Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Yes." After saying this, Yushufang fell into silence again, and Li Shimin knew that the other party had left.

After sitting on the dragon chair for a while, Li Shimin said to himself: "Hey, I can't imagine that all the sources of all things are tied to you, Zhen'er... If you can really escape this catastrophe, you will come back victorious." , lay down thousands of miles of land for my Great Tang, then even if I promise you... so what?"

However, Li Zhen was not by his side after all, and only the endless silence responded to him...

"Ah Choo! Ah Choo! Ah Choo!..."

Li Zhen who was far away in the south of the Lingnan had been sneezing all the time, and now it was even more excessive. She even sneezed four or five times in a row.

Li Zhen naturally knew what they were thinking, and she became angry from embarrassment: "What are you looking at? What's so good about a sneeze? Have you never seen a sneeze?"

Fang Yiai covered her face and said: "I see a lot of sneezes, it's not surprising, the problem is that you have been sneezing for three days, with an average of one hundred per day, which is a bit abnormal - thank you We did not engage in an ambush, otherwise you would continue to sneeze..."

"Get out of here, go and watch the rear army." Li Zhen became furious and kicked Fang Yi'ai far away.

"Really, it's not a gentleman to just do it if you can't say it." Fang Yiai glanced at Li Zhen contemptuously, yelling endlessly, but still went to patrol the front obediently.

"Wang Can, map, where are we now?" Li Zhen knew that it was the best way to divert attention at this time.At this time, they had already wiped out Linyi's [-] troops, and they chased after them. They also killed all the [-] troops that were attacking Luofu Prefecture.

The army of the Tang Dynasty released Luofu Prefecture smoothly, but it is a pity that after the scourge of Linyi, Luofu Prefecture has been completely destroyed, all the cities have been destroyed, and the people are not alive. If you want to recover, I am afraid that it will not be possible in a few decades. - Of course, this refers to the case of natural recovery.

However, this is the springboard for Li Zhen to conquer Nanyang, and it is also the most important bridgehead for Datang to immigrate to Nanyang. Luofu Prefecture is destined to become the most important place in Datang in the next 30 years. How can Li Zhen allow Luofu Prefecture recover slowly?

With the full support of Datang and Li Zhen, the speed of development here will be a blowout, and it will soon become one of the few upper states in Datang.

After regaining Luofu Prefecture, Li Zhen and Qiu He separated, and Qiu He led the army back north to Jiaozhou to rest.After Li Zhen saw the tragic situation in Luofu Prefecture and Anren County, he changed his plan to meet Xue Rengui by sea boat, and instead led his youth army to continue south—he planned to kill all the way. Let the Linyi people themselves taste the taste of being slaughtered and destroyed.

"Yes." The staff officer named Wang Can immediately took out the map from his bag and spread it on the stone.

"Where are we now?"

"Here now." Wang Can pointed to a place on the map and said: "Ri Li (Dong Hoi City, Vietnam), this was originally an ancient country, and later Lin Yi gradually became a vassal state of Lin Yi, and was gradually assimilated by Lin Yi. Now it has become one of the cities of Linyi Kingdom, and it is also the largest city in the north of Linyi next to Datang.

Because it is close to Datang, Rili itself is close to the sea and relies on the trade between the two countries, so the development here is not bad-of course, the good here comes from the population of Linyi. The prefecture is not comparable, and at most it can reach two upper counties ("Wu De Ling" stipulates that a household with a population of more than 2 is an upper county. Even if a family is counted as a minimum of four people, a county is more than 2 people) .Rili has a total population of more than [-], and there should be about [-] people in the prime of life. If all goes well, this city alone is enough for us to pay back our capital. "

The return he was talking about was naturally to capture these young men back as slaves and sell them to Li Yusi—originally Li Zhen thought that Li Shimin's is his own, and these prisoners of war were all given away for free.But later Li Zhen discovered that these prisoners of war slaves given away for nothing were not regarded as human beings by the people in the Liyu Division. The loss of slaves in Li Yusi was extremely fast-the Ziwu Road, the first road to Shu, was built in this way.

