"Number 217." A Han man with a firearm shouted loudly from a high place.

A Hun child, who was only fifteen years old, raised his hand numbly. They don't speak Chinese and can't understand it, but many of them have learned numbers under the education of sticks. It's ridiculous, but sometimes, stick education is the fastest way to learn, no, it's just a beating. If you want to avoid being beaten, that's all you can do.

Number 217 just knows that his tribe is in the far north. They had cattle and sheep, and he had a horse of his own, and a well-made bow and arrow. He can already shoot rabbits. It's a pity that the Wuhuan people came. They suddenly appear where the sun rises. It was a morning. A lot of people haven't gotten up yet. The Wuhuan people killed them.

All their horses, cattle and sheep were snatched, and the women were taken away. Old man. Men were killed, and according to the rules of the steppe, men taller than the wheels were killed. However, this time the Wuhuan people did not do so. They just strung all the people together with ropes. And then along the way, they were pulled here. They walked for a long, long time.

Number 217, forgot his name. Now, he has only one number. Number 217.

"Hurry up and get to work. Fast. Your task today is heavy. If you can't finish it, don't eat. The Han shouted loudly waving his club, carrying a firearm on his shoulder and a leather whip at his waist. This is the best way to deal with them.

And like No. 217, there are many such Huns, Wuhuan people, and even Xianbei people. They were sent to a dark place. They will dig up black stones.

The Han people would use thunder-like things to blow up those black stones softly. But they have to wield the shovel in their hands and dig it out. They're going to do this all day. After dark, there is a chance to rest. The clothes on their bodies were all made of coarse cloth, and they were able to keep their boots on the prairie, but it was not long before they were left to wear straw sandals, or barefoot.

No. 217 himself doesn't know how he got here. They just remember that they didn't eat enough and didn't wear much along the way. A lot of things are not. The Wuhuan people are fierce. Those who fled were all shot. At night, they will be tied up centrally. Then during the day they walked, and walked long, long distances, until they did not have the strength to escape. A lot of people died on the road. But the Wuhuan people don't care if they live or die.

Then, they finally took a break, and then they sold to the Han Chinese.

The Han people are fierce. Whips and clubs beat them mercilessly, and they were in heavy chains. Let them move extremely unfreely. At night, when you rest, you will be tied to a large stone.

They themselves don't know how long they've been here. But they know it's just digging, digging. Dig no more. They had no idea what these black stones meant.

If they neglected, they would be beaten with sticks, whips, and all of them were extremely painful memories. No. 217 sometimes thinks about the grassland. The grassland is their home, and that is where they most desire freedom. It's a pity to be far, far away.

The Han people have a republican currency in their hands, especially some trade merchants began to change careers, they are extremely hungry for money, when the currency is converted into paper money, representing wealth, merchants become extremely crazy, many people will not give up any of them to maximize the expansion of wealth.

As long as you pay enough taxes and the associated mining fees, you can buy land, as well as mineral resources, of course, provided that you have more land bonds, because that's a step into the circle. Many businessmen hold large amounts of land bonds. In Bingzhou and Hedong, in order to promote ** bonds, the local ** department combined mineral resources and land bonds for bundled sales.

Everyone knows that when winter comes. The demand for coal is the greatest. And this demand will continue to be strong, and the factories have old-fashioned steam engines, and although the steam engines are still bulky, the demand for coal has reached an alarming level. All of this requires coal, a lot of coal. The coal business has become extremely easy.

In such a situation, coal mines have proliferated everywhere, although seven out of ten may not be able to extract coal. After all, this is a situation of great luck, but it is undeniable that once it is mined, the demand will be very large.

Merchants calculate costs, they need more labor, and this number is better to be more and more. Prisoners of war from the North became one of the greatest needs.

