Cui Tao and Zhou Hao were sitting in the study of the Governor's Mansion, drinking tea and talking about recent events in Gaochang City.
Zhou Hao said: "The effect of the redemption order is not good. These old nobles should relax their vigilance, right?"
Cui Tao nodded and said: "This is inevitable. The slaves who have escaped now are all slaves who have not lived a satisfactory life in the master's family, or have offended the master's family. Those who can still eat and eat will naturally have to hesitate for a while."
Zhou Hao said: "Is it really okay to take it so slowly?"
Cui Tao smiled and said, "Do you know the sausage-slicing tactic?"
Zhou Hao shook his head.
Cui Tao said: "Let's cut off the head of the sausage first, and then stop. Do you think the sausage will resist?"
Zhou Hao understood that the sausages were these old nobles, and the heads cut off were the runaway slaves redeemed by the government.
For these old nobles, it is not unacceptable that a runaway slave can get 30% of the ransom from the government.
Anyway, these slaves are also slaves with a strong sense of resistance and have long wanted to escape.
It's just that compared to the previous conditions offered by the government to redeem slaves at market prices, the 30% market price has already lost some.
This is also within the acceptable range of these old nobles.
Cui Tao then said: "After you eat the sausage in your mouth, let's cut it into a section. Will the sausage resist?"
Zhou Hao shook his head. Based on his understanding of these old nobles, if some more slaves escaped, they would most likely be able to endure it.
The governor's office was in the hands of King Jianning, and the army was in the hands of King Jianning. When the governor's office came up, they didn't shout for beatings or killings, but politely offered money to redeem these slaves.
This is already a very friendly attitude. If someone wants to stand up and rebel at this time, there will be very few people willing to follow.
These old nobles themselves are several families. If King Jianning wants to destroy them as soon as he enters the city, they will definitely unite together to resist desperately.
But with things like this now, many of the old nobles may still have illusions, thinking that King Jianning only redeemed them at 30% of the market price. Most of the slaves would not be able to survive anyway if they ran away. The worst thing is to strengthen the guards to prevent slaves from escaping.
It would be unwise to start a rebellion over such a "little thing".
Zhou Hao understood now and said, "Isn't this just a cannibalization tactic? Why is the sausage tactic so high-end?"
Cui Tao said with a smile: "The principle is that simple, but it is not easy to master the heat. What the players do next is the key. As long as there are more jobs in Gaochang City, the slaves can see the freedom of life.
Only if we live with more dignity will a large-scale slave escape movement break out."
"Only then can our governor's office take action to completely free the slaves from the hands of the old nobles."
Zhou Hao nodded. He had also read local data. During the Taizong period, the old nobles only kept a few hundred slaves.
Today, it is estimated that there are several thousand slaves in these old noble families. This is also because the land annexation in Xizhou has been serious and the number of landless people has increased.
Cui Tao said: "The slave issue is also an economic issue. People will become slaves when they have nothing to eat. As long as they have food to eat, no one wants to be a slave."
Zhou Hao also nodded and said: "It's a pity that the territory is so big now that we can't directly mobilize troops like before."
Cui Tao said: "If you kill people every time you go to a place, it will definitely become more and more difficult to expand. On the contrary, this gentle method is the best."
"And as long as this road is confirmed to be feasible in Xizhou, other states and counties will be able to use the same method in the future."
Zhou Hao nodded, actually he understood what Cui Tao meant.
If the Gaochang model can work, it will be a victory for the players of the official stream, and they can improve their reputation around King Jianning.
Then for the newly occupied land in the future, like Xizhou, a civil service team similar to a working group will inevitably be established to receive the new land according to the Gaochang model.
Now the players under King Jianning have also been divided into factions.
As the leader of the civilian faction, Cui Tao naturally has the idea of expanding the influence of his faction.
Players are fighting wits and courage with the old nobles in Gaochang City. Li Daoyuan's eastbound group has continued eastward from Yumen Pass and is about to arrive in Jiuquan.
Yu Xiaoxiao was riding on the camel, looking forward expectantly, and asked Li Daoyuan beside him:
"Team Li, are we going to Jiayuguan Pass? Jiayuguan Pass is the most majestic pass in the world. I will make a good video by then!"
The sword dance outside Yumen Pass last time made Yu Xiaoxiao earn enough traffic. Now she has become a top celebrity in the dance area. Especially the scene where the sword dance outside Yumen Pass is completed and the army comes out of Yumen Pass is even more impressive.
He gave Yu Xiaoxiao countless fans.
With such a brilliant achievement, Yu Xiaoxiao naturally wants to advance to the next level.
Li Daoyuan and Yu Xiaoxiao, an eccentric girl, have also become familiar with each other. In addition to being pushy, Yu Xiaoxiao is also very able to endure hardships. After all, the game Datang Fengyun is similar to the real world. Long-distance travel is not the tourism of future generations. This journey
But it's quite hard.
Zhou Shi followed Yu Xiaoxiao on horseback and immediately said, "Xiaoxiao, I have traveled to Jiayuguan in the real world. It is really majestic!"
As soon as Zhou Shi finished speaking, his tutor Zhang Duanyang scolded him: "I asked you to study hard, it's embarrassing to pretend! Jiayuguan was only built in the Ming Dynasty, but now it's the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Daoyuan laughed loudly, and Yu Xiaoxiao said a little frustrated: "Doesn't that mean we can't see Jiayuguan anymore?"
Li Daoyuan consoled him: "You can't see Jiayuguan, but you can also see Jiuquan. This is a famous historical city!"
"Jiuquan? Does Jiuquan have such a long history? I knew it was the base for launching satellites." Yu Xiaoxiao grew up in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and didn't know much about cities in the northwest.
Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "Jiuquan was established as a county during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is a true ancient county of the Han and Tang Dynasties."
Yu Xiaoxiao said exaggeratedly: "There was a Jiuquan in the Han Dynasty? This is amazing!"
Li Daoyuan said: "The area from Jiuquan to Zhangye is bordered by the desert in the north and the Qilian Mountains in the south. It is like a corridor connecting the Western Regions. It has always been a strategic location. If you want to enter the Central Plains in the future, you must control this corridor.
inner."
Yu Xiaoxiao asked: "So what does Jiuquan look like now? Is it also a desolate desert?"
Li Daoyuan said: "Of course not. The Hexi Corridor borders the Qilian Mountains to the south. The melted snow on the mountains melts into several inland rivers. There is sufficient rainfall here, but it is the most fertile area in Longyou."
After crossing a section of desert, the four of them saw a vast green ocean, and Yu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but be fascinated.