Chapter 290: Operation Jeju Island (4)
Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, then had to become a human trafficker, and he had to buy some white slaves specially sent here. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When he bought it for the first time, he said to the other party: "I won't buy it again next time, you don't want to give it again, just this once!" ”
The trafficker was an Arab slave trader.
In this plane, there seems to be wars everywhere in the world.
Needless to say, the war between Japan and Korea that had just ended.
In the Middle East, the traditional ****** countries were attacked by the Tatar armies, the Arab empire was destroyed, and the Ottoman Empire was fighting for statehood.
In Western Europe in the 13th century, the Crusaders repeatedly invaded the East, and at the same time, the Catholic Church in their various regions was engaged in fierce power struggles with the secular aristocracy.
In Eastern Europe, the Slavs were suppressed by the Tatars and became subjects of the Golden Horde. The Byzantine Empire was under crusader attack, fragmented and weakened.
In Africa, the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt in the northeast was at its peak, repeatedly defeating the Crusaders. The Malian Empire in West Africa is on the rise of war. The Swahili civilization of East Africa entered its heyday through fierce battles.
In Mesoamerica, the Mayan Empire also reached its peak after many wars.
These prisoners of war are being trafficked......
The Arab slave trader said at the time: "If you do not take in these white slaves, you will die in hunger and cold, in the midst of horrible labor...... I have seen the life of your laborers, and you have a compassion as beautiful as the sun in the sky, so why not take these poor white slaves and give them a little sunshine to save your labor? ”
After listening to his compliments, Zhang Guoan no longer made any requests. Quite simply, it was not the traffickers who went around capturing people because he bought slaves, but the fact that these people were captives in the first place.
At this time, the crusades in Europe were going on, and they were defeated again and again.
After his accession to the throne in 1260, the true founder of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt, Baibers adopted a policy of "distant friendship and close attack" and allied with the Tatar Kipchak Khanate. It also made peace with Byzantium and concentrated its forces on isolating and fighting the Crusaders.
A year earlier, he had captured Kesariyah and Elssuf, forcing the Knights of the House of Charity to surrender.
Now the power is strong...... The war brought a large number of captives, and the nobles among them, such as King Louis IX of France, who participated in the Seventh Crusade in 1248, were captured and could be redeemed for money after a few years, but those of the lower ranks. And even what about the minions?!
There is no one to redeem them, to keep them and to pay for food, where is there so much work for them to do?
So, with the further development of the war, a huge slave market was emerging, and people everywhere could buy as much as they wanted, just because of the spatial distance. Not easy to transport in large quantities......
The Great Song could accept black slaves and was proud to have a Goryeo woman. Even in the end, they could ask the Japanese for troops, but the whites could not sell them at a high price in their market.
Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, asked Bao Wei and Captain Guo Beyu about why the Great Song people didn't like white slaves, and they said that they used them as slaves, and their eyes were scary at night......
So how can you accept Arab merchants?
Both said. Without him, because they will speak the words of the Great Song.
According to Zhang Guoan's own analysis, the main reason is that the traffickers feel unprofitable, and transporting all kinds of spices is far more profitable than using white slaves to make money. The buyer's market is not strong, so there are fewer white slaves, so they are even less suitable for white slaves...... And Zhang Guoan here is a slave trader who agreed to exchange slaves for his goods.
Fortunately, at this time, there are very few prisoners killed...... Not like the Tatar bandit group that slaughtered the city.
This is the most critical place, so Zhang Guoan can only recognize the compliments of the traffickers.
Working here, at least you can get fair treatment, and there is no ridiculous discrimination, although the people of the Great Song Dynasty always look at themselves as bulls, such as the director of Hu Zhenbei.
But in front of them, whether in their hearts or on the surface, they can't get up.
The half-sized children cultivated by Zhang Guoan's island master are becoming more and more useful.
These can be regarded as two battles, the two captains didn't need him to worry about it at all, the preparation of logistics and armaments, and even various drills, the two of them themselves were prepared one by one, and they also reminded and supplemented each other.
The hiring of combatants is also a common thing in this time and space, whether it is a Japanese samurai or a Goryeo warrior, two teams with 200 members are quickly assembled.
When they formally formed the Goryeo and Japanese strikers, Captain Hwangjo returned from the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Badaohe Shipyard had already built two Anhe-class warships for the Ryukyu Kingdom...... This may be the first time that the Ryukyu Kingdom has its own real warship.
Captain Huang Zu had already asked his soldiers to get on the ship to practice the operation in advance, so when they received the ship, they were able to get started at once......
The Ryukyu Kingdom celebrated that they were no longer afraid of the samurai of the Satsuma Domain...... The king of the Ryukyu Kingdom personally signed it, and in the future, he begged the sailors to stop here, and they even covered the logistics and everything.
When Captain Huang Zu left, the Ryukyu prince followed again.
Captain Huang Zu asked curiously: "You have a warship here, and you also have a qualified navy and army, why do you still follow me back?" ”
He replied, "In the Ryukyus, I am only the crown prince, and in the Hachido River, I have many friends......"
Friend?! Captain Huang Zu nodded, those domestic boys carefully cultivated by the owner of Zhang Guoan Island are indeed worthy of being friends...... It's rare for them to be able to treat others with a normal heart.
In fact, this is only one point, the young Ryukyu prince feels that there is infinite "science" in the island lord Zhang Guoan, and he believes that one day, if a scientific formation can be built in the Badaohe, he must learn from the island lord Zhang Guoan, fortunately, he never hides his selfishness.
When they returned, they brought back buffaloes and smaller half-sized buffaloes from the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, was happy and said, "You picked these little radish heads? ”
The Ryukyu prince said respectfully, "Exactly, Lord Zhang, can I let them be my friends' orderlies?"
Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, agreed, because he had agreed in advance.
The eighteen half-sized sons who are still on Liuqiu Island have a service soldier...... There were two more, Zhang Guoan asked Captain Huang Zu to bring one, and he brought another one.
Captain Huang Zu looked at the two teams of people who were about to set off, his eyes were a little red, and said, "Master Zhang, can I go with ......?"
"Captain Huang, no. I'm going to use you as a cold weapon to teach the leader......"
“……”
It turned out that he was inspired by two teams of mercenaries and decided to use those black and white men as the strikers as well.
To some extent, this plane still needs a certain amount of cold weapon power.
Zhang Guoan said with a smile: "Don't you know how to shoot in battle?" Take your people and train them well. ”
Captain Huang Zu was speechless for a while. (To be continued.) )