Section 426 Slaves for cities
Since Guanhu can't be used as a strategic garrison city. It's better to be generous, and it is enough to station a thousand soldiers and horses just to prevent bandits and the like.
King Zhao was not surprised by Bai Hui's reaction, what Bai Hui was thinking about sometimes, King Zhao was reluctant to guess, because Bai Hui's thoughts were difficult to guess, since he agreed to his conditions, King Zhao continued to mention the second article.
"The second condition is that all the people in this city must be moved, that is, only the empty city and the surrounding empty villages and towns."
"Yes." Bai Hui understood in his heart that Zhao Guo had too much vacant land, so the population would not be given to him.
When King Zhao heard Bai Hui agree, he stretched out three fingers: "The third condition, I want to buy 100,000 slaves, of which no less than half are between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, and no less than thirty percent for those under the age of fifteen." ”
Bai Hui asked rhetorically: "What about the price?" ”
"At market prices."
Bai Hui was silent, holding his glass and no longer speaking, thinking about how to make this deal.
A full quarter of an hour passed, and King Zhao was not in a hurry, so he sat beside Bai Hui and waited.
This plan was given by Zhao Hao.
Shang Jun's hometown is the most attractive to Bai Hui, this city is of little strategic significance to Zhao State, with Ye City in hand, this view is useless.
Even if it is to defend the Wei State, the border between the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Qin and the Zhao State is too long at the moment, and it is not bad for this city. If it can be exchanged for a large number of slaves, it will be more meaningful to the Zhao State.
Zhao Hao also knew some things about the Chen Kingdom, plus the Marquis of the Ji Clan.
Zhao Hao thought that there would be a total of about 500,000 slaves, so as long as it was 20%, Bai Hui might agree to this deal.
King Zhao was waiting for Bai Hui's reaction after making the conditions, in fact, he was also very anxious in his heart, he was afraid that Bai Hui would oppose it. Half of the 100,000 slaves, in particular, were young and strong, and thirty percent were children. This figure only takes three to five years to allow Zhao to turn those vacated lands back into cities, villages and towns.
Finally, Bai Hui put the wine glass in his hand on the table.
King Zhao's heart was in his throat, and he was waiting for Bai Hui's answer.
Bai Hui said: "Yes, but I also have two conditions. ”
"You say."
King Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Bai Hui agreed, then this matter had to be discussed.
Bai Hui said: "The first condition is that the nations will not attack each other from one year to two years. ”
"No problem, as long as you propose, the few people will support it, and they will work with you to convince the kings." Zhao Wangxin said that the two would not fight, which also made Zhao Guo breathe a sigh of relief and let the vacant land live there again.
Bai Hui said again: "The second condition, I agreed to 100,000 slaves. But only the population is counted, and the proportion is not set. And then attach a condition, that is, more than 100,000 people, for every additional 20,000 people, this price Zhao Guo will increase by one percent. In two years, how much I shipped, how much Zhao Guo bought. As long as they are not sick or old, Zhao Guo must not refuse to accept them. ”
"No, add 50,000 people, add 10%."
A large population is a good thing, but if Bai Hui is ruthless enough to bring in 200,000, then the price is too high.
Bai Hui and King Zhao pulled their skins for a while, and finally decided to increase the price by 10% by 30,000 people. And the craftsmen, very strong, very beautiful, have special skills. The price should be doubled to tripled.
Superb, priced separately for a single person.
"Good!" King Zhao slapped the table heavily: "It's decided." ”
"It's settled." Bai Hui also slapped it on the table.
King Zhao immediately stood up and ran to talk to the three kings of Chu, Wei, and Han about the matter of adding two non-attacking each other, as for King Yan, there was no need to think about it at all, King Yan was still a child now.
Coupled with the current situation of Yan Kingdom, let alone two years, I am afraid that I am willing not to attack Yan Kingdom for two hundred years.
Bai Hui sat beside King Qin.
King Qin said to Bai Hui: "Zhao Zhang was smiling very happily just now. ”
"Brother Wang, I made a deal with King Zhao." Bai Hui explained the content of his conversation with King Zhao to King Qin in detail.
King Qin nodded and asked, "What do you think?" ”
"The Chenguo Peninsula is in hand, and I can get a million slaves, and these slaves are barbarians who have not passed through the church. They didn't even have writing before, and they relied on knotted ropes to keep notes. That is, in the past few years, the world has been in turmoil, and many people have run over from Chenguo, only to know that there are words, and only then do they know that there are chopsticks to eat without hand. ”
When Bai Hui said this, King Qin understood: "What you mean is to let Zhao State educate these people into people, and then they will all belong to our Qin State in the future." ”
"Yes."
King Qin asked, "Aren't you worried, the population of Zhao State has increased and the number of troops has increased?" ”
Bai Hui smiled, but just smiled but didn't answer.
King Qin stared at Bai Hui for a long time and understood.
The next thing is not to rely on the number of people to fight, as soon as the fierce weapon in the valley comes out, what about the number of people?
"Yes." King Qin agreed, and then King Qin also took the wine glass to laugh lightly with the kings.
On the third day after the banquet, Bai Hui sent someone to deliver the book that Yi Chuan had picked up in his inner study and handed it over to Xiong Zilan.
Luoyi Chu Garden.
At present, the Luoyi Seven Kingdoms Garden has been built, but without Qi Garden, Qi Garden has been changed to a common place.
Inside Chu Garden.
King Chu, Xiong Zilan, Xiang Shan, and Xiong Biao surrounded the big box.
"Brother Wang!" Xiong Zilan handed over the key to the box to the King of Chu.
The King of Chu slowly opened the box, and then carefully took out a bamboo slip from it.
The king of Chu read: "Quanzhou." ”
In this era, there was no place name of Quanzhou, but Bai Hui wrote it clearly, and the location was marked in great detail.
Xiang Shan said: "This place is in the southeast coast of Baiyue, in order to attack the southeast coast, the minister sent people to reconnoiter on land and sea, this place standing on the sea can see a big island overseas, but the island is almost uninhabited. ”
"Suiyang here?" Xiong Biao said he couldn't understand.
Xiong Zilan motioned for Xiong Biao to stand back, and picked up another bamboo slip and opened it. Xiang Shan also picked up a bamboo slip, but Xiong Biao was not allowed to take it. Xiong Biao was about to reach out to take it, and the king of Chu said, "You go and arrange for the guard, don't let people come and disturb you." ”
"This!" Xiong Biao was very hurt, but still said, "The minister will go." ”
After sending Xiong Biao away, the king of Chu sat down with a bamboo slip.
For a whole day, King Chu, Xiong Zilan, and Xiang Shan were all flipping through this box of bamboo slips.
In the evening, Xiang Shan said: "Your Majesty, Bai Hui is as rumored in the world, although he is treacherous, he is very honest. ”
"Yes!" The King of Chu nodded: "This port, Bai Hui named Quanzhou, not to mention why he gave it this name, but this port does have great strategic value, and the water source is abundant, and it can correspond to Hangyi Port, and it can attack Nanyue from the sea." ”