There are some Jurchen villages along the way, the scale is not very large, Nuerhachi conquered the Jurchen tribes, but also urged the destruction of the original central city of the ministry, moved away a lot of residents in the Jianzhou Department as the core of the place to resettle, the remaining villages into the banners, the male Ding from fifteen to sixty to Dingkou, there is the obligation to serve and fight, in addition to the core area of the original Jianzhou Wei, most of the Jurchen people in most places live very hard, less farming, still live by fishing and hunting, in winter, they live very hard.

Zhang Han saw one nest after another, this kind of house was built on the sunny hillside, the foundation was dug very deep, covered with thick straw mattresses, the room was exposed very little, as far as possible on the south slope, moisture and wind, many people still insisted on fishing or hunting, and tried to store as much food as possible for the winter before the continuous heavy snow fell.

Their staple food is very little, before the war between the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty, they could exchange the method of mutual market for grain, after the war of course, the horse market was cut off, the villages of the core tribes have their own land and harvest, and where there is little farmland in these fringe areas, the grain storage is also very small.

In the core of the village are several high-rise wooden buildings, which contrast sharply with the low-rise buildings.

These buildings are the residences of Niu Lu Ezhen, even in a barbaric country like the Jurchens, the difference between rank and wealth is still very clear, and it is clear at a glance.

It was already November when they walked through the old land of Ula and walked to the bank of the Suzi River, and Zhang Han and others left the fortress in August, and after a long time of three months, they finally arrived at the core area where the Ministry of Jianzhou was located.

The Suzi River in winter has been frozen up, groups of people wearing Ula straw shoes chisel the ice with iron chisels, put down fishing nets to fish, three heavy snowfalls in a row, the river and woodland hillside farmland are full of snow, the winter in Liaodong is like this, in the deep winter one after another heavy snow, people must go out with sleds or snowshoes, hands and face to be smeared with animal fat, otherwise it is easy to be frostbitten.

Zhang Han and others wore thick fur and snowshoes on their feet, and it was difficult for horses to ride in such weather, most of them were pulling and moving, looking at the past, except for some figures on the ice surface that were moving, the four fields were lonely and snow-white, and it was difficult to see the movement of people.

In such weather, there is no need to worry about the Ming army attacking, Houjin only put some troops in a few important strongholds, and at the same time released some elite sentinels to patrol and investigate strategic locations, the Ming army's attack should be next spring or early summer according to many people's thoughts, when the war horses are the weakest, and it is farming, an attack may deplete the national strength of Houjin, and now almost every Jurchen is preparing for next year's war, and storing materials is one of them. conAd1();

Zhang Han and others were arranged by Huang Taiji to live in Tan Tai's house temporarily, Tan Tai's family is also quite powerful, his brother Yang Guli is already a first-class minister, and he is quite respected by Nuerhachi, Tan Tai and others live in the inner city, and this alone can also show the strength of this family.

The circumference of the inner city of Hetuara is four li, and the circumference of the outer city is nine li, which is a rare large city in terms of conditions outside the border, and it is equivalent to a smaller city in the interior.

The inner city is dominated by the relatives of the Yamen and the Khan, and there are also a small number of ministers' families living in the outer city, and there are a large number of soldiers of the Eight Banners and officials of each banner living in the outer city, and the population of the whole city should be about thirty or forty thousand people.

The walls of the outer city are mainly wooden fence walls, there are many arrow towers, and the patrolling soldiers are sent out by each banner, led by the Niu Lu Ezhen, each of whom is smeared with thick grease on their faces, and their hands are also smeared with grease, and they stand in the cold wind, and the hem of their robes is blown by the wind.

As soon as Zhang Han and the others entered the city gate, they attracted the attention of many people, but fortunately Tan Tai led them, otherwise there would be a lot of trouble.

In the cold wind, Zhang Han also saw a lot of Han people doing chores under supervision, some of their hair was forcibly shaved, shaved ugly, only a handful of hair was left, some hair was still left, it looked very sluggish, most of them were doing chores in various fields near the city gate, and there were also people doing chores in the city, walking in a hurry, bowing their heads and walking, seeing Zhang Han and his party go straight in, many Han people looked at the levy, there was a young Han man who looked at Zhang Han, looking at the well-tailored Han robes, Some tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, Zhang Han was afraid that he would be seen, so he hurriedly took a few steps forward, and after walking dozens of steps, he looked back and saw that the man wiped his tears and walked in the crowd.

Zhang Han was not allowed to enter the inner city for a while, fortunately, the city gate was very simple, he saw that most of the buildings in the inner city were courtyard-style, there were many horses directly placed in the courtyard stables, and there was a yamen-style building every few rows of houses, Zhang Han knew that there was a Khan Palace, there were the residences of the major Baylors, and there were also office yamen of various banners, along the wide avenue, he saw that there was a large Guandi Temple in the middle of the building complex, and the copper incense burner outside the temple was endless, and it seemed that Guan Sheng was not low in status here in the Jurchens. conAd2();

Tan Tai felt very relaxed when he arrived here, Huang Taiji handed over Zhang Han and others to him to settle down is also an attitude of trust, there are many generals and ministers in Zhengbaiqi, Tan Tai is not even Niu Lu Ezhen now, not to mention that he wants to go to Swing Tooth Lazhangjing or Xuzhangjing, and then there are higher positions, those are still too far away, Tan Tai now wants the position most is to become a Niu Lu Ezhen.

