Chapter 26: The Slave Society (Part II)
The kingdom of Zhitong, in fact, like Ava City, is a large tribe, and it can also be considered a federation of city-states of large and small slave owners.
The city was a coastal port that led to trade with the Chola kingdoms of southern India and Sri Lanka.
Daqi merchant ships have also come to this port, but since the construction of the Polar Sea Village and the Polar Sea City on the naked island as a transit port, there are few people here, after all, there are no too tempting specialties, and there is no broad market.
Lu Ning and his entourage arrived in Zhitong City, and Wang Yingge was very warmly received.
Maybe because of the relationship with the Great Qi merchant ships, Yin Gehu seems to hope that the Qi caravan can come again, yes, Lu Ning purchased land in the south of the city to build a port for the giant merchant ships of Qi to berth, Yin Gehu not only agreed, but also was very enthusiastic to provide human and material support, of course, Lu Ning's price was also very much in line with his heart.
One hundred good East Pearls from Liaodong, in Lu Ning's opinion, these luxury ornaments are useless, not like those silk, porcelain and the like, at least, can improve the technical level of craftsmen.
However, for Ingehu, these Dongzhu can really be exchanged for treasures of great wealth.
Not to mention, the construction of a private port here by this Qi envoy will definitely attract the Great Qi merchant ships to re-regard direct access as a part of trade or supply in Middle-earth.
Therefore, Lu Ning obtained thousands of acres of land on the coast more than ten miles away from the city, and Yin Geyu even recruited a large number of laborers and slaves to help Lu Ning build a manor and a ship port.
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Under the grass shed, the old and young women and children lined up in ragged clothes to receive food distributed by Dong Baifeng, Duan Yuyan, Gao Ling'er, etc., and the slave warriors named "Chi'er Capital" by Lu Ning maintained order.
Among the four concubines, Yang Wanqing is not there, she obviously does not have the same compassion complex as the other three concubines, and she does not like to be involved in these activities.
Lu Ning used a packet of white sugar in exchange for an unknown amount of food from Yinggehu, and distributed extra food to the relatives who helped him do the work every day, these laborers were civilians, but life seemed to be not much better than that of slaves, the elderly, women, girls and children, all of whom were unclothed.
Lu Ning watched from a distance, and just as he was thinking, a slave warrior hurriedly ran over, squeaking and gesturing, his face a little anxious.
He was the deputy head of Chi'erdu, Nakuan, and one of the most astute men among the slave warriors.
Chi'er is the overall title of these slave warriors, for each slave warrior, Lu Ning calls them "bare-shouldered", a very vivid title, these slave warriors are indeed used to the upper body.
Lu Ning generally understood what Na Kuan meant, he was saying that a local big man came to the manor to make trouble, and a slave was injured by his entourage, and one of the fairy-like mothers happened to be there, and angrily cut off the ear of one of the other perpetrators, and the matter became bigger and bigger.
The direction of Nakuan's finger is where the incident occurred.
Lu Ning frowned when he heard this, the fairy-like four masters and mothers are the names of the four princesses by these slave warriors and newly accepted slaves, and now, the other three fairy hostesses are all making porridge in the grass shed, and the only one who is not there is Yang Wanqing.
Making a gesture, Lu Ning walked in the direction of Nakuan's finger.
The thousands of acres of land that Yinggehu sold to Lu Ning, more than half of which are coastal rice fields, speaking of which, the hundred Dongzhu really dazzled Yingehu's eyes, and he could be regarded as meeting Lu Ning's requirements to the greatest extent.
At the same time, 100 slaves who could cultivate the rice fields were also given to Lu Ning, all of whom were monogamous serfs, a total of 50 pairs of sons, and their offspring were also slaves, adding together, there were nearly 200 slaves.
Lu Ning, the boundary where the conflict broke out, was quickly found, and the two sides were tense, with hundreds of people on the other side, and their own slaves, surrounded Yang Wanqing in the middle to prevent them from taking people away.
Speaking of which, it was these serfs who had just been given to Lu Ning were also very protective of the master's mother, although most of them knew who was on the other side and were a little frightened, but they still followed behind the bare-chested children and blocked Yang Wanqing.
First, the slave protector is something that they believe is absolutely correct engraved in the bone marrow, and the slave who does not protect the master will end up in a particularly miserable situation, and any other slave owner, even if it is an enemy of the master, will not forgive the slave who does not protect the master.
Second, although they have not changed their owners for a long time, the new owners are obviously much better to them than the previous masters, they may have been numb to life, and they are not very good at comparing the old and new masters, and they don't have these concepts, but more or less, they can still faintly feel the difference between the new owners in their hearts.
Not to mention, Yang Wanqing also injured the other party for one of them, which will definitely bring a great shock to the hearts of the serfs, and they have never experienced it.
Especially, she is still like a fairy, one of the oriental housemothers who makes everyone ashamed of themselves and dare not look at it.
Because Chi'er was still mainly stationed in the camp, the straw hut where the porridge was shed, etc., dozens of people gathered in a short period of time, plus dozens of serfs who were working, but there were hundreds of people on the other side, and Lu Ningnu was half surrounded by the troops.
Lu Ning was too lazy to talk nonsense, and when he got closer, he immediately drew his sword, and immediately screamed again and again, and the slave warriors on the other side fell one after another, holding their legs and crying wolf.
There was a "boom" that shook the sky, and a slave warrior who was rushing in front of Lu Ning was immediately shot in the forehead and fell backwards, and blood gushed from the hole in his head, showing that he was already out of breath.
