In mid-June, the annual woodland viewing in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang began in Delengen, south of Qiji Lake.
The Wulin Administration Office faces the Heilongjiang River (called Manhui River in ancient times), backed by a vast alluvial plain. The endless forest not far away is like emeralds dotted on the black earth. The water flow here is very gentle, and the width of the river is five to six hundred meters.
meters, convenient for berthing of small boats.
As soon as dawn broke, there was a bustle outside the administrative office. Hundreds of border residents from all over the country walked out of tents made of birch bark, stretched themselves, and walked to the river to fetch water. There were no border residents settled in the area, and everyone
They came from all over the place.
The Oroqen and Daur people from the southern foothills of the Outer Xing'an Mountains drove moose and carried various precious furs; while the Hezhe and Feyaka people from the north of Qiji Lake, the Heilongjiang Estuary, and the Ussuli River drove fast horses.
The boat was filled with dried fish and carried mink skins and pure white sea turtles as tributes. Many Hezhe people came with their whole families, old and young, and even brought birch bark tents and cooking utensils with them to catch fish along the way.
So far.
Wu Kambei and Serdan walked out of the tent of the Zaksulu tribe, set up an iron pot in the open space, poured in the washed millet, fish hair (fish floss) and bacon pieces, and cooked a meal.
Guo Hezhe's Buda porridge. By the time the two of them had finished eating and drinking, the sun had already risen.
The two looked at each other, went back to the tent, took a dozen boxes of matches, rolled them up with a few pieces of animal skin, put them under their armpits, and slowly walked around outside the office.
Wukanbei and Serdan arrived yesterday afternoon. Their purpose of coming to Deleng this time was to investigate the situation of each tribe.
In May, Zhao Xin asked them to find out the settlements of the border residents in the outer northeast in order to prepare in advance for the establishment of villages and towns along Heilongjiang in the future. The two thought that there was nothing more appropriate than a visit to the Wulin Appreciation Party;
So we first went to Balk Village, then mixed in with the team of Zak Sulu and took a boat south.
Because many tribes are located in remote areas and have little information, they do not know much about Beihai Town, so they do not know about the big market outside Fuldan City. Therefore, the two people's tasks also include promoting the market in Fuldan City.
To attract more border tribes to trade.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty had the habit of rewarding tribute mink tribes since the Huang Taiji period. After entering the customs, the content of the rewards was constantly adjusted.
Starting from October every year, the Shengjing Rites Department will prepare a list of materials for the next year and report to the Household Department of the capital. In November and December, Ning Guta and the Sanxing Dutong Yamen will then submit the prepared Wulin
(satin, cotton, daily necessities) are transported back to Wula, Jilin, and then transferred to Ningguta and Sanxing City in February or March of the next year.
In fact, the annual tribute mink reward for the black forest required a large amount of financial, material and manpower resources from the Qing government, and the tribute mink head tax collected was far lower than the various costs consumed during the period. This can be regarded as the central government's response to a small number of people in the feudal era.
received large financial subsidies from the nation.
It was this kind of reward of Wulin that was cost-effective and meticulous down to every stitch. With the implementation of the annual tribute and mink reward policy to Wulin, the dependence of the border people on the Qing court continued to increase and gradually formed a political affiliation.
Just like the Zaksulu tribe, Beihai Town has treated them very favorably. Whether it is matches, candles, or iron and cloth, they are all traded at very favorable prices. However, Saharian still brings his tribe to Delengen every year.
Pay the poll tax. Because in addition to receiving a large amount of Ulin rewards after paying the poll tax, they also have a lot of additional benefits during the days of participating in the Ulin rewards.
For example, during the five-day stay in the Administrative Office, the Administrative Office will set up four banquets for entertainment, which everyone can participate in. In addition to wine and meat, there are also rice, sticky rice cakes, fried cakes (fried sesame seeds or melon seeds) and other foods.
.These are delicacies that border residents rarely eat.
In addition to the banquet, the Administrative Office will also distribute corresponding accommodation rations according to the length of stay; the standard is 8 and 3 scoops of rice (ten and one liter) per person per day.
The third item is to distribute rations on the way back and forth, which is determined according to the distance of each department; those who are close will be given one bucket more, and those who are farther away will be given three buckets.
In addition to the above, they can also conduct over-the-counter transactions while staying at the administrative office.
Therefore, if Beihai Town wants to win the hearts and minds of the people from the Manchus, especially those in the outer northeast, there is actually still a long way to go.
The front of the entire office is thirty meters wide and is surrounded by a double-layered fence made of logs. The place where tribute minks are received is inside the fence.
