Although this place is cold, it is advantageous because of its vast territory. The Zhou Kingdom can open a palace here without restraint and expand the land at will. I think that a hundred years from now, I will be able to be famous in history and be lucky enough to enter the ancestral temple and be enshrined.
Zhu Gongzhen looked at the lively fishing scene along the river basin. While enjoying the fun, he also began to think about it. When he was interested, he began to have fun with Min. As the king of the Ming Dynasty, he found a stone on the shore and fished calmly. .
Prior to this, Zhou Tong, the general of the family, ordered the prince to lead his troops to patrol the river bank. The main purpose was to warn everyone that they were not allowed to urinate in the river. Once caught, they would be whipped ten times!
Logically speaking, it is not yet autumn, but the river water is still bitingly cold, and it will sting your hands as soon as you touch it. This is the disadvantage of being close to the Northland, the temperature is too low, but it is much better than the long-term drought in the Central Plains. .
At least you don't have to worry about eating fish here. If you cast a net, you can catch several fish. Although the sizes vary, the smallest one is as big as an adult's hand. It is rare for the net to be empty.
The fish here seem to be a little stupid, and even when they see a figure flashing on the shore, they don't know how to run away immediately. If this were in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, they would have disappeared long ago, and there would be no time to wait until the net is cast.
There are no Tatars, no bandits, not even the legendary natives. Everyone can fish and hunt as they like. If the weather hadn't been colder, they would have thought they were in the Peach Blossom Land.
"My lord is mighty!"
When a group of sycophants saw Zhou Wang Zhu Gongqi catching a salmon that was more than a foot long, they immediately offered congratulatory words to please the owner.
"Hurry up and use a cloth bag net to catch him!"
Zhu Gongzhen was also very happy about this. After all, he had won the first battle. It was appropriate to say that he was lucky. However, despite being happy, he hurriedly ordered his men to catch the big fish.
This kind of fish called "salmon" is different from the local river fish. It is not only tender and plump, but also has few spines. It is especially suitable for women and children to eat.
I heard from the prince that there are so many salmon in the Magadan area that even bears feed on them, so there is no need to be polite from top to bottom in the vassal state. Now that it is here, they can have their cake and eat it too.
Zhu Gongzhen felt that as long as the feudal lord Zimin worked together to build a wooden house before the cold winter came, fished a million fish, hunted tens of thousands of deer, and received food aid from the imperial court, he would not be able to spend the long winter. Too difficult.
This place is the land of the vassal state. No matter what kind of food is contained in it, the vassal state Zimin can take it. As the vassal king, Zhu Gongzhen naturally has the power to issue commanders.
The specific plan is to build a wooden house within half a month, build a walled city within a month, and stock up on meat and wild vegetables needed for the next four months within two months.
Since the people transported this time were all adult men and women, young and strong, with few children and elderly people, it was not too difficult to implement this pre-planned plan.
After inspecting the coastal terrain and the products in the river, Zhu Gongzhen felt that this plan was very likely to succeed, and it would not be a big problem to survive this winter.
According to the order issued by King Zhou, each county sent out a team with thirty people under its jurisdiction. In addition to the ten teams sent by King Zhou, a total of forty-seven teams were sent to hunt within 20 miles inland. .
Relying on fishing alone is definitely not enough. The efficiency is too low, and the method is single. You must collect as much meat as possible when the climate is still good.
A very lucky team has returned first and has hunted a lot of wild boars and elk. Although the wild boars are ferocious and their fighting power is comparable to that of tigers when they are dying, they cannot withstand the siege of humans.
Under the turns of spears, bows and arrows, and muskets, any lone wild boar will end up becoming a pig, and at night, even the bones will be gnawed clean by dogs.
Among non-royal members, these five craftsmen, hunters, carpenters, blacksmiths, bricklayers and cooks, were the most popular and were given priority by the King of Zhou to bring their families on board the ship.
The rest are servants who have served as soldiers, and even the police officers are considered members of the regular army. As long as they are not criminals, anyone who has made a living with a knife and nods to be a member of the Zhou Kingdom can come to the north.
King Zhu Gongzhen of Zhou had previously recruited five hundred warriors, and was paid two taels per month, plus three measures of food. It doesn't look like a high salary, and it's not as good as the salary paid to recruit soldiers from the Ministry of War. But the advantage is that you don't have to fight bandits or Tatars. This job is not very dangerous.
Therefore, they quickly recruited all the people. If there were more people, it would be difficult for Zhu Gongzhen, who was rich and wealthy, to support him. Fortunately, there were many princes and princes below, and each family provided thirty servants, which added up to thousands of people.
