In the next few days, Wang Xun, with the assistance of Malzud, released the captives step by step and restored order in the city. The princes had no reason to keep the captives in vain, so when they saw the envoys from the Celestial Dynasty, they took the initiative to open the Western Market.
When they came out, everyone was selling the prisoners for money, and they were even more excited. They all felt that the envoy was too considerate and considerate, and he was not at all as rigid as the people of the Central Plains in the legend.
As for the phenomenon that Wang Xun was worried about beforehand, taking money and not letting people go, and driving up the "human price". Facts have proved that it is basically asking for trouble. Even under the forcible suppression of the big cannibal, in the past few years, many people in Yaochashui have
Fights often occur between princes. Every time one side wins, many captives will be captured. According to tradition, these captives are eligible to redeem themselves, or be redeemed by their kings, relatives and friends. Therefore, how to estimate the number of captives?
Not only can he make money that satisfies him, but he will not be forced to give up his life rather than go bankrupt. In the countries along the Yaosha River, it has long become a very professional technical activity.
.The princes all have dedicated servants who are responsible for their work. Their vision and eloquence are very unique. There is no need for Sha Qianli, Huang Wanshan and other laymen to point fingers at the side.
Therefore, the "human market" flourished as soon as it opened. Those who redeemed people, those who sold them, and those who were forced to live by the war and would rather sell themselves to the wealthy people's homes as slaves, crowded the market. Some were forced to live by the war.
The warriors under the princes robbed the city when the city was breached. Valuable items that had no specific use were also placed on the street stalls one after another, and were paid like garbage for anyone to pick up. The merchants of the Tang Dynasty who had previously followed the envoys to advance and retreat.
Everyone is making huge profits at this moment, and everyone is making a lot of money. As for whether reselling these bloody properties will cause nightmares, it is not a matter that everyone cares about.
With the support of Wang Xun, Mr. Cheng secretly gathered several colleagues and, in the name of looking for helpers, purchased captives from the "human market" who could speak Tang dialect and seemed unable to afford the ransom fee. Such captives usually
He was also a "traditional businessman" who came from afar and took root in Zhezhe City. When the city was destroyed, his property was looted by the insurgents, and he had no relatives around him. Therefore, he was valued at an extremely low price and casually threw away a sling of copper coins.
If you go, you can take two or three away. From now on, whether you want to cook cattle or horses, or stew and braise them, it is up to the owner to do as he pleases.
After these prisoners who were traders were redeemed, they naturally became shopkeeper Cheng's assistants. The next day, they took heavy copper coins and smooth silk and went to the "human market" to buy more.
Tang Yan's compatriots. Due to the snow and the difficult roads, captives with the blood of the Tang Dynasty became the easiest "goods" to get rid of. When the princes' subordinates found out that there was an advantage to be taken, they
Some slaves with Tang ancestry in the hands of their masters were also pretended to be prisoners and sent to the West Market at a slightly higher price. Tang Dynasty merchants such as Cheng Ji, Wang Ji, Huang Ji and Zhu Ji seemed to be determined to seize the opportunity between the two.
With the opening of the semi-colon in the river area, there was a huge demand for "human goods". They even paid the price according to the price of those who could speak Tang dialect, regardless of age. Within a few days, the captives with Tang ancestry became
The best-selling "goods" in the West Market, and the prices are still rising.
In the face of interests, reason is often vulnerable. Soon, some people sold out all the slaves of Tang descent under their masters, and then started to have the idea of having Tang descent slaves in the army. They lived in the inner city and around Zhezhe City.
The wealthy people also discovered this opportunity to make money. Either they were alert and proactive, or they were confused and sent the Tang slaves purchased by their families a few years ago to the West Market to get rid of them. Old shopkeeper Cheng still ate them as ordered, and no one came.
If you refuse, occasionally bargaining is also a business negotiation, so that the seller is convinced by the discount.
There were also some people who were nosy and quietly asked Mr. Cheng, the shopkeeper, why he bought so many slaves of the same race. The old man gently stroked his beard under his chin and responded with a smile: "Haha, first of all, my old man is soft-hearted and can't look down on his own.
The same people endure hardship, so spending a small amount of money to redeem them can be considered as a good deed. Secondly, these slaves not only know the local customs and customs, but also speak fluent Tang dialect. With a little training, they can become good helpers for the business.
.If we want to develop locally in the future, there will definitely be a place for them. Thirdly, even if they can't do anything, I will only lose a few bags of wheat. When spring comes next year, the ancient silk road will be smooth. Transport them.
