On the sixth day of the first lunar month of the forty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, in the early morning, light snow fell in the sky.
Sheng Haizhou felt that he had fallen into a pit since the morning of the second day of junior high school.
Wouldn't it be nice to draw eggplants, eagles or something? When Jiuzang came to see me, I should have ignored him at all and just said that I was not free.
Katsu Kaishu, who had completed five laps early in the morning, was still on the beach south of the camp after breakfast, holding up a wooden model gun with one arm, one end of which was a stick of incense, three times a day...
Liu Sheng also committed a crime. He told Sheng Haizhou and the other seven that as long as you can hold a gun and burn an incense stick without shaking your arms, you will pass the test and you can start the next step of practice.
Therefore, in addition to running, the Seven Samurai's daily training also required practicing swordsmanship, and finally, raising wooden spears.
Early this morning, after having breakfast, Liu Sheng went to the dense forest with his gun and asked to see what prey there was. Animals like wild boars are generally easier to find in snowy weather.
"Bang~~" There was a gunshot in the distance, and Sheng Haizhou couldn't help but shake his arm. Bastard, you failed again today!
He couldn't help but smile bitterly as he touched his bald head.
Bald? By the way, on the third day of the first lunar month, Liu Sheng required all men on the island to shave their heads. The reason is personal hygiene to prevent the spread of lice.
Zhao Shenxian is not here, Master Liu is the biggest. The male refugees had no choice but to shave their hair bald, while the female refugees had their hair cut short and then washed their hair with sulfur soap for three days.
Liu Sheng originally thought that the four people with the greatest resistance were Lu Shoushan and the others. Unexpectedly, Lu Shoushan agreed immediately as soon as he said it.
He said that since I have taken refuge under Mr. Zhao, I will do whatever the old man says; and the four of us may never be able to return to the pass in this life. Who will we show our pigtails to? ;Besides, this hair will grow back in a few months.
Pan Xiucheng hesitated for a long time, but when Lu Shoushan explained the truth, he reluctantly agreed.
Katsu Kaishu thought of this and looked up at Jiuzang.
This young man who was born in the mountains is now very stable with guns. He was born with very good arm strength, and he almost fell over when he was shooting that day. It was just because he was not used to it for the first time. The defeated Katsu Kaishu looked at the shooting movements of the other six people and found that only Jiuzang was very stable.
He nodded approvingly and felt that the time was almost up, so he shouted "Okay."
The crowd immediately let out several wails, and their bodies crouched limply on the ground.
Suddenly Liji let out a scream: "My arm is cramped!"
Several people hurriedly helped him rub his arms and relax his muscles.
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At the same time, southwest of Bear Island, four hundred and fifty miles away, was Hunchun City.
In the office of the government office, the new Hunchun leader Wu Teshan was listening to a report from a Kurkhaqi bannerman. (Yongde, the former co-leader of Hunchun, has been transferred to Guangdong Customs Supervision, and Zhenghuang Banner Lieutenant Commander Wu Teshan has become the new co-leader.)
Early this morning, Wuteshan had just had breakfast when Goshiha, who was beside him, came to report that a flag soldier who had returned to camp after returning from leave came to the Yamen Office to report. The flag soldier said that when he returned home for the holidays, he heard that someone in the village went to Bear Island and bought two new cotton robes and a cast-iron cauldron.
Wu Teshan immediately ordered Goshiha to call the flag soldier to the office for questioning.
"You said someone in your village went to Bear Island to exchange things?" Wu Teshan asked the flag soldier very kindly.
"Sir, I don't tell lies. Everything I say is true. Everyone in our village knows that Yalha bought half of his head from the village chief's house with a pair of new short boots. Where’s the wild boar?”
Woteshan felt very surprised. Is there anyone on Bear Island at this time? It's freezing cold. Could it be another escaped slave or a Han Chinese secretly digging ginseng?
He recalled that in October last year, several Han slaves escaped from Ninggu Pagoda. Although strict inspections were carried out afterwards, except for a man named Jie Sanzi, the others were not captured. But how could a fugitive slave have a cotton robe and a cast-iron pot? What do the new low boots look like?
The more Wu Teshan thought about this, the more strange he felt. So he ordered someone to find a leader (Pashiku in Manchu) who had no mission today, and ordered him to take ten armored soldiers, led by the informant flag soldier, to go to their village to question Yalha. Details Ask about conditions on Bear Island.
In this era, the flag soldiers outside the pass were different from those inside the pass. Due to the harsh environment, good training, and being far away from the infection of the colorful world inside the pass, they were still very effective in combat and were able to execute orders and prohibitions.
Although it was snowing heavily outside, the leader immediately went to the barracks to order his ten flag soldiers after receiving the order. The informant flag soldier led the way and set off towards the village four hundred miles away.
In the village on the south bank of the Hajimi River, Serdan took his son Erlu to visit Yarha's house.
The three men sat on the kang and smoked two packs of cigarettes. After chatting for a while, Erlu lost his temper and said, "Uncle Yalha, when will you take me to Bear Island to exchange my things?"
