Chapter 027: The Head Sheep
Nowadays, not only there are many Song people living in Baishuang City, but there are also many Song people in the Jin Emperor's capital, and some of them can even be officials or make Western banquets in the homes of nobles, and they can barely be regarded as decent people.
It is true that no matter how dependent and loyal they are, the Song people are also Song people after all, and they are the lowliest and most bullying ethnic group in the Jin State.
But even so, they are better off than the vast majority of Song people.
And the Song people in White Frost City belong to the vast majority.
In order to support their wives and children, the young and strong Song people who were taken captive here were either sold to work as slaves in silver mines, or as coolies in the Canghe River, or as slaves and maids in the homes of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
And some of them "smart people" will throw their faces and consciences into the ground and become brokers of human trafficking.
Those Song people who were extremely poor or desperate would be lured into the hub by these so-called compatriots or "borrowing", and then forced to sell themselves with high profits; Or they were simply forcibly pulled or tricked into slave houses, military camps, skin and meat caves, etc., to do some lowly livelihood, and most of the money earned was used to "pay off debts" or pay expensive "poll taxes".
Naturally, if there was such a good goods, the human slave brokers would also sell them to the imperial capital, or sell them to the mansions of the nobles in the city, so that the high-class gold people could have fun and make a lot of money.
However, most of the gold and silver will eventually return to the pockets of the golden.
From the imperial capital to the White Frost City, I don't know how many officials were fed with brains, and some of these slave brokers who were particularly lucky and paid the most tribute would be given the "annex" by the White Frost City government.
Those who have this attachment, although they cannot sit on an equal footing with the Jin people, they also have the power to purchase land and open shops, and their status is far higher than that of ordinary Song people.
In the Jin language, these attached Song people were called "Funa Kusheri", which means "obedient head sheep".
This is the term used by the local shepherds.
There will always be a head sheep in a flock, which can not only coerce and drive the flock, but also cooperate with the herdsmen to appease the sheep to be slaughtered during the annual slaughter season, luring them into the slaughtering pen, and obediently lead the neck to kill.
The attached, who knew the meaning of "Furnakhuri", was not proud of it. In private, they usually refer to themselves as "good citizens".
They are indeed good citizens in the eyes of the golden people.
After all, human trafficking is a lucrative business, and White Frost City is located on the border between the two countries, and there is never a shortage of "goods".
The northern part of the Great Song Dynasty is already densely populated, and because it is close to the two large rivers of Huaishui and Surabaya, the water is abundant and the black soil is fertile, which is very suitable for farming, and the annual output of grain can not only make the people eat and wear, but also exchange for the products of some surrounding countries.
There is fertile soil, there will be hard-working farmers to live here, and many border cities, fortresses and villages in the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty have been formed, and the people are very prosperous.
In the past 20 years, the two countries have been fighting each other, and the number of people of the Song Kingdom who have been captured has also increased, and the "business" of the slave brokers of the people of Baishuang City can be described as extremely prosperous.
They were the same Song people as the exiles, and it was easy for them to win the trust of the other party, and it was better for them to come forward than the Jin people. And the gold people who sit on the fishing profits are not the money they take for nothing, and whenever there is a dispute, they will take the initiative to support these good people.
Over time, the good people became more and more loyal to the "Lord Jinguo", and hated to repay the kindness of the adults.
This also leads to the second benefit, that is, some unseemly transactions, the gold nobles will also be handed over to these good people.
These obedient and obedient citizens will always do things well, even if they miss a moment, they don't care, and they just pull them out to take the blame.
In Akisi's memory, there was a very sensational "disappearance case of the daughter of a golden military household" half a year ago.
Because the military household was quite friendly with his superiors and stabbed the matter in front of a nobleman, the case was finally solved, rather than being shelved like other Song people disappeared or killed.
It turned out that because she was born very beautiful, the golden girl was mistaken for a Song girl by a "good people" broker, so she was deceived into a black shop and poured dumb medicine, and then sold it at a high price under the account of a master of armor as a slave.
Within two days, the girl was dying.
After knowing the truth, the old man was very annoyed, compensated the military household with fifty taels of silver, and personally led the troops to the broker's house to arrest people.
Unexpectedly, the man knew that he had sold the golden girl by mistake, so he dragged the whole family to commit suicide that night, and when the leader arrived, he only found the corpses all over the yard.
In the end, the government came forward to confiscate all the property of the good people brokers, and the case was closed.
The Jin military household, who lost his beloved daughter, knew that there must be something strange about this matter, but because all the people involved in the case died and there was no proof of death, they had to endure it silently.
That's where those good people come in.
The Jin people treat them like an object in their hands, if this object is broken, then they will be thrown away and replaced with a new one, Hengzhi This White Frost City has sufficient supply, and there will always be people who are willing to make this kind of object.
"Are they ...... Run away? ”
The young man's voice sounded, and there was a clear surprise in the eyes behind the peacock blue furniture, which was obviously surprised.
It's not one family running away, it's the whole courtyard running away.
Drag the family with mouths, pots and pans, bring everything you can bring, and the family escapes from the courtyard where the dead people are killed, which is the origin of many movements.
Wei Shu was pulled back to her thoughts by his words, and said with a smile: "The son can be taught." ”
Indeed, everyone in the courtyard is running, including her, and will leave soon.
The household registration system of White Frost City has always been extremely chaotic, which is especially in the north of the city, and it is still a military town, and the city affairs are jointly controlled by the military camp and the government office, and the two sides compete for power very fiercely, and when it is necessary to take responsibility, they often pass the buck to each other.
It's a tacit understanding that seems to be nothing.
The unprofitable human trafficking will inevitably lead to frequent murders of all kinds, and the chaotic household registration system has hidden the intertwined interests of all parties under it, giving everyone a plausible excuse.
With this premise, the Song people living in the north of the city had unwritten rules:
Do not ask the dead, lest they set themselves on fire; If there is a murder, especially if the murder involves a golden person, if you can run, you can run, and most of them can run away. After all, the identity of the Jin people who haunt here is also very low, so what does it matter if you die a few?
"Since everyone has run away, why do you say that the family will be in danger?" The confusion in the young man's eyes was even worse.
Wei Shu sighed: "If the government really makes every effort to investigate, it can still be found." After all, the two dead people ......"
She stopped talking suddenly, and the afterglow of her eyes swept towards the young man's body.
The young man didn't notice the half-revealing meaning, scratched the back of his head, and muttered in a low voice: "The folk customs here are really weird. ”
Wei Shu smiled.
It seems that even though the boy knows about this border town, he doesn't know much.
"Don't worry about them, come close, I'll tell you how." Wei Shu put this matter aside, and beckoned to the young man with a smile, her beautiful eyebrows and eyes were like Jiangnan smoke and water, and even the scars on her forehead were not so scary.
But for some reason, looking at that beautiful smile, the young man suddenly felt that his heart was slightly tight, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his back......