After all, the situation is better than people, and Balkin and others don’t have a good choice. If you kill the Cossacks, don’t expect the Russians to give up on you. They have hundreds of Cossacks in Yakutsk. They will roar to razor this small village to the ground and quickly rob the conquered people of all their property.

Liu Haiyang only waited for half an hour, and then he got a satisfactory answer: The Feiyakha tribe was willing to join the rule of the East Coast people, and paid 15 kilograms of sand gold to the East Coast people as tax this year. There is so much sand gold in the Amur River Basin, and many nearby tribes will dig gold in some shallow waters, which is one of the reasons why the greedy Russians want to conquer here.

Given that the Feiyakans had paid 480 marten furs and 16 marten fur coats in Dabo, Liu Haiyang said that their taxes have been paid this year. The people of the East Coast are also preparing to accept these sand gold, but it is not in vain. They left many iron knives, bows and arrows taken from Jeju Island to replace the simple bone arrows they used to use.

As for muskets and armor, Liu Haiyang only symbolically gave five pieces each, which was a gift for meeting. In order to increase their enthusiasm, Liu Haiyang also clearly stated to them that they could contact various tribes living in the upper reaches of the Amur River and some tributaries, and persuade them to move to the lower reaches, and the East Coast people would give them shelter. Every time a family was brought in, the East Coast people would sell a musket or a armor to them, which was a reward measure. These tribes paid taxes to Bogde Khan (the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty) and Tsarist Russia at the same time, and were already overwhelmed. Every time the Russian tax collector arrived, they always fled, as if they had seen something horrible.

Since this is the case, it is better to join our Great East Bank Jidao Land as soon as possible. Everyone supports each other and benefit and prosper together. From the junction of the Among River (Henggu River) and the Amur River to the downstream and reach the Hekou Bay. In addition to a section of shallows at the estuary and changing water flow, most of the sections of the rivers are wide and deep, and can navigate large ships. The gunboats of the east coast people can even come here regularly to cruise here to provide them with shelter. Moreover, this land is so fertile, and there are three freshwater lakes nearby, such as Darijin Lake, Oleri Lake and Chilia Lake, which are definitely the choice place for the development of agriculture.

In this era, Tsarist Russia did not farm in colonial strongholds such as Udiburg, Killesk, and Yakutsk. Except for a small part of their food supply, which was planted on site by bankrupt Russian farmers migrated from the local area, most of them were collected from some nearby indigenous peoples. In essence, these indigenous people are farming people. Although the cultivation level is not very good, they are better because the land is fertile, and the number of agricultural products such as oats and rye produced in the fields every year. In addition, fishing, hunting and grazing activities are carried out from time to time, before the Russians and Manchus colonized them, the living standards of these people were quite good.

However, as the Manchus sent troops to conquer them year after year. After the whole village and village were killed or captured (to join the army), their population declined very quickly. Many tribes had not yet recovered their population in the late Ming Dynasty after the founding of the country in 49 years. The villages they lived in were damaged by the Manchus and their population withered greatly, the scattered Cossacks who rushed over from Yenisesk and other places laughed and scattered. Wherever they went, there was basically no large-scale resistance. Often, 70 Cossack cavalry could cross thousands of miles; Poyarkov's expedition team 130 people (of which less than half of the Cossacks) crossed many rivers and traveled more than seven thousand miles. After three years, they fought with countless tribes of all sizes and small in the middle, and finally returned to Yakutsk safely, which shows how the local population withered.

A few years ago, the Solons could organize an army of 6,000 to fight against the Manchus, but now it is difficult for you to get them to gather a thousand troops. There are only two reasons. One is that the population was quickly reduced after being arrested by the Qing Dynasty, and the other is that the tribes who originally lived together were scattered all over the place and it was difficult to gather them again. However, these scattered tribes became the best targets of exploitation by the Cossacks due to their weak power. For example, the Barkin tribe was like this. Therefore, it is still quite possible to let the people of the Barkin tribe find ways to persuade some scattered small tribes nearby to migrate to the Amgon River, Amur River and the Three Lakes areas to settle down, provided that you must be able to protect their safety.

Once they settle down, there is no doubt that every year, they will create unparalleled wealth for the East Coast people. Sand gold, precious fur, horses, antlers, ginseng, dried fish, meat milk, oats, rye and the most important source of quality soldiers. All the East Coast people need to pay is to teach them to build some "modern" defense facilities, and regularly send gunboats to cruise the Amur River to protect their safety and prevent those greedy Cossacks and Manchurian Bogde Khan from exploiting them at will.

