Wendeng Wharf is now the most prosperous port in the northern region of the Tang Dynasty. There is an endless stream of ships coming in and out every day.

Some went to sea to hunt whales, some went to sea to fish, some went to the southern region, and some went to the Japanese country or Luoyang Chang'an and other places.

The number of coolies working on the docks alone exceeds a thousand.

As the sun rises slowly from the sea level, a new day begins again.

The first thing to enter the Wendeng Pier was the clipper ship that the people of Yidiandeng Prefecture are already familiar with.

Although it is not the latest clipper boat, in the entire Dengzhou Prefecture, except for people who are closely related to the East China Sea fishery, there is no way to buy a clipper boat.

Although some people in other shipbuilding workshops are imitating the production, after going to the sea, the stability is far less than that produced by the shipbuilding workshops of Donghai Fishery.

"Everyone, please be smart. As soon as the people on the boat get off the boat, send them to the carriage immediately. Once the carriage is loaded, start one. Don't wait at the dock."

Seeing that the bow clipper on the sea was about to dock at the corner of the pier, a group of people who had obviously been waiting for a while began to move.

"Chun Yu Guanshi, don't worry, this is not the first time we have done this, nothing will happen."

"It's best to be alright. Don't take it lightly, otherwise it will be a trap and no one will be able to contain it."

The speaker was a descendant of the Chunyu family. As a native of Dengzhou Prefecture, the influence of the Chunyu family, even today, is very great.

Of course, this had a lot to do with their timely bowing to King Li Kuan of Chu.

At present, the Chunyu family's biggest profit is no longer the sale of salt or grain, or even any item of clothing, food, housing and transportation, but the unexpected slave trade.

To be more precise, it should be slave catching.

As the only slave-catching team in the Dengzhou area, the Chunyu family's slave-catching team had two-bow clippers specially sold by Donghai Fisheries.

Basically, every once in a while, a shipload of slaves would be transported to Wendeng Wharf.

"It's coming down, it's coming down, everyone, please be quick."

The steward of Chunyu's family greeted everyone, stuffed the group of people who got off the boat into the carriage, and then quickly left the dock.

…

Datang's new round of cement road construction plan has been in full swing for several months.

Except for the section from Chang'an City to Luoyang, which is the responsibility of Nanshan Construction Engineering, the rest from Luoyang to Jinyang and Luoyang to Dengzhou Prefecture were left to other distinguished families.

After all, the Ministry of Revenue was still not courageous enough. After borrowing 5 million yuan from the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty, it stopped taking action and would wait until early tomorrow to borrow another sum of money to build several other roads.

"Pah! Don't be lazy."

Dozens of miles outside the gate of Wendeng County, a group of people are busy building a cement road.

On the construction site, from time to time there would be a supervisor waving a whip and beating slaves who were slower in their hands and feet.

Yes, they are slaves!

On this stretch from Dengzhou, 80% of the people on the road were slaves.

The Chunyu family's slave-catching team captured slaves from Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and other places.

Prior to this, the Chunyu family's slave-catching team mainly captured some young women and young men and sold them to Dengzhou and nearby state capitals.

Since the imperial court began to hear rumors about building a cement road from Luoyang to Dengzhou, the Chunyu family's slave-catching team increased their efforts, and a shipload of slaves came from the sea every few days.

Today, there are at least more than 10,000 slaves working on road construction sites.

Chun Yunan looked at the busy construction site in front of him and smiled on his face.

He still knows how beneficial the construction of cement roads will be to Dengzhou Prefecture.

As a native of Dengzhou, the Chunyu family can naturally benefit a lot from it.

Not to mention the direct profits from cement workshops, sand and gravel workshops, etc., he also knows a thing or two about the hidden benefits after the construction of cement roads in the future.

Therefore, he is still very concerned about the construction of this cement road.

Even instead of sending people from the Ministry of Users and the Ministry of Works to supervise, the Dengzhou Governor's Office arranged special personnel to supervise the work on the construction site every day.

This is a great political achievement. Chunyu Nan will get angry if anyone dares to hold him back.

"Are these slaves still obedient?"

Looking at the slaves wearing short coats working hard, Chun Yunan asked Chun Yubo next to him.

"Your Majesty, these slaves are more honest than we thought. Except for a few who ran away and were lazy at the beginning, they are now very rare."

Chun Yunan felt a little surprised by the result Chunyu Bo said.

"You work from dawn to dusk every day, and you don't get paid. How come they don't have any opinions?"

"That's true. At first, I thought it was strange, but after learning about it in detail, I basically understood it." Chun Yubo explained at the side, "These slaves, whether they were captured from Silla, Baekje or Goguryeo,

"Before, they basically lived without enough food. But when they arrived in Dengzhou, they were not only fed every day, but also had whale meat to eat. This kind of life was something they had never dared to imagine before."

