Everyone gets what they need

The army immediately poured into the city.

There were only a few hundred Korean soldiers who dared to resist. Under the leadership of the armored generals, they fought and retreated, but the larger the number, the faster they retreated.

Soon, the soldiers in the city were scattered, and the armored generals retreated again and again.

Kai Maolin and Niu Lu here have already begun to shout and persuade them to surrender.

When they retreated to the edge of the bell tower, the general's official face was full of despair, and he was ready to launch a desperate charge. Even though the soldiers had no chance of winning, as a general, he was still loyal.

It's a pity that this loyalty is not reflected and accumulated in normal times.

Otherwise, the soldiers under my command may have a few more pieces of armor and a few more guns.

I can only leave a good reputation behind me now.

The stupid and bad general was about to die generously, but the slave scholar over there who was instructing the Black Flag Army in making siege equipment stepped forward to stop him in time.

"General! The city has been destroyed! The black flag army cannot be stopped! Hand over all the slaves and lowly households as soon as possible to protect the safety of the city's middle-ranking officials and gentlemen! If the black flag army gets angry and destroys the scholars in the city, it will be a disaster for Bingzi.

Reappearance!!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the general on the opposite side thrust his head forward, his astonishment visible to the naked eye.

At noon that day.

Jizhou City offered 6,000 slaves and 3,000 taels of silver, causing the Black Banner Army to withdraw from Jizhou.

The Black Banner Army was overjoyed when they saw this. After withdrawing from the city, they selected 3,000 strong men from slaves to form armored men, and then headed for Mingzhou City, which was only more than thirty miles away from the north of Jizhou City.

After the city begged people for gold and silver, Mingzhou City offered two thousand slaves, two thousand taels of silver, and white linen cloth. The cattle were not happy, and after bombarding Mingzhou City with artillery, Mingzhou City offered another three thousand slaves with black flags.

The military then retreated.

In the evening, the Black Flag Army took the slaves and repaired in Mingzhou. They wanted to retreat, but with the help of Jin Naigang and other Koreans, they set their sights on Danchuan City, which was also not far away from Jizhou City.

The next day, we went to Duanchuan City again. This time it was a real encirclement by a large army. The small town of Duanchuan sacrificed two thousand slaves in a trembling manner. The bullocks saw that the team was really bloated and had little food available, so they decided to retreat.

On the way, they rounded up with two other Niulu and captured nearly 15,000 slaves and untouchables in total, rushing towards the Yalu River in a mighty manner.

The vanguard sent the news to a small camp that had just been set up across the Yalu River. Among the Yalu guards who were waiting for Shengjing to dispatch slave workers, Tiqi, who was sticking to the pole, was so shocked that he could not speak and quickly sent the news to the Yalu Guards.

Shengjing.

The Yalu Guards also hurriedly purchased rations from the nearby Zhuangzi to supply the more than 10,000 slave workers. They also dispatched nearby armored men and bannermen to cross the river to help guard the subsequent slave workers waiting to cross the river.

For two whole days, as a large number of slaves were either numb, crying, or looking forward to being sent across the river in batches, the whole of Shengjing was boiling over this.

Jiao Boqing's order on how to arrange them has not yet been issued.

Many letters from people came along, asking how many slaves there were, male, female, old and young, and whether an old acquaintance could sell me 180 of them.

If you are nearby, you can come directly to the site to see the goods.

Shengjing is far away, but there are many people who follow the messenger to see the goods.

"Why are those batches separated? Oh, they are handicapped."

"Those left behind by the Yalu Guards knew that the incomplete ones were not easy to sell, so we classified them as permanent laborers in the Yalu Guards."

"Tsk, tsk, what a pity."

People who came to view the goods couldn't help but be speechless when they saw that each one of them was blind, had no nose or ears, was missing his left arm or had no tongue.

And looking at the resettled Korean slaves, crossing the river one by one looked completely different from the way they were going to the devil's cave.

Although they still looked frightened, everyone became much calmer, and some young men were still trying to recommend themselves to the wandering flagmen.

The Korean flag bearer who also came to see the goods couldn't help but sigh.

Anyone who has been here knows what's going on.

According to Korean law, the price for a young male slave to be sold to a private individual was four hundred pieces of cloth, but now a horse of poor quality in Korea is sold for five hundred pieces of cloth.

Public servants are still the best and most valuable slaves.

This is nothing.

As a slave, like land and houses, they are regarded as private property and can be bought, sold, donated and inherited at will.

The master can punish his slaves at will, and can also be executed with the permission of the government.

This is why there are a large number of captured slaves with mutilated bodies, ears, eyes, and noses. When the slowly killing becomes unsatisfactory, the slave owner can tell the government that he is in a good mood and wave his hand, and the slave owner can give him a hand.

This makes Zhu Youjian's slave protection policy in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty particularly brilliant.

If the slave is mutilated, he will be beaten with a stick ten times in one missing area. If the slave is beaten to death, he will be sent to be an armored man for three years. If he fights with a slave and beats the slave to death, he will be examined for his injuries and given five to fifty blows.

etc. Anyone who kills intentionally will be directly punished by hanging.

These laws and promotion channels were explained by Qi Xinlang to the Korean slaves. To them, they were like the sound of heaven!

same.

The same is true for the increasingly large slave group in Zhenghei Banner.

In the past, labor was cherished and slaves were mostly under official management, so there was no abuse of obedient slaves. Nowadays, private slaves have begun to increase in number, and laws related to slave sales, treatment, and class status have just been introduced.

certainly.

Strictly controlled by the government, third-class slaves who are purely consumables are not protected by such laws.

"What should I say? How much should Shengjing leave for the prince?"

"Based on the number of households, there are only 500 households with families left. When the Yalu Guards are repaired, they and those disabled people will be the first batch of citizens of the Yalu Guards."

"OK."

"How much cheaper do you think the one with intact hands and feet and no nose would be?"

Everyone is picking and waiting for the people to be selected. A group of these people will be sold in Yaluwei, and the rest will be taken to Shengjing. Except for a few Niu Lu will keep for himself, the rest will be sold.

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After these slaves listened to the rules and the process of regaining their freedom, some hope finally ignited in the hearts of each of them after being slaves for many years.

Although this process is practical, there are still some gaps.

For example, the right to interpret "hard work".

The gold content of the service areas where citizens become bannermen, etc.

But this still does not prevent these people who have been slaves for generations from hoping for a new life as free people.

Of course, the slave, who had lived a pretty good or even superior life for various reasons before, secretly cried sadly.

Slaves are being dealt with on this side of the river.

On the other side, North Korea has not yet gotten over the fear of the black flag invasion.

The bad news came immediately.

King Lee Joon of Korea passed away. After he came to power against the Qing Dynasty, he was invaded by the Qing Dynasty, which resulted in the loss of power and humiliation of the country. After that, he lived in fear for several years, mocking himself as "a bird with a broken bow". When he was seriously ill, he suddenly heard about the invasion of black flag barbarians, and was horrified.

, died several months earlier.

The crown prince Li Hao was in great grief. When he was wailing, all the officials of the Joseon Dynasty, led by his teacher Song Shiyeol, persuaded him that when the country was about to survive, he should cheer up and stand by the emperor! To protect the country!

After crying for two days, all the ministers came to persuade him. Only then did Li Hao ascend the throne as the king of Korea in grief. The next day, he sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to request for canonization.

At the same time, the reply from King Black Flag came.

Li Hao, who had just come to power, hurriedly took it open, opened it, and read four words.

'To each his own.'
Chapter completed!