Chapter 1435 Great Voyage to Northeast Asia, Northward and Northward Again!

"God bless you! There are about 200 mu of potato fields in the port of Karafuto. The craftsmen of the people have also arranged work in the port. I can finally take the fleet north to visit my brother-in-law Aguda in the Maha tribe! After seven or eight months, he should have gathered one or two hundred fish skin warriors, right?"

June in Karafuto Island is a time of spring. Lush potato fields were reclaimed on the north side of the port. Although there are only 200 mu, the pointed potato seedlings symbolize some new hope. On the south side of the port, the Ainu fishing boats are like pointed lotus leaves, extending into many strange shapes. Some boats have added a small sail, some have thrown out new fishing nets, and some have reinforced iron nails on the boat planks. These are the changes brought about by the craftsmen.

Those "ding-dong" workshops were all built on the east side of the port. In addition to the blacksmith shop and carpenter shop, there are also leather shops, tailor shops, bamboo shops, cart sheds, charcoal burning sites, brick kilns, and two pottery kilns under construction.

Of course, the port camp is still in a state of tribal division of labor. The entire Shenhuatai Port is a large tribe of 700 to 800 people. The number of craftsmen and apprentices is as high as 70 to 80. There is no sale or transaction of goods in the port, and food and supplies are distributed per person. The tribe manages the rations of the craftsmen, the chiefs arrange the tasks, and the craftsmen just work honestly and teach the apprentices.

As for the west side of the port, it is a large area of ​​livestock. Twenty to thirty cows and more than fifty horses have enclosed hundreds of acres of grassland. Buffaloes and horses are both large animals, one horse is equivalent to six or seven sheep, and a large area of ​​pasture is required.

Among them, buffaloes eat one or two hundred kilograms of fresh grass a day, and they only eat and poop. The cow dung can be dried as fuel or used to fertilize potato fields. As for what horses eat, it is similar to what cows eat, but the manure produced by horses is sour, so burning it on the ground cannot make fertilizer, and it takes a long time to compost it. These horses are simply released by the swamp, the farther away from the potato field, the better.

Behind the cow and horse pens are the pens for chickens, ducks and geese. Among them, chickens are the least picky eaters and reproduce the fastest, while ducks and geese are raised by the pond, all by Japanese farmers. After surviving this winter, many of the three types of poultry froze to death. Zuvaro ate chickens, ducks and geese, and felt that only chickens were delicious. The other two were either fishy or woody, similar to turkeys. But to be honest, these poultry do grow much faster than turkeys, and are more suitable for transporting back to the kingdom for breeding...

"Great Chief! Here! The kidneys of the little elk Dahan, freshly roasted!... Chief He said that you are not very good at night, you need to make up for it!..."

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Zuwaro was inspecting the livestock farm when he saw Hu Nu carrying a roasted roe deer on his shoulder and running over excitedly.

The spring grass is lush and tender, and the deer, roe deer and wolf packs on Karafuto Island are all running around. The Shengnuju tribe and the Yamabe Deer Tribe in Kamchatka like to go out hunting when they have nothing to do. According to the tradition of the tribe, they let go of female animals in spring and only hunt male animals. The best parts of a male animal are presented to the chief, such as deer shanks and roe deer kidneys...

"Well... the meat of this little elk is red and thick, and it tastes quite fragrant and not so fishy. This roe deer is enough to eat for several days... How come you went out to hunt and hunted so many little elk shanks?..."

"Haha! Chief, the little elk shanks are stupid! You can shoot a few whistling arrows to make some noise, and wait for a while, and it will come over to look around. But this guy runs very fast. If he gets scared and runs into the forest, even dogs can't catch him... It's difficult for local tribes to hunt them without traps. We must do it and kill them with heavy arrows!..."

The tiger slave was very proud and showed off his archery skills in hunting deer. Then, he handed the skewer of roasted kidneys to Zuwaro.

"Chief, why do you only eat meat and not kidneys? Chief Henu ordered..."

"Ahem!... I've eaten. Tiger slave, stop talking about Henu all the time, I'm your chief!"

Zuwaro coughed lightly, his face a little unnatural. He was really scared when he thought about facing the tigress at night. This time when he came back from the Heren land, he was shocked to find that because the snow melted and the sled could not be used, Mahahenu, who could ride a horse, finally won and defeated Musona in hunting, becoming the "real tigress" and the only wife among his wives!

Then, Mahahenu openly controlled all of Zuwaro's concubines. She monopolized Zuwaro's big tent and forced Zuwaro to accompany her alone for three days out of ten. At this point, Zuwaro's originally happy life became a mixture of pain and happiness, and he gradually became powerless...

"Tiger slave, where is Henu? Did she go out hunting again?"

"No, great chief. Chief Henu has gathered Chief Sona and your three concubines together and is practicing archery at the shooting range. Look, it's in that direction, you can see it after passing the forest!..."

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Zuwaro touched his nose and was speechless. The warriors of the northern tribe in the port only recognized the strong "Henu" and "Sona" as female chiefs, while the three Ainu wives did not have this treatment. They are more of a spokesperson for the Ainu tribesmen, and have a thousand ties with the remaining northern tribes. As for the tribesmen of Heren, they currently have little say in the upper echelons of the tribe. On the one hand, they actively approached the temple priests and converted to Buddhism; on the other hand, they surrounded several important master craftsmen and competed for the work of apprentices.

In general, the three very different tribal groups in the sacred Karatai Port were put together to form the Karatai tribe, which was engaged in fishing, hunting, farming and animal husbandry. To completely integrate the three tribal groups with different origins into one, we can only rely on the deep belief in the main god and the concept of unity...

