Chapter 685

The previous piece of news about Hengshun Chariots and Horses Co., Ltd. is all good, which is considered good news. I should have arrived earlier, but later, because the Hengshun Carriage and Horse Company was transferred to the south to take over the supplies, the focus of the whole business naturally shifted, and I didn't care about Ruoshui. Although I arrived late, But it finally came.

This news means that the tentacles of Heishui can reach the Ruoshui and Xiahe basins along the carriage and horses, and then use the Tianyi Company's route to enter the City of Death. After getting familiar with it gradually, the information on the city of vain death will no longer be as poor as it is now.

Shen Hao had a premonition that after the intelligence system on the side of the dead city was established, news about cultivators such as evil cultivators, false cultivators, and underground palaces would continue to rush in. This is of great benefit to the perfection of the Blackwater system and the filling of the file library.

On the other hand, the few yin jade maps that have been placed on Shen Hao and brought Shen Hao a period of crisis all point to the City of Death. Both public and private, Shen Hao has reasons to learn about this legendary city of monks. .

As for Zhu Shou's private letter entrusted to Wang Jian, it is even more interesting.

First of all, it is very interesting that Zhu Shou can let Wang Jian deliver this message. Thinking about it, Zhu Shou must have put a lot of effort into Wang Jian. Don't think that this is just "passing a message", this is the intelligence channel of Heishui, how can you be treated like this for trivial matters?

There is also the matter that Zhu Shou asked Shen Hao to ask, which is also very interesting.

Zhu Shou is the master of the dental practice in Fengri City, what does he do? Of course it was the slave trade. It seems that he asked Shen Hao about the slaves. In fact, he was inquiring about the purpose and bottom line of the war against the barbarians in the army.

Asking if there are any slaves in hand now, I actually want to know if there is any idea of ​​making money in the army. Asking whether to kill them all or raise them in captivity is to ask the final bottom line.

It has to be said that although Zhu Shou was engaged in the slave trade business, his vision was still very poisonous. It is estimated that many generals in the army have not considered these two issues carefully.

For more than forty years, the barbarians are not only not a threat in the eyes of Yaxing, but also not a threat in the eyes of many ordinary people. On the contrary, the barbarians are their source of livelihood.

What are the barbarians? One is medicinal materials, and the other is slaves. These two things are absolutely huge profits in the Jingjiu Dynasty. It has only been half a year since the start of the Great War, which is already a heavy blow to those who are engaged in slavery and medicinal materials.

The owners of the major slave caravans can still hold on. After all, the family has a big business, and half a year has passed by gritting their teeth, so they won't be unable to uncover the pot. But people in the downstream are uncomfortable. After a long time, there is really a problem that they can't get rid of the pot and can't afford to eat.

And the only dental shop that can trade slaves is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

There are three kinds of slaves in the tooth shop. One is the one who voluntarily sells himself as a slave, the other is the one who convicts himself as a slave, and the last one is the one who captures foreigners as slaves.

The first two are not uncommon, and most of them are from Jingjiu Dynasty's own people, but they are marked as slaves and turned into goods. The price of selling one's body into slavery is the cheapest, and the one who convicts into slavery mainly depends on his status, and the family members of criminal officials are expensive, and the price is outrageous.

However, the Jing old dynasty has been peaceful for decades, and there are very few people who sell themselves as slaves, and the family members of criminal officials do not exist every day. The main stable source of slaves is actually the barbarians, with high prices and stable supply.

When Shen Hao was still working in Licheng, he knew that the benefits involved in the slave business were absolutely huge. Later, when I learned about the Imperial Merchant, I realized that the "Knife" in the Imperial Merchant was the head of the Slave Chamber of Commerce, so this time the "Knife" suffered the greatest loss. Shen Hao even speculated that it was most likely due to the reduction of other daily costs that the "knife" handed over the transportation business on the banks of Ruoshui and Xiahe waters to Hengshun Chariot and Horse Company, charging some intermediary fees.

Even if the imperial merchants have tightened their grip, other slave merchants can imagine it.

It wasn't long before Zhu Shoucai became the owner of the Fengricheng Yahang. It was unlucky to encounter such a severe winter in this industry just at the beginning of his good days, and he had no way to struggle. Some powerful acquaintances in China asked about the situation.

Although Zhu Shou has many eyes, it is not enough to make Shen Hao feel bad. If he is really dissatisfied, he is also dissatisfied with Wang Jian's failure to withstand Zhu Shou's begging, which is considered a betrayal of favor.

They were all minor issues, but what really deserved Shen Hao's attention was another big issue brought out by Zhu Shou's private letter: the whole country was optimistic about Zuo Yuliang's victory, so what happened after the victory? How to deal with barbarians? And the land of the barbarians?

Shen Hao believes that this problem is likely to secretly affect the final direction of this war. Perhaps the end of the war will be far more complicated than most people think.

First of all, Shen Hao directly ruled out the possibility of fully occupying this land after the victory. Too big, too big, too big!

A small-scale occupation is of little significance, and a large-scale or comprehensive occupation is unlikely. Because there are so many problems, the most direct one is that it is difficult to effectively control the occupied area.

Because the teleportation circle could be built within the Jingjiu dynasty, but the foundation of the teleportation circle, that is, the cornerstone, could not be used in the barbarians, which basically broke the foundation of the rule of the big area. If the people are recklessly sent over, it is very likely that a few decades later, because of the emperor Shan Gao and an ambitious person, a separatist force will be created, which is a typical shooting of oneself in the foot.

This is also the reason why Shen Hao deduced that the Jingjiu dynasty did not build a city in the barbarian territory after the victories of the previous wars.

Distance is often the biggest obstacle. If there were no such abrupt and magical teleportation circles in China, it would be impossible for the Jingjiu Dynasty to be so large and stable.

Then if they win, will they adopt the method of "killing as much as possible" to destroy the growth foundation of the barbarians as after previous wars, and then retreat with their troops?

Shen Hao couldn't figure it out. But he believes that this time the barbarian war will not be "killed" as before. Because the biggest difference this time is that the Jingjiu Dynasty opened up a channel from the Wanli Bamboo Sea to the middle and rear areas of the barbarians, which greatly shortened the supply line and directly extended the maximum combat distance of the Jingjiu Dynasty.

If the emperor is more ruthless this time, and if there is no such thing as Yang Yansi deliberately releasing water, then the barbarians may be completely exterminated, and this area will be vacated afterwards?

Shen Hao still shook his head. Land is the most precious thing. If it is vacant, it will soon be occupied by other forces. Jing Jiuchao didn't have the ability to control such a large place without the premise of breaking away from the teleportation circle. Wouldn't it be back to the original point? Would it be better to keep a weak barbarian, so as not to kill this land and attract another group of hungry wolves?