Late Tang

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Wang Zongze was a captain of the Yiwu Army Jiedushi Hou Guyan's army. He was unfortunate. Although he persisted to the end in Li Quanzhong's surprise attack on the Yiwu Army, Jieshuai was killed and he had to obey the tooth general in the end. The order to abandon weapons and surrender.But he was also very lucky. All the officers of the Yiwu Army above the capital level were executed by Li Quanzhong immediately after the battle. He happened to be the capital.

Originally, after Wang Zongze surrendered, he saw that Li Quanzhong, the new commander of the Yiwu Army, did not kill them. It is estimated that Li Quanzhong still planned to keep them.He also thought about it, it will take ten years to carry the soldiers to eat the meal of beheading with a knife, and the generals and commanders have changed many times over the years.He has fought against Pang Xun and Li Keyong, so he has rich experience. He has been in the army for ten years, and he has finally become a commander of hundreds of people.

Wang Zongze didn't have much opinion on who he would give his life to. Even if he knew about the current rebellion in the four towns of Hebei, if he served Li Quanzhong as a soldier, it would mean becoming a rebel.But he didn't think it had anything to do with it. In troubled times, life is like grass.After serving as a soldier for ten years, he didn't know what else he could do besides serving as a soldier carrying a gun and eating food.He has no land, no skills and capital to do business. Seeing that the world is getting more and more chaotic, what else can he do besides being a soldier?

However, after more than two months of training in the prisoner camp in Dingzhou, he was suddenly escorted to the road today.

At first, everyone thought that they were going to be assigned to each battalion.Later, it was seen that the posture was not right at all, and then many people worried that Li Quanzhong might execute them.Wang Zongze smiled, but he wasn't worried about this at all.Although human life is as cheap as a dog in troubled times, veterans like them, especially those who are not dental soldiers, are also precious treasures, and no one is willing to kill them easily.

After walking for three days, they finally reached the Hutuo River, where a fleet of boats was waiting for them.But when they got here, they discovered that they were not the only ones escorting the 8000 soldiers of the Yiwu army, except for the remaining [-] Yiwu army soldiers from the last battle, and almost all other Yiwu troops were also escorted. When they came over, there were seven to eight thousand people.In addition, on the farther river bank, there are more people, but those are not soldiers, but civilians.There were men, women and children, and Wang Zongze soon discovered that these were the family members of the soldiers of the original Yiwu Army, and many of them were even the families of powerful and powerful merchants from Yiding Erzhou.

But at this time, these people were tied into long strings by ropes, standing on the bank of the river shivering in the north wind.

Wang Zongze's heart darkened, he didn't expect such a result.

Li Quanzhong went so far as to exterminate all the soldiers and eunuchs, merchants, and eunuchs in the two prefectures of Yiding, and uprooted his entire family.What is he going to do? Doesn't he want Yiding Erzhou?

He couldn't figure it out, no matter how tyrannical a warlord was, it would be impossible for him to do this.

He suddenly became bewildered, wondering where Li Hezhong was going to ship them to?

Outside Wuji City on the north bank of Hutuo River in Dingzhou, Li Quanzhong and Liu Rengong stood there, looking at the river bank from a distance.Seeing many people jumping on and off the fleet, count the escorted people in Dengzhou and load them on the ship one by one.

"Marshal, are you really going to sell the entire Yuanyiwu army?" Liu Rengong asked in a deep voice.

Li Quanzhong and Liu Rengong were originally subordinates of Li Maoxun and his son. Up to now, Li Quanzhong relied on the original alliance with Liu Yue to betray Li Keju, and this raid on the two states of Yiding finally finally owned the land of the three states of Yidingying and became Yiwu. The army is handsome.And Liu Rengong was assigned to Liu Yue's subordinates, but he also officially owned the territory of Mozhou.

If possible, Li Quanzhong would not be willing to sell this Uehara Yoshitake Army.Originally, he had killed the officers above the head of the capital, and the remaining people planned to train for a period of time, and then dispersed into his army to strengthen their strength.But this time Liu Rengong went to Liaodong and brought back many businessmen. They were engaged in human trafficking and were willing to exchange canned food, cattle and sheep, potato vermicelli and other materials in exchange for character.

