In fact, Suha is the most honest and honest among the four brothers and the least talented one. However, this person is loyal and reliable, obedient and willing to endure hardships. He is the most honest and reliable among the five trainers, a bit like Guo Jing in The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

The reason why Marin chose him to be the leader of Sauron was not because he was so powerful, but because he was not. Moreover, he was honest and easy to control.

In addition, the four people have higher identities among the Soren people. Their father belongs to the small leader under Harada in the tribe and has a say in the tribe. When he goes back to his hometown to recruit people, someone should respond. Unlike them, Bai Geri's father is just the lowest-class Soren people, and he has passed away long ago. In his hometown tribe, he only has a widow and a married sister. If he goes back to recruit people, he will not have enough voice, and there will be few responders.

Moreover, the tribes where Baigeri and Suha are located are also different. The tribe where Baigeri is located is only a small tribe of 120 households, with average strength. The tribe where the four brothers of Suha are located is a large tribe with 300 households. Yes, a large tribe with 300 households...

On the grassland, those tribes often have thousands of tents (tents, one tent represents one household), but in the bitter and cold Daxinganling area, the Solon tribe with more than 200 households can be considered a large tribe. The Solon people only have a few thousand households and more than 20,000 people in the entire Daxinganling Mountains.

In addition, there are also many Soren tribes scattered on the mountains and grasslands north of the Xing'an Mountains and west of the Ergun River. These areas include the area of ​​Nebchu, which was ceded to Tsarist Russia by the Qing Dynasty, which was later Russia's post-Baikal Krai.

The reason why the Soren people live on the grassland west of the Xing'an Mountains is that in addition to the crowded hunting grounds in the Xing'an Mountains is that there are some salt lakes on the grasslands that produce some inferior bitter salt.

According to the introduction of five people, the Sorens found it difficult to get salt, so they could only make a living by the bitter salt produced on the grasslands west of the Xing'an Mountains.

The reason why the Korqin tribe was able to become one of the two major tribes that dominated the mink trade was that they could get salt from the grassland and then exchange minks with the Soren people. To be honest, the quality of the lake salt brought by the Korqin tribe from the salt lakes of the Mongolian tribes in the west was better than that of the lake salt obtained by the Soren people in the northwest of the Xing'an Mountains. Otherwise, it would not become one of the two major tribes that monopolize minks. Because there are many salt lakes on the grassland, but not every salt lake produces salt that can be eaten. Some salt lakes produce stear alkali, that is, sodium carbonate. Some salt lakes produce Glauber's salt (sodium sulfate), or even nitr salt (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate), which cannot be eaten.

These salt lakes rich in various salts were good chemical raw materials resources in later generations. However, in this era, they were useless. At most, locals would pick up some frozen syrup in winter and sell them to the Ming Dynasty, but the price was also very low.

Moreover, most of the salt lakes on the grassland are salt lakes containing various salt types, which contain unedible salt ingredients. Only a small part of the salt lake can be eaten by boiled salt. Moreover, these salts are often bitter, that is, impurities such as magnesium salt and calcium salt are mixed in. Only a very small part of the salt lake can produce salt that is not bitter or slightly bitter. However, this kind of salt lake will definitely be favored by the large tribes on the grassland and occupied by them, becoming a strategic resource.

It is obvious that the Korqin tribe, as a powerful Mongolian tribe, also occupied this kind of salt lake. However, the salt they cooked was also slightly bitter. Because the grassland people of this era did not know how to wash away the bitter braised braised, but only knew to put the salted lake water in a pot and burn it, naturally leaving some bitter salt ingredients, which made the boiled lake salt slightly bitter. However, this slightly bitter salt is already a treasure in bitter cold places such as the grassland and Daxinganling. The Korqin tribe relied on the slightly bitter lake salt, as well as supplies that hunters were in urgent need of shortage, and exchanged for marten fur from the Sorens, and the price was very dark.

The Saurons had no choice, because the Saurons themselves occupied in the Saurons in the Nebuchu area northwest of the Greater Khingan Mountains produced not slightly bitter, but rather bitter. Even so, it was an important salt resource for the Saurons.

