Chapter 172: The Crown Princess's Counterattack Eight
The Cypriot tribes all had a large number of slaves, and their tribes often fought against each other, and the defeated Zuro became slaves of the defeated tribes. The Xue Yantuo tribe is brave and good at fighting, otherwise it would not be as large as it is now, and there are many slaves under the account. Zheng Guanyin proposed to trade money for Xue Yantuo's slaves.
How could Yi Nan not agree, the slaves would be plundered again, and the gold and silver treasures were not so easy to obtain, so he immediately reached a deal with Zheng Guanyin. However, Yi Nan was also very curious, what did Zheng Guanyin want so many slaves to do, so he asked.
Zheng Guanyin made a deal and replied in a good mood: "My people and I are going to migrate to a new continent to live, where everything is good, but there are too few people. I'm going to bring more people along. ”
Yi Nan knew that Zheng Guanyin couldn't stay in the Tang Dynasty, and he could understand that she was taking people to live elsewhere, but he was also curious about the New World in Zheng Guanyin's mouth, as far as he knew, further north, although there was a large territory, it was extremely desolate and cold, and it was not at all like the New World in Zheng Guanyin's mouth, so he couldn't help but be curious.
Zheng Guanyin said with a smile: "This new continent is farther away, and it has to cross the sea, so the leader naturally hasn't heard of it." ”
Do you even have to cross the sea? How far is it? Yi Nan couldn't imagine it, and couldn't help but sympathize with Zheng Guanyin, who was supposed to be a high-ranking queen, but had to flee her hometown because of her husband's poor move. The pity in his heart was great, and Yi Nan couldn't help but look at Zheng Guanyin carefully. Zheng Guanyin was originally outstanding, otherwise he would not have been elected as the crown princess. She exercises "radio gymnastics" every day, her figure is more feminine, and she looks younger, with a noble and elegant temperament, which makes her whole person look peerless and very beautiful.
Yi Nan pressed his chest with a fast heartbeat, swallowed his saliva and said, "Zheng Niangniang, I admire you and want to marry you as my concubine." Would you like to? ”
Zheng Guanyin was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect Yi Nan to think about her.
She restrained her smile and said to Yi Nan with a straight face: "Thank you for the chief's love, but it has not been a year since my father-in-law died, and I will not consider getting married." ”
Yi Nan asked, "What about after that year?" ”
Zheng Guanyin said: "A year later, I have left Xue Yantuo and have nothing to do with the leader. ”
Yi Nan was rejected and was unhappy, but he couldn't force himself to come, Zheng Guanyin had a lot of people, so he had to leave immediately. Zheng Guanyin also instructed his subordinates to prepare to leave, it was best to leave Xue Yantuo's territory quickly, who knows if Yi Nan will have hatred in his heart because of the rejection, and secretly make trouble for them.
Although the leader was unhappy, the business still had to be done, Xue Yantuo sent a large number of slaves, and Zheng Guanyin asked Cao Chengji to distribute people and do some heavy work. Every slave was guarded by his side, and such surveillance would not be withdrawn until it was certain that they were doing their job obediently.
These slaves behaved very honestly, mainly because they were treated much better now than in the Xue Yantuo tribe, although they had to do heavy work, they would not be whipped from time to time, let alone hungry, they could eat enough every day, and they were not threatened with losing their lives at any time. Such a day is simply heaven compared to the previous days in the Xueyantuo tribe and even other tribes. All the people are doing their jobs honestly, and they want to be able to follow these people all the time, and not be abandoned by them or traded to other tribes.
Seeing that they were honest and diligent, Zheng Guanyin's subordinates gradually relaxed their minds and relaxed their surveillance of them. They don't know, honestly most of the slaves, one of the others is the nobles and warriors in some tribes, where are they willing to be slaves, seeing that Zheng Guanyin's subordinates are relaxed in their care, their hearts are ready to move, and they secretly devise an escape plan.
The night was dark and the wind was high, and several figures managed to break away from the group, and they were free from then on. However, before they could get a mile away, they were caught by the soldiers who had been waiting for them.
"How many?" Zheng Guanyin asked Cao Chengji.
"Ten, seven men and three women." Cao Chengji replied, "Two Hui people, three Baye Gu, three Turkic people, and the remaining two are Servant Gu and Ah Chu. One of the slave girls is the princess of Bathoko. ”
"What about the princess? I used to be the crown princess. Zheng Guanyin didn't care about the identity of the slaves, and ordered, "Tomorrow, these ten people will be executed in front of all the slaves." ”
Of course, Zheng Guanyin knows that "life is precious", but now it is ancient times, and if you don't kill others, others may kill you. The so-called "Ci is not in charge of the army", although the group of people under Zheng Guanyin is not an army, they also need strict laws and regulations to manage them, otherwise it will be chaotic. These ten escaped slaves must die, and the other slaves must be shown a lesson.
"Yes, my subordinates will definitely arrange it." Cao Cheng replied and didn't care about the killing of ten slaves. This is the mentality of the ancient superiors.
The next day, Cao Chengji executed ten escaped slaves in front of everyone, causing a slight commotion among the slaves, but it was quickly suppressed. After this incident, the slaves no longer had the intention of running away, and their work became more serious. Zheng Guanyin is not blindly exploiting, but will still give benefits, buy people's hearts, and make these slaves completely subordinate to her.
There were a small number of Han Chinese among these slaves, and Zheng Guanyin, seeing that they were behaving well, exempted them from the status of slaves and let them have the same treatment as the exiles. She also announced to the other slaves that as long as these slaves behaved well and worked honestly, she would also restore their civilian status one after another.
The slaves were greatly encouraged and behaved well. Zheng Guanyin also looked at her promise to restore the status of civilians to a few slaves every once in a while. Along the way, Zheng Guanyin continued to trade slaves with passing tribes, and the number of slaves increased, but none of the slaves would run away and resist.
In the fall, the group entered Siberia. Siberia is rich in resources, with large areas of fertile chernozem and chernozem soil, where you can farm and get a huge harvest of grain every year. It has vast forests, lakes and thousands of rivers and huge reserves...... It's a pity that there are still developments here, and it is extremely desolate.
This is a treasure trove, but Zheng Guanyin will not choose to stay in Siberia, the people who follow her are not used to such a cold climate in Siberia, if she stays in Siberia, she may freeze to death or die of illness all these years. The most important thing now is to build a house and a kang before winter comes, so that everyone can enter the house.