The Yiwu army taken by Li Quanzhong is guarding the Feihuxing main road leading directly to Yuzhou, the Datong army in Hedong.As a new warlord in a town, Li Quanzhong now has no shortage of soldiers, but what he lacks is weapons and food.After discussing with these businessmen from Liaodong for a long time, Li Quanzhong considered for a long time, and finally decided to arrest Yuan Yiwujun, his family members, and those merchants from the ten wealthy families who refused to submit to him sincerely, and then traded with the Liaodong merchants. In exchange for those grains and even arrows, armor, etc.

Ten thousand original Yiwu troops, including three thousand teeth soldiers and seven thousand town soldiers.Two thousand cavalry and eight thousand infantry.Li Quanzhong sold them all. With these Yiwu troops who were originally loyal to the imperial court, Li Quanzhong was always worried that they would turn against them when the imperial court attacked.Now exchange them for an important item, save trouble, and get what you need.

5 soldiers, plus their family members and those wealthy families and businessmen who refused to serve, all add up to a total of [-] people.

Selling 5 people at once was something that made him hesitate several times for Li Quanzhong, the Jiedushi of the New Yiwu Army.

With a population of 5, the Yiwu Army's cavalry soldiers have 45 guan coins each, the infantry 37 guan coins, and the town soldiers have [-] guan coins per person.Ten thousand tooth soldiers were sold for [-] yuan, which is almost the price of one horse per person.

For the remaining people, young and strong men each have thirty guan, and young and strong women each have twenty guan.Fifteen pens for underage men, ten pens for women, and ten pens for old people.

In the end, these 4 people sold 80 guan, plus 5 soldiers, and 110 people sold [-] million guan.

Although the price was very low, the Liaodong merchants did not pay directly, but paid with the military supplies that Li Quanzhong urgently needed.

Potato vermicelli, yam vermicelli, lotus root starch, fish, beef and mutton, canned poultry, etc. are all much cheaper than the market price, and they are wholesaled to Li Quanzhong at ex-factory price.The most critical thing is that Li Quanzhong purchased a batch of military supplies from Liaodong merchants.

Among them, there are [-] sets of iron armor and [-] sets of leather armor. Although these iron armor and leather armor are only [-]% new, they are still rare military supplies.The prices offered by the merchants in Liaodong were not high, with [-]% new iron armor for a set of [-] guan, and leather armor for a set of [-] guan.In addition, [-] spears and [-] horizontal knives were purchased.

Although in the end, the sum of the two figures, Li Quanzhong's 5 [***] Yi was given to Liaodong businessmen, and he had to take out 100 million guan to subsidize it, but he already felt that it was worth it.What's more, the Liaodong businessman didn't need him to pay back the 100 million in arrears. Instead, he signed an installment contract and divided the repayment into four quarters within a year.Although paying in installments, he had to pay an extra 20 yuan in interest in the end, but Li Quanzhong felt that it was not bad.

After all, after all, he didn't spend a penny, and he got three thousand iron armors, ten thousand leather armors, ten thousand knives, and twenty thousand spears.Moreover, there are also a lot of those grains.Besides, he sold 5 people, and all the properties, fields and houses of these people belonged to him.After all the calculations, it is still very cost-effective.

Originally, he wanted to buy more bows and crossbows, but the Liaodong merchants said that these were restricted weapons.

This was a deal that both parties were very satisfied with. Li Quanzhong eliminated risks, solved hidden dangers, and made a fortune, as well as food and armaments.

The Liaodong merchants also made a fortune, and the ordnance was just the old equipment replaced by the town [***] in the middle of the year.When these equipments were handed over to them by the Palace, they were not expensive. They sold them to the Hebei Army, and they made a profit of [-]% as soon as they changed hands, plus the profit of the installment payment, another [-]%.And by exchanging goods for people, these people can make a fortune when they are sent to Liaodong.Although the king of the county had long ago strictly prohibited the sale and purchase of people.But in fact, Liaodong has a huge demand for population. It is difficult for various workshops to recruit workers, and it is difficult to find people. In the end, they have to pay a large introduction fee.Of course, the Wangfu will eventually give these employers tax cuts and refunds, and provide subsidies to encourage them to find ways to introduce more immigrants.

The population of 5 is not a small number, and Liaodong merchants rented a large number of ships to transport it.

Wang Zongze didn't have any family members, so he had enough to eat for a long time and the whole family was not hungry, so when he heard the people on the boat tell him that they had been sold to Liaodong by Li Quanzhong, he just sighed in his heart.