Serdan and Wukanbei followed Saharian and other Zaksuru tribe members and squeezed through the crowd. They came to the outer gate and stood at a sign with the words "Those who are five feet tall will receive a mink every year."
Under the square wooden sign.
The front of the wooden fence was already crowded. Many border residents followed their respective clan chiefs and surnames, waiting to be called to pay the poll tax. These people looked at the tributes on their shoulders and were still talking loudly.
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"Have you changed the matches? Let me tell you, that is really a magical item, it is so useful!"
"Cut~~ Matches don't matter. I changed the lantern this morning and it can't be blown out no matter how strong the wind is."
"I heard that the Zaksu Lu tribe has bought a lot of good things from the south... Hey, look, look, they are here."
At this time, three bangs were heard from the office inside the fence. Everyone stopped making noise and looked up to look behind another square fence in the double-layer fence wall. It was surrounded by a blue tent and several people were wearing official uniforms.
The tax collector is sitting inside.
A sturdy official came out from behind the curtain and shouted angrily at the sound of the urn outside: "Under the rule of Deputy Capital Ningguta, the surname of Zaksurusa of the Hezhe tribe is Sahalian."
Saharian, who was newly dressed and wearing a straw hat, responded with a long voice, brushed off the non-existent dust on his fish leather clothes, and led a group of men, women, and children from Balk Village, filed into the double-decker gate, and then walked in the square
Line up outside the fence gate.
Serdan and Ukanbe did not go in. They were not on the roster of people in Balk Village. When the time came, they would not be able to explain if the roll call tribute would not match.
Inside the fence, the surnamed Chang Saharian saluted the three officials in the blue cloth tent and said: "The surnamed Chang Saharian greets you all!"
At this time, everyone in Balke Village bowed their heads, not daring to breathe. Saharian took off his straw hat, put one hand in his arms, knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and took out a person with the same surname from his village from his arms.
Ding's roster, a long voice reported: "The surname Sa of the Hezhe tribe will pay tribute to the Long Live Lord this year~~"
Following the long note of Saharian, the sound of reed flute and harmonica began to play in the venue. The three officials stood up respectfully, dusted off their sleeves, knelt down facing south, and kowtowed three times before getting up to receive the tribute.
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Saharian stood up, took the tributes from the tribesmen behind him one after another, and passed them to an official. At the same time, a man standing next to him read out the list of tributes in a writing style: "Twenty high-quality royal sable skins"
Zhang, twenty pieces of the best sable skins, ten pieces of the best royal sea turtles, two hundred kilograms of the best catfish bones, ninety-nine pieces of the best wood alexandrite, and one hundred pickled white salmon....
..”
After the tributes were handed over, the music stopped and the three tax collectors returned to their seats and sat down. The Bi Tie Shi just now held a list of people with the surname Sa and called them one by one.
Anyone whose name is read must come forward and pay a mink skin. This is a tribute mink, which is different from the tribute paid by the tribe just now.
The first person whose name was read was Saharian, followed by the villagers, each with a sable skin. The official responsible for the inspection took each piece of sable skin and inspected it for damage and quality to determine the grade;
Then it was put in front of three tax officials for review.
After the whole clan has paid the head tax, the next step is to reward Wu Lin.
As the surname leader, Saharian received a whole piece of python satin made by Jiangning Weaving, with white silk measuring four feet and five feet, makeup satin one foot and eight inches, red silk two and five inches, and home-made cloth three feet and one inch;
Two pieces of green cloth, four feet of white cloth; twenty-six taels of cotton. Four pieces of scattered woolen green cloth, one foot of Korean cloth for handkerchiefs, two pieces of three-foot silk lining, two pieces of woolen green cloth for hat, belt, boots and socks, comb
, one grate each, thirty needles, a piece of headband, three pairs of straps, three locks of thread, four coins of cotton suture, eight buttons, and a small leather box.
Other villagers rewarded two pieces of woolen green cloth, three feet and five inches of Korean cloth, one foot and three inches of satin, two feet and five inches of red silk, one piece each of shirt and trousers (required), one piece each of woolen green cloth, two feet each of white cloth; two pieces of cotton
Sixteen taels. Two pieces of scattered woolen green cloth, handkerchief (required) five feet of Korean cloth, two pieces of three feet of silk lining, two pieces of woolen green cloth folded into hat, belt, boots and socks, one comb and grate each, and three needles
Ten pieces, one bun, three pairs of straps, three locks of thread, six qian of cotton suture, and eight buttons.
When the whole process entered the process of appreciating the wulin, the solemn atmosphere of the tribute ceremony was completely gone. Instead, people were comparing each other's rewards, explaining their uses, commenting on the quality of the cloth, and the noise inside and outside the fence resumed.
