Chapter 138: The Sun Country that perished! Captives of the fallen country!
Chapter 138: The perished Sun Kingdom! The captives of the destroyed country!
The Izumo caravan brought a large number of slaves. The entire caravan was huge in scale and number of people, and it easily attracted the attention of Xidu.
Yao Yunzheng was worried about the lack of manpower in Xidu. When he saw the timely rain, he was naturally overjoyed and immediately sent Hu Yi out to buy slaves. He bought as many slaves as he could and ate them all.
Human trafficking is an inhumane thing, but Yao Yun has no psychological barriers at all. His purchase of slaves is different from the exploitation of the Xia nobles. His purpose is to help the slaves escape from slavery and live a normal life.
Maybe Yao Yun can't change everyone or the world, but he can try his best to change the people and things around him. For example, in the past few months, seventy or eighty slaves in Xidu have been promoted to common people and have mastered survival skills.
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As long as more and more slaves are promoted to common people, one day it will be infinitely more successful.
This is Yao Yun's attitude towards doing things. His goals can be grand and lofty, but his work must be down-to-earth.
After ordering Hu Yi to buy slaves, Yao Yun went to find the second elder Wu Tong and Bald Long.
Wu Tong said: "Your Majesty, the snowflake salt in our Xidu is really famous in the imperial capital. Hahaha, it is said that countless caravans are running south to buy the snowflake salt with huge sums of money."
Yao Yun laughed loudly and waved his hand: "It's reasonable. From now on, snowflake salt will be a tribute to the emperor, and it's normal for nobles to vie for it."
The bald-headed dragon poured cold water on him: "Your Majesty, don't be too happy. I have tried some tricks and found out from merchants that many caravans from the north were blocked by the vassal states in the south. The caravans from the north were blocked in Izumo."
The vassal states such as the State of Qian and the State of Qian spent high prices to buy refined snow salt and did not come to our Xidu at all. Damn it, they are sucking our blood!"
The bald dragon has fake horns installed, and its single horn reaches the sky. It looks nondescript, but it does not affect the bald dragon's self-esteem at all. The whole person is full of energy and domineering.
Yao Yun frowned slightly when he heard the news.
Wu Tong also shook his head: "If all the caravans from other places are intercepted by the southern princes, and then they jointly control the price of snowflake salt, we will be really passive..."
The bald dragon sneered: "No, maybe we won't earn as much gold as others by then!"
Wu Tong turned to look at Yao Yun, but the king said nothing, so he asked: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
Yao Yun pondered for a while, then smiled and said: "Actually, this is also a normal situation. Merchants are chasing profits, and it is normal for the vassal states to jointly squeeze out other caravans. Moreover, business is about win-win. If we make money, others will also make money. It is not long-term to live alone.
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Wu Tong looked at the king in surprise. He thought that the young and energetic king would be furious when he heard the news, but he would be angry anyway. However, he never expected that his king would be so calm and even stand in the caravan.
Considering the standpoint, this is too stable and mature.
The bald dragon was not so reserved, and said to Yao Yun in surprise: "Your Majesty, you are not possessed by evil spirits, are you? Do you still agree with what they are doing? They are cutting off our wealth!"
Yao Yun smiled bitterly: "I don't agree, this is bound to happen. We don't have channels to sell snowflake salt, so we can only rely on them. This situation is extremely avoidable."
After hearing this, Wu Tong's eyes were full of approval, and with a little expectation, he asked: "Your Majesty, how will you deal with this matter?"
Yao Yun thought for a while and said: "Snowflake salt is always in our hands. We have the final say whether to sell it and at what price. Based on this alone, we are invincible, let alone the vassal states."
We can’t stop all the caravans, there will always be caravans arriving in Xidu, they can’t cover up the sky with one hand, so we don’t need to worry!”
The bald man touched his head and seemed to think something made sense.
Wu Tong was smiling all over his face at this time, but he was also puzzled in his heart.
He also figured out the key points after some thinking, relying on his rich experience, but what about his young king? Could it be that this is the natural god in the ancient books?!
Wu Tong felt happy, but he was a little worried. If anything is as good as the forest wind, it will be destroyed. It is a good thing that the king suddenly became enlightened, but it is also easy to develop an arrogant temper. Recently, the king has shown his sharpness, and he still needs veterans like them.
The guy showed his hand and let the king understand that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world.
Thinking of this, Wu Tong said: "You're right, we are just making trouble for ourselves. Your Majesty, I heard that there are many slaves coming from foreign caravans. I know a little about the art of observing people by feeling their bones, so I can select good talents for your Majesty."
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When the bald dragon saw Wu Tong winking at him, he immediately understood and immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, what Wu Lao Er said is right. He is very good at judging people. With a touch of his hand and a look, the slaves will be confused.
He has seen through it. This is a university subject. It is extremely profound and extraordinary. With him here, I guarantee that you will not suffer any loss when buying slaves!"
When Yao Yun heard this, he also became interested. He had mastered the magical power of discerning people with a keen eye, and he was also good at this aspect, but he didn't know if the second elder's witchcraft skills were that amazing.
"Then I want to see it. It happens that the slave is still in the hands of the Izumo caravan. Let's go and take a look!"
Soon the group arrived at the market and found the large courtyard where the Izumo caravan was temporarily staying. There was a soldier from Xidu at the door of the courtyard, and it was obvious that Hu Yi was inside.
"Your Majesty!" "See King Xi!"
Brother Dao from the Izumo caravan was quite surprised when he saw Yao Yun, but he still saluted respectfully and revealed his identity.
"The visitor is a guest, so there is no need to be polite. Izumo Country is a powerful southern barbarian country. I have heard about it for a long time. Only when I saw the sword leader today did I know that the rumors are true!"
Brother Dao was very flattered and quickly said that he didn't dare to be ashamed.
"King Xi, the slave you want has been brought to you. Please take a look." After saying that, Brother Dao led Yao Yun into a large open space nearby. The yard was surrounded by a low fence.
Several warriors armed with bronze weapons guarded the place, and a group of ragged slaves stood in the center of the open space.
"King Xi, look at them, they are all young slaves, there are no old, young, women or children."
"Leader Dao is very considerate, and I am very grateful. Hey, where did these slaves come from? They seem to be different."
"Hey, don't you dare, your Majesty, these people are prisoners of war from the Sun Kingdom."
Wu Tong said at this time: "But the Sun Kingdom was destroyed not long ago!"
Brother Dao didn't dare to be hesitant when he saw a wizard asking questions, and immediately said respectfully: "Exactly what the venerable said!"
"Oh~"
Yao Yun also heard that Sun State was a small vassal state in the southern wilderness, which was relatively far away from Xidu. Xi State did not have many exchanges with it. It perished not long ago. The specific reason for its demise is not known. I just heard that several vassals
The state took advantage of the situation to plunder and completely annexed the state of Sun.
"Brother Dao, how much did you pay for these slaves?"