Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1056

[Chapter 1047 Slave]

“Your Majesty, what should we do now?”

Wang Xuan was also scratching his head about this question and couldn’t help but want to ask Xiao Ming what he thought.

“As expected, it is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to defend it.” Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly.

He once thought that if he defeated a country, everything would be fine and he could exploit the country as much as he wanted. But now the facts told him that everyone in the world had their own ideas, which he could not change.

Once these defeated people have their own ideas, they will not play according to his routine. This is the case with the Japanese country now.

“Yamada Nobunaga is very smart, but cleverness will always lead to cleverness. He thought that I would choose one between him and his confidant. He was totally wrong.”

Xiao Ming walked to the door with his hands behind his back to look. Looking at the clouds in the sky, Yunshu continued: “How is the secret guard’s infiltration into the Japanese country?”

“Back to the emperor, we have now established our own intelligence agencies in the important cities of the Japanese country, and the movements of the Japanese country can be fed back at any time. We also have spies around other daimyo…” Wang Xuan reported his achievements in the Japanese country one by one.

Xiao Ming nodded secretly while listening. He said: “From now on, you will start assassinating the rebel leader. At the same time, you will insert people into the rebel army and support him to become the rebel leader.”

Wang Xuan thought carefully after hearing this. Suddenly enlightened, he said: “The emperor means that the Japanese daimyo should be ours.”

“Yes, isn’t this the best result? As for Yamada Nobunaga and his close men, they should also be allowed to die. The soil has returned, you should start preparing from now on, if they can use the people of Japan to disrupt my market, I can use the people of Japan to take back the market,” Xiao Ming said.

“Yes, Your Majesty, there are quite a few people here in Xiaguan who are proficient in the Japanese language. It is very easy to arrange a Japanese identity for them.” Wang Xuan became happy.

There was a smile on Xiao Ming’s lips, and then the two discussed many details of the plan, including the actions against Japan after the Nanyang War.

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Manila.

After more than ten days of rectification, the city of Manila has returned to its former appearance. The only difference is that it is no longer Western businessmen coming in and out, but businessmen from Great Chongqing who heard the news.

Because of Spanish and Dutch operations, Manila actually has complete living facilities and industrial and commercial facilities. The spice factories scattered in Manila and the surrounding mines are well preserved.

Businessmen naturally covet this, because as long as they take over these industries, they can immediately obtain related profits.

Therefore, after the war ended, many businessmen flocked to Manila to inspect the situation here, ready to take action at any time.

“Commander, I have to say that these servants trained by the Spaniards are quite good. Would you like to choose a few to go back to serve the madam and the young lady?”

Liu Chen was followed by two natives dressed as servants. These natives were the ones who lived during the Spanish and Dutch rule. Purchased from local indigenous tribes.

In Manila, these people were strictly trained as outstanding servants, and then sold by the Spanish and Dutch at high prices to serve the nobles in other colonies.

After the Dutch fled hastily, they found many such natives in the city.

“If you like it, just send it back for your own use. I don’t want to be woken up in the middle of the night.” Yue Yun curled his lips, “But the Spanish and Dutch methods are good. These natives are uncivilized entirely because they have not received education. You can become a respectful servant with some training. Now that the empire is in short supply of slaves, we can find a way from here,” Yue Yun said.

“No.” Liu Chen said loudly: “How many slaves did you capture after defeating the barbarians? How many slaves are there in Siberia? There are some indigenous people in Australia, but the number is also very small. It is not enough for itself. When it comes to finding high-quality slave resources , we have to start with Nanyang. I once heard that the total population of Nanyang is at least tens of millions, and India has a population of over 100 million. It would be a waste not to use such abundant resources.”

The two were talking, and suddenly they felt cheerful. Laughter rang out, Yue Yun turned around and saw Li Kaiyuan walking over with a big belly.

Yue Yun joked: “Li Kaiyuan, you have been very successful in recent years. It is said that the emperor will want to kill you every time he sees your big belly. How much money can you find?”

Li Kaiyuan’s face suddenly turned green, and he said : “Don’t talk nonsense. My fatness has nothing to do with embezzling money. Besides, my Li family is a businessman and I don’t lack that kind of money.”

“Hahaha…” Yue Yun laughed, and he walked over and hugged Li. Kaiyuan said over his shoulder: “It’s a joke, it’s just a joke, but why did you come to Manila this time?”

Li Kaiyuan regained his composure, and he said: “You need money and food for marching and fighting. This money is not brought by the strong wind. This time The emperor sent me here to sell the salable properties in Manila and to open up the stagnant mines. Now that the domestic commodity trade is increasing, more and more dragon coins are needed. If there is not enough gold, Silver and copper can’t be minted.”

“Aren’t there still banknotes?” Yue Yun said matter-of-factly.

Li Kaiyuan sneered and said: “I am not as good as you when it comes to fighting, but when it comes to industry and commerce, you are just kidding me. Our empire is now on the gold standard. How much gold is printed is how much paper money is printed. This economy is not random.”

Liu Chen and Yue Yun looked at each other and they didn’t bother to care about this. He said, “In that case, show me the emperor’s handover and handle the handover. You will be in charge of this Manila thing.”

Li Kaiyuan took out the handbook covered with a jade seal from his arms. , and then asked his subordinates to accompany Liu Chen to handle the handover.

Then he glanced at the servant next to Liu Chen with a smile on his face, “I’m here for a big business this time.”

Yue Yun noticed Li Kaiyuan’s eyes, “I was talking to Liu Chen about this just now. It seems that the emperor I don’t want to waste so much labor.”

“Of course, the people of the empire now have their own manors as their ideal. The empire is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people own manors. But when we look back, we find that many of them are manor owners. In addition, many people have entered factories to make a living, but the labor needed in this manor has disappeared. Because of this, the price of slaves has continued to rise. Now many slave-catching groups have emerged to go to various parts of the world to capture slaves and return them to the country for sale. In view of this , The emperor had this idea,” Li Kaiyuan said.

Yue Yun nodded. The empire’s technology has been improving over the years, but the law on slaves has never been abolished, which gave the people the legal right to own slaves.

However, through Li Kaiyuan’s narration, he also understood the problems faced by the empire now. If the manor owners did not have slaves to cultivate the plantations, the empire’s manor economy would soon go bankrupt.

There is one more chapter, which will come later.

(End of chapter)