Chapter 27 Head Sheep

Author: Yao Jishan

Chapter 27 Head Sheep

Nowadays, there are not only many Song people living in Baishuang City, but also many Song people in the imperial capital of Jin Kingdom. Some of them can even serve as officials or serve as teachers in noble families, and they can barely be regarded as decent people.

It is true that no matter how dependent and loyal they are, the Song people are still Song people after all. They are the most humble and the most bullied ethnic group in the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, no matter how high their officials are and how noble their students are, they will still be

Unable to obtain respect commensurate with status.

But even so, they lived better than most people in the Song Dynasty.

The Song people in Baishuang City belong to the vast majority.

In order to support their wives, children, and children, the young people of the Song Dynasty who were taken captive here sold themselves to work as slave labor in the silver mines, or worked as coolies in Canghe River, or worked as slaves in the homes of high-ranking officials. Just like Po Jun and Wei Shu, they used lowly labor

In exchange for a small amount of food rations.

And some of them "smart people" will throw their face and conscience into the ground and become human trafficking brokers.

Those extremely poor or desperate Song people would be lured into the trap by these so-called compatriots with "loans" and then forced to sell themselves for high interest rates; or they would simply be forced or deceived into slave camps or military camps.

They do some of the most humble livelihoods in places such as Ji Village and Pirouque, and most of the money they earn is used to "pay off debts" or pay the expensive "head tax."

Naturally, if there is good quality goods, the human slave brokers will also sell them to the imperial capital, or sell them to the nobles' mansions in the city, so that they can be played with by the best gold men for fun and earn a lot of money.

However, most of these gold and silver will eventually return to the gold man's pocket.

From the imperial capital to Baishuang City, countless officials were fed to their brains, and some of these human slave brokers who were particularly lucky and paid the most tribute would be granted "additional status" by the Baishuang City government office.

Although those with this status were not on an equal footing with Jin people, they still had the power to purchase land and open shops, and their status was much higher than that of ordinary Song people.

In the Jin language, these attached Song people were called "Funahusheli", which means "obedient head sheep".

This is the term used by local shepherds.

There is always a leader among a group of sheep. It can not only control and drive the sheep, but also cooperate with the herdsmen to appease the sheep waiting to be slaughtered during the annual slaughtering season, luring them into the slaughtering pen and leading them to the slaughter.

Those who are affiliated know the meaning of "Funahusali" and are not proud of it. In private, they usually call themselves "good people".

They are indeed good people in the eyes of the Jin people.

After all, human trafficking is a business without capital and high profits, and Baishuang City is located on the border between the two countries, so there is never a shortage of "goods".

The northern border of the Song Dynasty is already densely populated, and because it is close to the Huaihe River and the Sishui River, the water is rich and the black soil is fertile, which is very suitable for farming. The grains produced every year can not only feed and clothe the people, but can also be exchanged for some neighboring countries.

properties.

Since there was fertile soil, hard-working farmers would live here, which led to the formation of many border towns, fortresses and villages in the northern border of the Song Dynasty, and the population was very prosperous.

In the past twenty years, the two countries have been at war with each other, and the number of captive Song people has also increased day by day. The "business" of the slave brokers in Baishuang City can be said to be extremely prosperous.

They and the captive people are both from the Song Dynasty, so they can easily win each other's trust. It is better for them to come forward than the Jin people. And the Jin people who are reaping the benefits do not get their money for free. Whenever there is a dispute, they

I will take the initiative to support these good people.

As time went by, the good people became more and more loyal to the "Masters of the Kingdom of Jin" and wished they could do anything to repay the kindness of the adults.

This also leads to the second benefit, that is, certain shady transactions will be left to the disposal of these good people by the Jin nobles.

These obedient and obedient people will always do things well. Even if they fail for a moment, it doesn't matter, just drag them out to take the blame.

In Aqisi's memory, a very sensational "disappearance case of the daughter of a golden soldier" occurred half a year ago.

Because the military household had a good relationship with his superior, he brought the matter to the attention of a nobleman, and the case was eventually solved, instead of being shelved like other Song people who disappeared or were killed.

It turned out that the golden girl was mistaken for a Song girl because of her beauty by a certain "good citizen" broker, so he tricked her into a black shop and drank a mute drug, and then sold her at a high price under the account of a leading man. slave.

Within two days, the girl died.

After the master in charge learned the truth, he was very upset. He compensated the military household fifty taels of silver and personally led his troops to arrest the broker at his home.

Unexpectedly, the man knew that he had mistakenly sold the golden girl, and that night he took the whole family and committed suicide out of fear of crime. When the leader arrived, he only found corpses all over the yard.

Finally, the government came forward and confiscated all the property of the good broker, thus settling the case.

Jinren Junhu, who lost his beloved daughter, knew that there must be something fishy about this matter, but because all the people involved in the case were dead and there was no evidence of their deaths, he had no choice but to endure it silently.

This is what good people are for.

The Jin people treat them like a handy object. If the object is broken, they will throw it away and replace it with a new one. Anyway, there is sufficient supply in Baishuang City, and there will always be people willing to make such objects.

"Are they... escaping?"

The young man's voice rang out, and there was a clear look of surprise in the eyes behind the peacock blue instrument, showing great surprise.

It wasn't just families running away one by one, but people in the entire compound were running away.

They dragged their families, pots and pans, everything they could carry with them, and fled as a family to the courtyard where the death occurred. This was the origin of all the commotion.

Wei Shu was brought back from her thoughts by his words, she bent her eyes and said with a smile: "A child can be taught."

Indeed, everyone in the courtyard is running away, including her, and will leave soon.

Baishuang City's household registration system has always been extremely chaotic, especially in the north of the city, which is also a military town. City affairs are jointly controlled by the military camp and the government office. The two parties compete fiercely for power. When it comes time to take responsibility, But they often blame each other.

This is a kind of tacit understanding that seems to be absent.

The profit-free human trafficking will inevitably lead to frequent murders of all kinds, and the chaotic household registration system obscures the intricate interests of all parties underneath it, giving everyone a justifiable excuse.

With this premise, the Song people living in the north of the city had unwritten rules:

Don’t ask about the dead, lest you get burned; if something bad happens, especially if it involves a golden person, run if you can, and most of the time you can. After all, the status of the golden people here is also very low, so what does it matter if a few die? Hurry?

"Since everyone has run away, why did you just say that that family would be in danger?" The confusion in the young man's eyes became even worse.

Wei Shu sighed: "If the government really works hard to investigate, it can still be found. After all, the two dead people..."

She suddenly stopped talking and glanced at the young man's body from the corner of her eyes.

The young man didn't notice the half-revealed meaning. He scratched the back of his head and muttered in a low voice: "The folk customs here are really weird."

Wei Shu smiled.

It seemed that even if the young man knew something about this border town, he didn't know much about it.

"Don't worry about them. Come here and I'll tell you what to do." Wei Shu put aside the matter and waved to the young man with a smile. Her beautiful features and eyes were smeared with Jiangnan smoke, and even the scars on her forehead were not that big.

Scary.

But for some reason, looking at that beautiful smile, the young man suddenly felt his heart tightening slightly, and another layer of cold sweat broke out on his back...
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