Chapter 319: The Newly Annexed Indigenous Tribes

In the face of so many small tribes that have been attached, the Far Eastern Company is not afraid to come, and has settled in its own sphere of influence. In particular, the vacuum area near Ningguta, the mountainous area east of Bac Ninh Town and the surrounding area of Shuangchengzi, these villages are located within a hundred miles of Liantunpu in the mountainous area. The Far Eastern Company sent a large number of laborers, built woodcarved flutes for them, and also took out refined salt and sugar, clothes and cloth, shoes and gloves, iron pot tools and other production and living materials, and traded with them.

In fact, the Far East doesn't care about this thing, and the purpose of the transaction is mainly to not let them have a kind of unearned mentality. Therefore, when trading, they all symbolically collect some mountain goods, herbs and leather goods, and these small tribes of hard work really can't come up with anything.

The Far East does not charge tribute to these villages, and only needs to offer some old ginseng, herbs and furs every year, and the quantity is not much. For the Outer Northeast, which is full of treasures, it's really easy to get these things.

In the vast and sparsely populated Outer Northeast, as long as there is no exploitation by the tribal leaders, as long as there is no huge amount of tribute to the big tribes, the ordinary natives will not starve to death if they are willing to work, and they can live quite nourishingly.

Although the Far East did not exploit these tribes, it was very strict in its management, and each tribe had a village chief and several security chiefs. They are the grassroots cadres of the aborigines, and the standard of wood carving is larger than that of other aborigines, and the decoration and furniture in the house are more "luxurious".

They are also paid every month, and their salaries are also many commodities in the Far East company. During the New Year's holidays, the Far Eastern Group will also distribute some benefits to them. Each grassroots cadre was also issued with a set of Russian-style military uniforms, armed belts, military caps, high leather boots, military satchels, and water bottles. Everywhere it is evident that their identity is different from that of other indigenous people.

But they also have to shoulder the responsibility, once they make mistakes, they will also be punished, and those who are serious will even be deprived of the status of village chief and security chief.

Each native was also issued an iron badge with a leather rope around his neck. as a credential. If there are outsiders in the village, after a certain period of time, the village chief will go to the nearby mountainous Liantun Fort to report. Of course. If you find a suspicious person, you must also report it.

The natives care a lot about this badge. They rely on this identity card. You can go to the Far East company as a temporary worker. If there is an emergency patient at home, you can also take this identity card to the health centers set up in Shuangchengzi, Biquge www.biquge.info Town, Bac Ninh Town and other places for treatment. There is a fee for medical treatment, but the village chief, the security chief, and the militia only need to pay for the medicine, and the military family members are free of charge.

Thirty militiamen between the ages of 18 and 30 were selected from each village to go to the nearby mountainous Tuantun Fort for three months of military training every winter. In normal times, he still hunts and fishes, and also has the task of patrolling the mountains and forests for the Far East. Once the Far East called. They will immediately assemble and fight with the Far Eastern Company.

If it was before, the young and strong were unwilling to work for others, and when the big tribe requisitioned the young and strong, they all delayed and denied it in every way, even if they went, they were reluctant, and they rushed fiercely than anyone else if they won the battle, and ran faster than anyone else once they were defeated.

But when the Far Eastern Company recruited militiamen, the young people in each village fought for their heads. Half of the village's eldest children and forty or fifty-year-old uncles wanted to infiltrate the militia. The Far Eastern Company had no choice but to send troops. The young men of each village were evaluated, and 30 militiamen were selected from among the young men with the best results.

The reason why the enthusiasm of the young people in the villages is so high is that the treatment of the Far Eastern militia is so good. The Military Council in all battles. From the Japanese, Koreans, and Tartars, large quantities of armor, blades, and bows were seized.

Jeju Island, in particular, is a hub for North Korean-made bows and arrows. Tanegashima made iron cannons and blades are famous throughout Japan. The Far East also captured a huge number of blades, armor, and bows in Sakai Port and Gaiju in Tatar.

These things are still reluctant to throw away, and they have been piled up in the warehouse. So the company provided each indigenous militia with a set of armor, a short blade, a hard bow, a war knife and dozens of feathered arrows, in addition to a military satchel and a military kettle.

Although there are various styles of bows and arrows, blades, and armor, there are various styles. But the helmets are all unified. The company specially made a helmet for them, and the style is based on the Russian army's STSH81 "watermelon helmet". Of course, the material cannot be titanium. It was just made of thin pieces of iron, connected by several pieces of deerskin. In winter, it can also be equipped with a piece of animal fur to keep warm.

I don't know who designed it, the "watermelon helmet" was painted green, and the indigenous militia got together, a large green patch. Each helmet is also marked with a number, and the officers and men of the Military Commission, as long as they see the number printed on the militia helmet, can know which region the militia is from.

These equipment is definitely a great temptation for the natives, who usually even use their bows and arrows as bone arrows. During the three months of winter training each year, the militia was provided with food and lodging by the Far Eastern Company.

Every time the militia went out to fight with the Far Eastern Company, they were to be paid, and they were selected from a number of commodities in the Far East, and the Far East had a set of standards for the payment of salaries to the militia. The annihilation of the enemy in battle is a meritorious service, and after the battle, they have the right to distribute the spoils of war.

