Cao Cao looked at the letters in his hands. During this period, information had been sent to him from all over the place that required his personal review.

The first information sent to Cao Ren was about the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols. These information were all factual things that Cao Ren had seen, and they were extremely shocking. In short, after reading them, Cao Cao inexplicably felt like he was a frog in a well.

But after reading the information about technological innovation within the Xinghan Empire, he even felt as if he was in another world.

The changes in the Xinghan Empire are rapid.

Yesterday's advanced technology may be commonplace today.

I clearly didn’t have this feeling when I was an official before.

Is it because my level has increased that I know more?

Or is it that I have actually fallen behind the development of the times?

It turns out that I was just a frog in a well before.

Looking at the development of various incredible technologies in his hands, Cao Cao sighed. Only when the tide recedes can we know who is swimming naked.

Fortunately, he was able to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade, so he wasn't thrown away.

After all, the technology is being popularized among all regular troops, and they have more or less got a certain share, which also allows them to adapt in advance.

"King Wei, good news! Good news!"

"Oh? Why are you so happy? The first batch of experimental soldiers have completed the transformation?"

Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai, who walked in from outside with a very happy face, and asked some questions.

Xi Zhicai has always been a calm person. Why did he lose his composure today? It's really unlike Xi Zhicai.

"Hahahaha, King Wei, there's better news than that!" Xi Zhicai laughed and handed a letter to Cao Cao.

"The Ming Dynasty and the Mongols have ceased fighting? Are they planning to set up a temporary trading zone? To exchange prisoners?" Cao Cao was shocked after reading this.

He finally understood why Xi Zhicai was so happy.

Although he was a supporting role in this world war, he still participated in the war to some extent and gained some things.

After Jia Xu restricted the return of captives, he had a large backlog of captives on hand.

It would be a waste to kill it, but it would be troublesome to keep it. Now it comes in handy.

They don't have time to develop technology, so directly asking for finished products is much faster than developing technology. Moreover, having samples makes it easier to disassemble and study them later.

Upon hearing the news, Cao Cao was also excited.

The territory under his command was conquered by force, and there are many things missing. If they operate properly this time, they can get what they want.

Until now, Cao Cao has not given up the idea of ​​further expansion.

Cao Cao's ideal used to be to be the General who Conquers the West. Although he had ambitions later on, he became more open-minded after being defeated. Since he could not achieve hegemony, it was also good to be a General who Conquers the West.

There are so many worlds in the world, and there are powerful opponents like the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols, so it would be more meaningful to conquer them, incorporate the barbarians into the Central Plains, expand the territory, and establish an unprecedented great cause. Just thinking about it makes Cao Cao very excited.

So whenever Cao Cao saw an opportunity, he was very excited. Every step forward meant that he was one step closer to his ideal.

"How many prisoners do we have now?" After his excitement, Cao Cao immediately became concerned about the most important issue.

After all, the more prisoners they take, the more they can get.

"We only have more than 13,000 people!" Xi Zhicai shook his head and brought Cao Cao back to reality with just one sentence.

How much can more than 10,000 people get in exchange?

Judging from his own experience, Cao Cao felt that what he could get would not be much, and his previous excitement instantly disappeared.

Instead, it feels like a piece of chicken ribs, tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

"Have you forgotten?" Xi Zhicai gave a sly smile.

"There are still a group of Mongol captives in Rome and the Western Regions!"

"I remember that those captives were treated as slaves, right?" Cao Cao asked after recalling the incident.

"That's right! To Rome and the Western Regions, these captives are nothing more than cheap slaves, but now they are of great value to us!"

Xi Zhicai showed a look of mastery of his wisdom. The territory of the Mongols was too large, and the population was too large. Even if all the captives were killed, it would be just a drop in the bucket for the Mongols.

But if we could send these captives back and mix some sand in them, perhaps it would have a miraculous effect.

They had investigated before and found that the soldiers of the Mongol army came from various tribes and did not know each other completely. There were even some vassal troops among them.

