Chapter 41: Lena, a Brand New Castle Windor
Near the mouth of the Wendo River in July, there are magnificent views of the world.
If you look down from the air at this time, the winding Wendo River water is clear, with a green patch of green on both sides of the river, while the Lena River exit is black, just like Heilongjiang, because of the thick corrosive layer formed by the leaves on both sides of the river for thousands of years. In fact, she is also a clear and deep river.
From Fort Windor, large ships can be accessed on the Lena River.
At present, the Fort Wendo has stood openly on the west bank of the Lena River. It is a large city about two miles long and one mile wide. The city only has two gates east and west. In addition to the city, thousands of acres of land have been opened up around the city. About one hundred Han people who moved here have planted rye and potatoes.
Even in later generations, among the three major rivers in Siberia, the Lena River is the worst developed river. Whenever the snow melts in April and May, there are a large number of dead trees and the river water of animal corpses is overwhelming. At this time, it is basically impossible to pass through the river on both sides of the river.
After the flood season, using river channels is still the most convenient way to pass.
July is the best season of the year in Windorburg.
Blue bricks and green tiles, a typical Central Plains-style city, would definitely be shocked if people from later generations came here. In fact, people had already been sent to inspect this place when the Liao Kingdom ruled the northern part of the desert. During the Qing Dynasty, they were once prepared to use this river as the border line between the two countries during negotiations with Russia.
Architectural style is just a cultural symbol, but after the Russian rule for hundreds of years, it naturally imprinted the Orthodox Church in the vast Siberia. Now that the Hanhai Kingdom has risen, it is naturally necessary to stamp the unique mark belonging to the Hanhai Kingdom.
Whether it was the Sorens or the Mongols, they were originally shacks or tents, so it was certainly not appropriate to use these things as marks of history. Moreover, about ten years after Nikan ruled the Hanhai Kingdom, brick and tiled houses, iron stoves, and brick-built kangs had become the standard configurations for the national "system" figures. Ordinary farmers and herdsmen who had money also aimed at building such a residence.
I am absolutely disgusted when I first saw anything new, and gradually adapted to it, and later I fell in love with it. This is the subtle influence of culture.
Therefore, cities like Wendo Castle have been deeply imprinted in the hearts of all ethnic groups near Wendo Castle.
Speaking of the nations near Windor Fort, the largest group is naturally the Evanki people, but in fact they are the Ewenki people, that is, the Soren people, distributed in tens of thousands of square kilometers centered on Windor Fort, with about a few thousand people.
For the convenience of writing, all the Evanki people who belong to the Siberian region will be called the Ewenki people in the future.
Next is the Yakut people, mainly distributed in the Wendo River Basin, with more than a thousand households.
In the upper reaches of the Lena River west of the Fort Vando, there are also many Buryat Mongols and Chirgis, who were originally near the Angara River Basin. Under the pressure of the Russians, they gradually migrated to the lower reaches of the Lena River.
The appearance of Windorberg gave them a chance.
Although the vicinity of Windor Fort is not as good as the Angara River Basin, there are still many small pieces of flat land under the impact of the river water. It is naturally not possible to raise livestock herds on a large scale. However, if there are pine forests between the flat lands, it can still be convenient to transfer and migrate.
Over time, these herders who originally only fed horses and flocks, now, like the Saurons, have begun to raise reindeer in addition to horses and flocks.
There are not many people, and there are only a few hundred households in total, and they are still distributed in a vast area.
The emergence of Windor Fort suddenly improved the living standards of herders and hunters in these places for centuries. They, who originally belonged to the Stone Age, suddenly entered the Iron Age.
Moreover, since the Hanhai Kingdom built the city here, it has not attacked everywhere like the Russians, forcing and tempting these natives to pay taxes. They only need to regularly take the skins in their hands to the Windor Fort and trade with the city people. Of course, the price must be decided by the merchants of Hanhai Kingdom.
On ordinary days, if hunters nearby catch new beasts, they can also be sold in the city. Therefore, the people in the city are almost in short supply of meat.
Carnivore, rye, potatoes, a small amount of vegetables and wild vegetables, are quite good in the far north of Windorburg.
On this day, Fort Wendo was extremely lively. In addition to the 300 soldiers guarding the castle, almost all the people in the city came out, and the Ewenks nearby also ran over.
It turned out that the dock of Fort Windor, the river bank about half a mile long on the west bank of Lena River County, had some small boats, and there were occasionally one or two large boats, but twenty large boats appeared on that day.
Of course, this big ship is also relative, and it can naturally be called a big ship in the Lena River Basin. However, there is no need to mention Heilongjiang, even the ships running on the Shileka River today will not be smaller than it.
In fact, this is the original Shilekka-class, Causal-Corre-Corre-Class warships and typical galleys of the Navy of Hanhai Kingdom. In order to adapt to the changing wind direction on the Lena River, all sails were changed to two to three-sided sails.
