This drug scheme is human trafficking.

Human trafficking was not uncommon in the Warring States period. The most famous of these is Takeda Shingen. After defeating the enemy or destroying the betrayer, this Takeda tiger likes to sell the people in the enemy's territory as slaves to others. So it's not an exaggeration to call Takeda Tiger the first human trafficker of the Warring States.

In the several battles of Higo and Chikugo, the Luo family should have seized a lot of copper coins, and Masahiro planned to use these copper coins to buy food and population.

Grain. This has always been the material that the lords of the Warring States period paid the most attention to, and its role was even more important than coins, and many wealthy families recruited soldiers, almost all of them directly used food as recruitment compensation. In this era, for the general public, being able to eat is the first priority.

Of course, when it comes to buying supplies, it is inseparable from the role played by one person here. That's Kamiya Sauce.

Since Kamiya Shaoce joined the Luo family's Internal Affairs Cabinet, the cooperation between the Internal Affairs Pavilion and the Intelligence Pavilion has become even closer. Internally, the Cabinet needs to promote the stability of the Territory by encouraging commerce and trade within the Territory in order to promote prosperity within the Territory and increase tax revenue. In this process, Masayo's instructions and the experience of the Kamiya family played a very good role.

Externally, the Cabinet of the Interior also needs to constantly purchase some materials needed by the territory from the outside. The original trade route of the Kamiya family provided a good trade route for secret communication with the outside world. Although some Haoqiang have roughly guessed that the Shenwu family has taken refuge in the Luo family, this does not prevent the Luo family from collecting materials everywhere under the brand of the Shenwu family.

In the same way, the Intelligence Pavilion also carried out the duty of monitoring the stability of the territory through these trade routes, and on the other hand, infiltrated the territories of other wealthy clans through the trade routes connected to the outside world.

The so-called surveillance as well as espionage. It's not just about letting detectives or ninjas sneak into the target's territory. Or simply hide under the target's window. Conduct so-called covert visits and eavesdropping. Its highest state is to silently integrate into the target's life, become a part of its life, and obtain information from it at the very least.

Since the establishment of the Intelligence Cabinet, the goal it has been adhering to is precisely the highest level instructed by Masato.

Not only can the Intelligence Pavilion cooperate with the Internal Affairs Pavilion to conduct simple intelligence gathering and spying, and even they can cooperate with the Luo family's strategy to do a lot of things.

Buying grain is one of them.

One of the Luo family's external strategies is to constantly acquire hostile forces in various ways, even at any cost. or even food in the territory of a potentially hostile force.

The best thing about this is in the Chikuzen area. During this time, the grain in the area around Hakata has been purchased in large quantities, either explicitly or covertly, causing food prices to soar and even cause complaints from ordinary residents.

Just as Hakata was treated, Masayo was preparing for the Cabinet of Internal Affairs and the Intelligence Cabinet to vigorously implement this policy in Higo.

It is common knowledge that food is important to lieges, so they may not be willing to sell it. However, as long as the price is many times higher than the market price, there will always be a few lords who will make mistakes. Moreover, not all lords are able to strictly control the actions of the people in their territory. The lords were reluctant to sell. Then there will always be people who will be willing.

Buying large quantities of grain has secretly and gradually raised local food prices and food shortages. And then causing the gradual rise of public resentment, this is only the first step. And there is a second step for Zhengliang.

This step is the time of day.

According to Masahiro's memory, these years will quickly enter the flooding season of Asia's Xiaoice climate. In fact, since the Southern Song Dynasty in China, the entire Asian region has gradually entered the Xiaoice Age. And the Wa Kingdom is naturally no exception.

The most significant climatic feature of the Xiaoice period is the prolongation of cold periods. According to the records of previous lives, since the beginning of the past few years, the climate of the whole of Asia, especially the regions along the longitude and latitude of the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, will be colder and drier, and the extremely cold period will suddenly intensify, and the grain output will drop sharply.

Such a climate is a fatal blow to an empire with a large population. The extreme cold in the north caused the rainfall area to generally move southward, which led to almost consecutive disasters throughout the Ming Dynasty. This is also the reason for the gradual increase in peasant uprisings in the Ming Dynasty.

During this period, because the Wa Kingdom was already in the period of war, such extreme weather did not attract much attention. But this is very important for Zhengliang's next plan. Once the climate of such a Xiaoice period intensifies, unpredictable drought or typhoon natural disasters will occur in various parts of the country due to climate changes.

Think about it, the Luo family secretly took away a large number of private grain reserves in the territory, once they encountered natural disasters such as drought failure or frequent typhoons, the leaders had no food, what else could they do except ask the lord for help?

