There were a few women walking outside, all of whom were not young, and judging by their clothes, there was no doubt that they should be Han Chinese. I saw these women carrying things in their hands, followed by several male servants carrying a few large food boxes, walked to a courtyard not far away, opened the door, asked the male servants to put their things at the door, and then let them leave.

One of the manservants seemed to be very interested in the things in the yard, and poked his head to see the situation in the yard, but unexpectedly he was hit on the head by an old woman, and then laughed and scolded a few words, and the manservants were not angry, and made a few fuss with the old woman, but they did not dare to look into the courtyard again, and left quickly.

Seeing this, Li Su asked a little strangely: "Xiao Lin, why do you still have women here?" ”

Looking at the dress of those old women, they don't look like the family members of the officials, and the conditions here are so difficult, I'm afraid no one will bring their family members to suffer, but if it weren't for the family members, then how could these old women be in an official department like the Slave Division? And it seems to be very familiar with this place.

Xiao Lin also saw the women outside, and said with a smile when he heard Li Su's question: "Your Highness Qiqi, these women are also considered to be members of the slave department, after all, female slaves also account for a considerable part of the slave trade, and if the daily management of these female slaves is left to men to do, something will inevitably go wrong, so some women are recruited to come in and be responsible for the daily management of female slaves." ”

Li Su also nodded after hearing this, in the past, the slave trade was dominated by male slaves, but with the rise of light labor industries such as the textile industry and the food processing industry, female slaves have become more and more popular, and the trade of female slaves has long been no longer limited to beauty or not. As long as it is a female slave who is able-bodied, no matter what country it is. There are people who are willing to buy it back and work it. Of course, in addition to these, beautiful exotic slave girls are also more popular. After all, experiencing exotic customs is an irresistible affair in the eyes of most men.

But at this time, Xiao Lin remembered something, pointed to the courtyard where the women entered, and said: "Your Highness, the people living in this courtyard are not ordinary female slaves, but those who are selected from the widows with good looks, they stay here to eat and drink well, and after they have a good complexion, they can be sold for a good price, and the previous Miss Feng Shuyu." I think I lived in this courtyard as well. ”

Hearing Xiao Lin's words, Li Su became a little interested in the courtyard not far away, but thinking that a few male servants were stopped just now, it seemed that men were forbidden to enter, which was also normal, after all, these female slaves were used to sell for a large price, and if they were defiled by someone, it would be worthless.

Seeing the look of interest on Li Su's face, Xiao Lin also showed a look of understanding between men. Then he said with a smile: "Your Highness, these widows are petite and have extremely supple personalities, and they are extremely popular in the Tang Dynasty. So why don't you go in and have a look, and if you see something pleasing to the eye, it's good to take a few back to warm the bed! ”

Although Xiao Lin is Wenxin's cousin. But as an aristocratic man, Xiao Lin's thinking is similar to that of other people. In their opinion, it is a very common thing for a man to take a concubine. What's more, as slaves, these widows are only slaves and maids who are bought back, and they can't even be concubines, so they don't have to worry about anything.

Li Su also knows this, but his relationship with Wen Xin and Xijun is very good, and the various concepts brought by his previous life have already been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and it is not so easy to change at all, so he has always been very cautious in the affairs of men and women, and if it is not necessary, he will generally not leave any romantic debts.

It is precisely for the above reasons that Li Su still rejected Xiao Lin's kindness, but talked to Xiao Lin about the construction of Nugang, although these things are not within the scope of Xiao Lin's duties, but after all, he has been staying here for a while, and some things have his own opinions, and with Xiao Lin's identity, his words are more credible.

Through Xiao Lin, Li Su has a better understanding of the construction of Nu Port from the side, and he did not find any big problems, and in the autumn of the next year, the first phase of the entire port should be almost complete, and Nu Port can be officially put into use. With the help of this port, he can directly face the broader Pacific Ocean, and this is also a key link in the first island chain of the Central Plains Continent, as long as he guards here, he does not have to worry about being attacked by the ocean in the direction of the mainland.

After all, the war on the side of the Wa Kingdom has ended, and there are two watchdogs on the side of the Shi Shang clan and the Su I clan, plus Wang An himself is in charge, it must not be long before his rule over the Wa side will become more solid.

The King of Qi had already sent Wu Meiniang and Wen'er back to Si Yu, and crossed the Bungo Waterway between Chikushi Island and Iyo Island into the Pacific Ocean, and then went north along the land of the Wa Kingdom, and soon arrived at Nu Harbor, but to Li Su's surprise, Gao Zhong, the chief administrator of his palace, also came with the ship.