The Karma-class warship can seat fifty people, and the Shilekka-class can seat eighty people. They have a bottom cabin design. If you are purely equipped with people, it is not impossible to stuff some more. Among the twenty large ships in front of you, there are ten Shilekka-class warships, eight people, and two full of supplies.
As mentioned before, there are twelve artillery guns on the open-air deck of Shilakka. They were originally used for naval battles. Naturally, there is no need to install so many artillery guns when they arrive in this inland river. The 800-pound short-barrel cannon is equipped with eight, three on both sides, and one on the front and tail.
The causal-level open-air deck originally had six artillery guns, but they continued to be retained when they arrived in the inland river. There were two on both sides, one on the front and the end, and all were short-barrel artillery of 500 kilograms.
In addition to sailors and supplies, the twenty large ships also shipped an entire infantry regiment and two twelve pounds of Nibchu bronze cannons.
It seems that Nikan has taken action again. He took action in Windor Castle and the goal is also very clear.
Yakutsk.
Speaking of which, the Russians invaded Yakutsk for some time, and the Hanhai Kingdom has not made any free hands to clean up. Now that the ships in Wendo Fort are built, the time is ripe.
What's more, the Russians in Yakutsk only built Muzhai there, but recently they saw Hanhai Kingdom not asking about them, and there were signs of starting a new stone castle.
This is something Nikan cannot tolerate.
Alina is the leader of this fleet, including the infantry.
Speaking of which, Alin A is one of the few generals under Nikan, so why did he condescend here to lead a small legion?
There are two reasons for this.
First, Alin A has been idle in Harbin for a while and wants to move. Second, most of the thousand-infantry troops were from the Beishan wild people, Wendot tundra, and Yakut tribes. They were used to living in places dozens of degrees below zero, and prepared to deal with the Russians in the extreme north. Alin Alin Alin Alin was from the Beishan wild people, so it was just right for him to command this army.
With the farewell of everyone, the fleet set off.
A fleet of such a large scale will naturally not just lay out the camps of Hanhai Kingdom in the large estuary to remove the nails of Yakutsk, so as to control the nearby areas like the Vindo Fort.
After the fleet sailed away from the mouth of the Temperature River, Alina stood at the stern of the boat and looked at the Windor Fort. It was early morning. Under the rising sun in the east, the gray walls of Windor Fort, which were on the high ground of the West Bank of Lena emitted dazzling white light.
“Woo…”
At the same time, the soldiers on the walls of Windor Castle also blew the bronze trumpet in their hands to see them off.
The extreme north, the city wall, the bronze horn, all of this made Alin A, who was still a wild man in the North Mountains of clan society more than ten years ago, feel a little dazed. Seeing that the soldiers on the boat were all saluting towards the city wall, he quickly woke up and saluted.
The military salutes of Hanhai Kingdom are similar to those of Ming Kingdom. In formal occasions, when you meet your boss, you need to kneel down on one knee and hold your fists with your hands. Generally, you can just hold your fists with your hands and lean forward slightly.
Starting from Fort Windor, the width of the Lena River is mostly between one and two miles. The river flows smoothly and can also sail slowly on the river under the control of oars and rudders. If you can make good use of the crosswind that blows from the north or south from time to time, the boat will be faster.
Departing from the Fort Wendo Castle and all the way to the vicinity of Yakutsk, the Karma-class ships were explored after being built in the Fort Wendo Castle and were familiar with the waterway. After arriving near the near of Yakutsk, they were driven away by the Russians. However, their flat-bottomed boats were no match for the Karma-class ships, and in the end they could only watch the ships away with hatred.
The Russians must have been more vigilant since then, but because they entered the Lena River from the Villui River and then gained a foothold in Yakutsk. There were only sporadic figures in the long upper reaches of Yakutsk, and it was impossible to make a difference in the middle and upper reaches of the Lena River.
As the fleet progressed, birds flew out of the jungle from time to time on both sides (there are only larch trees here), and Alin knew in his heart that although the Russians did not dare to come to the middle and upper reaches of the Lena River (the source to the upper reaches of the Windor Fort, and to the middle reaches of the Windor Fort, the middle reaches of the Yakutsk), it is still possible to send Cossack scouts or absorb local natives to explore the middle and upper reaches.
"You wait and investigate, anyway, you're driving fast on the ship."
This is the truth. Today, East and West Siberia has no closer road except water and land.
Ten days later, the fleet arrived at another big river about a thousand miles away from the Windor Fort and poured into the Lena River - the Oryokma River and the Oryokma River in later generations were actually the transliteration of Ewenk, and there was an Ewenk village here.
Later generations, the Russians built the city of Oryokmusk here. Alina had long explored this place and reached a deal with the local Ewenkharada. After arriving, he also left behind two hundred army troops, allowing them to build Muzhai belonging to Hanhai Kingdom here, and named Muzhai Ewenk.
The next day, the fleet continued to set off, and after another ten days, the Lena River suddenly became wide.
Chapter completed!