Walk northwest from the Cham Lu Grassland, and you will arrive at Palja Xitang. This was once the territory of the Black Rock Division, and then it was taken away by Yeleyi, and now it has come full circle, and finally returned to the hands of Tuoba Yan.

Tuoba Yan learned about the current situation in Paljia Xitang, where the herders were mixed, including the locals of the Black Rock tribe who had survived the previous war, the people of the Chishui tribe, and the people of the Baisha tribe. After listening to the complicated personnel relations here, Tuoba Yan rubbed his brows and asked Qin Luo: "Look, who is more appropriate to send here to garrison?" ”

"Right General, Abtai." Qin Luo replied.

"Oh, he." Tuoba Yan pondered for a moment, "He is my companion, he has followed me since he was a child, and he is a very stable person. I just don't like to talk, and I don't know if I can subdue these herdsmen. ”

"He who speaks less is more prestigious." Qin Luo said, "And General Abutai has superb martial arts, led his troops to win many battles, and is a great hero in the hearts of the grassland herdsmen." ”

Tuoba Yan agreed, "Okay, then let him stay here." Parjia Xitang and Danyang City are only a day's journey, and you can go back at any time in the future to listen to my call. ”

After assigning the defenders who remained here, Tuoba Yan took Weimu Basang to inspect the terrain of Parga Xitang. Qin Luo didn't follow this time, so he wandered around the grassland with nothing to do. He was a stranger to Parjasitang and had never set foot here, but Yereyi had lived here for a few years.

Qin Luo wandered aimlessly on horseback, as if following in the footsteps of his lover, and he imagined that Yeleyi might have also ridden here, frolicking by the river and galloping across the grassland...... Qin Luo had to admit that after losing the news of Ye Leyi, he missed her even more.

Suddenly, Qin Luo saw a slave kneeling by the river, crying and slapping himself, and he didn't know what he had done wrong, and he was punished so severely by his master. Qin Luo dismounted, walked up to him, and asked, "Why are you kneeling here?" ”

The slave raised his head, his cheeks flushed, he looked at it for a long time before he recognized that this was Qin Luo, who came with Tuoba Yan, and the slave hurriedly kowtowed: "Great master." ”

Qin Luo smiled helplessly, he is now the prime minister, but the herdsmen and slaves have no culture, and they still call themselves according to their old names. But he didn't bother to correct the salutation, and reached out to help the man up.

"No, no, without the master's order, the slave does not dare to get up." Instead of getting up, the slave stepped back on his knees.

"What did you make?" Qin Luo said curiously.

The slave wiped her tears and cried, "The slave knocked over the master's precious tea bowl, and the master made the slave kneel by the river all night." ”

"It's just a tea bowl, so severe?" Qin Luo was very angry in his heart, the night by the river was cold, this slave was only wearing a single coat, and there were several big holes in the tattered clothes, kneeling here, I was afraid that he would freeze to death.

The slave trembled and did not dare to speak.

"Whoever your master is, I'll go find him." Qin Luo asked.

"No, no, no." The slave hurriedly shook his head again, "If you go to him, the master will only punish me more heavily, and the master will beat me to death." ”

Qin Luo was helpless, he couldn't help a person who was willing to be lowly at all. The slavery system of the Xiangqiang nation has been in existence for hundreds of years, and it has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Slaves were the lowliest. They came from criminals and prisoners of war, and had no freedom to buy, sell, exchange, sacrifice, and so on. Therefore, the fate of slaves was very miserable, and they were often abused, and some nobles in the northwest were even worse. It is self-evident how miserable the life of the slaves here was.

The masters treated the slaves as cats and dogs, and beat and scolded them at will. And the slaves themselves did not consider themselves human beings and never dared to rebel against their masters. Qin Luo looked at this poor slave and estimated that he was no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, but he was short, as if he was still thirteen or fourteen years old.

Qin Luo led the horse and left slowly, and a loud slap sounded in his ears again. Even if there is no one to supervise, this slave does not dare to be lazy.

