The crackling sound of whips could be heard in the air. The new batch of slaves were stripped naked and washed, and then their hair was pulled away.
After taking care of hygiene, different heavy physical labor will be assigned according to body type.
In the process of performing simple heavy manual labor, the supervisor will screen the slaves based on their different performances. Those who are smart and skillful will be assigned to the handicraft area to work, such as pottery making, sand casting, brick baking and other industries.
Those who only work hard will continue to make consumables wherever they are needed.
The overseer waved his whip to prevent the slaves in the large pool from getting up out of fear.
In the past, Yihu people often came here. When they saw the big pond, they thought it was a big cauldron. The Zhou people were going to stew them and eat them.
Faced with this situation, words are completely useless and the only alternative is to use a whip.
After being whipped once, the slaves will wake up and know that they are being washed and stripped, and then their hair will be removed.
If you really want to eat them, you have to be very selective. They are so thin that they are not even qualified to make lamb chops.
"present!"
During a routine inspection, Li Jie passed by wearing a mask, and his entourage also wore masks to supervise the work. When the guards saw the arrival of Li Jie and his party, they immediately became energetic and saluted solemnly.
No matter how hot the weather is, you still feel full of energy.
Li Jie raised his hand to return the salute and continued to move forward.
"complete!"
The soldiers continued to perform their tasks. This is a newly built special pier. The water gate is huge. From a distance, it looks like a breakwater in the harbor.
In the water gate, one hundred and twenty special slave ships can be docked on both sides of the trestle.
This kind of ship has a very unique shape, with an extremely exaggerated length-to-width ratio. When viewed from the side, it looks like a long bar.
When commuting over a short distance, there were no sails, only oars. If there were a large number of slaves, the oars would be densely packed on both sides, and it would not be a problem to cross the Huai River or upstream.
After several river section adjustments, no matter which direction in Huaizhong City, within two hundred miles, there is no place where trackers are needed.
The trackers who used to be located north of the Huai River are now mainly leading classes in Huainan.
Most of the trackers have transformed into foremen, and the trackers under them have also changed from the original Huaiyi and indigenous people to Yihu people or Jingman.
The reason why Jingman is used is not because Jingman is good at pulling fiber. On the contrary, the fact is that Jingman is very unsuitable for the river bank environment, but Jingman is still used as trackers because they are very flexible in the mountains and some of the steeper rapid river sections.
, happened to be turning around the mountain, and at this time, the advantage of the Jingman trackers was revealed.
Now under the rule of Huaishui Bofu, although a complete system has not yet been formed, there is generally a clear distribution of regional tasks.
In short, under the rule of Huai Shui Bo Mansion, there was an orderly division of labor.
In the past, the local self-sufficiency economy of Zhoulaiguo, Zhongliguo, and Chuguo had not been completely destroyed, but it had been largely replaced.
For example, in Polygonum, the number of grain fields is declining, while the number of mulberry, bean and wheat fields is greatly increasing.
Huaizhong City, Xincai, Baiyi and even Jiangyin all need a large amount of soybeans to make soy products, such as tofu, dried beans, soy milk and so on.
Different cities among them have different emphasis on the demand for soy products.
For example, Jiangyin City likes tofu. The reason is that cities in neighboring areas such as Gusu, Yanling, and Taicang like to stew tofu in fish soup. After the tofu is tasted, the texture and taste change amazingly.
In addition, the waterway in Jiangyin City is extremely developed, and Li Jie's previous construction has ensured that even if it travels at night, the efficiency will not be greatly compromised.
A large number of "lighthouses", landmarks, and stone monuments make Jiangyin's boats to Yushan, Taicang, and Suzhou all weather capable.
This ability also allows the tofu in Jiangyin City to be made in the first half of the night and delivered to several cities in the second half of the night, so that it can be supplied and sold at dawn.
Starting this year, the local soybean production in Jiangyin City has dropped sharply, and the main planting area is in Jiangbei, that is, Jiangyang area.
Also in Xincai, the soybean planting in Xincai is also decreasing, and the planting area is increased in Shangcai and Zhumacheng. This is not decided by Cai Mei, but is guided by the procurement of Huaishui Bofu. Soybean planting
The profit after deep processing is enough for Shangcai, the "new rich" in Zhumac City, to easily purchase grain from Xincai.
The most widely marketed soy product in Xincai is yuba, or bean curd skin.
In less than a year, "Xinchai Beancurd Skin" has become a brand name with many buyers. Especially because of Chua Mei's relationship, it is easy to sell it to Luoyi.
Most of the ministers of Emperor Zhou gave Cai Mei favor. Furthermore, "Xincai bean curd skin" or "Xincai beancurd stick" is indeed delicious.
Together with the Huaizhongcheng iron pot, Emperor Zhou really had a few good meals in the past two years.
There is regional division of labor just for soybean products from planting, harvesting, and processing, not to mention other super products like hemp fabrics.
There are only two products that the entire shogunate is most confident in at present, one is metal products, and the other is linen products.
These two have the clearest and most detailed division of labor. As for silk fabrics such as "Big Red 01" and "Big Purple 01", it's not that they are bad, but they are positioned as star products.
Even if "Big Red 01" and "Big Purple 01" don't make money, President Li still wants to produce them because it can enhance their quality and let everyone in the world know where this stuff is made.
