"Your Highness didn't say that you abducted and trafficked human beings, and you were so eager to get rid of it, there must be something. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info", the green pothos served by Xiao Ming's side, and suddenly said at this time.

Xiao Ming glanced at this girl, she rarely had a time to use her brain, she may have experienced such a thing when she was a child, after all, her current identity is also a slave.

"Hmph, you can't even deceive one of the king's maidservants, and you still come to deceive the king, what crime should you be guilty of!" Xiao Ming slapped the table and said angrily.

Liang Dahai was so frightened that the whole person lay on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "Your Highness spares your life, Your Highness spares your life, the grass people should die, I was really greedy for cheap yesterday and bought a slave of unknown origin, but the grass people really didn't abduct and sell their lovers." “

Although the slave trade is legal in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the normal people, collectively referred to as the beloved, are also protected, and anyone who abducts and sells the beloved, will be executed, which is an iron law.

Xiao Ming just scared Liang Dahai, but he didn't expect to really ask one by mistake, and he said: "Since that's the case, then don't let people go." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, the grass people will go back and release them." Liang Dahai said that he immediately got up and was about to run out.

"Wait!" Xiao Ming stopped Liang Dahai, his purpose was not to investigate the case, he said: "This account book is here for you, you can go back and release people later, today this king is looking for you for another matter." “

Liang Dahai was already frightened, and looked at Xiao Ming in a daze waiting for the following.

Xiao Ming said: "I came to you this time because of the sale of slaves, and this king wants to cooperate with you to run a slave business together." ”

"What!" Liang Dahai couldn't believe his ears.

"You heard you right, this king came to you to discuss this matter, and if you do well, it is not impossible to be promoted to a knighthood in the future." Xiao Ming said.

Now Liang Dahai was shocked and then rejoiced, the status of the merchants of the Great Yu Kingdom was the lowest, and the status of the slave traders among the merchants was the lowest, and they had always been looked down upon, and now the King of Qi not only wanted to cooperate with him, but also promised to increase the official and enter the knighthood in the future.

This beam of the sea is like a dream.

"Your Highness, this is true." Liang Dahai asked again.

"This king didn't come to you for small talk." Xiao Ming said: "This matter is very simple, you know and I know, in secret, this king will give you support, and will also give you silver, you need to provide slaves to this king." ”

Liang Dahai nodded, "Your Highness, this is simple, as long as Your Highness needs it, I still have this slave." “

"I don't just want ordinary slaves, I'll give a higher price for craftsmen, carpenters, blacksmiths, and so on." Xiao Ming said.

"Such people belong to the untouchables, and there are many slaves, but it is not difficult." Liang Dahai analyzed.

"Well, since you are proficient in the slave trade, there are naturally many ways to get slaves, but in cooperation with this king, the law must not be violated against abducting and selling good people, otherwise this king will not be able to draw a sword and kill people, and from today on, this million will strongly support you, and you will do everything possible to get slaves from everywhere and transport them to Qingzhou." Xiao Ming said.

Liang Dahai said: "Your Highness, do you want Kunlun Nu?" “

Xiao Ming's expression moved slightly, the Kunlun slaves in the mouth of Liang Dahai are those black-skinned and not tall South Asian natives, but in the past two years, there have been more black slaves from Africa in some Chang'an cities, but most of these black slaves came through the Western Regions, which are quite favored by the nobles of Chang'an and are regarded as a symbol of status.

Now that Liang Dahai has offered the Kunlun slave, it seems that he has come into contact with the slave trade overseas.

"Of course, as long as you can get your hands on it." Xiao Ming said.

Liang Dahai said: "Your Highness, the grass people understand. ”

After talking to Liang Dahai for a while, Xiao Ming bought twenty slaves from Liang Dahai to serve as servants in the palace, these are all high-quality slaves in his hands, an average of ten taels of silver, only half the price of a ploughing cattle.

Liang Dahai left, and the green pothos was unhappy, it seemed that Xiao Ming and Liang Dahai's dirty deal stung the little girl's memory.

Pothos has always been a person who will not hide it, Xiao Ming said: "Don't you think that this king is mixed with slave traders, loses his identity, and lacks benevolence?" ”

"Slave, slave, slave ......" Luthos wanted to deny it, but there was a breath in her heart that seemed to want to erupt again.

Xiao Ming laughed and said: "This king knows what you are thinking, although the law slaves of the Great Yu Kingdom are legal, but this is disgraceful after all, but have you thought about it, the population of this king's fief is only one million households, if you only rely on such a small population, what year and month can you achieve the prosperity of the fief?" ”

"But ......" Pothos suddenly didn't know what to say.

"And if these slaves are not bought by the king, they will fall into the hands of others, how can you be sure that these slaves will not live an easier life with the king, or even get free?" Xiao Ming continued: "What this king needs is labor, not their status as a slave. “

Green pothos grabbed the corner of her clothes and nodded slightly, "The slave is wrong, the slave thinks that His Highness wants to trade slaves to earn silver taels." ”

When it came to silver taels, Xiao Ming's head suddenly became big, originally he thought that four or five thousand taels of silver a day was a lot, but it was to buy cattle, slaves, plus various materials, and to build a workshop, these silver were simply stretched.

"Hey, I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." Xiao Ming sighed bitterly and shook his head, as if he was sad for the incomprehension of the green pothos.

Lu Pothos hurriedly said: "Your Highness, it was Lu Pothos who misunderstood His Highness." “

"That's it, this king forgives you." Xiao Ming picked up the little hand of the pothos and rubbed it seriously, "Don't mention this, look at your hands are frozen, come, this king will rub it for you." ”

The pothos suddenly blushed.

At this moment, a chubby figure suddenly appeared at the door of the main hall, Xiao Ming was startled and immediately stopped.

"Ahem, Your Highness!" Qian Dafu coughed twice, "In addition to graphite, some of the limestone you explained has also been shipped back, do you want to take a look?" ”

A few days after Li San went to Chang'an, Qian Dafu came back with graphite, and the first batch of crucibles had been put into use in the Equipment Division.

It can be said that a small batch of steelmaking production lines was formed.

The steel output has increased, and the steel required for the production of lathes by the equipment division has basically been satisfied, and the equipment department has produced two sets of lathes.

The lathes were intended to be installed in the hydro-lathe workshop under construction, but a problem arose.

In order to use these lathes, Xiao Ming needs to train a group of skilled lathe workers, and the current craftsmen of the equipment department are not enough, and it is impossible to draw out more manpower.

So Xiao Ming remembered the slave trade, in order to monopolize technology, it is imperative to cultivate a group of high-tech slaves.