At night in the tent, Qin Luo tossed and turned, his mind full of the weak figure of the slave he met in the morning, which made him unable to sleep. Being angry and lamenting his misfortune is what Qin Luo thinks now. He wanted to save but couldn't, he could save one person, but he couldn't save thousands of slaves. Unless, unless......

Qin Luo suddenly rolled over and looked ahead blankly. Unless, abolition of slavery, the problem can be truly solved.

However, as a Chu person, does he really want to help Xiang Qiang abolish slavery and make Xiang Qiang better?

Qin Luo didn't sleep all night, got up as soon as it was dawn, and went to the river again. However, a group of people gathered by the river, and from a distance, they did not see the kneeling figure.

Qin Luo rode his horse closer, and vaguely heard the group of people say a few monotonous words such as "pitiful" and "frozen to death". Qin Luo's heart ached, he was really a step too late.

He sat on his horse and watched as the group of slaves collected the bodies of the little slaves. When the little slave died, his legs curled up and he remained in a kneeling position. His cheeks had been fanned by himself, and his cheeks were so swollen that he couldn't even see his eyes.

He ...... Do you have a family? Qin Luo couldn't help but ask when the group of people carried the little slave past him.

"Family?" An older slave shook his head numbly, "I don't know. ”

It seems that he is a poor child who has been sold since he was a child, and he doesn't even know where his family is, whether he is alive or dead. Qin Luo looked at him sympathetically, sad and depressed in his heart, as if a big stone was pressing down on his chest.

"You ...... Where are you going to bury him? Qin Luo asked.

"Burial?" The slave said indifferently, "What to bury, just throw it and feed it to the wolf." ”

Qin Luo's heart was cold, and what made him even more chilling was that even the slaves who were sick with him would not sympathize with this child. The slaves have long been numb, looking down on life and death, and will not sympathize, let alone resist.

Qin Luo looked at their distant figures, thinking to himself that the Xiangqiang people often invaded Middle-earth, but these slaves were innocent. Just let him do something for these poor slaves.

If you want to abolish slavery, you don't want to do anything else unless you can get the support of Tuoba Yan. However, Qin Luo knew that Tuoba Yan had always lived in Xiang Qiang and lived under slavery. Instead of him, he fell from the advanced Chu State to Xiang Qiang.

Qin Luo found an opportunity, and while Tuoba was still in a good mood, he mentioned this matter slightly.

"When does Your Majesty plan to depart?" Qin Luo asked.

"Tomorrow." Tuoba Yan said, "I took a look at Wei Mu Basang and I saw that the terrain here was flat, and it was easy to build a castle. I also want to set up a school in this area so that the herders can learn literacy, both Chinese and Xiangqiang. ”

"Your Majesty attaches so much importance to the Chinese language?" Qin Luo was a little surprised.

"I have to say that the thousand-year-old history of Middle-earth is more advanced than ours." Tuoba Yan sighed, "I think, there is also the establishment of temples and Confucianism, so that the Xiangqiang people can understand the culture of the Central Plains." ”

"Your Majesty is thoughtful and admirable." Qin Luo arched his hand and said, "However, Your Majesty has only learned the surface of the Central Plains culture, not the inside. ”

"Internal?" Tuoba was stunned for a moment, "Then what is inside?" ”

"System." Qin Luo replied.

"System?" Tuoba Yan looked puzzled, "I have a reform system, the system of civil ministers and military generals, and the military system, I have imitated the reform of Southern Chu." ”

"There is one more item, there is no reform." Qin Luo said bluntly, "Slavery. ”

"Slavery?" Tuoba looked at Qin Luo suspiciously, "What do you want to ......?"

"Your Majesty unified the grassland, called the emperor the founding of the country, and created a great cause. Today's Xiangqiang is no longer a tribe, but a country. Great Wei was no longer fit for slavery. I want to ......" Qin Luo said here and suddenly stopped, and was silent for a moment before slowly speaking, "Abolish slavery." ”

"What did you say?" Tuoba turned his head, his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"Abolish slavery." Qin Luo's voice was sonorous this time, and he said without hesitation.