Chapter 1113: Introduction

Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 inforeadx;? Yan Hui looked at Nan Huai with a smile and said, "What is this Nancheng Lord, when did I say that I was going to kill you,"

What is the difference between transporting the slaves from Xibu City to Xijing, what is the difference between this and killing yourself, Nan Huai's sweat was like rain, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Yan, smuggling slaves back to China, this is ...... It's a capital offense."

Yan Hui shrugged his shoulders and said, "Brother Xiu, I will naturally persuade you, I just want to know now how many slaves are being sold in Xibu City right now,"

If Yan Hui can convince His Highness, then things will be different, Nan Huai wiped the sweat on his head, stood up from the ground tremblingly, rolled his eyes, and said cautiously: "There are two slave markets in Xibu City, and the slaves in them are about a few thousand, if they are sold short, someone will soon transport new slaves over,"

Yan Hui nodded and said, "For this matter, I will go to talk to Brother Xiu, if the negotiation is completed, but it is a big deal, the Lord of the South City will wait for my news," As he spoke, he stood up and walked out,

Nan Huai hurriedly caught up, followed behind Yan Hui, and said urgently: "Yan Ye rest assured, as long as His Royal Highness nods, his subordinates will fully cooperate with Yan Ye,"

Yan Hui smiled and didn't say anything more,

When Yan Hui returned to Xijing, the 1st and 4th Corps of the Zhenjun Army had already marched towards the border of Zhendong.

At the junction of Zhenjun and Shangjing, there are two rebel battalions, one called Beidaying and the other Nandaying, and the two battalions are stationed with 30,000 or 40,000 troops.

These two large camps are the forward positions for the rebels to resist the counterattack of the central army of the imperial court, and they are also the springboard for the rebels to prepare for the future attack on Zhenjun, which can be said to be very important.

The fortifications of the two battalions were well built, and in the words of the rebel commanders of the northern and southern battalions, the battalions were impregnable and invulnerable.

The two corps of the Zhenjun Army are going to these two large battalions, and the first and fourth corps are not quietly marching towards the border, but marching with great fanfare, mighty and menacing,

The rebels also quickly got the news, Zhao Quan, the commander of the Beida Battalion, and Qian Chi, the commander of the Nanda Battalion, both sent people to report to the Shangjing Imperial Court, asking the Imperial Court for reinforcements.

The Shangjing Imperial Court made a detailed analysis of the current situation, and came to the conclusion that the Tang Ling Imperial Court did not yet have the conditions to counterattack its own side, and the main forces of the Central Army were all on the battlefield of the National War, and they could not be drawn out in a short time.

Relying only on two legions to counterattack their own million-strong army, it is undoubtedly a fantasy, and the eastward advance of the two legions of the Zhenjun Army is likely to be a bluff, and its purpose is to attract the main force of their own army to the area of Zhendong, so that the gendarmerie that has entered Mojun has a chance.

The Shangjing Imperial Court did not retreat the main army stationed in Yujun, but waited and watched the changes, and the development of things was similar to what the Shangjing Imperial Court expected, don't look at the two legions of the Zhenjun Army came very fiercely, but after arriving at the border, they both stopped and set up camp at the border.

The performance of the Zhenjun army made the Shangjing court completely relieved, and decided that the Zhenjun army was bluffing, so it was a trick, to put it bluntly, these two legions were deployed at the border to prevent their own army from suddenly attacking Zhenjun.

The camp of the First Army corresponds to the rebel Nanda Battalion, and the camp of the Fourth Army corresponds to the rebel Beida Battalion.

Compared with the calm front line, the tension here in the Xijing new barracks before the war has become more and more intense,

All kinds of detectives are like marquees, constantly sent to the Chinese military tent, Shangguan Xiu and the generals and staff of the army are planning various tactics and contingency strategies.

Taking advantage of the lunch break, Yan Hui found Shangguan Xiu and explained his thoughts to Shangguan Xiu in detail, after listening to his words, Shangguan Xiu frowned and said, "Yanzi, you are going to transport the slaves from Xibu City to Xijing,"

Yan Hui Zhengse said: "Brother Xiu, this is also no way, now, Xijing has 100,000 young and strong soldiers, the labor force has been sharply reduced, and when the war starts at the front, more soldiers will definitely be needed, and Xijing's labor will continue to be greatly reduced, but Xijing now needs to employ people everywhere, build houses to employ people, all large and small workshops need to employ people, and there are many new restaurants and teahouses in the city. Inns and various shops, these also need to be employed, and transporting the slaves from Xibu City to Xijing can greatly alleviate the current labor shortage problem faced by Xijing,"

Shangguan Xiu knocked on his forehead and asked, "Besides, is there no other solution?"

Yan Hui understood what Shangguan Xiu was worried about, he shook his head, and said: "It is necessary to meet the source of soldiers on the front line, and to meet the expansion of the city, the manpower is really not enough, Brother Xiu, the subordinates can guarantee that all the slaves transported to Xijing will be strictly controlled by the subordinates, and there will never be an incident of slaves mixing with my Feng clan,"

Fighting a war needs a source of soldiers, which requires the use of people, the production of military resources and armaments to meet the needs of the war, this needs to use people, Xijing as a temporary capital, everywhere is expanding, like a hundred wastes to be rebuilt, everywhere must be employed, although Zhenjun has promulgated a series of policies to encourage childbirth, but far from quenching the thirst, now is the time to use people,

Shangguan Xiu pondered for a long time, and finally raised his gaze, landed on Yan Hui's face, and asked, "Yanzi, can you really do what you say and control the slaves?"