If we go back to the Tang Dynasty, we can naturally find their relatives and friends and earn back the ransom money with interest!"
The first reason for accumulating virtue and doing good deeds sounds like bullshit to everyone. The nature of profit-seeking merchants. If you can risk beheading for three times the profit, no one will believe that a person who has risked half his life on the Silk Road
What kind of morality would an old guy care about? But the next two reasons are impeccable. The people did not put a high price on the Tang captives at first, precisely because these people's relatives and friends were far away, and it was impossible to come all the way to replace them.
Redemption. As for Cheng Ji, Wang Ji, and Zhu Ji, who will definitely return eastward with their goods next spring, they just made another business and got a large number of free coolies for free.
After discovering the other party's true intention, the slaves became even more unscrupulous when selling Tang slaves. However, the price quietly increased a little. All Tang merchants continued to accept the orders, so that there was never a backlog in the market.
A few days later, a guy who looked like a manager of a wealthy family came to Mr. Cheng in private to discuss a large-scale "human goods" transaction with him.
This person was very aggressive at the beginning. It was said that he had hundreds of "human goods" in his hand, and he wanted to exchange them all for silk. Shopkeeper Cheng needed to pay a 30% deposit first, but the delivery time of the goods between the two parties would be more than half a month later.
.I had already had an affair with Wang Xun. Shopkeeper Cheng knew that the imperial envoy’s real purpose was about to be realized. He was so excited that his heart was beating fast. But he deliberately put on a very embarrassed expression, sighed, and frowned.
Said: "To tell you the truth, this deal is a bit big. With Cheng Ji's strength, we can barely afford it. But hundreds of people have to be fed all winter, and food is just a
It’s a big problem. And once they cause trouble, the city lord’s hammer is not just for decoration!”
The so-called "city lord" is what everyone calls Wang Xun privately. Although he has never explicitly stated that he will replace him with Ju Che Bi Shi, in fact, he has already become the real master of Zhe Zhe City, with great power.
One hand can cover half of the sky. Yazi, who came to discuss business, heard that Mr. Cheng brought out the Hammer King to discuss the matter, and gritted his teeth and made a concession, "Let me tell you the truth.
My master is really anxious to get rid of the goods. Anyway, this is not the first time we have dealt with each other, so we just treat it as paving the way for the future. As for the price of the goods, my master can give you some discounts, even if the current market situation
Half of them are ready. The money saved is enough for you to buy food for them. As for making trouble, don't worry, old man, they are all gelded bulls and they have long ago not known how to make trouble! Don't believe it,
I can inspect the goods for you in person, pull out any one at random, and if you ask them to slap themselves, they will slap themselves, and if you ask them to bray like a donkey, they will bray like a donkey, and they will definitely not resist!"
"Well, that's pretty much it!" Old shopkeeper Cheng was hurt and angry after hearing this, but he had to continue discussing business. "However, I can only pay you a 20% deposit first. The remaining 80% will be paid when the goods are received.
Paid in full.”
"Okay, but you need good Su silk. You can't fool me with Shandong silk!"
"How can you do it? How can a businessman smash his own sign?" Mr. Cheng, the shopkeeper, smiled and stretched out his hand, high-fiving the other party and announcing that the sale was officially concluded.
Almost within a few days, other caravan shopkeepers, as well as Zhu Ji and Wang Ji, whom Wang Xun secretly sent to pretend to be, also received similar transaction requests. Everyone either paid with tea or silk, which were in high demand in the Western Regions, or
Using gold coins and silver coins taken from the Zhezhe City Palace as deposits, the transaction date for "human goods" was successively determined.
Due to the different distances between the princes' territories and Zhezhe City, the trading time of "human goods" also varied. It only took about seven days for the first batch of "human goods" to be escorted to the designated trading place despite the severe cold.
But the delivery date for the last batch is at least more than a month away.
After the current three batches of about a thousand "human goods" were eaten by buyers, the princes quickly became aware that something was wrong. It turned out that not only their own family was "smart", but other allies were also taking the opportunity to "use waste". But if everyone
If everyone is doing the same thing, the consequences will be too serious.
Thousands of prisoners of the Anxi Army were successively bought by the Tang people. If the buyer behind them was the Hammer King, and these prisoners were armed, why would everyone have the right to speak stiffly in front of the Hammer King in the future? Thinking of this, the princes
He immediately took a breath of air. He was fooled. Everyone must have been fooled. What was used as a clerk, and what was shipped back to the Tang Dynasty to demand ransom at a high price, it was all a pretense for his grandmother. The buyers behind it were not a few traders at all, but the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty.
