Siheyuan: I decide the fate of the world with my medical skills

"It should have started snowing in the capital city of Xianyang..."

Sitting on horseback, Li Shang gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a bamboo cloak and covered himself with it to avoid the scorching sun in the south.

Behind him, rows of thin, brown-skinned slaves followed in order, like a moving boat, waiting to move forward. He led the cavalry company to capture the camp of the Ouyue tribe, and the captured captives were originally intended to fill the problem of insufficient manpower on the farm.

However, this approach was consistently opposed by the commander-in-chief Ren Xiong, who believed that the Ouyue people who surrendered and then rebelled could not be trusted. If they were allowed to be settled in an area not far from Panyu, there was a fear that something bad would happen.

Therefore, these women were sent to Longchuan to be traded for local tribal resources. Then they were sent to Panyu for public auction. Most of them were bought as wives by the brave Vietnamese who were generously rewarded, and the remaining small part was taken over by the Qin people in the surrounding areas of Panyu.

As for the strong Vietnamese men, they were sent to the villages of the Luoyue ethnic group. In exchange for a small amount of edible salt and cloth, they received more than 10,000 slaves, so that the transport ships returned fully loaded. However, some ships were lost in the face of the impact of wind and waves. The Qin fleet was generally spared, but the Luoyue slaves imprisoned in the cabins were unfortunately all killed on the way.

Therefore, when the ships landed, the number of slaves, which had originally been close to ten thousand, had dropped sharply to only about seven thousand.

What is surprising is that some of the slaves have extremely dark skin, and their appearance is very different from that of the Yue people.

According to the minister in charge of purchasing slaves, this was the first time he had seen Vietnamese with such dark skin.

After several rounds of translation, the local Vietnamese explained that these were caught from distant islands.

Li Shang rode his horse and lowered his hat brim to look at the view. He sighed: It turns out that the vast ocean not only includes the South China Sea Islands mentioned by Your Majesty, but also some unknown islands. What a strange world!

I wonder if there is a legendary queen named "Queen Mother of the West" between heaven and earth? Or if Xu Junfang sailed eastward, did he find the legendary fairy island leading to the fairyland?

While he was lost in thought, he arrived at a farm and handed the slaves to the local tribal leader who appeared with a flattering expression on his face.

After several days of contact and communication, Li Shang gradually learned some Vietnamese.

The tribal leader swung the leather whip vigorously and shouted: "Those who urinate or defecate anywhere will be whipped twenty times; those who play near the river will also be whipped twenty times; escaped slaves will be caught and thrown into the river for crocodiles to eat..."

While listening, he greeted several Qin people who came forward, "Hello, General!"

"What are you doing?"

Seeing the razors in their hands, Li Shang asked the question in confusion.

A Qin man who came with Ziying from Xianyang complained: "General, you may not know that there are ways to restrain beasts, but these slaves are all traitors who seek comfort! We give them clothes and roofs, and we also treat their illnesses!"

"But these beasts only think about escaping every day."

"So the sheriff ordered that all slaves on the farm shave off all their hair!" he explained.

"No matter where the fugitives hid, they could be identified from a distance by the top of their smoothly shaved heads."

Li Shang nodded in agreement. According to his understanding, not only should the slaves’ hair be cut, but it would be best to make notches and marks in obvious places, just like cattle and horses in pens.

But he also knew that Ziying would never do such a thing.

Although they all share the same bloodline and benevolence of the Ying clan, they have fundamental differences in how they handle problems... Li Shang shook his head slightly and said goodbye to the Qin people who were balding their slaves.

Not far into the plantation, he looked over from his horse and saw that the situation was different from when he had left.

More than 10,000 mu of wasteland has been transformed into wide rice fields, and human-powered seeding carts are used to sow seeds for winter crops;

The area near the road was surrounded by a stone wall, and houses were built with neatly arranged bamboo and wood beside the wall, like rows of houses.

It is said that the location facing the bamboo residence was built into a square public house using the method submitted by a minor official from a certain place.

“Hey, what’s that?”

Along the riverside wooden arrow tower, a huge and strange arrow machine fixed under the eaves at the top of the arrow tower attracted everyone's attention.

Therefore, Li Shangren stopped his horse and ran quickly towards the arrow tower.

"Captain!" The soldier guarding the arrow tower performed a courtesy gesture.

"What kind of device is this?" Li Shangren nodded and went straight into the topic.

"This is a device called 'Sea Eagle', sent from the capital. It is said that the emperor once used it to shoot a giant whale in the sea. Therefore, this huge crossbow was named Sea Eagle!" said a squad leader with a smile.

Li Shang tried to operate this so-called "Sea Eagle" and was surprised to find that the model in front of him was completely different from the model he had seen in the capital.

"Why the rush?" He tried to operate the ring-shaped object on the back of the giant eagle.

"This is a part called a winch. Rumor has it that it is a masterpiece invented by your majesty." The squad leader's eyes sparkled and he said, "After using the winch, the 'Sea Eagle' that previously required five or six strong men to start can now be started by only two or three people."

"This is amazing!" Li Shang was very interested and asked, "Can we try launching it?"

The squad leader hesitated for a moment, but looked towards the shore and finally agreed to his request to try.