The main thing is to open the granary to help the people, so the Luo family will take the opportunity to carry out a strategy, and then there will be a food crisis. Besides, if you distribute food, the people may not receive your affection under the original atmosphere of public resentment. If it is provoked by the Luo family, there will even be a robbery incident. And the Luo family is not without a way to deal with such things, such as getting some poisoned rice and moldy rice, or simply taking the opportunity to burn the grain. There are plenty of opportunities to cause trouble.

What if you don't give relief to the people? Then the complaints of the people will be even greater, and under the deliberate instigation of the Luo family, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no incident, so that the Luo family will also have an opportunity. Besides, the Luo family can also take the opportunity to recruit a large number of these lords into their own territory, weakening their opponents on the one hand, and enhancing their own strength on the other.

Worried that the Luo family will not be able to hold on? Are you kidding? The food that has been bought in large quantities before is a guarantee. Besides, in the past three years, Zhengliang has vigorously promoted water conservancy construction, improved water conservancy facilities in rivers and fields, and made every effort to reclaim new farmland, regardless of the incomprehension of all his retainers.

In order to cope with the extreme weather of the Xiaoice Age. You see, in times of drought, water can be channeled into a large number of farmland through a large number of deep and reinforced rivers in the territory, so that the harm of dry weather can be largely avoided.

As for typhoon floods? Or these large number of well-built river water conservancy and field water conservancy facilities, they will greatly increase the drainage effect of rainwater. Coupled with the fact that a large number of fields distribute rainwater evenly, the damage caused by disasters will be minimized.

In the case that they are prepared and others are unprepared, such a period is the time for the Luo family to show their strengths.

In addition to the two methods of food and climate, Masashi is also preparing to implement the third method after the fertilizer. That's human trafficking.

The Roche Family's Internal Affairs Pavilion and Intelligence Pavilion will use the trade route to secretly buy a large number of people in various places in Higo, especially the population of the local aborigines.

These aborigines were originally a group of people who caused a big headache for the lords of Higo. Now there are people who are willing to buy these aborigines at a high price, and of course they can't ask for it. Although it is likely that this will provoke the contradictions of the aborigines again, under the beating of interests, it is inevitable that no one will be tempted.

Besides, the Luo family will also fan the flames in secret. If the local lords hesitate, then the Luo family pretended to be them to attack the aborigines. The goal is to provoke contradictions between local lords and even local lords and natives by any means.

On the other hand, what benefit does the Luo family have to spend so much trouble buying these populations, apart from increasing the instability in the territory of the local wealthy clans? There are so many benefits.

For one, these indigenous people have always been a destabilizing factor in the rule of the local lords. Now that they have been reduced by human trafficking, their strength in the future will be greatly reduced. At that time, in the future, after the Luo family becomes the main fertilizer, it will naturally be much easier to deal with them.

Second, after these people enter the Luo family's territory, they will be scattered and assigned to settle in various parts of the territory, and then gradually assimilated by the surrounding people. The culture of a group is passed down by a large whole, and when they are separated independently, they are gradually assimilated by their surroundings. With their joining, the territory naturally has more strength.

Third, these natives are belligerents. The Luo family can take the opportunity to guide and absorb them into the Luo family's army. Let them become a powerful fighting force in the Luo family and make greater contributions to the Luo family.

At the end of the day, being forced to leave their homes and relatives will definitely make these people full of hatred for the people who captured them in the first place. The Luo family can be guided to turn this hatred into combat effectiveness as the vanguard of the future attack on the fat queen. I believe that with their hatred of the local wealthy clans, they must be fearless of death.

Of course, Zhengliang is not a ruthless person, and besides, no matter what, one day, there will always be someone who will discover the role of the Luo family in these growing up aborigines. So Masato also left a way back.

That is, before these people are dispersed to settle and live in various parts of the territory, the Luo clan will register the information of the tribe to which they originally belonged, personal information, and relatives information, and even allow them to register the information of looking for relatives.

If conditions permit, the Luo family will arrange for the whole family to settle together, and will also help them reunite according to the information they left behind. But this is only for families, not tribes. Clans are not allowed to exist in the Luo family's territory.

In this way, it will also reduce the resentment of these aborigines to a certain extent, and even be grateful to the Luo family and speed up the integration into the Luo family.

The lack of food, high prices, and natural disasters are enough to make the fat wealthy people anxious. If you add the conflict with these aborigines, it is estimated that the fat will become a mess.

It's just that that's not the most lethal problem. (To be continued......)