Bangla, Sinzheng Trade Zone, South Korea. South Korea established a commercial district a hundred miles upstream of the Bangla River. More than 100 soldiers of the Korean New Army were stationed here, as well as a large number of Korean merchants, and the Meng-La businessmen who came to do business with the Koreans also gathered here because of the large amount of goods arriving here. Along the Bangla River, a large number of ships docked here, and goods were transported from ports and terminals in Korea and other countries, and a large number of goods were gathered here.

"How can those ships be able to transport large numbers of Menla?" Ensign Zhang Ben asked the merchant guide on the side. He was very familiar with the place, and he knew a lot of things.

"Oh. These Menglas were slaves, the locals were cheap, and our goods were expensive, and sometimes, some people couldn't afford to buy things, and they knew to mortgage their slaves. These slaves were very cheap, and a musket could be exchanged for twelve to fifteen slaves, which was very cost-effective. The merchant guide introduced.

"Twelve to fifteen slaves?" Zhang Ben asked in surprise.

"Yes, if a good rifle, with some bullets, can be exchanged for twenty slaves, this is definitely not a new thing. Muskets are getting more and more expensive, and the locals are becoming less and less valuable, I heard that the locals, they have also set up some small gangs, they specialize in arresting people, stealing people, men are more valuable, after all, we need them to sell to the people of Chu, get jaggery from the people of Chu, and then transport it to the country, the people of Qin need it. You can exchange a large number of muskets, all kinds of daily necessities, and then walk back, or directly to the country, anyway, the demand for slaves is very large. It is a pity that the capacity of the ship is somewhat weak. As soon as you go, it will take more than three months at the earliest, and half a year if you slow down. This kind of business is just a lot of money. The merchant guide said.

"Oh." Second Lieutenant Zhang Ben nodded and said.

"Why, I saw some women, and those women only had some simple clothes." The second lieutenant put down the binoculars in his hand with some embarrassment, and what he saw was a large number of women gathered, their clothes were very small, so to speak, almost *, they were held together like animals, and the Korean merchants on the side pointed and pointed like livestock dealers. The Menla, on the other hand, were arguing over the price. They kept gesturing their fingers.

"Those women were sold to the Chu State, where women were needed to solve those problems, so the price of these women was slightly higher. However, there is no shortage of women in the local area, so. Women are also slaves. This is not surprising at all. The guide said.

"Oh." Second Lieutenant Zhang Ben nodded and said.

"How's the security here?" Second Lieutenant Zhang Ben asked.

"Here, of course, there are Bangla-run people, who will do a lot of work, such as cleaning our roads, and expanding and building our trade area, as long as you have money, you can manage anything. However, all this is managed by the military, and the local Bangla government actively cooperates, and they don't dare to provoke us, because if something happens to us, the Bangla people are responsible. So we can do whatever we want. The guide said excitedly.

"A considerable part of the local government's taxes are handed over to us, we don't have to pay any taxes, all the merchants like it here, in order to encourage more merchants to come here, the governor will not order taxes, more taxes will be done by the Menla, they have to pay taxes when they trade here. This is prescribed by the Governor. The guide said. Jang Se has been appointed governor of Bangla by the South Korean side of Sinzheng, and he will temporarily establish a Korean-led military government with the army, and the main purpose of the military government is to run these things.

"Hmm. I know. Second Lieutenant Zhang Ben said.

"What will happen to these slaves next? Did you know? Zhang Ben asked such a question.

"This, I don't know, anyway, it takes us more time to transport, and someone downstream should collect these people." The guide said. No one cares about this issue, they care about how much money they make, and when they come here, they can get a good status by virtue of their Korean identity as long as they use their brains a little.

"It's a very strange country." Zhang Ben said after hearing this. However, the guide thought that Zhang Ben was very strange, he came here to make a fortune, and everything was a resource.

In the lower reaches of the Bangla River, in the trade area inside and outside the base camp of the Korean New Army, there are mountains of goods, and a large number of goods need to be transported to the north by ship, while the ships going south are constantly unloading their goods and people. A large number of slaves were driven off the ships.

