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Text 856 [Felt for Mammoth Ivory]

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    In Vasia Brittotian's view, if the Chinese choose to marry and cooperate with the Sun-by-Sun Department, they will inevitably turn against the hostile clans of the Sun-by-Sun Department.

    This is a simple value, we are friends, my enemy is your enemy, and your enemy is also my enemy.

    When the Cossacks came here, they were also welcomed by a certain tribe.  They thought the Cossacks were very powerful, so they agreed with the Cossacks to build castles and wanted to form an alliance against other tribes.  By the way, the castle of Yakutsk was built by Beketov who was eaten by Siberian tigers.

    The ending can be imagined, the tribe that befriended the Cossacks was attacked by the Cossacks who had completed the fortification.

    Some tribesmen were brutally killed, some tribesmen were captured as slaves, and the rest of the tribes all fled.

    "Let me lead a mission?" Zhang Tingxun was quite happy. He had long wanted to go out and have a look. Living in the castle all day is really boring.

    Peng Chunlin said: "That female shaman fell in love with you and wanted to betroth a young girl to you. You go and see for yourself. If you like it, you will get married. If you don't like it, you will find reasons to shirk it."

    Zhang Tingxun said: "I have a wife in Nanjing."

    "I know," Peng Chunlin said, "but you are in the Anton Governor's Mansion, and you can't go back for several years. You have to have a woman to take care of you. The court also encourages soldiers to intermarry with other races, and to multiply offspring to enrich the population. You should do it for your majesty and the court."  And take concubines."

    "Let's talk about it later." Zhang Tingxun said perfunctorily.

    At this time, it was only a few degrees below zero. Although there was snow everywhere in the field, it was still a relatively warm month.

    Zhang Tingxun set off with eight soldiers, and Li Jiang, a civil servant, also followed. He was responsible for recording the route along the way.  As for the temperature records in the castle, leave it to Peng Chunlin who can read the thermometer.

    Of course, Khabarov must also go, this guy is currently the only translator.

    The Cossacks left a few reindeer behind, put on the simple sled, and Zhang Tingxun followed the Sakha people to leave.

    "Woohoo!"

    There was light snow in the sky, blowing on his face continuously, Zhang Tingxun felt inexplicably happy.  He likes this feeling, free and unrestrained, far better than the comfort zone in Nanjing.

    Why do you say that the Sakha people are semi-nomadic?

    Because there are very few places suitable for grazing, if a tribe wants to survive and reproduce, it must have at least two fixed pastures.

    One is a summer pasture, the location is biased to the north; the other is a winter pasture, the location is biased to the south.

    ? Summer pastures belong to conventional grazing, just take the livestock to the pasture.  Pastures in winter are more troublesome. Herdsmen need to mow and store grass, and rely on hay for livestock to survive the winter.

    The two fixed pastures are both tribal territories, and once a fight occurs, it often means a war for survival.

    After running in the snow for nine days, I finally came to the winter pasture in the Ministry of Sun.

    There is also snow everywhere here, but the thickness of the snow is not as thick as that of the castle.  There are even some livestock, which were taken out by the herdsmen to dig up the snow and graze by themselves, and they are not afraid of spoiling their stomachs.  The herdsmen next to them are not idle either, they are busy mowing grass and loading their trucks to store fodder for the coming winter.

    The tribe's resident is scattered with tents of all sizes.

    This kind of tent is called "Cuoluozi". It uses branches to form a conical support on the ground, with birch bark as the top in summer and animal skin in winter.

    Each tent is surrounded by wooden fences.  In addition to the wooden fence, there are wider wooden fences.  The herdsmen's livestock are usually kept between two wooden fences, surrounding the tents where they live.

    Once encountering the extremely cold weather of minus 60 degrees, it will inevitably lead to the death of a large number of livestock, because the livestock lack cold protection.

    The Sun-Sun Department is a relatively powerful tribe, because they also raise hundreds of horses.

    Where there are horses, there are cavalry!

    Very few Saha tribes even have "heavy cavalry".  They made the iron armor pieces themselves, and connected them in series with leather cords, thus creating "composite heavy armor".

    These horses are also very peculiar, called "Yakut horses", or "Sahamas".

    With thick skin and long hair, strong limbs, it can withstand the severe cold of tens of degrees below zero.

    The primitive species in the extreme north are smaller in size, similar to Mongolian horses.

    The Yakut horses in the middle are larger in size. The average shoulder height of male horses is 139 cm, and the average shoulder height of mares is 137 cm.

    And the south has become a large breed, the average shoulder height of male horses is 141 cm, and the average shoulder height of mares is 136 cm.

    What Zhang Tingxun saw at this time was the southern species, and the leader of the Chasing Sun Department came to greet him on horseback. The shoulder height of the horse under his crotch was very likely to reach 145 centimeters.  In addition, this horse is thick and full of hair, as if it is riding a monster.

    &nbIt is an ordinary item here, but it will be worth a lot if it is sold in China.  "

    Felt is really the cheapest thing among all woolen goods, but it is very useful, and the Saha people don't have it.

    The Sakha people use many pieces of animal skins to sew together to shield their livestock from the wind and snow.  Think about it, how many animal skins are needed to cover hundreds of deer?

    And a slightly wealthy family has dozens of deer, and the leader Naini has hundreds of deer.

    Trade cheap felt for expensive ivory.  Use cheap cotton-padded jackets for expensive furs.  This business is completely done, and you can get huge wealth without looting like the Cossacks.

    Garrison in Yakutsk will never lose money!

    "Vice Zhang, Vice Zhang" Li Jiang continued to speak, but saw that Zhang Tingxun was distracted.

    He followed Zhang Tingxun's line of sight and saw a few Saha girls walking by with wooden barrels, probably to milk horses or milk.

    These girls are better dressed than ordinary women. They are covered in fur clothes all over their bodies, and there are even mink fur around their necks.

    Zhang Tingxun obviously took a fancy to one of them.
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