According to later Russian sayings, all the indigenous people in the outer Xing'an Mountains and the area to the north are called "Yakuts".
Yakuts, Yakutsk, it's clear what's going on.
The aborigines here actually call themselves "Saha people". After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Yakutia was renamed the Republic of Sakha in order to show respect for the indigenous people.
For a long time, the Sakha and Evenki were often confused.
One is that the customs and habits of the two ethnic groups influence each other, and the other is that when dividing the ethnic groups, the Sakha people in China are all classified as the Ewenki people, while the Ewenki people in the Soviet Union are all classified as the Yakut people ( Sakha).
By the way, the word "Tungus" was first called by the Sakha people to the Ewenki people
According to modern scientific methods, the genetic upstream of the Sakha people was found in the tombs of the Mongolian plateau during the Hun period.
?It shows that the ancestors of the Sakha people lived on the Mongolian Plateau in the Han Dynasty.
Some scholars speculate that its distant ancestors should be Gaoche people. According to different migration routes, it can also be called Dingling, Tiele, and Chile. Later, they were integrated into the Huihe Khanate, so some experts said that the Sakha people and the Uighurs belong to the same origin and different streams.
The language of the Sakha people belongs to the Turkic language family.
More than two hundred years ago, they still settled in the Lake Baikal area, and were driven to the extremely cold place by Buryat Mongolia.
So don't think that they are primitive people, others have mastered iron smelting technology!
At this moment, a Saha female shaman came down from the front deer cart. She was wearing a thick fur coat, covered with animal skin strips, and a strangely shaped hat with several colorful feathers stuck in it.
Her name is Vasya Britotian, and she drew out her sharp blade and pointed at the castle: "Go!"
Pulling a sleigh, the reindeer ran straight to the outside of the city. A soldier shouted: "We are here to redeem the hostages, let them out quickly!"
Peng Chunlin asked: "What did they say? Can you understand?"
Khabarov translated: "Redemption of hostages."
The Sakha celebrate the New Year in summer, and those Cossack robbers also like to row around in summer. Once the Saha tribe was discovered, they hid during the day and raided at night, not to mention fur and food, and also captured important tribe members as hostages.
Peng Chunlin said: "Bring out all the hostages and let them identify them."
The Saha warrior who is in charge of speaking is called Dawa, which means "a mountain that is difficult to climb". When he saw the gate of the castle opened, he immediately grasped his weapon and was ready to fight at any time.
Khabarov walked in the front and said, "Come and identify it."
Dawa saw his clansman at a glance, the only son of the female shaman. Once the female shaman dies, her son will inherit the position of shaman after practicing for three years to protect the tribe from harm.
Peng Chunlin said: "Let this person go."
When the hostage was brought in front of Dawa, Dawa was stunned. According to the normal process, shouldn't someone go to the shaman to inspect the goods, and the two sides hand over the fur and exchange hostages?
Khabarov said: "The hateful Rakshasa bandits have been driven away by the great Chinese. From now on, no one will bully you, and the Chinese will be your protectors. This is a gift prepared by the Chinese!"
Zhang Tingxun came forward with a small jar of salt in his hand.
Dawa took it subconsciously, dipped his finger in salt and tasted it, and immediately felt like drinking fine wine.
Get table salt here, either by cooking pool salt or digging rock salt. No matter what kind it is, it is full of impurities and tastes bitter. The table salt in front of him was as white as snow and had no peculiar smell.
Dawa didn't dare to neglect, he carried the hostages and drove the sled back.
He held up the salt jar, pointed at the castle and talked for a while, already dancing with joy.
The female shaman Vasya Britotian looked at the Datong Army curiously: "The Chinese drove away the Rakshasa robbers. When they released the hostages, not only did they not ask for furs, but they also gave us snow salt as a gift?"
"Yes," Dawa said happily, "Chinese people are good people, not bad guys like Rakshasa bandits."
Vasya Britotian asked her son again: "Do you know what's going on?"
His son, Kunde, replied: "I was caught here by Rakshasa robbers, and I was locked in a dark room with hostages from other tribes. I could only eat a small bowl of barley porridge every day. One day , There was the sound of artillery outside, and the Rakshasa bandit was killed. The Chinese didn¡¯t detain me any longer, and asked me to help them repair the castle, and I could barely eat enough every day.¡±
"All with me," said Vasya Britotian.
All the sled team ran to the castle, and the female shaman got off the car and stepped on theIn exchange for furs worth thousands of taels of silver, both parties are very happy. This is a win-win deal.
Peng Chunlin said: "Next summer, we will still have salt and quilted jackets. We hope that we can continue to exchange items. By the way, there are also cotton cloth and needles and threads. If the quilted jacket is torn, we can mend it."
"Thanks to the generous Chinese friends, we will come with leather next year." Vasya Britotian, looking forward to the next transaction.
It didn't snow today, Peng Chunlai wanted to show off his strength and invited a female shaman to watch the soldiers practice.
Dozens of Datong soldiers stood in the snow-swept open space, shouting in unison and practicing bayonet fighting.
Vasya Britotian looked at the shining bayonet and stood there thinking. She knew the weapon, and it could fire bullets that would be irresistible to the strongest Horde warriors.
These Chinese people are more powerful than the Rakshasa bandits, and they may be able to propose a marriage.
Sakha people also have surnames, and they cannot marry with the same surname. Marriage between tribes is very common.
Now, the Chasing Sun Tribe intends to marry the Chinese Tribe.
Vasya Britotian asked: "Is Chief Peng willing to intermarry with the Sun Rider? We will marry the most beautiful girl in the tribe."
Peng Chunlin is of course willing to intermarry, but he has already accepted a woman left by a Cossack. Although it is said that the second one can be accepted, many soldiers here do not have women yet, so I can't do too much.
Peng Chunlin pointed to Zhang Tingxun who was practicing bayonet with a full stomach: "That is the son of a nobleman in China. Maybe a beautiful girl from the Ministry of Daily Life can marry him."
Vasya Britotian actually recognized it: "This is the warrior who drank the blood of the deer? We are very satisfied. ?