Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1336, forest fish deer bear

In Beihai Town next to Beihai, although it is summer, the temperature here is not high. In the morning, there is even a trace of cold, which wakes up Sun Xue who is sleeping soundly.

Open the window, and you can see the endless and clear lake. Some early risers are driving small boats and preparing to go fishing in the North Sea.

On both sides of the lake are dense virgin forests. The trees here are different from those in Huairou County. They are mainly coniferous forests, such as birch, fir, larch, etc. When you look at the past, you can't see the end at a glance. A dense forest as wide as the North Sea.

Looking into the distance, the North Sea is very calm, with few waves. There are eagles in the sky, named Gao Xuan. From time to time, you can see seals preying freely on the lake, and you can also see groups of fish Swimming to the surface of the lake to breathe, the scene was dark and dense, like a huge whale or sea monster, and then quickly dispersed under the pursuit of seals.

On the shore of the lake, at the edge of the forest, there is lush water and grass. You can see a herd of deer with huge horns foraging freely. From time to time, they look curiously at Beihai Town, and they are not afraid of people.

“It seems to be a good place~”

Looking at the scenery in front of her, Sun Xue is still in a good mood, since they have been exiled here, they will be at peace when they come.

After washing up, Sun Xue started to wander leisurely in Beihai Town. She felt like she was here for fun. It didn't look like she was exiled here. After all, it took time to change the identity of the eldest lady and the exile.

The town is small, with only a few streets. All the houses are neatly planned, and every household is the same. It is obvious that this was planned and built by the imperial court.

The streets of the small town are hardened with cement, so that they are not filled with mud. It can be seen that the imperial court has invested a lot in this area.

There are a few shops in the town, mainly selling some daily necessities, but the prices don't seem to be cheap. There are no restaurants or tea houses here, and everything looks simple and depressed.

But what surprised Sun Xue was that in this small town there was a specialized fur merchant who harvested all kinds of furs. There were some fox furs, mink furs, and deerskins drying at the door. There was also a medicinal herb shop. The store specializes in buying medicinal materials. It seems that this place is rich in fur and some special rare medicinal materials.

"Girl, are you new here?"

Just as Sun Xue was strolling leisurely in the small town, a figure suddenly sounded beside her.

Sun Xue looked over quickly, she was a woman in her forties.

"Yes, I just came here yesterday."

"you are?"

Sun Xue lowered her head and replied.

"Everyone calls me Mrs. Xue. I have been here for a year."

"I see that girl, you are very beautiful, with thin skin and tender flesh. You must be a lady of everyone. How could you be exiled here?"

Aunt Xue took a closer look at Sun Xue. At a glance, Sun Xue knew that she was a lady. Even though she was wearing ordinary clothes, her temperament, coupled with her delicate skin and tender flesh, definitely did not come from an ordinary family. .

"I……"

Sun Xue didn't want to talk about her family's affairs, so she could only lower her head.

"Don't say it if you don't want to. Anyway, the people who come here are almost the same. They all committed crimes and were exiled here."

"Because my son saw some hooligans beating me, he offered to help, and one of them accidentally killed himself, so he was dispatched to this North Sea. I'm an old man, and it doesn't matter where I go, so I came to this North Sea together. gone."

"If you don't understand something, you can ask me if you need help, or you can tell my son, he is an honest man, even if his life is bad, otherwise he wouldn't be dispatched to Beihai. "

Aunt Xue looked at Sun Xue, sighed slightly, and then said very warmly.

Hearing Aunt Xue's words, Sun Xue's heart warmed up. Since the collapse of Sun's family, she has seen people who have fallen into trouble, and also seen ungrateful people.

"Aunt Xue, how do you survive in Beihai Town?"

When Sun Xue heard this, she thought about it and asked.

I was exiled here, and I will live here for a long time in the future. If I don't understand this place clearly, it will definitely be very difficult in the future.

"Girl, this Beihai Town is actually a pretty good place."

"Don't look at it as cold as hell, but other aspects are pretty good."

"Look at the North Sea, there are many kinds of fish. In summer, we catch more fish and make them into dried fish for winter."

"Also, look at this endless and vast forest. In summer, we have to cut down more trees and prepare enough wood for the winter. Otherwise, in winter, if there is no firewood, we will definitely freeze to death."

