Chapter 25: The Slave Society (I)
For Burma, central and southern Myanmar, Lu Ning did not consider occupying its land, after all, these areas do not have particularly outstanding resources, if you want to enrich its people, it will become a burden on the central government in the future, and the more territory, the better.
Of course, it is very good to influence the surrounding areas with the culture of Daqi, and it is best that the future regimes of this land are close to Daqi, so it is very good as a dumping ground for Daqi goods.
Yes, Avaduobao wants to turn to Tiandaoism, although it is obvious that he thinks that he should be able to get the protection of Daqi, but Lu Ning does not interfere, and Daoist Monk David Wuxing held a ceremony similar to the baptism of ordination, and Avaduobao's wife and children entered the Tao together, and gathered the slave owners of Ava City and the vicinity, the ceremony was very grand and grand.
At the same time, some news came from the east that the expansion of the Dali tribes in the eastern part of Burma was indispensable for killing and war, and those orders in the east appeared as saviors, helping the people of the conquered lands to prevent them from being killed by villages and villages.
Of course, this expansion was met with fierce resistance from the tribes along the way, and the easternmost ones clashed with the Chenla (Khmer).
At this time, the Order becomes a mediator, facilitating the signing of peace treaties between the two sides, establishing borders, and so on.
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On the banks of Yeosu, the silhouette of Ava City is faintly visible in the distance, especially its pagoda, which adds a bit of grandeur to this earthen city.
Lu Ning also sighed in his heart, many people in later generations despised India, but as an ancient civilization, its influence has also extended to extremely distant places.
It was Gao Ling'er who was strolling with Lu Ning beside him, and now, if the three side concubines and Lu Ning were together, the atmosphere would be a little weird, yes, several people hadn't played cards together for a long time.
"Husband, Sister Duan and Sister Yang, don't you like them?" Gao Ling'er suddenly asked in a low voice.
Lu Ning rubbed his nose, knowing what this little girl meant, and was about to reply, when he suddenly looked at the distance of the river beach, some small black dots were slowly approaching, slowly turning into the silhouette of a figure, far away, Lu Ning had already seen the faces of these people clearly, and the front one was Ava Duobao.
"It's fine." Lu Ning waved his hand.
The five girls of Danjia had raised their muskets, but then lowered their muzzles slightly.
Avadobao laughed and walked over, muttering, roughly meaning that he heard that "Brother Duan is walking here", his clothes are already the Central Plains clothes, wide-sleeved robes, and a crown that soars to the sky, but he is wearing it on this swarthy chieftain, which inevitably looks nondescript.
Nowadays, Lu Ning doesn't need to interpret, but he can already communicate roughly with these natives.
Avadobao gestured with various gestures, and mentioned the word "Bagan" many times in his mouth, and he rushed to conquer the king of Bagan, hoping to get the support of the Great Qi Order.
Lu Ning now has a deeper understanding of this central Burma and southern Burma, and now the king of Bagan is only a relatively powerful tribe, in fact, there are many kingdoms today, of course, they are all tribal slave owners, such as Ava Duobao, which can also be said to be the king of Ava.
In the southern part of Bagan, there are also small kingdoms such as the Straight Passage Department or the Straight Passage Kingdom.
Originally, I thought that if I came here, although I didn't want to encroach on much land, it would be good to get a supply port in the coastal area of southern Myanmar as a royal village, but now I think it's easy to say, complicated and complicated, and I have to deal with many chiefs.
Avadobao, is a very powerful person who can judge the situation, but there are not many records about him in history, obviously there is no successor, but the king of Bagan later came out of a world-famous talent, not only unified Burma, but also established an extremely powerful regular army, and even the Northern Expedition defeated the country of Dali, and now look at the primitive tribes of Burma, fighting each other is a fight between tribes, and even melon farmers can become the new king by killing the chieftain, but a few decades later, the unified Bagan can defeat Dali, I have to say, That immortal talent, who is not ashamed to be called their first emperor by the Burmese, is also recognized as the first emperor in the history of Myanmar.
But now, I don't want a unified Myanmar to emerge and support this very talented Avadobao to unify Myanmar, China, and southern Myanmar? Maybe he is causing trouble for himself in the southwest of Daqi.