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The Manchu officials did not scold them and were all busy with their own business. The three tax collectors were drinking tea and looking at the scene in front of them with smiles. After the officials accepted the tributes during the day and gave the Ulin to them, they went to work in the evening.
Just go back to the boat on the riverside and rest; wait until the next day to do it all again.
When the people of Balk Village returned to their camp happily with the rewards from the Qing court, Wukanbei and Serdan had already walked around other tribes and got a lot of news.
At this moment, two border residents dressed as Saurons came over and hugged Saharian with a smile. They said, "I heard that you have a magical stick here that can ignite fire with one stroke. We
I want to change some."
Why are you all here? Isn't it just to do business? Saharian looked at the two of them and saw that their faces and clothes did not look like Hezhe people, so he asked: "Where did you two come from?"
One of them said: "We are from Sauron's tribe, coming from Ravkai."
Saharian said in surprise: "Oh my God! You have traveled far enough this time!"
Ravka is to the west of Yaksa. The two of them had to walk at least a thousand miles of waterway to get there. Saharian thought of this, so he whispered to the two of them: "There is that thing. One piece of leather is exchanged for one box. Each box can be used."
A hundred times."
After hearing this, the two people didn't even pay back the price. They took two fox skins from the package they were carrying and handed them over. After the two people got the matches, they looked at them carefully for a long time. One of them suddenly whispered to Saha.
Lian asked: "Brother, where did you get this thing from?"
Saharian frowned: "Why do you ask this? The court won't let you go there."
"Can you tell us about what it's like there? I heard that a group of short-haired Han Chinese live there?"
Wu Kambei was sitting aside smoking a dry cigarette at this time. Hearing this, his heart moved and he opened his mouth and said: "What do you call the two brothers?"
"My name is Aimorgen, and his name is Bartelsang. What do you call me, brother?"
"My name is Wu Kambei. Sit down and have a rest. Everyone coming from far away is a guest." Wu Kambei said with a smile, and took the two of them to sit down. He filled two bowls of porridge and gave them fish cakes.
People eat.
After the two of them had eaten, Wukanbei added another bag of dry tobacco and said with a smile: "Where will your tribe settle down?"
Emorgen smiled and said: "Wherever the deer go, we go. Brother Wukanbei, how on earth do we get to this Han market?"
Wukanbei thought for a while and then said: "I heard that it goes south along the Songaca River and crosses Xingkai Lake." The Songaca River he mentioned is actually the southern tributary of the Wusuli River.
Emerogen said: "Thank you so much, brother Wukanbei."
While the three of them were talking, Serdan leaned aside and pretended to take a nap, but he was thinking about these two Evenkis. He was an old hunter and had been a scout for several years. He always liked to think about things when things happened.
It’s too far to go from Ravkai to Dereng! As far as what he and Ukanbe learned, many Hezhen people living in Sansurname City didn’t know about Fuldan City, let alone the Evenki people.
There are Han people.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before he and Wukanbe set off from Fuldan City, Zhao Xin specifically told him that the Ewenki people have their own names in Daiqing and Tsarist Russia.
The Qing side was called Solon, and the Tsarist side was called Yakutia and Tunguska.
Aimorgen and Bartelsang chatted for a while after eating and left. However, Serdan remembered the appearance of these two people.
Two days later in the afternoon, Serdan was taking a walk in a red willow forest. When he just came out of the forest, he found that Aimorgen and a Qing court official had walked near a secluded creek branch.
They were arguing fiercely about something.
Serdan looked around, then turned around and went into the willow forest, making a big circle inside, stepping on rotten leaves mixed with water, dodging swarms of mosquitoes and flying insects, and finally got behind the two of them.
About seven or eight meters away, he squatted down quietly and listened quietly to the two people talking.
"Although I have a friendship with Father Xie, we had a gentleman's agreement with each other when we were in the capital. Why do you insist on getting entangled?"
"Before I came, the priest told me that you still owe him an old debt. I went to visit the Sanxing City Mansion before. I heard that the Lord was here, so I followed him here..."
The official suddenly stopped talking. He turned around and looked around for a while before saying, "I have official duties and am just serving the emperor."
Emergen took out a package from his arms, opened it and said to the official: "Sir, this is a little thought that the priest asked me to bring you. This matter is easy for you. When we do things, we will not let our friends be crucified.
of."
The official said: "What do you want?"
"I just want a picture from you."
"What picture?"
Emergen put his mouth to the official's ear and whispered for a while. Serdan listened carefully but could not hear it at all.
After a while, the official rolled up the package and stuffed it into his sleeve, sighed and said, "It's just this time, it won't happen next time! I'll take the first step."