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  Chapter 859 855【Female Shaman of the Sun Chase Department】

  According to what Russia later said, all the indigenous people in the outer Xing'an Mountains and the area to the north were 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, 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 term "Tungus" was originally what the Sakha people called the Ewenki people...

  According to modern scientific methods, in the tombs of the Mongolian plateau during the Hun period, the upstream genes of the Sakha people were found.

   Explain that the ancestors of the Sakha people lived in 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 Saha 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 with animal skin strips all over her body, 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!"

  The reindeer pulled a sleigh and ran straight to the outside of the city. A soldier shouted: "We are here to redeem the hostages, let them out!"

  Peng Chunlin asked: "What did they say? Can you understand?"

   Khabarov translated: "Redemption of hostages."

  The Saha people 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 Sakha warrior in charge of speaking is called Dawa, which means "a mountain that is difficult to climb". When he saw the gate of the castle open, he immediately grasped his weapon and was ready to fight at any time.

   Khabarov walked in the front and said, "Come and identify."

  Dawa immediately saw his clansman, who was 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."

  The hostage was brought in front of Dawa, and 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 holding a small jar of salt.

  Dawa took it subconsciously, dipped his finger in salt and tasted it, and immediately felt like drinking fine wine.

  Get table salt here, either cook pool salt or dig 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.

  Female shaman Vasya Britotian looked at Datong Army curiously: "The Chinese drove away the Rakshasa bandits. 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."

  Vasia 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 , The sound of artillery came from outside, and the Rakshasa robber 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.”

   "Come with me," said Vasya Britotian.

All the sledding team rushed to the castle. The female shaman got off the car and stepped on the snow, crossing her arms on her chest: "My name is Vasya Britotian, thanks to my Chinese friends, I saved my son and gave it to him as a gift." Our precious snow salt."

   After Khabarov translated, Peng Chunlin smiled and said: "My name is Peng Chunlin, and I am the chief here. The Rakshasa bandits are also enemies of China. I hope we can be friends."

  Vasya Britotian untied the dagger from his waist, held it up with both hands and said, "You are already friends of the Sun-Day Department, please accept this dagger."

Peng Chunlin said: "Friends, please rest in the castle. We will provide you with rich food. We can trade in the future. You will exchange furs, and we will exchange cloth and salt. If you want to settle down, you can also live near the castle. will teach you how to grow food."

  Vasia Britotian hesitated slightly, looking at the firecracker in the hand of the Datong Army.

  She felt that there should be no danger. If the Datong army attacked immediately, she would not be able to avoid this devil's weapon.

  Different Saha tribes have different totem beliefs. The sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, birds, bears, wolves, and pigs can all be used as totems.

  The tribe in front of me uses the sun as its totem, and is known as the Sun Chasing Tribe and the Sun Chasing Tribe.

  They were invited into the castle, not only had barley, potatoes, smoked fish as food, but even a jar of bad wine. Bad wine is a Cossack collection, extremely precious, and is estimated to come from the Baikal region.

   Such warm hospitality infected the female shaman and immediately asked people to fetch food from the sleigh.

  It was frozen deer blood and yogurt, and some deer jerky.

   "I toast the shaman." Peng Chunlin said.

  Vasia Britotian was very forthright, drank a toast, and said: "The sun blesses Chinese friends!"

  Under Khabarov's translation, the two sides began to communicate enthusiastically.

  The female shaman probably didn’t drink much, she blushed after a few drinks, and asked curiously, “I know there are Tungusic people (Sauron’s tribe) in the south, where are the Chinese friends from?”

Peng Chunlin said: "We come from further south, and the tribes of Sauron have surrendered to His Majesty the Emperor of China. His Majesty the Emperor of China ordered us to go north, first to help the Sauron tribe drive away the Raksha ghosts, and then come here to help you drive away the Raksha ghosts." .”

  The Sauron tribe is the collective name of the Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki and other ethnic groups.

  Vasia Britotian couldn't imagine where it would be further south. She had never heard of China.

  Peng Chunlin took the opportunity to say: "Next summer, soldiers will bring food. At that time, if the shaman wants to, he can send his tribe to China with the ship."

  Vasia Britotian nodded and said, "I will."

  The female shaman thinks that China should be a very large tribe, and the emperor of China is the leader of that tribe. The distance should be very far, at least half a year away, she is very willing to make friends with such a friendly and powerful tribe.

  After rambling for a long time, the deer blood and yogurt have melted.

  Vasia Britotian poured some yogurt into the hot deer blood and stirred it: "Please taste the deer blood from the Ministry of the Sun, it can keep the body warm, and you won't get sick even in the coldest winter."

  Peng Chunlin took a sip, and his face turned green immediately. The mixture of yogurt and deer blood had a wonderful taste that could not be described in words.

   Facing the expectant eyes of the female shaman, Peng Chunlin bit the bullet and took a few sips, and almost vomited out of his nausea.

  Deer blood is a good thing, nourishing yin and tonifying yang, and warming up in winter.

   Moreover, these Saha people belong to semi-nomadic tribes, and often cannot obtain salt smoothly, and they rely on drinking deer blood and cow blood to supplement salt.

   "Ting Xun, come and try it too, it's a yang-strengthening thing." Peng Chunlin felt that he couldn't be tricked by himself.

  Vaxia Britotian could see it clearly, and no longer forced Peng Chunlin, got up and poured deer blood for Zhang Tingxun himself.

  Although Zhang Tingxun grew up in a noble family, he is a rough embryo in his bones. When I first drank it, I was a little uncomfortable, but after drinking a few more sips, I felt good. Gulu Gulu drank the whole bowl of deer blood.

  Peng Chunlin was dumbfounded, wondering if Zhang Tingxun had a problem with his sense of taste.

  Zhang Tingxun put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with Hengxiu, and hiccupped: "It really is a good thing. After drinking it, I feel hot."

   How can it be effective so quickly? You will get hot when you drink a bowl of hot soup in winter.

  Both parties are full of wine and food, and start to talk about business.

  The Sunstrider brought 20 furs to buy hostages, mostly deer skins, but there were also a few sable skins.

  The Cossacks seized by the Datong Army had no shortage of clothing, and the cotton jackets they brought with them could be exchanged for.

  Padded jackets worth a few taels of silver were exchanged for furs worth thousands of taels of silver. Both parties were very happy. This was a win-win deal.

  Peng Chunlin said: "Next summer, we will still have salt and cotton padded jackets. I hope we can continue to exchange items. By the way, there are also cotton cloth and needles and threads. If the cotton jackets are torn, we can mend them."

   "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.

  Vasia Britotian stood there thoughtfully, looking at the shining bayonet. She knew the weapon, and it could fire bullets that would be irresistible to the strongest Horde warriors.

  These Chinese are more powerful than the Rakshasa bandits, and they may be able to propose a marriage.

  The Saha people also have surnames, and they cannot marry with the same surname. Marriage between tribes is extremely common.

  Now, the Sun Chaser Tribe intends to marry the Chinese Tribe.

  Vasia Britotian asked: "Is Chief Peng willing to intermarry with the Sun-Surviving Department? 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, with a stomach full of bad water, pointed to Zhang Tingxun who was practicing bayonet: "That is the son of a nobleman in China. Maybe a beautiful girl from the Ministry of Daily Affairs can marry him."

  Vasya Brittotian actually recognized it: "This is the warrior who drank the blood of the deer? We are very satisfied."

  (end of this chapter)