Shen Hao paused while eating and asked, "Did you see a slave come back today?"
Xia Nuruan's voice was soft when she spoke in Shen Hao's arms, and her breath was particularly hot, but she still said excitedly: "Yes, Master, I heard from Butler Hu that there are hundreds of them, all of them are horse tribe. They were all young and strong, and when they came out of the teleportation circle, they attracted the people around to throw stones. In the end, the government officials came forward to prevent these horse people from being stoned to death.
The Horse Clan usually lives close to the big clans. Does it mean that the war is over if they are all captured? "
Shen Hao did not return to the Yamen yesterday but was at the Sword Emperor Tomb, so he did not know about the barbarian slaves entering the city. But it's not surprising. After all, after the victory in the Battle of Sambichu, the Jing Army no longer had any rivals in the barbarian territory. Even the four major front armies were retreating in an orderly manner. This was actually a sign that the barbarian slaves would follow.
After all, it would be more convenient and safer for those barbarian slaves to come back with the retreating four fronts. But Shen Hao didn't expect that Zhu Shou could move so fast, and the first batch of barbarian slaves brought back were all young and strong horses.
Shen Hao had been informed by Zhu Shoupu about the price of barbarian slaves before. The young and strong horses of the horse tribe are definitely the most expensive items and the most sought-after ones. Of course the demand is also huge.
The reason for the high demand is, on the one hand, the large number of people who want to buy, and on the other hand, the huge losses. Who wants their female relatives to indulge in a barbarian’s gadgets? Just play for fun, why don’t you raise ashes by playing all day long? Therefore, the length of time that a general horse family survives after being sold depends on the tolerance of the man who owns it.
Of course, there are also ones that can be used for many years.
"You all said that the Ma people were almost stoned to death by the people in the city. Aren't you afraid when you go out?" Shen Hao also understood the mood of the people in the city. So many great men of the Jingjiu Dynasty died in battle on the barbarian territory, and there might be disciples from Fengri City among them. People might not have the courage to fight in battle, but they still have a lot of courage to hide behind their own army and throw stones at prisoners. of.
Looking at the three weak faces of Xia Nu, they would probably lose their energy if they were hit by a few stones, right?
However, to Shen Hao's surprise, Xia Nu pulled out a sign from her collar and said with a smile: "Master, we are not afraid. This sign means that we have a master, and our master is you." , who dares to hit us?"
"Oh! Are you going to hang this sign outside?" Shen Hao almost forgot. As long as the slaves have an owner, they will have this kind of identity sign. When they meet the government officials on the road, they will ask about this sign. If they can't take it out, they will run away. Slaves or wild slaves would be taken back to prison and tortured.
However, Shen Hao didn't like this kind of tags. He always felt that they felt like dog tags, so he never asked the fox girl at home to take them outside. However, Xia Nu inexplicably likes this card and never leaves her body, even wearing it when sleeping.
"Hmm, if there is a guard, there won't be any problems, right? Wuwu..." After saying this, the voice turned into a whimper, because Shen Hao conveniently pinched Xia Nu's ears, and the two Rub it gently with one finger.
After only eating two meatloaf, Shen Hao stopped eating. He picked up the already limp Xia Nu and went straight to the bathhouse. The three fox girls all understood what Shen Hao was going to do.
Early the next morning, as soon as Shen Hao arrived at the Yamen, he saw Wang Yiming coming up to him with some copper bars.
After bowing politely, Wang Yiming said: "Sir, these are the copper bars that arrived yesterday. Please take a look at them." Wang Yiming has learned to be smart now. He doesn't always like to jump up and stand out like before. Now he is being left alone. After living for such a long time, I also know that "don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't think about what you shouldn't think about."
Not to mention, Wang Yiming's own ability is still very reassuring after he got rid of his past habit of taking the lead to make money. At least Shen Hao left all the execution of the evil-killing operations in Fengri City to him. At present, it seems that he is doing well in all aspects, no worse than Tang Qingyuan and Chen Sheng.
But Shen Hao knew what Wang Yiming was thinking. Now Guangshun and Lianfeng 20% of the chief officers of the Black Flag Battalion have been selected. They are the dignified deputy chief officers of Qianhu. This is almost impossible in other places. For everyone, this is an opportunity not to be missed. good opportunity. Wang Yiming is naturally the one who has the most thoughts about Fu Qianhu in Fengri City.
People will grovel when they ask for something, and they will look for changes in themselves to get what they want. This is normal. Shen Hao doesn't have any objection. He himself looks similar to Jiang Cheng and Pang Ban. However, Wang Yiming is not very stable. For the time being, he is not ready to hand over the position of Deputy Chief of Thousand Households of Black Flag Camp in Fengri City. He will wait and see. After all, Fengri City is his "base camp", and he doesn't want an unstable factor to control it.
Taking the copper bar handed over by Wang Yiming, Shen Hao waved his hand to ask the other party to leave. Then he pushed open the door of the public room and walked in. He asked the concierge to make him a cup of hot tea. He himself opened the paper labeled "Jing" The copper bar "Xizhen Fushi Yamen Zhuan" was opened, and as he expected, it contained news from the southern front.
"Zuo Yuliang is really cruel!"
After a while, Shen Hao put down the copper bars. The content inside made him have to sigh harshly towards Zuo Yuliang, the commander-in-chief of the border army. After the decisive battle of Sangbiqiu, the barbarians in the southernmost area, that is, in the Huzhuyuan area, indeed lost all possibilities of confronting the Jing army, and directly dispersed in the mountains and forests to start a wandering fight with the Jing army.
Dou Dou was very troublesome for Jing Jun. It was an expedition in itself, with heavy baggage burdens and unfamiliar territory. It would be difficult to annihilate the barbarian guerrillas who were like field mice, and it would be easy to trap themselves. In the tired mud.
At that time, Shen Hao thought that once the barbarians started to adopt a fighting posture, Zuo Yuliang would restrain his troops and reduce unnecessary casualties and consumption. Anyway, without the grain-producing land behind Baektu Gorge and the hundreds of thousands of casualties of the main force, the barbarians have long since lost their backbone. They only need to slowly rely on the policy of population plunder to wear them down.
But Zuo Yuliang didn't give up.
"burn!"
Zuo Yuliang ordered the Jingjun to ignite fires in the mountains and forests to the south of the barbarians. Whether they were houses, ordinary haystacks, or large forests, everything that could be burned was burned! The fire in winter is like a devouring beast in the dry southern barbarian land, roaring and turning the southern barbarian land into a red land.
What's more, Zuo Yuliang also started to exterminate several powerful tribes of barbarians, such as the red-eyed wolf tribe and the long-tusked elephant tribe. His methods were more cruel than some of the killers in the Xuanqing Guard. Worse than that.
To use a sentence on this copper strip, it is: The barbarian land to the south is now like purgatory.
