A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 883 The daughter of the Han family in the pirate ship

"Cut a sheep head, have some sheep soup, and have two lotus cakes,"

"Okay, would you like some wine, sir?"

"Come to Humai Float Bar,"

"Okay, sir, please wait a moment. I'll be here soon."

In a small tavern at Dengzhou Pier, Huaiyu ordered a few things to eat, and then sat down. While waiting for the food and drinks, he sat at the entrance of the shop and watched the melee on the other side of the pier from a high position.

The waiter quickly brought the food and wine.

"The guest officer must be a merchant from the capital," the waiter said. He was young, only thirteen or fourteen years old. He was tall and thin, with a big forehead and a pair of very lively eyes. When he saw that Wu Huaiyu was dressed in ordinary clothes, But the fighting at the pier was fresh, and he knew it was the first time he came back.

Otherwise, as long as they have been to Dengzhou Port, who has not seen the fight between the four Haidong vassals?

"Then what's going on? It seems that Hu Yi is the one doing the beating, and no one cares?"

"Look, there must be someone in charge, but don't worry. Those people are the four feudal lords of Haidong. You know, the four feudal lords of Haidong, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and Japan. Three of them are on the Korean Peninsula. There is one on Fuso Island.

These people were beaten frequently, a small amount every three days, a medium amount every five days, and a large amount every ten days. The beatings were so severe that their heads were bruised and bloody. The beatings became more severe. During this period, the beatings became even more severe. "

"What?"

"It's just for money. Silla maids know it. In the past, the Silla people brought some maids from China. They were all young, beautiful, gentle and docile, so they were very popular with the powerful and wealthy families in the Central Plains. Later, this Silla maid It has even become a symbol of the status of the mansion. Which noble family in Chang'an and Luoyang does not have a Silla maid?"

"So this Silla maidservant is becoming more and more popular, and the price is naturally getting higher and higher. Silla merchants are also making a lot of money.

Later, the Goguryeo and Baekje people saw that selling Silla maids was a huge profit, so they also came to sell Silla maids. "

Following Huaiyu's stone, he threw two coins to the waiter as a reward, "Where did the Goguryeo and Baekje people get the Silla maids from?"

The waiter happily accepted the two copper coins, thanked them with his hands, and said more enthusiastically, "It's interesting to talk about this. In fact, in the past two years, more and more Silla maids have been trafficked to Dengzhou Port. There were many, but if you really want to talk about it, it was actually the Silla maids trafficked from Goguryeo and Baekje that were actually more.

Many of the Silla maids brought by Silla merchants are fake,"

Naturally, the Silla maids must be maids from the Silla Kingdom, but the people of the Tang Dynasty actually knew the difference so clearly, so the Gaoluo maids had to stay high, but the supply of Silla maids was getting less and less.

The capital of Silla was in short supply, so those profit-seeking Silla merchants began to secretly disguise themselves as pirates, plundered coastal villages, snatched young girls, and sold them to the Tang Dynasty.

But demand still exceeds supply.

At this time, the most powerful country on the Korean peninsula was Goguryeo. When the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, although Goguryeo managed to hold on, its vitality was severely damaged. For this reason, Silla and Baekje also used the support of the Central Plains to attack Goguryeo. Captured a lot of city territory.

But after the demise of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo formed a vassal relationship and did not offend each other. Goguryeo was able to lick its wounds with peace of mind and slowly recovered its strength.

So the Goguryeo people began to take revenge and began to launch a massive counterattack against Silla.

However, the Silla people wanted to die. When Goguryeo was fighting the Sui Dynasty earlier, they joined forces with Baekje to attack Goguryeo and tore off a lot of meat.

But later Silla and Baekje actually started fighting among themselves.

The two families fought fiercely. At this time, the Goguryeo people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and became a vassal state. They stabilized the northern border and moved southward. They even pacified Baekje, which came from the Buyeo lineage.

So, he concentrated on attacking Silla.

Baekje was still nearby and firing Silla secret arrows from time to time.

Silla was miserable and finally regretted it. From Wude to Zhenguan, they sent envoys to Chang'an every year to cry out that Goguryeo and Baekje bullied him, saying that they blocked Silla's tribute route and asked Tang Dynasty's father to send troops to teach Goguryeo a lesson.

