Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1336 New Atmosphere of the Amur River ([-])

"The Bank of Taiwan shall supply the expedition team with various reserves, commodities, weapons and construction materials. All the materials shall be transported by boat to the mouth of the Udi River, and [-] infantrymen shall be dispatched to accompany the boat, and their salaries shall be temporarily paid by the Bank of Taiwan. If there is any If the Bank of Taiwan loses money due to trade within a three-year period, the government will compensate it according to the accounting statement provided by the company, and the compensation will not exceed [-] silver dollars at most..." Han Qian, manager of the Bank of Taiwan in Temple Street Holding a notice issued by the Blackwater Pioneering Team, with a dark face, he didn't know what to say.

This new Commander Liao has a lot of things to do. On the second day of his arrival, he led a team westward to the area of ​​the Amgon River. A large number of pro-East Bank leaders, including them, chatted happily with them and gave some spirits as gifts. The host and guest had a great time.

After inspecting here, he ignored the dissuasion of the villagers of Henggun and insisted on leading people westward along the river, walking more than 200 kilometers all the way, and inspecting a total of five agricultural villages established here by people from the east bank mainly wheat, supplemented by fishing, hunting and grazing), and said that the Transportation Bureau of Miaojie County will purchase several inland river boats and put them in the Henggun Township Transportation Station to run the river transportation in the middle and lower reaches of the Amgon River, and strive to connect this area with the river as soon as possible. The core areas of the county are connected to enable the local people to enjoy more and greater convenience in life.

Of course, its greater significance lies in the convenience of deploying troops and materials. After all, the Amgon River is the largest tributary of the lower reaches of the Amur River, and the navigation distance is relatively long. Rule over more people.The condition of the Amgon River is so good, and there are five villages established over the years as fulcrums. It is a pity not to make good use of it.The only thing to worry about at present is that the population of these five agricultural villages is too small, with an average of only about [-] households per land. The fulcrum can only be regarded as a tax collection post at best, and its utility is limited.

It is said that after Commander Liao inspected the Amgon River Basin, he sent someone to send a message quickly, requesting the Bank of Taiwan manager Han Qian to immediately provide some supplies for the upcoming expedition team. Immigrants can't be found for a while, so just send the new Indians there. There are 100 people in a village, and these strongholds will be consolidated first.The people on the east bank of the Amgon River must be firmly in their hands, and this does not depend on the will of the local natives.

"Forget it, the Blackwater Pioneering Team cannot be avoided in the trade with the Dutch red hair, and Commander Liao has also given us trade privileges in the newly occupied area, so why hesitate? Well, I will go this time in person." Thinking Here, Han Qian called a few capable subordinates and asked them to go to the wharf warehouse to prepare supplies immediately, including but not limited to all the commodities on the list. Who knows what will happen there, so prepare more things You can never go wrong.

It took several hours for the subordinates to prepare all kinds of goods, while Han Qian simply ate a meal of buckwheat noodles for lunch, and before leaving, he took out a few bottles of black water from the drawer, which were in short supply—produced in Daqu in the river in South Africa - and then hurried on board a dilapidated looking 35-ton old steamer.

The dilapidated small steamer was slowly started under the control of a middle-aged Malay sailor, and a muscular exile was vigorously shoveling coal into the boiler to make the furnace burn more vigorously.Han Qian frowned and brushed off the soot on his woolen clothes, thinking that the company is rich now, why not buy some brand new 72-ton small river steamers?This 35-ton old ship is too dilapidated and too old. It is not easy to find repair parts, and you have to spend a lot of money to find a blacksmith in Heishui County to make it. The cost is sky high, it is better to directly Buy a new one.

Because the west wind and north wind prevail most of the time on the nearby sea, if you want to go to the mouth of the Udi River, besides slowly drifting along the ocean current, you have to take a steam-powered boat. This is the case with the 35-ton small river steamer.The old paddle steamer, which appears to be falling apart, sailed cautiously offshore, across the Bay of Happiness, past the inhabited Ile Grande Chantal, before arriving somewhere near the mouth of the Oude River on August 8. Outer sandbar - a windswept, forested coast.

On the shore, there was a group of aboriginal people who seemed to be Feyaka people. They were wearing thin fish skin clothing, unkempt, and smelled like fish. They looked at Han who was standing on the deck looking around with eyes mixed with fear and longing. Qian et al.Obviously, they knew people from the east coast, not the kind of natives who were extremely ignorant.

