Capital Datang

There were a few "women" walking outside, they were not too young, and judging from their clothes, they should undoubtedly be Han Chinese.I saw these "women" carrying things in their hands, followed by a few male servants carrying a few large food boxes, walked to a yard not far away, opened the door, asked the male servants to put the things at the door, and then let them go.

One of the male servants seemed to be very interested in the things in the yard, and he poked his head to see what was going on in the yard, but unexpectedly, he was hit on the head by an old woman, and then laughed and cursed a few words, And the male servants were not angry, and had a few words with the old woman happily, but they didn't dare to look into the yard any more, and left soon.

Seeing this, Li Yin asked a little strangely: "Xiao Lin, why do you still have women here?"

Looking at the clothes of those old women, they don't look like the family members of the officials, and the conditions here are so difficult, I am afraid that no one will take their family members here to suffer, but if it is not the family members, then these old women 』How can a person be in a government department like the slave registration department?And it seems that he is very familiar with this place.

Xiao Lin also saw the "women" outside, and when he heard Li Yin's question, he said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, these "women" can also be regarded as slaves, after all, in the slave trade, female slaves also occupy And if the daily management of these female slaves is done by men, there will inevitably be some problems, so some "women" were recruited to take charge of the daily management of the female slaves." Capital Datang 388

Li Yin also nodded after hearing this. In the past, the slave trade was dominated by male slaves, but with the rise of light labor industries such as textiles and food processing, female slaves became more and more popular.The sale of female slaves is no longer limited to beauty or not. As long as they are healthy female slaves, no matter what country they are from, there are people who are willing to buy them back to work.Of course, in addition to these, beautiful foreign female slaves are also more popular. After all, experiencing exotic customs is an irresistible romantic thing for most men.

But at this time Xiao Lin remembered something, pointed to the courtyard where the women entered, and said: "Your Highness, the people living in this courtyard are not ordinary female slaves, but women who have been selected from Japanese women." The ones with the best looks. They stay here to eat and drink, and after they get better, they can be sold for a good price, and the former Miss Feng Shuyu should have lived in this courtyard."

Hearing Xiao Lin's words, Li Yin became somewhat interested in the yard not far away, but thinking of the few male servants being stopped just now, it seems that men are not allowed to enter, which is quite normal.After all, these female slaves are used to sell for a high price, if they are defiled by others.That would be worthless.

Seeing the interested look on Li Yin's face, Xiao Lin also showed a look of understanding between men, and then said with a smile: "Your Highness, these Japanese girls are petite. , the character is also extremely docile, and is very popular in the Tang Dynasty, so why don't you go in and have a look, if you see something pleasing to the eye, it would be good to take a few back to warm the bed!"

Although Xiao Lin is Wen Xin's cousin.But as an aristocratic man, Xiao Lin's thoughts are similar to those of others. In their view, it is very common for a man to take concubines, not to mention that these Japanese women are slaves, and they are only used as servants when they are bought back. Slaves, not even concubines.So there is nothing to worry about.

Li Yin also knows this, but he has a very good relationship with Wen Xin and Xi Jun, and the various concepts brought by his previous life have already been deeply rooted in his bones, and it is not so easy to change.Therefore, he has always been very cautious when it comes to matters between men and women. If it is not necessary, he will generally not leave any romantic debts.

It was also for the above reasons that Li Yin still rejected Xiao Lin's kindness, and instead talked with Xiao Lin about the construction of the Nugang side. Although these things were not within the scope of Xiao Lin's duties, he still After staying here for a while, I have my own opinions on some things, and with Xiao Lin's identity, his words are more credible.

Through Xiao Lin, Li Yin learned more about the construction of the slave port from the side, and did not find any major problems. By the autumn of next year, the first phase of the entire port project should be almost finished. At that time, the slave port can be officially put into use.The reason why he attaches so much importance to the slave port is mainly because of its location. With the help of this port, he can directly face the wider Pacific Ocean, and this is also a key link of the first island chain in the Central Plains. Here, there is no need to worry about being attacked by the sea in the direction of the mainland.

Now Nugang is just a messy big construction site. After staying here for a few days, Li Min is ready to return to Sibi. With two watchdogs and Wang An personally sitting in charge, it won't take long for his rule over the Wa Kingdom to become stronger.

The King of Qi had already sent Wu Meiniang and Wen'er back to Sibi, and then passed through the Bungo Channel between Chikushi Island and Iyo Island into the Pacific Ocean, and then went north along the land of Wa Kingdom, and soon arrived at Nugang. Li Yin was a little surprised that Gao Zhong, the chief executive of his palace, came with the boat.

