Two days later, amidst the barking of dogs, the hunter from Kaphyaka who had spied on Zhao Xin and others ran out of breath into a village located to the north of the upper reaches of the Tatama River.
It is said to be a village, but in fact there are only seven or eight households in total.
The houses of these people are all made of pine or fir, and most of the houses are no more than five or six rooms deep (the distance between two pillars is one room). There are doors and windows on all sides of the house for lighting, and the roof is
It was covered with birch bark and covered with thick weeds. Some wood was crisscrossed on top of the weeds to prevent the roof from being blown over by the wind.
The hunter ran all the way and came to a house in the middle of the village. This house was different from other houses at first glance. The house was much larger than other houses. In addition to the main house, there was a small wooden house next to it that was used as a warehouse.
Entering the house, I saw a family of four sitting on a stone stove with bowls in their hands to eat. In the center of the house there was a large scaffolding with food and various daily utensils stacked on it. On the edge of the scaffolding
, a rope hung from the roof, and one end of the rope tied a wooden board to a one-year-old baby. Although the child's hands and feet were tied and unable to move, he did not cry and swayed with the wooden board.
Floating leisurely. Under the child's body, a wooden basin for catching urine was placed on the floor.
"Mergu, something happened! Island, a group of weirdos came to the island!"
The man named Mergua paused when he heard the words and put down the wooden bowl in his hand. This man was the chief of the village and Kalada (surnamed Chang) who was appointed by the officials of the Qing court.
"Senbachul, let's drink the hot soup first and take a breath before talking." The hostess stood up, filled more than half of the bowl of "Shaxi Trout Soup" with the man's wooden bowl, and handed it to the hunter.
The so-called "Xiaxi" is a local seaweed-like thing. The Feyaka people use this seaweed with thinly sliced wild onions and wild garlic, and cook it with trout. Because the production is rough
, this kind of soup tastes slimy, but it has a salty taste.
Senbakul took the wooden bowl and drank it in big gulps. Then he wiped his mouth with his sleeve, handed the wooden bowl to Meier's ancient wife, and then said: "Two days ago, I chased a red deer and kept running.
When we arrived at the Oha River, we saw four huge strange boats coming from the mouth of the river."
(Note: Oha River or Pirentu River are the two names of the Kuhafiyaka and Manchu languages. Oha comes from the Ainu language. Hereafter it is called the Oha River.)
Mergu'a frowned and said, "Strange ship? How big is it?"
"There must be boats, there must be them." Sembakul stretched out his arms and gestured, but found that it was still not enough to describe. So he simply said: "The two largest boats are five times as big as your room, just like
Two hills! The other two smaller ones are as big as this house! And the hull of the boat is so high, much higher than the roof of your house."
"What!" Mergu'a was stunned for a moment. Based on his knowledge, when he went to Deleng'enmu City in previous years, he had seen government ships, and he thought they were very big ships.
Just listen to Sembakul continue: "There are no sails on those boats. When they move, they make bursts of roar, like thunder in the sky! On top of the boats, there is a big transparent room, which is full of
people."
"Is he someone sent by the government? Have you seen clearly?"
"I have seen people from the government, and their clothes are completely different from those people! The most terrifying thing is that there is a person inside, him, him, him"
"What's wrong with him? Tell me quickly!"
"After those people got off the boat, they walked towards the west, but a few guys stayed behind, including a woman. One of them walked up to the four boats and waved his hand, and the boats were gone!!
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As soon as these words came out, Mergu'a and his family were all dumbfounded.
Fairy? Devil?
In the eighteenth century, the Feyaka people's original beliefs were still in the stage of worshiping natural things. In addition to animal worship and worship of ancestor gods, they were also influenced by shamanism from the mainland.
They believe in the mountain god, sea god and fire god, and worship the bear god, whale god and catfish god (fish). The Feyaka people believe that the bear god is a dog under the mountain god, while the whale god and catfish god are at the disposal of the sea god.
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Because of the influence of shamanism, the Feyaka people believe that human illness is caused by the devil, and they can use shamanic practices to exorcise demons and cure illnesses. However, because shamanism was gradually introduced in the later period, the Feyaka people’s tradition
In their minds, they believe that the most powerful person to protect their clan is the mountain god’s henchman, the bear god.
Mergu was stunned for a while and suddenly asked: "What do those people look like? Do they have red hair?"
Sembakul shook his head and said: "No. I looked carefully, and no one has red hair. They all have black hair and white skin. They look paler than the Manchus on the other side." He recalled it.
, continued: "However, the man who lost the boat and one of his companions looked very tall and powerful, especially the other man, who was as strong as a bear."
"Bear?! You said that bear-like person is that mage's subordinate?" Mergu'a's eyes lit up.
"That's right! That man is extremely tall and burly. From a distance, he looks like a big brown bear!"
Mergu'a slapped his thigh and said to Sembakul: "Gather the men immediately, bring weapons and dry food, and let's go take a look."
