Chapter 884: People talk about running around at night

In the Ming Dynasty, there were also transactions of slaves and servants, and also transactions of children and daughters, but in front of us, people had no dignity at all, and were marked with prices as if they were livestock goods.

Such a scene has a great impact on the young guards under Wang Tong. They have been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time and are either practicing or on the battlefield on weekdays. They don’t know much about the world. Seeing this scene, they are indeed shocked.

General Tan made a very accurate judgment on the reactions of these personal guards, but he didn't expect that Wang Tong had a smile on his face, which surprised him.

However, General Tan has been with Wang Tong for a long time, but he knew that Wang Tong’s smile may not necessarily mean that he was in a good mood. Sometimes he wanted to kill someone and get angry. He felt even more nervous and hurriedly followed.

"I said that the guards and looting of each caravan have not stopped yet. What else is worth attacking in those small tribes besides cattle and horses? It turns out they are people."

Wang Tong said, the sun was very hard in the small tribes on the grassland. Most of the livestock were raised by supply, and very few could trade. In the past, they could follow the large tribes to plunder in the Ming Dynasty. Since the city of Guihua was conquered, who dared to move around, could only endure the hardships on the grassland.

How could there be any remaining wealth in this situation? As for this livestock, although it is valuable in the Ming Dynasty and on the grassland, it is not worth it to take action even if you are struggling to risk your life. Seeing this market for population trade in front of you, Wang Tong's idea was understood.

"General Tan, let me tell you about the situation here in detail."

Wang Tong asked while walking forward. When General Tan saw that Wang Tong was not angry, he then spoke up and explained.

The matter is very simple. The manpower is insufficient in Guihua City. The rivers in Tumochuan are crisscrossing, the climate is suitable, and there are a large number of fields suitable for cultivation. Now they are in the Ming Dynasty and call on people to go over and reclaim wasteland, so everyone naturally flocks to them.

But there are too many lands and few people, and there are not enough Han people in Guihuacheng. Shanxi and Shaanxi are both provinces with a small population in the Ming Dynasty, and the recruitment is limited. The farmers coming from Henan cannot quench their near thirst.

No one knows how long it can be maintained in the new area of ​​Guihua City. It is important to seize the time to cultivate for a few more years and maximize the use of land.

I don’t know who started it. When I went to plunder the tribe, I plundered the population together. Although these people were not good at farming, they could work in the fields under torture and force.

At the beginning, livestock and wealth were the main ones, and population was just an accompanying thing. Later, the small tribes on the grassland had no wealth to grab, and the large tribes were the objects of trade and could not be touched, and the population became the main commodity.

The wealthy merchants in Shanxi who dared to come to the grassland to take risks are not good people. They all have thugs and guards around them. They don’t have to worry about it after buying slaves. Some people even use slaves to raise livestock, cattle and horses directly, and they are also developed. In less than a year, the slave population trade was actually a prosperous situation of supply and demand.

"These tribes that are close to us in Urianha have also been arrested everywhere, and even passed through the Mobei region."

Seeing Wang Tong's smile on his face getting stronger and stronger, Tan Jiang became more and more nervous. He didn't know that Wang Tong was happy and angry, so he had to bite the bullet and continue saying:

"These slaves are much cheaper than cattle and horses, and they buy a lot of people, but, I'm going to tell the story that because they are cheap, they use them ruthlessly and die a lot."

Wang Tong led the people to a wooden stage. When they all saw that they were rich, they walked off the stage and the dealer on the stage shouted hard.

There were more than a dozen foreign men on the stage with a listless look. According to the dealer, they were all goods. There were men and women in the tent behind them, and they were all strong men and women. Wang Tong roughly compared the price he called for. The two people were about the same price as the same horse, but this person had much more food and food than the horse, let alone the work he did.

Perhaps because Wang Tong and his men were in the audience, they seemed to be buying it. A businessman who should have come from Shanxi came on stage to examine it carefully and then finalized the business.

After paying the money there, he led people away. Dozens of big men with swords and guns drove more than 200 slaves away. Wang Tong frowned for a while and said:

"Is this the troops from the border town?"

Those big men holding weapons were guards of the Shanxi merchants. These people's behaviors and manners are easy to see the appearance of the soldiers in the border town, and they are private soldiers and servants of the generals.

"The master has a lot of eyesight. Most of the people who can buy people here are businessmen who work with the military generals in the border town. Some time ago, this businessman came to say hello to him. He was from Yulin Town."

Wang Tong nodded. The border troops in the border town have more ability to protect themselves than local wealthy merchants. The border generals are not weaker in getting money than those rich merchants. They are more confident in reclaiming land in Tumochuan. This kind of person is more ruthless than the people, and they are more useless to do things.