Yes, Lu Ning also compared the comparison, probably saying that "harmony is precious" and the like, which made Avadobao go home.
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A few days later, Lu Ning and his entourage entered Bagan City.
declined Avadobao's kindness to send a servant to escort him, and in the end, Avaduobao must give it to the "Duan Brothers" two hundred slave warriors, and Lu Ning accepted it, but he gave Avaduobao some brocade, which can be regarded as an equivalent exchange, for Lu Ning, these jungle warriors who have been trained since childhood, exchanging a few brocades for a few brocades is definitely worth it, and for Avaduobao, this kind of brocade from the Daqi court has never been seen, and it can simply make his dignity jump directly to a few levels, for these local chiefs, The dignity embodied in costume jewelry and so on is often a direct way to compare each other's status when war does not break out, so Avadobao is also very happy.
This transaction is really a win-win situation.
Avadobao was also very trustworthy in this kind of transaction, and the two hundred slave warriors were all new adults, and their parents did not know who they were, and their own beliefs were the same, they were sold to the new master, and from then on they served the new master.
Bagan City, the history of the city should be hundreds of years, more than a hundred years ago, the pioneer of the Bagan Dynasty Piinbia built a lot of construction here, built this small earthen city into a big city, to this day, it seems that the suburbs of the city should live in the suburbs, there should be 40,000 or 50,000 people.
The current palace of Bagan is a descendant of the dynasty pioneer Piyenbia.
The son of Piinbia was killed by the groom, and the groom was called the king, and the son of the groom was killed by the melon farmer, and the melon farmer was called the king, and the melon farmer reigned for more than 30 years, and eight years ago, he was recaptured by the palace mistake.
However, Jiang Piao included the queen of the melon farmer into the harem, and the son of the melon farmer also became a prince, and later, the son of the melon farmer, Kisuo, should have regained the throne.
Lu Ning once came to Bagan City to travel, because this history seems unbelievable to the Central Plains people, so there is still a slight impression, and the second day after his party came to Bagan City, the melon farmer's son Kisuo, that is, the current young prince, came to visit Lu Ning, and even did not shy away from talking about the history of his biological father becoming the king of Bagan as a melon farmer, and even regarded it as an honor.
This made Lu Ning's vague memory and the present confirmed.
Lu Ning and his entourage came here, and it became a declaration of friendship to overseas countries, and at the same time, they walked with the folk order.
However, there were 200 slave warriors accompanying him, and according to the custom, they camped outside the city of Bagan, and on the part of the missionaries, they discussed with the Bagan royal palace about renting houses in the city to open a medical hall and a hall.
However, because Wuxing and the others stayed in Ava City, the defenders who came to Bagan City were half of the original Order, and Bagan City should be the last stop for the defenders.
If Lu Ning went south to the coastal Zhitong Kingdom, he might be able to lead one or two guardians to open a Taoist hall, but the medical hall had no manpower, after all, there were only two Langzhong in the order.
Bagan and Ava are about the same number of people, but they are more prosperous and orderly, and although Bagan also has a large number of slaves, the proportion of civilians is much higher than that of Ava.
It was not uncommon for slaves to be beaten to death in large groups in the city, and on the whole, the level of civilization was higher.
However, the Bagan Palace's mistake Jiang Piao was not enthusiastic about the arrival of the Great Qi envoys and the Order.
It seemed that he wanted to establish some kind of connection with Daqi, but he was wary of the arrival of the Daqi envoy and the Order.
Perhaps the two hundred fierce jungle slave warriors accompanying him were also puzzled by the Order.
In any case, Gong Cuo Jiang Piao agreed to the request of the Great Qi Order to set up a medical hall and a Taoist hall here.
Lu Ning also rested here for two days, and led the people south to go directly to the kingdom, and the rest of the members of the order stayed in this Bagan City, and Lu Ning and the others went directly to the kingdom, which was just a kind of friendly contact between Daqi and overseas countries.
It feels similar to the Three Treasures Eunuch going to the South Seas, but it is more than 400 years in advance, and moreover, it is by land.