Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 235 "The Emperor's Descendants"
Balk Village is where the Zaksulu Department is located. It is located on a hill on the north bank of the Balk River.Houses with pointed roofs and domes are scattered on the hillside. The beige roofs are hidden among the green mountains and forests. The front and back of the houses are full of red azaleas.

When the four boats found a place in deep water to moor and anchor, Zhao Xin first ordered the accompanying guard company and migrant workers to set up camp by the river. If more soldiers with guns enter the village, accidents may happen.After he, Liu Sheng, Zhang Bo, A Miao, and several guards landed, they followed Sahalian and Ushiha towards the village.

"It's so beautiful!" A Miao pulled Zhao Xin's sleeve, looked at the beautiful scenery in front of her, and sincerely admired it.Zhao Xin nodded. He really didn't expect that the spring scenery here would be so moving.

"How many years have passed, and you are still the first batch of Han Chinese who can come here." Saha couldn't help looking back at the four strange boats behind him, feeling amazed in his heart.He thought that he saw a lot of miraculous things in Fuldan City, but he didn't expect to see even more miraculous things today.

"Hehe, there will be more Han people coming in the future. We will grow land and vegetables together, raise pigs and cattle; there will also be people who will help you see a doctor." Zhao Xin explained to Sahalian with a smile.

"That's great! We can eat fish all year round, and delicacies from the mountains, but it's a pity that there is nothing to eat in winter."

When hundreds of people came ashore in kayaks, the village in the distance was alarmed and suddenly boiled.The first to respond were the hundreds of dogs raised by each family.They ran out of the village and surrounded Zhao Xin and his party, wagging their tails at the guests non-stop, running and shouting happily all around.

Zhang Bo saw that among these dogs, there were poodles, large wolfhounds, and even thin-waisted dogs from the Northwest, and these dogs all had a big copper ring hanging around their necks.He couldn't help but asked Wu Xiha curiously: "Girl Wu Xiha, why are there so many breeds of dogs here? Why do these dogs have collars around their necks?"

Wu Xiha chuckled, and explained: "That's not a collar, it's for tying the yoke and the rope!"

"What? Tie ropes. Dogs can pull strings too?"

"Why not! In addition to using dogs to pull sleds and hunt in winter, we also rely on dogs to pull the fibers when sailing upstream on the river."

"Oh, I really learned a lot today!" Zhang Bo grinned.

The reason why the Hezhe people are called the "Ministry of Dogs" is because every family raises dogs. For example, Uxiha's family has dozens of dogs.These dogs are not for guarding the house or playing with people, but are "service dogs"; just like the Oroqen people raise deer and the Daur people raise horses.

As they walked, they heard Sahalian say: "In the early years, it was when Lord Kangxi was in power. One year there was a plague of dogs, let alone our place, and people from all villages and townships in Heilongjiang and Wusuli River The dogs are almost dead!"

"Ah!" A Miao quickly asked, "What happened next?"

"Later, someone came to Beijing and told Lord Kangxi about it. Then Lord Kangxi issued an edict, selected [-] dogs from all over the pass, and sent someone to send them to us. So you see, what is going on here? There are dogs."

When everyone heard this, they laughed.Zhao Xin laughed a few times and then suddenly frowned. He turned to look at Liu Sheng, but Liu Sheng was also looking at him, and the two of them knew each other immediately.

Balk village in spring and summer was originally very quiet.The Hezhe people are not willing to let go of the best time to catch sturgeon. They go out to fish every morning and evening, and sometimes they even simply drift along the water or sleep on the river beach.Therefore, apart from the elderly, there are only women and children in the village.

But Zhao Xin's sudden visit during the spring flood season disrupted the plans of those Hezhe people who were going to go fishing.So all the men, women, old and children in the village mobilized to see the four strange big boats by the river, and Zhao Xin and the other strange Han people.

When Ushiha pulled A Miao, who looked like a little fairy, and Zhao Xin, who was behind him, followed Sahalian and others into the village, the women, children and girls who were busy drying fish meat, cooking fish tendons, and tanning fish skin all swarmed Here comes the fun.

The women of the frontier people do not have the ethical concepts of the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles.In their minds, people just want to express their emotions, anger, and sorrow according to their own will.

These women first looked at Zhao Xin and his party in amazement, and suddenly noticed A Miao who was walking side by side with Wu Xiha.So he stretched out his fish-smelling hand to touch the cloud-like black hair, and exclaimed, "My God! Her hair is smoother than satin!"

Some people looked at A Miao's beautiful big eyes and a pair of shallow dimples, and pretended to be surprised and shouted: "Oh, here comes another little Barr (fairy)!" He stretched out his hand and gently pinched A Miao's face.

At this time, suddenly, like a dark cloud, as two tall figures walked in, the women found that the light in front of them was obscured. "My God! What a tall man!"

"So strong, so attractive! Haha!"

"Like it? If you like it, take it home!" As soon as the words came out, the villagers burst into laughter.

A fat woman twisted her fat body, so that all kinds of strange ornaments tied to the skirt and hem were clanging, she smiled at Sahalian and asked: "Sahalian, take your daughter Going to Fuldan City, I'm afraid I'm not looking for my son-in-law?"

