What's more, there are also routs that have fled from the northern border of Qi one after another, as well as refugees. The next time Rong Dinan www.biquge.info write, it will bring great disasters to the local people. Rong Di will also capture the people of Qi as slaves, and the captured Qi people suffer and suffer poverty, so they want to escape. Judging from the distance, of course, it is best to go to the Great Wall Pass on the border of Qi by land. However, Rong Di is heavily guarded against the grassland border, and it is a fool's dream to want to cross the past. On the contrary, it is because Rong Di is very unfamiliar with the sea, and he has no defenses on the seaside. As a result, the Qi refugees had no choice but to cut down trees to build rafts, and then cross the sea to Haizhou. In this way, the number of soldiers and soldiers of the people of Haizhou is large, but it is extremely difficult to increase the share of grain and grass materials. The current situation is like this, the more monks, the less porridge, and the situation is naturally more and more embarrassing.

These messages are no secret. The usual price code of Haizhou's materials is deducted by the Qi State, even in the city of Haifu on land, which is also public news. And the embarrassment and hardship on Haizhou's side can be inferred by speculation alone. What's more, Yang Tianhong still has a "cell" in his hand that is responsible for collecting intelligence.

In all fairness, Yang Bai is very sympathetic to the current situation in Haizhou. But sympathy does not mean kindness, and it is impossible to be a good person with his father's things. Yang Bai kept smiling, not being caught by Lu Song's "righteousness" words at all, and he was also straightforward. On the other hand, Lu Song, the guard of Haizhou Town, was also speechless for a while. After being quiet for a while, Lu Song turned his head to look at Li Kongming who was standing behind him very depressed, and Li Kongming leaned over and whispered a few words to Lu Song. Even if you can't hear it, you can guess what they said, which is nothing more than confirming the supplies on the ship.

After saying that, Lu Song turned his head again, stared at the chubby Yang Bai for a few moments, and then said seriously: "Since Mr. Yang is so clear about the details of my Haizhou, then this official really doesn't know what goods to sell in Haizhou." The official has accumulated some furs on his hands, but the quantity is not much, and the official can take out even less to trade, and he really doesn't know how to trade with Mr. Yang. However, if Mr. Yang has any delusions, there is no need to mention it. This official and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Haizhou will always be loyal to the Great Qi State, desperately fighting against the barbarians of the grasslands, and they have already endured countless hardships, and they don't care how much more they will suffer! If Mr. Yang wants to use a few boatloads of goods to say that I, Lu Song, lead the soldiers and civilians of Haizhou to surrender to the Chu State, then it is better not to mention this kind of remark. The eldest husband was born in the world, and since it is impossible to surrender to Rong Di, it is naturally impossible to throw himself into Da Chu. ”

These words are sonorous and powerful, and the righteousness is awe-inspiring. Several people from Haizhou, the guards around Lu Song, and even some of the shipwrights and sailors on the ship all showed great excitement and admiration on their faces when they heard this.

"Hahahaha! There's nothing to sell? Not necessarily!"

Yang Bai's smile was very evil, and his voice was full of indescribable alternativeness. He slowly licked his lips with his fat pink tongue, and counted his short and thick fingers one by one to Lu Song: "Actually, there are a lot of goods that can be sold here in Haizhou, but General Lu, you haven't found it before." Hey, hey, hey, really, I don't lie to you. Timber, the population, and the fish of the sea can all be traded. Of course, the most valuable of them all is the population. ”

This is the purpose of Yang Bai.

Haizhou is mountainous, and the mountains are full of tall trees. These trees grow in cold climates, have good wood, and have a much finer organizational structure than the trees in southern Anzhou, and are also excellent materials for shipbuilding. As for the population...... Anju has always been a place where there is a lack of people. As long as he can get as many immigrants as possible, Yang Tianhong is willing to pay for anyone who moves to Anzhou.

When he heard the words population and timber from Yang Bai's mouth, the expression on the face of Lu Song, the guard of Haizhou Town, was shocked at first, and then turned into surprise. He lowered his head, obviously thinking about something, and did not speak, but Li Kongming, a personal guard who had been standing next to him, couldn't help but exclaim: "You still want people? But do you want women and children? Do you want to sell them like animals? Do you still have a conscience?"

Human trafficking has never been stopped since ancient times. Of course, the woman in the Qinglou could not be born willing to run the leather and meat business. Speaking of which, it was carefully selected from among the victims during the disaster year, bought from other people's parents at a very low price, and then spent a lot of effort to raise it themselves. No matter what kind of green buildings in the world, no matter what kind of Oiran leaders, they are all the same way. The old bustard's vision is very poisonous in looking at people, and just by looking at it, you can know who is a beautiful embryo and who has no future in cultivation. In short, no one can take care of so much during the disaster year. As long as there is a bite of food to eat, as long as you can not starve to death, you will always be willing to sell your children casually. Speaking of which, it is also a kind of luck to be a child who can be favored by people's teeth. At the very least, they won't starve to death, and there will be a way out.

