"I didn't expect this rusty toy to come in handy!"

The old sailor who was called Fang Liugou walked out of the warehouse with two men, each holding two shackles that were not light. book network . v o d t . c o m

In the open space of the camp, several old native tribes Datu were guarding the soldiers, their faces were full of frustration, and there were a group of captured native warriors next to them, who were pointing at the soldiers' knives and guns, and the slightest movement would be splattered with blood on the spot. Obviously, these native tribes, Datu and the native warriors, did not escape in the previous battle, and were captured by Liao Shixian and others.

Thinking of the previous battle, Liao Shixian couldn't help but want to scream happily, and the natives who were frightened by the lethality of the artillery saw the Song people rushing out of the camp with knives and guns and turned around and ran, the spectacular scene was like a herd of cattle and sheep migrating, but the Tuda (leaders) of these natives tribes were old, and they were not as fast as the young natives, and they soon became prisoners of the Song people.

Seeing Fang Liugou coming over with chains, Liao Shi first ordered: "Handcuff these old guys!" ”

At this time, Wang Zhe also looked at this scene and was silent, after all, before coming out, Lotte had instructed that the military and production and trade should be handled separately, and Liao Shi would take charge of the army and take charge of trade and production by himself.

"Ahoo......oo

When Liao Shixian's words fell, a native Tuda shouted.

Liao Shi was puzzled first, and asked the interpreter next to him, "What are you talking about when you ask this native?" ”

The interpreters next to them glanced at each other, they all shook their heads, and one of the interpreters stood up and said hesitantly: "The little one doesn't understand much about what this native is saying......

Hearing this, Liao Shixian scolded angrily: "He|mother|you eat dry rice, aren't you specialized in translation?" ”

At this time, an old interpreter took two steps forward and persuaded him: "General Liao, don't be angry, listen to the little old man!" ”

"Feng Tongyi, you say!"

This old interpreter was walked by the Wang family on the sea for many years, and not only Wang Zhe but also Liao Shixian respected him.

Lao Tong Yi said: "General Liao, although Luzon is not a big place, there are many languages, divided into seven or eight main spoken languages, and there are many branch languages under the main spoken language. ”

"So many, wouldn't I have more languages in the Great Song Dynasty......" Liao Shi was taken aback first.

"Little Lao'er didn't dare to coax the general." The old interpreter was busy again.

At the time when Liao Shixian was talking to the old translator, Fang Liugou and his two subordinates handcuffed several native Tuda.

Seeing that he was handcuffed by the Song people, a native Tuda shouted: "Longga hee......"

Hearing this native Tuda shouting, the old translator was overjoyed and said to Liao Shixian: "General, little old man knows what this native Tuda is talking about!" ”

"What is this natives talking about?" Liao Shi asked first, and then puzzled: "Old Feng, didn't you just say that there are more than 100 languages spoken by the native people of Luzon, how can you understand them again this time?" ”

"Although there are many branches of the native language, most of them are still inseparable from the subject language family, so Xiao Lao'er listened carefully and argued, the language of this Tuda Tuda is slightly different from several others, but after Xiao Lao'er carefully identified it, he can still understand it." This old interpreter explained.

As he spoke, the old translator looked at Wang Zhe and Liao Shixian and said, "General Liao, Shaodong, this local leader is saying that as long as we don't kill them, they can send a message back and let the clansmen redeem themselves with valuables such as gold and animal furs!" ”

"That's a good deal!" Liao Shi glanced at Wang Zhe when he spoke first, obviously asking Wang Zhe's opinion.

Wang Zhe understood and said with a smile: "Old Feng, you ask this native how much gold he is willing to pay to redeem himself." ”

The old interpreter who got the instructions asked him, and it was obvious that none of the Tuda wanted to die, so the Tuda who could talk to the old interpreter communicated with the old interpreter.

Soon, the two sides negotiated a quantity of property that would satisfy Liao Shixian and make the Turen tribe affordable.

Hearing the ransom conditions negotiated by the natives, Wang Zhe shook his head again and again: "The gold and fur are far from what I expected!" ”

"What does Wang Gongzi mean?" Liao Shi was puzzled first.

"I want people, people who can mine, don't they want to arrest us to be slaves, I also want them to be slaves!" Wang Zhe said, and immediately instructed the old translator: "Lao Feng, you tell these native Tudas, in addition to gold, I also want people, and I want men in the prime of life who can work as slaves. ”

According to Wang Zhe's instructions, the old interpreter translated Wang Zhe's words and listened to several native Datu, and several native Datu were taken aback when they heard it, and began to discuss with each other.

After some exchanges, the old translator replied to Liao Shixian and Wang Zhe: "General Liao, Shaodong, these native Tuda agree to your request, but they are just ...... They also have requirements! ”

"Dare to bargain with us?" Liao Shixian sneered.

"What do they want?" Wang Zhe asked.

