Chapter 1322: The Mouth of the Huatai River, the Amur River, and the Heilongjiang River!

The golden sunset illuminates the golden sea, and the golden coast converges from south to north with the golden river. The Kakizaki clan is in the lower reaches of the river, and the golden light of the twenty-four golden talismans attracts the hearts of the young master and the elders. And more shining golden talismans are piled into heavy piles, firmly pressed on the bottom of the cabin of the Snow Wolf, and sailed to the north of the Ezo coast.

At this moment, Takeda Nobuhiro in meditation did not know, let alone see this golden dream. Even if his son Kakizaki Mitsuhiro can improve his cultivation and see through the confusion of dozens of kilograms of gold... But when hundreds of thousands of kilograms of gold come from the upper reaches of the river! This terrible temptation of precious light may not even be able to give rise to wisdom, so how can his son Mitsuhiro, who is in his thirties, practice to resist? …

Of course, Zuvaro at this moment also did not know. Because of the gold he leaked, the kingdom has been covered with a brand new "Golden Clan" vest by the Japanese in Ezo, which is beyond his expectation. If the vest of this "Golden Clan" is spread, it will not only cause shock to the shogunate, but also touch the "sleeping giant" across the sea, touch the increasingly closed empire, and touch the nerves of the Ming Dynasty!

For the numerous overseas barbarians, the Ming Dynasty court has always closed its eyes and is unwilling to look at them. They will not easily communicate with the "barbarians", let alone conduct any equal official trade with the overseas "barbarians"!

In order to open up trade channels with the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese in later generations directly triggered the "Battle of Tuen Mun", and then deeply participated in the "Battle of Shuangyu", and were repeatedly attacked by the Ming army... It took them half a century to open up the Macau commercial port on the border of the empire through the channel of bribing local officials.

For the Ming Dynasty court after the Tumu Fort Incident, the "tribute" dispute that triggered the uprising of the Wala was a dead spot that could not be touched. Anyone who touched it would leave unpredictable political risks!

Only the fifteen "unconquered countries" in Taizu's "Huang Ming Zuxun" are the vassal states of China that can communicate. Only the sixty-five "tributary states" accepted by Chengzu are the tribute objects that can be accepted by the Ming Dynasty. And the "barbarians" other than these are almost impossible to be accepted by the Ming Dynasty court and the Ming Dynasty officials!

As for those who are not on the tribute list and are not accepted by the Ming Dynasty officials, the result is that they will not be protected by any politics. The fate of encountering the Ming army and official forces is not so optimistic... They will inevitably encounter the same predicament as the Portuguese!

The only thing that could touch the nerves of the empire, rise to the political level of the court, and cause the "sleeping giant" of the Ming Dynasty to open its eyes and take a look, or even take the initiative to reach out and touch it... is the mortal enemy that the empire has always attached great importance to since its establishment, the Mongolian tribes in the north...

"Haha! Numa, my brother who believes in the power of thunder, my close brother-in-law!... Please lend me a group of small boats and sailors to help me transport these farmers of the Japanese people and these captives of the Ishikari tribe to Karafuto in the north, to the Karafuto port we set before!..."

"Ah! The power of the ocean and thunder! Zu, my brother-in-law! You actually led the tribe south and plundered the Japanese clan?... This, you actually captured so many Japanese captives? What about the reaction of the Japanese people?!..."

"Haha! Don't worry! I didn't lead the tribe south to plunder the Japanese land... These people and materials are the Japanese The Mushiyama tribe sent it to us themselves. They sent it to us to trade for the gold they desire! ... They will block the news themselves, and no warriors of the Japanese will go north again to attack the Kitayu clan..."

"Ah! That's good, that's good... It's enough to drive the Japanese away, there's no need to go south and provoke them... God's blessing! We are the peaceful and kind Ainu people, protected by the peaceful and kind God's power! The Japanese rice god can never cross the border! ..."

". The Lord God blesses! Swamp, don't worry! The Lord God has the power of the ocean and thunder. As long as you believe in Him devoutly, He will bless and protect you! ... Well, let's talk about the new port of our Kuril tribe that will be built in the southern part of Karafuto!"

From the Kitayu Kanhamabu in the central part of Ezo, sailing north for five or six hundred miles is the tip of the northwesternmost tip of Ezo, the location of the Kitayu Kanumabu. At this moment, the three kingdoms' long ships, loaded with the harvest from the south, filled with Japanese goods and people, were anchored at the port of the Kanuma tribe.

And from the Kitayu Kanuma tribe further north, as long as you cross the Soya Strait for a hundred miles, you will reach the "Karafuto" and "Kamiu Territory at the Mouth of the River" mentioned by the Ainu people, and the Sakhalin Island in the future. This is only a hundred miles of sea route, and even the Ainu fishing boats can reach it in two days.

