Zhu Youxiao issued a warning for the first time about the use of female slaves by the people. Xu Xinsu used to have a large number of female slaves who could not be sold, but with the expansion of the empire and the development of the economy, the shortage of private labor became more and more serious.

Now nearly eighty percent of the female slaves in Xu Xinsu's hands have been bought by factories around the country, but there are many types of work that are only suitable for men, which makes the demand for male slaves in the people is also very large, and this demand directly leads to the fact that some people in the people began to sell male slaves recklessly a few years ago, and today, this scale has become larger and larger, and tens of thousands of male slaves are sold to all parts of the empire every year. As for the sale of male slaves, Zhu Youxiao resolutely did not allow it.

In October, Zhu Youxiao issued a secret order to crack down on the civilian trafficking of male slaves, and the Criminal Department and the Jinyi Health Department jointly launched an operation. Prior to this, the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei had already had a lot of evidence and information about the sale of male slaves.

The slave trade in the Empire had formed an industrial chain, with slave traders first plundering people from around the empire and then quietly sending them to Luzon, where they were put on the Blue Register.

In the empire, there is a clear rule that the people of the empire are all yellow books, but in the newly occupied areas of the empire, all the local aborigines are blue books, and the blue books are not the people of the empire in the full sense, and the people who have the yellow books not only do not have to bear the levy, but also have no poll tax. However, the people of the Blue Book not only have to bear the conscription, but also have to bear the poll tax, and only those who have undertaken ten years of obligations for the empire, or who have made military merits, or who have sacrificed their lives for the country, can also become the Yellow Book.

In order to administer the Blue Book, the people of the Blue Book cannot move at will, and must have a certificate issued by the government to move.

As for those who do not have neither the Blue Book nor the Yellow Book, they are not the people of the empire at all, and they do not care whether they live or die in the empire, and this group of people has become one of the main targets of predation by slave traders. Now Luzon is almost all gone, and Indochina and Siberia are now the main areas of depredation by slave traders.

After the slave traders gave the slaves a blue book in Luzon, they secretly transported them to Penghu for sale, and with the blue book and the official certificate, the group of slaves could enter the empire itself.

And the first strike point of the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei was the slave trading point in Penghu. The slave trading point in Penghu generally starts from the time of the child and ends before the time of the day. Now the size of this trading point is very large, and by the time it arrives, it is brightly lit and full of people, and the island is crowded with people, and the island is surrounded by large and small boats.

Qin Yi is one of the hundred households of Jinyiwei, a full-time spy business, he is in charge of the island today, and he has arrived on the island at the end of the day.

But it was the first time Qin Yi had come to this small island, and when Qin Yi passed by the slave trader's stall, someone immediately greeted him: "This shopkeeper, do you want to buy slaves?" One or two silver dollars. ”

"Do you have a few here?" Qin Yi looked at a row of nearly ten slaves who were tied together and asked.

"I have as many as you want, my slaves here have just been brought, and they are the best on this island, just look at their teeth." The slave trader said with a smile.

"My factory was only built, and it can cost hundreds of slaves at a time, where are the rest of your slaves?" Qin Yi asked.

"This shopkeeper is here for the first time, our slaves here are usually placed on the ship, this island can't accommodate so many people, if you want, I'll take you to the ship to see, how about it?" Said the slave trader.

"Wait a minute, I'll see." Qin Yi said.

"This shopkeeper, no matter how much you look at it, it's not as good as me, so how about I give you a ninety-eighty discount?" Said the slave trader.

"Shopkeeper ......"

Qin Yi didn't continue to talk to him, but walked to another slave trader's stall. It took him less than half an hour to complete the island, and he found that there were nine slave traders on the island, and the number of slaves sold was as high as thousands, and most of them were male slaves, and there were also a small number of female slaves.

"My lord, this time is the peak season, and it will come to an end after the ugly time." The secret agent beside Qin Yi reminded.

"This time it's Yang Yan's business, but you can't be a little sloppy, if the matter is not done, you will have to bear it then." Qin Yi said.

"The little one understands."

"Have all the nine slave traders' treasurers arrived?" Qin Yi asked.

"The little one only found that the shopkeepers of three families were here, and the shopkeepers of six families did not see them, these people do not come to the island very often, especially the shopkeeper of the largest of them, I have never seen him come."

"You mean it's time to do it now?" Qin Yi asked.

"Yes, if you wait any longer, some people will have to leave."

"Let's send a signal." Qin Yi said.

"No."

……

The agreed signal inside and outside the island is a firecracker that is cupola. The fireworks shot up into the sky, and they could be clearly seen from miles away. This firecracker not only caused the anti-smuggling boats and warships anchored outside the island to immediately start action after receiving the signal, but also made some people on the island subconsciously think that the situation had changed tonight and prepare to leave.

At this time, I don't know who shouted, "The people from the government are here!" "The whole island was in chaos in an instant.

"Jin Yiwei handled the case, and everyone stayed where they were." Qin Yi shouted loudly when he saw this.

Qin Yi's voice was completely annihilated on this small island that had become a mess, and it had no effect at all.

"Shoot at the sky." Qin Yi said calmly.

After a burst of gunshots, Kojima fell into silence for a moment, and at this moment, I don't know who mixed in with the crowd and shouted, "Run, Jinyiwei has killed someone!" ”

The whole island suddenly became as chaotic as if it had exploded, and people rushed to the ships moored at the dock without hesitation.

"Arrest people, what are you still doing?" Qin Yi said angrily.

Dozens of brocade guards on the island immediately took action. The anti-smuggling boat was the fastest, and it was the first to dock and rushed up, and soon other ships also came up. But some slave ships had washed away from the island.

"You take the smuggling boats and go separately to hunt down the boats that have escaped from the island." Yang Huan said coldly.

"No."

……

The whole operation lasted for one night, and the Jinyi Guard and the Criminal Department arrested as many as hundreds of slave traders, dozens of merchants who came to buy slaves, and more than 2,000 slaves were captured, more than half of whom died in the sea. Slave traders had to abandon their slaves at sea in order to destroy evidence, or to flee for their lives.

This operation was followed by an empire-wide operation.