Coming out of the east gate of Youzhou, you can see a square high city, which is the stadium.

Wang Er told Xu Yang and his party that last month, there was originally a wave of Goguryeo harassment cavalry to disturb Youzhou City, but suddenly saw Gaocheng out of nowhere, worried that there was an ambush, so he rode his horse and retreated, and it was a joke in Youzhou for a while.

Xu Yang was very interested in these anecdotes that happened after he left, and listened to Wang Er's introduction with relish.

The crowd walked and talked, and soon arrived at the gymnasium, which was now fully completed, and the cement marks could still be seen on the black city bricks.

Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin kept looking around the gymnasium, and let out a few exclamations from time to time.

"How many people do you need to build such a high city?" Li Chongyi smacked his lips and said.

"Three thousand foreign slaves, day and night, took a whole six months to complete." Wang Er also said with admiration.

"Oh?" Li Dejian asked curiously, "Where did so many foreign slaves come from in Youzhou?" ”

Wang Er was a little elated when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The general doesn't know, the slave hunting industry in Youzhou has now become one of the largest industries in Youzhou, and every year thousands of soldiers or merchant ships go to several small countries around the country to hunt slaves under the banner of trade, and last time they captured more than 400 people in Goguryeo, which attracted the cavalry of Goguryeo to come to take revenge." ”

As soon as Xu Yang heard this, his jaw was about to fall in shock, when did this slave capture start?

"Let me ask you, where have all these captured slaves gone? It seems that there are no major projects to be built in Youzhou, right? Xu Yang asked.

I saw that the big man smiled slightly and said: "The general doesn't know, there is a great shortage of people in Youzhou now, and now the entire Tang people in Youzhou are very rich, so they are not willing to do the dirty work in the past, and those rich families now hire those slaves to cultivate the fields at home, and they only need to ask two farmers to take care of them."

There are also cement factories, glass factories, coal digging factories, those dirty work and tiring work are now done by slaves, there is no Tang people willing to go there to do low-level work, no matter how high the wages are, they are too tired, so the slave hunting industry in Youzhou is now very developed, and a boatload of slaves is transported from the harbor wharf, and sometimes they are bought out just after they arrive on the shore, and they don't even have to pick.

Our eldest brother also bought a Turkic slave girl a few days ago, although she doesn't look good, but she can give birth to children, and she can be both a maid and a small house at home, which is easy to use. ”

Xu Yang was secretly frightened in his heart, the beast of Datang began to show its fangs and devour the surrounding countries, the primitive capital accumulation was stained with blood and tears, when the commodity economy of Youzhou was developed enough and began to set foot on the capital society, primitive plunder inevitably appeared, which would not be transferred by human will.

The triangular trade in Europe at that time, the trade of black slaves, and the plundering of gold were also the time when the primitive capital began to accumulate, and now the Tang Dynasty has also begun to embark on this road, although there is only one place in Youzhou, but Xu Yang can think of when the New World is discovered, when those uncivilized natives with wooden sticks and gold appear in front of the Tang army, what kind of face will the Tang Dynasty face them.

"Slave hunting?" Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin, two violent men, became interested as soon as they heard about fighting with foreigners.

Cheng Chumo asked loudly: "Ben will ask you, who are involved in this slave hunting?" ”

Wang Ergong replied respectfully: "Back to the general's words, this slave capture was originally built by the guards of the four major families in Youzhou in order to catch some slaves, and later found that such slaves are very useful, and the wages of the people of Youzhou are longer and higher, the original salary of only six hundred wen yuan a month, now it has risen to three yuan, so it is better to directly capture some slaves and use it, and then several assassins and Taishou adults in Youzhou also acquiesced to this slave catching industry, which is out of control.

Nowadays, three of the four dart bureaus in Youzhou have been changed to the slave hunting industry, and they sail all day long to catch slaves in the Wa Kingdom, Goguryeo, and Silla, and the soldiers guarding the customs often go out of the city, saying that they are going to patrol, but in fact, they are all going to catch Turkic slaves. Wang Er smiled after speaking.

When Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin heard this, they immediately showed a look of fascination, and Yu Chi Baolin said with a fascination on his face: "It's so real and interesting, fighting with these aliens all day long, it makes people's blood boil when they think about it." ”

Wang Er couldn't help but laugh and said, "The difference between what the general said, these slave hunting fleets will not fight against those alien races. ”

Yu Chi Baolin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Wang Er explained: "Because of the small number of slave hunters, they generally do not fight head-on with enemy generals. ”

Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin were dumbfounded when they heard this, this is okay.

At that time, Li Chongyi and Li Dejian couldn't hold back their laughter, and Li Dejian raised his head and laughed a few times: "This is also a method of soldiers, disturbing the enemy in front, and the enemy advances and I retreat. ”

Cheng Chumo couldn't stand Li Dejian's ridicule, and said angrily: "What kind of military talents, they are all chickens and dogs, and when the master returns from overseas, he will definitely bring tens of thousands of elite soldiers to level Goguryeo." ”

Wang Eryi was shocked when he heard Cheng Chumo's bold words, even tens of thousands of elite soldiers can command, and the identities of these people should be able to reach the sky.

The voice became more and more respectful: "What the military master said is extremely true, this Goguryeo has repeatedly violated my border pass, although they are all light cavalry disturbing soldiers. I couldn't enter the main city, but the surrounding villages were full of complaints about the scourge of these Goguryeo cavalry, and asked the general to return in the future, break through the city of Pyongyang, and return the people of Youzhou to a good day. ”

It is not uncommon for Goguryeo to invade the Tang Dynasty, after all, the territory borders, friction continues, the former Sui several expeditions to Goryeo were defeated, making Goryeo, a small country, arrogant, Li Erye, who was in Chang'an, wanted to go to Goryeo this time to suppress the arrogance of this small country that did not take the Tang Dynasty in his eyes, but Goguryeo could always defend the city by virtue of the favorable time and place, and the people were fierce, and it was not easy to take it.

Xu Yang listened to the conversation for a long time, and secretly discussed in his heart, this Goguryeo is the ancestor of Korea and the sticks, and they are as dishonest as their descendants, it is really crooked on the upper beam and crooked on the lower beam, and the country of the small projectile still wants to go against the Tang Dynasty, it is really a death, Xu Yang thought that when the voyage was over, he would write to Li Er and go on an expedition to Goguryeo.

The historical Li Erqin's expedition to Goguryeo was a failure, non-warriors were not brave, non-people did not fight, and the soldiers were not favorable, for the construction of the Goryeo city wall as thick as Chang'an City, coupled with the severe cold that dragged on to the winter every time, hindered the footsteps of the Tang Dynasty Iron Cavalry, Xu Yang had no good impression of the stick, and those firearms siege scenes in the future were not only guilty, but also had some expectations.

Everyone was standing outside the stadium and still discussing Goguryeo affairs, when they saw a small convoy in the distance, led by a carriage with a flag with the word "Zhang" on it.

I heard a small guy in the carriage shouting: "Youzhou Taishou came to pay a visit." ”RS