At a construction site in Huainan, soldiers came with a group of slaves and brought more than a dozen buckets of steaming meals.
All the soldiers and slaves on the construction site immediately looked at the group of people approaching. Uncle Dub drew his sword and ordered, "Okay, stop working, let's eat first!"
"Eat! Eat!"
The slaves immediately dropped their tools and ran towards the visitor.
In the barrel was some wild vegetables mixed with corn soup, but for these slaves, this was no worse than what they ate in the tribe. This was not the first time that the slaves queued up for food. They all lined up spontaneously and waited.
When it's your turn, have a quick meal.
When dealing with the slaves who built the canal, Liu Cong was not so ruthless as to directly torture them to death. He gave them all the food, drink and rest time they should have. It was not that Liu Cong's mother's heart was overflowing, but that the project was not limited to the canal.
1, these people cannot be treated as disposable items.
These people include people from various tribes in Nanzhong, including the captives of Jiaozhou, the reckless men in Shanyue who refused to accept the king's rule, the barbarians brought back from Taiwan and overseas, and the 40,000 Goguryeo and Hu people that Gongsun Gong gave to Chu.
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A total of 3.15 million!
In addition to the slaves awarded to meritorious ministers, almost all the slaves held by the Chu State are here. There are also 50,000 Chu people, more than 100,000 Chu troops, and more than 500,000 people, all gathered here.
In the Huainan area, in order to prevent slaves from escaping, Liu Cong even sent Deng Ai to lead 50,000 troops to Huainan.
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Thanks to these policies of the Chu State, there are almost no bachelors in the Chu people. Liu Cong directly distributes the captured women to the army sergeants and common people. According to the laws of the Chu State, not only the soldiers with meritorious service in battle can obtain them.
Female slaves and hard-working farmers can also receive priority allocation from the government.
Different from the usage of young and strong slaves, after the female slaves are assigned to Chu people, they will automatically obtain the identity of Chu people. This process must be full of violence. Think about the women who were abducted and trafficked in later generations, and people of different races.
Their speech, writing, and habits are all different, so how can they live together peacefully?
Liu Cong will no longer manage these things. For men in this era, just one sentence, if you can't look down on your own mother-in-law, you are incompetent. Fortunately, Chu State's political decrees are clear and the policies for the people are generous enough.
Under normal circumstances, a woman who has lived a comfortable life will no longer choose to run away.
Not to mention giving birth to a child, it is considered to have completely taken root in Chu State. This is one of the reasons why Chu State has experienced countless wars and its population is still growing. The most important thing is that people have children in their homes.
With enough food left, I dare to have children.
"Crack!"
A sudden sound made the scene instantly quiet!
Several barbarians were chattering in nonsense. In front of them were several smashed pottery bowls. Dub gave the deputy general a look, and the surrounding soldiers immediately became alert. Dub and a dozen of his own soldiers frowned.
Walked over, "What's going on?"
The leading Hu man was sitting on the ground, but did not get up when Du Bo came over. Among his men, there were people who could speak Chinese. They stared at Du Bo and his group eagerly, "General, we have already done almost one
It’s a month.”
Dub stared at him and said, "Well, what next?"
"Didn't you say that at the beginning? The King of Chu said that if we do well, we can be rewarded with nationality as civilians of the Chu State and be released to us."
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Uncle Dub sneered and nodded, "There is an edict, but do you think you can do it?"
The leading man stood up, pulled away his men, and said to Dub in displeasure, "Aren't the Han people a country of etiquette? Why are they so untrustworthy?"
"I used to be the young clan leader of Wuwan (Wuhuan) tribe 1. After the Han people captured us, they entertained us with delicious food and drink, and finally let us go, and we sincerely surrendered. Now, you have taken us from
The North escorted us here, when did they release us?"
"Since you know that you are a slave, you should also be aware of my Da Chu's methods. It is not you who has the final say whether to let you go or not. Peace is the most important thing. I have captured you and entertained you. That was the past. This is Chu."
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The man stared at Dub, and then waved to the people around him. In an instant, nearly 200 people gathered around him, "General, we just want a word of truth. Even if we can't go back, we can't work anymore. Let's do it."
There are enough, the sons of the grassland will not do this, please general, report it to your superior, we want to go back!"
"Even if we can't go back, please let us go and serve the people of Chu State. We are also human beings. I was once the young clan leader. You can't treat us like this!"
"The food you Chu people eat includes meat and rice, and even the common people eat better than us. It's true that we were defeated, but we don't deserve to be treated like this. It's okay not to let us go. I want to eat meat."
, we must add meat to our meals!”
Uncle Dub sneered and didn't say anything. If you want meat today, give him meat. Tomorrow you have to ask for wine and women, right? These barbarians on the grassland are really unruly. They have become prisoners and how dare there be so many of them.
Requirement. This is almost unheard of among the barbarians in the south.
What's even more irritating is that this guy dared to summon so many people!
"Either keep working, or you won't even be able to eat these tomorrow!"
"Then we would rather starve to death!"
"What's going on?"
Uncle Dub looked back and saw Ling Tong coming with hundreds of soldiers. Uncle Dub hurriedly greeted him and told Ling Tong what had just happened. Ling Tong laughed and patted Uncle Dub on the shoulder, "We will meet again in the future."
If something like this happens, I’ll teach you what to do.”
"Qiang!"
With that said, Ling Tong pulled out his sword directly, "The crossbowmen are ready!"
"What are you going to do?"
"Fire the arrow!"
"Pfft!" "Pfft!"
"ah!"
After several rounds of arrows, Ling Tong was surrounded by injured people lying on the ground wailing. The young patriarch was not dead, and had five arrows stuck in his leg!
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"you!"
"Pfft!" Ling Tong directly swung his sword across the young patriarch's neck. In his disbelief and gradually distracted eyes, Ling Tong put away his sword and wiped it on his body, "Shameless, why?
You just eat well, but you still have so many fucking demands, if you don’t want to live, then go die!"
After wiping his sword clean, Ling Tong sheathed his sword and shouted to the people around him, "Work hard, you still have a way out. If you dare to deliberately disturb people's hearts and organize people to cause commotion and resistance, you will be the end!"
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Then, Ling Tong turned to look at Du Bo and said, "Bury all these people. If this happens again, you don't need to report it. You can just kill them!"
"promise!"
After Du Bo handed over to Ling Tong, he called the soldiers to come forward to deal with the barbarians who had been hit by arrows. Some of them were still alive. When they saw the Chu army coming forward, they screamed for mercy. They no longer looked as arrogant as before.
Bo's soldiers didn't even have a last-ditch attack, and were obviously preparing to bury these people alive.
When the barbarians in charge saw this scene, they became much more honest. Some of them were holding their empty rice bowls and did not even dare to fetch food anymore!