Han Qian sent a company employee from Fei Yaka to go ashore to negotiate with these people, and then successfully hired these people to row a canoe to help unload the goods to the shore at the price of a bag of Taiwanese cane sugar.Han Qian was very satisfied with this clever employee, and said that he would be rewarded with an extra salary of two yuan this month, and then jumped ashore first.

In addition to a large amount of supplies, there were also 4 employees of the Bank of Taiwan including Han Qian, 8 expedition team members who were in charge of being transferred from Miaojie County, and 20 infantrymen from the security regiment of Miaojie County.As soon as these people landed, they began to cut down the trees on the shore, intending to obtain some wood needed to build a house.Unexpectedly, as soon as they started, the Fiyaks panicked, saying that the Cossacks had warned them that it was strictly forbidden for people other than Russians to live here, otherwise they would vent their anger on the nearby Feiyaka people, and carried out inhumane aggression and killing against them.

After Han Qian heard the words translated by his subordinates, he snorted coldly and told the soldiers to continue logging. If these Feiyaka people dare to stop them, then they will be rude to them!He has heard just now that the 80 Cossacks living in Udiburg have been gone for a long time, because they could not raise enough food, so this group of scum probably went to Albazin to eat, or returned The city of Yakutsk, which is relatively prosperous and has plenty of food, is still so intimidating after all the people are gone, it scares the Feiyaka people trembling. It can be seen that these Siberian Cossacks must do all kinds of evil on weekdays, but the Cossacks are fierce and difficult to deal with , Aren’t the knives of my officers and soldiers on the East Bank not fast?Humph, this is our territory now, and from now on, all Feiyaka and Ewenki people will have to obey my orders on the Great East Bank, and pay leather, gold sand, medicinal materials, honey and wild goods on time, and also have to perform military service, otherwise they will be It looks good with you!

The Feiyaka people were very entangled when they saw that the people on the east bank did not listen to their dissuasion, and they wanted to stop them but they didn't have the guts. Let alone whether the infantry of the Temple Street County Security Regiment with swords and guns could be defeated, even if they were able to do so, so what?Do you dare to do it?Once you do it, you really only have to die in the Russian-controlled area, but life there is too difficult, so these Fiyaka people are very hesitant and very frustrated, and don't know what to do.

Another subordinate of Han Qian saw their dilemma, so he stepped forward and used local language to persuade them to return to the east bank, because the Russians had been defeated by the east bank army, and these lands now belonged to the east bank country.If they vote from their families, not only can they continue to live nearby, but if they can recruit more people to vote, they might even get a half-time official.After saying this, the subordinate unpacked two packs of Fu Lu Shou Xi series biscuits produced by Dafeng Food Factory from the cargo box, and took half a box of canned fruit, and handed them to the Feiyaka people, and patted them shoulders, let them think about it.

The entangled Phyak people finally found Han Qian, the manager of the Bank of Taiwan, before nightfall, and said that they would not mind accepting the rule of the East Coast if they could protect them and provide them with affordable daily necessities. , Just like they paid taxes and served labor to the officials of the tsar before.Han Qian was overjoyed when he heard the words. After learning that these Feiyaka people are too far away from the "trade center" Temple Street County, they can only buy from other Feiyaka people and Ewenki people who have changed hands several times. This means that the price is high), and immediately stated that the East Coast government will definitely provide them with shelter and convenience in life.Afterwards, he compiled these seventy or eighty Fiyaka people into a village named Udi Village, and the patriarch served as the village head and trade representative. At the same time, he also appointed the bravest warrior in the tribe As the director of the militia—the Bank of Taiwan, as the vanguard of the East Coast people colonizing the Far East, naturally has the right to do so. The Blackwater Pioneering Team government only needs to ratify the legitimacy of these appointments afterwards.

Bank of Taiwan manager Han Qian, who had taken over a native village, was in a good mood. On the second day, he carefully inspected the business potential of these Feyaka villages and their surroundings.And while he was strolling comfortably by the Udi River, on the Amgon River in the far south, Liao Xiaoyao, the new leader of the Blackwater Pioneering Team and Blackwater Security Commander, had just finished his inspection there. A team of more than 200 people left the Amugong River that was rolling eastward, and headed northeast along the mountain valley road, heading towards Temple Street Port with difficulty.

In these days of investigation in the Amgon River Basin, generally speaking, the harvest is quite large.Generally speaking, this tributary of the Amur River flows in the northeast direction and is navigable for inland watercraft. It also originates from the same mountain range as the Udi River, Tugur River, Buleya River, and Zeya River. The locals call it Xing'an Mountains, meaning As "rocky, huge, continuous mountains", the big river near the Amgon River and almost as navigable inland steamboats is the Goring River.

