Bogdaburg (Sadlinsk) is about 300 miles away from Kurgan. Harhatu and his friends arrived in five days. They really appreciate the style of the flooded Everglades along the way.

Bogdaburg is located on the southern bank of the Isset River.

"The formation of this Everglades is mostly related to the Isset River, which is known as the Great Plain of Western Siberia. After the Isset River flows down from Mount Sazedge, it naturally floods on both sides of the straits. The big ones become lakes, and the continuous puddles become swamps all over the sky."

Looking at the three-mile castle in front of me on a slope much higher than the river surface, Luo Jizhi continued to introduce.

Around the slope, Liaodong farmers who migrated here have raised the embankment on the south bank of the Yisette River a lot, and have drained all the water holes about twenty miles south of the castle. Now it is a high-quality farmland of about 150,000 acres.

"One thousand farmers who moved here were retired soldiers. Those who continued to engage in farming after they were discharged were moved here. The remaining two thousand households were mostly from Liaodong military households. Although there were only one thousand troops in the castle, these farmers could mobilize at least two thousand militias at any time. Even if the Russians on the opposite side had no other intentions, they had to consider it."

The group soon entered the castle. Since it was the only castle on the south bank of the Yisette River in the north of Linhuang Prefecture, Harhatu couldn't help but ask about its defense ability.

After Luo Jizhi answered, Harhatu nodded and thought to himself: "I see that the river water not only floods to the south, but also to the north. Even if the Russians want to cross this river, they also have to cross the swamp."

What's more, the castle under his feet was as high as three meters high, with artillery on the walls, and horse faces were set up in the city to launch attack troops at any time. In addition to nearby farmers, it should be safe.

"There are still five hundred cavalry in the castle. Now the border between Linhuang Mansion and the Russians. The road on the south bank of the Isset River has just been repaired. On weekdays, the cavalry are divided into several groups and patrolling the roads of 700 miles. Any movement cannot escape our eyes."

As they were talking, the two strong men came on horseback.

When Harhatu saw the man in the lead, he couldn't help but smile.

Hutuk, one of the five Soren tribes in the Nibchu Prairie, originally served as a fighting force on the ship. Later, after the Great Xia Kingdom conquered the Lena River Basin, it was transferred to Yakutsk. After the Great Xia Kingdom took over the area east of the Yenisei River, the entire Lena River Basin became an inland river, so he was transferred to Anxi again.

Now he has become the commander of Bogda Castle and the commander of 500 cavalry. His old partner, former veteran of Dongjiang Town, and Wang Hui, who is now close to forty years old, is the commander of 500 musketeers in the castle. Since both of them have been stationed in Yakutsk, being transferred to Anxi is equivalent to being transferred from the northeast to Hebei.

As a Soren native, Harhatu naturally knew Hutuk, and Wang Hui had also heard that he moved his family from Liaodong to this place. In addition to commanding the 500 musket soldiers in the city, he also served as the county magistrate of Bogda County and the leader of the 3,000 Liaodong farmers outside the city.

The semi-contracting nature is the meaning of Bogdaburg.

"Meet the Governor, Lord Shangshu, Commander"

Hutuk and Wang Hui both knelt down on one knee and said loudly.

Yes, this place was originally a wasteland, or a marginal area of ​​the Everglades, and was separated from the Russian territory by a river. There were very few people from Daxia coming here, let alone high-ranking officials like Harhatu and Luo Chengzhi. Of course, as the commander of the only legion in the entire Anxi Governor General, Guo Tiancai naturally came, but he had only been there once.

Harhatu helped the two of them up one by one.

Looking at these two people, Harhatu was also quite touched. According to the rules of the Hanhai Army, those who are over 35 years old and cannot be promoted can only be discharged from the army. These two people are really unlucky. If the stalls in the Daxia Kingdom were not too big for a short period of time and were indeed in urgent need of officers, these two people would definitely have either retired from the army, Li Chenggong, who is now in Yingzhou, or were sent to Yingzhou.

Because these two people were all those who had followed Nikan to fight with Nikan earlier, Hutuk was one of the first people who followed Nikan to Chakto (300 cavalry). Now that this year, he is nearly forty, he is still just a regiment commander (in fact, the number of people who can command is only a battalion, and those who are willing to come here naturally have to be highly qualified). This shows that in the Hanhai Army, there was no seniority in terms of seniority from the beginning, but it was completely evaluated based on courage, strategy, and merit.

"Thank you for your hard work," Harhatu said warmly.

"Thank you, Governor"

When Harhatu and Wang Hui and the others were leading Harhatu and others back to the castle, they saw strong men riding horses passing by on the country roads from time to time. The costumes of those people were not Hanhai Army. Seeing that Harhatu was a little confused, Wang Hui said: "General, these people are militiamen. They were originally soldiers in Liaodong, either from Dongjiang Town or from captured Han army flags. Most of them did not meet the conditions for continuing to join the Hanhai Army, so they all divided the fields and farmed. I heard that the empire was going to farm in Anxi, so these people moved here on their own initiative."

