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Text Chapter 510: Dealing with the Barbarians

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    In this battle, the capture of Yelu Yanxi alive can be said to be a great victory, but the results obtained by the army were limited. They only killed more than 3,000 Liao soldiers and Kelie people and captured more than 5,000 people.

    On the vast grassland, the riding skills of the barbarians and Khitans were still superior to the beam cavalry. Even if they won, it would be difficult to stop them from escaping.

    Nearly 2,000 people were injured on the Daliang side. Although Daliang's weapons were completely superior, there were still a lot of casualties against the barbarians who grew up on horseback.

    When everyone heard the reported casualties and results, they couldn't help but frown.

    Chao Yong knew that the cavalry in Daliang could not compare with the Khitan cavalry and the Klie people. A cavalry could not be built overnight, so he spared no effort to equip the cavalry. He just hoped that the cavalry could use less equipment and people who grew up on horses.  The difference between people.

    There were almost no casualties among his soldiers. One was because he had chosen only one of a hundred when he selected his soldiers. The other was that in addition to centurions like Shi Yong, there were also Sun An, Shi Bao, Fang Jie, Yue Fei, and Yang Zaixing this time.  led by strong generals.  The number of Khitans killed by five hundred soldiers was definitely more than five hundred.

    In other words, excluding the results of his personal soldiers, the casualties of the Liang cavalry and the Khitans and barbarians were almost the same. This was achieved when he rushed into the battle with his personal soldiers, boosting his own morale and weakening the opponent's morale.

    Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "The cavalry under my command have been practicing. I didn't expect that they are still so different from the tribesmen on horseback."

    Dong Ping was also a little bit shocked. He gritted his teeth and said: "We will fight with 100,000 people to kill all these barbarians and save them from going south to plunder."

    At this moment, Chao Yong was really tempted.

    One hundred thousand people is insignificant to Daliang, but it is enough to break the muscles and bones of various grassland tribes.

    Chao Yong saw that Yue Fei seemed to have something to say, but did not dare to interrupt, so he said: "Yue Fei, what do you think?"

    Yue Fei looked at the prince and asked.  Then he also stood up and said: "The general thinks that the barbarians cannot be killed."

    Dong Ping saw a young boy refuting him and said displeasedly: "The prince is in charge of the Ministry of War and the soldiers of the three armies are responsible for their lives. Why can't he kill all the barbarians?"

    Yue Fei was not intimidated by Dong Ping, and explained: "If we kill all the Kele tribe, the Mier beggars from the north will definitely go south and invade this grassland. If we kill all the Mier beggars, barbarians from further north will come."  Unless we can make these river grasslands disappear, barbarians will always be attracted."

    Dong Ping said: "Then keep killing."

    Chao Yong nodded and said: "What Yue Fei said makes sense. Destroy this tribe. And that tribe. To forge iron, we need to be strong. We still have to ensure our own combat effectiveness to remain invincible. Yue Fei, do you have any other opinions?  , let¡¯s say it together.¡±

    Yue Fei was affirmed by the prince and his thinking became clearer.  After thinking for a while, he said: "From the map, there are rivers crisscrossing this area. The Liao Kingdom also moved people here to cultivate, which shows that the land here can be cultivated. We can move people here, which will not only strengthen the court's control of this land.  As long as our Han culture spreads here, we will be able to civilize the tribes here and further north."

    Dong Ping shook his head and said: "These barbarians don't know a word of Chinese characters and are savage and untamable. It's probably more difficult to civilize them than to kill them all."

    Yue Fei said: "Barbarians don't understand culture. What we attract them is food, clothing, housing and transportation. After they see the lives of our people in Daliang, as long as we give them a chance, they will think about integrating into our world instead of continuing to live the life of barbarians.  ¡±

    Chao Yong agrees very much with Yue Fei's point of view, which culture is more attractive.  It just depends on which culture can create richer materials.  People don't think so much, they just see which culture can help them live a good life.  Various cultures from later generations invaded China.  Behind them are all developed countries, and people think those countries are advanced.  There has never been a cultural invasion from a backward country, no matter how long their history.

    Dong Ping smiled and said: "What you are talking about is based on the premise that they cannot defeat us, otherwise these barbarians must first think about robbing us."

    Yue Fei nodded and said: "General Dong is right. To deal with these barbarians, you must first use swords and guns."

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "What you said makes sense. To deal with the barbarians, you need a knife and money. Of course, it is not to give them money like the Song Dynasty, but to let them see the wealth of my Daliang and attract them to join my Daliang."  Come, big family. We, Daliang, are a tolerant country, and we can¡¯t only accommodate Han people. As long as they are willing to put down their swords and guns, we can still accept them.¡±

    General Dangxiang in the room felt much better when he heard what Chao Yong said.  Although Dong Ping wanted to kill all the barbarians, they always felt a bit sad after hearing this. After all, they were not Han people. Before the fall of Xixia, they?They were also aliens who plundered the Han people.

    Dong Ping asked: "What should we do with those prisoners?"

    Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "Let's see if the various ministries want to replace them. If not, they will all be branded as slaves and sent to the imperial mines."

    Daliang successively obtained more than 300,000 prime-age slaves from the Yue and Li Dynasties, and they were all dispersed into mines in various places. There were different mines such as coal, gold, silver, copper, iron, etc. There would be no more than one Yue and Li Dynasty slaves in each mine.  Thousands of people, there are enough mines in Daliang to accommodate them.  If it were not to prevent them from rioting, several large mines could house these slaves.

    In the past, the imperial court¡¯s mines employed common people, and the slaves only needed to make them strong enough to work.  Since the arrival of those Yue-Li Dynasty slaves, the court's net profit from monopoly sales has been higher, so the Ministry of Household Affairs also supports the small-scale war launched by the Ministry of War.

    And slaves also appeared among the people. Large families also had slaves before, but during the Song Dynasty, the status of slaves was greatly improved. Masters could not harm slaves at will. It can be said that slaves were more like hired workers, and their basic personal rights could still be guaranteed.

    However, after the appearance of foreign slaves in the Daliang court, large households also purchased foreign slaves. The Kunlun slaves that were popular in the Tang Dynasty became widespread again after many years. There were also many slaves from some small countries in Southeast Asia.  These large households do not use these foreign slaves to serve their daily lives. The foreign slaves are clumsy, but they still manage their lives easily by the slaves who are used to it.  They bought foreign slaves basically for farming.

    Because the imperial court auctioned a large amount of land, many large landowners emerged. These landowners were unwilling to hire ordinary people because the imperial court set a minimum harvest for tenants to ensure their interests, so they would rather spend money to buy foreign slaves to farm.

    The appearance of a large number of foreign slaves caused a great debate in the court, and they debated for a long time whether merchant ships should be allowed to plunder slaves in foreign countries.  In the end, Chao Yong also supported the emergence of slaves, because landlords used serfs, leaving many people with no land to farm. Forced to make a living, they could only cooperate with the imperial court in relocating, which was beneficial to the expansion of the Han people, and the imperial court could also collect a large amount of tax revenue from slave ships.

    It can be said that there is a great demand for slaves in Daliang now.  (To be continued)
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