No. 217 is just the fate of an ordinary person, but his fate is tied to the Republican Army, which is certainly strong and seems to be beautiful, but good things are relative, and there will be a dark side in some areas.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

There was a lot of darkness in the Republican Army, for example, the shrewdness of the merchant officials and their greed. They are very calculating, but at the same time, they will also bring out their most greedy side and incidentally put their business on the good side.

In this regard, despite parliamentary oversight, something will always happen. Shang Wu also felt helpless when he saw the relevant reports from the intelligence services, and there were many, many holes in their judicial system, in a sense. The actions of those officials are exactly in this marginal area, and sometimes, you are helpless, but there is nothing you can do.

"I think the credibility of this information is very high." Jia Xu took a piece of information and handed it to Shang Wu, this information is the analysis information of Firefox, Jia Xu speculated from all aspects, this is a very reasonable explanation. Therefore, Jia Xu thought it was very important, so he handed it over to Shangwu.

"The palace struggle involves the emperor's health." Shang Wu said after reading it.

"Yes, the struggle between the two sides is becoming more and more intense, and if it were me, I would have taken a gentle approach while the emperor was still there, instead of, knowing that this was to send him to death, it would cause great dissatisfaction on the other side, in such a situation, I would never do this, but on the contrary, in such a situation, Jian Shuo's behavior was very abnormal. And behind all this, the only reasonable explanation is that the emperor's health is in serious trouble, and his life may not be extended too long, which directly leads to his condition becoming extremely deteriorating. There is no time to deal with it gently, so it can only be carried out violently. But in doing so, the risk is also much higher. This is an extremely difficult problem to avoid. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm." Shang Wu nodded, he was analyzing the information brought by this intelligence.

"In the south, we have many, many needs, and the Emperor is extremely hostile to us. Most importantly. This directly leads to the inability of our trade to expand further, which is very bad for our finances and taxes, a large number of heavy taxes, will eat up all our profits, and finally force us to digest internally, but this is obviously very bad for us. The market demand in the north was small, and in this respect the interests of the merchants were not greatly expanded. In the south, the expansion of the whole market is extremely beneficial to us. But the emperor's policy was very unfriendly to us. Jia Xu shook his head and said. Obviously, Jia Xu is also well aware that the political demands of businessmen with the support of the Republican Army will become very large.

"Well, that's a good suggestion for us. What's your opinion? Is our power tilted to the south? Shang Wu asked.

"Yes. Luoyang is the source of all commercial heavy taxes, and we must find a way to make the other party change their opinion of us, perhaps, a change of emperor, or a favorable supporter, it is very beneficial to us. Jia Xu said.

Shang Wu nodded. However, this seems to be more troublesome.

"If we tilt towards the south, first of all, we will have to carry out partial mobilization of our military forces, because we have a serious shortage of troops, and we still have financial funds. This is very bad for us. And not only that, but also the defensive posture of the North. Those nomads will see us going south and will take some drastic measures to deal with it. We have to deal with such a situation. Shang Wu said.

"But the whole South is very important to us. We should see such a situation as an opportunity for our major strategy. Jia Xu said.

"For the problems of the north, we can take some defensive posture, and besides, the entire northern nomadic tribe has formed a big mess at the moment, but for a while, it cannot pose a threat to us. The biggest problem is finance, and if the businessmen can get a greater benefit from it and invest in it, I think the problem will be solved greatly. Jia Xu said.

In Jia Xu's view, the south is a great opportunity. Luoyang already has the possibility of chaos, this possibility is very large, in such a situation, it is unlikely to properly deal with such some things, want to change this situation, it seems that they must take some new measures to complete such things.

"Hmm. I understand what you're thinking. But we also need a defensive line. At the same time, we should deal with the problems of the north in a sound way, and then we can concentrate on what may happen in the south. Shang Wu said. He didn't want too many accidents, because if there were too many accidents, things would lead to a situation that was extremely unwilling to happen, and Shang Wu didn't want such a situation to happen. This is the last thing Shangwu wants to see.