"There are also people who can ride horses here, with about 500 people. Our Daxia Kingdom dominates the grasslands in the northern border, and there are no shortage of war horses. So after the final application, we brought some war horses for these people. If there is really a war, five hundred cavalry will be added immediately. These horses are usually fed by these militia themselves."

Harhatu nodded. When he looked again, he saw that those who worked in the fields were indeed more refined than ordinary farmers. He couldn't help but nod and smiled: "What a farmer!"

He asked again: "Can the Ross man on the opposite side move?"

Hutuk said: "The radius of about twenty or thirty miles north of the Isset River is also a swamp. So far, there have been no signs of building strongholds on the river bank, but..."

"It's not that much?"

"Sir, there is a good flat land among the mountains of Sazedge in the upper reaches of the Isset River. There the Ross has already started building the castle there and given it a name to the castle."

"Oh, what's the name?"

"I heard that the Russian emperor had only one son and one daughter, and this son was naturally the crown prince. However, this daughter was older. She was nineteen years old this year, but she still did not get married. Instead, she became a monk in a temple in the palace. She was named Shi Irina, and this castle was called Irina."

(Author's note: Irien Arbor is Yekaterinburg in later generations)

Harhatu, Luo Chengzhi and Guo Tiancai looked at each other, and finally Luo Chengzhi said: "Since he is the only princess in the country of Ross, this is definitely a lot of scale."

Luo Jizhi also said: "Yes, that place is really good. The terrain on both sides of the Isset River is very high and the flat area is quite large. It is best to build a castle. I heard that there is no shortage of coal and iron nearby. There is also a road that passes through the Sazhidege Mountain, and this place can also echo the base in the west of the mountain."

Seeing that everyone was a little puzzled, Luo Jizhi explained: "The head first did not say anything about the swamp department. According to the information of the spies, there was a big city called Perm on the other end of the mountain. It was originally the fief of the Russian nobleman Stroganov, but now it has become the cousin of the Tsar. A man named Dmitry Cherkasky guarded there. This person was originally the third richest man in Russia. With Stroganov's wealth, Russia has 5,000 elite soldiers in Perm."

"oh?"

"Sir, Stroganov was the initiator of the former funding of Cossacks to invade Siberia. With his support, the Russians destroyed the Siberian Khanate east of the mountains. Therefore, this person has a very good reputation in the Cossacks."

"Now, in addition to the 1,000 Russian regular troops, most of these five thousand people are outlaws collected from the Caspian coast, and they are also cavalrymen. This army is a powerful aid that Russia can quickly reach the battlefield if war occurs in Siberia."

Halhatu asked: "So, this Irien Arbor is the castle that effectively connects Perm and Tyumen."

Luo Jizhi nodded and continued, "Don't underestimate these Ross people. They believe in Orthodox religions. Most of the people who neglect the rules of the canon were originally exiled to the north of their borders, which was even called the coastal stronghold of the Arctic Ocean. After obtaining Siberia, they were exiled here. I heard that the Orthodox religions are complicated, and most of the Ross people are illiterate. There are many people who violate the canon. There are rules for even using a few fingers to mark crosses on their chests. Therefore, there are constant exiles to Siberia."

"So, these people built castles with no shortage of labor, and they seemed to be quite good at using water to drive simple machines to process stones, wood and other things, and the construction speed was quite fast."

Harhatu pondered for a while, "Tomorrow morning, the soldiers will be sent to Irien Arbor!"

...

A few days later, on a small hill and in the telescope, the scene of the construction of Irien Arbor in full swing into the eyes of Harhatu and others.

Haerhatu has served as the Minister of Revenue for a long time and is very sensitive to the number. He lay on the ground and watched for a long time, and finally stood up and said, "There are at least a thousand people on the construction site. According to that regulation, they built a church first. There were about a hundred cavalry around them. If the Khan had not given strict orders, I would have to wait for not provoking them in the past few years. I really want to rush down and destroy their construction!"

Luo Chengzhi smiled and said, "It might as well be like Tomsk and Jiankun City. Wouldn't it be better if we move in after they are built?"

Harhatu also laughed and said, "That's right, let him go. The bigger the building, the better. This place is so critical. If it is in the hands of the Great Xia Kingdom, it will be a good starting point for going westward to the land of Naros."

Guo Tiancai, who was standing beside him, also smiled and said, "Sir, there is a castle in the southernmost part of the Sazedge Mountain, called Orenburg, which happens to be on the north bank of the Sazedge River. There are many cavalrymen in the Great Xia. If we occupy this place, the embrace of the Ross Kingdom will be completely opened to our country."

Haerhatu was also happy when he heard this, "Oh? There is such a place, I want to see it."

Guo Tiancai said: "That castle belongs to the Kazakh Khanate to the south."

Haerhatu was stunned again after hearing this, and after a while, he said, "Well, go down the mountain. The Khan is about half a month behind me. At this time, he has probably arrived at Linhuang Mansion. I'd better go south quickly."

"Your Majesty is coming here too?" The group was surprised and happy.

"Haha," Harhatu laughed, "The Khan insisted on coming to see the horse-drawn train driving ceremony. He came from Longyou. I don't know if Longyou was taken from Dashun Country. Alas, I'll stop talking about it, hurry up and go to Linhuang Mansion."
Chapter completed!