Chapter 197: The Slave Trade
A few miles to the east of the lake, there is a very flat plain landform, there is no natural danger around, and the terrain can be called a flat river.
Such a place, let alone a big tribe, even ordinary small tribes would not place their tribes in such a place.
But in a place like this, it's very busy right now.
Whether it is Daqi or Youtou, they are very concerned about this new city used for trade.
The Youyou still clan was also very satisfied with the location chosen by Daqi to build the city, and such a place had no strategic value at all.
Some still felt that this was a sign of Daqi's goodwill to him, and when the city was built, the two sides got along quite well.
Like Daqi, there are still some slaves sent by the tribe, but the number of slaves is far more than that of Daqi.
At the beginning, the nobles of the still clan sent such a little people when they saw Daqi, and they looked down on them.
Thinking in my heart that a small clan is a small clan, even if it has some strength, compared with the profound Youyi clan, it is not a little bit worse, it can be seen from the number of slaves.
It's just that the nobles of the still clan, although they are very disdainful of the strength of Daqi, think that Fei Geng has exaggerated the strength of this tribe, and make fun of Fei Geng behind their backs, these people are soon very interested in the hairstyles of Daqi slaves, this method of distinguishing status by hairstyle, makes it rare for them to take a look at Daqi.
Seeing that his slave had the same hairstyle as himself, and then looked at Daqi's side, he suddenly felt unbalanced in his heart.
In a fit of rage, some of the nobles of the still clan demanded that all their slaves shave their hair, but they did not have the scissors invented by Daqi, but only used stone knives to cut off the slaves' hair.
Looking at a group of slaves with dog-like hairstyles, the nobles of the Youyi clan were in a very happy mood.
Soon, however, they became depressed again.
They were surprised to find that the number of people on their side was far more than that of Daqi, but the daily progress was even faster than that of their own side.
The nobles of the Youyou still clan were very puzzled, thinking that the Daqi tribe had some ulterior witchcraft.
Curious, several nobles found the officer in charge of guarding the prisoners.
From the officers, they saw the extravagant tools of the Great Qi.
At a time when they were still using bronze as ritual tools and weapons, Daqi had the luxury of using them to dig up earth.
This frightened these nobles, and they immediately put away their contempt.
It will be an idle tribe that can make the Youyou still clan treat the tribe as equals.
Recalling the bronze spears and bronze daggers sent to the city, the nobles even had a hint of fear.
What a powerful tribe would give such a valuable thing to those slaves.
These tools wrapped in yellow metal can be brought back casually, and they can be exchanged for a few female slaves casually when they return to the city.
It's just that the aristocratic officers of Daqi seem to be very unkind, no matter how easy they talk about it, except for a handful of eye addictions, they don't even get a bronze tool hair.
This made these nobles very us, but fortunately, these officers got Yang Hao's orders.
When they came, Yang Hao guessed that these tools would definitely attract attention.
He told the officers that if the Dongyi people wanted these tools, they could not give them casually, nor could they exchange them at will, but they had to satisfy their appetite.
When they were hungry and thirsty, they offered to exchange slaves for tools.
Yang Hao believes that in this era when human life is not valuable, this approach is very likely to succeed.
Sure enough, when the nobles once found the officers stationed here, and heard the officers say in a very embarrassed tone that they could exchange slaves, some of the nobles agreed as if they had picked up a big bargain.
As long as the mouth is opened, it is negotiable as to how many tools a slave can be exchanged for, or how many slaves a tool can be exchanged for.
The officers have the bottom line given by Yang Hao, such as a shovel with bronze inlaid on the edge, which must be exchanged for two adult men or three young women.
A bronze pickaxe or a bronze axe, the price is even more expensive, a bronze pickaxe is worth ten strong male **subordinates, female **subordinates are not considered at all.
Perhaps seeing the power of these tools, some of the nobles quickly agreed to the quid pro quo after a short period of deliberation.
A bronze pickaxe was directly exchanged for thirteen adult slaves, and this time, the Great Qi tribe only paid for some metal tools that could be reproduced, and replenished the number of labor prisoners lost due to the rebellion.
And there are still nobles who obviously feel that there is no exchange of enjoyment, beautiful metal tools, in their eyes like those sacrifices used for sacrifice, full of mystery, after learning that the Great Qi tribe in addition to these bronze tools, there are other bronze items.
It makes them even more excited.
There are still clans with countless slaves, and countless small tribes have been wiped out by the east and west, and the slaves are as many as the sand on the seaside.
If there were not enough slaves, they would go south and attack the short-haired ones, and they would have a lot of slaves.
After a few nobles discussed, they sent people to hurry back to the tribal capital with tools.
And the officers of Daqi also sent people in time to bring back to Chang'an City the intention of the Youyou still clan to trade.
Both sides feel that at this time, a profitable deal, what is lacking is not tools but people.
If it is said that the productive forces determine the relations of production, the implementation of slavery in this era is the greatest use of resources, and a series of reforms of the Daqi tribe, coupled with the introduction of new tools, the use of advanced tools, a person's production value is enough to be worth four or five slaves, so that the use of slaves is the greatest waste of human resources for the Daqi tribe.
When Kuaima sent the news back, Yang Hao smiled sinisterly.
It's all going according to his plan.
This so-called trade city, in his eyes, is a needle pierced into the body of the Youyi clan, and he strengthens himself by constantly putting the blood of the other party.
And the other party may still think that he Yang Hao is a big fool, raising so many slaves without wasting food? If it is killed, it may be of some use for burial.
As long as the Trade City is put into use, after it is on the right track, his Uncle Yang Hao's hut plan will also be launched.
With this 10,000 acres of fertile land that is about to be harvested, Yang Hao is not afraid of many people, but only of few people.
Before the arrival of autumn, he was to rapidly expand the size of Chang'an City, and began to expand the number of troops to deal with the attacks of Zhuxia or other potential enemies.
The female Jiao who was sitting next to Yang Hao looked at Yang Hao with some doubts, and gently stroked her bulging belly.
"Chief, why are you so happy that you just exchanged some slaves?"