Then he called out loudly and sent for bows and arrows.

The merchants of Li knew that the separate use of archery and bows and arrows was to prevent people from taking advantage of them, and to treasure the power of the arrows and bows. Except for battle, it was normal to strategically keep neither the arrows nor the bows stringed.

Soon after, the quiver was ready. An iron arrow more than two feet long was placed on it, and then a long rope was connected behind it.

As he enjoyed the experience and the sense of accomplishment alone, he declined the soldier's request for assistance and wound the string himself.

"I really didn't disappoint the captain who hit the crocodile in the water. He knew exactly what he was doing!"

The squad leader praised Li the merchant in his native dialect.

After loading the arrows, Li Shang sighed: "Where are you from?"

"I am from Taiyuan County. What does this captain mean by that?"

"I'm just plain curious..."

He smiled, then began to operate the huge eagle-shaped mechanism to aim at the big lizard sleeping in the sun on the wall.

"boom!"

As the hammer fell to the ground, an iron arrow was launched rapidly with a sharp sound of breaking through the wind.

In just a moment, the lizard was pinned to the ground and struggled with all its limbs to escape.

"Wow, it hits the mark!"

Li Shangren cheered. To be honest, there was a bit of gambling involved in his shot, but from the obvious point of view, he did have a chance to win the bet.

"What are you arguing about? Be quiet! Speak clearly one by one!"

Li Shang slammed the door hard, then shouted to the noisy Yue people in the room: "Do you know whose place this is? Who are you giving face to?"

Seeing him enter, the leading Yue people immediately knelt on the ground, imitating the Qin people.

"My lord is ready." Li Shang bowed, put his hands in his pockets, and stood outside the door nodding to Ziying with a teacher-like attitude.

Ziying breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"It doesn't matter what happened before. Follow the instructions of the county government to arrange your residence and allocate locations according to the order of arrival. A lord with 500 households will be promoted to the position of Zhanniao; a lord with between 300 and 500 households will be promoted to the level of Shangzao."

"Yes, not only that, even one of your descendants will have the opportunity to be granted the title of Supreme Creation!"

After saying this, I thought these Yue people would be flattered, but unexpectedly they were indifferent.

Li Shang knocked on the door gently, "Who is silent this time?"

A leading Yue people spoke up, "We have investigated clearly that the title of Qin is not hereditary... We hope to obtain a hereditary position!"

"Don't you know that the leaders of the Yue tribe are also selected or fought for?" Li Shang frowned and stared at the Yue man who made the request, and asked, "How did you become the leader?"

"I inherited my father's property, right?" the other party looked confused.

"Stop lying!" the old rival ruthlessly exposed, "How can you become the chieftain without chopping off your father's head?"

The clerk who saw this scene explained to Ziying that the Yue people widely practiced the system of intermarriage. Their traditional concepts of marriage and love were different from those of the Chinese. Killing the father might only refer to the nominal or actual father.

Li Shang shouted loudly to deter the noisy crowd: "I have something to say. You are now hiding in the valley, well-fed and worry-free, but you are always worried about those ferocious beasts coming to prey on you."

Now Chao Gang is willing to negotiate with you and allow you to return to the surface, and provide you with teachings on farming, weaving, and house building techniques... In this way,

You and your family no longer need to sleep in the trees, and no longer have to worry about being hunted by wild beasts at night... All you need to do is bring your family down the mountain, pay the taxes due for nearly a decade,

You can live a prosperous life similar to the people in Qin!

In addition, although the Qin people do not have the privilege of inheriting the title of hereditary nobleman, as the leader of the Nanyue land, you have many opportunities to make meritorious contributions and be promoted to noble positions...

It will make your throne great.

Such a declaration made King Ziying of Qin frown slightly; while the leaders of the various tribes of Yue first burst into laughter and then fell silent.

A short lady leader of the Vietnamese tribe asked, "How much silver do we need to prepare to repay the tax?"

Wang Ziying knew this woman before. When he gathered the chiefs of the Yue tribe to discuss, she expressed her intention to surrender, so he smiled gently and said:

The repayment amount is not much, please rest assured, one household can meet the conditions by paying 12,000 copper coins...

"Cough cough..."

Li Shang took a deep breath and before he could catch his breath, he waved his hand to indicate that the problem was solved.

Even though he already knew the amount of tax the government needed to pay, he still felt somewhat dissatisfied when he heard that it was "less than 10,000 or 20,000".

A female chieftain of the Yue tribe calculated and estimated that there were about several thousand households in their tribe. However, faced with such a huge ransom condition, she had to feel hesitant and troubled. The emperor's request was too huge... In desperation,

Ziying shook his head helplessly and began his routine speech:

"Do you know about the previous population enslavement of Yueyue women? What is the so-called "enslavement"? "

The leaders of the tribes exchanged glances with doubtful eyes...

"''It's... it's..."

Li Shangjia explained, "The market transaction value of an average maid is between 1,700 and 3,500 coins, with an average price of about 2,000 coins. Stronger maids usually have a transaction value that exceeds this number, around 2,300 coins, while the transaction value of young children is generally only 1,500 coins."

"Your Majesty's benevolent policy is to require each household in the settled tribe to contribute only two elderly and healthy slaves and one child to offset the debt."