Li Kongming felt that Yang Bai must have such an idea when he mentioned human trafficking at such a time. Suddenly, anger appeared on his face, and his voice gradually rose: "Those girls are all girls from good families, and they are also petted as treasures in peacetime, but as soon as the Rongdi barbarians on the grassland came, they also suffered disasters." Those who can't escape are trampled by barbarians, and those who escape don't have a good life, and they have to be bought and sold like livestock. Tell me what they are for, not to earn a bite to eat for the people up and down Haizhou, and to earn a knife for war. In the end, however, you will still be bought and thrown into the fire pit. You, are you still human?"

"Kong Ming, stop talking!" Perhaps thinking that this guard was talking too much, Lu Song snorted with a cold face beside him. At this time, Li Kongming was already a little choked up, with faint tears in the corners of his eyes.

Yang Bai still stood there unmoved, gently shaking the white paper fan in his hand. What I learned in the Meng family firm is not just about the price of goods and buying and selling. There is also the ability to identify people's hearts, to judge the true intentions of the other party from the surface, and so on. Speaking of which, the grandfather knows the situation in Haizhou of Qi very well, and Yang Bai himself knows it very well. However, no matter how bad the situation is on Haizhou's side, it is also the Qi people's own business. Don't say that Li Kongming is angry about human trafficking, even if this guy roars at him, Yang Bai won't take him to heart at all. Business is business, as long as the business can be done, it doesn't matter what he thinks.

After scolding loudly, Lu Song, who was also guarding the town, turned around, looked at Yang Bai, and said lightly: "The wood is good, after I go back, I will organize people to go up the mountain to cut down, and I will have as many as I want." However, what do you want from the population? Don't hide it from Mr. Yang, if it is such an outstanding woman, and a handsome child, don't say that it is on your side, there are many people in our Qi country who can afford the price!"

This is not a small trick to deliberately raise the price. For the displaced people affected by the disaster, the refugees who fled from the direction of the grassland, and the local people in Haizhou, the dignitaries and wealthy merchants of the Qi State are also in great demand. Of course, the population they need is only beautiful women and very young children. These days, it's not just pretty girls who are worth money, many rich people also like to play with men's butts. In their opinion, this is not really a perverted preference, but a culture where everyone is playing. As a result, the price of handsome boys has also risen.

"General Lu is wrong, the human trafficking mentioned below includes all people. ”

Yang Bai laughed out loud again and said his request.

For Lu Song, there is actually no difficulty in this transaction. It is easy to say that Haizhou is surrounded by mountains, and it is bordered by neighboring Mahan in the east. It is full of towering trees, which can be cut down the hill and then tied up into rafts on the river and dragged to their destination by sea boats. Speaking of which, this practice is also an internal practice in the shipbuilding industry. Newbuilders only want to sail on the sea, and they will inevitably encounter the problem of seawater swelling for wood soaking. As a result, freshly harvested timber cannot be used directly at all, and is often piled up in the lumber mill for a period of time. Soaking in seawater can greatly reduce this time. Therefore, this method of transportation is still beneficial for timber used as a shipbuilding.

As for the population, Anzhou is very selective. Although the conditions proposed by the other party were not as troublesome as Lu Song thought, Yang Bai also bluntly proposed: Don't be over forty-five years old, don't be disabled and seriously ill. Anyone else is willing to accept these two points. In addition, if there are people who are skilled in their craft, then even if they have the previous two situations, they will pay for these people.

Not young and beautiful women, not handsome children. Lu Song was very surprised and quite surprised when he heard it. For Haizhou, such conditions are simply a surprise falling from the sky. The reason is very simple, the vast majority of the Ding Zhuang people who escaped from the direction of the grassland are burdens. Among them, some of them are able-bodied people who can stay as Haizhou soldiers. But most people don't say it's martial arts, and they don't even have the courage to go into battle and kill the enemy. Even, many of the deserters who crossed the sea from that side were already frightened, and it was impossible for them to fight again. Haizhou has no surplus arable land, and the amount of grain produced is also small. These people stayed in Haizhou and had nothing to do all day long, either idle, or causing trouble in plain life, consuming money, food and materials in vain. For these people, Lu Song himself is also very troubled. Although it is governed by military law, it is not a long-term solution. Moreover, for these people, Lu Song can't ignore them. If rice was not given, these people would have starved to death. Every day, watching the people around him starve to death, or not accepting those people who have fled with great difficulty, the morale of Haizhou City will plummet, and there is no way to replenish the source of soldiers, which is really a dilemma.

What's more serious is that for Lu Song, the town guard general, the people below will also have different thoughts. After all, an official who can't even protect his people and can't provide clothes and meals is useless if he asks for it?

Yang Bai's proposal opened a new door for the anxious Lu Song.

Even the other two people who followed Lu Song on the boat, including the indignant Li Kongming, couldn't imagine that these chicken-like refugee populations could be exchanged for supplies. Also, those timbers whose prices were very low by the local merchants of Qi can actually have a very fair price. In any case, it should be considered a bonus. At that moment, the anger on Li Kongming's face slowly subsided, the ferocity faded, and the whole person looked very excited.

