Wei Shu

Chapter 27
Nowadays, there are not only many Song people living in Baishuang City, but also many Song people in Emperor Jin Guohuang. Some of them can even serve as officials or serve as Xixi in noble families, and they are barely decent people.

It is true that no matter how dependent and loyal they are, Song people are Song people after all, and they are the most humble and bully ethnic group in the Kingdom of Jin. Therefore, no matter how high their officials are, no matter how noble their students are, they are still The respect commensurate with status cannot be earned.

But even so, they live better than most Song people.

And the Song people in Baishuang City belonged to the vast majority.

In order to support their wives and children, the young and strong Song people who were taken captive here either sold themselves as slave labor in silver mines, or worked as coolies in the Canghe River, or went to the homes of high-ranking officials and dignitaries as slaves and handmaids. In exchange for a small amount of rations.

And some "smart people" among them will throw their face and conscience in the ground and start human trafficking brokers.

Those Song people who are extremely poor or desperate will be lured into the hub by these so-called compatriots or by "borrowing debts", and then force them to sell themselves at high interest rates; They do some of the cheapest jobs in villages, skin and meat caves, etc., and most of the money they earn is used to "pay off debts" or pay expensive "poll taxes."

Naturally, if there is such a good product, the human slave brokers will also sell it to the imperial capital, or sell it to the noble mansion in the city, so that the upper-class gold men can have fun and earn a lot of money.

However, most of these gold and silver will eventually return to the gold man's pocket.

From the imperial capital to Baishuang City, I don't know how many officials have been fed to their heads, and some of these slave brokers are particularly lucky and have paid the most tribute, and they will receive "subsidiaries" from the Baishuang City government.

Although those who have this affiliation cannot be equal to Jin people, they also have the right to buy land and open shops, and their status is far higher than ordinary Song people.

In the Jin dialect, these Song people with Jiji were called "Fona Husheli", which means "obedient head sheep".

This is the language of the local shepherds.

There will always be a head sheep in a flock of sheep. It can not only coerce and drive the flock, but also cooperate with the herdsmen to appease the flock of sheep waiting to be slaughtered every year, and lure them into the slaughter circle, obediently leading the neck and killing them.

The applicants of course know the meaning of "Fna Husheri", and they are not proud of it.In private, they usually refer to themselves as "good people".

They are indeed good people in the eyes of the Jinren.

After all, human trafficking is a business without capital and profit, and Baishuang City is located on the border between the two countries, so there is never a shortage of "supplies".

The northern territory of the Great Song Dynasty was already densely populated, and because it was close to the two big rivers of Huai River and Surabaya River, the water was rich and the black soil was fertile, which was very suitable for farming. The grains produced every year could not only provide food and clothing for the people, but also exchange for some neighboring countries. properties.

Since there is fertile soil, there will be hard-working farmers living here. As a result, many border towns, fortresses and villages in the northern border of the Song Dynasty were formed, and the population was very prosperous.

In the past 20 years, the two countries have continued to fight each other, and the number of Song people who have been taken into captivity has also increased day by day. The "business" of slave brokers in Baishuang City can be described as extremely prosperous.

They and the exiled people were both Song people, and it was easy to win the trust of each other. It was better for them to come forward than the Jin people.And the gold people who are reaping profits are not free money. Whenever there is a dispute, they will take the initiative to support these good people.

As time goes by, the good people become more and more loyal to the "Lord of the Kingdom of Jin", wishing to repay the adults for their kindness.

This also leads to the second benefit, that is, some shady business, the golden nobles will also be handled by these good people.

These obedient and obedient people will always do things well, even if they miss for a while, it doesn't matter, just pull them out to take the blame.

In Aqisi's memory, there was a very sensational "disappearance case of the daughter of a golden military household" half a year ago.

Because the military household had a good relationship with their superiors, they brought the matter to a nobleman, and the case was finally solved, instead of being shelved like other Song people who disappeared or were killed.

It turned out that because of her beauty, the golden girl was mistaken for a Song girl by some "good people" broker, so she was tricked into a black shop, poured dumb drugs, and then sold it at a high price under the account of a collared master. slave.

Within two days, the girl died.

After the leader Jia knew the truth, he was very annoyed, he compensated the military household 50 taels of silver, and personally led the army to arrest the broker's home.

Unexpectedly, the man knew that he had sold the golden girl by mistake, so he took the whole family and committed suicide that night.

In the end, the government came forward and confiscated all the properties of the good people's brokers, and the case was closed.

The Jinren Junhu, who lost his beloved daughter, knew that there must be something wrong with this matter, but because all the people involved in the case died and there was no proof of death, he could only bear it silently.

This is what good people are for.

The Jin people treated them like a handy object. If the object was broken, they would throw it away and replace it with a new one. Anyway, there are plenty of goods in Baishuang City, and there will always be people who are willing to make this kind of object.

"Are they... escaping?"

The boy's voice sounded, and the eyes behind the peacock blue Nuoju were clearly astonished, obviously very surprised.

Not every family is running away, but the whole courtyard is running away.

Bring the family with their mouths, pots and pans, and bring everything they can, and the whole family escapes from the courtyard where the person died. This is the reason for all the noise.

Wei Shu was pulled back from his thoughts by his words, she bent her eyes and said with a smile: "Children can be taught."

Indeed, everyone in the courtyard is running, including her, and will leave soon.

The household registration system of Baishuang City has always been extremely chaotic, especially in the north of the city, and this is still a military town. The city affairs are jointly controlled by the military camp and the government office. The two sides are fighting fiercely for power. But they often blame each other.

This is a tacit understanding that seems to be absent.

The costless population trading will inevitably lead to frequent murders of all kinds, while the chaotic household registration system conceals the intertwined interests of all parties under it, giving everyone a plausible excuse.

With this premise, the Song people living in the north of the city have unwritten rules:
Don't ask the dead, lest you get burned; if there is a murder, especially if the murder involves a golden man, run if you can, and most of them will be able to escape.After all, the status of the golden men haunting here is also very lowly, so what does it matter if a few die?
"Since everyone has run away, why did you say that the family is in danger?" The young man was even more puzzled.

Wei Shu sighed: "If the government really puts all their efforts into investigating, they will still be able to find out. After all, those two people who died..."

She stopped talking suddenly, and glanced at the young man from the corner of her eye.

The young man didn't notice the half-revealed meaning, scratched the back of his head, and muttered in a low voice: "The folk customs here are really weird."

Wei Shu smiled.

It seemed that even though the young man knew about this border town, he didn't know much about it.

"Don't worry about them, come here, and I'll tell you how to do it." Wei Shu put aside the matter, and waved to the young man with a smile. Her pretty eyebrows and eyes seemed to be stained with Jiangnan smoke, and even the scar on her forehead was not so bad. Scary.

But for some reason, looking at that beautiful smile, the young man suddenly felt his heart tighten, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his back...

(End of this chapter)