But the young crew member on the ship quickly told him the good news. Although they were sold by Li Quanzhong, they were not actually slaves.Because of the money bought from them, the Liaodong government will finally return it to those businessmen through tax cuts, tax rebates and subsidies.Then after they arrived in Liaodong, they were still free citizens.

What the crewman said was not very clear, which made Wang Zongze a little confused, and he couldn't believe it.Although each of them only sold for the price of a pony, each of them cost tens of pennies.How could King Andong of Liaodong spend such a sum of money to get them away, and then let them become free citizens?

He couldn't figure it out, but the people on board were really kind to them. Wang Zongze and his colleagues and subordinates were not abused in any way.Not only can I eat enough, but no one beats or scolds me.Even on the ship, because he is the head, he was appointed to manage the people on this ship.

Hundreds of people on this ship stayed below the deck, and Wang Zongze stayed at the bow with the crew and caravan stewards.Instead of tying him up, those businessmen treated him very politely, and even answered his questions seriously.

The huge fleet sailed all the way to the northeast, and after leaving the territory of the Yiwu Army, it entered the territory of Youzhou.However, after Lu Longjun along the coast saw the fleet of these Liaodong merchants, no one came up to check, and let them go all the way north, and finally set sail into the sea.

After getting along with the caravan crew on the ship these days, Wang Zongze already understood and believed that they were not going to Liaodong to be slaves, to build roads and cities, or to dig mines to do hard work.According to the caravan, when they arrive in Liaodong, they will arrange different jobs according to their skills and skills.Not only is there a high salary, but as long as you work for a certain period of time, you can even get land grants if you perform well. If you don’t have a wife, the government will even help them introduce a wife.

He told the situation to the subordinates in the cabin, but few people were willing to believe it.According to past experience, if the defeated captives cannot be integrated into the army, then the following days must be miserable.Under normal circumstances, they would be dispatched to the army to farm or mine. In the end, nine out of ten people would die of exhaustion.

After floating in the sea for several days, the fleet finally arrived at Liaodong Bay along the coast, and then went upstream along the mouth of the Liaohe River and entered the Liaohe River.After going on like this for a few more days, the fleet finally stopped at a large pier.

As soon as the boat stopped, the merchants on board shouted loudly: "Liaodong City has arrived!"

To the surprise of Wang Zongze and the soldiers of the Yiwu Army under his command, neither the army who came to take over the escort nor the caravan guards greeted them.

Li Jing, the king of Andong County in Liaodong City, personally brought a large number of civil servants and generals to welcome these piglets sold by Li Quanzhong. Fifty thousand Han people moved to Liaodong at a time, which was extremely shocking for the entire Liaodong region.

"Brothers, are you hungry?" After Li Rang led someone to count the number of people, he wrote a document to the caravan.Then with a smile on his face, he led many people to bring steaming meals.

The food prepared is very rich, not only fresh river fish and seafood, but also rice, egg drop soup, and even a large camping can of [-] catties for every ten people. When you open it, there is oily braised pork inside piece. "Eat it!"

Wang Zongze stared blankly at the tall pile of white rice in the bowl in front of him, which was obviously new rice just harvested, and then looked at the big can of braised pork in front of him, which weighed at least ten catties.

Other people around were also in a daze, Wang Zongze stretched out his hand and grabbed his thigh, a burst of pain came, this is not a dream!Many tents have been temporarily set up in the open space on the pier. When more than 5 people got off the ship, they had a hot meal here to calm their minds, and then arranged for them to register.

Many people pinched their faces and pinched their legs, all immersed in the unbelievable.

King Anton personally came to greet these slaves, and the meals he provided were even better than those of some officers and landlords in the past.

After Li Jing destroyed Goguryeo, in order to stabilize the situation in Liaodong, he implemented an important plan, that is, to move all Goguryeo people to Ziqing Heping, Ji, Tan, and Equality, mainly to Ziqing Qidenglai Land of five states.Then the Han people from Ziqing Qidenglai and other places, and the Han people recruited from other places were moved to the Liaodong area.

However, since the implementation of this plan, although the relocation of Goguryeo people from the Liaodong area to the Central Plains has been smooth, there used to be more than one million Hu people of various ethnic groups in the Liaodong area. people.Liaodong was originally sparsely populated, and without these millions of people, except for the southern part of Liaodong, the entire Liaodong is now empty. Even Liaodong City, the center of Liaodong, only has tens of thousands of people left.