But when Li Yuan was there, he didn't care about Liaodong at all.

Although Li Shimin was ambitious, he also knew his priorities. The emperor's timetable was drawn up, and Goguryeo had to be resolved at the end.

In recent years, envoys have been sent to mediate.

But it was always just mediation, with no intention of sending troops.

The Goguryeo people gradually became more confident. They did three things every day: eat, sleep and fight against Silla.

One city after another was captured in the Han River plain, which was already rich, but the Goguryeo people attacked the cities and plundered the land and also robbed people.

Then the Goguryeo people also knew that Silla maids were very popular in the Tang Dynasty, so they also regarded the snatched Silla girls as rare commodities.

They protected these prisoners of war very carefully and then auctioned them to Goguryeo merchants at high prices.

The merchants shipped these Silla captive girls to Dengzhou Port for sale, claiming that they were authentic Silla maids.

Because of the victory in the war, the Goguryeo people plundered many Silla girls and trafficked them to Dengzhou. Some Goguryeo people also sold domestic Goguryeo girls, even girls from the Mohe tribe, pretending to be Silla maids.

The people of Baekje also followed the same example.

In the end, it turned out that the Silla people had no Silla maids to sell.

On one side, Goguryeo and Baekje jointly invaded Silla, seizing cities and plundering people, and on the other side, their merchants actually robbed their Silla maid brands at Dengju Port.

The people of Silla couldn’t stand it;

As a result, enemies of the country hated the conflict of commercial interests, which led them to embark on a uniquely complicated path. With the funding of the Silla Kingdom and the Silla nobles, many Silla pirates appeared on the west coast of Baekje, Goguryeo, and even Fusang Sea pirates. thief,

Some of these pirates were directly organized by the Silla royal family and nobles, and some were funded by them. These people transformed into pirate groups.

Traveling to and from the west coast, he appears and disappears, attacking and plundering coastal villages and towns.

Not only did they wreak havoc and looting,

Moreover, they also brought the plundered girls from Goguryeo and Baekje back for a period of simple training as Silla maids, that is, teaching them some Silla and Chinese, dressing them up, and then transporting them to Dengzhou Port or even Sold at Yangzhou Port,

They were originally Silla merchants, so they said they brought the most authentic Silla maids, which was quite convincing.

There are more and more Silla maids in Dengzhou Port, and they are becoming more and more chaotic. It is difficult to distinguish the real ones from the fake ones.

This business competition is getting bigger and bigger.

Even the brand Silla Maid is starting to smell bad at Dengzhou Port.

The merchants of the four countries of Haidong were the direct losers. The Silla people hated the Goguryeo and Baekje people. Of course the Goguryeo and Baekje people also hated the Silla people. However, the Japanese were capricious. In fact, the three countries on the island actually hated them in their hearts. .

In fact, the Japanese Kingdom at this time actually had a large territory on the Korean Peninsula. There used to be a small country to the south of Silla, but it was later destroyed.

The Japanese came by sea and invaded and occupied a large territory.

Both the Silla people and the Japanese people claimed that they were the owners of that land, so the Silla people and the Japanese people fought many wars over this.

In order to conquer Silla, Baekje once united with Japan. At one time, Baekje even paid tribute to Japan.

When conflicts are irreconcilable,

When conflicts of interest are profound,

Just one look could lead to a fight.

The current situation in Dengzhou Port is like this. Businessmen from the four countries of Haidong often have conflicts and can easily lead to group fights. Now it is not just because of the interests of Silla maids, but also because of revenge.

He even often beats people to death.

The merchants coming and going became more and more hateful.

On the pier, the melee became more and more chaotic.

"Alang, the ships from the Penglai Zhenshuiying camp have dispatched, and they have blocked the port."

"The soldiers from Dongmou Shoujiu have also arrived and have blocked the dock."

"The state soldiers from Dengzhou are also here,"

Dengzhou moved very quickly. After all, it was not the first time. However, after they quickly arrived, they were not in a hurry to end the game and watched the excitement from a distance.

Anyway, it’s just a fight between feudal lords and barbarians, so just control the scope.

As for how many people were killed or injured, who cares?

Huaiyu drank the sweet and sour wheat float wine and ate the white-cut sheep head. He also watched the excitement.

