- Zhuo County

The Yellow Turban Army camp outside Zhuo County has been turned into a prisoner of war camp.

Groups of prisoners of war were driven into the camp, and more and more people watched the prisoner of war camp from the city wall, and Ma Qiang's head became more and more painful.

What the hell are going to happen to these prisoners of war?

"Envoy, Yan Zhi is back, and he also brought back the last batch of prisoners of war, and Gongsun Changshi, Zou Duwei, and Liu County Lieutenant are also back." Kou Xian came over and said to Ma Qiang.

"Oh? What about the military advisor? ”

"The military division is in a prisoner of war camp... He said he was going to talk to the prisoners of war. ”

Chat? Why is he so idle?

"Send someone to call him back, and let's have a meeting with the barracks to discuss the next strategy, by the way, have those people left?"

"They still want to see the envoy, and they won't go."

Ay...

There is a reason why Ma Qiang is hiding on the city wall, Zhuo County, as the most populous county in Youzhou, has the most fertile land and the most natural clans.

And Ma Qiang hid as representatives of these warrior clans, because they came to Ma Qiang for people.

To be precise, it's to buy people.

It was bought prisoners of war outside the city.

Although according to the five-point theory of Old Man Ma, the Eastern Han Dynasty belonged to a feudal society, slavery has not disappeared in this land.

Even in capitalist society, slavery is still a very popular means of production for the owners of the means of production.

Wang Mang's BUG, which was considered one of the tyranny at that time was the abolition of slavery, as soon as I heard that Wang Mang was going to cross the historical stage, the result was not only the slave owners, but also the slaves, and almost made the old man half dead.

The reason why the slave owner didn't do it is easy to understand, but the reason why the slave didn't do it was because Wang Mang abolished the slave if he really abolished the slave, and he didn't care if he was done, and a slave with a red fruit was driven out by the master's family and stood on the street, thinking that he didn't seem to have a place to eat tonight, and he had no land or money in his hands, and he might starve to death next month.

Xiu'er naturally did not continue such tyranny after the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so slaves still existed, and the sources of slaves were mainly prisoners of war, criminals and self-sold slaves.

How many slaves does the Han have today? According to Duan Ying's estimate, there are at least five million, and if you estimate it higher, ten million is also possible.

Therefore, as the main slave owners, the scholars have lost a large number of people in this turmoil, and to replenish these populations, they must either wait for someone to sell themselves in the famine year, or buy prisoners of war, as for the criminals, that number is completely a drop in the bucket, and these people are now living in Ma Qiang's prisoner of war camps, and these warriors came to Ma Qiang in the hope of buying these prisoners of war.

But although Ma Qiang from later generations was mentally prepared, he still couldn't accept such a thing as selling tens of thousands of prisoners of war, these are all people! And it's not of any different race, it's a real Chinese Miao descent.

What's more, many of these people have rebelled by killing the master's family, and if they are sold back, I am afraid that half of them will die in less than a year.

"Yunzhong, what do you think should be done with these prisoners of war?" Ma Qiang asked as he walked.

"Ming Gong, since ancient times, there are no more than three ways to deal with prisoners of war, either kill, or become official slaves, or release them home."

"It's all big Han people, what kind of killing, but if you let them go home, will they regroup and rebel?" Ma Qiang said with some worry, "Now they have no food at home, no food to eat, are they still stupidly waiting to starve to death?" ”

Kou Xian heard it, Ma Qiang didn't think about making these people slaves at all, whether they were private slaves or official slaves.

"I heard from the military advisor that Ming Gong wants to go to Jizhou to participate in the war?"

"Yes, I do have such an idea, but I still need to save some money and food, and in addition, cross-state operations require the permission of the imperial court or the request of Jizhou, so I have to wait a little longer, not to mention that Zhang Chun has not been wiped out yet."

"Our army is only 10,000 now, does Ming Gong think it is enough?"

"It's... It's a little little, I heard that there are two or three hundred thousand Yellow Turban troops in Jizhou. ”

"Liaodong and Liaoxi are already in disarray because of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebellion, and it is difficult for Ming Gong to mobilize soldiers and horses, but now that there are 20,000 soldiers and horses here, why didn't Ming Gong give up?"

Bridge bean sacks!

Ma Qiang looked at Kou Xian and asked with some uncertainty, "Yunzhong, you won't suggest that I absorb these tens of thousands of people, right?" ”

"Ming Gong is wise!"

Wise, you yo-yo! Co-opting the Yellow Turban Army, it's easy to say, where is it so easy!

These people, who used to shout that the heavens are dead, now want them to raise their swords and slash at their great sages... Don't stab yourself secretly, okay?

"I said, Yunzhong, you can get 20,000 soldiers and horses by recruiting these people, but how can you ensure that they won't rebel again?"

Kou Xian smiled and said, "Ming Gong, their family members are also here." ”

Well? Ahh

As long as you control your family, you can naturally control the army, in fact, isn't your Red Star Battalion also established in this way.

I think that there are still a few of these Yellow Turban soldiers who are really loyal to Zhang Jiao, and those who can't eat enough and rebel are the majority.

In fact, Zhuo County and Guangyang County have a large amount of uncultivated wasteland, so it is better to organize these people into tun places and control them with the method of tuntian, just like Cao Cao did in later generations.

The more Ma Qiang thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, and he couldn't help but discuss it with Kou Xian on the road.

During the conversation, Ma Qiang found that Kou Xian actually had a lot of ideas about the law of Tuntian, and Ma Qiang didn't think of many details at all, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, it seems that the political value of this Kou Xian is at least more than seventy points, yes, it can be regarded as picking it up.

When I came to the barracks, a group of generals who had just returned were bathing and changing.

There's no way, it's been raining outside for so many days, it's blood and sweat, Ma Qiang doesn't care about their own face.

This is also why since ancient times, when the generals return from expeditions, the king's personal greeting is considered a rare and precious thing, and it is said that the taste, the king's willingness to greet with a smile represents sincerity.

Speaking of which, the old Three Kingdoms did a good job in this regard, and the generals did not wear battle armor all the time, but wore clean civilian clothes in the barracks.

The first one to come back was Guan Yu, and when he saw Second Brother Guan, Ma Qiang immediately posted it.

"I've seen the envoy!"

"Yun Changlai, Xuande and I are brothers, and you are also brothers, let's talk about gossip, what kind of blade is Yun Chang good at?"

"Swords, guns, swords, halberds, and bows can be fired immediately."

This Guan Yu is a little shy!

"Does Yun Chang have a wife?"

"Thank you for your care, I have a wife and a son in Hedong!"

"Oh? Why did Yun Chang kill people back then? Yun Chang likes to read on weekdays? Do you like "Spring and Autumn"? By the way, do you prefer blue or green? ”

Ma Qiang's gossip fire....

Guan Yu, who was burning, saw Liu Bei and Zhang Fei come back, just like seeing a big savior.

Cut, sure enough, the big-eared thief hates it the most!