Chapter 484: Slave Catchers
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It's a huge natural harbor.
However, this harbor can only be used for ordinary fishing boats, because it is so large that it occupies a third of the entire area of Tongzhou, as if Tongzhou had been bitten off on this side of the coast.
Although the harbor is large, it is a ramp for the gradual rise of the continental shelf, and the seabed is very short from the sea, so it is impossible to moor large ships with a deep draft.
In later generations, this huge harbor was also reclaimed by sea reclamation work.
The warships of the East China Sea Fleet turned around at the entrance of this large harbor and headed south back to the Haimen County Naval Base, leaving only a few sand boats to escort this large fleet to the shore at Jinsha Harbor.
The East China Sea Fleet is back.
It's been a month since I went to Japan a month ago.
During this month, Deng Shichang trained the soldiers of the East China Sea Fleet in Japan, mainly to master the use of warships such as the Dingyuan and Yangwei, as well as to conduct naval landing operations. Li Chu gave up all the command and handed it over to Deng Shichang to tinker with.
Although Deng Shichang was drawn by lottery, the knowledge of naval warfare in his mind far exceeded that of today's Northern Song Dynasty.
Li Chu didn't let Deng Shichang stay idle in Japan, and sent him a lot of ships here, just let Deng Shichang catch some more Japanese while training.
Jiangnan is now in ruins, and a lot of labor is needed in various positions, and it is good to get some Japanese slaves back, anyway, it is just a by-the-way move.
This time, Li Chu sent 60 lucky ships, and 74 lucky ships returned, in addition to the original ones, there were also many who were capturing some Japanese pirates. Fortunately, there were no strong winds and waves in the vicinity of the Japanese sea during this month, otherwise it would have been difficult for the structure of the Fukubune to resist the wind and waves on the sea.
The transfer envoys of the Huainan two roads, the pacification envoys and the governors of the state capitals have also come almost in the past two days, not to mention all of them, at least half of them are still here, and tomorrow is also the day when the Qilin Army holds military exercises.
A large number of Japanese slaves were escorted down from the Fu boat and sent to Jinghai City, where they were then sent across the river to Suzhou.
On the Jiangnan side, Li Chu also released the news early, and a large number of businessmen heard that there were Japanese prisoners here, and immediately felt that Jinsha Port was coming.
Even directly under the Golden Sands Harbor, he talked to the Kirin Army about buying slaves.
The price of Japanese slaves is very cheap, only half the price of a normal slave, and some ordinary people can buy one.
Moreover, among these Japanese slaves, female slaves were the most numerous.
This is secondly, that is, novelty.
Because in the past 100 years, there have been few wars in Japan, and there has been no war between the Great Song Dynasty and Japan, coupled with the rampant Japanese pirates on the sea, resulting in Japanese slaves rarely seen in the coastal area in the past 100 years.
In Jinsha Harbor, Li Jun, the chief captain of the East China Sea Fleet, announced that the East China Sea Fleet would routinely cruise between the Great Song Dynasty and the Japanese waters every month in the future, providing escort for the Great Song Dynasty's ships, especially the route to Japan's Kyushu generation, which could follow the East China Sea Fleet and get shelter throughout the whole process.
But there is a premise, no matter what kind of business you go to Japan to do, anyway, when you return, you must capture Japanese people as slaves and return home with you every time.
The number of slaves is distributed according to the size of the fleet, whether you grab or rob or buy, anyway, you must bring a large number of Japanese slaves to get the protection of the Kirin Army.
Not only that, but the Kirin Army also set up a Japanese slave hunting team in Jiangnan.
The slave catcher team is named under the Qilin Army, and can also be protected by the Qilin Army.
Merchants who have the qualification of a slave catcher can enjoy some exemptions from taxes such as commercial tax and customs tax when they return from Japan.
Don't underestimate some of the deductions, once the number is large and the amount is large, this tax deduction is a very considerable profit wealth.
The Japanese slaves themselves are more popular in the Jiangnan area, but the amount is too small, and now the Qilin Army has made such a show, and immediately a large number of businessmen have consulted the Qilin Army about the specific details of the Japanese slave catching team, for these, Li Jun asked them to wait for five days, and after five days, more specific details will come out on the Jiangning side.
The next time the East China Sea Fleet goes to sea will be in 20 days, so there will be plenty of time for everyone to prepare.
Catching slaves in Japan, this is what Li Chu meant.
When the fragments of the battleship Missouri were drawn, they received the unconditional surrender of Japan, and thus received a national mission.
The mission required that the number of Japanese killed should not be less than 3.7 million.
This amount can be directly killed by the soldiers of the Qilin Army, or it can be killed by a related and causal relationship.
For example, this time the slave catcher team.
Li Chu gave the slave catching team an official status, which could catch slaves in Japan openly, and was protected by the Qilin Army, with the support of the Qilin Army, and other benefits, this slave catching team would inevitably prosper.
Arresting slaves and arresting slaves, since this is a capture, then how can the Japanese side be willing to watch their own people, watch their wives and children be captured by the slave team?
In this way, there will inevitably be a lot of resistance.
This resistance, of course, will also cause huge casualties.
Whether it was the casualties of the slave catchers or the casualties of the Japanese, no matter what kind of casualties they were, they were only good for Li Chu.
If you want to capture slaves, you can't do it without strength, so you must be equipped with some good weapons and weapons, and secondly, each family will give priority to selecting some people who can fight and kill in the family as slave catchers.
In addition, some thieves and reckless people in the rivers and lakes will naturally set their sights on this road to wealth supported by the government.
Now that the Qilin Army has swept through the south of the Yangtze River, their group of people is intimidated by the power of the Qilin Army and dare not mess around, and if they want to plunder around like they did at the beginning, they will definitely be retaliated by the Qilin Army. And now, the Kirin Army has taken the initiative to open the slave hunting team and support everyone to go to Japan to catch slaves, some ordinary people don't have such an ability, but for them, isn't this just a door-to-door business?
Continue to operate the familiar business at the beginning, no longer have to worry about the encirclement and suppression of the government, and even be protected.
It's just a change of place, and you can sell it for a good price if you catch a Japanese slave.
That's a good thing!
It's still a new way to make a fortune and make a living.
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