Chang'an is more than 2,000 miles away from Dengzhou, and Li Yuanba not only has a lot of people, but also brings a lot of salutes, if they just go all the way along the official road by land, I am afraid it will take a long time.

But if you take the waterway, you only need to go from Luoyang to Zhengzhou, and you can directly change boats, go down the Yellow River, and change to waterways.

After Li Yuanba took Zhao Sanpao's family of three out of Chang'an, it was another trip in the middle of the night, and the army finally arrived in Zhengzhou.

Zhengzhou Thorn Shi has long been ordered by the emperor to prepare a boat suitable for passing through the Yellow River, a building boat!

Compared with the steel passenger ships that Li Yuanba saw in his previous life, this building ship is obviously much more domineering, not only is the whole like a building, but also the ship can carry about 1,500 people in addition to the original sailors on board.

These three giant building ships and a cargo ship loaded Li Yuanba and their accompanying goods.

In this way, it took another day to go down the Yellow River, to Qingzhou, and after Laizhou, the large army finally arrived at the boundary of Dengzhou.

The big ship went straight down the river to the vast Bohai Sea, and the waves rose and fell one after another, but fortunately, the weather was good recently, and there was not much wind on the sea.

Li Yuanba stood on the deck and played a set of military body punches, and just as he was stretching lazily, wanting to propose the fun of sea fishing, he searched for the giant passenger boat, revealing its form from afar.

"Lord Wang, we have found another ship in front, should we slow down?"

Su Dingfang and Li Yuanba were on the same boat, and when he saw the giant passenger ship in the distance, he came to Li Yuanba's side and asked respectfully.

Li Yuanba squinted his eyes, stared at the passenger ship for a while, and said, "No need, this Bohai Sea is not our own home, it is the so-called road to the sky." On each side, why bother to observe the passing ships so carefully? ”

"No!"

Su Dingfang sang a promise and retreated.

……

At the moment, the giant passenger ship.

Most of the crew members on the passenger ship were men, all of them were dressed as Tang people, all of them were carrying horizontal knives, and their faces were fierce, and they didn't look as simple as ordinary crew members

On the deck at the bow of the ship, there are two deck chairs that look quite particularly comfortable, one on top of the deck chair. There is a well-dressed, wide-bodied guy, and the other is a burly man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist.

When these two guys are together, it is easy to think of business bandits colluding and being embarrassed...... In short, there will be no good words.

"Master, I didn't expect our harvest to be so big this time, I'm afraid it's our first time in all these years, right?"

The big man looked excited, and he seemed to be very respectful to the fat rich man.

The rich man's face was full of pride. He screamed at the duck, "Well, who would have known that we had found their village, not to mention the men, but the pretty little ladies." As long as we sell them, it's enough for us to eat for several years! ”

"Hey, yes, master!" The big man smirked. He licked his lips and said, "Those Silla women are born well and beautifully, if not in limited numbers. I really want to keep one and be my daughter-in-law! ”

"Wonderful!"

Hearing the words of this big man, the fat rich man clapped his palms and said, "Ah Hong, I think your plan is good!" Anyway, we have gained so much this time, even if we share one or two Silla women, it will be nothing! Your kid is so old and hasn't started a family yet, this time I'll be in charge and give you one! ”

While saying this, the fat rich man shouted to the front and said, "You guys, bring them all over......

Not far from the bow deck, there were dozens of figures.

It was about thirty or so thinly dressed girls with poignant faces, all of them with their hands tied, looking at each other with tears in their eyes, and there were more than a dozen fierce-looking fellows beside them, patrolling back and forth with horizontal knives in their hands.

Judging from the bodies of these thinly dressed girls, it can be vaguely discerned that they are not Tang people, because the form of the clothes is obviously Silla costumes.

Hearing the words of their masters, those men with knives did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and pushed the women with scolding in their mouths, and walked towards the fat rich man.

The fat rich man smiled at the corner of his mouth, looking at these girls with sad faces, but handsome faces, and said to the big man: "Ah Hong, pick one if you see which one is pleasing to the eye, and I will buy you a house when you get to Dengzhou, so you can be regarded as having a home!" ”

"Ah......" The big man just said child's playful words, but he didn't expect his master to really do this, and while his heart was moved, he waved his hand again and again, and said:

"Master, forget it! These are all brothers in exchange for their lives, if these are all sold to Chang'an, it will be a lot of wealth, then the brothers can everyone get a share of the money, if I pick one out, won't it cut off the brothers' wealth? ”

The fat rich man laughed and said, "You guy can still think of his brothers, but he is attentive!" Don't worry, the short money on the brothers, I came to pay, but it was just a Silla woman, how much money can I sell it for? ”

The big man was overjoyed when he heard this, and looking at his excited face, he was even more grateful.