"Hurry up, hurry up, let these people hurry up, give them a rush, go over there and concentrate." One of the managers said, waving his arms. And then keep taking a pen and paper to record, these people are their goods. The slaves who came down from the upper reaches were very scattered. If it is shipped separately, the cost may be higher. So some people started this kind of business, and the Korea Western Trading Company did this kind of business.

"How's business?" Zhang Ye asked.

"This time, about 9,000 people came down from above, which is a very large number, and we need to load five full ships to solve the transportation problem." The director said.

"Nine thousand? Too little. What we need is the transportation of tens of thousands of people, do you know how many slaves are needed in the north of Korea? Hundreds of thousands of people don't feel enough. Zhang Ye said.

"Yes, yes, it's too little." The Director nodded.

"However, I think that these people should be sold to the people of Chu. The more we make the more trips, the more money we make. The supervisor counted.

"Do you know why you can only be a supervisor?" Zhang Ye asked.

"This. The little ones don't know. Please also sir, please make it clear. The director said.

"Tell you, bathe those slaves, eat a little better, and then transport them to the northern region, transport them to the colonies of the Chu people, and we will exchange them for some tea, jaggery and other worthless things, this thing, Chu itself can produce, but this person, they are all lacking, mining needs people, building railways need people, and there are more places that need people, so, to the north, we can make a lot of money, and if we transport it back and forth, we can solve a large part of the freight problem and transport it to the colonies of Chu, We had to go back and forth empty. Don't talk about that. The people who come from above must be fast, there must be many, as long as the price is slightly right, they will be transported out immediately, and there is no delay here. Be quick. Zhang Ye said excitedly.

"Yes, sir, I'll do it." The Director nodded immediately.

South Korea's Shin Jeong, Han Shu and Zhang Liang are discussing how to solve the arms problem.

"Zhangxiong Island is indeed an important location, and it is in a matter of security, and we must also build a military factory there. It's just that I think that at present, only one musket assembly plant can be built, and the parts are not yet produced in large quantities, and only some equipment can be added slowly in the future to solve such a problem. Han Shu said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think so too, we need to ship a lot of parts from the local area, and then assemble them locally, but there is a problem, that is, there is a shortage of local labor, we are unlikely to have too many laborers to assemble, and the locals have heard that they are not big heads, short stature, and cannot do this, and it is very difficult for them to teach. I'm afraid that the establishment of a military assembly plant will not be able to put into production for a while. It's still a big disadvantage for us. Zhang Liang said.

"Well, that's a really hard problem to solve." Han Shu thought about it and said.

"Do you have any solutions?" Han Shu asked.

"Hmm. Yes, however, this may affect our next step in production. Korea needs a large number of slaves to invest in agriculture, industrial production, especially in the demand for railway workers, there is still a great demand, if we use slaves from the direction of India and Bangla on Jangxiong Island, it will inevitably reduce the supply of the north, and let them work there, it will affect the construction of our northern railway. I'm afraid that's a bit bad for us. Zhang Liang said.

"Hmm." Han Shu nodded. It is true that Korea has to build a large number of railways, but it is impossible to meet all of them from Qi, and in some special areas, such as mountain tunnels and gold mining, these need to be done by slaves. Not only South Korea, but also Chu and Qin also have this demand.

"I remembered. The people of Yan recently got their hands on the gold mines of Goguryeo. They also needed a large number of slaves for mining. In this case, the demand for slaves will be very serious, and I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of slaves will not be able to meet our needs. Han Shu said.

"Therefore, if we are intercepted on Zhangxiong Island, the local military production will be solved, but it will also get a big problem. That is, the needs of the North are not being met. Zhang Liang said.

"I think this problem is very easy to solve, first to meet our military production, a large number of parts and components to the south for production, to meet the needs of the Indy, the northern dynasties, and then to them, or to arrange them to do other types of work on the spot, we need arms and weapons, not slaves, in addition to let the local governors establish a system of governors as soon as possible, or a system of local governors, so that they can meet the needs of our slaves as soon as possible, and increase the supply of slaves." Han Shu ordered.

"As for what kind of solution, they will solve it. Whether it was robbery, buying, or capturing prisoners of war, in short, the number of slaves must be accelerated, and the more the better. It's okay if the ship can't be delivered. Han Shu said.

"Minister, understood." Zhang Liang nodded to indicate that he was clear.