"Okay! Go contact them and buy all the captives back for me!" Cao Cao thought for a moment and made the decision.

Anyway, with the Ming Dynasty in front of them, it doesn’t matter much to them whether the Mongols are strong or weak, so they might as well take the opportunity to make a fortune.

"Okay, I'll do it right now!"

Xi Zhicai nodded. He came here just to get Cao Cao's authorization, so he actually started preparing everything that needed to be prepared as soon as possible.

"By the way, send someone to ask if the Qing Dynasty wants any captives. We can exchange the captives with them from Sun Quan!" Cao Cao touched his chin, intending to expand the scope of population trade.

Xi Zhicai was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Cao Cao meant.

Then he nodded, turned and left.

"Prisoner trade!" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes. He had a bold idea, but he didn't know if it could be realized.

The relationship between countries changes as their interests change.

The Xinghan, as a large entity, cannot please everyone at the moment, but the kings of the Xinghan seem to be able to take on this role.

The Huns all had the Southern Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, so there seemed to be no problem for them to pretend to be pro-Mongol forces within the Xinghan Empire.

As for whether it would anger the Ming Dynasty, Cao Cao was not worried at all. The Ming Dynasty still needed Xinghan to deal with the Qing Dynasty, and it was impossible for it to turn its guns against Xinghan.

At least before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, they could jump left and right to gain their own benefits.

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

From the moment the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty intervened, this world was destined to be impossible to be completely occupied by him.

In this case, why not give it a try and then transfer all the gains to another world. It is a good habit to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

Although Cao Cao's suspicion was greatly reduced, it did not completely disappear. He did not trust the Ming Dynasty, even though the two sides were now allies.

He didn't even believe in himself.

He also didn't know whether what he was thinking now would be what he would think in the future.

Just as he only wanted to be a general who conquered the west back then, but later he became ambitious and wanted to fight for the world, and later he wanted to be the general who conquered the west of Xinghan. He was not sure whether he would have that day, and suddenly he had the idea of ​​creating an eternal dynasty.

At least for now, he wants to strive to become Xinghan's General of the Western Expedition, as a way of repaying Mu Yi's kindness.

After all, he had thought that he would only be a county magistrate for the rest of his life.

……

"Want to buy slaves?" The Roman senator looked at Xi Zhicai with some confusion.

After all, they are now part of the Xinghan Empire, and they are familiar with the composition of Xinghan's subordinates.

The Romans knew that Xi Zhicai was a counselor under the command of Cao Cao, the King of Wei.

There was no problem with the identity, but the idea of ​​coming all the way to buy slaves still revealed a hint of weirdness.

"Okay, but there are many injured and even disabled people. Are you sure you want them all?" The Roman senator, based on the idea that everyone is one family, also advised Xi Zhicai.

"Yes, as long as it's from the Mongols, I want them all!" Xi Zhicai said firmly.

"Can I ask what you want them for? If you just want some slaves, maybe you could look into the Barbarian Slaves!"

The Roman senator touched his chin, looked around, and said mysteriously.

"Barbarian slaves?" Xi Zhicai was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of this before.

“Hehehe, these are some historical issues. They did not join Rome and are not Roman civilians, but they also paid taxes to Rome!” The Roman senator laughed.

"If you're interested, I still have the slaves of those believers here!"

There is no end to the mess of historical issues.

This was true even for Rome under Zhuge Liang's rule, especially regarding the issue of Rome's fall.

The status of the barbarians was improved, but the believers who followed Heaven to attack Rome were not forgiven.

Especially under Nero's clear-cut attack, these believers naturally became part of Rome's wealth.

Because it was a historical issue, the Roman senators felt that this thing still had some value, but it could not be used in Rome, so they simply sold them all. This would save them some trouble and sweep the concept of believers into the dust of history.

"I want them all!" Xi Zhicai's eyes flickered a few times, and then he took them all.

"But if the amount is too large, I need to pay in installments!"

"This is against the rules..."

