After the banquet, Hong Chengchou gave the chieftain and the five elders, each of whom gave two Huozhezi and a jar of distilled wine. The elder named Hucheng did not decline either.
The next morning, Wu Xiaozhi took an interpreter and wandered outside for a long time. Finally, two miles away from the Buryat residence, he "encountered" Longhucheng.
As if meeting an old friend, Wu Xiaozhi grabbed Hucheng's hands: "Elder Hucheng, I admire the great elder's fishing skills, are you free? Show your brothers?"
Hu Cheng was a little displeased, but Wu Xiaozhi was the commander of the Ming army, and he didn't want to offend him, "It's another day, it's noon now. If I go back to eat, I won't have any food if I'm late."
"Elder, brother is an impatient person. Now I feel like a cat scratching. If I don’t learn a bit of technology, my brother can’t eat and sleep well. Brother’s admiration for the elder is just like the river in the color. It's eloquent..."
"But, it's time to eat now." Hucheng pushed back while looking at the direction of the Buryat residence. It seemed that his food was being robbed by others.
"It doesn't matter, brother wants to learn the fishing skills of the elder, he has to pay some tuition, or, at noon today, brother, I will treat me, and promise to let the elder drink distilled wine." Wu Xiaozhi is like brown sugar, he wants Stick on the tiger and become.
"Distilled liquor?" Hucheng's eyes lightened suddenly, and he sniffed with his nose, "Do you really have distilled liquor?"
"Of course, there is no distilled spirits, brother, how can I afford to hire the Great Elder? Great Elder, please here!"
"Then... please!"
Wu Xiaozhi conjured up a table of sumptuous dishes in a short while, but when Hu Cheng didn't see the distilled wine, his eyes became helpless, and he looked drowsy.
Wu Xiaozhi smiled secretly and patted his palms: "Serve wine."
The soldiers held a jar of distilled wine in a two-pound jar, slapped the clay, and placed it on the wooden table.
A strange smell of wine was almost diffused throughout the barracks.
Hucheng suddenly lost his sleepiness. He unconsciously picked up his wine cup and stretched out to Wu Xiaozhi like a beggar.
Wu Xiaozhi slowly blew away the remaining mud from the mouth of the altar, and then Hucheng poured half a cup, "Elder, please!"
The tiger's prejudice is only half a cup, he raised his neck, swallowed it in one bite, and then smashed his lips with a look of unfinished thoughts.
"Great Elder drink slowly, this distilled wine, drink it today." Wu Xiaozhi poured another half of Hucheng.
Hucheng was also not welcome, he drank the dry wine cup in one sip, "How on earth is this distilled wine made?"
"Elder, this is a secret of the Han people. If I reveal the secret, I will definitely be executed by the general. Besides, there will be no more than five people in the entire Ming Dynasty who master the technology of distilled liquor manufacturing, and I will not make it." Wu Xiaozhi is basically telling the truth. Now the technology of making distilled spirits is just getting started. There are really not many people who master this technology. Let alone soldiers like Wu Xiaozhi, who are brewers in Guan, lighting up lanterns. I can't find a few people who can make distilled spirits.
Hu Cheng was slightly disappointed, "Do you Han Chinese have a lot of distilled liquor?"
Wu Xiaozhi squinted half a cup of distilled wine, "That's not true. Ordinary soldiers don't have it. Because I am a regimental commander, I only have some distilled wine. Our army commanders have more."
Hu Cheng picked up his own wine cup, as if reluctant to drink it, "How can I get distilled wine for a long time?"
"The great elder is my friend. I will naturally not treat the great elder badly, but the distilled liquor is too expensive. It is not easy for the people of Daming to get a jar of distilled liquor. What's more, the great elder is... hey, distilled liquor. If the output is insufficient, there is no alternative."
Hucheng greedily drank two cups in a row. Because he drank too hard, his cheeks were slightly red, "Is there really no way?"
"No," Wu Xiaozhi shook his head regretfully, "unless the elder..."
"Unless what?" The tiger image is a drowning person. He suddenly grabbed a piece of wood that was drifting from nowhere. He straightened his body, his slightly red eyeballs, and instantly broke free from the shackles of his eyelids, as if trying to get out of his eye sockets. drop down.
"Unless the elder can be naturalized as a Han," Wu Xiaozhi started the next sentence before Hu Cheng objected, "As the elder, if he is naturalized as a Han, he should be able to be an official and distribute some distilled liquor. However, the great elder will not be naturalized as a Han Chinese. Hey, there is no way. I can only drink it occasionally. The great elder, after finally encountering distilled spirits, I might as well drink enough today."
Hucheng took a bite of the distilled wine in the wine cup, and his anger began to grow thick. The eyeballs were already red, and he didn't even know that there was a pile of eye feces on the corners of his eyes. How much distilled wine can you get?"
"This... The Great Elder is really willing to become a Han Chinese?"
"Let's talk about it first." The elder's mind is still quite clear.
"This brother really doesn't know. The brother is just leading the army. If the elder intends to be naturalized as a Han Chinese, the brother can ask the army seat. The army seat has the final say."
