Chapter 2568
Unprecedented Speed of Earning Money
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"Fengxian, we have captured so many people. It would be wrong if no one said anything." Zhang Liao said with a smile while riding on his horse, pointing at the crowd of people tied up with ropes in front of him.
"That's true. This place is really a good place. There are so many barbarians. We should have come here earlier. We wasted so much time in Bingzhou before. Now when I think about it, I feel that I missed a lot..." Lu Bu came back to his senses and looked at everything in front of him with some satisfaction in his eyes.
Compared with the nomadic peoples north of Bingzhou who have almost been captured, the population and labor resources in this area of Central Asia can be said to be very abundant.
Moreover, these people were very obedient. As long as they were defeated, they would surrender very quickly. Many of them were even very obedient and would take the initiative to lead the way for them and act as guides. Moreover, the number of people in the tribes they encountered each time they led the way increased, and the gains also became greater and greater.
It really makes people feel inexplicably emotional. If all the nomadic peoples in the north were like this, then the labor force available every year would not cause a shortage of people in the Bingzhou mines.
Looking at Zhang Liao and Lu Bu like this, Gao Shun still realized something was wrong, but his expression did not change at all, and he silently performed his guard duties.
Compared to the enemies they encountered at the beginning, the strength of the so-called barbarian army they encountered now has undergone a drastic change.
If the enemies we encounter at the beginning were just trash at the level of the mixed Hu people, then the opponents we encounter now can barely support an elite force within the Han Empire.
This also means that those so-called guides are not as kind as they appear, and it is obvious that the opponents they encounter are stronger than the last.
Of course, it is also possible that the guiding tribe is getting bigger and bigger, so the opponents they face are also getting stronger and stronger.
However, judging from the attitude of the former, the so-called Rome in these people's words can be so trusted and yearned for. I think the other party's strength is also very scary. I just don't know if there will be a chance to fight.
It can be said that the opponents they face are getting stronger and stronger. No matter whether it is Zhang Liao or Lu Bu, they don’t think there is anything wrong with such opponents.
Having fought wars with many Hu people in the north, some strong and some weak, such as the Xiongnu and some weak as the mixed Hu, it can be said that I have become accustomed to it.
Moreover, compared to the omnipotent means at the beginning, the current Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's offensive means can be said to be very monotonous, but extremely efficient!
A simple and unpretentious fighting method that has been learned through battlefield practice.
That is, Lu Bu and Gao Shun's trap camp would act as the vanguard to break the formation and open a gap. Zhang Liao and others followed closely behind, leading more Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to expand the gap and use their own legion talents to reduce accidental casualties of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.
The other eight generals led their troops to encircle the enemy from both wings to prevent them from escaping and to obtain the most labor.
It can be said that the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, which has been fighting in this place for nearly half a year, has never failed, and even fighting annihilation battles has become their instinct.
After the war, all who were alive, regardless of gender, age or status, were packed up and taken away, and the ground was plundered.
Although Lu Bu also wanted to implement the path and policies of sustainable development like in Bingzhou at the beginning, he gave up this idea after understanding the actual situation.
After all, the distance was too far, and there was no way to bring back everything he got here, or the cost of bringing it back was too high, so it was completely wasted on the way. In addition, it was not easy to come here once, and the possibility of sustainable development was not high. So he simply communicated with the Yuan family in the north, and directly sold everything he got to the Yuan family at a low price. The Yuan family would issue the corresponding receipt, and when Lu Bu returned to the Central Plains, the Yuan family in the country would pay.
In this way, both the Yuan family and Lu Bu can avoid huge losses on the road.
Lu Bu was of course very satisfied with this, and he also believed in the credibility of the Yuan family. At least under the current circumstances where the Han Empire was in charge and witnessing, it was impossible for the Yuan family not to pay corresponding benefits.
The Yuan family, which had three generations of officials, was still able to pay huge profits even after experiencing failures and setbacks.
Young and middle-aged laborers cost 40,000 to 50,000 coins, women cost 30,000 to 40,000 coins, and the elderly and children cost an additional uniform price.
This thing, which is almost banned in the Central Plains region, is still on the table today. It is only because the people being bought and sold are not Han people, and the transactions are not conducted on the mainland of the Han Empire, so people pretend to be confused even though they know the truth.
However, even so, looking at the people brought over by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao time and time again, even the Yuan family, which had already established itself in the north, accepted them with both heartache and joy.
The good news is that these are labor forces and population, labor forces that can be exploited and used intensively to create a large amount of material and wealth.
What was sad was that they had too little food and had no way of receiving it in full, and they did not dare to let Lu Bu plunder it with all his strength.
Such a good fighter, such an honest price, if you miss this period of time, I'm afraid you will lose him.
After all, during this period of time, Lu Bu did not bring his wise man Chen Gong with him. Although he had Zhang Liao by his side, he would not be deceived too badly, but with Chen Gong still around, he could save a lot of things, and it could even be said that he could get a half-price discount.
However, even though it was such a good thing, the food they stored was not enough to support such a large number of people.
Not only that, another reason is that the population size of the Han Empire at home also restricted the number of foreign populations they used, especially those from the radiation zone of Roman civilization, which still caused some trouble in using them.
However, thanks to the development of the Roman radiation zone, when the Yuan family used these populations and labor, even if the intensity of exploitation was higher, there was no situation in the country where the kings, princes, generals and ministers were of a different kind, the blue sky was dead and the yellow sky should be established, and the world was peaceful in the year of Jiazi.
It can be said that there are both good and bad sides.
"If we send this batch of people over, there should be nearly 100,000 people in total..." Zhang Liao, who works part-time as an accountant, took out the abacus he got from China, tapped it gently, calculated the profits, and nodded with satisfaction.
Calculated based on the average price of personnel, their income in the past six months is nearly 3 billion yuan, not including a large number of strange sundries, various livestock cattle and sheep, etc., which would be worth even more. This is much faster than making money by fighting in the country.
Especially when you think about the fact that the Southern Xiongnu only made 100 million coins a year, they made money so fast. I think the top five merchants in the world are probably no more than that.
(End of this chapter)