The Roman senator pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then seeing that Xi Zhicai seemed to be about to regret his decision, he immediately shook Xi Zhicai's hand.

"But after all, this is our first transaction, and it's such a huge one, so let's just treat it as making friends."

"I'll go count the quantities so I can give you a quote!"

The Roman senators were afraid that Xi Zhicai would go back on his word, so they pulled Xi Zhicai to sign the agreement and then walked out happily.

"The consumables for Cheng Zhongde's experiment have finally been found!"

After seeing the Roman senator leave, Xi Zhicai thought with a smile that he was just acting, since he had already decided to take it, there was no way he could go back on his word.

Those cult slaves didn't seem to be of much use, but a piece of toilet paper had its own value.

Their own lives are the greatest value.

Cheng Yu created something that is quite anti-human. Even though it is very evil and anti-social, the effect seems to be quite good.

The materials needed are simple, but the most important one is people.

"Living Dan!"

What Cheng Yu created can activate people's potential and allow soldiers to grow into combat-ready soldiers faster.

The specific source was developed from some secret techniques of the local world.

After all, as the saying goes, you are what you eat.

Cheng Yu deeply agreed with this.

However, due to the particularity of the materials, Cheng Yu's experiment has not been going smoothly.

After all, using the people of Xinghan would be tantamount to seeking death, and using the people under one's own rule would easily cause civil unrest, so one could only use prisoners and death row prisoners.

That's why Xizhi was so interested when he heard that there were extra slaves for sale.

According to Xi Zhicai's deduction, the "living elixir" made by Cheng Yu and some unorthodox immortals was indeed very effective.

Taking one pill can greatly increase the speed of producing dual-talented soldiers.

In about a month, a fully qualified dual-talented soldier can be trained. The effect will be better when used on veterans who have seen blood, and they can even be promoted to the Imperial Guards.

If it weren’t for the special materials, Cheng Yu would have mass-produced this thing and started selling it.

Now Cao Cao doesn’t even have enough troops under his command for himself, let alone for others.

However, Xi Zhicai estimated that once he got this batch of slaves back, Cheng Yu would be able to show his skills.

At that time, they can sell this thing to Sun Quan. Even if the other party knows the real situation, he will most likely choose to remain silent.

Compared with immediate combat capability and moral condemnation, which one is more important?

Of course Sun Quan and his men could weigh the situation clearly.

However, Xi Zhicai knew very well that this thing must not be spread, so he was always supervising Cheng Yu.

He planned to let Cheng Yu stop after this batch was finished.

It would be enough to just touch the red line twice. If he really crossed the red line and was faced with the iron fist of the empire, it would be an unbearable blow to Cao Cao.

About three hours later, the Roman senator came back wiping the sweat off his face.

"I'm sorry, dear Drama, I didn't expect there would be so many slaves!"

"According to the price we agreed upon!"

"If you buy all the slaves, you'll need to pay us five billion!"

"Pfft...how much did you say?" Xi Zhicai spat out a mouthful of water.

He rarely lost his temper like this, but the numbers the Roman senator said were truly shocking.

"Haha, my dear Xi, you heard it right, it's 5 billion, and this is the discounted price!" The Roman senator explained with an awkward laugh.

"You have five million slaves? Are they really slaves?" Xi Zhicai rolled his eyes. This number was simply outrageous.

It is unclear whether there are so many citizens in Rome now. This is not just a lie, it is complete nonsense.

"Originally there wasn't any!" The Roman senator also had a headache.

"But there will be one later!"

“We can do a long-term deal!”

Xi Zhicai became interested now, and this sounded plausible.

"That's right!" The Roman senator laughed.

"His Majesty Octavian and His Majesty Nero went to other worlds. They captured many captives and sold them back. They are expected to capture more captives in the future, so I told you five billion!"

"We can make a contract, deliver the slaves on time, and then settle the bill!" The Roman senator rubbed his hands.

If this deal is successful, it will be an incredible wealth for him. Not only wealth, but also power and status will be beckoning him.

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