The Magadan area is different from the coastal areas that are threatened by the Donglu from the north. There is no need to worry about the Donglu here, as long as the local indigenous people are dealt with.
Zhu Gongzhen didn't care about this new enemy. The fighting strength of the indigenous people was far inferior to that of the Donglu, and even inferior to the local rogues.
If the mighty Zhou army, equipped with blunderbuss and artillery, could not defeat even the savage-like natives, they might as well just jump into the sea and feed the fish.
Just when Zhu Gongzhen was about to continue his efforts, he was suddenly reminded by the servant beside him and saw a red signal flare rising from the horizon, and he felt confused.
This is an early warning sign. If there is no life-threatening situation, launching is strictly prohibited. It stands to reason that each team has thirty armed servants and is equipped with a number of cold weapons. Even if they encounter a tiger, there is no need for this.
"Go over and have a look!"
"I will obey your orders!"
After Zhu Gongzhen's instructions, Zhou Tong immediately led a hundred cavalry and galloped towards the scene of the incident. Visual estimation estimated that it was at least ten miles away from the river, and it was not too far to ride there.
If he lied about the military situation, Zhou Tong would have to whip the captain several times to relieve his anger. It would be a crime of great disrespect to dare to disturb the prince's leisurely fishing.
After galloping for nearly ten miles, Zhou Tong saw a group of people running in front of him. They were all panicked, and some were even empty-handed, indicating that they had even lost their weapons.
"Stop! Who among you is the one who fired the flare?"
Zhou Tong sat on his horse and shouted loudly, pointing his spear at a group of desperate guys opposite. Even if he met a tiger, he wouldn't scare you bastards into this, right? What a disgrace.
"General Qi! I am the captain of this team. We encountered a sneak attack by the enemy in the woods ahead, so we had no choice but to do it!"
A guy who was leading the team hurriedly saluted Zhou Tong with cupped fists. He didn't want to do this, but the enemy's attack was too harsh. They were caught off guard and escaped in embarrassment.
"Oh? Enemy troops? How strong are they? What do they look like? Do they have guns and artillery weapons?"
After hearing the report, Zhou Tong couldn't help but feel a little shocked. Are the local indigenous people so arrogant? You actually ignored the King of Zhou Dynasty? Rebellious and disobedient?
"According to my observation during the battle just now, the enemy may have dozens of bird cannons. The sound of the cannons was very intensive and injured several people in our royal division. However, no cannons were seen! However, the enemy soldiers may have bald heads and high noses, and their faces are ferocious. , or blond, blue-eyed, with a steel beard on his face, and a burly figure. One person can account for several of my infantry, and his combat power is extremely high, which is very terrifying!"
The captain was also frightened to death by the other party, but fortunately he reported what he had observed before.
"……Blonde?"
"Exactly! Exactly!"
Zhou Tong touched his chin and thought for a long time. He never thought that there was a dog Tatar with such a face. Then he suddenly thought about what the prince told his prince.
It is said that there is a country in the far west of this world, called "Russia", and its common name is "Rakshasa". The Rakshasa people have such appearance, and the body shape is also very suitable. I think it is Rakshasa people here.
It’s just that these Rakshasa people traveled thousands of miles from the extreme west to the east. Why? Are they really here to usurp the land of the Ming Dynasty?
Since the prince has been instructed by Taizu Emperor Gao and has received the true biography of Liu Bowen, the military advisor of the immortal world, he has already predicted what will happen, and perhaps this must be the case.
Zhou Tong hurriedly took out the manual given to him by King Zhou and looked through it. Although it was excerpted by someone, it was exactly the same as the original content.
It is said above that the orthodox Rakshasa people were originally governed by the Menggu people. After the Menggu people were defeated, the Rakshasa people entrusted their original masters, established themselves as kings, and expanded along the way.
Later, the Rakshasa conquered a tribe named "Cossacks" and used them as pawns. The relationship was similar to the current master-servant relationship between Donglu and Monan Menggu.
Rakshasa people are often blond, blue-eyed or brown-haired and blue-eyed, with high noses and wide foreheads, and strong builds. They often use axes and blunderbuss. They are violent in temperament and greedy. Everywhere they go, they will plunder.
Most of the Cossack servants are bald, with only a tuft of hair on their heads. They are good at using scimitars and have excellent equestrian skills. They are similar to the barbarians outside the pass. However, most of them are uneducated and have a murderous nature.
The expedition teams that come to what he calls the "Far East", that is, the "Northland" of the Ming Dynasty, usually do not have too many people in each team, about fifty to one hundred people, and the troops are scattered. If one's own side discovers it, it can Waiting for an opportunity to capture.