Of course, in addition to these, integration through tribal wars is also a feasible way. But the objects that the kingdom can attack...

"Before leaving Maoxili Island, I took the chiefs of the Kitayu tribe and the chiefs of the Ishikari tribe to meet and negotiate once! The six small Kitayu tribes conquered by the Ishikari tribe, totaling more than 2,000 people, were all changed back to the Kitayu clan. Even the "Rumoe Coal Mine" was shared by the Kitayu and Ishikari clans, as well as the sand iron ore that the Ishikari clan regularly paid tribute to for trade..."

Zuwaro touched his smooth chin, recalling the great peace talks between the two Ainu clans, initiated and led by the kingdom more than half a month ago, with the participation of more than 20 chiefs of all sizes.

After more than half a year of waiting and watching, the Ishikari clan finally bowed their heads and gave in to the powerful "Kitaya Chishima" that defeated the Japanese.

They not only returned several Kitaya tribes, but also gave up half of the coastal "Rumoe Coal Mine" territory. The so-called "Rumoe" means "a river with gentle tides" and "an estuary by the sea" in the Ainu language, and is located between the Kitaya Kanhama tribe and the Kanuma tribe. Therefore, the several Ainu tribes that returned to Kitaya here are also called "Kitaya Kawakawa tribe".

The acquisition of the "Rumoe" open-pit black stone coal mine belt is very important for the kingdom's foothold in the north! As long as the mining of coal mines is expanded, the fuel problem of the kingdom's winter in the north can be greatly solved. Therefore, Zuwaro specially made a blood oath with several chieftains of the Kitaya Kawakawa tribe!

The "Kitaya Chishima" provided protection, traded weapons and equipment, and sent warriors to train tribal militia. The tribes of the Kitayu River, while fishing to feed the tribe, were also responsible for mining coal, and then trading it to the kingdom's ships for transportation.

The surrounding Ishikari tribe could also trade the coal they had mined with the kingdom's ships in exchange for food, salt and iron pots. As for the iron spears, iron knives, iron axes and bows and arrows that the Ishikari tribe had been thinking about, they needed to collect the sand iron ore in the territory and then trade it to the kingdom's ships to obtain them.

On the entire island of Mashili, the open-air sand iron ore was very scattered and small in scale, and it was very labor-intensive to collect. But the number of sand iron ore was large, especially in the hinterland occupied by the Ishikari tribe, where there were at least eight or nine small mining sites. This scattered shallow distribution of small mines is the main feature of Hokkaido iron ore. Although it cannot meet the needs of the industrial age, it is enough in this era...

Soon, the first batch of "Hokkaido sand iron ore" was "provided" by the Ishikari tribe, and the quality seemed to be very high. Its color was not red, but a kind of dark black-gray. After seeing it, the master craftsman Tetsuda Muneyoshi, who had his arm cut off, nodded repeatedly in surprise. He said, "This iron is extremely hard, as hard as the iron of Izumo," "It takes a lot of effort to melt it, and it is harder to burn than ordinary iron," "This kind of good iron will definitely produce the best jade steel"!

"Bless the Lord! The two clans divide the territory, share the coal fields, trade sand iron... Through military deterrence, mobilize the manpower of Kitayu and Ishikari tribes to serve the kingdom, and gradually establish a new order on the island of Mashiri!"

Thinking of the situation of the five tribes on the island of Mashiri, Zuwaro thought for a long time. With the current military power of the kingdom, it is indeed possible to lead the allies of the Kitayu tribe to defeat the Ishikari tribe with a population of tens of thousands. But with the small number of people in the kingdom in the north, it is impossible to occupy the vast territory of the Ishikari tribe and annex these tribes in one fell swoop!

What's more, the Kakizaki clan in the southern and human lands had a former alliance relationship with the Ishikari tribes, and there were many exchanges. If the Ishikari tribe is really pushed to the edge, and it turns to the Wa people and becomes a vassal of the Wa people... then should we continue to take action? How will the Wa people react? Will it break the current balance? It is difficult to predict, and the risks are unknown.

Therefore, "promoting the reconciliation between the Kitayu clan and the Ishikari clan, exchanging coal, stone and iron ore through trade, and sending priests to preach in the mutual benefit of the Ainu tribes, gradually telling a story of unity", became Zuwaro's best choice after careful consideration!

"This is the concept that your majesty taught at Shinwei University: 'War serves politics. The purpose of politics is always to establish a stable new order, thereby dominating the distribution of benefits'... The situation on Mashiri Island will be arranged like this first, waiting for time and the accumulation of the kingdom's power... and Karafuto Port is also ready, it's time to continue to go north!..."

Thinking of this, Zuwaro was in high spirits and patted Tiger Slave on the shoulder. Tiger slave blinked his eyes, biting the leg of the roe deer in his hand, and carrying a whole roe deer meat on his other shoulder, feeling happy.

When two days passed, Zuwaro patted Tiger slave's armored shoulder again, and the whole roe deer disappeared. Instead, there was a thick, long and extremely heavy mace!

"Lord God bless you! Hoist the sail and paddle, set off to the north!..."

"North! To the entrance of the river, Sahalian Ula! (sahaliyan ula)"

"North! To the camp of the Maha tribe, Nurgan Temple Street! (miyoo gaan)"

"Lord God bless you! North, and north again!..."

Three oars were raised, and the boats were loaded with rice, and there were more than a hundred sailors and warriors. The Tungusic song sounded, accompanied by the Nahua prayer, heading to the abandoned end of civilization and the wild tribal frontier between the white mountains and black waters! ~~