At the same time, the Thunderbolt driven by Deng Fei had arrived at the outlet of the Oha River. Because the 250-meter hull of the Thunderbolt was too large, Deng Fei and the others did not dare to drive in, so they found an area with gentle water flow to get off.
After picking up the anchor, first use the walkie-talkie to make contact.
At this time, Zhao Xin had not returned. Liu Sheng, who received the walkie-talkie signal, immediately explained the situation. Deng Fei was also very happy when he heard that the oil field had been found, and immediately started preparations for the people to go ashore; he planned to wait for Zhao Xin to come back.
After that, the refugees began to land.
This time, the Thunderbolt brought a company of soldiers from Beihai Town, as well as 3,000 refugees from Henan. These people, with their families, had been on the sea for two days, and when they heard that they had arrived at their destination, they all
I walked up to the deck with great curiosity and looked at the big island.
"Daddy, it's very cold here!"
"Yeah, luckily I got a green blanket before I came here. Take it out and put it on quickly."
"Dad, do you think we can grow sorghum in this land?"
"Why are we growing sorghum? The master asked us to come here to dig for oil."
"To dig out oil, people have to cultivate the land to eat food!"
On the other side of the deck, Mrs. Hu Liu and her daughter Niuniu were wrapped in a big blanket and looking at the land in the distance.
"Girl, are you cold?"
"It's just that the wind blew too much." Niu Niu raised her hands to cover her face, turned to her mother and asked, "Mom, I want to play with Cong Niang."
"I just know how to play. If my mother hadn't signed up to cook here, I would have been studying in school right now."
"Mom, do you think there will be a school here?"
"The masters said that after each house is built, a school will be built first. Remember, when you go to school, you must respect your teacher and don't be naughty."
"I remember."
Mrs. Hu Liu was the widow who once took a boat to Beihai Town with Mrs. Wang Li. In order to earn a high salary of 20 yuan per month, this woman signed up to go north as soon as the news came out and took her daughter Niuniu to Bitter Leaf Island.
.Her job is to cook for the workers on the construction site.
In order to ensure sufficient manpower in the Kuye Island oil field, the Ministry of Civil Affairs recruited refugees to go north this time and specially offered a minimum monthly salary of 20 yuan, which was euphemistically called a "low temperature subsidy." 20 Beihai Town silver dollars, which is equivalent to four
Two taels of silver. Even if these refugees live in the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty, they may never see one tael of silver in their lifetime (common people use coinage to pay taxes in their daily lives.)
This news quickly caused a sensation among the refugees! However, although the salary of 20 yuan is high, it also comes at a price. The land allocation in Beihai Town is not enough; but in two years, you can get 50 yuan on the south bank of Xingkai Lake.
Even so, the families who signed up were very enthusiastic, and in the end, many residential areas had to draw lots to decide the candidates.
In the afternoon, Zhao Xin came back. This time he brought back all the equipment for oil extraction, and also replenished a batch of supplies, especially hoses and oil pumps for transporting oil.
Knowing that Deng Fei and the others had arrived, Zhao Xin was also very happy. He asked Deng Fei to start arranging people to go ashore at dawn tomorrow. When it got dark, he went to the beach accompanied by Liu Sheng and "transformed" the two catamaran passenger ships.
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On Zhang Bo's side, the earthen kiln for oil refining has been set up, and the steel pipes for transporting oil are almost installed everywhere. Starting tomorrow, hundreds of migrant workers under him will go to cut down trees and make wooden boards and firewood. The wooden boards will pass through
The mortise and tenon joints are used to make a wooden box one meter long and half a meter wide and deep. The inside and outside are smeared with a layer of putty, and then it can be used to ship crude oil. The demand for firewood will be very large, because the fire cannot be stopped when refining the oil.
There is coal on Kuye Island, and they are all open-pit coal mines with amazing reserves. However, these lignite mines are located in the west of the island, and Zhao Xin cannot set foot in them yet.
One day later, the refugees on the Thunderbolt began to disembark one after another. As soon as they arrived at the camp, put down their luggage, and began to join the logging team.
It's not possible without cutting down trees, otherwise there won't even be enough room to stay at night.
Large tracts of larch trees were knocked down with shouts of warning, and the refugees who had been prepared rushed over with saws and axes, cut off the branches, and then slightly cleaned the rough bark on the surface, and then others
They were dragged outside the lumberyard with ropes. The carpenters who had been waiting for a long time first cut the logs into suitable sizes, and then used tools to punch holes and grooves in the two sections of the logs.
The processed wood was immediately transported to the preset residential area, where someone had already dug the foundation and started laying bricks and stones. After a layer of mortar was applied roughly on the bricks and stones, others immediately began to lay the foundations around them.
It is made of wood; every two pieces of wood are tightly connected with wooden wedges.
