As he spoke, Li Yi started shaking his head, smacking his lips in admiration, as if he was savoring some delicacy in the world: "I heard that Brother Feng also named a person for this plan, called "drawing money from the bottom of the cauldron, it's really brilliant!"
Feng Yong stared dumbfoundedly at Li Yi enjoying himself there, thinking to himself, shouldn't this kind of thing be a secret? You, Old Demon Zhuge, have spread the word all over the world. If those people in Nanzhong find out about it in the future, how will you go about pacifying them? Wait until people resist until they die!
Seeing Feng Yong looking around in fear, Li Yi seemed to understand his thoughts and comforted him: "Brother Feng, don't panic. There is no one else in this empty place. There is no need to worry about others hearing."
Feng Yong swallowed, his voice trembling: "Then how did Brother Li know about this?"
"Brother Feng, don't you forget who my lord is?"
Oh, I remembered it, Governor Gaojiang!
Today's captives are basically the work of Li Hui, and the Li Yi in front of him used to take the captives around to sell them. Feng Yong also guessed that it must be Zhuge Yaoyao's idea behind this.
"By chance, I heard that Zhao Erlang mentioned this plan. My elders were full of praise for Brother Feng. Then I thought about the five hundred surrendered prisoners who suddenly disappeared, and the eight ox plows. Your Majesty granted the land of Hanzhong, especially The imperial court issued a decree a few days ago, saying that your majesty is sympathetic to the shortage of manpower among the heroes and can rent slaves to colonize Hanzhong in the name of the imperial court..."
What does it mean that two ounces of oil can be scraped off a stone?
Feng Yong finally saw it. This old demon Zhuge has a dark heart! Originally, I was still thinking about human trafficking, but I didn’t expect Old Demon Zhuge to directly change it to renting!
What does this mean? What they are doing is not a one-time deal. They are treating the surrendered prisoners as reusable resources, repeatedly squeezing out their value as quickly as possible, and extracting the maximum profit.
That's it. If it's for sale, those people can still live for a few more years. But if it's for rent, they'll be lucky if they can survive for three years - your family has used up my family's money, do you want to rest? Yes, you will sleep forever after death.
Maybe if someone is used to death, he will have to pay compensation to the court.
The more Feng Yong thought about it, the more likely it became. With Zhuge Lao Yao's shrewd way of living, this was definitely a sure thing.
As for the pacification of Nanzhong two years later and the acquisition of another group of prisoners of war, it is estimated that they will be sold rather than rented at that time.
By then, Hanzhong should have been basically reclaimed. But reclamation is one thing, manor farming is another. Does farming not require slaves? So you don’t have to make a second investment to continue buying? Two years later, the time point will be just right. No one can do this kind of calculation. If the marketing departments of later generations had market planning like Zhuge Lao Yao, how much money would they make?
As for the first batch of pioneers who were exhausted to death, it can only be said that they were not very lucky.
"Captain Li, would you tell Brother Li such a thing?"
No, we need to confirm first. If Li Hui doesn't even keep such state secrets from Li Yi, then Feng Yong will have to re-evaluate Li Yi's status with Zhuge Lao Yao.
"How can I be so virtuous, my little brother? How can I participate in such national events? It's just that I happened to handle those prisoners of war before, plus these things now. If I think about it carefully, I can guess some clues."
No, no, no, you are not the younger brother, you are the boss!
Every time I meet this guy, I feel like "I wish I had his IQ." It's so enviable!
"Brother Li can have such thoughts, I really admire you!"
Feng Yong was truly impressed.
Li Yi had a smile on his face, as if it was a great honor to be admired by Feng Yong.
"By the way, Brother Feng, I want to know something."
"What's the matter?"
"Which family lives next door to you?"
"The Li family. What a coincidence, they have the same surname as Brother Li."
"Li family?" Li Yi looked a little disappointed after hearing this, and said in surprise, "How could it be the Li family? Could Brother Feng lie to me?"
"What's so good about this kind of thing?" Feng Yong glanced at Li Yi strangely, and his reaction was too weird, "I heard it's still the sixth room of the Li family."
The disappointment on Li Yi's face became even stronger, and he nodded: "I see. I was in a hurry just now, don't blame Brother Feng."
"From what Brother Li said, could it be that he has something to do with the Li family?"
"The surname Li in Shu is naturally related. In this case, I can pay a visit." Li Yi thought thoughtfully.
Isn't it bad for you to say it so blatantly?
Even if Li Hui has some connection with the Li family of the wealthy Shu family, it must be a long-standing connection by blood. Old Demon Zhuge regards the powerful people in Sichuan as porpoises waiting to be slaughtered. Are you planning to trick him by getting close to him like this?
Seeing Feng Yong's strange look, Li Yi's mind turned around and he knew what he was thinking. He smiled to himself and said, "Brother Li, don't misunderstand me. It's just that after seeing off the clan brother, he accidentally bumped into a bullock cart." I almost startled the horse. I got out of the car and apologized, but I didn’t expect that the people in the other car were female relatives. Later I saw the ox cart going to the village next to you, and then I thought about coming over to find out which family the village was. I might as well come over to apologize in the future."
"I have met Mr. Li from Li Village a few times. He seems to be easy to talk to. And since we both have the same surname, it will not be difficult for Brother Li to come and explain."
"The strange thing is that this is the strange thing. After the car collided, the other party's servant was a little domineering and claimed to be from the He family. On the other hand, the female family members in the car were quite ladylike. They accepted the courtesy of the younger brother in the car and left."
Li Yi's eyes flickered and he said with some doubts.
"The He family?" Feng Yong thought for a moment and nodded, "It wouldn't be surprising if the other party really said that he was from the He family. I once heard Taigong Li say that their family is related by marriage to the He family. I don’t know which room it belongs to.”
Li Yi raised his hand and beamed with joy: "Now that we have met, it seems that it must be the He family. This trip to see Brother Feng is really worthwhile. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Seeing Li Yicheng leave happily, Feng Yong was a little confused. How could he be so happy when he came to apologize to someone?
But it's good to see him happy. He's happy, and Feng Yong is happy too. The dark clouds that have been weighing on Zhuangzi for the past few days finally dissipate, and even the housekeeper smiles.
"Master is back?" The steward skillfully took Feng Yong's fishing rod and fish basket, looked into the fish basket, and said with a smile, "The old servant saw that Master was so happy, he thought he caught a big fish today. , to my surprise, I didn’t even catch one.”
Feng Yongle laughed: "I am going fishing, not for those few fish."
The fish in the fish nest had not been raised in the past for a long time, and the fish were all scattered. Today, all the fish caught were small fish, and Feng Yongdu let them go.
The butler didn't care whether he understood or not, he just nodded: "My lord always has a point. The food has been prepared in my house. Do you want to eat it now, lord?"
"Let's take a bath first. It's getting a little cold at night recently. Let's take a bath first before the heat subsides."
The butler nodded: "Then the old servant asked the kitchen to heat up the food first. By the way, Master, today a farmer from the village came to tell the old servant that they are willing to let their children follow the Master to Hanzhong, but I don't know how many to choose?"
