Nearly 2,000 rogues were kept in a tight fence, which was still brought in to build a barracks, and there were stumbling horse stakes outside, and there were also thistles on the periphery, so that a moat was almost dug up.

If it weren't for these captives, there would be no need to be so nervous, but now it is different, and it is impossible to understand the true thoughts of the Tatar cavalry, for fear that if they unite with these captives, release them, and issue them weapons again, it may cause great confusion, no matter how small the possibility may be, and besides, they still dare not be careless.

There were small tents in the fence, one for every ten people, and the captives were not mistreated, after all, each of them represented twenty taels of silver, and each of them had a silver glint on his head.

Thirty-six leaders were locked up in one big tent, and those who flew on the grass were all locked up in one big tent.

These tents were also brought with the car, and they were originally intended for the camp of the Jinyi guards, but they brought more of them, and some of them could be taken out for these prisoners. Preferential treatment of prisoners is a consistent practice, as long as they are obedient, they can say anything.

In the evening, they were also sent enough stews and wine to the captives, and the chiefs were given a higher level of barbecue and wine.

"Adults are so kind-hearted, it's too wasteful to give these people such good food and drink." Ji Chang carried out the order and muttered.

Some of the guards of the brocade guards also have ideas, and they rarely can drink the fine wine supplied to these leaders, and they did pull a lot of apricot blossoms bought in Datong City on the car, but there is no place to buy them after leaving the customs, even they themselves are saving to drink.

"Don't treat them as rogues, from now on they will be silver, especially those leaders, each of them is a few thousand taels of silver, so how many jars of good wine and how many sheep can you buy?" Besides, he laughed.

Ji Chang, Sun Hu and the others had no choice but to smile bitterly, my lord, this is really in the eyes of money, and I regard every person as silver.

After settling everyone, besides, he came to his own Chinese army tent and had dinner with Cao Delin and others, of course, they had the best food.

"Your Highness, are we going to stay here for a few days?" Cao Delin asked.

"Indeed, everyone knows that I just caught nearly two thousand rogues, and I am going to sell them here in the next two days." Besides, he took a sip of wine.

"Sell? Lord Chincha, are you doing human trafficking? Gavin Tiger asked in surprise.

"Almost, it turned out that the king of Alta offered a reward for their heads, but these people have their own money, and they want to pay for their own money, I think this is not bad, but I have heard that they still have a lot of enemies, and they are willing to pay a high price for their heads, in this case, let's wait a few more days, let these buyers gather, and then sell these rogues to the highest bidder." And patiently explained.

Although he is said to be a minister with plenipotentiary powers, he has to give an explanation if he wants to stay here for a few days.

The officials were stunned at first, then burst into laughter.

"Lord Chincha, you are so tall. It's not that the lower officials praise you, you should be the secretary of the household department after you go back, if the household department has a book like you, the treasury can still be empty? Can the imperial court still lack silver? "The Lang Zhong of the Tobe took the lead.

"This can't work, the family in the household department is too big, I definitely can't be it, and I don't even understand the small family of Jinyiwei." And very modestly authentic.

"I think it's completely okay, when we go back, we will go to the emperor together to ask Lord Qincha to be the head of the household, I have never heard that you can make money by catching Liukou, and this is the first time you have a point." Gavin Tiger patted his thigh and laughed so much that he almost couldn't breathe, but he still kept talking.

Besides, with a wry smile, these guys know that they are messing around, and they all have the meaning of ridicule, but he doesn't care about this, what he cares about is silver, which can provide him with more than 20,000 people in the future.

As for arresting people and selling them, this is not new in the hinterland, and the officials and soldiers often secretly arrest good people when they are suppressing bandits, and then transport them to other places for sale; of course this is not allowed, but the local government cannot control the affairs of the officials and the army, and they dare not manage it.

Once, when the prefect's hometown was looted by officials and bandits, all the women and children were taken away, and when they returned, they put the women and children in sacks and put them on the street and openly sold them.

The prefect didn't know that his hometown had suffered, but he just pitied one of his servants who had not married a wife in his thirties, so he gave him twenty taels of silver to buy a woman to come back as a wife.

This official went to the street to buy, and the attitude of the officials and soldiers to sell people was very bad, and they were not allowed to open the sack for inspection, so that the old and ugly ones could not be sold, so they could only touch it outside, and they would pay for one of them, and then take the people away.

The official touched the outside of the sack for a long time, and finally picked one, and when he opened the sack, he almost cried, it turned out that there was an old lady in the sack.

When the old lady saw this servant, she was surprised and said, "I know you, didn't you follow my son on an errand?" ”

The official took a closer look and found that this old lady turned out to be the mother of the prefect. He hurriedly led the old lady back to see the prefect, who knew that his hometown had been robbed, but he didn't dare to protest, and he also felt that his life was good and he could reunite with his mother in such a strange way.