Saha laughed and scolded: "You women, what nonsense are you talking about! These are all Han Chinese from Fuerdan City, and they don't understand our words at all. You are flirting with a blind man!"

A Miao was a little scared, and held Wu Xiha's hand tightly.Wu Xiha knew that people like Zhao Xin had just arrived, so they might not be able to bear these seemingly rough, but actually full of kind ridicule and praise.So he stood up and stood in front of A Miao, while talking, preventing those women from touching her again.

Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng thought it was fun. They couldn't understand the Manchu language of the Hezhe people, and let those women, old people and children touch their clothes on their bodies.

As for touching cheeks?Enough to count you win!

This is a woman in the crowd joking to Wu Xiha: "Wu Xiha, which one is your Costin here?"

"Yeah, yeah, tell us!"

Wu Xiha blushed, and said annoyed and ashamed: "Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense! Brother Qiji, take care of your wife!" Seeing the shy and angry look of Bar Jun, who is well-known from all over the world, everyone cheered laughing out loud.

The group talked and laughed all the way, and before they knew it, they had already reached the small courtyard of Sahalian's house.Wu Xiha pushed open the fence door and invited Zhao Xin and the others to go in.

Zhao Xin walked into this clean and tidy yard, and saw several wooden poles more than ten meters high erected in front of the door, and several cross-shaped beams on the top, which were hung with fish that had been cut in half.On the top beam, a sea dongqing crouched there, motionless.

On the right side of the main building, there is a warehouse suspended on six pillars. The foundation is about one meter high from the ground.Sandwiched between the main room and the warehouse are several sacred pillars.

The main house of Sahalian's house is also a birch bark house like other houses; but unlike other houses, his house looks large and spacious, and there are as many as six or seven adjacent houses.This is the difference of being the head of the surname. Whenever there is any discussion or festival in the village, the villagers will come here. The house is too small.

"Good guy! How did you hang the fish so high?" Liu Sheng asked in surprise.

Ushiha explained: "When the weather is warmer, there will be more flies. Hang it higher, and the flies will not be able to fly up."

Zhao Xin nodded and said: "It's really good, if the flies can't get up, they can't lay eggs on the fish."

Sahalian nodded in praise and said, "You have hit the point."

"What about eagles? Don't eagles eat fish?" Liu Sheng asked, pointing at Hai Dongqing.

Wu Xiha chuckled: "That's the Haidongqing raised by my family. I put it up to watch for fear that the birds would steal the fish."

Sahalian's wife passed away due to illness in the first few years. Now that so many guests came, several village women offered to help; some helped boil water, and some went to the warehouse to carry wine, caviar and fried Fish floss; and others, took a few big carp directly from the water tank in the yard, and began to prepare raw fish.

In the spacious and tidy main room, Zhao Xin and several other men were invited to sit on the West Kang; Wu Xiha took A Miao to her own room.Liu Sheng took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Sahalian. At this time, a woman was holding a small square table and putting it on the kang, and took some wooden bowls to set it up.

Sahalian took down a birch bark box from the shelf behind him, opened it carefully, and a smell of inferior fermented tea wafted out.He put some tea leaves in everyone's wooden bowl, and after a while, a woman came in with an aluminum saucepan filled with boiling water, and scooped the water into the wooden bowl with a wooden spoon.

Zhao Xin took a look at the pot, it was from Beihai Town.He picked up the wooden bowl and took a sip, his mouth full of bitterness, thinking where did he buy the adulterated product?But he didn't know that it was not easy to have such low-quality broken tea here because it was far away from the tea-producing areas in Guannei.Sahalian got this tea in Ningguta a few years ago in exchange for five pieces of fine mink furs, so he was reluctant to drink it on weekdays.

Sahalian took a puff of the cigarette in satisfaction, the mellow smoke made him feel smoky.He carefully looked at the white cigarette in his hand, thinking how these Han people always have endless good things!
"Mr. Zhao, where are all of you planning to go?"

Zhao Xindao: "We are going to the north of Bitter Leaf Island this time, and we are going to visit Tlin Shiji tomorrow."

"Well, you are all Han Chinese, you should go and pay your respects. The stone monuments and temples there were erected by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. They are gods, and they have blessed the peace of our people along the river for hundreds of years!"

Liu Sheng chuckled, and teased, "Saharian, you don't know that Mr. Zhao is a descendant of the former Ming emperor."

As soon as Zhao Xin heard this, he immediately gave Liu Sheng a big roll of his eyes, thinking that you are afraid that the world will not be chaotic!

"What?" Sahalian was taken aback, and long ash fell on his body.

Zhao Xin quickly explained: "It's too far away, don't listen to his nonsense."

"A descendant of the Son of Heaven!" Saharian hurriedly threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, knelt down on the kang, and kowtowed to Zhao Xin repeatedly.In his opinion, even the descendants of the previous and future generations hundreds of years ago are not ordinary people.Such a person can come to a remote village like theirs as a guest, and Saharian suddenly feels proud of his face.

