Capital Datang

Chapter 250 Three Re-Cāo Slave Hunting

Regarding Cui Yu's suggestion, not only Li Yin nodded repeatedly after hearing it, but also Yanbei, Li Ke and others felt good. After all, taking people apart and arresting them as slaves can not only deter other natives, but also does not make Li Yin seem too cruel.Only Li Zhen felt a little unsatisfactory. After all, in his opinion, only by eradicating these natives can he really let out his breath.

After deciding on the treatment of the eight tribes natives, Li Min discussed with everyone how to attack these tribes. At this time, Lu Qing proposed a very good way, that is, a small army from Keelung City. Part of the army, and then spend money to hire friendly Shufans from the surrounding area to fight. First, it can reduce casualties. Second, those tribes live in forests and mountains. It is really difficult for the Han army to adapt. It is better to use these familiar terrain as the main force. .

For Lu Qing's method, Li Yin praised Lu Qing loudly. He didn't have much armed force in his hands, so naturally he couldn't use it in the fight with these natives. A piece of cake.

After the matter was agreed upon, Li Yin handed over the matter to Lu Qing. After all, he was the boss here, and he was very familiar with the bosses and people, so he was very relieved to let him handle Li Yin.In addition, Yanbei volunteered to join the team to wipe out the eight native tribes, and was mainly responsible for logistics and other work.Capital Datang 253

Li Min also understood Yanbei's petty thinking, he just wanted to hold the captive natives in his own hands, and then pick out the strong ones and send them to the plantation under his name.Although Yanbei's approach was somewhat shameless, Li Min did not stop it, because he knew that Yanbei would definitely send the best part to his plantation in Prince Qi's mansion.

However, although Yanbei is shrewd, Cui Yu and Wang Kuang are not fools. Although they are not from the Qi Palace, but relying on their good relationship with Li Yin, they have the cheek to squeeze into the Qing army. Bei robs people, and even if they rob them, they can't rob them. It's just that after Yan Bei finishes the first batch, they can pick out the better ones from the rest. This is better than passively waiting for distribution .

Lu Qing was indeed a rare talent. Two days after Li Yin explained the matter, he was almost ready to dispatch troops. Keelung City only sent out [-] elites this time, and also hired [-] elite natives.Although these natives look similar, the contradictions between tribes are also very sharp, and there is a disaster of extermination at every turn. In addition, they have no concept of country and nation, so as long as they spend some money, other tribes People are naturally very willing to earn some extra money, and they can also eliminate a few powerful enemies by the way.

Li Yin didn't pay much attention to this dispatch of troops. After all, the other party was just a group of natives, and they were scattered into eight tribes. They couldn't respond to each other, and they hired so many natives. It's a sure thing, so when Lu Qing set off, there was no decent ceremony held in the city, but Li Yin went to the gate of the city to toast a thousand soldiers with a glass of wine, and then set off.

In fact, it was exactly as Li Yin had expected in advance. The strength of several native tribes was indeed not worth mentioning. It was not even worth mentioning that the 1000 people brought by Lu Qing were not used at all. The four thousand elite natives were enough to kill eight of them one by one. A tribe is extinct.However, there were also some problems. For example, the battles between the natives usually ended with the extermination of the clan. After all, the productivity of the natives was low, and there was no surplus food in the clan to feed prisoners of war, so generally no one would be left alive.

Regarding this battle, although Lu Qing had repeatedly emphasized to the native soldiers in advance, in the end, some people had a habit of attacking and slaughtered them without any hassle. The 1000 people in the army served as a military law team to stop the killing of native soldiers.

As a result, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield this time. A native soldier finally knocked down his opponent, and just wanted to go up and kill him with a knife, but at this moment, a Han soldier suddenly ran out from the side and first used his shield. Hold up the native's weapon, then yell loudly in local dialect, at the same time, he didn't forget to kick the enemy who was struggling to stand up, and finally, together with the native, grabbed the opponent with a rope.

Although the behavior of Han soldiers is very dangerous on the battlefield, but as the saying goes, people die for money. In order to increase the enthusiasm of these soldiers to catch slaves, Li Yin has long made a promise that every time a native is caught, he will be rewarded according to the strength of the opponent's body. There are different levels of rewards for different levels, and it is precisely because of this that they work so hard.

In just a few days, Lu Qing had wiped out five tribes and captured more than 1 slaves, all of which were sent to Keelung by Yan Bei, and then Li Yin came forward to organize people from various plantations to auction.Li Yin was used to selling slaves when he was in Dengzhou, but Yanbei usually took the initiative, and he planned behind the scenes. Although this was the first time he was transferred from behind the scenes to the front stage, he did it well. There are samples.

