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    "City Master Liu, there are dead people everywhere in the village. You don't want us to help them collect their bodies, do you?" Cheng Huailiang said with some dissatisfaction.  He was really afraid of the humid and hot weather in Borneo, so he couldn't wait to leave immediately, so he was very dissatisfied with Liu Kata's request for them to go to the village again.

    "Haha, General Cheng was joking. Those corpses of the natives were naturally cleaned up by the wild beasts in the forest. As for why we went to the village again, it was because we were in a hurry to treat the wounded. In addition, it was already dark, so it was not suitable to go to the bloody village.  I stayed here a lot, so I didn¡¯t have time to take away some of the loot!¡± Liu Kata smiled very happily, and a golden light flashed in his eyes.

    "Spoils of war?" Hearing this sensitive word, Cheng Huailiang and his soldiers were all shocked. According to military regulations, they can get 30% of all spoils, and the rest need to be turned over. After all, after a war, soldiers  The weapons and armor will be greatly damaged, and there will also be supplies, etc., all of which cost money, so the army should take the bulk.

    "City Master Liu, are you mistaken? Although the Dangu tribe is a large tribe nearby, it seems to be very poor. When we went in yesterday, except for some food and furs, we didn't see anything of value at all!"  As soon as Liu Kata finished speaking, a team member behind Cheng Hualiang smiled.

    "Yes, even those grains and furs were burned by us in a fire yesterday. What's more, these things are not worth much. They are not worth our trip." At this time, another team also spoke.  said.

    "Hey, you don't know. The Dangu tribe used to be the overlord nearby. Small and medium-sized tribes like our Kata tribe need to pay tribute to them. After so many years of accumulation, they have a very deep net worth. But outsiders  It¡¯s just hard to find!¡± Liu Kata said with a smile. As the leader of the tribe, he naturally knew where the wealth in the native tribe was hidden.

    While everyone was talking, they had arrived at the Dangu tribe's village. However, compared to yesterday, most of the entire village was reduced to ashes. Some areas that had not been burned were still sending out a few wisps of black smoke. Only occasionally.  Several unaffected houses still stood on the ground.

    As soon as they approached the village, Cheng Huailiang and the others frowned, because the village was full of corpses.  Coupled with the burning of the fire, the familiar smell of barbecue filled the air, plus the stench from some internal organs.  The smell makes you want to retching.

    Although the smell was unpleasant, Cheng Huailiang and the others were not ordinary people, so they still entered the village steadily.  Then he was led by Liu Kata and soon arrived in front of the temple in the middle of the village.

    Unlike other houses made of wood and thatch, this temple of the Dangu tribe is made of stone.  Although they look very simple in Cheng Huailiang, they are considered to be the highest architectural level in the Dangu tribe.

    However, the area of ??the temple is actually very small, only a few steps long and wide, and except for an altar made of stone, there is nothing else inside except a stone altar with sacrifices such as rice and animal meat placed on it.

    "City Lord Liu. Where is the loot you mentioned?" Cheng Huailiang followed Liu Kata into the temple, and then walked around the altar in the middle, but still found nothing.

    Liu Kata walked to the altar with a smile on his face.  Then he stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the stone on the altar. Then he raised his head and said to Cheng Hualiang and the soldiers behind him: "Everyone, come and help us. Dismantle the altar. The contents inside will definitely not disappoint you."  of!"

    Hearing Liu Kata¡¯s words, Cheng Hualiang and the others suddenly woke up.  The temple is the spiritual sustenance of the native tribe and is also the most important place in the entire tribe.  It was natural for them to place all their wealth under the altar as a sacrifice to their god.

    When Cheng Huailiang and other officers and soldiers took action together, when they used the long knives in their hands to pry open the stone on the surface of the altar, they soon discovered that there was a flash of golden light inside, and then grains of naturally formed gold sand and colorful gems appeared on the altar.  In front of them, although the gems had not undergone any processing, the transparent feeling could make people see at a glance that the quality of these gems must be very good.

    "Haha~, I'm rich. I didn't expect that such a tribe of thousands of people would hide so much gold and gems." Cheng Huailiang's eyes were shining with gold and he shouted with ecstasy.  The reactions of other soldiers were similar. The value of those gems could not be estimated for the time being, but with so much gold piled together, it weighed at least one or two tons. I really don¡¯t know how the natives of the Dangu tribe collected it?

    In fact, one or two tons of gold seems to be a lot, but because gold has a large specific gravity, the volume is not very large, and it is probably larger than ordinary computer cases in later generations.  Of course, the sand in front of Cheng Huailiang and the others was not pure, butAnd it is very loose, so the volume will be larger.  In addition, judging from the appearance of these golden sands, the Dangu tribe may have discovered a gold mine. It is a pity that Cheng Hualiang and the others killed all the people, otherwise they could have forced themselves to find out the location of the gold mine.