Such a requirement is not very difficult for the East Coast people. They only need to send a gunboat to Heilongjiang every ten days and half a month before the port freezes in October every year, and engage in some trade with these tribes, basically fulfilling their obligations in this regard. If possible, they can also send some troops here to conduct regular training to shock the Russians who are already unscrupulous nearby.

Last year, Mo Ming had already written to the local area to request the construction of some inland gunboats with shallow draft and fast speed. The technical content of this inland shallow water gunboat is not very high, and only 15-20 horsepower is enough to explore, escort and various battles in the inland river. When this inland gunboat is transported to the Far East, rivers that are regarded as fears by large ships will be conquered by the East Coast people. The east Coast troops will no longer have to be limited to only operating in coastal areas, but can instead attack some inland towns along the river. Moreover, with this shallow water gunboat, the east Coast people may be able to build some small docks in the Amur River, so that they can stay here forever in the future, and the deterrent power will be greater.

Barkin and others were quite satisfied with the reward measures given by Liu Haiyang. And judging from their confidence, they probably would have attracted many families to come this time. These indigenous villages should have a certain connection with each other. At this time, they were suffering from the Russian conquest, and there were still many people willing to settle in the lower reaches of the Amur River.

Along with Liu Haiyang, there were several engineers from Heishui Port. They were all outstanding talents trained from the east coast. The Heishui Port city wall, urban buildings and drainage facilities were basically designed by them. This time, Liu Haiyang brought them all over by Mo Ming's order to guide these Feiyakar people to build the city. Their original village was really outrageous and had no defense ability at all. This time, I hope that under the guidance of these engineers, these Feiyakar people could use wood and rammed earth to build a fortress that looked like a spot.

Even fortresses of wood and soil, if scientific methods were used, the built walls would definitely not be vulnerable. In history, the walls of Jakarta were made of wooden, but they were covered with a layer of soil to prevent fire. However, the Qing Dynasty had no choice but to use such a simple fortress.

After arranging all this, Liu Haiyang saw that it was still early and decided to stay in this place for a while. The mountains and rivers are beautiful and the climate is cool, so he thinks it is for himself to have a holiday. His family has been taken over to live in Heishui Port, which is very close to it. In the future, you can take your family here on a boat for vacation, which must be very good.

Some of the followers surveyed the terrain nearby and drew maps under the escort of some soldiers. In addition, some of them each brought a team of soldiers (50 people) to the guide of the Barkin tribe, and traveled through mountains and rivers to the nearby areas, contacting some small tribes that were escaping nearby to gather in the lower reaches of the Amur River. These soldiers were fully armed and well-equipped. Although their combat qualities may not be very good, it is enough to bluff people.

From July 15 to September 20, in just over two months, more than ten small tribes of various ethnic groups such as Daur, Oroqen, Feiyak, Soren, and Buryat were moved here nearby. These tribes ranged from twenty or thirty people (one clan) and as many as more than one hundred people, and they only had eight or nine hundred people in total. And they seemed to be a group of bitter guys, farming tools, livestock, and seeds. Liu Haiyang even suspected that if the people on the east coast did not take the initiative to contact them, how could they survive this winter? Go to farm for the Cossacks? Or, respond to the orders of the officials of Boghed Khan of Manchuria on the right bank of the Amur River to move to the mainland to settle down?

Liu Haiyang shook his head, no matter how they survived, the current situation is that the number of indigenous people here has reached about 1,200 (plus the Barkin tribe), and there is still a possibility of continued increase. So many people who surrendered are indeed worth the investment of the East Coast people to manage it.

On September 20, after 200 people were divided into two hundred people to continue to build their Henggu Village for the Barjin tribe (formally named), Liu Haiyang brought downstream with nearly 700 remaining people and his troops. He planned to build another winter camp near the mouth of the lower Amur River. There is a lot of wood brought by the Tuna gunboat, which is still anchored outside the river bay. It is not difficult to build a winter camp for hundreds of people to live in.

On September 24, they quickly arrived near the river bay. The location of this winter camp is located on the north bank of the river. The river is wide and deep, making it easy for large ships to moor, and is a natural river port. Liu Haiyang ordered the sailors on the ship to leave almost all their food to these indigenous people, and at the same time gave them seventy bows, fifteen muskets, fifteen pairs of armor, one hundred spears, and some cold-resistant materials such as cotton coats, honeycomb coal, charcoal, and spirits.
Chapter completed!