But for the current frontier development, they are more suitable. Wang Tong took a few steps, but remembered something and asked with a frown:

"There is no Han people buying and selling in this slave market, right?"

"When I say it to the master, there are also some, but very few of them. They owe too much debt and are thrown here by the creditors. Some scoundrels have sold them, but they are all driven out by the people here."

Wang Tong nodded, pondered for a while and said:

"All the Han people were beheaded and searched their homes, and those who sold themselves were beaten and then went to labor for three years."

General Tan quickly responded, Wang Tong told him that he was about to settle the matter with Meng Duo. Looking at Wang Tong's expression, General Tan really didn't understand Wang Tong's happiness and anger, and walked a few steps forward. General Tan whispered:

"Master, if you think this city is hurting the sky, if you are closed here, Guihua City will not lose because of this place."

Hearing General Tan say this, Wang Tong turned his head in surprise and asked:

"Why do you need to close?"

"What does the master mean?"

Seeing the confused look on Tan Jiang's face, Wang Tong also understood what he was thinking and couldn't help but smile and said:

"I led a large army to conquer Guihua City. I sent firearms and chariots to their caravans, and sent them veterans to encourage them to plunder. What is it for? It is not to completely eliminate these tribes on the grassland? What is the current market and this slave trade doing? Isn't it the same as my purpose? In that case, why should he be locked up?"

Jiang Tan was relieved, Wang Tong continued to explain:

"Hetao is not big, and there are not many nomadic tribes on the Wanli Grassland. When Hetao is developed, these tribes will be almost caught. At that time, this market cannot be opened even if it wants to open. You said it is a pity that it is obviously guilty. There is no need to blame yourself so much. Let them live on the grassland, and be annexed by the large tribe and kill other tribes. When the disaster is caused, the entire tribe will freeze to death. It is better to come here as a slave, and maybe you can live better."

"What the master said is that my subordinates thought the same way that day. Although this city seems inhumane, it is the same as us who go to battle to kill the enemy. If they lose one less time, they will lose one less trouble in the future."

Wang Tong nodded with a smile and said:

"It is not impossible to be kind. Tartar children can be handed over to the Han family to raise. When they grow up, they will be Han people. Tartar women can marry Han people and give birth to children. This is all OK. Also, since the tribes such as Uryanha depend on us, they should also give them some convenience so that each caravan will not hurt them by accident. But one thing should be paid attention to is that they cannot use this convenience to expand their power on the grassland."

"The master has considered it comprehensively, and my subordinates understand how to do it."

When he walked forward, it was not so noisy. There were several large tents that were quite gorgeous and exquisite, and there were guards guarding them in front of the door. Wang Tong walked over with some confusion. Seeing Wang Tong's fellow man coming in, the guard did not dare to stop him, but instead lifted the curtain.

The tent was actually covered with blankets and spices were burning. A group of wealthy people were sitting around there. They saw several women walking around on the blanket. They looked like they were not yellow people. These women were not old and were quite beautiful, wearing gauze, which was quite attractive.

Wang Tong glanced around, frowned, turned around and left the tent again, and spoke after coming out:

"This kind of slave-trafficking Western Regions merchants are not allowed to enter Guihua City in the future. If these people in the city like this tone and let Sanjiang Trading Company specialize in it, these slaves will take away a large amount of gold and silver from Guihua City for entertainment. It is harmful and useless. It must be strictly prohibited. These slaves have high noses and deep eyes. How can they not be assimilated with blond hair and blue eyes? What is the purpose of it?"

General Tan also knew that Wang Tong had taken two new concubines in Jiangnan. When he saw Wang Tong walk into this place, he thought Wang Tong would be very interested, but he didn't expect that Wang Tong gave this order and was a little confused for a moment, so he quickly agreed.

In early February, residents of a street in the south of the city knew that the family of Mr. Yao, the Censor of the Shanxi Road Censor, who lived here, had left, and was said to have gone back to visit relatives or something.

My wife and children were sent out, but then a charming and charming girl was moved into the house. Master Yao didn't even go to the yamen. He was with this fox all day long and couldn't eat meat once. He actually ordered wine and food from the restaurant every day. He didn't know what kind of money he made. The neighbors were talking about it, and there were many people behind him who were stinging the back and scolding him. But Nancheng was all common people, and no one dared to offend the censor.

On the sixth day of the second month, it was already late at night. The gate of Yao Censorate opened. Yao Bo, who had changed into civilian clothes, walked out quietly. The girl was already drunk and sleeping in her sleep.

Yao Bo has observed it very carefully these days. There are no people around his house who are following him. It seems that he is very relieved to him.

After walking out of this alley, neither the updater nor the night patrol soldiers would come here. Yao Bo breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to go to an inn next to the city gate to stay in the city and leave the city tomorrow.

I looked around and saw that I was about to take a step, but I was patted on my shoulder.
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