The Ninggu Pagoda crisis has come to an end, serfdom is still serfdom, one country with three systems is still one country with three systems, in short, everything remains as usual.
Emperor Wu Ding has no plans to leave the important town in the north for the time being. Wu Xiao still lives in the best inn in the north of the city as before. He gets up every morning and climbs the tower to observe the death row prisoners escorted from all over the country.
In May, the weather warmed up, and the cabinet issued an edict from Emperor Taichu, to the effect that rebels had been rampant in various provinces recently and spies were everywhere, so it was necessary to launch a new round of salt campaign.
The Ministry of Punishment issued quotas for arresting prisoners to the governors of seven provinces, prefectures and counties, requiring them to ensure quality and quantity.
As a result, from Liaodong to Henan, from Lelang to Huguang, officials from all over the country worked hard to direct the government officials and town guards under their jurisdiction to go to the streets to arrest people.
The reasons for arresting people ranged from open defecation to criticism of government affairs. A large number of "tricksters" were arrested in a short period of time, truly achieving the goal of "collecting all the people who should be arrested, treating them when they should be treated, and not letting anyone slip through the net."
Against this background, a large number of young adults who violated the ban were exiled to Ninggu Pagoda. Most of them will spend the rest of their miserable lives in the northern border and contribute their meager efforts to the construction of the northern border of the empire.
With the arrival of a large number of prisoners, the Ninggu Tower model is also quietly changing.
First of all, the newcomer's twenty-kill stick has been cancelled. The empire's decision-makers are far smarter than slave masters like Qian Sanruo. Human resources are the scarcest and most important resource in this era. For a few taels of silver, people are kept alive. Beating to death or maiming, there is nothing more stupid in the world.
Not only has the killing stick been cancelled, but the living environment of the prisoners has also been greatly improved.
It turns out that the prisoners here lived with piles of garbage, with the corpses of dead rats everywhere at their feet, and they had to compete with rats for food from time to time. At night, all the prisoners are crowded into a small cell, sleeping with their chests on their backs like pigs. If hell is real, then Ningguta Prison must be at the bottom of hell.
In the past, new prisoners were not even assigned a bed and could only sleep on a floor less than one foot square. Unless a prisoner died or was released from prison, there would never be an empty bed. The prisoners eat steamed buns full of bugs. Even this kind of steamed buns require them to pay a high price...
Now, each cell holds only twelve prisoners, which is more than enough compared to the previous eighty-one.
In addition, the wowotou has become freshly cooked, and occasionally you can eat a delicious meal of white rice. The most important thing is that all of this is free, and the prisoners do not need to spend extra money - in fact, they mostly Most people have no money at all.
This is not because the Supreme Emperor has a kind heart or has a conscience.
The reason for improving the living environment of prisoners is that living people are more valuable than dead people.
Not long ago, Li Sanguang and his surveyors from the Geological Bureau discovered a large coal mine in a valley less than 20 miles away from Ninggu Pagoda. According to Li Sanguang's analysis, the coal reserves in the mine are considerable, enough to power all the steam engines in the empire. One year of use.
Therefore, the Ministry of Industry urgently needs a large number of coal workers to participate in the development of Ningguta Coal Mine.
Before this, no mineable minerals had been found within hundreds of miles of Ningguta. Not to mention coal mines, not even an iron mine had been found. For slave owners like Qian Sanruo, it was better to spend money to send those prisoners away. If they go to a mine hundreds of miles away, it would be better to kill them directly after breaking their bones and sucking out their marrow, because the cost is obviously lower.
With this large coal mine, at least tens of thousands of people in Ningguta can be fed, and those desperate prisoners should now naturally become miners in the mine and engage in the most dangerous tunnel operations.
Those prisoners who were tortured to death because they could not pay the money now see new hope.
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Emperor Wu Ding stayed at Ninggu Pagoda for ten days. After instructing Jiang Liu'er to guard this important northern town, he rushed to Sakhalin Island further north without stopping to inspect the ongoing battle on the northern frontline.
The Qi army fought back and forth with the Cossacks on Sakhalin Island, which attracted the attention of Liu Zhaosun. Based on his understanding of the Kaiyuan soldiers, they were fighting the Rakshasa ghosts. The Qi army was basically destroying the ancients.
Sometimes, things are not as simple as you think.
In early May, Liu Zhaosun and his followers finally arrived at this island, which was larger than Taiwan Island, after more than ten days of hard work.
Jiang Liu'er's subordinate, a battalion officer of the 11th Corps, was waiting for the Supreme Emperor and others at Taikoo Port in the far west.
Emperor Wuding stepped on the sampan and jumped ashore in three steps and two steps at a time. This was the first time for a traveler to set foot on the land of Sakhalin Island. Everything he saw was novel to him, and the sky above his head was as clear as In the clear sky, there are running wild beasts in the mountains and forests. The strong sea wind blows through the sails on the mast, whirring, and there is a scene of savage growth everywhere.
According to reports from Qiying officials, there are still hundreds of Cossack survivors on the island. They landed sporadically from the north. After fighting with the Qi army, they fled and went into the dense forest without dare to show their faces. It is estimated that there are not many left. A living person.
The Supreme Emperor became very interested when he heard that there were still Cossacks alive. He told the defenders to organize new recruits to hunt them down. A small group of enemies was not something to be afraid of, and it was just enough for the new recruits to practice.
"Mao Zi is a small group of people, ranging from three to five people to dozens of people. They have no contact with each other. Before landing on the island, they have killed many Sauron people."
After Liu Zhaosun listened to Qiying officer's introduction, he followed the general to inspect the soldiers' garrison.
On the way to the station, the Supreme Emperor bumped into two defenders who had returned from the war. Both of them were carrying chickens and ducks, and they also carried treasures such as Dongzhu jewelry around their necks. It was like entering the village with a cupboard.
Pei Dahu could tell at a glance that the two people were not good, so he stepped forward to interrogate them and asked them why they wanted to take the people's property. The two people had a bad attitude, saying that they were the ones who captured the Rakshasa ghosts, and no one could take it away without confiscation.
Liu Zhaosun interrupted Pei Dahu with a wave of his hand and reminded the head servant that this is the north of the northern border, not in Liaodong, let alone within the pass. When entering the country, you must follow the local customs. In Guan, no one would take a needle or a thread from the people, but here, except for a needle or a thread, everything else would be taken away.
Only then did the two soldiers realize that they had bumped into a high official. They were worried about their lives when they heard Liu Zhaosun ask:
"There are only two of you? How dare you go out to chase the enemy?"
"Why don't you dare to reply to this master? After we fought with Maozi last time, when Maozi saw us, he ran away all night as if we were ghosts. They didn't even have time to take away the many things they looted from various places!"
"The little one went late, and others took away the good things!"
Liu Zhaosun took a breath. He did not expect that the elite soldiers under his command would be reduced to the level of security warfare only three years after they came to Sakhalin Island.
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