After the surrounding walls were built, the masons used quick-drying cement to plug the gaps between the wood, and others were responsible for adding the roof. Because the temperature here is low in winter and the wind and snow are strong, the wooden corrugated roofs are built high.
And wide.
When it got dark, some women had already cooked meals on the stove and brought them to the construction site. The men continued to work hard under the surrounding bonfires and emergency lights. At almost nine o'clock in the evening, hundreds of rooms were still smelling of wood moisture.
The wood carvings with a strong smell of rosin have been basically completed.
Everyone can only squeeze in for one night, and then work hard for a week, and the residential area will begin to take shape.
Two days later, as people scrambled for work day after day, the number of thirty or forty people sleeping in each wooden house gradually decreased to fifteen from the initial number. When each family moved into their own house, the number of people in this residential area
The scale will reach more than 800 wooden houses.
Three days later, Mergua led his six men, carrying daggers in their arms and holding bows and arrows, and arrived at the south of the residential area of Beihai Town. They did not go directly, but carefully observed in the bushes and woods in the distance.
Looking at the lively and noisy scene and people coming and going not far away, Mergua glared at Sembakul and said: "Didn't you say there are only a few hundred people?!"
Sembakul replied with a look of astonishment: "I saw hundreds of people that day! Who knows where these people came from!"
Mergu'a's original plan was to sneak over and attack the enemy while they were resting at night. Who would have thought that now the opponent's number is countless, how could he attack this thing?!
"Chief, look, there are women and children." A man with a good eye suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite camp.
Mergu looked in the direction pointed by his men and saw several women leading a group of children outside the wooden house in the distance, as if they were doing some work.
Now we’re in trouble! According to Feyaka’s customs, no matter what faults a woman has committed, she cannot be harmed easily. The living environment here is already bad enough. If we don’t treat women who raise children and take care of the family as human beings,
There is no way I can live this day!
"Look again and see if they have any dogs."
Like the Hezhe people, every family of the Kuyefiyak people raises dogs, and they raise them with even greater care. In a family, both men and women raise their own dogs. There are also dogs owned by the father and dogs owned by the mother.
The eldest son's dog, the second son's dog, each person will keep three or five dogs.
Everyone looked around and observed for a long time. Sembakul even led one person to crawl to a position a hundred steps away from the opponent's camp, and lay on the ground and listened carefully for a long time. In the end, they found that except for the sound of people's voices, there was no sound.
Apart from the clanging of the house and the rumbling thunder of who knows what, there was no barking of dogs at all. When he crawled back and told the others, everyone felt relieved. If the other party didn't have a dog, they wouldn't have discovered him.
Hide here.
The sky was getting dark, and the seven Feyaka people were horrified to find that the camp opposite suddenly became like daylight. In addition to the blazing bonfires, dazzling lights actually emerged from several strange-shaped shelves! Under these lights
Under the irradiation, those people continued to do their day's work and worked tirelessly to build wooden houses.
"Are these people the messengers of God?" Sembakul swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked stammeringly.
"What god? Mountain god, sea god or fire god?"
Several people talked about it, and some people said it was a mountain god, because Sembakul said before that he saw two burly, bear-like people. The one who can summon the bear god must be a mountain god. Two others said it was wrong,
These people can make the night as bright as the day. They must be sent by the God of Fire. The last two people said that you are all scum! Sembakul said that they came by boat, so they must be the God of Poseidon.
The six of them were deadlocked, so they all turned their attention to Mergu, who had been silent for a long time, waiting for him to make a judgment.
Mergu Axin said: I don’t know which kind of immortal I am! You six scum!
He thought for a long time and felt that since the other party could bring so many women and children to the island, he would not be as vicious as those red-haired people. It is said that those red-haired people were very cruel. They would kill everyone they saw after landing, and the weapons in their hands were
It was so powerful that the local Feyaka people couldn't beat it; Mergua himself was an example. He was beaten to the point of defeat by the red-haired men. More than 20 people died, and more than half of them died. In the end, he had to flee with the remaining villagers.
Settled in the south.
After hesitating for a long time, Mergua finally made a decision. He planned to go directly tomorrow and ask those people where they came from and what they were doing here. When he told his subordinates about this decision, six of his subordinates asked him again.
We have been discussing for a long time, but there is no good solution. However, Sembakul's words hit the point. What if we can exchange something with the other party?
As soon as he said this, the eyes of others suddenly lit up.
The reason why these Feyaka people think so is because the local living environment is so poor. Regardless of whether the locals are male or female, whenever they go out, whether it is to do business or fight, they will definitely bring animal skins and other items with them.
If you have the chance, find someone to negotiate business with in exchange for things. Otherwise, if officials from the Qing court come to recruit you, they won't agree so quickly.
Can I exchange something?
Can I exchange it? If I go there and pay a piece of mink skin, I can also get food?
Well, long live my emperor!
Oops, can I change into a python robe?
Oh my God, long live our emperor!
Just that little thing
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