Chapter 4 Daxia Supervises the Country 3 Under the Wind and Snow Ancient Road
"Three thousand households?" Sun Dewei couldn't help but breathe a breath of air when he heard this. The 3,000 savage tribes were distributed in a vast area south of the Wendot Tundra, north of the Nibchu Grassland, and west of the Erguna River, with a radius of thousands of miles. If it were placed in the past, it would definitely be a powerful tribe, but it would not work now. Moreover, under the jurisdiction of the Daxia Kingdom, these people had long since lost the tribal fighting and fighting scenes, and their lives were very stable.
"When did you retire?"
"Report to your Highness, the ministry was discharged from the army last year. He was thirty years old when he was discharged from the army and was still just a captain, so..."
Sun Dewei smiled and said, "I'm afraid you like your current life more."
Eshuo stumbled for a moment, and finally grinned and said with a big mouth: "What your Highness said is that the Ministry of Justice likes life now. In the past, because there were not enough iron tools, hunting was entirely dependent on stones and sharpened wooden sticks. He could only hunt Kandahan and wild boars. He didn't even dare to provoke black bears casually. Now thanks to the favor of the Great Xia Kingdom, soldiers can bring the cold weapons they carry with them after they have been discharged from the army. With this big gun, long sword, and big bow, even Tasha is now hunting..."
"Tasha?"
"Ahem," Eshuo also realized that he was a bit abrupt just now. Tasha was the beast god in the eyes of the Soren people. How could he say it directly? He said it in front of His Highness Prince Ren. However, he was a real person. In the end, he told the truth. "Your Highness, the Soren people in the forest were not brave enough to deal with big beasts like Tasha. However, with the help of weapons, and the vocational department has practiced them in the army, so he is naturally not afraid of it."
If Nikan was here, he would definitely think this way: "If the Great Xia Kingdom had been stable for decades, all the tigers here would have run to the east, exactly the same as the Cossacks in history."
Eshuo looked over the sky, then looked at Sun Dewei and others, and said, "Your Highness, can you wait for me? I will go back, at most half an hour."
Sun Dewei nodded. They had been leaving the Uzha army for an hour and were about to stop and feed the horses.
Just as they set up a bonfire on the banks of the Nebchu River? While they were burning hot water, there was a sound in the jungle to the west, and Eshuo appeared with the tiger on his back. The big dark horse and the hunting dog were following him.
Eshuo carefully placed the tiger on the ground, grinned and said with a silly smile: "Your Highness, this Tasha hit me with an arrow before? Although he could run? After all, he couldn't run far? Besides, there were blood along the way, so he could definitely find it under the leadership of the eagle and the hunting dog in the sky? Good guy? This guy was injured and caught a wild wolf, but was eventually hunted by the Ministry of Education."
After saying that, he took off his leather jacket, revealing the cotton shirt inside? It must have been brought back after he retired from the Hanhai Army before? He took out a short knife and began to peel off the tiger skin in front of everyone.
It seems that he is the veteran of this? Not long after, a complete tiger skin was peeled off by him. He held the tiger skin in both hands and knelt in front of Sun Dewei on one knee, "The tiger skin is matched with a noble man, and the ministry will present this skin to His Highness."
Sun Dewei nodded, and he said to Wang Jinbao: "You accept it."
In the past, A Chuhui came forward, but unexpectedly, Sun Dewei asked Wang Jinbao to do it today. A Chuhui was naturally unhappy. Wang Jinbao didn't dare to accept the tiger skin when he saw it. Sun Dewei smiled and said, "Wang Jinbao's war horse is from the Central Plains. He has never seen a beast, so he was not shocked. We are all a little embarrassed. He is known as the Soren man, but he is not as good as a Han man who grew up in the Central Plains."
After he said this, he put himself in the "unbearable" ranks. These people knew that the Your Highness in front of him was very brave. When he was training in the navy, he could tie himself to the mast to serve as a lookout hand at a young age. He was not a timid person.
Although Achuhun is from Soren, he grew up in Yangdu since childhood. Therefore, he has never experienced the "coming-up ceremony" of the Soren who had to go deep into the jungle alone to hunt beasts above Kandahan when he was fifteen years old. He is naturally a master of using tiger guns and knights, and his riding skills are also very good, but he can't resist the war horses being disobedient.
He was a Soren, who was a person who was refreshed by nature. He immediately put down his grudges and said seriously: "Although that said, as the guard of His Highness, we did not realize that there was still such a thing and lacked practice. After all, there was a mistake first. Wang Jinbao's war horses were like us, both of the Qiergis horses and Mongolian horses. But after the wolf pack appeared, he blindfolded the horse's eyes. This reaction was exactly what the guards were lacking, and the ministry was deeply admired."
Eshuo said: "Your Highness, thirty miles ahead is where the Urdujia River flows into the Nebuchu River, and it is also the gathering place for the core tribes of the Ministry of Judicial Affairs. It was noon there, so the Ministry of Judicial Affairs was the host to entertain you."
Sun Dewei smiled and said, "Just eat this tiger meat?"
Eshuo shook his head, "Your Highness, even if the Sorens hunted a tiger, they would only take their skins, and their bodies would be put back into the forest and let them return to the earth."
