smart and knows that these Chinese friends must be more powerful if they can defeat the powerful Cossacks.

Moreover, he also saw weapons similar to Cossacks from the soldiers brought out by Xu Sanfu. He knew that these weapons were powerful. Even the bravest warriors of the tribe would be killed by these weapons with one blow.

By making friends with the Chinese, you can not only protect your own tribe, but also ward off hostile tribes and clans.

Although the Sakha people are all one nation, they are divided into more than 80 tribes, and the tribes are subdivided into clans.

The Sakha tribe in front of us is the reindeer tribe. As the name suggests, the reindeer are particularly powerful. There is even an established reindeer sleigh team that can gallop around Siberia even in the cold and snowy winter.

They relied on this advantage to dare to come to Yakutsk to exchange hostages. Once they saw that the situation was not going well, the others immediately drove away in sleds, and the Cossacks could not catch up with them.

Xu Sanfu had a lot of supplies in his hands. These supplies were seized from the Cossacks, and there were also two good things, refined salt and tea.

Xu Sanfu demonstrated how to use tea to Tamureye, but the reindeer tribe was not very interested in tea. Instead, they preferred the edible salt of the Ming army.

The Ming army exchanged several jars of edible salt, and used more than a dozen sets of excess cotton-padded jackets to exchange the furs of the reindeer tribe.

The total value was no more than ten taels of silver, and the furs exchanged by the Reindeer Department included not only reindeer skins, but also sable skins.

If these are sold to the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Nanjing, they can fetch at least thousands of taels of silver, a hundred times the profit.

Both parties were very happy with the transaction. Xu Sanfu was happy that he had made money, and the people in the reindeer department also felt that these few pieces of fur were exchanged for more cotton-padded jackets and edible salt that could survive the cold.

Tamoureye also felt that Xu Sanfu had suffered a loss: "My Chinese friends, you are indeed what you said, you are not those Cossack bandits, you are very generous. We will come here again next year and trade fairly with you with these furs. "

Xu Sanfu also smiled and said: "Next summer, we will also use ships to transport more salt and cotton-padded jackets from the south."

It's a win-win deal!

Tamoureye felt that the Chinese friends were very generous, and let go of his last guard. He asked curiously: "The Chinese friends only said that they are from the south, but I don't know where they are from? The south is full of Tungus people. Are you also Tungus people?" tribe?"

Besikov quickly translated that the Tungus people are the Sauron tribe in northern Heilongjiang.

Xu Sanfu said: "China should be further south. The Tungus people (Solon tribe) you are talking about have now all surrendered to the Chinese emperor. This time, our emperor also ordered us to go north and expel the Yakutskri people. Cossack robbers, save the tribal friends of Siberia.”

After hearing this, Tamureye could not imagine how powerful the tribe was in Ming China, and even the Tungus people surrendered to this tribe. And the leader of this powerful tribe is so friendly that he is willing to help them in the north to fight and expel the Cossack bandits.

After chatting for a long time, Tamueye said: "The tribe of our Chinese friends is strong and friendly. If there is a chance, I really hope to meet your leader called the emperor."

Xu Sanfu smiled and said: "Next summer, our ship will come from the south to deliver food and salt supplies. Then you can send your tribe to follow us to China to meet our Emperor."

Tamueye nodded: "I will."

Regarding these indigenous tribes in Siberia, the Ming court's attitude has been clear before sending troops. Unlike overseas lands and Liaodong, in addition to encouraging intermarriage, friendly cooperation will be done as much as possible.

After all, this place is too cold and remote, and even forced immigrants cannot move it much, so they can only rely on the indigenous people to control the rule. Even if it is completely autonomous, it does not matter. The claim to keep these lands is considered successful.

The new seven-member cabinet was relieved to see the emperor rarely relent. At the same time, it was the first time that the cabinet they were in was no longer a rubber-stamp cabinet.

The reindeer tribe took advantage of the snow to leave, and the first transaction was completed by both parties.

After all, this was their first contact, and it was impossible for the Reindeer Department to really lead the Chinese to find their own tribal location.

Because the Cossacks had been deceived once before, and Xu Sanfu knew the ways of the world, and he also knew that he could not expect to cooperate deeply with the other party or even marry each other for the first time.

But it doesn’t matter, there is a long way to go, as long as you do more transactions, the other party will always understand the friendliness of the Chinese people.

As for the rotation next summer, the half of the colleagues without women can be rotated back first, and the remaining half with women can wait until the year after next to rotate back.

After all, when these people have women, they have to take care of the single men without women.

　(ω) Feeling like my body is being hollowed out

　　

　

(End of this chapter)