Liao Xiaoyao led his entourage and 50 cavalry from the Temple Street Security Regiment, all the way up the river valley.Due to the large amount of rain in summer, it is difficult for them to walk, and this is also a common problem in the Northeast. Until the period of the Puppet Manchukuo in later generations, in rural areas separated from railways and high-grade highways, there was more rain and muddy roads in summer. It's a disaster.In that era, winter in the inner and outer Northeast was the busiest season for transportation. Ice tools such as sleds and sledges came and went, transporting a large amount of materials to various places, effectively promoting exchanges between various places.

The officers and soldiers of the security regiment of Temple Street County who accompanied Liao Xiaoyao and others said that it only takes [-] days to walk along the river with a dog sled from Henggun Township to Daxinganling in winter. From the county seat to the Russian stronghold of Yayanburg, it only takes five or six weeks to ride a deer, which is much faster than summer, which makes people very speechless.

Fortunately, this is the Amur River Basin. Not only is the main river wide and vast, and it is navigable, but even the downstream tributaries, such as the Amgon River and the Gorin River, can be navigated for hundreds of kilometers by small inland steamboats. Rivers, this cannot but be said to be a great fortune, especially for people on the east coast with well-developed water transportation.

And the reason why the people on the east coast were able to successfully set up five agricultural villages (which are also military outposts, tax collection agencies, trading posts, and small military stations) all the way west along the Amgon River in the past few years, and attracted a considerable number of people The natives came to trade, relying on this broad and mighty tributary of the Amur River.The gunboats of the East Coast Navy once went to the river to show off their power. The live ammunition training and relatively neat military appearance of a few officers and soldiers on the East Coast also made the natives very awed, and they were willing to surrender to our Great East Bank.

After Liao Xiaoyao came here for inspection, he added another requirement, requiring each village to hold a flag-raising ceremony every day, and to invite all the natives to participate in order to subtly strengthen their sense of belonging.Also inform them that the East Coasters are not as tyrannical as the Manchurians or Russians, that they don't want to enslave anyone, but rather to protect them from violence, and not to forcefully interfere with their wind speed habits, and don't want to Things that are incompatible with their traditions are imposed on them. Of course, if possible, the local residents should send their children to Henggun Township to take classes and learn to read and write. This will be of great benefit to their future future. .

Liao Xiaoyao and his team also had many candid conversations with the residents of the five villages (and a large number of Shandan people living nearby who came to see the news). They talked about life in the mountains, the movements of the Russians, The various nearby rivers, routes by sledge or boat, and any difficulties that may be encountered during travel.

It is true that the information provided by the Feiyaka people is crude and incomprehensible. For example, when they express the distance between two places, they cannot describe it accurately in words, but only use charcoal blocks to draw a few points on the wooden board. The bars represent the number of nights of sleep en route to riding a horse/deer, riding a sleigh, or rowing somewhere.As for the customs between the two places, what are the special products, what is the weather like, and which tribe lives there, they don’t know anything about it, or they know it but can’t express it in detail. the importance of people.These people are brave if they are brave, but the level of civilization and productivity is too low.

On August 1663, 8, Liao Xiaoyao galloped back to Miaojie Port with his entourage, guards and more than 23 warriors selected from various tribes. Without further delay, he immediately divided the team into two groups. One naval gunboat will go to Udi Bay by sea, and another group will drive from land along the post post road through Shunyi Township and Hamburg Township to the mouth of the Udi River, where the two sides will finally meet and then go up the Udi River together While advocating the prestige of the country, it also tried to naturalize the local natives so that they could be included in the ruling system of the people on the east coast.

These Feiyaka people, Ewenki people, and Oroqen people are still very large in number, and their combat effectiveness is strong. They are not very afraid of death. You don't recruit or naturalize them.Then they may be wooed away by the Russians.And in the same way, if you pull them away, when those Siberian Cossacks return here again, they will encounter great difficulties, making it impossible to move an inch.Without him, when the flag of the East Coast Republic of China is raised in those villages, and the villagers have strong bows, hard crossbows, armored steel knives and even muskets to protect themselves, the Cossacks may no longer be able to kill at will like before. Once these people are conquered, their casualties will increase exponentially, which is their biggest weakness with few troops.

Therefore, it is urgent to conquer and naturalize these natives, and expand the territory and influence of the people on the east bank in the outer northeast (there is no competitor except the Russians)!As the saying goes, it is better to act first, and then to suffer disaster. This is not just talk, but a clear reality.

(End of this chapter)