It was such a mess, and the slaves who were immediately torn apart by the two sides were startled, and they retreated one after another, and immediately appeared in the middle.
Lu Ning walked over and spit out a few bytes, meaning, "People who are not mine will get out of my land." ”
The people on both sides retreated one after another.
At this time, in the crowd opposite, a local nobleman with a fat head and big ears and a naked body wearing a silk cloth walked out, obviously, it was the leader of the other party.
He looked at Lu Ning's long-pole musket hanging from his waist with some jealousy, and said something to Lu Ning with indignation.
His tone was urgent, Lu Ning needed the other party to speak slowly and gesture before he could roughly understand what he meant, and now, he didn't know what he was talking about.
Lu Ning waved his hand again, spit out a few bytes, and still said the same sentence, "It's not my people, get out of my place." Of course, he can only express it in simple words, similar to the original words, "Outsider, get out!" ”
The Zhitong Department is all of the Mon people, of course, this is the nation defined by later generations.
This Meng nobleman saw that there was no hope of communicating with Lu Ning, and the other party was arrogant and domineering, but he was also extremely brave, and there were mysterious and terrifying artifacts.
At that moment, he hated and shouted a few words to his subordinates, and said to Lu Ning, Lu Ning didn't need to understand, he knew that this matter was not over, and he would come again.
Then, the gang went away, leaving behind a few corpses, but for the nobles, the life of a slave was not a human life in the first place.
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By the end of the night, Lu Ning already had a general idea of what was going on.
The Meng nobleman is the cousin of Yinggehu, called Mi, and is one of the big slave owners who can compete with Yinggehu, and originally part of the land here belonged to him, and Yinggehu sold the land to the Qi people, and skillfully obtained the support of other big slave owners, which made Mi suffer a loss.
I don't know what stimulated me today, but I was still instigated, and I actually came to the manor and wanted to take away a few slaves, but it happened that Yang Wanqing was hanging out and saw that they were bullying people too much, so she was angry.
Speaking of which, in addition to Duan Yuyan, Yang Wanqing, Gao Linger and Dong Baifeng have actually been dancing knives and guns since they were children, especially Yang Wanqing, who seems to have some actual combat experience.
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It's been a long time since four people have played upgrades together, and today, Lu Ning and the three side concubines are in Lu Ning's tent, under the oil lamp, playing upgrades.
It is still Lu Ning and Yang Wanqing's opponent's alliance against Gao Linger and Duan Yuyan.
"Husband, I heard that someone was going to bully Sister Yang today, and you killed someone when you were angry, right?" Playing cards, Gao Linger asked curiously.
Lu Ning smiled and nodded.
Gao Ling'er sighed, "You are so good to Sister Yang. ”
Yang Wanqing hugged her knees, under her pale green skirt, brocade socks and jade feet loomed, listening to Gao Ling'er's ridicule, her face was pale, and she couldn't see any joy, anger and sorrow.
Lu Ning smiled: "If you and Yu Yan are bullied, I will be the same!" ”
Gao Ling'er immediately nodded happily, "Yes, I know." He looked at Yang Wanqing again, "Sister, my husband is very good to us, isn't he?" ”
Yang Wanqing frowned slightly, "It's your husband, who keeps shouting every day, I don't know, I think you have honey in your mouth." ”
Gao Ling'er ate and laughed.
Yang Wanqing glared: "What are you laughing at?" ”
Gao Linger pursed her lips and shook her little head, but did not speak.
At this time, Lu Ning played cards at will, it was obvious that there were no big cards on his side, and the big cards were in the hands of Gao Ling'er and Duan Yuyan, but Lu Ning threw it out and stabbed the hornet's nest, and was quickly cooperated, playing an autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and Yang Wan bit her lip angrily and said, "What are you doing?" Now you're happy with Gao Ling'er, aren't you? ”
Lu Ning frowned: "What nonsense? ”
Gao Ling'er stuck out her tongue: "Husband, let's stop here today, you can solve the misunderstanding between you and Sister Yang by yourself." ”
Duan Yuyan got up lightly and said, "I'll go back." ”
Gao Ling'er also grinned, got up and walked out.
Yang Wanqing was stunned, and just as she wanted to get up, Hao's wrist was gently pulled by Lu Ning.
Yang Wanqing's delicate body immediately stiffened, and her heart was confused for a while, and she lost her square inch.
Lu Ning held her slippery wrist, looking at the cold beauty in the pale green skirt with a panicked expression at this time, and her heart became more and more hot......
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Early in the morning, Lu Ning came out of the tent, and when he closed the curtain, he couldn't help but glance at the snow-white carcass in the brocade lying through the gap again.
Thinking of the situation that this stubborn cold beauty gradually turned into a watery finger in his arms, in his heart, he was a little complacent, a little comfortable, and even more anxious.
Dan Jia suddenly appeared from the side, startling Lu Ning.
"Master, the mischief sent someone to say that there was a Zhuluo merchant ship late yesterday night, and there were many good treasures on board, and invited the master to enjoy the treasures."
Lu Ning frowned slightly when he heard this.
The person who killed and injured him only yesterday suddenly invited himself to "appreciate the treasure" today, no matter how you listen to it, it is not like that.
However, Lu Ning thought about it, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Okay, you go and tell his people, and I'll go." He asked again: "How did Concubine Duan receive him?" ”
Now in her entourage, Duan Yuyan can communicate with the locals more clearly.
"Yes." Danja nodded.
Lu Ning bowed, "I'll wash up and go." ”
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