Gao Chong was one of the people he trusted the most, so he didn't bother to ask, just sorted out the things he collected in the Wa Kingdom, and prepared to take them back to give them away, especially Cai'er, Queen Xiao, and Princess Nanyang are still living in Siyu City, and their gifts must not be sloppy.

A few days later, everything was ready, Li Su took the guards to board the King of Qi, but when he boarded the ship, Li Su was a little surprised to find that Gao Zhong actually brought a team of dozens of beautiful widows on the boat, which made him very strange, and asked Gao Zhong at the moment to ask him what was going on?

Gao Zhong knew that Li Su would ask about this, so as soon as he saw Li Su, he immediately spoke: "Your Royal Highness, a few days ago, a batch of letters came to Chang'an, including several sons of the Hejian Palace, Li Gongzi of the Weiguo Mansion, Qin Gongzi of the Hu State Prince's family, etc., they all knew that His Royal Highness had conquered the Wa Kingdom, so I came to trust you to bring them a few Japanese girls back, but His Royal Highness was in the Wa Kingdom at that time, so the letter was sent to the old slave, and this is not a big deal, so the old slave took charge of himself, Follow the boat to pick out some beauties to go back. ”

Li Su patted his head when he heard this, thinking that Li Yong and Li Yexu, these boys are really polite, they want beautiful women when they open their mouths, but other people are just fine, I didn't expect that a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes like Qin Huaiyu would be so good, it was really unexpected. But then Li Su thought that when he saw Xiao Lin before, the other party asked him to choose a few widows to go back, but he refused, but now that Gao Chongyi came, he picked so many widows at once, if this matter was known by Xiao Lin, I don't know what he would think of his brother-in-law?

"I see, since it's a gift, then it's up to you to do it, these widows have to be taken care of, assign a few more people to take care of them, don't have any accidents." Li Su smiled bitterly and asked Gao Chong, since the person has already been sold, if you misunderstand, you will misunderstand, anyway, he is not interested in these widows, but after all, these are also bought with money, and it is not easy to find widows who can make Gao Chong look at them, so naturally he should pay attention to them.

Gao Zhong immediately said yes, and then Li Su waved his hand to let him go down and get busy, after all, their fleet was about to leave the port, so naturally there were many things to be busy, and Gao Chong, as the chief manager of the palace, could not do without him for many things.

In addition to his Qi Wang and several escort ships, Li Su's fleet this time was followed by several fleets, all of them were slave traders who were about to leave the port.

People who go to sea for the first time may be shocked by the magnificence and vastness of the sea, but after getting used to it, they will feel very bored, Li Su has gone to sea a lot of times, and he has long been tired of seeing the scenery on the sea, so it is very boring to stay on the ship, and there is no intimate person like Wen'er around, and he can't talk to someone by himself. Although Gao Zhong was trusted by him, he, the chief administrator of the palace, was so busy that he couldn't stop when he got on the boat, so Li Su couldn't disturb him.

In desperation, Li Su simply asked people to call the smiling tiger and the one-eyed shark from the other boat, and while the three of them were drinking, they listened to some anecdotes they encountered when they caught slaves. At first, the tiger sharks were a little unable to let go, after all, their identities were too different from Li Su, and even their business was dependent on Li Su, the two were equivalent to the subordinates of the Qi Palace, and now they wanted to sit and drink with Li Su, which naturally made them sit on pins and needles.

However, Li Su didn't care about these, and poured wine after pulling them, and as a result, after a few glasses of spirits, the tiger shark and the two slowly let go, and told their own experience of catching slaves over the years, although most of them were bloody and cruel, but there was no lack of blood, which is an excellent story theme.

Speaking of the slave hunting industry in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yu occupies an important position in it, and even the Qi Wangfu has a special slave hunting team, and there are many slave hunting teams like Tiger Shark that are secretly supported by him, it can be said that nearly half of the slave trade in Datang has a direct and indirect relationship with him, and it can be said that he is the biggest behind-the-scenes master of the slave hunting industry in Datang.

However, although Li Su was deeply involved in the slave hunting industry, in his capacity, he never personally participated in slave hunting, and at most he had only seen the transactions between prisoners of war and merchants captured by the army. And the topics related to slave hunting in the mouth of the tiger shark aroused his great interest, and he even proposed to go to the tiger shark and their slave transport ship to have a look.

Hearing Li Su's request, the tiger shark and the two looked at each other in some embarrassment, and then spoke: "Your Highness, you are a daughter, and the ships that transport slaves are generally dirty and messy, if your eyes are dirty, then our brother will be to blame!" ”

"Haha~, what is this, when I was on the battlefield, I hadn't seen any scenes, are you still afraid of being dirty, just arrange it!" Li Su was interested, and no one could stop him, but what he didn't expect was that on a whim this time, he saw a person he had long forgotten. (To be continued.) )