April 8, 1651, sunny.↖

The slave trade is coming to an end. The Crandy people who arrived yesterday afternoon brought thousands of slaves to Tian Xing and the others. They were all losers in the war of tribal annexation and a population that the new conquerors could not digest. In the previous Crandy tradition, these people had only a small chance of being left as slaves, and in most cases they were killed to prevent future troubles.

Knowing that the East Coast people on the other side of the Wujiang River are now quite interested in slaves and are willing to pay a certain price - obviously this is the most critical factor - the conquerors who won the war naturally are no longer willing to let these prisoners die in vain. They can use this to exchange iron, food, cloth, spirits and many other practical gadgets from the East Coast people. As for the exchange of prisoners or slaves, as long as their tribes have enough adult male population and have high-quality weapons obtained from the East Coast people, then this is not a big deal. Just attack and plunder other tribes!

Tian Xing ignored the Crandy people who were happily watching the people on the east coast unloading goods from the pack horses, but looked at the dejected and dull "Hejian slaves" with their hands behind their backs - this title refers to slaves who lost their freedom for various reasons during the tribal annexation war in the Hejian area.

These slaves are very tall, generally between 1.7 and 1.8 meters - Indians in this era are generally very tall, and the higher they go south in South America, the Tverches, who are further south than the Crandi people, are not lower than 1.8 meters tall, while Patagonians and Ona people are generally around 2.2 meters tall. However, these people are tall enough, but their figures are obviously thin. The faces are also full of long-term malnutrition. This shows that these people's growth is definitely different from the reason why their figures have soared after the Industrial Revolution in later generations. Their height is mostly genetic factors, while Europeans begin to grow tall is purely a nutritional problem.

Such a thin figure is not necessarily enough to do heavy physical work! Tian Xing was a little worried that the Araucan people who were enslaved in the Chile region of Spain proved that those people were thin, ate crude food and did heavy work, but soon there were large-scale deaths and injuries, which were completely inferior to black slaves.

However, Tian Xing also understood that he could no longer be picky at this time. Now, there is a relatively resistant sentiment in the East Coast about the introduction of black labor workers - even if these black people will be sent back to South Africa in a few years. In addition, it is becoming increasingly difficult to capture black people in South Africa, so almost all the poor executive committees plan to introduce Malay slaves on a large scale, so at this time, there will be a large number of Hejian slaves for their service, so the governors of the Wujiang area should laugh secretly - other regions or units do not have such good things.

The military camp ruins are surrounded by strong ground, and the crowds that often come and go here (all those who conduct slave trades), so crazy thistle bushes (the Spanish do evil...) are not common in other places. But to be honest, the Crandy people have to thank the Spanish for accidentally getting thistle because these species that are as tall as horseback in many places give them great protection. These thistle bushes are tall, green and dense, and if they are not cleaned up frequently, many places are actually inaccessible to people - because people who are not cleared about the nearby geography may be completely lost when they enter.

The Crandi people were just people who were familiar with the nearby geographical environment, even the remnants of the rebels who migrated from the south. After spending two or three years, they are now familiar with the nearby environment. And I heard that their "relatives" in the central and western regions of La Plata often rushed out to rob and kill people at night under the cover of dense thistle bushes.

The scattered Spanish farmers, passing Spanish messengers and even small caravans may be attacked by them. Someone once asked whether there are many robbers near the Spanish farmers living in La Plata. The farmers replied, "Thistle has not grown yet", which shows the security environment here.

Tian Xing looked at the anxious slaves for a while, and then lost interest. The chef who was preparing lunch was offering treasures to him, and Tian Xing, who had been a little hungry, took it over and ate it without hesitation. Rabbits are a very common rodent nearby. They like to feed on the rhizomes of plants and are usually a bit dumb - especially at night, this animal likes to squat quietly at the door of its own cave. Even if someone rides a horse, he doesn't react, and just looks at the rider expressionlessly.