There is enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear to survive the cold winter...... In fact, for people who live in Haizhou all year round, these two most basic human physiological requirements are really a luxury.

Next, Yang Bai showed excellent businessman negotiation eloquence, and also showed his sincerity -- Haizhou will now give 300 households, the kind that wants both husband and wife, if there are children and old people, they can bring it. These 300 families will be able to exchange one-half of their cargo on these five ships. Because it is the first transaction, it is a gift from Anzhou to Haizhou. After all, three hundred households could not match so many goods in any way. What's more, the value of being transported all the way from Anzhou is far more than that.

But this kind of thing cannot become the norm, and the standard of this transaction cannot be the price in the future. The actual price of buying and selling people will have to be carefully discussed by everyone. As for the extra part this time, it can be regarded as a meeting gift to Haizhou.

It's like a big piece of pie falling from the sky.

Lu Song and the people around him were a little stunned by the sudden surprise, and even when they got off the boat, they still had surprise and ignorance on their faces. They didn't understand why Yang Bai was engaged in such a trade, and they also knew the price of such things as timber in the Chu State, but even the merchants of the Qi State who came and went here were not willing to buy such heavy goods at all. In the same cabin, more young women and children are loaded back, and that is a huge profit. As for the population that Yang Bai needs, it is not yet beautiful women and children...... I don't really know why.

This feeling is like the useless garbage that has been sitting around all the time, and suddenly someone is buying it at a super price of tens of thousands of yuan a kilogram. That kind of ecstasy and excitement is enough to make people's brains lose the ability to think in an instant, and they can't do anything at all except instinctively nodding their heads in promise.

Although he understands the truth, since these useless people want it, and they have given real food and materials and even weapons, then of course Haizhou must agree, and he can also get more from it to strengthen and supplement himself, and he can also get rid of the burden. No matter how you look at it, it's a good business in one fell swoop.

In the face of Lu Song's questioning, Yang Bai just replied lightly: "Below is the body of the Duke of Yiyong of the Great Chu State, who is helping the Duke to do things." In short, business is business, as long as you are willing to buy it, General Lu, you are also willing to sell, then there will be a friendship between us. In the future, there will be many more such businesses. In addition to food, cloth and weapons, as long as it is General Lu, you can get it for you here. ”

Yang Bai's way of answering questions is not leaky, and it is a little annoying to do things. He never let go of the big ship close to the shore dock to unload, but just let people use several small boats to toss back and forth to carry various things. Inevitably, the pace slowed down, and it took several days just to dump goods and people.

It's always good to be careful. Although everyone has made it clear that they are doing business, no one can guarantee whether the Qi people here in Haizhou will regret it? The rules on the surface are only verbal agreements, and the matter of black eating black is not news. Perhaps, Lu Song was blushing at the goods on the five big ships, and he was not willing to honestly hand over three hundred families for these things. Of course, there is the possibility of murder and robbery with a knife, once things evolve like this, even if Yang Bai can escape from Haizhou alive, it will not be easy to explain after he returns. In short, as long as you are careful and careful, business can be done. Dumping cargo in a small boat is slow, but it is better to be safe and secure. As long as the big ship on their side does not dock, the people on the Haizhou side will have nothing to do with themselves.

In the future, if there are more transactions, the relationship between them will become familiar. Even if the people on Haizhou's side have the intention of robbing this time, they will slowly fade away in the future. Just like drug dealers and arms dealers in another world, in fact, both sides have the goods that the other wants, but when they deal with each other for the first time, they always don't want to trust anyone. Murder and robbery have happened repeatedly. However, as long as one transaction is successfully completed, then there is a basis for mutual trust in the next one. Wait until this kind of thing happens three, four, five times...... Then gangsters and arms dealers will become close friends, and maybe even develop into good base oil for sleeping in the same bed.

Of course, this is only possible.

Looking at the mountains of materials piled up on the berths of the port, Haizhou was extremely jubilant. And the 300 families who were selected by Lu Song to be sent to the ship were also happy. Although Haizhou belongs to the territory of the Qi State and can live in peace, where can it compare with the Taiping World in the south of the Chu State? There will never be any Rong Di there, and there will never be any barbarians. I heard that as long as you get there, you can eat a full meal.

There are more than 1,000 of these 300 Liaodong refugees, some with children, some are husband and wife, and only a few are more than 10 families, all of whom are old and young.

The reality is brutal. The northern grasslands are vast and sparsely populated, and the climate is harsh, and it is really not easy to escape from the hands of the Rong Di barbarians. Especially the elderly with limited mobility either can't escape or die halfway. This kind of thing, just like the famine that is continuing in the north of Chu State, only the young and strong have the greatest chance of survival.

But those families, young and old, were different from other refugees. They were well-dressed, looked good-looking, and even had a few servants to follow. When Lu Song let these families get on the boat, he also specially told Yang Bai in private, hoping to treat these people well. Obviously, these families have a good relationship with Lu Song, and they should also be from rich backgrounds. However, for this kind of advice, Yang Bai simply went in and out of his left ear and out of his right ear, although he agreed with a smile and nodded again and again, he didn't pay attention to it in his heart. (To be continued.) )