Seeing this, Zhou Tong roughly understood the identity and intentions of the other party. What the prince said was definitely correct. He just had to follow his orders.
"Send three signal bombs! Sound the suona and horn! Send my order to the general to mobilize soldiers and horses from all counties to surround the forest. If the Rakshasa people cannot be found, they can set fire to it!"
In order to annihilate this Rakshasa team, Zhou Tong immediately sent people to contact the soldiers and horses of nearby counties, and at the same time sent personal soldiers to report the matter to the King of Zhou.
In Zhou Tong's view, the Rakshasa people are as terrifying as tigers and wolves. As long as they live for one more day, they will always threaten the safety of the King of Zhou and must be eradicated as soon as possible.
There are thousands of people on his own side, and the strength of the Rakshasa Army is no more than a hundred at most. With a strength advantage of nearly ten times, Zhou Tong does not believe that he will be defeated.
"Korolev, do we still want to attack these barbarians?"
"Why not? Look at the clothes they wear. They are different from those we have seen before, and even better than what we wear. Their weapons are also brand new. As far as I can tell, some of the knives don't even have blood stains on them. This What does it mean?"
"What?"
"It means that many of them may not have even killed anyone! What else do we have to fear against such an enemy? Our people found a lot of silver on a corpse, which means these people are very rich! We must Find their camp and ask them to hand over all their money! This way we can go south, return to the camp, and join Perfeev’s team!”
Korolev was the captain of this team. On the orders of the Yeniseisk governor, he took forty-one Cossacks and six Russians to the Pacific coast.
The slogan is "For the benefit of His Majesty the Tsar"!
The goal is to "expand territory for the Russian Empire"!
Of course, both his dozens of Cossacks and Korolev himself felt that the slogans and goals were not as valuable as the things they grabbed.
On the way eastward, Korolev's team surrendered to six indigenous tribes and acquired eight bundles of mink skins, one bearskin, two pieces of cloth, and an iron pot!
These things are taxes dedicated to His Majesty the Tsar!
The poor natives made Korolev and his Cossacks very uninterested. Even the occasional gold and silver they saw could not arouse their interest.
Because no one can get used to eating dried beef, even fresh venison will make people feel disgusting after eating it for a long time. If there is a woman...
Well, where did this woman come from? The dirty indigenous women made them want to vomit.
According to the original plan, Korolev's team will now go south and reach the camp on the Amur River to rest for the winter.
The Amur River is called the "Black Water" by the natives of the East, and that is the destination of Perfeev's team.
As a colleague, Korolev did not want to curse Perfeev, but that was what he thought at this moment.
Thinking of the ridiculous amount of taxes he had earned through hard work, Korolev didn't want to go back and be laughed at by Perfeev. He wanted to do something big.
Although the group of natives in front of them were quite large in number, their combat prowess was simply not worth mentioning. We just fired a burst of muskets, and they were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
Is there any enemy more cowardly and incompetent than this?
Korolev thought that it was gone, at least he had never seen it before.
They just returned inland from the northern seaside yesterday and were preparing to go south. They encountered this group of natives while resting in the woods.
Now that the opponent has arrived, Korolev decided to take advantage of the situation to annihilate this group of natives and then touch the opponent's camp.
"Woo~!"
At this time, the entire team suddenly heard a melodious horn sound. Of course, this sound did not come from them, indicating that the enemy had begun to give warning and might be asking for help from reinforcements.
"Calm down! Are the heroic Cossacks still afraid of the natives?"
Seeing that the Cossacks in the team were all at a loss, Korolev shouted to everyone in a deep voice that the team he led was considered an elite in many battles, and there was no need to worry about the indigenous attacks.
The eastern natives look scary, but they can actually hunt wild boars. If they have to compete with the invincible Tsarist Russian Empire troops, they can only accept the fate of defeat.
The Cossacks, like the natives, were hunters living along the Black Sea coast. However, the natives of the East hunted wild beasts, while the Cossacks hunted living humans.
Due to different beliefs, the Cossacks were unwilling to accept control of the Polish-Lithuanian Alliance, nor were they willing to be driven by the Ottoman Empire.
However, in the face of the powerful Polish winged cavalry, the Cossack cavalry was almost vulnerable and could only rely on elite infantry and solid car forts to barely parry.
Serving for His Majesty the Tsar has become the only way out for some stubborn Cossacks. Just like the Tatars in Crimea, everyone makes a living based on their ability, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.
Being sent to the east to "benefit His Majesty the Tsar," the Cossacks could only follow orders. At least they no longer had to fight with the Polish cavalry. They could deal with the local indigenous people with ease.