Yan Hui's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly responded: "My subordinates are willing to guarantee with their heads,"

Shangguan Xiu smiled and waved his hand, but it was not so serious, he asked, "How many slaves do you plan to transport to Xijing?"

Yan thought about it for a while, and whispered: "My subordinates think that at least about 200,000 will be needed, and maybe, more,"

Shangguan Xiu rubbed his chin and muttered, "Do you need so much?"

Yan Hui said: "My subordinates believe that at least 200,000 to 300,000 slaves can solve the current manpower demand," >

"Okay, you are solely responsible for the purchase of slaves, after the civil strife is quelled, the domestic situation is stabilized, and these slaves come from, let them go back,"

"Yes, Brother Xiu, my subordinates understand," got Shangguan Xiu's approval, Yan Hui was overjoyed, and both eyes were glowing with golden light.

The January appointment between Gu Qingling and Tang Ling came in the blink of an eye, and what everyone didn't expect was that Baifeng Buzhuang really produced 500,000 sets of military uniforms within a month, not only the first and fourth legions of the Zhenjun Army had all changed their uniforms, but even the 150,000 recruits had also put on new military uniforms.

Tang Ling did not break his promise, after Gu Qingling won the gambling contract, Tang Ling issued a decree to canonize Gu Qingling as the county lord (the emperor's daughter is the princess, the princess's daughter is the county lord, and the county lord's daughter is the county lord), and rewarded 100,000 taels of silver as a reward, Tang Ling's reward can be regarded as rich, but for Gu Qingling, the glory she won is far greater than the real thing,

There is also a happy event that makes the whole Baifeng cloth village very happy, that is, in this private donation, Baifeng cloth village with 22 million taels of silver, the top of the list, won the golden signboard and the title of the first imperial businessman,

Of the two million taels of silver, only 10,000,000,000 taels were from Baifeng Buzhuang, and the rest of the 12,000,000,000 taels came from the Sitong Silver Trumpet.

It can be said that these two things have completely established the status of Baifeng Buzhuang in the Wind Country, and made Baifeng Buzhuang the No. 1 cloth village in the Wind Country, and no one can match it.

After Yan Hui got Shangguan Xiu's instructions, he began to buy a large number of slaves in Xibu City.

He is alone, of course, it is impossible to appear in Xijing and Xibu City at the same time, he wants to sit in Xijing, and there needs to be an agent on the side of Xibu City, and the candidate for this agent, he has already chosen, that is, Cai Shisan,

Yan Hui handed over the affairs of Xibu City to Cai 13 to handle, in fact, there are not many affairs, that is, Cai 13 came forward, bargained with people, bought young and middle-aged slaves as cheaply as possible, and then Cai 13 arranged people to transport the purchased slaves to Huya Pass, where there are people from Shura Hall to receive slaves, and finally transport the slaves to Xijing,

The appearance of the Western Regions slave in Xijing caused an uproar, most of the wind people have never seen the Western Regions slave, until they saw the Western Regions slave, people did not know that some people had such dark skin, and they were born.

After Yan Hui controlled a considerable part of the slaves, he set up a slave workshop under the banner of Shura Hall, if anyone needed workers to work, they could go to the slave workshop to negotiate, and after negotiating the price, he sent a different number of slaves to work, and then just sit on the wages,

This is a profitable business, slaves do not need to be paid, they just need to eat their stomachs every day, and all the wages they earn go into the pocket of Shuratang.

Yan Hui bought more and more slaves from Xibu City, and the scale of the slave workshop became larger and larger, and similarly, the price of slaves in Xibu City also rose, from a few dozen yuan at the beginning to buy a slave, and gradually rose to hundreds of dollars, but even so, the cost of slaves was still pitifully low compared with the income earned by slaves.

The emergence of one thing will always produce a series of chain reactions, the demand for slaves in the Wind Country is rising in a straight line, the price of slaves is getting higher and higher, and the profits are getting bigger and bigger, and there are naturally more and more people who are targeting slaves in the Western Regions.

Through normal channels, there are only so many slaves they buy from the Western Regions, and there are only a few thousand people transported to Xibu City each time, but this is far from meeting the needs of the Wind Country, and the most convenient way to get more slaves is war.

The Ba people, the rulers of the Shah region, of course, also saw the huge profits, and the Ba people, who were not very interested in the Western Regions, have been sending troops to various parts of the Western Regions recently, attacking the tribes of the Western Regions that border them.

The combat power of the Ba army is not too strong, if there is no support from the Zhenjun army, it is a fantasy for it to unify all the Shah tribes, but for the tribes in the Western Regions, the Ba army is as powerful as a heavenly soldier and a general.

It's very simple, the tribes in the Western Regions located in the southwest of Shah are still in the stage of using stone axes and stone spears, iron tools are very rare, and they are rare things, and the Ba army has used the fire guns and artillery produced by the forge, even if the number is not much, but it is more than enough to extinguish several tribes in the Western Regions.

Soon, the slave market in Xibu City was monopolized by the Ba people, who transported slaves plundered from various tribes in the Western Regions to Xibu City in a steady stream, and then sold them to the Wind Country, and made a large amount of silver from them.

This is the butterfly effect, Yan Hui took a fancy to the labor of slaves and advocated the introduction of slaves into the country of wind, which directly led to the devastation of the Western Regions in various parts of the war, and the Ba people were like crazy in the Western Regions to plunder and rob the population.