It doesn't matter, it's already hanging up high.

As for whether such fighting and chaos will affect the trade of Dengzhou Port, it will naturally have an impact, but the impact will not be too great.

Because the situation of Dengzhou Port is quite special. It mainly focuses on foreign trade, and the main targets of foreign trade are the four countries in the east of the sea, and then the nomadic tribes such as Xi, Qi, Ping, Shiwei, Mohe, and Turk in the northeast.

"What a big scene," Huaiyu said with a smile.

Shitou sat next to him and gave Huaiyu pancakes. This pancake is actually a steamed bun. The more pieces should be cut into pieces, the better, and then soaked in mutton soup. It is very delicious.

Huaiyu could see that the management in Dengzhou was actually okay. For example, there were thousands of melee battles between the four countries, but they were basically fists and kicks.

The weapons are only small knives at most.

There are no swords, bows, crossbows or spears, let alone armor.

There must be weapons on the boats of these Hu merchants, but the people on their boats must be inspected when they go ashore. They are not allowed to bring weapons ashore. At most, they can bring a meat knife. Knives longer than a palm are not allowed to be brought ashore.

It lasted an hour,

Several troops on the Dengzhou side finally began to clear the area.

Very simple,

The heavily armed Tang army opened the way with large shields and spears, followed by crossbows and even cavalry on both sides ready to attack.

The armor is clanging,

Murderous,

Those Hu merchants from the four countries who had been beaten to exhaustion with their bare hands did not dare to act recklessly. They kept retreating honestly.

Everyone called for friends, helped injured teammates, and gradually dispersed and returned to their own teams.

In the end, the guy with a bruised nose and face retreated to the shore of the pier, unable to retreat.

Then they each selected some representatives to come and listen to the lessons from the officials of the previous country.

Dengzhou officials issued penalty notices to these Hu businessmen.

Anyone who participates in a fight is responsible for the death or injury. Dengzhou does not care. The dead will take their bodies back and the injured will be treated by themselves. As long as they are not dead, everyone involved in the fight will be fined.

In addition, the four countries must hand over the leader who provoked the dispute. The requirement is that each of the four countries hand over ten people and they must be imprisoned.

Of course, it is symbolic, so just randomly introduce ten people to take the blame, and as long as they are willing to pay, they will only be closed for a symbolic ten and a half months and then released.

It has always been like this, everyone is used to it.

Well, that's how it was handled, it was so simple and crude.

It's been like this every time in the past. After enough fighting, a few arrests, fines, and then they disperse.

But today, it seems a little different.

After the little official in green robe sent by Dengzhou to lecture finished his words, he waved his hand to let them go. As a result, the representative of Silla Kingdom, a man named Jin, took a few steps forward.

He is strong and tall and looks quite prestigious.

"Zhao Canjun, I have something important to report," he shouted loudly, speaking Chinese quite well.

Zhao Shenjun frowned, obviously not liking extraneous matters.

"Zhao joins the army, and the villain learned that in the ship that the Goguryeo people came to Dengzhou Port this time, there was a dog slave on board with a boatload of girls. They lied that they were Silla maids, but according to the villain's investigation, on that ship The girl is not from Silla,"

Zhao Shenjun was not interested in this at all. He was not here to bring justice to them.

"Zhao Canjun, the women on that boat are actually Tang people they kidnapped!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Shenjun couldn't continue his words to repel him. He opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a long time.

What, the Goguryeo people kidnapped a boatload of Tang women and pretended to be Silla maids to sell them in Dengzhou?

Shocking!

"Jin Chunxin, do you know what you are talking about?" Zhao Canjun shouted loudly,

"What the villain said is all true. The people on the boat were all Tang women."

"Which ship, take me there immediately!" Zhao Shenjun shouted sternly.

There was a commotion on the pier;

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The Dengzhou officials of the Tang Dynasty did not care how merchants from Haidong and Siguo sold fake Silla maids, but whoever dared to rob and sell Tang women pretending to be Silla maids was looking for death.

Soon Huaiyu, who was drinking mutton soup in the dock tavern, also heard the latest news.

Huaiyu frowned.

Shitou stood up immediately, "Alang, sit here for a while, I'll go over and investigate."

(End of this chapter)