During the Qianlong period, there was a severe drought here, and fishing and hunting could no longer sustain themselves. These people were about to starve to death. Qianlong was worried that there would be no sources of troops in the future. They arranged for Uighurs from southern Xinjiang to teach them how to farm.
The first year and the second year failed. Almost nothing was harvested. In the third year, we finally got a bumper harvest.
However, the emperor sent the Uighurs back after the autumn harvest and prohibited them from farming anymore. The Sauron people howled and wondered why the emperor did this.
The emperor was actually just worried about them. When the wolf was full, it turned into a dog.
During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Sauron tribe was depleted of soldiers due to heavy military allocations. At that time, there were less than 20,000 Sauron households left. Many of the Sauron people were moved to distant Xinjiang to guard the country's borders.
There are less than 2,000 men of working age left in the Northeast, ranging from young to old.
In this way, he was still dragged out to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Sauron was almost completely wiped out.
The Qing Dynasty fell, and in the Republic of China, they had a rare chance to breathe.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the little devils built houses and allocated fields to them. Let them come down from the mountain and be good citizens. They flatly refused. It was impossible to surrender to the Japanese. The Japanese were nothing.
The little devil mobilized an army to encircle and suppress them. The man died, and the woman picked up the gun and started shooting. The woman died, and the old man and the child picked up their guns and continued to fight.
By the end of the fight, the devils collapsed.
Their commander said that although we are invaders, we cannot exterminate a nation. He found a way out of his failure and withdrew his troops.
Yang Fan looked at them with complicated emotions in his eyes. According to the "China Statistical Yearbook-2021", the population of the Ewenki ethnic group in China is 34,617.
Yang Fan waved to signal their leader to come over.
Seeing the warm smile on Yang Fan's face, the leader hesitated for a moment and then walked over.
"What happened to you? Why didn't the deer come back this winter?" Yang Fan asked pleasantly.
"I don't know. It's just that without deer, my tribe won't be able to survive this winter. Something happened to the deer herd. Or they came back a month ago." The leader muttered.
He also seemed to know that Daming had no obligation to rescue them. But this is the last straw they can grasp. They hoped to give them some food on credit to tide them over. Then they will pay back double the amount.
Reindeer are omnivorous animals. In spring, summer and autumn, they not only eat various grasses and plant leaves, but also dig up shallow soil to eat fungi and insects. During the mating and pregnancy season from September to November, they will also eat mice, fish, bird eggs, etc. to supplement their nutrition.
During this time, reindeer will leave humans and return again in winter.
But these foods disappear as soon as winter comes, and the only things the reindeer can eat are lichens (algae-fungus complex organisms), moss and plant roots, although there are a lot of them (accounting for 8% of the earth's land surface). In human places, fires are lit to keep warm, so that reindeer can survive the winter better.
Humans will kill old reindeer to obtain supplies such as venison and deer skin. Let the youngest deer breed the next generation and improve the overall quality of the deer herd. Humans and reindeer have a symbiotic relationship.
Therefore, if the reindeer do not come back as scheduled in winter, humans will lose their food for the winter. However, young and strong deer and fawns will lose human care and die in large numbers.
"Bring me the map," Yang Fan called over his shoulder.
The staff officer immediately brought a satellite map of this place. Yang Fan asked while using a pencil to draw the migration route of the reindeer on the map. Finally, Yang Fan's pencil stopped in one place.
There is a castle marked on the map, Mao Zixiu's castle.
"Son of a bitch!" Yang Fan gritted his teeth and cursed.
Anger rose in his chest. These despicable things, they are deliberately killing the passing deer in order to starve the Evenki people to death.
Yang Fan calmed down and put down the urge to kill with three hundred people and chop these offal into pieces. He had no time to deal with this matter. He will go back tomorrow. Today the Shilka River is full of ice floes. He is worried about sudden
Then a cold snap came and the river was closed overnight.
"How much food do we have?" Yang Fan asked.
"Master, there are only three thousand kilograms of rice left. By the way, we have brought one thousand kilograms of sorghum and three hundred kilograms of bean cakes for horse feed." the staff officer replied.
The reason why we brought horse materials was because this time we had fifty horses on board in case of need. Actually not used.
"Give him all this food. Let's go back and eat compressed biscuits on the boat. It will take us three days to go down the river to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River."
Although the grain is only 3,000 kilograms, it is not enough. Yang Fan couldn't bear to let these people starve to death. Fortunately, there are still 1,300 kilograms of horse feed, which can be eaten even if a person is extremely hungry, at least he will not starve to death.
Land is the foundation of the country. Future generations will enjoy the vastness of 9.6 million square kilometers, as well as its forests, mineral deposits, water power, and rich animal and plant resources. You must know that these things do not fall from the sky. Why are there peaceful years? It's because someone is carrying the burden for you.
Forefathers planted trees for future generations to enjoy the shade, and Yang Fan will never forget their efforts. This was all he could do, and he tried his best.
"Give them another five hundred matchlocks, five hundred barrels of gunpowder and lead bullets." Yang Fan said expressionlessly.
Then Yang Fan stopped looking at the Sauron people who were crying and kowtowing on the ground. Turned around and returned to the ship.
Although the servants don't know why, the master is so kind to these people wearing deerskin clothes. However, those who understand must implement it, and those who do not understand must also implement it.
They couldn't guess what the master was thinking. The only thing that is clear is that the master's decisions are often correct. This has been proven time and again.
Early the next morning, five white sailing ships set sail.
These Buryats and the local people of various ethnic groups are in chaos. I watched in horror the thick smoke coming out of the ship's chimney and the deafening sound of the whistle. Then the boats sailed away.
Akito gave them a huge amount of supplies in this transaction. Whether it is salt, steel products, textiles, food, etc., they are all in urgent need. Akito said that he would come again next year after the ice and snow melt.
Two cities will be built east of Lake Baikal to trade with various tribes.
At noon, the ship had already arrived on the Ergun River, and a telegram had been sent to the fleet on Lake Hulun to meet here. At this time, the seven sailboats reorganized into formation and sailed down the river.
We entered Heilongjiang that night. At this time, there are ice floes on the river. If it were a few days later, the river might really be closed. The smaller tributaries of Heilongjiang have been frozen for half a month.
While eating in the officers' restaurant in the evening, Yang Fan saw Mr. Wu. He has been busy exploring the terrain for the past two days. Yang Fan sent him a group of cavalry and fifteen horses, and left him alone.
Mr. Wu took the dinner plate, sat down opposite Yang Fan, and took a sip of egg soup. He said to Yang Fan: "The Feng Shui here has declined. There is no value for research anymore."
Yang Fan had already had a premonition in his heart. This place can only deteriorate more and more in the future. I was constantly invaded by Maozi. In the end, the Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers became boundary rivers.
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