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Chapter 884: People in the market talk about running away at night

The Ming Dynasty also had the business of buying and selling slaves and maids, and there were also things about selling sons and daughters, but in front of them, people had no dignity at all, and they were marked with a price like livestock goods. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Such a scene is really too big an impact on the young guards under Wang Tong, they have been in Daming for a long time, they are either practicing or on the battlefield on weekdays, and they don't know much about the world, seeing this scene, they are indeed shocked very much.

General Tan judged the reaction of these guards very accurately, but he didn't expect Wang Tong to have a smile on his face, which was completely strange, which surprised him.

However, Tan Jiang has been by Wang Tong's side for many years, but he knows that Wang Tong's smile on his face may not be in a good mood, sometimes it is a prelude to killing people and getting angry, so he was even more worried in his heart, and hurriedly followed.

"I said that the guards of the various caravans have not stopped looting, and those small tribes have nothing to do except cattle and horses, it turns out that they are people."

Wang Tong opened his mouth and said, the small tribes on the grassland have a very hard life, most of the livestock are used for self-sufficiency, and there are very few that can be taken out for trade.

How can there be any surplus goods in this situation, as for this livestock, livestock is valuable in Daming, although it is also valuable in the grassland, but it is not worth it to do it at the risk of his life, seeing the market of human trade in front of him, Wang Tong's thinking is clear.

"General Tan, tell me more about the situation here."

Wang Tong asked as he walked forward, and Tan Jiang saw that Wang Tong was not angry, so he opened his mouth to explain.

The thing is very simple, there is a shortage of manpower on the side of Guihua City, the rivers in the Tumo River are vertical and horizontal, the climate is suitable, and there are a large number of fields suitable for farming.

But there are few people in the land, and the Han people in the naturalization city are not enough, Shanxi and Shaanxi are both provinces with small populations in Daming, and the number of people recruited is also limited, and the farmers from Henan are far from quenching their thirst.

No one knows how long the new occupation of the area on this side of the Naturalization City can be maintained, so it is important to seize the time to cultivate for a few more years and maximize the use of the land.

I don't know who started it, and when he went to plunder the tribes, he took the population captive together, and although these people could not cultivate, they could work in the fields under torture and persecution.

In the beginning, livestock and goods were the main thing, and population was only incidental things, but later, the small tribes of the steppe had little goods to rob, and the big tribes were the objects of trade, and the population became the main commodity.

The wealthy merchants who dare to come to the grassland are not good people, they are surrounded by thugs and guards, and they do not worry about it after buying slaves, and some people directly use slaves to raise livestock, cattle and horses, which is also developed, and in less than a year, the slave population trade is actually a situation of supply and demand.

"Wuliangha, these tribes that are close to us, are also arresting everywhere, and even crossed Mobei"

Seeing that the smile on Wang Tong's face became more and more prosperous, Tan Jiang became more and more worried in his heart, and he didn't know that Wang Tong was happy or angry, so he had to bite the bullet and continue:

"These slaves are much cheaper than cattle and horses, and there are many people who buy them, but I don't tell you that because they are cheap, they are used ruthlessly, and many people die."

Wang Tong led the people to a wooden platform, they looked like rich and noble people, and when they walked to the stage, the dealer on the stage shouted even harder.

There were more than a dozen foreign men on the stage, according to the dealer, these are all goods, there are both men and women in the tent at the back, all of them are strong men and strong women, the price he shouted Wang Tong probably compared, the two people are almost the price of a horse, this person eats a lot more than a horse, not to mention the work he does.

Perhaps because Wang Tong and his party were offstage, as if they were going to buy, a businessman who should have come from Shanxi came to the stage to take a closer look and finalized the business.

After handing over the money and leading people away, dozens of big men with knives and guns drove more than two hundred slaves away, Wang Tong frowned and stared for a while, and said:

"This is the soldiers and horses of the border town?"

Those big men with weapons are the guards of the Shanxi merchants, and these people's demeanor makes it easy for people to see the appearance of border soldiers in border towns, and they are also the private soldiers of those generals.

"The lord has good eyesight, most of the people who can buy people back here are businessmen who partner with the generals of the border towns, and some time ago, this businessman also came to say hello to Toma's house, and he is from Yulin Town."

Wang Tong nodded, the border army in the border town has more ability to protect itself than the local wealthy businessmen, the border army generals are not weaker than those wealthy businessmen, and they are more sure of the reclamation of Tumochuan.

But for the current frontier development, they are more suitable, Wang Tong walked a few steps, but remembered something, frowned and asked:

"There are no Han people buying and selling in this slave market, right?"

"If you go back to the master, there are some, but very few, they are all too much debt and are thrown here by the creditor to sell, and there are some scoundrels who have sold themselves, but they have been driven out by the people here."

