Chapter 154: The largest slave trade market

"Daddy, naturally, can add taxes to the surrounding towns!"
Seeing his father embarrassed, Jiao Bofeng directly proposed a solution to the problem.
Jiao Tianci frowned and said, "This won't happen. The tax burden in the surrounding towns is already very heavy. Our Wangshan Guard is different from other guards. The land is barren and there are no special products. Caravans rarely come here. , If heavy taxes are imposed, I am afraid that something will happen."
Jiao Bofeng said frankly: "Daddy, you have a bad idea again. Yes, we hope that the land here is barren and there are no special products, but it is because of this that it is good!"
"How to say?"
Jiao Bofeng smiled and said: "My boy said something awful. If our Wangshanwei is a fat and oily treasure land, can it still be named Jiao now?"
Jiao Tianci shook his head and said: "It is naturally impossible. If it were that way, it would have been taken away by the surrounding army officials."
"Hey!" Jiao Bofeng clapped his palms: "So in such a poor place, it is not my father and son who make the rules? What is said, if those who are subordinates dare not listen, we will send troops to equalize them. ! What's the problem?"
Jiao Tianci was stunned when he heard it. He watched his son stay for a while before stroking his beard and laughed: "It really is my Kirin! My father never thought of what you said on this level! Yes! That's it. Increase taxation. As for those untouchables, as long as they can stutter, thank me for being merciful! I'm afraid they will cause any trouble!"
Indeed, Jiao Tianci's Wangshanwei has the confidence to do such a thing.
The surrounding area of ​​Wangshanwei is also peculiar in the entire Longteng Empire, because it is close to Qingtianfeng Mountain, so the external traffic here is almost cut off.
The Wangshan Guard guards the moat, naturally few people come, and even the caravans that are very common on the mainland are not likely to run towards their poor place.
Of course, except for the caravans engaged in the slave trade.
Therefore, in such a place, there will be no warriors among the people, after all, the resources are too barren.
There is even no treasure that can make Wu Zong ask for skills, so no matter how talented the people here are, they are mostly ordinary people without martial arts cultivation. Are they making trouble? Facing the Wangshanwei Qianhusho composed of all kinds of warriors, isn't it a death hunt?
Moreover, Jiao Tianci is not afraid of the exile of the villagers under his rule. You must know that the refugees in the current Longteng Empire are the least popular.
As long as they appear, the local tycoons who dominate any place will find ways to disperse the refugees or even kill them altogether.
Therefore, there is a habit that refugees are equal to starving to death in the Dragon Empire.
So as long as he Jiao Tianci didn't scrape away the last grain of people here, then they wouldn't do that mortal refugee.
So confident, why is he afraid of being over-squeezed?
Thinking of this, the two of father and son glanced at each other, feeling refreshed in their hearts, and couldn't help laughing.
What they didn’t know was that amidst the laughter of their father and son, a young man who appeared to be only fourteen or five years old had slipped onto the streets of Qingtian Town...
"This is Qingtian Town?" Cheng Hao frowned slightly at the sight of the street.
Standing next to him was a Qingxi Village man named Wu Shiqi, who brought Cheng Hao out of Qingtian Peak Mountain Range to Qingtian Town.
Qingxi Village occasionally comes outside to buy some necessities of life, using local products from Qingtianfeng Mountain, such as animal skins, and wild fruits.
Hearing Cheng Hao’s question, Wu Shiqi smiled bitterly:
It’s good for Cheng Zhuangshi to know that this is indeed Qingtian Town, the largest town within a hundred li. The Wangshan Guard is located ten miles north of Qingtian Town. It’s a pile of stones. A fortress, built against a steep cliff."
Cheng Hao nodded and looked at the so-called Qingtianzhen state again. He couldn't help but wrinkle his nose vigorously. The smell was really unpleasant.
This Qingtian Town is not small, and it can even catch up to a district of Yunfeng City.
Both the ground and the buildings on both sides of the street are made of stone, which is somewhat different from the Dragon Empire’s habit of building houses with wood.
I think it should be because of the high-quality stones produced by the mountains.
In the middle of Qingtian Town is a straight main street. From the deep ruts pressed out of the stone road, it can be seen that there should be a long walk with heavy carriages.
But now the streets are very desolate, and there are very few people walking around. There are not many stalls selling things, and they are completely deserted.
This is somewhat in contrast to the ruts pressed out on the ground.
In addition, dark red traces can be seen on both sides of the street and on the ground. With Cheng Hao's eyesight, it is natural to see that those blood stains have dried up.
It was mixed with some yellow and black things that couldn't tell what it was, and they exuded a weird and nauseous smell.
"Why don't you see so many people here? And what are these things?" Cheng Hao pointed to the weird traces of drying up on the ground.
Wu Shiqi glanced at it and sighed: "You don't know anything about Cheng Zhuangshi. In fact, Qingtian Town has a small population. As long as it's not a new moon day, it's hard to see anyone."
"Oh? Why is this?"
Wu Shiqi's face slightly twitched and said bitterly, "Isn't it because New Moon Day is a fair, Renji!"
"Renji?" Cheng Hao felt very fresh about the name: "What is Renji?"
"Naturally it is a seller! Among the several towns under the jurisdiction of Wangshanwei, all are dominated by the slave trade! There are few other things here, but the slaves are the most! Almost the entire Longteng Empire The big slave traders who do this business will come regularly, and the new moon day is the villain set, in order to let the people who capture the slaves sell the captured slaves to the slave traders in Qingtian Town, and wait until the full moon day of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a year Once in the adult gathering, the big slave traders in the Longteng Empire would come here and buy slaves from the slave traders in Qingtian Town."
Cheng Hao's eyebrows were about to stand up, and he said coldly, "What? Don't Wangshanwei's people just catch you from the Qiman tribe?"
"Naturally not." Wu Shiqi smiled bitterly: "After all, our Qiman tribe is too few in number. How can we satisfy the appetite of these great masters? The Qingtianfeng mountain range has been cut off from traffic and can only enter the Dragon Empire, but it is Can’t get out of other places, so if there are criminals in the entire empire, or offend the powerful, they will all run towards us. Over time, the number of people will increase, so this will become the largest slave trade. market."