In fact, Zhao Xin and the others came by coincidence!If the departure was more than ten days later, Sahalian would take his people south to Delane Wooden City.At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was ready to publicize Zhao Xin and others at the Wulin Appreciation Conference in Delengen, but they were just a group of overseas thieves, and reminded all townships and ministries not to be deceived by them.

Fortunately, Saharian's father and daughter went to Fuerdan city by mistake in winter, and because of Liu Sheng and Seldan's warmheartedness, they first cured his old cold legs, and then went back with big bags and small bags, so that they could be saved. The Hezhe people of Zaksulu had a good impression of Zhao Xin and the others.If Zhao Xin procrastinates for a few more days and waits until June and July to come again, then the whole people in this area will definitely be soldiers!
Sahalian was at a loss at this time, the biggest official he had ever seen was the deputy governor of Sanxingcheng and Ningguta, and now a "descendant of the former Ming emperor" came to his family, how could he not be shocked !Thinking of the Yongning Temple and the stele on the Tlin Stone Rock were all erected by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this one came here to worship the ancestors? !
Seeing that the old man became a little flustered, Zhao Xin quickly comforted him with gentle words.During the conversation, he asked about the other party's old cold legs. Sahalian was even more shocked when he heard that, he didn't expect that the "descendant of the emperor" actually knew medical skills.

Everyone talked for a while, and suddenly the curtain swayed, and Wu Xiha walked in with A Miao who had changed into a Hezhe costume.A Miao's long hair was actually braided by Wu Xiha, and the whip was tied with shiny shells and white beluga fish bones just like Wu Xiha; The leather jacket was a little too big, so Ah Miao rolled up both sleeves, so it didn't look so awkward.

"What a beautiful little fairy!" Sahalian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but admire.

"These two girls stand together, really like a pair of sisters!" Zhang Bo couldn't help but applaud.

Liu Sheng booed, "A Miao, why don't you just recognize Wu Xiha as your older sister."

A Miao's beautiful eyes looked at Zhao Xin, which meant that you have the final say on whether it's okay or not.
That night, a grand banquet was held simultaneously at the Sahalian's house and on the bank of the Balk River.Clusters of campfires were ignited, and the villagers of Balk Village brought home-made local wine, delicious caviar, fluffy and delicious fried fish hair (fish floss), and various mountain delicacies to entertain the guests. Looking at this group of Han people from the south bank of Xingkai Lake.The people in Beihai Town also took high-grade liquor, various cans and cigarettes from the boat and distributed them to the villagers who came.

All kinds of roasted game meat dripping with grease on the wooden rack, the fragrant white flour cakes in the pan, and the fish soup tumbling in the two-eared iron pot, all these aromas are mixed together, floating on the banks of the Balk River.

Zhao Xin drank too much again.

Although the good cricket wine brewed by the Hezhe people is soft in the mouth, it has great stamina.Saharian's father and daughter toasted to Zhao Xin and the others who came from afar.After this drinking session, Zhao Xin was already a little top-heavy; but Wu Xiha dragged them to the lively bonfire party on the river bank again.

Drunk and confused, the Hezhe people in the camp sang and danced, holding up wine bowls and singing loudly. The people in Beihai Town couldn't understand what was being sung, but just applauded to the beat.Those women who couldn't reach Zhao Xin's and Liu Sheng's faces during the day also became bold at this time, and they came over one after another to squeeze and touch, comparing the tenderness with each other.

Liu Sheng smiled and didn't care, but A Miao, who was beside him, was furious, and quickly got up to stop him.The women had already achieved their goal, so they all laughed and turned to leave.

The next morning, after Zhao Xin woke up in the camp by the river, he took two anti-alcoholic medicines, and A Miao brought him a bowl of vinegary fish soup. After drinking it, he felt alive.

I knew this was the result!Zhao Xin thought helplessly.Seeing that many people in the camp were still hungover, he decided to set off for Tlin Shiji tomorrow.

In the afternoon, he and Liu Sheng went to Sahalian's house again.Zhao Xin asked about the symptoms of Sahalian's old cold legs in detail, and then looked at his swollen and deformed knee, guessing that the other party had rheumatoid arthritis.So A Miao went to the boat to get a box of cephalosporins, removed the outer carton, and asked Saha to eat one every day.Said to wait until they come back from Bitter Leaf Island to see the effect.

Because he had seen the efficacy of Beihai Town's medicine in Fuldan City before, Sahalian had no doubts about Zhao Xin's words.But just when he was about to tear off the aluminum foil package of the cephalosporin, Zhao Xin quickly explained: "This medicine should be taken as soon as it sees light, and must not be torn in advance, otherwise the efficacy of the medicine will be weakened."

Finally, Zhao Xin solemnly told Sahalian and Wu Xiha: "Take this medicine, you can't drink alcohol for two days before and after, you must remember! Otherwise, something will happen!"

Saharian just heard from Zhao Xin that the package of medicines in his hand is 12 pills in total. Based on this calculation, wouldn't he not be able to drink alcohol for a month?Thinking of this, the originally smiling face suddenly changed into a bitter melon look.

　Ask for a monthly ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)