When Chunyu Bo said this, he couldn't help but show a proud expression on his face.

As a Tang Dynasty person, I feel proud!

"In that case, let's buy two more clipper ships from Donghai Fishery to expand the efforts of catching slaves. I heard that there is also a large population in the Japanese country. Although the distance is a little farther, the sea route is already very mature, and the difficulty of catching slaves is if

If it’s lower, it can be considered.”

The Chunyu family's slave-catching team has encountered development bottlenecks in Goguryeo and other places.

The villages in the coastal areas are becoming more and more vigilant, and in the past month, they have encountered Goguryeo's officers and soldiers several times.

Appropriately shifting the capture destination may be a better choice.

"Your Majesty, isn't the owner of Chu Palace, Bo Chu Suiliang, in Dengzhou recently? I went to visit him a few days ago. When it came to the matter of catching slaves, he gave me a suggestion, which is quite special."

Chun Yubo originally felt that Chu Suiliang's suggestion was quite unreliable and had no intention of telling his envoy, but now that the problem of slave capture was brought up, he thought it better to tell him.

"Oh? What suggestions does he have?"

Chu Suiliang had seen Chu Suiliang's talent before, and he was really curious.

"He asked us to select some of the current slaves who have families together, select some who are willing to help us, and send them back to their original country, promising that they will be rewarded with five hundred coins for each person they recruit."

"Use advantage to seduce him and use protons to balance him. This is a good suggestion."

Chunyu Bo felt that if he spit out the meat in his mouth, he might not be able to eat it back.

But Chun Yunan's vision is naturally farther than that of Chun Yubo. This move may be able to bring about an unexpected surprise.

"Then... let me try to arrange a batch first?"

Although Chunyu Bo didn't think it was a good idea before, when he saw that his envoy also thought it was a good idea, he threw away all his original positions.

…

The top of thousands of mountains, the source of thousands of waters.

Beyond Tuyuhun, you will see the towering snow-capped peaks and the vast plateau pastures.

For Datang, this was a place full of mystery and barbarism.

For this barbaric land, Luoshu City (now Lhasa) was their center.

The city is surrounded by high mountains, and the mountains are like a continuous Great Wall.

Unlike the Central Plains, there are not even a single decent tree on the mountains here, but all kinds of strange-shaped rocks.

Luoche City occupies a very large basin among these mountains.

The leader of this basin is called Songtsen Gampo.

It has to be said that Songtsen Gampo was actually a talented Zanpu. In the third year of Zhenguan, he was only twelve years old and ascended to the throne of Zanpu.

At that time, the situation facing Tubo was no better than when Li Shimin first ascended the throne.

The old nobles conspired to rebel, and Yangtong, Supi and other countries also took the opportunity to invade Tubo, and the situation became critical.

However, in just a few years, he not only calmed down the chaos, formed an army loyal to him, and surrendered all the tribes in the country, but also used a variety of methods to quickly make Tubo a well-deserved leader in this area.

The king of.

"Zanpu, now the Tang people's slave-catching teams have repeatedly appeared in the tribes that Tuyuhun originally handed over to us to capture slaves. In my opinion, if they don't teach the Tang people a lesson, it will not be enough to show the majesty of our Tubo country."

Prime Minister Ludongzan angrily told Songtsen Gampo about the situation facing the Tibetan border.

Historically, the Tubo Kingdom failed to propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty and thought that Tuyuhun was playing tricks on it, so it sent troops to attack Tuyuhun. After the experiment was sweet, it continued to send troops to attack Songzhou. As a result, the Tang Dynasty taught them a lesson, and they realized that there is a world outside the world.

There are people outside, and it can be said that we have won a few years of peace for the two countries.

However, because of Li Kuan's little wing, the relationship between the two countries began to change slightly.

The most important thing is that Tuyuhun, which stood between Tubo and Tang Dynasty, no longer exists.

The slave-catching team led by Dafei, under Li Kuan's instructions, continued to enter and exit the Tubo tribes, causing them real harm.

To be honest, the Tubo Kingdom at this time was still in the stage of rising national power and was far from reaching its peak.

At the beginning of this year, Songtsen Gampo just sent people to the country of Niboluo (now Nepal) to propose marriage to solve the problems of Tibetan country’s backward technology and abdominal safety.

At this time, Nipolo was a relatively special existence. It was one of the few countries that attached great importance to business. Its handicrafts were extremely exquisite, and its sculptures, paintings, architecture, etc. all reached a very high level.

However, Tubo was still in the stage of slave society.
To be continued...