"Besides the small town, there are large and large wastelands, which can be reclaimed at will. Whatever you reclaim is yours. It's very cold here, and you can only grow wheat and potatoes once, but you came too late this year. The time to open up wasteland and farm has been missed."

"In this forest, besides the trees, there are a lot of deer, bears, foxes and so on. Hunting is also very important. The fur can be sold to the fur merchants, and the meat can be kept for eating, or Make it into jerky for the winter.”

"In addition, there are all kinds of mushrooms in the forest. There are many types and there are many edible ones. In summer, you can pick more. After drying, you can sell them as dry goods, or you can keep them in winter. eat."

"Generally speaking, although it is very cold here, it is a place of bitter cold, but as long as you are willing to do it, you can still live a good life. At least, here, eating meat is something you can do every once in a while. "

Aunt Xue is very talkative, and the more she watches Sun Xue, the more she likes her. The main reason is that his son is still a bachelor, and it is not easy to find a wife here in Beihai Town.

You must know that the people who are exiled here are basically men, and there are very few women, which leads to the scarcity of women, so some slave traders have also spotted this business opportunity, and regularly bring some female slaves here for sale, but often Prices are high.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, a few dozen taels of silver is enough for a white slave from Europe, but here, those unscrupulous slave traders often raise the price to hundreds of taels. One hundred taels of silver.

When Sun Xue and others came yesterday, they had already attracted a lot of attention from the town. Aunt Xue naturally noticed it early, and this was also to create opportunities for her son.

After all, it is not easy to marry a woman here, what's more, it is best to find a Daming person. A slave is a slave after all, and it is difficult to talk and communicate, and the child born will look out of shape.

Hearing Aunt Xue's words, Sun Xue's face turned pale. She is a young lady who always stretches out her hands to eat and opens her mouth. She is going to chop firewood, fish, hunt, and farm?
She doesn't know anything, and most of the members of the Sun family are similar. They don't know anything. How should they live here in the future?

"Girl, if you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me."

"My son is very good. He is the best hunter in the whole town. He is the best at hunting. If you need help, just come to me. I'm the third house in the first row on the east side of the town."

Aunt Xue seemed to see the predicament Sun Xue was facing at once, and said with a smile.

"Thank you Madam Xue~"

Sun Xue could only express her thanks, said goodbye hastily, and wandered around the town with mixed feelings.

There were a lot of people who talked to Sun Xue, and some even molested Sun Xue in the street, but fortunately, there were also many kind-hearted people, and some people came out to help and reprimand, but there was no big trouble.

From time to time, people can be seen coming back from the outside with a four-wheeled carriage dragging a cart of wood. Timber is a very important thing here. It can be used to build houses or be used as firewood.

Sometimes hunters can be seen returning with hounds carrying their prey, such as deer, foxes, seals, and even bears. As for pheasants, rabbits and the like, it is even more common.

It was even busier when I came to the small town pier. I could see many tall and strong women. These women had a very different appearance from the people of Ming Dynasty. They were all blond and blue-eyed, with high noses and deep eyes. It was a white slave from Europe who was trafficked here by slave traders and sold to exiled prisoners here as wives.

When it comes to work, these women are not inferior to men at all, they are very strong, and help their men carry boats and boats of fish to the shore, kill them clean, and then dry them neatly.

Take a closer look at these fish, and they are very different from the fish in the pass. The fish here are all big, and they are all cold-water fish such as salmon, salmon, and white fish. They are big, with good meat, There are few bone spurs, light fishy smell, and high fat content, mainly because of the large output.

It can be seen that the harvest of these fishing boats is very good, and the catch is very large.

If someone wants to buy their fish, the price is also very cheap. You can buy a big fish with a few copper coins. Two silver coins are enough to buy thousands of catties of fish.

"This is Beihai~"

Sun Xue looked at everything in front of her, and couldn't help sighing.

In a place of bitter cold, the products are extremely rich. Forests, fish, deer, bears, foxes, minks... make up everything here. If you want to survive, you have to deal with these.

It's just that for a young lady like her, who doesn't know anything and doesn't understand anything, how can she survive here?

(End of this chapter)