It turned out that this was a slave trade fleet, or more accurately, a slave replenishment fleet.

In fact, in the history of China, there has always been a slave trade, and by the time of the Tang Dynasty, it was even more common.

Just like the Kunlun slaves that existed in Li Yuanba's mines, these Silla maids were also popular among the rich families of the Tang Dynasty nobles.

These Silla women are not only very well-behaved and docile, but also these Silla women are generally handsome and handsome, so their market is actually broader than that of Kunlun slaves.

Since the slave trade flourished, it naturally attracted the attention of many people, after all, the slave trade is a huge lucrative industry, and it is also a business without capital.

In addition, the Silla people often come to the Tang Dynasty to plunder, and the Tang Dynasty court turned a blind eye to the robbery of the Silla people.

It's like the current fleet, they are just a merchant group that only takes this way, anyway, if they rob someone, they will run to Datang Pass, and those Silla people can't chase them to Datang Pass, right? That's just looking for death!

This obese rich man's name is Ji Chuan, because he has been in this business for more than 20 years, he is not only notorious in this area, but also in the slave hunting industry, which is a top existence, after all, there are hundreds of brothers under his hands to serve the slave team, and there are not many in the entire Datang.

This time, Ji Chuan's team was really in a hurry, and they were lucky enough to find a village of the Silla people, how could this person who lived on the knife edge let go of the fat in his mouth?

In addition to sparing the old people in the village, whether it was men, women or children, they were all brought on board by Kikawa's team, and the quality of the slaves this time was good, and with the channels that Kikawa had operated for so many years, these Silla slaves could at least earn a large amount of money for him.

It's really not open for three years, and it's been open for three years!

……

Li Yuanba naturally didn't know that the giant passenger ship he saw just now turned out to be a slave hunting team, and now they just wanted to rush to Dengzhou and settle down.

In this way, it was another few hours of sailing, and Dengzhou City was already in sight.

Of course, the current Dengzhou is no longer the county seat of the original Wendeng County, because after the establishment of Dengzhou, Wendeng was the place of governance, and the original Wendeng County was also changed to Dengzhou City.

In addition, the geographical location of Dengju is so important, ships going to Silla, worship, Goguryeo and even the Wa Kingdom have to pass through here, and the shipbuilding industry in the city is also very prosperous, so Dengju Fortress was built into a port city, not only the city is extremely strong, but even the area is no worse than any state capital.

Near Dengzhou City, this ship naturally increased, and most of these ships were sea ships, but most of them were parked at the edge of the port, and they often sent small ships into the port to complete the transaction.

Li Yuanba's fleet didn't care about that, and after sending a few patrol boats to open the way, he swaggered all the way into the port.

And at this moment, Kikawa's fleet also slowly advanced to the port located outside Dengzhou City.

The port is very busy, with ships shuttling in and out, and there are special passages for entering and exiting the port, making it a whole port that is busy but orderly.

In this way, Kikawa's fleet finally entered the port.

"Master, something is wrong, why is there no one to surround you?" Stepping on the solid ground of the port, the strong man Ah Hong looked at the surrounding situation and said to Ji Chuan.

Ji Chuan also frowned slightly, shook his head, and said he didn't understand.

In fact, every time Kikawa's fleet entered the port, as long as it stopped, there would be a swarm of slave traders, scrambling to get on Kikawa's ship, wanting to see if they could nibble on two good goods from the hands of this slave catcher.

But I don't know why today, none of those people came over, what a hell!

Just when the master and servant were still puzzled, a general in armor and walking in figure eight steps walked not far away, followed by a water, about a hundred or so soldiers armed with horizontal swords.

"Oh, isn't this General Wu?" As a frequent visitor to this line, the person in front of Kikawa's natural person.

This product's name is Wu Hai, but he is not like his name, harmless to humans and animals, on the contrary, this guy was a soldier of Dengzhou Wei back then, because he had repeatedly made military exploits on the battlefield, and this is why he was sent here to guard the port, and the means were extremely ruthless! (To be continued......)