After seeing Tian Xing eat food voraciously, the chef simply brought him a dining table. In addition to another roasted rabbit rat, there was also a hole owl that was stewed in the fire with yellow mud. This kind of flying bird is common in La Plata and the East Coast. It feeds on rats and snakes, and likes to live on the ground (sometimes it also occupies rabbit rat caves), a local common deer leg, some bought pickled cabbage meat (also a local specialty), mixed with vegetables, and finally two bottles of Xiangshan dry red wine. It can be seen that even in the wilderness, the second generation of Tian Xing with a bright future is quite a bit - they never treat themselves badly.

Not far ahead, the Crandy people were calculating about the "quality" of each slave, because it often relate to the quantity of goods they could eventually exchange for. The Crandy people were extremely nervous because it was very important to them. Their supplies were always not very abundant, which was very unfavorable to the development of the tribe. The salt, cloth, medicine, metal utensils and even weapons and armor of the East Coast people were urgently needed; while the East Coast people seemed to be reluctant, but if you are familiar with them, they would find that they were actually a little careless, because some supplies were not considered large quantities in their eyes. There were not many other people in the East Coast people, and there was still no shortage of these things that could be produced on a large scale.

The negotiations between the two sides finally ended an hour later. The hungry East Coast people were eager to have lunch, so they made some concessions, which seemed to have allowed these Crandy people to "take some advantage", which made them happy, so they generously sent some Indian children to the East Coast people. These children did not need them on the East Coast, but it was quite good to send them to South Africa or New China to act as servants since childhood. There are always some "nova" who have become rich in recent years who need to buy some relatively reliable slaves - there are no more reliable slaves than children raised since childhood.

The Crandy people then began to deliver goods with some East Coast patrolmen, while the fully armed police officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were holding muskets and watching coldly. Although they were not afraid of these Crandy people being bad, they were always better to be on guard. What if someone couldn't think about it and wanted to take action?

There are generally no women among slaves, and there are very few children. They are basically young and middle-aged men. This is determined by the ecology between the Crandy tribes. Like the tradition on the Chinese grasslands, women and children will not suffer much damage in the war of tribal annexation. They are often the "property" of the new conquerors, and this is also the need to continue tribal and racial civilization.

Of the more than 1,000 Hejian slaves sold to the East Coast people this time, there were naturally no women, and there were only a few dozen children - all of them were given as a bonus. The patrolmen of the East Coast people had already checked roughly before, mainly to see if there were disabled people, and they were too thin or sick, so they would not do such obvious losses. Of course, the Hejian slaves left by the East Coast people were generally miserable. If the conquers brought them out to sell were in a good mood, they might even take them back and continue to be slaves until death. If they were in a bad mood or the tribe was not rich enough, they would be killed in a blink of an eye. Some bold and bold conquers would not even avoid the East Coast people: they killed these Hejian slaves who could not be sold on the spot, and they were very neat, demonstrating their cruelty and decisiveness.

"Pack up all these slaves, each one gave a cake, and set off after they finished eating." Tian Xing slowly ordered the people below while eating. The "tidy up" he said was actually to tie these Hejian slaves together. This is the method of tying prisoners on the battlefield, and it is quite appropriate to use them here. Anyway, these Hejian slaves have a very low morale, their faces and expressions are very numb, and they seem to have been appointed, so there should be no trouble on the way back. Of course, it doesn't matter if there is any trouble. It's very simple, just do it - resolutely suppress it. The people of the East Coast will never be ruthless in this regard.

Most of the sun was covered by dark clouds, and the air with the smell of river blew from the grassland. Not far away, a group of swamp deer were strolling by the swamp, eating green weeds; a group of capybara swept through the swamp, then suddenly stopped in one place, lowered their heads to gnaw on the fresh aquatic plants; a few otters lay lazily on the grass by the river, as if resting leisurely. Tian Xing looked at all the scenery in silence, but he was silently thinking in his heart: How can such fertile soil be allowed to others? In the future, as the east bank develops faster and faster, the wild and fertile Hejian area is destined to belong to the great East Coast Republic!
Chapter completed!