Chapter 139: The Thriving Slave Trade and the Arena

Later, the slaves were lost too quickly, and Li Zhen really couldn't stand it, and the slaves who were caught were no longer given away in vain, but sold to them at a clear price, because they bought it with their own money, and the Liyu Division naturally would not use it as crazy as before, which effectively alleviated the loss of slaves. From this, Li Zhen also realized a truth - it is not her own thing, and it is really not distressing to use it.

However, Li Zhen's clear price mark also led to the rise of another industry - the slave trade.

Slave traders are not uncommon in the Tang Dynasty, but they were all foreigners before, and most of the slaves sold were high-level slaves, such as princesses of the dead country, beautiful singers, or warriors who were captured in battle.

Li Zhen's warriors Benyin, Creevy and Aya were all captured by slave traders and sold to the Tang Dynasty, and even the old man Jiang Huan was bought by Li Zhen from the market.

It's just that the slave trade was not much at that time, and most of the people sold were high-level slaves with strange skills, and the number was relatively small.

But now when I saw that ordinary slaves could make a lot of money, I suddenly went crazy - ordinary slaves are cheap, but they can't stand the large number, and they are easy to raise, not as precious as high-level slaves, even if one or two die on the road, they don't feel distressed, so all kinds of foreign slaves (mainly Li Shimin's regulations, not allowed to capture Tang people as slaves, once discovered, killed) were sold in large quantities.

The prosperity of the slave industry led to the destruction of the small countries around the Tang Dynasty, especially in the border areas, where villages and villages were captured, and the local government received news of the disappearance of people almost every day. It's not that they haven't complained to Datang, but Datang never pays attention to it, even if they are approached, most of them are fooled - how can Datang spit out the meat that falls into his mouth? ……

Nowadays, it is not only foreigners who do slave trade, but also many Datang people are also involved, and even some large caravans have similar side businesses, once they meet a single small tribe, they will be encircled and suppressed by the way, and by the way, they will make a little extra money - the rules in the caravan are that slaves belong to private property, as long as you have the ability to catch them, the caravan will not ask for you, but will ask for a little management fee and food consumption fee, which is quite humane.

Datang is supportive of this matter, and as long as the slaves transported back are not too bad, they can basically make a small profit. And now it's not just the subordinates who have slaves, but even some rich merchants or landlords will do the same.

There are even some wealthy people who specialize in raising some war slaves and playing games in the Tang Royal Arena to make profits.

Speaking of the Royal Arena, it is now a legend, which was opened by Li Zhen's uncle Yan Jingsi with a few friends, and now it is the first arena in Datang. Not only has the headquarters of Chang'an been renovated more and more magnificently, but also branches have been opened in major cities.

Today, the reputation of the arena has spread throughout East Asia, and even people in West Asia have heard of his name.

Not only is there passion and blood here, but it is also a shortcut to fly dreams, to the upper class, and to become a superior person - there have been countless warriors who have become famous here, and then hired as personal bodyguards by various bigwigs, and even directly selected by the army to become an officer and realize the value of their lives.

In particular, the arena's annual super-large event, the Battle of the Brave, produces a first warrior every year, that is, the overall champion.

A total of ten times have been held with this competition, and the champion of each session will be absorbed by the army, at least a school captain, and it is said that the best one is now a lieutenant general, which can be said to have reached the pinnacle of life.

Even if you can't win the championship, as long as you play a good ranking, you will be hired by the rich or nobles, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life.

If you don't want to rely on others, but as long as you can play a good ranking and spread your reputation, then you will be popular wherever you go in the future, whether it is opening a martial arts gym or opening a dart game or even directly forming a slave hunting team, you don't have to worry about no business.

Therefore, it has been regarded as a step forward by countless young people who have no way to serve the country, and every day there are warriors from all over the world to participate, in order to fight for a future.

Of course, there is not only a future here, but also life and death, and every day there are indeed all kinds of warriors with dreams who come in, but there are also countless warriors who are carried out and become losers......

Without further ado, let's get back to business, what Wang Can said about returning to his roots naturally refers to the slave trade.

Rili has a population of 50,000, of which there are more than 20,000 in the prime of life, according to the price given by Li Zhen, the price of a middle-aged slave is between three and five times - even if it is calculated according to three times, 20,000 slaves are 60,000 times, and then remove those killed in the battle, how can it get 50,000 yuan in Li Zhen's hands.

just came out to fight, except for grain, grass and medicine, the rest was not consumed, and it would not exceed 50,000 yuan. If you go back immediately after making this money, then not only will you not lose money on this trip, but you will also make a small profit - of course, this is talking about the five thousand people on Li Zhen's side, not Xue Rengui's side.

"I'm not here for such a small amount of money." Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "If I were the whole Nanyang." ”

"Yes, it's the subordinate who said it wrong." Wang Can hurriedly changed his words.

Li Zhen didn't pay attention to him anymore, but gestured twice on the map with his finger: "We are now in Rili, and the meeting place is in Phu Xuan (Hue City, Vietnam, located in central Vietnam), which means that we still have to go...... Nearly six hundred miles? ”

The meeting place discussed by Li Zhen and Xue Rengui was Fuchun, and then the two sides joined forces to attack Singha Bura, the capital of Linyi, capture Fan Touli (the king of Linyi) alive, and reduce all the nobles of Linyi to slavery.

However, now the plan has changed, and Li Zhen ordered Xue Rengui to attack Fuchun, and then use it as a base to establish an advance base for the Tang Dynasty to the south of Nanyang. Alone on the task of attacking the Singha Bura, once the Sangha Bura is occupied, he immediately begins to implement the three-light policy (grabbing the light, grabbing the light, and occupying the light), providing the prerequisites for the Tang Dynasty to occupy this place.

Li Zhen led the team to continue to attack south, until Fuchun and Xue Rengui joined forces, creating a life passage through Linyi, laying the foundation for the future immigration development of the Tang Dynasty.

"But six hundred miles is a straight-line distance." Hearing Li Zhen's muttering, Wang Can said speechlessly: "The actual distance and the straight-line distance are sometimes several times worse, Your Highness, haven't you learned to draw maps?" Why do you still make this kind of mistake? ”

"Shut up, I'm not done yet." Li Zhen is not angry this time, he studied mechanical design in college, naturally he studied drawing, and the chatter on his lips is purely a habit (many people have this habit).

(End of chapter)