The old interpreter replied: "These natives Tuda said that they would send the promised gold to our camp, and at the same time begged us to release the warriors who captured them, and then they would take these warriors to capture the slaves and send them to us, and in the future, they would be reconciled with us forever, and there would be no more quarrels." ”

Wang Zhe sneered: "Lao Feng, you go and ask them, what can they do to make us believe what they say." ”

The old translator communicated with the captured native Datu again, and then said: "General Liao, Shaodong, this native Datu said that he is willing to send his son to us as a pledge, and he can also swear to the gods to be our subordinate forever!" ”

Liao Shixian and Wang Zhe glanced at each other, and the two nodded at the same time, obviously agreeing with this approach, Liao Shixian waved his hand and said: "Old Feng, you tell these natives, if you just talk and don't do anything to play tricks with us, don't blame my old Liao with people and cannons to find their stockade and give them their nest!" ”

The old interpreter replied, and hurriedly translated Liao Shixian's words, during which he pointed to the small bronze cannons, and immediately frightened the native Tuda was taken aback, and said incomprehensible words.

……

After letting go of the Tuda and the native warriors, Liao Shixian was a little apprehensive.

A day later, Master Liao first invited Wang Zhe and said straight to the point: "Prince Wang, although we can get labor that only needs to be fed and worked, is this appropriate, after all, Master Hou told us not to enslave the local natives." ”

Wang Zhe said: "General Liao, it's not that you haven't seen it, these native tribes also use slaves, why can they use it, we can't use it, and we almost became slaves of the native people!" ”

"Li is this reason, it's just that it's not easy to explain to Master Hou......" Liao Shi was a little distressed at first.

Wang Zhe asked rhetorically: "Do you mean that Hou Ye has read too many books of sages and sages, and people have become pedantic?" ”

"Liao didn't mean that!" Liao Shixian hurriedly waved his hand.

Looking at Liao Shixian, Wang Zhe asked, "Why does Hou Ye want to open up Luzon and Dongying, and even Johor and Jinzhou?" ”

"Because there is gold, bronze, and treasures in these places!" Liao Shi replied without thinking.

"General Liao is only half right!" Wang Zhe chuckled, and then analyzed carefully: "As the saying goes, there will be rise and fall in two hundred years, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for one hundred and sixty-two years, and now it has been peaceful for a hundred years, but today, the people are tyrannical and mediocre, but the people are complaining and the people are changing, and Wang said something disrespectful......"

Liao Shixian exclaimed: "What does Wang Gongzi mean is that the Great Song Dynasty is going to be in chaos in the world?" ”

Looking at Liao Shixian, Wang Zhe continued: "In the past, Hou Ye was only engaged in gold, silver and trade, but now Hou Ye is doing the business of immigrants to expand the territory......

Shocked in his heart, Master Liao said in advance: "In this way, there will be a change in the Great Song Dynasty, and Hou Ye is looking for a way out with himself and me?" ”

Wang Zhe nodded, paused for a moment and said, "According to the time, in less than a month, the second batch of immigrants should arrive here, and it is said that the number may reach more than two thousand." ”

The two of them understood very well, and it was obvious that Lotte had increased the power of the Song people to immigrate.

"Report ......"

While the two were talking, a soldier entered the house and saluted the two: "General Liao, Shaodong, those natives have come to send gold and slaves!" ”

"So fast!" Wang Zhe exclaimed.

"Yes!" The soldier hurriedly replied, and then said: "This time, more than a dozen native tribes Tuda came together, bringing more than 500 catties of gold and various animal skins, in addition to bringing a group of Kunlun slaves and natives with dark skin. ”

Liao Shixian glanced at Wang Zhe and said with a smile: "Go out and take a look!" ”

……

Gold, prisoners of war, animal skins, these things made Liao Shixian and Wang Zhe shine, although the two did not care about these things, but just one battle brought nearly 200,000 yuan of wealth, which was unthinkable for the two.

Around the bonfire, Liao Shixian drank bitterly with a group of native Tuda, and in order to please Liao Shixian and Wang Zhe, the Tuda promised to capture more prisoners of war to be used as slaves for the Song people. In this regard, Liao Shixian also made a promise that he would never let the Tuda people suffer, and would exchange porcelain and silk and tea with the Song people.

But that's all, for iron knives and guns, Liao Shi will not take them out to exchange with these natives, and the current aborigines are still in the stage of transitioning from stone tools to bronze tools, and relatively sharp and hard iron tools must not be handed over to these people for use. Otherwise, it is also a threat to the Song people.

History is always strikingly similar, although in the 6th and 7th centuries in the east of the Gongwu Caliphs had a business of selling Kunlun slaves, but it was limited to a small number of sporadic activities, and later generations since the fifteenth century the Portuguese colonists first set a record of slavery, selling African blacks to the Americas as slaves, and then the British came later to replace Portugal's maritime hegemony and continue to engage in the evil black slave trade.

The slave trade in later generations brought heavy losses to Africa, and had an extremely serious impact on Africa's political, economic, and cultural development, becoming the darkest period in African history, bringing a lot of wealth to Britain.

At the same time, the power of the bourgeoisie in Britain grew rapidly, accelerating the outbreak of the bourgeois revolution and the industrial revolution in England; At the same time, in the Americas, it also provided sufficient cheap labor for the development of capitalism, which was also of far-reaching significance to the development of capitalism in the Americas.

Obviously, under the intention or unintentional of Liao Shixian and Wang Zhe, the Great Song Dynasty also acted out the use of slaves overseas; What is even more strikingly similar to history is that in later generations, those who exchanged money for the capture of black Africans by white Europeans were all black African indigenous chiefs, and it was also the Datus of the Luzon tribe who were responsible for capturing Luzon slaves and selling them to the Song.