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    Chapter 253 Revisiting the Slavery Industry

    Regarding Cui Yu¡¯s suggestion, not only did Li Min nod his head after hearing it, but Yan Bei, Li Ke and others also felt good about it. After all, breaking people up and making them slaves would not only frighten other natives, but it would also not make Li Min look too cruel.  Only Li Zhen felt a little unsatisfied. After all, in his opinion, only by wiping out these natives would he be able to truly breathe a sigh of relief.

    After deciding what to do with the natives of the eight tribes, Li Min discussed with everyone how to attack these tribes. At this time, Lu Qing came up with a very good idea, which was to send a small army from Keelung City.  Part of the army then spends money to hire friendly familiars from the surrounding areas to fight. Firstly, it can reduce casualties. Secondly, those tribes live in forests and mountains. It is really difficult for the Han army to adapt. It is better to use these familiar familiars as the main force.  .

    Li Min praised Lu Qing's method loudly. He didn't have much armed force in his hands, so naturally he couldn't use it in a fight with these natives. So as long as he could reduce the casualties of his own people, it would be useless to spend some money.  A piece of cake.

    After the matter was agreed upon, Li Min handed over the matter to Lu Qing. After all, he was a local boss here and knew the locals and people very well, so Li Min was very relieved to have him handle it.  In addition, Yan Bei volunteered to join the team that wiped out eight native tribes, mainly responsible for logistics and other work.

    Li Min was also very clear about Yan Bei's little thoughts. He just wanted to take the captured natives into his own hands, and then select the best among them and send them to the plantation under his name.  Although Yan Bei's approach was a bit shameless, Li Min did not stop it because he knew that Yan Bei would definitely send the best portion to his plantation in Prince Qi's Mansion.

    However, although Yan Bei is shrewd, Cui Yu and Wang Kuang are not fools. Although they are not from Prince Qi's palace, they shamelessly squeezed into the Qing Dynasty army by relying on their good relationship with Li Min. Of course, they are not trying to fight with Yan Bei.  Bei robs people, and even if they rob them, they can't rob them. But after Yan Bei robs the first batch, they can pick out the better ones among the remaining people. This is better than passively waiting for distribution.  .

    Lu Qing is indeed a rare talent. Two days after Li Ming handed over the matter, preparations for sending troops were almost complete. Keelung City only sent a thousand elite troops this time, and also hired four thousand elite natives.  Even though these natives all look the same, the conflicts between tribes are also very sharp, and the disaster of genocide may occur at every turn. In addition, they have no concept of country and nation, so as long as they spend some money, other tribes can  Naturally, people are very willing to make some extra money, and they can also eliminate a few powerful enemies. It is simply killing two birds with one stone. There may even be natives who secretly laugh at the Han people for being stupid because they have too much money.

    Li Min didn't pay much attention to this dispatch. After all, the opponent was just a group of natives, and they were scattered into eight tribes, unable to respond to each other. In addition, they hired so many natives, it can be said that  It was a sure thing, so when Lu Qing went out to fight, there was no decent ceremony held in the city. Li Min went to the city gate to toast a thousand soldiers with a glass of wine, and then set off.

    In fact, it was exactly what Li Min had expected. The strength of the several native tribes was indeed not worth mentioning. They did not even use the thousand people Lu Qing led to attack. The four thousand elite natives were enough to kill them one by one.  Eight tribes were wiped out.  But there are some problems. For example, battles between natives usually end with the annihilation of the tribe. After all, the productivity of the natives is low, and there is no extra food in the tribe to feed prisoners of war, so there are generally no survivors left.

    Regarding this battle, although Lu Qing had repeatedly emphasized to the native soldiers in advance, in the end, some of his old habits showed up and he was killed easily after catching them. This made Lu Qing so angry that he had to kill a thousand of his men.  The people acted as a military law force to stop the murderous behavior of the native soldiers.

    As a result, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield this time. A native soldier finally knocked down his opponent. He was about to go up and kill him with a knife. But at this moment, a Han soldier suddenly ran out from the side and used his shield first.  He held the weapon of the native, and then yelled a few words in native dialect. At the same time, he did not forget to kick the enemy who was struggling to stand up, and finally worked with the native to catch the opponent with a rope.

    Although the actions of the Han soldiers were very dangerous on the battlefield, as the saying goes, people die for wealth. In order to increase the enthusiasm of these soldiers for catching slaves, Li Min had long made a promise that every time he captured a native, he would classify them according to their physical strength.  , all have rewards of different amounts, and it is precisely because of this that they work so hard.

    In just a few days, Lu Qing had wiped out five tribes and captured more than 10,000 slaves. They were all sent to Keelung by Yan Bei. Then Li Min came forward to organize people from various plantations to auction them.  Selling slaves was something Li Min was used to doing when he was in Dengzhou, but usually it was Yan Bei who came forward and he was behind the plan.??, although this was the first time that I moved from behind the scenes to the front desk, I did it well.