Wang Tong nodded, groaned and said:

"Those who buy and sell Han people are all beheaded and confiscated, and those who sell themselves are beaten and sent to hard labor for three years."

General Tan hurriedly responded, Wang Tong explained to him, he was going to settle the matter with Meng Duo, looking at Wang Tong's expression, Tan General really didn't know the bottom, couldn't judge Wang Tong's joy and anger, took a few steps forward, Tan Jiang whispered on the side:

"Master, if you think that this human city is hurting the heavens and peace, this place is closed, and the Naturalization City will not be lost because of this."

Hearing General Tan say this, Wang Tong turned his head in surprise and asked:

"Why do you want to turn it off?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

Seeing the somewhat confused look on Tan Jiang's face, Wang Tong also understood his thoughts, and couldn't help but smile and said:

"I led a large army to conquer the city of Guihua, I gave the caravan firearms and carts, sent them veterans, and encouraged them to plunder, for what, not to completely exterminate these tribes on the steppe, what is this market and this slave trade doing at the moment, isn't it the same as my purpose? In that case, why lock him up. ”

Tan Jiang was relieved, and Wang Tong continued to explain:

"The Hetao is not a big place, and there are not many nomadic tribes on the grassland, and when the Hetao is developed, these tribes will be almost caught, and when the market wants to open, it will not be able to open, you say that it hurts the heavens and the peace, obviously you feel guilty, you don't have to blame yourself so much, let them fend for themselves on the grassland, they will be annexed by the big tribes, and they will be killed by other tribes, and when the white disaster occurs, the whole tribe will freeze to death, so it is better to come here to be a slave, maybe you can live better."

"What the master said is that his subordinates also thought so that day, although this human city looks inhumane, but it is a truth to go into battle with us to kill the enemy, and one less of them will be less troublesome in the future."

Wang Tong nodded with a smile and said:

"It's not impossible to be kind, the young Tartar children can be handed over to the Han family to raise, and when they grow up, they will be Han people, and the Tartar women can marry the Han people, and the children born are Han people, this is okay, and since the Uliangha and other tribes are dependent on us, we must also give them a convenience, so that the caravans will not accidentally hurt them, but one thing should be paid attention to, they cannot be allowed to use this convenience to expand their power on the grassland."

"The master has considered it comprehensively, and his subordinates understand how to do it"

Walking forward, but it was not so noisy, there were a few quite gorgeous and elegant big tents, there were guards in front of the door, Wang Tong walked over with some confusion, and when he saw Wang Tong's cadres coming in, the guards did not dare to stop them, but opened the curtain.

The tent was actually covered with blankets, burning spices, and a group of people dressed in rich clothes sat around there, and saw that there were several women walking around on the blankets, looking at the complexion, not yellow people, these women were not very old, they were quite beautiful, and they were wearing light veils, which was quite attractive.

Wang Tong glanced around, frowned, turned around and walked out of the tent again, and said after coming out:

"Such slave traders from the Western Regions are not allowed to enter the Naturalization City in the future, if these people in the city like this tune and let the Sanjiang Merchant House monopolize it, these slaves are purely for entertainment, but they want to take away a large amount of gold and silver from the Naturalization City, which is harmful and useless, and must be strictly prohibited, these slaves have high noses and deep eyes. Blonde and blue-eyed, how can it be impossible to assimilate, what is the use? ”

Tan Jiang also knew that Wang Tong had two concubines in Jiangnan, and when he saw Wang Tong walking here, he thought that Wang Tong would be very interested, but he didn't expect Wang Tong to give this order, and he was a little confused for a while, so he hurriedly agreed.

At the beginning of February, the residents of a certain street in the south of the city knew that the family members of the old man Yushi Yao of Shanxi Province of the Duchayuan who lived here had left, and it was said that he was going back to visit relatives or something.

The wife and children were sent out, and then the family lived in a big girl who was less than twenty years old, and she was charming and charming, this Yao Yushi didn't even go to the yamen, and he was tired of being with this fox all day long, and he couldn't eat the meat once, and he actually called for wine and food from the restaurant every day, and he didn't know what windfall he made, and there were many people in the neighborhood, and there were a lot of people who poked his backbone and scolded him in the back, but Nancheng was all ordinary people, and no one dared to offend this imperial master.

On the sixth day of the second lunar month, it was already late at night, the door of Yao Yushi Courtyard opened, and Yao Bo, who had changed into civilian clothes, walked out lightly, and the girl had been drunk and asleep by him.

Yao Bo has been observing very carefully in the past few days, and there are no people around his house, so he seems to be very relieved.

Just walked out of this alley, at this time, neither the husband nor the night guard soldiers would come here, Yao Bo breathed a sigh of relief, he was going to go to an inn next to the city gate to stay and leave the city tomorrow.

Looking left and right, I was about to take a step, but someone patted me on the shoulder.

"Lord Yao, where are you going so late?"