Han Dao world

Chapter 430 No matter what
Anthony bumped into a wall once, and it was a rare two days of silence.

When he heard Liu Xie's call, he arrived immediately.

After hearing Liu Xie's question, he immediately regained his spirits. "Your Majesty the Emperor, from east to west, there are many countries like stars on the land tens of thousands of miles away, but there are only four real big countries. Except for the big man of His Majesty the Emperor, the other three big countries have slave trade , the slave trade is a huge and lucrative business."

Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

Chinese civilization is a precocious civilization. After the Warring States period and the beginning of the Qin and Han Dynasties, slavery was legally abolished and it became a civilian society.Although the slave trade still existed in practice, it was no longer mainstream.Even slaves cannot be killed for no reason.

Not only is it unacceptable to live, but it is also unacceptable to die. The system of human sacrifice has long been recognized as a barbaric system, which is despised by people.

That's why Confucius said that the one who started the evil has no successors.

But slavery did not disappear and continued into the nineteenth century.

Now, slavery can even be said to be the mainstream social system outside of China. Guishuang, Parthia, and Rome are all slavery, as is ancient Greece, which is touted by countless people. Profits are beyond imagination.

It's just that he doesn't have such a concept.

"Where did those slaves come from?"

"Most of them are prisoners of war, and there are barbarians, both black and white. What kind of people does your majesty want?"

Liu Xie became interested. "Do you know Amazons?"

"Amazon female warrior?" Anthony was a little embarrassed. "I have heard of it, but they are all races in ancient legends. No one knows if there are any. If His Majesty needs it, Anthony will find it for His Majesty even if he travels through the most dangerous barbarian tribes. "

"Ancient legend?"

"Well, the closest I've heard to the Amazon female warrior is also from the Alexander era, and it's been four or five hundred years."

"Then who are those female knights you mentioned?"

"The barbarians in the northern forest." Anthony showed his trademark profiteer smile again. "Although it's a bit wild and smelly, but it's powerful, and it sounds very loud. It's completely different from you Han women."

"Slap!" Liu Xie frowned slightly.

"Wei!" Without hesitation, Anthony patted himself twice, which was worse than beating mosquitoes.

Liu Xie was also speechless.When encountering such a thick-skinned person, he really has nothing to do, he can't just kill him directly.

"Where is the northern forest?" Liu Xie asked.

"It's the forest in the north." Anthony pointed casually. "The grassland faces north, and from east to west, it is full of forests."

Liu Xie didn't ask any more questions.Anthony purposely spoke briefly, because he didn't want to be robbed of the opportunity to make a fortune.There are indeed forests in the north, but not all forests from east to west.

However, in his impression, the Amazon female warriors seemed to be tribes in the forest who worshiped the goddess of hunting.

Liu Xie called Ma Yunlu and asked her to see the female slaves brought by Anthony. If they were really suitable for the army, they would be included in the female knight camp.

Female slaves only need to be given food, not military pay, and the cost is not high, so you can still try it.

As for Anthony's crooked thoughts, don't think about it.First of all, he has no shortage of women, and he is not so horny.Secondly, he is not at ease, who knows if these two female slaves are Anthony's eyeliner?

The most common method used by profiteers to corrupt officials is to arrange a few lovers, female secretaries and so on, and he sees them a lot.

Ma Yunlu agreed and went with Anthony.

Obviously, she saw through Anthony's little thoughts at a glance, and her attitude towards Anthony was extremely unfriendly.Anthony is very sensible and honest, and he doesn't dare to play tricks at all.

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Not long after the departure, Liu Xie received a letter from Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong submitted the letter a few days earlier than Yuan Shu's letter of victory, but it was nearly ten days late.Although he was still an official of the imperial court, he did not enjoy the expedited treatment of six hundred miles, and he traveled on the road for nearly a month to write the letter.

In his letter, Zhou Zhong expressed his loyalty to the imperial court, declaring that he had prepared himself to die for the country, and that if Yuan Shao forced him by force, he would die unyielding.Born as a Han official, died as a Han ghost.

After reading Zhou Zhong's letter of allegiance, Liu Xie was calm.

In the name of recovering from his illness, Zhou Zhong stayed in Shandong for nearly half a year.He didn't write the letter in the morning, and he didn't write the letter in the evening, but he wrote the letter of loyalty when Yuan Shao was about to visit.If it was a coincidence, he would never believe it.

He was more inclined to think that Zhou Zhong was treacherous and cunning. From Yuan Shao's absurd military actions, he saw that Yuan Shao was ineffective, and he was unwilling to follow Yuan Shao to death.

It is better to be left out than to be a traitor.

The reason why Liu Xie felt this way was because Zhou Yu, who had rejected the court's recruitment last time, still did not respond.If Zhou Zhong really wanted to be loyal to the court, shouldn't Zhou Yu be allowed to enter the court?
These veterans still think of me as a fool.

Or they don't care what the court thinks at all, as long as they don't fall into the trap.When the world is at peace, or when the imperial court has obvious advantages, people will naturally recommend them to be ministers, touting their noble morals rather than submitting to death, but ignoring their shady cunning.

Liu Xie ordered Zhou Zhong's documents to be archived and declined to comment.

In his opinion, Zhou Zhong was not as real as Yuan Shu, at least Yuan Shu sent his daughter and son-in-law.

A few days later, Sun Ce's victory report was delivered to Xingzai.

This time, Liu Xie finally knew some real battle conditions.According to the fracture ratio of [-]% of the casualty figure, and removing the water in the document, it can be seen that Sun Ce did not contact Yuan Shao's main force, but defeated Yuan Shao's general Han Meng, killing more than a thousand people.The end of the war was not because Sun Ce was able to fight more, but because Yuan Shao took the initiative to retreat.

As for the reason for the voluntary retreat, Sun Ce did not say.Liu Xie estimated that it was related to Liu Bei's record in Xuzhou.

Although Liu Bei lost more than he won in his life, it also depends on his opponent.He really didn't have a chance to meet Yuan Shao with a large number of people, or Cao Cao and Lu Xun who were super capable of using troops. He could still fight against Yuan Shao's subordinate Chun Yuqiong.

So, in the final analysis, the great victory that Yuan Shu boasted was only Liu Bei's defeat of Chunyu Qiong.

Sure enough, it was still a group of chickens pecking at each other.

All of these can be defeated, no wonder Zhou Zhong thinks Yuan Shao can't do it.

Soon, Liu Bei's documents were also delivered to Xingzai.

This time it is not only a victory, but also a request for help.

Yuan Shao's soldiers pressed the border and directly surrounded Sheyang City where Chen Deng was stationed. Although the city hadn't been broken yet, Chen Deng obviously couldn't hold on for too long.Liu Bei's military strength is seriously insufficient, especially the lack of cavalry. It is hoped that the imperial court can send cavalry reinforcements to relieve the urgent need.

After Liu Xie finished watching, he couldn't help laughing.

Sun Cao Liu, sure enough, none of them are good.One falsely reported military exploits, one cried poorly and begged for a reward, and the other pretended to be deaf and dumb, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.

They have only one thing in common: ignoring Yuan Shu.

(End of this chapter)