"But, I'm not a big leader. I don't have much friendship with your army." Hu Cheng regretted it. At yesterday's banquet, he shouldn't resolutely oppose the naturalization of Han Chinese. He just offended Hong Chengchou, and now he will beg him again. , It is estimated that there is no good fruit to eat.
Since the chief leader and the four elders have agreed to be naturalized as Han Chinese, he can't stop him from becoming a man, so why bother
If there is a daughter Li Qianqian like a big boss, he will definitely give it to Hong Chengchou, but unfortunately, he will not have such a blessing.
Hucheng doesn't have a daughter, he doesn't know if he has a daughter.
In the entire tribe, only the big leader has a fixed woman. The other people practice the walking marriage system. The woman goes to the east house today and the west house tomorrow. Who knows who the child she gave birth to is
"Or, brother, let me explore the tone of the army seat first, maybe the army seat can reveal one or two... The elder first talk about how much you want to be an official and how much distilled wine you want to get." Wu Xiaozhi said with a serious expression.
"Officials?" How can Hu Cheng know the official positions of Daming, even Wu Xiaozhi said that he understands, he is most concerned about distilling wine, "what kind of officer, just follow the army seat, I hope to get a bottle of distillation every day liqueur."
"This is absolutely impossible!" Wu Xiaozhi almost screamed, so scared that Hucheng almost overturned the wine cup. "Even if the chief is naturalized as a Han Chinese, it is absolutely impossible to get a jar of distilled wine every day, two jars per month. It's against the sky."
"Only two altars?" Hu Cheng thought, two altars are enough, he can drink up in two days at most.
"The great elder does not know that if you become a Ming official, in addition to the fixed salary, you can also participate in the official banquet and drink at the official banquet, but you are not restricted.
"Official banquet? What is the official banquet?" The elder obviously does not understand the meaning of the official banquet. The Buryats are still in the fishing and hunting stage. Wish, how can there be any official banquet
"It's the government entertaining guests," Wu Xiaozhi saw that Hucheng still didn't understand, so he had to explain further: "Just like a few days ago, the army banquet hosted the chief and the five elders. The distilled liquor drunk at the banquet does not need to be taken by the army private The imperial court pays for the output, and the imperial court allocates as much as you drink."
"It turned out to be like this!" Hu Cheng understood a little, he had to make a compromise, "Two altars are two altars, but the distilled liquor must be delivered on time."
"This, it should be no problem," Wu Xiaozhi thought. The court did not specify a time for the distribution of distilled spirits. It may be distributed once a month, or once every six months or even a year. How can you say that the court did not distribute the distilled spirits on time? ? "Elder, there is actually another way to get distilled spirits."
"What way?" Hearing that more distilled wine can be obtained, Hucheng's eyes glowed red... The sun shining on the bloodshot of Hucheng's eyeballs reflected red light.
"For meritorious service, as long as the great elder has done meritorious service for the Ming, he will get extra rewards of distilled liquor. At that time, the great elder will not only get more distilled liquor than the other elders, it is not inferior to the great leader."
"Then what shall I do?"
"I don't know yet. There are many ways to make contributions to Daming. When you need help from the elder, the elder should not shirk... Only when the elder helps us, we can help the elder to get more distilled wine," Wu Xiaozhi lowered his voice, "other The elders will also contribute to Daming. If other elders take the credit, the elders will not get extra distilled liquor.
"Well, it's a deal, I will definitely help Daming with all my strength." The Great Elder stretched out the palm of his right hand.
"A word is settled." Wu Xiaozhi also stretched out his right hand and slapped Hu Cheng hard on the palm of his right hand.
When Hucheng went back, Wu Xiaozhi gave him two jars of distilled wine, and Hucheng thanked him very much.
The chief leader and the five elders all agreed to be naturalized as Han people. The rest of the tribe naturally had no right to object. While Hong Chengchou asked Shi Kefa to send civilian officials, he began naturalization.
The first is to register the population. All people, regardless of age or sex, must register with Chinese names, and then let them remember their pronunciation of Chinese names.
Hong Chengchou gave them the surnames Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Jiang, Shen, Han, and Yang.
The chieftain’s father followed his daughter’s surname. Hong Chengchou gave him the name Li Zhuang. The five elders also have their own names. The one named Hucheng is named Jiang Qing. The other four elders are named Zhao Shi, Qian Yang, Sun Gu, Yang Wei.
The next step is to start a family. This is the most difficult job. Buryats practice a marriage system. Except for the chief, everyone does not have a fixed spouse. Men and women of school age will live at night if they look right at each other. Together, they return to their respective groups during the day to engage in fishing, hunting and gathering.
There is no time limit for the marriage system. If you get together, you will get together, and if you don't get together, you will divide.
Once a woman wants to have a child, she will return to her mother. After the child is born, the woman will look after the child alone. When the child grows to the age that he can eat, the tribe will give him a share of food. As for who the child’s father is, even the woman I can't figure it out, and no one has ever tried to figure out who the child's father is.
The walking marriage system is very suitable for the current situation of the Buryats. Apart from the tools of labor, they have no private property at all, nor can they support their children. All children are raised by the tribes, and the children’s mothers take care of them until the children reach seven. When I was eight years old, I would gather food with my mother.