    Li Min did not invent the slave-trading industry. Slave-catching occurred as early as the end of primitive society. The slave-catching industry in the Tang Dynasty was also very prosperous. Silla maids and Kunlun slaves were both high-end goods in short supply.  However, the ancient industry of slave-catching and trading was really promoted in the hands of Li Min. Whether it was the northern grasslands or the Goguryeo Three Kingdoms in the northeast, Li Min's shadow was behind the prosperous slave-catching industry.

    However, with the demise of Goguryeo, the slave-catching industry in Dengzhou has begun to decline after a period of madness. In this regard, Li Min had to find new sources of slaves, one of which was north of Yingzhou, that is,  In later generations, the Northeastern Province was home to the Khitan, Xi, and Jurchen ancestors Mohe and other ethnic groups. These ethnic minorities were collectively called Hu people by the Tang people.  As a time traveler, Li Min was well aware of the harm these two ethnic groups had brought to later generations of the Central Plains dynasty, especially the Jurchen tribe, and he could not allow them to develop under any circumstances.

    Therefore, after his guidance and the help of Zhang Jian, the governor of Andong, many slave-catching teams from Dengzhou have entered the north of Yingzhou and began to work together with the local Tang army to capture the local barbarians overtly and covertly.  It's just that it is only one of the sources of slaves in Li Min's plan, and there is another slave production area waiting for him to develop.

    "However, the slaves in Dengzhou can only be supplied to the Tang Dynasty, and they can barely support it. There are no redundant slaves at all.  But now Li Min wants to build a sugarcane plantation on Liuqiu Island, which requires a lot of manpower. It is definitely not enough to just immigrate and hire local natives, and hiring will also increase the cost of the plantation, so almost all planting  The garden owners thought of buying slaves.

    But slaves are not something you can buy if you want. The number of natives on the street is limited, and for the sake of the stability of the island, it is not suitable to capture a large number of slaves. Otherwise, if you provoke the hatred of the natives and cause trouble with Li Min everywhere, then  It's definitely a waste of money.  As for the eight tribes, they were the ones who offended Li Min first, so capturing them as slaves was the highest point of morality. In addition, there were other natives involved, so there was no need to worry.  However, this number of slaves alone is obviously not enough to meet the needs of the island.

    "Prosecutor Cui, do you understand what I mean?" Li Min was in Prince Qi's Mansion in Keelung. He and Cui Wei were the only two people in the palace, and Li Min was asking Cui Wei with a serious face.

    "Your Highness, I understand!" Cui Wei said excitedly, "Your Highness wants me to come forward and organize the desperadoes who have returned from the island to become a professional slave-catching team on Liuqiu Island, and then go  Java and other places captured slaves to supplement the labor gap on the island.¡±

    "Yes, this matter is extremely important to the development of Liuqiu. You must not disappoint me!" Li Min said with a smile, although this Cui Wei made Li Min very worried because of his relationship with Cui Yu and Cui Mengxue.  Important, but Li Min was still a little worried about his own talents, so he gave this to him first, which can be regarded as a small test.

    Cui Wei obviously understood that Li Min was testing him, and he also got some information from Cui Yu. He knew that the King of Qi in front of him was very fond of Shenliu Qiu, so sooner or later someone would need to govern this place, and although Lu Qing was talented  Not bad, but he is a leader after all. As a smart person like His Highness King Qi, he will naturally not let one person combine military and political power. In other words, there will definitely be a need for a top chief executive to manage Liuqiu, and  Judging from the current situation, I am undoubtedly the most likely and qualified person to sit in that seat.

    When Cui Wei thought of this, he couldn't help but feel even more excited. After being assigned to Liuqiu last year, he thought that his career would be ruined and that he might even lose his life here. However, he didn't expect that things would turn around. Although Liuqiu was barbaric, he was  With the attention of King Qi, his future development will be unlimited.  And his future is far greater than being the governor of the Tang Dynasty.

    Li Min looked at Cui Wei, who was full of joy, and couldn't help but nodded. Talking to such a smart person saves effort. As long as he gets up, others can guess his plans. No wonder Cui Wei can do it.  The high position of state governor?

    After seeing off the ambitious Cui Wei, Li Min sat alone in the palace and pondered.  The first thing he did when he came to Liuqiu was to meet his uncle Yang Jian, and then integrate his forces. Now Liuqiu's periphery is all under his control. Although there are still some natives inside, they are not a problem.  As Liuqiu develops, it will definitely erode the living space of the native people step by step, so they will either integrate into the life of the Han people, or they will be eliminated by the general trend.

    In addition, the plantation is also developing in an orderly manner amidst chaos. The slave capture has just been arranged by himself, but this is not enough. There is still one most basic problem that has not been solved in Liuqiu Island, but this problem goes beyond Li  In addition to Xuan's ability, he must wait for the king who is out.After coming back, the two of them will discuss it before they can finally decide. Counting days, Wang An should be back soon, right?  To be continued.
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