Me!
No, we cannot let the transaction continue under any circumstances. We would rather pay double the price to those merchants than let the Hammer King continue to grow in strength. Several princes relied on instinct and quickly made a decision that was in their own interests. Then
Contact each other quickly, ask everyone to break the contract with the merchant at the same time, and then unite to jointly deal with the possible crisis.
"It's too much, it's too much!" Nadai, the leader of Huoxun Kingdom, has the least "human goods" and his country is relatively far from Zhezhe City, so he danced the most joyfully at the party, "How could he do this? How could he?
Can this be done? To deceive everyone into thinking they are fools. Even if he is an envoy from the Celestial Empire, and even if he can fight ten people, he should not bully people like this. We have to have a good talk with him. Don’t think that we will all survive after leaving the Tang Dynasty.
Don't go down! Once everyone is cornered..."
"So what if we are in a hurry? Are you going to fight with the Anxi army?" Cao Zhongjie, the leader of Xicao Kingdom, has the closest relationship with Wang Xun. Hearing Nadai's arrogance, he immediately raised his eyes and interrupted loudly. "If you want to go, you can go alone.
Don’t drag us along.”
"You are afraid of the Tang people, but I am not. At worst, let's go and join Dashi again!" Nadai, the leader of the Huoxun Kingdom, was so choked that his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he jumped on his feet to argue.
"Hmph, you can try it!" Cao Zhongjie curled his lips lightly and shattered everyone's illusions with a few words, "The two hundred thousand food army was beaten to a pulp. Now it's too late to protect ourselves. How can we still have any effort?
Support you? Besides, even if someone has the strength to help, what are you going to do to please them? Are you going to kill the heads of the Tianfang sect? Or behead hundreds more people in the area who don’t believe in the Tianfang sect?”
"You..." Nadai, the leader of the Huoxun Kingdom, was speechless, and his face was as black as a pig's liver. After Zhezhe City was destroyed, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes as Ju Che Bi Shi, the princes secretly sent troops to their own kingdoms.
After passing the order, we began to deal with the officials installed by the Great Eater. Some kings had been dissatisfied with the Great Eater in the past few years, so they simply took the opportunity to order their subordinates to uproot the Tianfang Sect forces in their territory. Now they want to fall out with Wang Xun
It's easy, but if you want to please the big eater again, it will take some effort.
Seeing that Nadai was overwhelmed by his few words, Cao Zhongjie continued to sneer at the others, "Aren't they just a few slaves? Could it be that if the Hammer King doesn't spend money to redeem their lives, you can still put them to great use? Besides, the Hammer King
He paid the money and did business with you voluntarily. Even if he doesn't pay and directly orders everyone to hand him over, do you have the guts not to hand it over?"
"We..." Several princes who secretly colluded and prepared to break the contract and refuse to make friends began to turn red. They gritted their teeth and did not dare to reply. The combat effectiveness of the Tang army left a deep impression on everyone on the day they conquered Zhezhe City.
It’s just a mere thousand people, they can attack nearly 20,000 troops, but they can defeat them with one blow? With this power, even if there are no prisoners to join, who among you dares to lead the army and fight against the Hammer King?
A battle?
They just want to hug each other to encourage each other. But if everyone is not united, how can they really hug each other? In the midst of embarrassment, I heard Cao Zhongjie sneer again, "I don't even think about it, how much do I weigh?"
The Hammer King is young and easy to deal with. You can refuse to pay, and he will not openly fall out with everyone. But next spring, Feng Changqing will drive his army through Congling and ask you guys, what are you guys doing?
What are you doing with so many Tang prisoners? How have you treated these old men of his in the past two years? Do you dare to answer Feng Chaozi truthfully?"
This sentence was more intimidating than all the previous words, causing cold sweat to break out on everyone's forehead. Yes, why did everyone just think that the Hammer King in front of them was easier to deal with, and forgot about Feng Changqing behind him. Then
Chaozi is famous for being a protector of shortcomings. Back then, because several of his brothers were bullied, he was able to lead his troops to destroy a tribe. In the past two years, everyone has used Anxi captives as cattle and horses, and tortured them to death. If not now,
If we quickly find a way to remedy the situation, when Feng Changqing comes to ask questions, I'm afraid it won't be a problem that can be solved by just throwing away a few small coins!