In order to settle Zhang Han and others, Tan Tai also borrowed the houses of the two families next door.

The houses of these Jurchens with a slight stature were very large, completely different from those of the cavemen, but most of the houses were empty, even the master's bedroom, with few furnishings or sets of furniture, and there were scattered miscellaneous items here and there.

The most significant thing in each house is that there are fire pits, this thing is still a good thing that the Jurchen Wanyan Department had hundreds of years ago, without this pit, people can really freeze to death in winter, these wild people who grow in the wild area, the biggest advantage is to guard the inexhaustible mountain forest, where they can shoot and catch fish, and they can also burn the pit with not enough firewood to keep warm.

Chang Wei and Zhang Han chatted quietly, others cleaned up the empty house under the guidance of Tan Tai's family, more than 30 people lived in three courtyards, the Jiang brothers and the Zhao brothers were Zhang Han's personal guards, Duo'er and the dart master dispersed at night, Liang Xing lived next door, he didn't care about cleaning up the house, but observed the terrain outside with Duo'er and a few people.

Of course, this is actually useless, the Eight Banners is a military group that is on the rise, along the way, whether it is a guard or a sentinel is doing a good job, the land closed by thousands of miles of ice and snow is also a natural enemy, if Houjin is hostile to Zhang Han here, then he can only directly accept his fate, and there is no chance to escape.

However, Liang Xing and the others have a very good mentality, Zhang Han did not stop them, and they cannot be slaughtered under any conditions and circumstances, Zhang Han believes that this mentality has made Liang Xing and them gradually move closer to the direction of professional soldiers.

Although Zhang Han himself has no interest in becoming a soldier, and he is very tired of killing all the way through, it is still gratifying that a subordinate like Liang Xing can grow into a qualified soldier. conAd3();

"How is this man bound?"

Chang Wei looked at the person tied up in the corner of the house, a strong man with a red face and a burst of wine on his body, this person was tied up on the ground with five flowers, and let out bursts of snoring.

"I should be afraid that he will get drunk and make trouble."

Zhang Han knows some Jurchen customs, the drunks here are much more dangerous than the Han people in the Central Plains, it is best to tie them up when they are drunk, and then release them after sobering up, otherwise everyone will carry knives, and there are too many drunks who will cut people if they don't agree with each other.

After cleaning up for half an hour, the houses were re-placed, Tan Tai took his family to live in the house of his brother Yang Guli, and Tan Tai said to Zhang Han when he left: "In a few days, I will go to the mountains to hunt some prey, pickle and dry it and send it to Zhang Dongzhu, I have been fishing every day recently, I asked someone to send some big white fish, our white fish here is fat and less spiny, you Han people are usually difficult to eat such good fish." ”

The white fish here in Liaodong is indeed very famous, even after a few hundred years, it is also a famous catch, of course Zhang Han is not polite, and he responded with a smile.

He saw that Tan Tai had several young sons following him, so he glanced at Chang Wei.

Chang Wei took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, handed it to a six- or seven-year-old child with a smile, and said, "Let's buy candy for you." ”

The boy knocked the silver down and said, "I don't want the dog's things." ”

Tan Tai's face was embarrassed, and he kicked the child over, scolding: "Dogs, can't even distinguished guests?" ”

The child's mother hurriedly came over and hugged the child in her arms, and quarreled with Tan Tai.

This woman is like a bear, wrapped in a thick fox skin, wearing a few holes on her face, hanging a gold ring, speaking with more Jurchen words, and there are also a lot of Mongolian words mixed in it, most of them are scolding Tan Tai for being unproductive, and she will give her house to others to live in when it is almost the first day, even if she shoots the flag owner's ass, there is no such way to shoot it.

Zhang Han saw that Tan Tai couldn't hold his face, so he quickly pushed him out, and after half a ring, Tan Tai and his wife lost their anger before leaving.

Chang Wei said with an angry face: "All the way here, this Jurchen is the most hostile to us. Even in Baicheng, ordinary shepherds don't have those hostile eyes when they look at us. ”

Zhang Han comforted him and said: "People are going to fight with the Ming Dynasty, fighting each other to the death, not like the Mongols have stopped, you see that when we mention the Mengxi people in northern Jinbei, aren't they also scolding people from the north of the Tartars." ”

Chang Wei said: "Brother Han, I feel awkward in my heart, we are going to fight the people of the Ming Dynasty, but we are doing business with these guys." ”

Zhang Han was stunned, he was actually the same as Chang Wei, and his heart was becoming more and more awkward-

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