"General Qiyu, the last general is from Liangzhou, I was a captain under General Niu before, because of this battle with Tubo, I made some contributions, so His Majesty transferred me to Qianniuwei and promoted to General Yingyanglang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xi Junmai is an honest man, and he answered An He's questions very respectfully.

????“ Oh? can leap from a lieutenant to a general, it seems that Brother Xi must have made a lot of contributions this time. ”

An He's eyes lit up and said, you must know that there is still a lieutenant between the lieutenant and the general, and he can be promoted two levels at once, it seems that it is not easy for this Xi Jun to buy.

????“ Hehe, I don't have any credit, it's just that I captured a few Tibetan nobles, not as good as other brothers, some of them have beheaded hundreds. ”

Xi Junmai said with a honest smile. Although he knew that the identity of the other party was higher than his own, this Xi Junmai was a straight person, and he was very kind to Anhe, and he didn't have the frame of an official at all, so he relaxed.

????“ Hehe, Brother Xi is polite! ”

An He smiled, but he soon revealed his true colors, and asked again:

"Brother Xi, I heard that you captured more than 10,000 Tibetan soldiers this time?"

????“ Well, yes, in addition to these people in the palace, we came back this time with more than 1,000 soldiers, in order to escort these Tibetans. ”

Xi Junmai nodded.

????“ Hehe, I also heard that these prisoners of war are to reward you soldiers who have made military achievements? ”

An He smiled a little obscenely, his idea of beating these Tibetan prisoners of war was not a day or two, and now his coal mine has not yet opened, and the difference is these coolies digging coal.

????“ That's right, General Niu has already told us that in addition to His Majesty's reward, those prisoners of war will be distributed to us according to merit. ”

Xi Junmai replied, but he suddenly frowned, and said again:

"But those prisoners of war are also a problem for us, and we can only sell them at a low price, and we can't buy them for a few bucks together."

????“ Oh? Why is it that those prisoners of war are all strong and strong, and they are strong laborers everywhere? ”

An He asked with some surprise, which was obviously a little different from what he had imagined.

????“ I've heard this from my brothers in the army. ”

Xi Junmai picked up the wine bowl, drank the five kings in the bowl in one gulp, and said with a depressed face:

"Those prisoners of war are indeed strong laborers, but the key is that they dare not use them, these prisoners of war have all been on the battlefield and seen blood, and their temperament is relatively fierce, and they are afraid of the danger of buying them back, so it is generally difficult to sell. After all, Datang buys and sells so many people every day, there is no need to buy an unsafe prisoner of war to go back. ”

????“ So that's the case? ”

An He thought to himself in his heart, he didn't expect this, but this was not a problem for him at all, he just wanted these prisoners of war to dig coal for himself, and he didn't put it at home, even if he rebelled, he couldn't hurt himself.

And he, a lieutenant general, is not in vain, and with his face, it is not impossible to ask Li Xiaojiu to be a supervisor again.

????“ Brother Xi, how many prisoners of war can you get there? An He secretly calculated in his heart, Wang Zihao and the several coal mines bought by Gao Zhong together, he probably needed two or three thousand laborers, after all, in this era without machinery, all labor had to be done by human hands, and it was normal to need more people.

????“ General, do you want to buy those prisoners of war? ”

Although Xi Junmai is generous, it does not mean that he is stupid, and he quickly guessed An He's intentions and asked with a surprised face.

????“ Hehe, that's right, my house has been short of manpower recently, so I'm going to buy some prisoners of war to go back. ”

An He said with a smile.

????“ Can...... Can...... But the general is a golden body, in case those who don't have long eyes hurt His Royal Highness, then ......"

Xi Junmai was very considerate of An He, after all, after this conversation, he had a good impression of the approachable An He.

????“ Thank you Brother Xi for worrying, those Tubo people are not placed in the mansion, and they are in a place outside the city, and my mansion will also send someone to supervise it, so I don't have to worry about safety. ”

Ann He explained with a smile.

????“ In this way, you can rest assured when you buy it. ”

After listening to An He's explanation, Xi Junmai put his mind at ease, thought about it and said, "

I can probably get one or two hundred prisoners of war here, and since Your Highness is short of people, then I will simply give them all to the general, anyway, it is not worth a few dollars. ”

Xi Jun didn't buy it to curry favor with An He, but he felt that An He was befriendable, so he planned to give prisoners of war to An He just like friends giving things to each other.

????“ Hehe, I appreciate Brother Xi's kindness, but I want more people here, and it is estimated that there will be at least two or three thousand people, so I want to ask Brother Xi to help and contact those soldiers who want to sell prisoners of war, and I can buy them at a high price. ”

An He said with a smile, he was already thinking about how much benefit these free labor could bring to him.

????“ This is easy to do, thanks to the general's opinion, I will help you find someone. ”

Xi Junmai is worthy of being a soldier, and he is in a hurry to do things, and as soon as he heard that An He asked him to help, he immediately stood up and hugged his fists, turned around and went to find someone.

???? After a while, Xi Junmai came back with more than a dozen Jiannan soldiers, and they were all worried about the prisoners of war who had been allocated. These people were all straight, and after saluting An He, they immediately surrounded him and began to inquire about the trade of prisoners of war.

???? Don't be surprised to see this, in Datang is not forbidden to buy and sell slaves and maids, almost every big city has a special market, generally adjacent to the cattle and horse market, the status of slaves and maids is also similar to that of cattle and horses, without any personal freedom, belonging to the master's private property, can be bought and sold at will, gifts, and the law also stipulates that the legal status of slaves and maids is inferior everywhere. Therefore, Anhe said that he wanted to buy prisoners of war as slaves, which was a very normal thing in everyone's eyes.

???? In the end, An He counted that there were more than 3,000 people brought by Xi Junmai plus the prisoners of war he owned, which was more than what he needed, but An He was not short of this money now, and he bought them all very boldly, and the price was two percent higher than that on the market, which made these soldiers have a great impression of An He, and they came forward to toast.

???? Looking at the big wine bowls dedicated to these soldiers, An He secretly complained in his heart, obviously sorry for the enthusiasm of others if he didn't drink, and finally he simply had a heart, and fought with these soldiers, but unfortunately the amount of wine was not increased by human will, but after a few bowls, An He couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly pulled the third brother Li Ke over to the top, and found a place where no one was there to vomit.

Within two days, the soldiers who had promised to sell the prisoners of war to An He took the prisoners of war to Fuzhong, and after An He paid the money, he threw all these Tibetan prisoners of war into the coal mines in Heishi Mountain, and at the same time, the 500 soldiers who applied to Li Xiaojiu with 10 percent of the annual profits were also divided into two parts and sent to the coal mines in turn to be overseers. (To be continued.) )