Slave hunting was not invented by Li Min. Slave hunting occurred as early as the end of primitive society. The slave hunting industry in the Tang Dynasty was also very prosperous. Silla maidservants and Kunlun slaves were high-end goods that were in short supply.However, the ancient industry of slave hunting and slave trading was really carried forward in the hands of Li Yin. Whether it was the northern grasslands or the Goguryeo Three Kingdoms in the northeast, there was Li Yin's shadow behind the prosperous slave hunting industry.

It's just that with the demise of Goguryeo, Dengzhou's slave industry has begun to decline after a period of madness. For this, Li Yin had to find new sources of slaves, one of which was the north of Yingzhou, that is, In later generations, the Northeast Province area gathered ethnic groups such as Khitan, Xi, and the ancestors of Jurchen Mohe. These ethnic minorities were collectively called Hu people by the Tang people.As a time traveler, Li Yin was well aware of the harm these two ethnic groups would bring to the later Central Plains dynasties, especially the Jurchens, and he could not allow them to develop no matter what.

So after his guidance, and with the help of Zhang Jian, the governor of Anton, many Dengzhou slave hunting teams have entered the north of Yingzhou, and began to work hand in hand with the local Tang army, capturing the local Hu people overtly and secretly. .It's just that there is only one source of slaves in Li Yin's plan, and there is another slave production area waiting for him to develop.

However, the slaves in Dengzhou can only be supplied to the Tang Dynasty, and they are barely supported, and there are no redundant slaves.But now if Li Yin wants to build a sugarcane plantation on Liuqiu Island, a lot of manpower is required. It is definitely not enough to rely on immigration and hiring local natives, and hiring will also increase the cost of the plantation, so almost all planting The owner of the garden thought of buying slaves.

But slaves are not something you can buy as you want, the natives on Liuqiu are limited, and for the stability of the island, it is not suitable to capture a large number of them, otherwise they will provoke the hatred of the natives and make trouble with Li Yin everywhere. If so, it would definitely be a waste of money.As for the eight tribes, they provoked Li Min first, so capturing them as slaves stood at the highest point of morality, and with the participation of other natives, there is no need to worry.However, relying on these slaves alone obviously cannot meet the needs of the island.

"Prosecutor Cui, do you understand what this king means?" Li Yin was in King Qi's Mansion in Keelung, he and Cui Wei were the only ones in the hall, and Li Yin was asking Cui Wei with a serious face.

"Your Highness, I understand!" Cui Wei said excitedly, "Your Highness wants the officials to come forward and organize those desperadoes who surrendered from the island to become a professional slave hunting team on Liuqiu Island, and then go to Java and other places capture slaves to supplement the labor gap on the island.”

"Yes, this matter is extremely important to the development of Liuqiu. You must not disappoint me!" Li Yin said with a smile, although this Cui Wei made Li Yin very angry because of his relationship with Cui Yu and Cui Mengxue. It's important, but Li Yin is still a little worried about his own talent, so giving this to him first is a small test.

Cui Wei obviously also understands that this is Li Yin testing himself, and he also knows some news from Cui Yu, knowing that the King Qi in front of him is very interested in God, so sooner or later someone needs to govern here, and that Lu Qing, although he can It's not bad, but after all, he is a leader of the army. With such a smart person as His Royal Highness King Qi, he will naturally not allow one person to gather military and political power in one person. Judging from the current situation, I am undoubtedly the most likely and most qualified person to take that seat.

Thinking of this, Cui Wei couldn't help feeling even more excited. Ever since he was sent to Liuqiu last year, he thought that his official career would be ruined like this, and he might even lose his life here. However, he was valued by King Qi, and his future development is even more limitless.And his own future is far greater than being the governor of Datang.Capital Datang 253

Li Yin looked at Cui Wei who was full of joy below, and couldn't help but nodded. Talking to this kind of smart person saves effort. As long as you start yourself, people can guess your next arrangement. No wonder this Cui Wei can do it. The high position of the governor of the previous state?

After seeing off the ambitious Cui Wei, Li Yin sat alone in the hall and meditated.The first thing he did when he came to Liuqiu was to meet his uncle Yang Hao, and then he integrated his forces. Now Liuqiu's periphery is completely under his control. Although there are still some natives inside, they are not dangerous. With the development of Liuqiu, it will definitely erode the living space of the indigenous people step by step, so they either integrate into the life of the Han people, or they are eliminated by the general trend.

In addition, the plantation is also developing in a "chaotic" order. I have just arranged for the slave capture, but these are not enough. Liuqiu Island still has one of the most basic problems that has not been solved, but this problem is beyond the In addition to Li Yin's ability, he had to wait for Wang An who had gone out to come back, and then the two of them discussed it before making a final decision. Counting the days, Wang An should be back soon, right?To be continued.