In normal times, when they patrol the mountains and forests, they will find a heavy enemy situation, and they will also have military merits and receive rich rewards. Of course, the things that are rewarded are also those commodities that are traded between the Far East and the natives.

When regular soldiers were recruited in the Far East, they were to be selected from among the indigenous militias. The most envied of these natives are the indigenous soldiers of the mountain regiment. As long as they enter the system of the Far Eastern Military Commission, even military dependents will receive generous treatment such as medical insurance and holiday benefits.

The treatment of the militia of the Far Eastern Company made all the natives crazy about it. In the past, they were requisitioned by the big tribes and sold their lives, and these small tribes couldn't share anything, and when they fought, they were all cannon fodder to die.

The identity of the militia is not set in stone, and if any militia member makes a mistake or does not pass the guò assessment after the winter training, they will be stripped of their militia status and even their equipment will be taken back. Every day, the young people of each village are looking forward to which militia will make a mistake, hoping that a place will be vacated so that they can get a chance to become a militiaman.

The Far Eastern Company's acceptance of these indigenous villages has played an immeasurable role in the vast area of the Far Eastern Company's control area. In particular, nearly 10,000 indigenous young militia fought in a mountainous environment after the Far East. Definitely a powerful addition. Moreover, it has added countless eyeliners and sentinels to the mountains and forests around the Far East, so that those enemies who want to infiltrate the Far East control area have nowhere to hide.

And that's not all. In the future, children from these indigenous villages between the ages of six and ten will be sent to study in Chinese schools in the Far East. Children can go home for a few days each month to be with their parents. These indigenous children during the school day. Room and board are free of charge.

After a few years of education, after graduation, they will be no different from Chinese children. In the future, they will be able to speak Chinese, wear Chinese clothes, and become authentic Chinese. In the future, they will also become a new generation of Far Easterners and become part of the Far Eastern Company's construction of the Outer Northeast.

Of course, Far East Corporation's attitude towards indigenous tribes is also different. Those medium-sized tribes with more than 1,000 people, or even large tribes with 10,000 people. It is impossible for the tribal leaders to give up their power.

For such a tribe, the attitude of the Far East is to forcibly drive them away from their own control area, and they are not allowed to set foot in the Far East control area in the future. In order to enjoy a series of benefits in the Far Eastern Company, the head of the tribe had to give up his rights, break up the tribe, and establish villages in the designated areas of the Far East.

They will be subject to the management of the Far East Company, and in the future, they will have to speak Mandarin, perform Chinese etiquette, and wear Chinese clothes, and their descendants will receive the education of the Far East Company.

Although the Far East pursues a tough ethnic policy in the Outer Northeast. But for those low-level natives of large tribes, a series of benefits of the Far Eastern Company are still very desirable. Many natives would flee their tribes with their families and come to the Far East Company in the hope of being affiliated.

For such sporadic to belong to the natives. The Far East would settle them in various villages, provide them with wood-carved houses, and some necessary daily necessities. The growing number of such scattered indigenous people led to the tightening of many large tribes.

After the Far Eastern Company occupied Shuangchengzi, it opened a large trading market in Shuangchengzi. Located outside the city of Shuangchengzi, it is enclosed with a fence barbed wire, and several rows of woodcarved flutes with a length of more than 100 meters and a width of more than 10 meters are built in the middle. There are hundreds of fixed stalls in the market indoors, and there are many scattered stalls in the open space outside.

When it started. It's just that the natives who belong to the Far East control area come here to trade. Later, many natives from large tribes also came. Now indigenous people come here every day to trade.

The indoor stalls in the woodcut are only available to the natives of the Far East. Outsiders can only use outdoor stalls. In addition, foreign natives must pay a certain fee for trading here.

Far Eastern company goods are also displayed in a woodcut flute. Including refined salt from the Vladivostok Salt Factory, sugar from Luzon, canned whale meat, fish, shellfish and fruits from the cannery, bud rice straw wine from the distillery, cloth, clothing, shoes, hats and gloves from light industry enterprises, iron daily necessities produced by foundries, wooden goods produced by wood products processing factories, and so on. There are also some food crops such as corn and sweet potatoes.

There are also various commodities looted and seized in the Japanese, Korean, Luzon and Houjin occupation areas over the years, most of which are very scattered, and many of them are commodities that cannot be traded in large quantities, and have been stored in the company's storage area. Now there's a place to use it, and it's all here.

The natives took out the old ginseng herbs, mink dongzhu, jinsha, mountain goods and skins, and deer antler rare birds that they usually collected in the mountains in exchange for various valuable commodities in the Far East. These precious specialties of the Northeast, in addition to the company's employees for their own use, will also be sent to Song Shiping and sold to all parts of the Ming Dynasty in exchange for various materials for the Far East.

Now the Shuangchengzi trading market is crowded with people every day, and many indigenous people will even walk for days and nights to go to the Shuangchengzi trading market to trade. Many large tribes, organized large-scale caravans, and deliberately rushed to Shuangchengzi to conduct large transactions with Far Eastern companies.

This trading market not only allowed the Far East Company to make great profits, but also invigorated the economy in the vicinity of the Far East Holding District. The indigenous people who belong to the Far East Holding District also continue to promote the welfare policies of the Far Eastern Company, so that more and more tribes and scattered indigenous people come to join them. (To be continued)

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