Li Jing made a simple plan. According to the area of ​​Liaodong, if he wanted to completely control Liaodong and turn it into the territory of the Han people, at least the ratio of Han to Hu should be controlled to 200 or even [-].He needs to immigrate [-] to [-] million people to Liaodong before he can realize the dominant advantage of the Han people in Liaodong and have the strength to start the Northeast.

To stabilize Liaodong, he will station [-] troops in Liaodong.

He also needs to open mines, build roads, and build cities in Liaodong. The most important thing is to reclaim more land in Liaodong, so that Liaodong can produce food for more than 200 million people, eliminating the trouble and high cost of supplying from outside. .

All that is needed is a large population.

After destroying Goguryeo, Li Jing not only failed to solve the 'employment shortage' and 'population shortage' but exacerbated the situation.

It is precisely because of such a strong population demand, especially the demand of the Han people, that Li Jing had to support Li Rang's new plan half-shadowed, that is, when the caravans return, they should find a way to bring back the population.As long as they bring people back, the government will buy their slaves who are not slaves in disguise through tax cuts, tax rebates, subsidies, etc.Even with this huge expenditure, the gap in this population must be plugged.

Even, for this reason, Li Jing finally had to take out a large amount of ordnance and armor that was replaced by the soldier's big change. Originally, this batch of equipment was to be replaced to equip the township army, but now, it was taken out for a large amount. Part of it is specially used for [***] transactions with towns in Hebei and other towns in the Central Plains.

Therefore, after hearing that the dispatched caravan successfully made a deal with Li Quanzhong for a population of 5 people, Li Jing couldn't help being excited.

"Big meat buns, eat as you please!" On the pier, a businessman dressed in silk came with a group of men and beat the gong loudly, and loads of steaming big meat buns were placed in the temporary camp.This is the owner of a large fleet on the Liaohe River, who specializes in the transportation of the Liaohe River that has just opened.Hearing that so many young and strong people have arrived in Liaodong, he immediately rushed to recruit workers.

"Chairman Zhang, you are too rude." Another group of people arrived, but these were the contractors who contracted several important roads under construction in Liaodong, and they needed more manpower to build roads.

There is still a lot of contention here, and there are businessmen rushing over there, "Come to our steel factory!" The owner of the steel factory patted Wang Zongze's shoulder eagerly, "Eat four meals a day, Meals of rice, morning and evening meals plus meat, even if it is an apprenticeship period, there is still a monthly salary of two yuan a month, and there are bonuses for learning fast!"

Seeing that Wang Zongze still seemed to think it was too little, the boss quickly added, "In Dengzhou, you can buy four hundred catties of rice for two pennies. You can get food and accommodation for a month, and you can earn money if you work for a month as an apprentice." Eat rice for a year. If you are a teacher, you will get a salary increase of [-] yuan a month for just a first-level technician, and if you become a ninth-level master chef, you will get a high salary of [-] yuan a month."

More businessmen came after hearing the news, like a cat smelling fishy.

Not only the businessmen came in a hurry, but the officials from the newly built states and counties in Liaodong also came along with their civil servants, offering many favorable conditions to attract these new immigrants to settle down in their own prefectures and counties.

"Let's go to Shencheng. Regardless of male or female, each adult will be given [-] acres of land. Even if there is no adult, each male and female will be divided into [-] acres. The government also rents cattle and horses, and rents them. Loan!" A seventh-rank Shencheng county magistrate wearing a green official robe stood at a pier that was as lively as the Chinese New Year, and loudly promoted the benefits of settling in this county to these new immigrants without regard to his official status.

The arrival of a population of 5 made Liaodong City Wharf as lively as the Lantern Festival.

Governments of all states and counties, as well as caravans, rushed to recruit workers, and the scene was as fierce as a battle.

The elation from the beginning quickly turned into anger.

In order to rob people, many bosses even broke out small-scale violent conflicts. In one day, there were dozens of boss fights.

The next day, Yuezhou businessman Xie Cheng brought ten huge Mingzhou ships into the Liaodong Wharf. At first, those merchants thought that there was another group of powerful competitors.As a result, they were pleasantly surprised to find that this Yuezhou businessman, Boss Xie, actually brought 3 people from western Zhejiang at one time.

Immediately, countless businessmen flocked to the boat, and soon blocked the Zhexi people who hadn't arrived and disembarked on the boat! (To be continued.)