With "Big Red 01" and "Big Purple 01" to carry the goods, the linen products under the shogunate can be sold to the Yan Kingdom in one go.
On both sides of the Huai River, because the total market size and population have greatly increased, market division of labor has naturally emerged, but the actual power of distribution is still the Huai River Bofu.
It's just that the violent gang headed by President Li is too deceptive and intimidating, which leads to a delicate situation, that is, the "new rich" everywhere who have changed in response think that it is their own subjective will and subconsciously forget it.
, they were afraid of being suppressed by the violent agencies of the shogunate, so they chose the compromise route as a last resort.
Along the way on the dedicated dock for the slave trade, a large number of Datongpu were built. In addition to Datongpu, there were also buildings similar to the "Daxie" in Yinxiang. These were the offices of nobles and traders from all over the country.
There are banners or signboards hanging outside every "big pavilion", usually stating the family roots or the business content of the shop.
Generally speaking, when you arrive at the dedicated slave trade wharf in Huaizhong City, you are either purchasing slaves or selling slaves.
Or perhaps they are engaging in slave trading, that is, exchanging physical objects with Li Jie, and the objects of exchange are the slaves in Li Jie's hands.
At this time, all the princes in the world are gearing up and sharpening their swords. There are many people who are ready to fight.
But when it comes to the number of slaves, Li Jie has the largest number.
The reason is that Li Jie can give slaves a chance to survive, and his survival rate is much higher than that of Wei Zheng and Yan Jin.
With the spread of iron farming tools, amazing changes were also taking place within neighboring countries.
Because the price of high-quality agricultural tools has dropped, it has become more convenient for the nobles to develop land, and the demand for manpower has naturally decreased.
In turn, the willingness to embezzle land will also increase greatly.
On this basis, a large number of landless small farmers will emerge. The additional land will be merged to form relatively distinctive local manors.
The birth of this manor economy obviously required not civilians with free personal rights, but slaves who were the private property of the great nobility.
At the same time, due to the division of production within the Huaishui Prefecture, neighboring countries will also be affected.
For example, Shangcai and Zhumaceng are planting soybeans and wheat extensively because they can make a profit from it. The profit is because Xincai and Huaizhongcheng have the ability to deeply process soybeans and wheat.
Influenced by Shangcai and Zhuma City, the neighboring cities of Chu and Zheng will obviously follow suit.
Pursuing profit is natural. For a big noble, it is very simple for him to have enough food. Now that he is full and warm, he must think about sex.
What he grows on a large amount of land is his personal will. As for the rest of the low-end population living on the land... it has nothing to do with him?
Once the local aristocrats of Chu and Zheng enjoyed the benefits, they would never forget it. It was very difficult to get off this pirate ship.
Even if knowledgeable people pointed out the risks involved and saw the possible consequences of being kidnapped by Huai Shui Bo Mansion in the future, cutting off fingers to survive does not mean that they can chop off their hands with a knife after they understand it clearly.
Courage is never something everyone has.
Precisely because not everyone has courage, of the one hundred "grand pavilions" in the dock area dedicated to the slave trade in Huaizhong City, only less than twenty of them are owned by the shogunate, and the rest are either sold or rented.
of foreign nobles or wealthy businessmen.
"present!"
Li Jie inspected all the way and was very satisfied with the operation of the slave trading terminal. When he arrived at the terminal office, the people in the office were working. After seeing Li Jie, they all stood up and saluted.
"No need to be polite, just keep working."
"yes!"
When he arrived at the office director Yan Jia, Li Jie picked up a new diary and asked, "Why have there been so many people in the Song Dynasty recently? Have you checked it?"
"My subordinates were about to report this matter, but the Song people were purchasing slaves on a large scale. But the strange thing is that there were also a large number of Song people who were treated as bitches and shipped to Huaizhong."
"Have you checked? What's the situation?"
"The Song Dynasty seems to be rebuilding its field register. A large amount of the public land owned by the original monarch has been misappropriated. Countless farmers belonging to the Song Marquis have lost their land."
"oh?"
Li Jie was very surprised, "Isn't this idiot Zilu Fei still alive?"
"..."
The boss was so rude. As a young master of the Yan Kingdom, Ji Jia was very embarrassed. However, after holding back his discomfort, he still said, "My subordinates talked with Song Guohao Shang Lue and found that Song people had frequent interactions with Wei people. I thought,
The people of Song Dynasty should contact the Wei people and jointly attack Zheng Guo."
"Hey...that's interesting."
Zilu Fei's public land was first embezzled, and then the peasant households under the monarch's influence were made unemployed. The monarch could not rely on these unlucky peasant households, so he had to find another way out.
It's just a matter of selling yourself to a native or a foreigner. Those with some wealth can survive, but they won't last long.
And at this time, we have to export war to other countries and go out to fight, so we still have something to eat, right?
"This Song Dynasty... is a bit coquettish."
"Saucy?"
Yan Jia looked at Li Jie with a confused look and didn't understand why the boss said that.
Rubbing his chin, President Li was thinking, the Song State would do something sooner rather than later, but it happened at this time. He was very confident. He was confident that Mr. Li would definitely go to the Chu State!