Therefore, the Kitayu Kanuma tribe is very familiar with the southern part of Karafuto Island. There are also some small clans inherited from the Kitayu, and they have been intermarrying and communicating with the Kanuma tribe. It can be said that they are half local snakes.

"Don't worry! Zu! The southern part of the Karafuto Peninsula is a very deep bay. The deepest part of the bay, with the coast on both sides to protect against the wind and waves, is the most suitable place to establish a tribe! There is a small tribe of one or two hundred people in that area, and they have been intermarrying with our Beiyu tribe... Zu! You just take people and live in their camp first, and accept their tribe!..."

"Accept the tribe? You mean annex... Good! Very good! The Beiyu clan is all one family, and it's time to unite as one!... Swamp, time is running out! We have to set off early and build a stable winter camp before the winter in October, so that everyone can be accommodated!..."

"God bless you! No problem! We, the Beiyu Hanzhao tribe, will do our best to support you and build the camp of the Qiandao tribe! From now on, the two Beiyu tribes with the same heritage and blood ties can support each other at any time across the shallow strait... Zu! I will mobilize the tribe's manpower and supplies, and set off with you in three days!..."

"Okay! Zha! This time, we traded with the people and got a lot of ironware, especially rich iron spears. I can leave some of them to you to strengthen your strength! By the way, I will leave two more tribal masters to help you train the warriors of the tribe! Just like the manpower left in the Hanbin tribe before... The Lord of Thunder bless you, He is the god of war in charge of battle! As long as you are pious Believe in Him, and your organization and fighting skills will be greatly improved, like a short-horned elk turning into a long-horned reindeer! …”

“Help us train warriors? Great, great! Ancestor, the warriors of the Hannuma tribe must also be able to form a hedgehog-like ‘gun formation’ like you, which looks very prickly and powerful! …Ancestor, after your training, can our Hannuma tribe warriors defeat the Japanese warriors? How long will this training take? …”

“Uh… defeat the Japanese warriors? … Well… as long as you train for half a year or a year, your tribal warriors will be able to defeat the Japanese warriors… the organized peasant soldiers… will definitely surpass the Ishikari clan! …”

The busy August just went away in the waves. And when September came to the end, the kingdom’s third port on the West Sea Continent, Shenhuatai Port, also had some rough shapes, which could accommodate hundreds of people and spend the winter in caves and shacks. The location of this port is in Korsakov (N47°, E143°), the second largest city on Sakhalin Island in the future.

The sea breeze is strong, and two long ships are docked in the calm South Karafuto Bay. The simple camp is on the small slope by the sea. Hundreds of Ainu fishing boats are busy fishing on the seashore. They don't even need to go out to sea. As long as they set up fishing nets by the river, they can harvest a steady stream of fat fish. Because the most grand autumn salmon fishing season has begun!

When the "Salmon Festival" celebrated by the Ainu tribes is about to come, Zuvaro is not in the camp. He has taken the kingdom's flagship, the Great Snow Wolf, all the way north along the coastline on the west side of Karafuto, and finally arrived at the legendary "Karafuto Estuary" and the territory of the Nivkh Dog Tribe!

With the help of the local Ainu guide, after several relatively smooth exchanges, Zuvaro was surprised and stunned on the spot, and heard an unexpected news. At this moment, he looked at an old man from the Dog Tribe in disbelief, watching the other party's gesture, pointing to the depths of the upper reaches of the river.

"Lord God! What did you say? Many years ago, there was a particularly powerful tribe that came from the south and built a town and a trading market at the upper reaches of this river? At that time, all the northern tribes, including the Sauron tribes in the forest, obeyed their orders and paid tribute to them... Well, more of a trade? Trade the useful goods they brought from the south?..."

"But later, they left, and the town and the market were abandoned... In the end, only an abandoned temple was left, just upstream of the river?... Ah! That temple is in Where? How far is it? ...Oh! Not far, just eight or nine days of boating? ...”

“Praise the Lord! This iron axe is a gift from our tribe to you! Please be our guide and take us to have a look! We will provide you with wine and food along the way, yes, hot wine! ...Yes! Go and have a look, take a look at the temple of the big southern tribe! See what gods they worship and what kind of mysterious appearance they have! ”

Beside the continuous forest at the mouth of the Karafuto River, the head of the Nivkh dog tribe thought for a while, held the iron axe tightly, and nodded slowly. Then, he led his two Khitan dogs, said goodbye to the tribesmen who were hunting by the river, and boarded the big ship he had never been on before.

Then, he pointed his finger at a broad river, a river that led to nowhere in endless forests and swamps... and this vast, long, surging river flowing eastward was the "Sakhalin Ula" called by the Jurchens, the "Amur" called by the Tungusic tribes, the "Hunhe River" in the Ming Dynasty, and the "Heilongjiang River" in the history of Liao!