Chapter 365 The Thriving Slave Trade and the Arena

Chapter 139 The Thriving Slave Trade and the Arena

Later, the loss of slaves was too fast, and Li Zhen couldn't stand it anymore. The slaves he captured were no longer given to Li Yusi for free, but sold to them at a clearly marked price, because they were bought with their own money. Yes, slaves will naturally not be used as crazy as before, which effectively slows down the loss of slaves.From this, Li Zhen also realized a truth-it is not her own thing, it really doesn't hurt to use it.

However, Li Zhen's clear price tag also led to the rise of another industry - the slave trade.

Slave traders were not uncommon in the Tang Dynasty, but they were done by foreigners before, and most of the slaves sold were high-level slaves, such as subjugated princesses, beautiful singers, or warriors who were defeated and captured.

Li Zhen's warrior Ben Yin, Creevey and Aya were all captured by slave traders and sold to Datang. Even the old man Jiang Huan was bought by Li Zhen from the market.

It's just that there was not much slave trade at that time, and most of the slaves sold were high-level slaves with strange abilities, and the number of them was relatively small.

But now seeing that ordinary slaves can make a lot of money, they are suddenly crazy. Ordinary slaves are cheap, but they can’t stand the large number, and they are easy to raise. They are not as precious as high-level slaves. Even if one or two die on the way, they don’t feel bad. As a result, various foreign slaves (mainly Li Shimin's regulations prohibiting capture of Tang people as slaves, and once discovered, they will be shot to death) were sold in large quantities.

The prosperity of the slave industry caused great disasters in the small countries around the Tang Dynasty, especially in the border areas, where villages and villages were captured, and the local government received news of missing people almost every day.It's not that they haven't complained to Datang, but Datang never paid any attention to them. Even if they were approached, they would just make a fool of themselves—how could Datang spit out the meat that fell into his mouth? ...

Nowadays, not only foreigners are engaged in the slave trade, but also many Tang people are involved, and even some large caravans have similar sidelines. Once they meet a small independent tribe, they will be encircled and suppressed by the way. Earn a little extra money—caravans stipulate that slaves belong to private property. As long as you have the ability to catch them, the caravan will not ask you for them, but only a little management fee and food consumption fee, which is quite humane.

For this matter, Datang is supportive. As long as the slaves brought back are not too bad, they can basically make a small profit.And now not only the Liyu Division has slaves, but even some wealthy businessmen or landlords will do one or two of them.

There are also some specialized rich merchants who will raise some war slaves and play games in the Datang Royal Arena for profit,

Speaking of the Royal Arena, it is now considered a legend. It was opened by Li Zhen's uncle Yan Jingsi and a few friends, and it is now the number one arena in Datang.Not only has the headquarters in Chang'an been decorated more magnificently, but branches have also been opened in major cities.

Today's arena's reputation has spread throughout East Asia, and even people in West Asia have heard of his name.

Not only is there passion and blood here, but it is also a place to let your dreams fly, lead to the upper class, and become a shortcut to become a master——There used to be countless warriors who became famous here, and then they were hired by various big shots as bodyguards, even He was directly selected by the army and became an officer to realize his life value.

In particular, the arena's annual super-large-scale event-the Bravery Tournament, produces a first warrior every year, that is, the championship.

This competition has been held for ten times, and the champion of each time will be recruited by the army, at least a school lieutenant, and it is said that the best one is now a Zhonglang general, and it can be said that he has embarked on the journey of life. peak.

Even if you don't win the championship, as long as you get a good ranking, you will be hired by the rich or nobles, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for life.

If you don't want to depend on others, but as long as you can get a good ranking and spread your reputation, you will be popular wherever you go in the future. Whether it's opening a martial arts gym, opening an escort agency or even directly forming a slave hunting team, you don't have to worry about no business.

Therefore, this place has been regarded by countless young people who have nowhere to serve the country as a step forward. Every day, warriors from all over the world come to participate in it, in order to fight for a future.

Of course, there is not only the future, but also life and death here. There are indeed warriors with dreams coming in every day, but there are also countless warriors who are carried out and become losers...

Without further ado, let’s get down to business. What Wang Can said naturally refers to the slave trade.

