"This is the best Mongolian double-curved compound bow. It's really a good thing." Chief Hezhezhara said excitedly.
These East China Sea Jurchens have excellent archery skills, but their bows are not that good.
In East Asia at this time, the best bows and arrows were the Jiannu, followed by the Mongols. Their understanding and practical experience of sinew compound bows is much deeper than these savages.
In addition, they did not have the financial resources of the Mongols and Jiannu, so their bows and arrows were not good enough. But they know their stuff. As soon as these cavalrymen get started with bows, they immediately know the benefits.
The cavalry's short bow was particularly suitable for hunting in the forest. The infantry's large bow is inconvenient to move and carry.
Tatalahachi picked up a piece of leather armor and couldn't put it down. Their tribe only had deerskin but not cowhide. Deerskin is not very effective as armor. His younger brother saw a piece of Mongolian feather armor at a glance. Although it was broken, there were holes on it and there were blood stains on it. However, he picked it up immediately.
Watching these chiefs and chiefs searching for treasures in the garbage, they all smiled. Yang Fan was also speechless. The living environment of these people is too harsh. So much so that they treat these rags as treasures.
Donkey Dan took a step forward and said, "Today, Uncle, I am kind to you. Everyone can choose a set of armor, a steel knife, a long weapon, a bow and fifty arrows. As today's meeting gift, everyone can choose what they can get. Just stuff, but fighting is not allowed."
As soon as Donkey Dan finished speaking, the ecstatic leaders immediately rushed towards the garbage pile. Fortunately, the pile of garbage was big enough, and they started rummaging through it like crazy. There was no fight. The main reason is that they are afraid of being blamed by Ming Dynasty.
When these savages found the weapons they wanted and put them on, they all opened their mouths happily, just like the Chinese New Year.
Yang Fan stood up and said: "Today we will host a banquet for you all at noon. In the afternoon, everyone is free to roam the streets and shops. You can buy whatever you need. Tomorrow, the Ming Dynasty will perform a firearms display at the Vladivostok Firearms Camp. Please watch it together. If you are interested in joining the Ming Dynasty in attacking Jiannu, you can sign up."
The leader of Gule rolled his eyes and asked, "Uncle, now is not the time to send troops when the weather is freezing. Summer and autumn are the best times to send troops."
In fact, these savages who grew up in the ice and snow could not be frozen to death by the severe cold. The main reason why they don't want to go at this time is that there is nothing to plunder. At the turn of summer and autumn, you can grab a year's worth of crops. What these people want most is food.
They are different from the Jian slaves. They do not capture slaves because they themselves cannot eat enough and there is no surplus food to feed the slaves. They also don’t know how to farm. With the agricultural technology of this era, they can’t farm in such a northern place.
Fishing and hunting are the most unreliable livelihoods. At that time, primitive humans relied on fishing, hunting and gathering for a living. It is normal to be hungry for nine meals in three days. The animals run away or fly, and if you don't catch them, you have to starve. They are far less reliable than nomads. Therefore, the fishing and hunting tribes are also the most ferocious. They fight with wild animals to survive.
And food can save lives in winter. Under the heavy snow cover, birds in thousands of mountains disappeared, and all traces of beasts disappeared. It was not uncommon for entire tribes to starve to death.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "I will pay you with food. You will starve in the winter anyway. Instead of hiding in the cave to endure the winter, why not join my mercenary army. I will pay you. I will give you food."
Yang Fan's words immediately made these savages' eyes light up.
"Uncle, how much food will you pay? How will you pay for it?" Saihan asked immediately. His tribe is not small, with five hundred strong hunters.
"I will give you three kilograms of corn a day for each person. In addition, I will give you fifty kilograms of corn for the departure fee. You can leave this to your family so that they have food for the winter. I will also be responsible for the military rations during your expedition. You can save it when you are not at home. If you give food to your family, they can eat more and fewer people will starve to death. You should calculate the accounts inside and outside carefully. Is it a good deal?"
The headwoman Xiwenna immediately asked: "How will the humans, animals and wealth captured from Jiannu be distributed?"...
As soon as Xi Wenna's words came out, all the leaders immediately looked at Yang Fan.
As long as there is a war, there are bound to be casualties and there are bound to be spoils of war.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Everything seized belongs to whoever grabs it. If I want it, I will pay to buy it from you. However, the Han slaves must be given to me unconditionally. The land cannot be given to you."
Everyone nodded. Such a distribution plan is beneficial to them and takes care of them. They don't want slaves, they usually kill them or eat them directly. They don't want the land either, they will go back after receiving the benefits. The land cannot be taken away. Besides, they are a fishing and hunting people and are only interested in mountains with prey.
Yang Fan said: "I will sell the weapons and armor to you on credit. When you have the trophies, you will pay the bill. You think about it today. You will give me an answer after the firearms drill tomorrow morning."
"I will send troops before New Year's Day. The Ming Dynasty will send three regiments, plus two battalions of cavalry. You can send whatever you can."
This is a good deal. Beating a child on a rainy day is nothing but idle time. In the Northeast, half the year is spent farming and the other half is idle. It will be like this in future generations, let alone now.
These hunting and fishing savages must stock up on food for the winter in the fall. Because of the heavy snow, all the animals disappeared. The river is also frozen. They could only huddle in the shafts, languishing among furs and urala grass. Use food as sparingly as possible. Hold on until the ice melts.
If they don't make it through, it wouldn't be unusual for them all to starve to death.
Now, the uncle said that he would pay to hire them as mercenaries, not only taking care of their food and housing, but also giving them a military salary of three kilograms of food a day. The departure fee also includes fifty kilograms of grain. This saved a family's life. There will definitely be no starvation this winter.
What these chiefs think is that the three kilograms per person are all for themselves. They don't need to give so much to the following, and they can keep at least half. This is good business.
As for the issue of war losses, they don't care. If there is no war, hunting losses will be small, and isn’t it also a risk of one’s life? Moreover, metal weapons and armor can also be purchased on credit. There are also good Mongolian riding bows.
"I will send out five hundred soldiers." Xiwenna shouted immediately.
"I will send out one hundred and fifty soldiers."
"I will send out seven hundred soldiers." Saihan shouted, and he planned to bring the young man and the old man with him. After all, the more people there are, the more money they make.
"I will send 1,500 soldiers," Gule shouted. He is the strongest. Therefore, the most people can come out.
The clerk came quickly to register. In a short time, these leaders gathered together as few as fifty people and as many as five or six hundred people. In the blink of an eye, 40,000 people came out.
The population of the Jurchens in the East China Sea will not exceed 1.5 million. This number is a lot.
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