In the smoke, Yalha looked at the other party, smiled, and asked: "Elu, are you ready with all the leather goods I asked you to prepare? If not, your trip will be in vain."
"It's almost done. I'll go out with Amma tomorrow morning to see if we can hunt a few deer."
Yalha knocked the pipe pot on the sole of his shoe, raised his head and said, "If I go with you, Ama, I will definitely catch a lot of people. With your archery skills, Ama can shoot quickly and accurately."
Serdan didn't speak for a long time, just smoking a cigarette. At this time, he heard Yalha praising himself and said in a low voice: "Brother Yalha, who do you think are the people on Bear Island?"
"Didn't I tell you? I'm from Kuhefeyaka." Yarha answered in surprise after hearing Serdan's strange question.
Serdan took a deep breath of the cigarette, feeling that the smoke penetrated all the organs in his body, and then he slowly exhaled and said, "You said those people are from Kufiyaka, but I don't think so."
"It doesn't look like it?" Yarha and Erlu's expressions froze.
Serdan was afraid that Yalha would misunderstand, so he explained: "Brother Yalha, you also know that I followed Gesanda (the township head) to Mucheng in June of the year before last to see the 'Wulin Shang'." I have seen a lot of Yaqa people, but the way they dress is different from the ones you mentioned."
The "wulin reward" mentioned by Serdan originated from the tribute system adopted for remote ethnic minorities outside the customs that started during the Nurhaci period.
(Since the first year of Tianming (1616), Nurhaci began to send troops to conquer the Hezhe and Feyaka people. It was not until the first year of Shunzhi that he finally conquered the entire vast area of the Heilongjiang, Ussuli, and Songhua River basins, which lasted nearly half of the time. centuries.
Since the above-mentioned areas are far away from the center of Qing rule, and the local indigenous people generally make a living by fishing and hunting, the folk customs are strong and difficult to manage. Therefore, since Shunzhi, the management of the indigenous people has focused more on Huairu and Jisi (using barbarians to control barbarians, because of their customary rule, there are Different from general states and counties). In addition to recruiting some aborigines as officials and incorporating them into the Eight Banners, the main method for treating others was to implement the "tribute mink and reward Wulin" system.
The so-called "pay tribute to mink and reward Wu Lin" actually means "pay tribute to mink and reward Wu Lin". These aboriginal people living in the far north of Xingkai Lake, on the main stream and tributaries of the Heilongjiang River, and even on Sakhalin Island paid tribute to the officials sent by the Qing court in the summer with the mink skins they hunted every year according to their household registration.
There is a temporary administrative office where the "Wulin Appreciation" is held. It's all built of rough wood, so it's called Wooden City. Every year in early May, the officials of the Administrative Office set out from the Dutong Yamen of Sanxing (today's Yilan area in Heilongjiang Province) and sailed northeast along the Heilongjiang River to Deleng'enmu City, three thousand miles away. This is the Administrative Office. In October, the administrative officials returned to Sanxing City by boat, leaving this place unattended.
As of the forty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign, there were a total of 2,250 households in Hezhe and Feyaka under the jurisdiction of the three surnames Dutong Yamen, including 1,277 Hezhe households and 973 Feyaka households. Excludes the Chiler, Saimar and other clans.
The Qing court required each household to pay tribute to a fine mink skin every year in exchange for black damask (that is, satin, white cloth, needles, thread, etc.), and distributed a portion of grain and rice to each person of each surname who came to Mucheng to pay tribute; the rest of the mink Skins can be sold at the trading market outside the administrative office during the Wulin appreciation period. Except during this period, private trading of mink fur and other materials is prohibited, and Han people are strictly prohibited from leaving customs to collect fur goods.
The Qing government stipulated that if the household, village or surname did not pay this year, it would have to make up payment in the next year; if it did not make up the payment, its Wulin quota would be cancelled.
Don't look at just some satin and white cloth, as well as grain and rice similar to business trip subsidies. These can be exchanged for money, grain, tobacco, alcohol, pottery, iron and other items by the aborigines, and they are an important source of daily necessities for them. )
"Oh?" When Jalha heard Serdan say this, he couldn't help but frown, his face full of questions.
"Not to mention anything else, I have never seen anyone wearing that cotton robe on your wife in Deleng. And your short boots..." Serdan pointed at Yalha's feet with the pipe pot. of those shoes. "I've never seen any Feyaka wear them either. I've seen quite a few fishskin boots."
When Yarha heard what Serdan said, his confusion increased greatly, and he immediately said: "Brother Serdan, then you can come with me next time. You have a lot of experience."
"Okay. But this matter..." Serdan nodded and continued: "Don't make any noise about this matter for now. How about it, we have to finish reading it."
"Elu, don't talk about this everywhere." Serdan looked at his son and said seriously.
"Amma, Uncle Yalha, don't worry, I won't chew these ears randomly."
Seldan nodded, and then asked Yalha: "When do you plan to leave?"
"The day after tomorrow." Yalha thought for a moment and said.