After Gao Zhong disembarked and met Li Yin, he was busy for several days without seeing anyone. Gao Zhong was one of his most trusted people, so he was lazy to ask. He just sorted out the things he collected in Japan and prepared to take them back. Gifts to others, especially Cai'er, Empress Xiao, and Princess Nanyang who still live in Sibi City, their gifts must not be sloppy.

A few days later, when everything was ready, Li Yin boarded the King of Qi with his guards, but when boarding the ship, Li Yin was a little surprised to find that Gao Zhong actually brought a team of dozens of beautiful Japanese The girl got on the boat, which made him very surprised, so he called Gao Zhong and asked him what was going on?

Gao Zhong knew that Li Yin would ask about this matter, so when he saw Li Yin, he immediately said: "His Royal Highness, a batch of letters came from Chang'an a few days ago, including several sons from the Hejian Palace and the Duke of Wei. Mr. Li from Mr. Hu, Mr. Qin from Mr. Hu’s family, they all know that His Highness conquered the Wo Kingdom, so they trust you to bring them a few Japanese girls back. And this is not a big deal, so the old slave decided to make his own decisions and followed the boat to pick some beauties to go back."

Li Yin slapped his head when he heard it, thinking that Li Yong and Li Yexu are really rude, they want beautiful women, but other people are fine. I didn't expect that a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes like Qin Huaiyu would be so nice This bite is really unexpected.But then Li Yin thought again, when he met Xiao Lin before, the other party asked him to pick a few Japanese girls to go back, but he refused, but now that Gao Zhong came and picked so many Japanese girls at once, If Xiao Lin knew about this matter, how would he think about his brother-in-law?

"So that's how it is. Since it's a gift, Gao Zhong will do it for you. These Japanese women need to be taken care of. Assign a few more people to take care of them. Don't have any accidents." Li Yin asked Gao Zhong with a wry smile. , since the person has been sold, misunderstanding is wrong, anyway, he is not interested in these Japanese women, but these are bought with money after all, and it is not easy to find Japanese women who can make Gao Zhong look good, so naturally Pay attention to some.

Gao Zhong immediately said yes, and then Li Yin waved him down to get busy. After all, their fleet was about to leave the port, so naturally there were many things to be busy with.

In addition to his King Qi and several escorting warships, Li Yin's fleet this time also followed several other fleets. They were all slave traders who were leaving Hong Kong. Hearing that Li Yin was leaving, naturally Go with a companion, including the fleet of smiling tigers and one-eyed sharks.

Those who go out to sea for the first time may be shocked by the magnificence and vastness of the sea, but after getting used to it, they will feel very boring. Li Yin has gone to sea a lot, and he has long been tired of seeing the scenery on the sea, so stay Being on the boat is very boring, and there is no caring person like Wen'er around, so I can't even find someone to talk to by myself.Although Gao Zhong was trusted by him, he, the chief executive of the palace, was extremely busy and couldn't stop even when he got on the boat, so Li Yin didn't want to disturb him.

In desperation, Li Yin simply asked someone to call the smiling tiger and the one-eyed shark from the other boat, and the three drank while listening to them tell some anecdotes they encountered while catching slaves.At the beginning, Hu Sha and the two were still a bit reluctant to let go. After all, their identities were too different from Li Yin, and even their business was attached to Li Yin. Drinking, naturally makes them feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.Capital Datang 388

However, Li Yin didn't care about these things, and he drank them after pulling them away. After a few glasses of strong wine, the tiger sharks slowly let go, and told about their slave hunting experience over the years, among which Although most of them are bloody and cruel, they are not lacking in blood, which can be regarded as excellent story themes.

Speaking of the slave hunting industry in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yin occupies an important position in it. Even the Qi Palace has a special slave hunting team, and there are many slave hunting teams like Tiger Shark that he secretly supports. Nearly half of the slave trade in Datang has a direct or indirect relationship with him. It can be said that he is the biggest behind-the-scenes of Datang's slave hunting industry.

However, although Li Yin was deeply involved in the slave hunting industry, in his capacity, he had never personally participated in slave hunting. At most, he had only seen transactions between prisoners of war captured by the army and businessmen.However, the slave-hunting-related topics that Tiger Shark said aroused his great interest, and he even proposed to go to Tiger Shark and their ship to transport slaves.

Hearing Li Yin's request, the two tiger sharks looked at each other in embarrassment, and then said: "Your Highness, you are a rich man, and the ships that transport slaves are usually dirty and messy. If it stains your eyes, then our brother will be blamed for death!"

"Haha~, what is this? When I was on the battlefield, I didn't see any scenes. Don't you still worry about the mess? Just arrange it!" Li Yin was so excited that no one could stop him, but neither did he. Unexpectedly, this time on a whim, he met another person he had long forgotten. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)