Rili has a population of 5, of which more than 2 are in the prime of life. According to the price given by Li Zhen, the price of a slave in the prime of life is between three and five guan. If you remove the ones killed in the battle, the ones that fall into Li Zhen's hands will cost [-] guan.

They just came out to fight a battle, and except for food and medicine, they didn't consume much, and it would never exceed 5000 guan.If you go back immediately after making this sum of money, then not only will you not lose money on this trip, but you will also make a small profit—of course, this is talking about the [-] people on Li Zhen's side, not including Xue Rengui's side.

"I didn't come here for such a small amount of money." Li Zhen said in a deep voice, "If I were the whole of Nanyang."

"Yes, my subordinate made a mistake." Wang Can quickly changed his words.

Li Zhen ignored him, but gestured twice on the map with her finger: "We are in Rili now, and the meeting place is in Fuchun (Hue City, Vietnam, located in central Vietnam), that is to say, we still have Going...nearly six hundred miles?"

Li Zhen and Xue Rengui agreed that the meeting point was Fuchun, and then the two sides joined forces to attack Sangapura, the capital of Linyi, capture Fan Touli (the king of Linyi) alive, and demote all the nobles in Linyi to slaves.

But now the plan has changed, Li Zhen ordered Xue Rengui to attack Fuchun, and then use this as a base to establish Datang's forward base to the south of Nanyang.He alone undertakes the task of attacking Sangapura. Once Singapura is occupied, he will immediately implement the three-light policy (snatch light, capture light, and occupy light) to provide prerequisites for Datang to occupy here.

And Li Zhen led the team to continue to attack south until Fuchun and Xue Rengui joined forces, creating a life channel that runs through Linyi, laying the foundation for the future immigration development of Datang.

"But six hundred miles is a straight-line distance." Hearing Li Zhen's muttering, Wang Can said speechlessly: "The actual distance and the straight-line distance sometimes differ by several times. Your Highness, haven't you learned how to draw a map? Still making this mistake?"

"Shut up, I haven't finished yet." Li Zhen is not arrogant and angry this time, he studied mechanical design in college, and naturally he has studied drawing, and the chanting on his mouth is just a habit ( Many people have this habit of saying).

Chapter 366

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"Nanyang belongs to the tropical rainforest climate, most of which are forest lakes and high mountains, and have not been artificially developed, which belongs to the original environment state, which adds a lot of difficulty to the road, and the distance alone has to be at least three times longer. This is still in an ideal state... If it is not ideal, then at least five times the distance, six hundred times five is three thousand miles..."

"This road is full of miasma, swamps, and poisonous insects and snakes everywhere... We must be careful along the way, and we must not be a little reckless... That is to say, our speed should not be too fast... When will we go? Huh?" Before being filled with anger, Li Zhen didn't think it was too far away, she just thought that as long as she went all the way, she could always meet Xue Rengui, but now she counted the time - three thousand miles, one day is considered to be one hundred miles, That will take a month. The question is, in the current situation, can the Boys' Army travel a hundred miles a day?

If this is on the plains and marching in a hurry, there is still a possibility. The problem is that this is a rainforest, a rainforest that eats people without blinking an eye.The 5000 people I have are quite a lot, but if I really want to go in, I can't even splash a bubble. If I break into some forbidden place, among other things, the miasma alone will kill these people.

Therefore, I can only walk slowly and carefully on this road. I am thankful that I can walk thirty miles a day.

"But we have no way out." Wang Can said in a low voice: "Jiaozhou has not contacted us for three days, which means that there may be a problem in the rear. Our way back has been cut off. Not only did we not After retreating, even the supplies are getting less and less—Your Highness, we must rush to Rili as soon as possible, and only after replenishing there will we have enough supplies to go back to Huanzhou."

Li Zhen asked strangely: "Go back? When did I say I was going back? I said it before I left. If I don't fight to the capital of Linyi and capture Fan Touli alive, I don't plan to go back to my teacher."

"What? The back road is cut off, Your Highness, do you still have the mood to move forward?" Wang Can was taken aback. There was a problem in the rear, so it's fine if you don't go back, and that person is still going to continue to fight—Your Highness, your heart is also Is it too big?