Great Zhou Empress

Just got off the boat, and was stuffed on the boat again, as slaves to be sold, the woman in gray is even more able to use resources rationally, instead of stuffing them at the bottom of the cabin, let them work as laborers, Let them do all the work on board.

She also has her own base camp, which is also an island, but the conditions are harsh, the waves are rough, and the places where she lives are caves.

Xue Zhijing observed for a while, these sisters seem to have high strength and good brains, and more importantly, they are ruthless, and the gang of men in her hands are all subdued by her, which is admirable.

Originally, the woman in gray wanted to sell them to Champa, which was the same route as the one who wanted to sell them at the beginning.But later the woman in gray changed her mind and wanted to sell them to the Liao Kingdom, saying that Champa was too poor, so they could exchange for some grain, and it would be more valuable to sell them to the Liao Kingdom for ironware.

The monsoon is the heaviest when sailing in the southern sea. The north wind blows in winter, which is suitable for sailing south, and the south wind blows in summer, which is suitable for sailing north.So if you want to go to Liao Kingdom, you have to wait for the south wind that started in March of the next year, and Xue Zhijing and others became the temporary slaves of the gray-clothed women and the pirates.

The vast sea, I really can't run away.

Slowly, Xue Zhijing heard the pirates calling the woman in gray clothes Boss Zhao, and once she asked her what her name was, but Boss Zhao told her openly that her name was Zhao Wutong, which was quite an elegant name.

But Xue Zhijing regretted that he took the initiative to provoke this Zhao Wutong, she is really a rascal, she looks serious, not only did she deceive Xue Zhijing before.She looks less than 30 years old, if you look at her appearance, she really can't tell she is a pirate, but she has a bit of a bad taste, she will always let Xue Zhijing come to play with her, it's almost like treating Xue Zhijing as her own pet dog.

"Come on, little guy, come and pinch my legs~"

"Come on, little guy, feed me some tea~"

"Come on, little guy, take a nap with me~"

At the beginning, Xue Zhijing felt that it was over if he could bear it, and if he thought she was molesting, maybe he would let him go later.But later Xue Zhijing discovered that this hooligan seemed to like to tease her more, but he didn't have any more desire for her in the depths of his eyes.

Xue Zhijing knew that even if he agreed to some of her demands, she would not let him go. In her eyes, there were no rules at all, and she didn't want the benefits that she could bring her.For her, she is a puppy who can be teased now, and a slave who can be sold for money tomorrow.

Perhaps for a pirate like her who is licking blood on the knife edge, only what is in her hands now is her own. What is the future expectation?

After a long time, Xue Zhijing became impatient, and every time she frowns coldly at her, she is not annoyed at all, it feels like he has an interest with Xue Zhijing, so Xue Zhijing almost looks forward to her selling himself to the northeast every day.

When March came, and the south wind blew, Zhao Wutong loaded his group of "slaves" who were to be sold, and headed north along the monsoon.

She is, as she said, both a businessman and a pirate.

There are a lot of goods loaded on the bottom of the ship, some of which she bought from Nanyang, some of which were snatched, and then the ship stops at places like Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Mingzhou for sale.

Every time they docked, the "slaves" were locked at the bottom of the cabin, and they were not allowed to see anyone at all, and they didn't even have a chance to escape.Xue Zhijing guessed that she probably took the route of smuggling, otherwise the Department of Shipbuilding would have to check all the goods on the ship to collect taxes, so how could they not see these "slaves" who were about to be sold.

When they set off from Mingzhou at the mouth of the Yangtze River, they packed a large amount of silk, tea, and books, and planned to sell them to the northeast with slaves like them. It is estimated that they were anchored at some port on the Liaodong Peninsula.

When he was about to arrive at the place, Zhao Wutong came to tease Xue Zhijing again, and said, "If you agree to be my wife, I won't sell you, how about it? How about my proposal?"

"Not so good~"

Xue Zhijing's tone was still very cold, but Zhao Wutong laughed out loud. She played with Xue Zhijing's dagger engraved with the word "Strong" and said, "This dagger is made in Liao, it seems that you are a court lady. Have the ability."

After finishing speaking, she smiled sarcastically, "The personality is quite strong, but let me tell you, the Liao Kingdom is different from Dacheng. The Shiwei tribe under the control of the Liao Kingdom in the northeast is still drinking hair and blood. I don’t know what will happen to you slaves when you get there. Haha, if one day you escape from there and we meet again, I’m really interested and formally pursue you.”

"Actually, I really want to know, are you really bored, or do you just treat me like a toy?" After being imprisoned on the boat for several months, when Xue Zhijing faced Zhao Wutong again, she was not as usual. In that way, with appropriateness and elegance, I also learned some of Zhao Wutong's speaking tone and demeanor.

