(Recommended reading: The population deal with Wuhuan was quickly reached, and after the conclusion was reached, the Wuhuan people quickly sent the first batch of slaves of a few hundred people, but these slaves were old and weak, and they could not be used to build a city at all.

Ye Chen was not annoyed after receiving the news, and said with a faint smile: "In the future, when you trade with the Wuhuan people, the payment for the goods must be made with thirty percent of the slaves, otherwise you will not trade with them." ”

Ye Chen wanted to see how old and weak they were, there were very few old and weak among the slaves, the reason was that the old and weak were often killed, even if they were not killed, they couldn't stand the high-intensity labor, and not many of them could survive.

These hundreds of people are already all of the Wuhuan slaves, and if they want to trade slaves in the future, they must be young and strong, although the Wuhuan people are reluctant to give up these young and strong slaves, because they can help them share most of the labor.

But this time, the Ye family said that they didn't say anything, and they had to use thirty percent of the population, so the Wuhuan people had to continue to trade slaves.

There are no Han slaves, there are many slaves from other tribes, and every time there is a war on the grassland, no matter whether you win or lose, there will always be a large number of slaves, so there are still many slaves in the Wuhuan tribes.

But the volume of trade between the two sides was simply too great, and it didn't take long for them to run out of slaves to trade.

However, this is not difficult for the Wuhuan people, the Ye family needs slaves to trade with them, so when they trade with the Xiongnu and the Turks, they also require a certain number of slaves, and the price when they buy slaves is extremely low.

With the price difference, the Wuhuan people were extremely profitable, so they were also full of motivation, and soon collected thousands of slaves from the Xiongnu and the Turks.

For these slaves, Ye Chen's policy was to participate in the construction of the city for free, except for no wages, other treatment was the same as others. And these slaves participated in the construction of the city, and when the city was built, they could be converted into commoners and receive land.

Being able to get rid of slavery and get land is really too attractive to them, and everyone works hard, one is to repay Ye Chen for redeeming them, and the other is to stay and get the land.

Ye Chen did not suffer much loss in this slave trade, first of all, the price of the goods sold to the grassland was much more expensive, these slaves did not need to be paid, and Ye Chen recruited other peasants to pay wages, which undoubtedly saved a lot of money.

The most important thing is that this can add a large number of people to Xuanwu County, and many of them are young and strong.

In just one year, the population has increased by more than 20,000, and it is still increasing, which is of great help to enrich the population of Xuansu County.

Ye Chen took Xuansu County for two months, straightened things out, and then returned to Liaodong by himself, and Liaodong also had a lot of things to deal with him.

The first thing to deal with is to deal with the imperial court, as Ye Chen co-starred in a few scenes with the Wuhuan people, and then reported the so-called "battle report" to the imperial court.

In order to increase his credibility, Ye Chen had been urging reinforcements from the imperial court, and claimed that he had suffered heavy losses and was almost unable to withstand it.

When the imperial court received the battle report, some people were happy and some were sad, of course, there were more happy people, at least He Jin and Yuan Kui and others were very happy, they were all waiting for Ye Chen to be defeated and killed, and at least he would lose his territory, so as to pull him off the horse.

But in the end, Ye Chen withstood it, the three-month deadline was up, and it was already winter at this time, Ye Chen reported that due to the heavy snowfall, the roads were blocked, so the Wuhuan people did not continue to send troops.

The Wuhuan people stopped, and at the same time the reinforcements of the imperial court also stopped, it should be said that the reinforcements were not formed at all, and the emperor ordered the formation of reinforcements, but first, there was no money, and second, officials at all levels dragged their feet, and they didn't want to form any reinforcements at all, plus the obstruction of He Jin, Yuan Kui and others, so the reinforcements could not be built at all.

Ye Chen also knew about this situation, so he stepped up the construction of the city, and did not stop in winter. Otherwise, once the real north comes, he can only rely on himself, and the court will not count on it.

Some powerful people in Luoyang thought they had succeeded, although Ye Chen reported heavy losses in the battle report, and the loss of troops alone was close to tens of thousands, but what they didn't know was that Ye Chen not only did not have any losses, but also gained a lot of benefits.

The trade with the grassland is closer, because the production line has been moved to Xuansu County, which is more convenient for trade with the grassland, and Ye Chen has also appropriately reduced the price, reducing the cost of freight from Liaodong to Xuansu County.

Moreover, in order to get more slaves, Ye Chen also released some restrictions, such as table salt, which was strictly controlled before, but now if he trades slaves, he will have as many as he wants.

Not only salt, Ye Chen also opened up a part of the iron trade, as long as all the slaves were traded, the Ye family was willing to sell some iron, of course, it was just ordinary iron, weapons and equipment made of stainless steel, and only a part of it was sold to Dong Zhuo so far.

With a large population, the progress of building the city is very fast, which is also the reason why Ye Chen dares to sell them iron tools, as long as the city is built, then they will not be afraid of more people.

However, although Ye Chen gained a lot of benefits, he couldn't cheapen the imperial court like this, so he wrote a letter crying poor, and asked the imperial court to quickly send troops to support, saying that once the winter was over, Wuhuan would make a comeback.

The imperial court received Ye Chen's report, and gave Ye Chen a holy decree on the same day, but it was only a commendation, and there was no substantial benefit. This is just the imperial court appeasing Ye Chen, of course things will not be so simple.

Immediately afterwards, the imperial court ordered Liu Yu to be the pastor of Youzhou, which ordered the court to set up the post of state pastor in advance, and at the same time, Liu Yu also entered Youzhou in advance.

Ye Chen was very surprised to receive this news, Liu Yu would have to wait another two years before entering Youzhou, which disrupted Ye Chen's rhythm, because after Liu Yu entered Youzhou, his affairs with Wuhuan were not so easy to fool.

At least you can't just fool the past by acting in a scene. Liu Yu is very effective in Youzhou, at least in the economy and people's livelihood, although in the military, Liu Yu did not do well, and even Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Liaodong at that time, was not an opponent, but this did not prevent him from being a productive and shrewd person.

For a shrewd boss, and in Youzhou, it is of course impossible for Ye Chen to fool Liu Yu like fooling the imperial court, but the imperial court did not deprive Ye Chen of some of his powers, and he can still cover the sky with one hand in Liaodong and Xuansu County, at least in internal affairs, even Liu Yu, the Youzhou pastor, can't interfere.

Even so, there are some things that Ye Chen can't be blatant, first of all, the transaction with Wuhuan must be more cautious, Ye Chen directly controls the trading area, and empties all the nearby residents, and if you find an unknown person, you can take it down immediately.

There is also weapon manufacturing, the Ye family now has a large number of finished weapons and equipment in the warehouse, some are ready for foreign trade, some are for their own use, Ye Chen has strengthened control, Ye Chen will also be independent from the workshop, and the manufacturing of weapons and equipment is divided into a separate place, which can be better managed.

In the past, the manufacture of weapons and equipment was mixed with the creation of ordinary agricultural tools, and they could fight whatever they needed, and they were all blacksmiths anyway, and they could fight it.

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