After studying the knife for a long time, Zheng Jie handed the knife to the guard and said, "Messenger, the weapon you provided is very good, but can you guarantee that every future weapon will be like this sample?" ”

Liu Dahai said: "I can assure the king of this. And when the goods arrive, the prince can send someone to inspect them. ”

Zheng Jie sat on the throne and pondered for a long time, and finally said, "I can pay for your weapons and armor, but I don't want to exchange it for people. ”

Of course, Liu Dahai understood what Zheng Jie's meant. In any era, the population can be classified as strategic goods. Only with a sufficient population base will there be enough taxes and soldiers.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, it was quite polite for several countries to conquer each other at that time. When one side admits defeat and pays reparations, the captured soldiers are generally released.

Until a person appeared, it was Bai Qi. After he killed 400,000 people in Zhao State in the first battle, Zhao State declined rapidly! Since then, he has never had the capital to confront the Qin State again! It can be seen that the importance of population size.

Zheng Jie's refusal of Liu Dahai's request was that he did not want the population to be lost. And according to Liu Dahai, their demand for population is almost endless.

Zheng Jie said: "I have heard of the name of the Red Eyed Dragon King, and I also know that his power is mainly on the sea. So I don't understand why you need so many slaves? ”

Liu Dahai said: "This reason is simple. Not long ago, my dragon king's had a battle with those red-haired people and took a piece of land from them! It is a very large island. So we decided to set up a new stockade on this island. But there are some people under our Dragon King who can fight, and there are not many people who can work! So I had to buy some slaves from all over the surrounding area! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Dahai paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Lord Wang, I know what you are worried about. But I didn't say that you would exchange your people for it! You can sell me all the criminals in prison. At the same time, when you crusade against the Nanfang Ruan family, you can also sell the prisoners of war to me. And even if it's a resident under their rule, you can sell it to me as well!

Anyway, those people are all interested in the Ruan family, and they are all enemies to the prince. ”

After Liu Dahai said this, not only Zheng Jie, but also the civil and military ministers under him had their eyes lit up.

Actually, they didn't think of this. It's just that they, as the superiors, can't talk about these bad things and tell them about it. But if someone says it for them, it doesn't matter.

Zheng Jie hesitated and said, "Then how are you going to exchange it?" ”

Liu Dahai said: "Lord Wang, I just need to talk to your subordinates about things like this!" There is no need for such a noble person as the prince to get caught up in this kind of negotiation. ”

Zheng Jie glanced at Liu Dahai very approvingly, and said, "In that case, I will arrange for someone to contact you." So what else do you have now? ”

Liu Dahai said: "There is another thing, that is, I hope that the prince can allow me to find ore veins under the prince and be able to dig mines." Because we have the means to make better weapons, but we don't have enough ore. Of course, we will pay our taxes according to the rules of the dynasty. ”

Zheng Jie nodded and said, "I'll allow this matter." Okay, you can step down. ”

On the second day, Zheng Jie sent someone to contact Liu Dahai. Then Liu Dahai saw what it means to be as black as a crow in the world!

After Liu Dahai gave ample bribes, Liu Dahai got a fairly satisfactory exchange ratio. And if the weapons are purchased separately, Liu Dahai's offer also has enough profit margins.

According to later statistics, this human trafficking has not been able to stop since it began. Not only are the officials engaged in human trafficking, but even the generals who fought in the war also secretly looted the human population and resold it to Liu Pei.

And they got sufficient war materials from Liu Pei, including weapons, clothing, food, and so on. With a large amount of material support, the originally intermittent and low-intensity war has become a continuous war!

Moreover, due to the influx of foreign food, the reduction in food production due to the war has been masked. Both Zheng and Ruan families use precious metals, minerals,

and a large number of slaves exchanged for a large amount of supplies, and continued their own war.

When they were unable to capture the other side's population, the greedy generals turned their attention to their own people. As for how many people were sold far away, that's simply an incalculable number!

The fate of these slaves was quite tragic. Although no one deliberately abused them. But when they opened up their territory to Conglin, they suffered countless casualties!

Inside the jungle, poisonous flora and fauna abound! There are many mosquitoes in the small pond, and diseases caused by mosquito bites are one after another. As for the number of people who died from being attacked by animals, the number of people who were attacked by the local natives is even more incalculable!

The only evidence that can be used as evidence is that after Liu Pei began to buy people from Annan, the progress of Southeast Asian development was greatly accelerated.

Time passed quickly, and another year passed in 1631. In this year, Wang Ya gave birth to another son to Liu Pei, named Liu Dingjiang. And Yu Lina gave birth to a daughter as she wished, and was named Liu Na by Yu Lina. So Liu Pei ran very happily on both sides.

However, Liu Peike did not relax his military management. The 20,000 recruits who were hastily assembled last year have been returned one after another, retrained and retrained, and have become truly combat-capable soldiers.

And after comprehensive consideration, Liu Pei expanded the number of musketeers and pikemen. Blade and shield hands still exist, but the proportion of expansion is not large. The sword and shield hand can no longer meet Liu Pei's combat needs. Retaining them is more of a preparation for siege missions, closer to jumping soldiers. So at this time, Liu Pei can be described as a strong soldier!

However, Liu Pei still did not show the intention of rebellion, but instead gathered the main forces in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and continued to carry out the task of clearing the natives.

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Liu Dahai took his disciples and grandchildren to wander between various countries and tribes, stirring up trouble and bribing and dividing all day long. The whole of Southeast Asia will be changed! But only in this way is it suitable for Liu Pei's development.

Therefore, Liu Pei not only gained a firm foothold in Southeast Asia, but also opened up a large amount of farmland for the victims to live and work in peace and contentment. Liu Pei even had surplus grain to sell to Annan in exchange for slavery.