    When Cheng Huailiang and the others transferred the gold and gems to the ship, Liu Kata recorded them. After returning, the gold and gems would be appraised and sold by the troops, so that they could get their 30%, which would then be distributed by Cheng Huailiang, the chief officer.  .

    That afternoon, Cheng Huailiang took the ashes of the soldiers who died in the battle and began to return.  Compared with going upstream when they came, the return trip was made by going downstream, so the speed was very fast. It only took half the time when they came. Moreover, when they returned to Kata City, the other two teams were already in the city.  Waiting for them.

    Compared with Cheng Huailiang and his large force, the tasks of the two small teams are easier. Although they have fewer people, the number of opponents is also smaller, and they are closer to Kata City, so they can complete it earlier than Cheng Huailiang and the others.  mission, and the casualties were not heavy. There were only a dozen killed in each team, and there were not many injured, all within the tolerable range.

    The other two teams, under the guidance of the guide, also discovered the treasures of two small tribes. However, the treasures of these small tribes cannot be compared with the Dangu tribe, and can only be regarded as better than nothing.

    Cheng Huailiang's unit was just an action team in this clean-up operation, and there were six or seven teams that came out of the same batch as them. In addition, Changqiao Island served as the headquarters of this operation, and subsequently sent out several batches of action teams, and  The number of each batch was larger than that of the first batch, and in the end, the total number reached more than thirty teams.

    The number of these teams varies, but generally they are not too many. After all, it is difficult to show the numerical advantage in jungle combat, so each unit is an elite team.  In addition, the tasks of these teams are not exactly the same. Some of them, like Cheng Huailiang, exterminate the target tribe to frighten other natives. Others require that all native tribes be captured as slaves to be driven by nearby Han cities.  The army threatens the tribes and asks them to surrender to the Qi Palace, etc. These missions have different objectives, and decisions cannot be made due to local conditions.

    However, although the goals are different, the ultimate goal of this clean-up operation remains the same, which is to clean up the natives in Borneo who are disobedient to the rule, and to remove all the unrest factors found, so that the security of Borneo will be greatly improved.  , and lay a solid foundation for the next step to start in Borneo.

    And not only in Borneo, the situation in Jinzhou is also similar to that in Borneo. Therefore, after the clean-up operation in Borneo, Cheng Huailiang and his other action teams did not rest. Instead, they immediately showed their fangs to Jinzhou and spent several hours.  In a matter of months, the two large islands were finally cleared of all the natives who did not obey the rule.

    Speaking of which, the islands in Nanyang have been in the hands of Li Min for several years. The reason why he suddenly took action against Borneo and Jinzhou was not only the need to collect all kinds of intelligence in the past, but also a very important reason, that is, in  After opening up the American route, plants such as rubber trees and cocoa in the Americas are very suitable for planting in Nanyang. Therefore, the safety issues of Nanyang islands are in front of Li Min.

    It was precisely because of the motivation to start Nanyang that Li Min made up his mind to launch this large-scale cleaning operation to clean up the two largest islands in Nanyang, making it difficult for the local natives to change their climate. At the same time, they had already  After receiving the hint, various large plantation owners rushed to Borneo or Jinzhou to buy land and prepare to start their own large plantations.

    It is also worth mentioning that the plague in Java has finally reached its final stage. Countless natives on the island have died of the disease, and some bold Han people have begun to land on the island and buy a large amount of land on the island at a price that is almost free. Likewise,  They are also preparing to open plantations, but because the number of local natives is too small, these plantations are buying slaves on a large scale. Among them, the Kunlun slaves from Africa are the most popular. In addition, a relatively rare slave has appeared, that is,  The number of white slaves gradually increased.

    The so-called white slaves refer to white slaves. This kind of slaves has appeared before. Most of them were prisoners of war in West Asia, and then they were redeemed and bought into the Tang Dynasty and surrounding areas. For example, the Roman ambassador Ciro became a slave in the Tang Dynasty.  After being taken as a cannibal prisoner of war, he later arrived in Tubo. He was also a slave at first, and later became the bodyguard of Songtsen Gampo.

    However, with the collision between Datang and Dashi, and the signing of the four-nation alliance, the exchanges between the East and the West suddenly became closer. Of course, this can be considered a good thing from all aspects. In addition,  The number of white slaves in various parts of the Tang Dynasty and Taiwan also began to increase, and Li Ke, who was sailing, witnessed the origin of these white slaves with his own eyes.
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