There are eight maids in Yang Fan's villa, all girls around twelve or thirteen years old. They are all children of savages. One of them is the upright daughter.
In the past two years, the children of these savages have been forced to go to school to learn Chinese. They all speak Chinese and can communicate with Yang Fan's family. Children learn languages much faster than adults.
After a tiring day, Yang Fan and his wife sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace, warming themselves by the fire and washing their feet while being served by these girls. He was holding a dinner plate in his hand, and on the plate was today's dinner.
Yang Fan asked the cook to make mashed potatoes with meat sauce, grilled venison cut into small pieces, pickled cucumbers, and some rice.
While Yang Fan was eating, he chatted with the little girl who was washing his feet. This little girl is called Busia, and she cherishes being able to work in this villa. Because they give ten copper coins a day.
You must know that even her mother has no wages. Unloading the ship at the dock is just a matter of taking care of the family's food and clothing.
"Have you ever heard of the Ming Dynasty?" Yang Fan asked with a smile.
"I've heard of it. My grandfather told me that someone in my ancestors was appointed an official by the Ming Dynasty. But I don't know what official it was. It's been more than a hundred years." Busia's black gem-like eyes looked at Yang Fan said.
"Are you willing to be an official of the Ming Dynasty?" Yang Fan asked with interest.
"Of course I do. I heard from my grandpa that if you become an official in the Ming Dynasty, you will give your ancestors ten pieces of cloth and one load of grain a year. Our tribe can only exchange animal skins for about fifty kilograms a year. of food. If someone becomes an official, he will get more than what we can get from our own hard work in a year."
Yang Fan pondered after hearing these words. It seemed that Nuer Gandusi had also followed the path of paying tribute. As long as the tribal leader is willing to accept an official position in the Ming Dynasty, he will be given a salary. There are Lumi and cloth every year. I'm afraid the leader of the big force still has silk and the like.
These people are extremely poor and are very satisfied with just a few things. However, the number of officials granted to Nu'er Gandu Division at the beginning was too many, which may have caused financial difficulties. This is also the reason why Zhu Zhanji finally gave up Nuergandusi.
Yang Fan checked and found that the Ming Dynasty entrusted a total of 384 guard posts in the northeastern region from Liaodong to the Beishan Jurchens (now the Chukchi people of Russia) north of the Xing'an Mountains. The distance here is long and transportation is difficult, which is indeed a huge burden.
These guards are all tribes. Commanders are all leaders.
"Then who is in charge of you now? Is Zhushen Khan managing you, or do you surrender to Zhushen Khan?" Yang Fan asked. Nurhachi called the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou Zhushen and called himself Zhushen Khan.
The little girl lowered her head and thought for a while, then said: "I heard from my grandfather that when I was three years old, Zhushen Khan sent people to patrol the Tumen River. Hundreds of tribes here sent people to say that they were for Big and small leaders and leaders have all been granted official positions, but it seems that there is no salary, it is just a name."
Yang Fan nodded. He had known that Jiannu was annexing the Barbarian Jurchen step by step. However, it now appears that their efforts are not strong enough. These native tribes are very loose.
The reason why they went to see Zhushen Khan's envoy was because they got benefits such as rice and cloth after being granted official status in the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes, scarce supplies such as salt are also given as rewards. They thought Zhushen Khan would also receive a reward.
It seemed that Huang Taiji didn't have any extra money to give them, so he just made empty promises about becoming an official. These tribes are not fools and have no benefits. They will sacrifice their lives for you. But he didn't say anything, he went back after receiving the official position. Next time Jiannu tries to summon these people, I'm afraid not many will come.
These savages lack everything. They are almost outcasts abandoned outside the civilized world. Everything they saw in Liaodong and Han was strange.
Yang Fansi explained that it seemed that it didn't cost much to bribe the leaders of these tribes. Just give corn as food. Just give the cheapest cloth. Now that there is the Vladivostok Port, it is very easy to transport all kinds of daily necessities. If the slaves compete with themselves for financial resources, they will definitely be tortured to death.
If these people don't pull them over themselves, they will be pulled over by the rhetoric of the slaves, and they will go south with the Eight Banners to rob the Ming Dynasty. Although the slaves had no money, they could be persuaded to join forces to rob. It is true that these people are not living a human life, it is too miserable.
Yang Fan made up his mind and sent a messenger the next day to summon tribal leaders within five hundred miles to meet in Shuangchengzi. Yang Fan directly announced that as long as he accepted an official position in the Ming Dynasty, he would be given Lumi and cloth. There are also salt and iron tools that can be exchanged for the heads of slaves.
Yang Fan made it clear directly and stopped pretending.
These savages are straight-talkers, don't beat around the bush when dealing with them, they don't understand. Just serve the hard food and show off the carriage. Tell them clearly what I want to do and what use you have to me. What benefit do I give you?
The news spread in all directions as if it had wings.
In Manggu Village, a group of East China Sea Jurchen leaders wearing huge gold earrings were discussing.
These leaders came from different tribes. At this time, the Daur, Ewenki, and Oroqen tribes were still called the Sauron tribe. Their clans include Saharcha, Saharian, Kamukan, etc. The Hezhe, Feyaka and other ethnic groups are called Donghai Jurchens, and their ethnic names include Donghai Woji, Hulha, Warka, and Kurka.
After the news spread, more than thirty leaders gathered in Manggu Village to discuss the matter of sending people from the Ming Dynasty. They all still remember their ancestors being appointed officials by the Ming Dynasty. At that time, this place was still called Nuergandusi.
Guletou said: "I summoned the leaders mainly to discuss with you. Now, people from Zhushen Khan and Daming are here. Zhushen Khan's people want to persuade me to follow them south to rob Daming. And Daming's People told me that as long as I accept an official position in the Ming Dynasty, I will be given Lumi and cloth. They will be given out on the spot. We can also use the heads of Zhushen in Jianzhou to exchange for various materials."
"I am hesitant and don't know who to listen to, so I came to you specifically to discuss this."
The leader of Chiktu sneered and cursed: "Bullshit Khan. Aren't the first five generations of his family the same Boyan Timur who lived in Huli and Jiangjiang. He was defeated by the Saurons and almost exterminated. He fled to They went to North Korea. They couldn’t stand in North Korea, and they were pushed back to the north bank of the Yalu River. If Emperor Yongle hadn’t taken them in, they would have been gone long ago.”
Leader Baolun also said: "The official positions in the Ming Dynasty are clearly priced. Our ancestors have all received salaries, which are real benefits that can be obtained. As for the Jianzhou people, they just want us to follow them to the Southern Dynasties to rob , are you treating us like fools? If there is no benefit, I will not go."
All the leaders nodded one after another and submitted to the Ming Dynasty. It would be great to receive a salary without doing anything. The territory is still your territory. The tribe is still your tribe. There is no impact. As for the Jianzhou people, they encouraged themselves to go to the Southern Dynasties to rob with them. This matter is very risky. If he doesn't get it, will Zhushen Khan compensate himself? Not only did he suffer a loss, but he also suffered casualties in vain.
