Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 153 Sausage Tactics
Cui Tao and Zhou Hao sat in the study of the Governor's Mansion, drinking tea while talking about the recent events in Gaochang City.

Zhou Hao said: "The effect of the redemption order is not good. These old nobles should relax their vigilance, right?"

Cui Tao nodded and said: "This is inevitable. The slaves who have escaped today are all unsatisfactory in the master's house, or the slaves who offended the master's house. Those who can still eat will naturally hesitate for a while."

Zhou Hao said, "Is it really okay to take it so slowly?"

Cui Tao smiled and said, "Do you know the sausage-cutting strategy?"

Zhou Hao shook his head.

Cui Tao said: "Let's cut off the head of the sausage first, then stop, do you think the sausage will resist?"

Zhou Hao understood that the sausages were these old aristocrats, and the severed heads were runaway slaves bought by the government.

For these old nobles, it is actually not unacceptable for the escaped slaves to run away and get [-]% of the redemption from the government.

Anyway, these slaves are also slaves who have a strong sense of resistance and have long wanted to escape.

It's just that compared with the conditions offered by the government to buy slaves at market prices, [-]% of the market price has already lost a little.

This is also within the acceptable range of these old nobles.

Cui Tao continued: "After we eat the sausage in our mouth, let's cut another piece. Will the sausage resist?"

Zhou Hao shook his head. Based on his understanding of these old nobles, if some slaves escaped, they would most likely be able to bear it.

The governor's mansion was in the hands of King Jianning, and the army was in the hands of King Jianning, but the governor's mansion did not shout and kill when they came up, but politely paid for the slaves.

This is already a very friendly attitude. If someone wants to stand up and rebel at this time, there are very few people who are willing to follow.

These old nobles themselves are several families. If King Jianning wants to destroy them as soon as he enters the city, he will definitely unite and fight to the death immediately.

But in the current situation, many old nobles may still have illusions, thinking that King Jianning only bought them at [-]% of the market price. Anyway, most of the slaves would not be able to survive if they escaped.

It is really unwise to rebel against such a "small matter".

Zhou Hao understood now, and he said, "Isn't this just a tactic of cannibalism? Why is the sausage tactic so high-end!"

Cui Tao said with a smile: "The principle is so simple, but it is not easy to master the fire, and the next thing the players do is the key. Only when there are more jobs in Gaochang City, the slaves can see the freedom of life. Only when people live with more dignity will a large-scale escaped slave movement break out."

"Only at that time can our Governor's Mansion take action and completely rescue the slaves from the hands of the old nobles."

Zhou Hao nodded. He also read the local information. During Taizong's reign, there were only a few hundred slaves raised by the old nobles.

Now the number of slaves in these old aristocratic homes is estimated to be several thousand. This is also due to the serious land annexation in Xizhou and the increase in the number of landless people.

Cui Tao said: "The issue of slavery is also an economic issue. People will go to slavery when they have nothing to eat. As long as they have something to eat, no one should be a slave or a handmaid."

Zhou Hao also nodded and said, "It's a pity that the territory is so big now that we can't directly mobilize troops like before."

Cui Tao said: "If you kill people every time you go, it will definitely be more and more difficult to expand. On the contrary, this kind of gentle method is the best."

"And as long as it is confirmed that this road is feasible in Western States, then other states and counties can also use the same method in the future."

Zhou Hao nodded, in fact, he also understood what Cui Tao meant.

If the Gaochang model can work, it will be a victory for the official faction players, and they can improve their reputation with King Jianning.

Then the newly occupied land in the future will inevitably set up a civilian team similar to a working group to receive the new land according to the Gaochang model, just like Xizhou.

Now the players under King Jianning have also divided into factions.

As the leader of the civil servant faction, Cui Tao naturally has the idea of ​​expanding the influence of his own faction.

The players are fighting wits and courage with the old nobles in Gaochang City. The group of Li Daoyuan's eastbound group has already entered the eastward pass from Yumen Pass and is about to arrive at Jiuquan.

Yu Xiaoxiao rode on the camel, looked forward with full of expectation, and asked Li Daoyuan beside him:

"Captain Li, are we going to Jiayuguan? Jiayuguan is the most magnificent pass in the world. I will make a good video when the time comes!"

The sword dance outside Yumen Pass last time allowed Yu Xiaoxiao to earn enough traffic, and now she has become a top UP master in the dance area, especially the scene where the sword dance outside Yumen Pass is completed and the army inside Yumen Pass leaves the pass, it is even more impressive. Gave countless fans to Yu Xiaoxiao.

With such a brilliant achievement, Yu Xiaoxiao naturally wants to go to the next level.

Li Daoyuan and Yu Xiaoxiao, an eccentric girl, are also acquainted. Apart from showing off, Yu Xiaoxiao is also able to endure hardships. After all, the game Datang Fengyun is similar to the real world. Long-distance travel is not the travel of later generations. But it was quite hard work.

Zhou Shi followed Yu Xiaoxiao on a horse, and immediately said, "Xiaoxiao, I have traveled to Jiayuguan in the real world, and it is really quite majestic!"

As soon as Zhou Shi finished speaking, he was scolded by his mentor Zhang Duanyang: "It would be embarrassing for you to study hard! Jiayuguan was only built in the Ming Dynasty, and it is now in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Daoyuan laughed out loud, and Yu Xiaoxiao said a little dejectedly, "Does that mean we won't be able to see Jiayuguan?"

Li Daoyuan comforted: "I can't see Jiayuguan, but I can also see Jiuquan. This is a famous historical city!"

"Jiuquan? Does Jiuquan have such a long history? I knew it was the base for launching satellites." Yu Xiaoxiao grew up in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, so she didn't know much about the cities in the northwest.

Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "Jiuquan was established as a county in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it is a real ancient county in the Han and Tang Dynasties."

Yu Xiaoxiao exaggeratedly said: "There was Jiuquan in the Han Dynasty? This is too amazing!"

Li Daoyuan said: "The area from Jiuquan to Zhangye is bordered by the desert in the north and the Qilian Mountains in the south. It is like a corridor connecting the Western Regions. It has always been a strategic location. If you want to enter the Central Plains in the future, this corridor must be controlled. inner."

Yu Xiaoxiao asked: "Then what does Jiuquan look like now? Is it also a desolate desert?"

Li Daoyuan said: "Of course not. The Hexi Corridor is adjacent to the Qilian Mountains in the south. The melted snow on the mountains merges into several inland rivers. There is sufficient rainfall here, and it is the most fertile area in Longyou."

After crossing a section of desert, the four of them saw a stretch of green ocean, and Yu Xiaoxiao couldn't help being crazy.

(End of this chapter)