He was also very grateful to the officer, and gave the officer fifty taels of silver, and asked him to buy another one.

At that time, the officials and soldiers marked the price on each sack, threatening that the higher the price, the younger and more beautiful, the official gritted his teeth and used all the fifty taels of silver, and this time he really bought a young and beautiful girl, and took it home to marry and become a wife.

After that, this matter was not at all undisturbed, and the local government knew that they also complained to the imperial court, but it was all over. The punishment of the officials and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty was heavy and the rewards were thin, so the robbery of property and the robbery and sale of people were regarded as legitimate trophies of the officials and soldiers, and the imperial court also acquiesced.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this kind of thing was very common, so the local government tabooed the word bandit, as long as the bandits did not conquer the city, they would not report to the court, one is afraid that they will be dismissed from office for the crime of negligence, and the other is afraid that the court will send officials and soldiers to suppress bandits, so that the people along the way will suffer.

The common people have a good saying: bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like washing.

There is still a limit to the robbery of bandits, just like a wooden comb, and the place where the GIs pass is like a wash, and there will be nothing left.

The officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who were experts in the civil war and outsiders in the foreign war, may not be able to create a glorious history of selling the Tatar cavalry as slaves. Moreover, now it can only be regarded as a small fight, and it is a step towards this path.

The officials laughed for a while, some sincerely appreciated and did this, and some thought it was too ridiculous so they began to ridicule, and besides, they all treated it well, and his abacus really couldn't be explained.

"Lord Qincha, didn't King Altan set a date, saying that we must rush to Bansheng City before that date?" Cao Delin asked.

"That's what he decides, what's our business, we only listen to the emperor." Besides, he said indifferently.

"That is, when you get to the outside of the Saiwai, you will only listen to you, Lord Qincha." Xu Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry said with a smile.

"It's not wrong for you to understand it this way, as long as the emperor doesn't have a clear will, other things can only listen to me." Besides, he is not modest, he is a minister with plenipotentiary powers, and he has to show this majesty, or he will be eaten by these cunning and obedient officials.

These people are not only old fritters, but also thorns, and they are also the masters of a headache for everyone in the court, but now they don't dare to do it directly, after all, their lives need to be protected now.

"Lord Qincha, should the silver earned from this trade be handed over to the treasury?" Tobe joked.

"No, absolutely not, this silver will be used as the cost of our Jinyi guard's business trip, but the emperor has not issued us a single tael of silver, and now I am paying for it myself." Besides, he sneered.

This Lang Zhong said this in a joking way, which was also very vicious, and after all, it was a victory with the people of the imperial court, and it stands to reason that the money earned should go to the public.

Besides, it is not understood in this way, Jinyiwei will increase a lot of expenses after leaving the customs, which the court and the emperor are well aware of, but no one has spoken, and the emperor has not approved any funds, of course he will not suffer this kind of dumb loss, and the money earned from this business outside the Saiwai will of course be counted as expenses.

"That's, that's of course, it's just a joke." This Tobu Lang was a little embarrassed.

"We're just here to negotiate, so we're here to focus on doing it well. The rest of the things are in the hands of Lord Qincha and the Sixth Guard of Jinyi, so we don't need to ask more about these things. Cao Delin generously sent an empty favor.

"That is, if Lord Qincha hadn't brought 10,000 men to protect us this time, it would be difficult for those Tatar cavalry escorting us not to play any tricks. How much does it cost so many people a day, I said, why don't you give a little money to your household department? "Xu Lang of the Ministry of Industry is in trouble.

The Ministry of Industry is qualified to say such things, they have put a lot of effort into the ordnance of the sixth guard of Jinyi, and they have never lacked shortage, but the Ministry of Household has never given a tael of silver to the sixth guard of Jinyi.

"Lao Xu, what are you talking about? The sixth guard of Jinyi is directly in charge of the emperor, and no one is allowed to interfere, and even the funds are directly allocated by the emperor from the internal funds, don't you know? "Lang Zhong of the household department couldn't bear it, so he immediately fought back.

The old Xu of the Ministry of Industry smiled, he deliberately disgusted the two Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Households, of course he knew these things very well.

Cao Delin said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense about these things, don't ask what we shouldn't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say, Your Majesty ......"

At this moment, Ji Chang walked in and said with a wry smile: "My lord, those three commanders of Tatar want to exchange some wine with us, but we don't have much wine." ”

"What, change the wine and drink, what good wine do they have, isn't it mare's milk wine? We can't get used to that thing, so we won't change it. Besides, before he could answer, Gavin Hu stopped doing it first, he was worried that the Tatars would intervene in the peace, and finally his own people would run out of wine to drink.