Baoqin nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes. Uproot. Spice Island is about 500 miles to the west, where the weather, temperature, and scenery are very good, and the expedition team is going deeper, which is ten times more beautiful than here, a hundred times. ”

Yanagi understood.

Mogadishu, although rich in frankincense and myrrh, and has enough bison, has a savannah climate, and to the north it has a tropical desert climate.

The place where Baoqin said is known as the most suitable place for human habitation in Africa, the East African Plateau, also known as the Lake Plateau, where there are too many freshwater lakes, rich in water resources, the number of wild animals is hundreds of times more than 200 miles around Mogadishu, and the spice island is the coast of East Africa.

Liu Mu said: "Then the question is, are we here to find treasure, or to enjoy." ”

"Enjoy." Dugu Lanruo and Baoqin spoke in unison.

"Okay, just move."

Liumu is going to move, and it will not affect the normal operation of Mogadishu at all. Bring their own guards and attendants, and after Xiao Ling'er and Xie Xing'er have finished the warehouse list and sealed the good things, they will take a boat to the south.

It's not far, that is, about 1,700 miles by sea.

A large number of slaves had been transported to Spice Bay, and Woodwally had arrived, and he had ordered his troops to clear the harbor of a hundred miles of attacking beasts.

It's only been a month, and Woodwally's whole person has changed and his spirit is flying.

The old subordinates around him were also wearing beautiful light leather armor, and everyone was not afraid of the heat, and they had to add silk cloaks and silk scarves.

You must know that in this place, Yanagi usually wears fine linen.

In this part of Africa, fine linen is much more comfortable than silk and cotton. At least it doesn't stick to your body after sweating.

Willow hosted a special banquet for Wood and several important generals around him.

Before serving the food, Yanagi asked, "Is the war over?" ”

Wood shook his head: "Not yet, I was ordered to select the spoils of war before I came, and according to the information I received from the slaves of the booty, it is clear that the attack of the Kingdom of Salasan in the past month has changed from strong to weak, and the Romans and Persians seem to be preparing to launch an attack, and I heard from a Roman general who received the armament that they wanted to take back the provinces and subjects that had been lost. ”

After saying this information, Wood added: "They are fighting to the death, what does it have to do with us." ”

As soon as the word came out, Wood's men were nervous.

Because they were still slaves, although some of the generals were richer than the average Roman noble, and as slaves they owned several slaves to work for them.

So we are not worthy to come out of the mouth of a slave.

Liu Mu heard it, but Liu Mu didn't mind, just said: "I heard that you are doing a very beautiful job in Djibouti, and in a month, you and your subordinates killed more than 5,000 jackals and spotted hyenas, and captured more than a dozen lions and more than 40 leopards alive. Most importantly, no one was seriously injured, no one was maimed, and no one died. ”

"It is my task to protect the port of Djibouti from wild beasts. I heard from a general that the more meat-eating beasts kill, the more bison, ass, and sheep will survive, and the larger the tribe will be, and the more meat and leather will be gained. And gave us many rewards. ”

There wasn't much pride in Wood's tone.

He led 5,000 men in the formation of a legion to clear too many wild beasts, and if there were casualties, it would be his incompetence.

Often, a dozen people use long and short weapons, coupled with bows, crossbows, shields, etc., to deal with a wild dog, and sometimes the wild dogs are not enough to eat meat for the departing army.

So casualties are not allowed.

Yanagi pointed around, "Wood, have you seen the map of this area?" ”

"Yes."

"It's very rich here, and the Saracen Kingdom has a few small boats that have come to these places, and this is our territory. The more successful the Romans and Persians were on the battlefield, the less likely it was that the Saracen kingdom would come here, and you may not understand it, but as a senior commander, you must understand that war is just an extension of politics. ”

Wood didn't quite understand that his life was a life of resistance, constantly fighting the Romans, the nobles of the British, and the Vikings coming from the sea from the north.

Liu Mu said again: "Well, in other words, you have been fighting since the first time you picked up the knife, what is the meaning of your fighting. Isn't it to make the people of the hometown live a peaceful and prosperous life, and to put it more simply, let your women have enough food, beautiful clothes, and a smile every day, so that your children have candy to eat. ”

"I see, the purpose of war is to live better, eat better, and dress better. I will fight whoever destroys my vegetable garden, and I will also fight in order to grab the largest vegetable garden. But never fight a battle that has no benefits. ”

"Well, that's the theory. It's not enough, but it's enough to understand it to such an extent. First of all, the purpose of the first battle you fought was very simple, and those ordnance were exchanged for countless gold, which can be exchanged for linen, silk, spices, pearls, etc., isn't it for a better life? ”

Wood still didn't fully understand what politics meant and what war was.

However, as an elite indigo samurai, and a literate indigo samurai, he understood what Yanagi meant. That is the war of the Tang Empire, every war is for the better life of the people of the empire, whoever affects the life of the people of the empire will fight, and if you find a good place that can be occupied, you will fight. The rest of the battles are meaningless.

Wood was still a slave.

Wood found that the slaves of the Tang Empire were better off than the commoners of Rome.

There is a strict rule in the laws of the Tang Empire that slaves who have not made mistakes shall not be beaten at will, which is right and wrong in the words of the Tang people, that is, the family has family rules, and the state has national laws.

The slaves of the Tang Empire had the right to property and the right to life. But there is also no freedom, they belong to a family, but not to a certain person.

There is also a rule in the Tang Empire that any slave is forbidden to buy and sell after serving in a certain family for 20 years, and the slave enjoys the right to retire as a slave when he is old, and the family as the master must ensure the minimum living needs.

In addition to the laws of the Tang Empire, Wood also heard an unwritten folk rule.

Many Tang nobles may be freed from their loyal slaves as freemen, and this freeman can also join their families as members of peripheral families. If someone from another family bullies these peripheral members, the clan elders will stand up for the peripheral members of the family, even if they were once slaves.

However, Wood almost forgot that he was still a slave.