The residents of Chang'an City under the leadership of the Tang Dynasty were driven away by Cecilia and the Five Elements Banner warriors, and gathered in a square in front of the imperial palace in Chang'an City.
There were probably less than a thousand people.
Under normal circumstances, there are 1,200 to 300 residents in Chang'an City, but among them, the slightly powerful dignitaries and nobles have already gone to other territories to seek refuge through the portal.
Of course, these are not all of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Territory has a total population of nearly 10,000, of which only more than 1,000 can live in Chang'an City, considered "first-class citizens"; the rest have about 2,000 people, living in villages and towns outside Chang'an City, and are "second-class citizens"
Waiting for citizens.”
There are also more than 5,000 slave laborers, who, under the supervision of supervisors, work in underground mines in exchange for daily necessities.
Cecilia stood next to Bai Xiaowen and whispered: "The concentration of spiritual energy in the Tang Territory seems to be higher than that in our territory."
Bai Xiaowen said: "Only around the palace. Because the Tang Dynasty built a spiritual power aggregation array to gather the spiritual energy of the entire territory into the radiation belt centered on Chang'an City... In the core area near the palace, the spiritual energy concentration is level 4
, but other areas in Chang'an City only have level 3. Outside of Chang'an City, most areas only have level 2 or level 1 spiritual energy concentration. Generally speaking, it is still much worse than the White Phoenix Territory."
Cecilia nodded to show she understood.
The White Phoenix Leader comes from the highly difficult world of the Three Kingdoms planes. It has abundant spiritual energy, and Bai Xiaowen's contribution to the great unification is extremely high. This is why it has an initial level 3 spiritual energy concentration.
Most new territories have an initial aura concentration of level 1, and a few new territories can reach level 2.
The dark crowd in the square may seem large in number, but they are basically below level 10 in strength and are vulnerable to the Evolvers.
This is also the reason why the top leaders of the Tang Dynasty unscrupulously implemented the hierarchy and slavery system. Although the slave group was large, it was weak. Dozens of slaves could not defeat one supervisor. How to resist?
The overseers are just the weaker cannon fodder soldiers among the minions of the Tang Dynasty, such as the standard template of the black iron swordsman, which is equivalent to the 11th level fire spirit. This time Li Weichen invaded the White Phoenix Territory, he did not even bring these cannon fodder soldiers with him, because he thought they were
Too weak.
Not to mention that the Tang Dynasty also has elite troops such as silver swordsmen, arcane archers, etc., all of which are elite templates and have the strength of level 12 to 13 evolvers. And such an army, the Tang Dynasty has close to a thousand people.
The overwhelming advantage in strength has solidified the hierarchy of the Tang Dynasty. The slaves at the bottom are like walking corpses, with no hope at all.
Bai Xiaowen looked at the dark crowd below and said three sentences.
"First of all, I want to inform all of you that the three words Datang Territory have become history. Now, it has been merged into the White Phoenix Territory! You will automatically become the citizens of the White Phoenix Territory."
"Second, remember the name of your new lord, Lu Wang."
"Third, the lord will not deprive you of your property at will - except for those who violate the territorial laws."
The last sentence really made these new residents breathe a sigh of relief.
They are not considered the ruling class in the Tang Dynasty, and they have no objections to the change of lords. As long as their little family property is not taken away by the new lords.
Bai Xiaowen also looked down upon these mosquito legs. The really rich and powerful people had already run away, and he had no interest in scraping the poor people's money.
In Bai Xiaowen's view, these 8,000 people are the real wealth of the Tang Dynasty, including the 5,000 slaves. They can create unlimited value.
The Tang Dynasty uses human citizens as slaves to mine, doing this kind of work that basically has no added value. It is really a luxury and waste. Even if a human slave works hard to mine, the mining efficiency is not as good as that of a human slave who does not sleep and is not upset.
Skeleton worker.
But human slaves are intelligent and can learn how to quench ore and melt iron ingots.
Of course, skeleton workers can slowly learn this kind of physical labor that is not difficult, but the learning speed of human slaves is ten times and a hundred times faster than that of skeleton workers.
Skeleton workers cannot learn high-value-added labor, such as making metal utensils, even forging equipment, making inscription scrolls, etc., even if they take a hundred years, but human slaves can.
The splendid civilizations of the Earth's AD era were all created by people of all ethnic groups.
But the first thing Bai Xiaowen had to do was to smash the shackles on their bodies and restore their development potential - the social development in the decades after the Renaissance exceeded the total of the thousand years of the dark Middle Ages.
The only thing that worries Bai Xiaowen is whether the slaves will become numb and lose their understanding and creativity during the long-term oppression.
Fortunately, the history of the Datang Territory is not long - after all, the earth's spiritual age has only begun for less than a hundred years, and the slavery system of the Tang Territory is not as deep-rooted as it was during the long Middle Ages.
Cecilia then ordered these people to meet their new lord.
Bai Xiaowen motioned these people to stand up and said, "Finally, I want to say something important."
"There are no slaves in the White Phoenix Territory. All slaves will be freed and given enough land to live on."
"No matter what kind of hierarchy you were in before, you will all follow the hierarchy of the White Phoenix Territory from now on."
"As for the hierarchy of the White Phoenix Territory and the decrees of the White Phoenix Territory, I will order people to inscribe them on the four gates of Chang'an City."
The hierarchy of the White Phoenix Territory is actually very simple. It is divided into level 1 subjects, level 2 subjects, and level 3 subjects according to their contribution value...
High-level leaders will not enjoy any noble privileges. They only receive more "White Phoenix Coins" every month and are qualified to hold high-level positions in the White Phoenix Army.
As for the laws of the White Phoenix Territory, Bai Xiaowen has already thought about it, and will streamline them based on the laws of the earth and combined with moral standards, prohibiting murder, robbery, theft, adultery and other evil acts, and re-establishing punishment regulations.
Originally, there were only a few hundred people in the White Phoenix Territory, and there was no need for laws to govern it. Now that the population has soared to nearly 10,000, it is imperative to establish laws. Not only Chang'an City, but also White Phoenix City will inscribe laws and regulations to complete them as soon as possible.
The transition from rule of man to rule of law.
The specific operation is left to Zhen Mi. She has now become the chief housekeeper of the White Phoenix Territory.
After saying this, Bai Xiaowen waved and walked back to the "Imperial Palace". Behind him, there was a dark place where people knelt on the ground again. It was obviously Li Weichen's addiction to the emperor that had made these citizens inert.
Bai Xiaowen has no interest in correcting these. Anyway, as time goes by, these people will gradually realize that "Lord Lu Wang" does not have any dreams of being an emperor.
After briefly appeasing the new people, Bai Xiaowen went straight to the Chang'an City Palace. He still remembered what his father Bai Yuantang said about looking for the "hand bones of the God of Death" in the Tang Dynasty.