In trade, a small bag of bitter salt can often be exchanged for a good marten fur...

After this introduction, Marin stood up:

"Wait, what do you mean is that the Saurons need salt very much? How about salt in our North Sea?"

Bai Geri and others were stunned for a moment, then said:

"The salt from Beihai Kingdom is the best refined salt I have ever eaten. If you take this salt to the Solon tribe, I'm afraid only those Haradas can afford it... and even the Mongolians lack this good salt..."

Marin slapped her thighs excitedly and said:

"That's right. Let's exchange salt for minks, so that the Saurons can eat salt until they are terrible..."

"Eat salt until it's so terrible..." Bai Geri and the other two showed a yearning look. What a happy way to die...

Of course, that was the idea that they retained their previous thought habits. In fact, they served for the Beihai Kingdom, and their salary was higher than that of ordinary soldiers, so eating salt was already very common. However, the tribesmen who were far away in the Daxinganling Mountains were probably a luxury to eat salt. Many poor Sorens could eat salt for a long time.

Not to mention the Sorens, even the Jurchens were very luxurious to eat salt, and they often ate meat without salt. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, they often distributed meat without salt to the favored ministers and guards, allowing them to taste meat without salt.

The meat without salt is very unpalatable. In the later generations Yu Ma's "Story of Yanxi Palace", Qianlong explained that his ancestors made their fortunes in Baishan and Black Water, and it was difficult to start a business and lived a hard life. Salt was a luxury. Qianlong often brought his ministers and guards to eat meat, to taste the hardships of his ancestors, and then to think that wealth was hard-earned...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! You should know that the Jianzhou Jurchens are relatively rich forces in the Northeast region. They can't afford salt, let alone the weak Solon tribe?

Of course, this is also related to the geographical environment. Because the Jianzhou Jurchens are located in Jilin area, not near the sea, and are separated from the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty and the East Sea Jurchens to the east. Therefore, the source of their salt is very difficult. The Mongolian tribes are much better because there are salt lakes on the grassland. Even if it is bitter salt, isn’t it salt?

The Jurchen tribes and the Soren tribe in the inland northeast are miserable. Salt is a luxury for them. Even the tribal chiefs are hard to eat. In order to get salt, they can only exchange them with mink.

Changing the grassland lake salt with the Korqin tribe is one way, and changing the salt with the Haixi Jurchens is also one way. The Haixi Jurchens do not produce salt, but the Haixi Jurchens are close to Liaodong and can change salt with the Ming Dynasty merchants. The salt they exchanged for is higher quality and less bitter, and is of high-quality salt. Only the big guys among the Sorens can eat this kind of salt. Moreover, it is rare to eat...

"This is fucking...this is fucking..." Marin walked around happily. Then, he ordered:

"Send a command to Kong Tai to use the coal he found on Dongfan Island (Kong Tai's people have explored the Keelung coal mine) to build a salt-boiling base in Keelung. I want to use white salt to exchange for minks in the Northeast!"

"Well, there are tiger skins, tiger bones, etc...." These days, tiger skins are definitely a tool for sharp objects. Tiger bones are soaked in wine. Well, they are very popular in the Ming Dynasty... Two things are definitely valuable when sent to the Ming Dynasty. As for animal protection, there are no muskets in the Northeast these days, and tigers are free and easy. Even the brave Saurons dare not say that they will challenge Siberian tigers easily. Therefore, there are still a large number of tigers. Even the South China tigers were used to search mountains and fight tigers after the liberation, and then they became rare...

In addition, the sika deer on Taiwan was quickly killed after hunters had modern hunting rifles in the 20th century. The North American bison was also sold by the Americans to the Indians in the late 19th century and were killed quickly. Without sharp muskets, the danger coefficient was too high to challenge Siberian tigers with bows and arrows...

"The Khan, and Dongzhu... the Jurchens produce Dongzhu... and they also lack salt..." Mu Ren, the youngest of the four brothers, reminded.

Ma Lin glanced at Mu Ren deeply and said affirmatively:
Chapter completed!