Sun Dewei nodded, "What are you waiting for? Let's go?"
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One hour later, they arrived at Urdujia. Nikan had encountered Ye Lei who was blocking the road here. At present, there were hundreds of Xiling pillars of all sizes at the intersection of the two rivers. It seemed that this was the core tribe of Eshuo.
There is a wooden house inside the Xiling pillars.
"Your Highness, this wooden house is Urdujia's school. Everyone in the tribe lives in Xilingzhu, but the children cannot do it. This wooden house was also built by people in the government."
Next to the wooden house, a sign was hung on a larger Xiling pillar, which read "grocery store" in Chinese. Eshuo said: "This is also run by the government. There are three hundred miles around this grocery store, but the Uzha tribe is only one hundred miles away from here. If the people in the forest really need it, some will go there to buy it directly. In addition, Anda comes here..."
As he was talking, a man who was about thirty years old came over. When he saw Sun Dewei and his party, he was stunned for a moment, and then said to Eshuo: "Governor, the goods have been counted clearly. If you have nothing else, I will continue to go south."
Eshuo pointed at him and introduced to Sun Dewei: "This person is Anda. Although the country of Daxia is peaceful and peaceful, the Beishan area is still a vast and sparsely populated place. Although the grocery stores here are run by the government, they rely on these Anda. In addition, a township with a radius of 300 miles is always unwilling to go down the mountain to purchase. These Anda are very diligent. In addition to replenishing goods for grocery stores in each township, they can also take the initiative to trade for villagers one village at a time, which makes it convenient for those remote villagers."
When Sun Dewei heard this, he suddenly thought of his real "grandfather", the former forest merchant Sun Chuankuo. If he hadn't appeared in the northern border and that unexpected thing happened again, his father would not have appeared in the Wuzha tribe, and there would be no subsequent series of things.
Such things obviously have little profit, but there are still people who are willing to do it, and most of them are doing it. It seems that the Han people are really talented in agricultural and commercial affairs.
So he asked at the man, "What is your name? Where are you from? What are the risks of doing this business? How about making a profit?"
Eshuo said: "This is a high-ranking official who came to the capital to understand the people's conditions. Zhang Wenwu, please reply quickly."
Seeing this, the man quickly bent down and bowed, "Go back to Shangguan, my name is Zhang Wenwu. I was originally a farmer in Xuanhua area. There were not many fields in Xuanhua. Although the scenery was much better than before, because the Great Xia Kingdom unified the north and south, there were originally people doing business in Zhangjiakou in the village. Since most of the routes were occupied by large merchants, I started to specialize in specific tribes and village businesses in the north, and mainly bought good skins, fungus, pine nuts, deer antlers, etc.."
"Sometimes, when you see the best wood, you will bring it with you."
Sun Dewei nodded and thought to himself, "As long as you have the heart, you won't have any business to do," and asked again, "You must have a warehouse nearby. Where are you going at the farthest? How many people are there? There are many beasts in the forest, how are you guarding against?"
"Return to Shangguan, I naturally couldn't do it alone in such a vast forest. I was just a leader. There were more than ten people in a county, and I had gathered some horses, mules, camels, and carts. Among them, there were retired soldiers, including swords, guns, bows and arrows. I was not afraid of beasts. I arrived at the Wendor Tundra as far as I could, and I directly purchased minks and fox fur from the tribe there. Since I came to the door in person, the purchase price was still much more cost-effective. In terms of calculation, the profit was not low."
"Oh? Should you continue to go north or go south to Wuzha when you are here?"
"Go back to Shangguan, the Wenduo area has been sent, and the goods have been purchased, and I plan to go south today. But not to Uzha, but to Ireneka. There are also goods we need, and it is also the largest warehouse we set up in the forest."
"Oh?" Sun Dewei suddenly thought that this person must have been knowledgeable and learned about the situation in the northern border from him, so he said, "Just stay here for another day and go south with me tomorrow to Ireneka."
When Zhang Wenwu saw that Eshuo was very respectful to the people in this group, he was probably really a "high-ranking official" from the capital. These people are generally unable to reach the top, so he is naturally very happy.
"Assues everything as the arrangements of Shangguan"
So, Sun Dewei and others stayed in Urdujia for a day and attended the lectures of the tribal study. The teachers were all graduated from the higher normal school located in Chita, and sat at the herds' homes. Seeing that they all used iron stoves, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc., and their clothes and expressions were acceptable, they left early the next morning.
Before leaving, he said to Eshuo: "The Father attaches great importance to the tribes in the forest. You are from the old Hanhai Army. Don't just hunt in your spare time, but you should always gather the young and strong people to practice."
Eshuo looked shaking, and he quickly knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "The ministry will fulfill its mission!"
Eshuo took the slut from the village and the travelers rode their horses to send Sun Dewei and his party to Angara before returning.
Angara is where the tribe of the Uncle Nikan, Uges, is located. However, Uges has moved to the Yenisei River Basin with his tribe, but it is not idle here, and is occupied by a small tribe in the North Mountain.
Sun Dewei and others did not disturb them, and continued to go south along the Urdujia River and arrived in Ireneka two days later!
Chapter completed!