Zhao Wutong didn't mind at all, and laughed and said, "The vast sea is so boring, and you are so cute, just to relieve boredom."

"I don't think I'm the cute one."

"Your cuteness lies in the fact that you are obviously invincible at all, but you can still think of some weird tricks to deal with people."

Xue Zhijing's face was a little green. I didn't know that what she was talking about was that when they first met, she led a group of mobs to act as a big head, and as a result, more than 100 people were tied up by less than ten of them.

What a sad past.

The spring snow melted in the Northeast, when Xue Zhijing and the others were sold, it happened to be the spring plowing season, and they were treated as slaves for plowing the land.

Xue Zhijing deeply doubted whether the Shiwei tribe in the eastern part of the Liao Kingdom might not know how to farm the land, so they smuggled their Dacheng people to farm the land.

Xue Zhijing had never planted land in the previous two lifetimes, but this time, he really experienced it.

Farming can be said to be the hardest thing Xue Zhijing has ever done in his two lifetimes.

There are no oxen here to pull the plow. The plow is stepped on by people. It needs to level the ground, break up the grass roots, sprinkle seeds, and carry water to irrigate.Throughout the day, the lower back is under tremendous pressure.Not to mention the season of transplanting rice seedlings, the waist feels like it is about to break.It's no wonder that many people who are engaged in agriculture are so bent that they can't straighten up when they get old.

Xue Zhijing was looking for opportunities to escape every day, but each of their slaves was tied up. Apart from farming, they went back to the thatched hut where they lived and were locked up. There were people from Shiwei watching day and night. There is no chance of escape.

More importantly, the language of Shiwei people is completely different from Chinese, and they can't understand it at all. Xue Zhijing doesn't even have a chance to show his wisdom.After a few months, she also understood simple words such as "come", "go" and "eat". After all, people who looked at them would often say these words.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, things seemed to turn around. A large number of Khitan people came on horseback. They didn't know what they did or said, and the Shiwei people began to drive them slaves all the way north.

In order to make them hurry up, they were seated in a carriage, which was the kind of carriage that was drawn by a few horses and filled with a dozen people.

Although it is said to be a vast grassland area, it is not a good experience to sit in such a car. It is bumpy and dizzy, crowded with people, and full of various smells.

It was only at this time that I realized how adaptable human beings are. Last fall, Xue Zhijing was still a gorgeously dressed, pampered female imperial envoy. Then she was drugged and sent to a slave ship heading for Nanyang, and then was snatched by pirates. , and then went from the bearded pirate to the pirate leader Zhao Wutong, and then was sold to the northeast as a farmer, and now he is being pulled further north by carts like pigs waiting to be slaughtered.

What kind of image, what kind of high-quality life, now that she is still alive, Xue Zhijing already feels that she is very special.

My vitality is really strong.

They crossed the mountains from the plains in the northeast, went to the Mongolian steppe, and then entered the lush forest area. After almost two months of travel, they finally reached the edge of a large lake.

The lake is covered with countless tents, and people are walking around everywhere.

This large group of slaves was locked in a small yard a little far from the lake area, and there was a circle of semi-permanent wooden houses in the yard.

This area should be a high-latitude area, and the trees tower into the sky, which seems to belong to the sub-frigid coniferous forest area.

Siberia?The largest lake in Siberia is Lake Baikal, which is also called the North Sea in this era. Is it here?

The next day, these slaves were split up and distributed to different Khitan nobles, and they were washed once when they went there. The water was really cold, but after taking a bath, Xue Zhijing's white and tender skin finally became clear. When she came out, the aunt who arranged the slaves took a fancy to her and asked her to serve the daughter of a noble family in the tent.

Fortunately, the nobles of Khitan spoke Chinese, so she could finally understand them.

This is indeed the North Sea, where the high-ranking officials of the Liao Kingdom reside in summer.

The little girl she wanted to serve belonged to the clan of the Liao Kingdom, her name was Xiao Ling'er, she was only 7 or 8 years old, she was white and tender, and she was just beginning to recognize characters. She not only had to learn Khitan characters, but also Chinese characters.

In this era, the culture of the Central Plains was extremely strong, and almost all the articles and classics were written in Chinese characters. If you want to learn it, you must learn Chinese to understand it.

After a long time, Xue Zhijing also learned that the Khitan script is still an immature language, which should be related to the lack of richness of the Khitan language itself. After all, the language of a nation is related to the daily life of this nation. The Khitan nomadic fishing and hunting can be used to The vocabulary is far less than that of the Central Plains.If you want to translate Chinese texts and classics into Khitan characters, you will lack a lot of vocabulary, and some meanings will not be accurate.

Xiao Ling'er is a cute and cute child. She is a bit slow in recognizing words, but she is very simple and not arrogant at all. She always writes words she doesn't know over and over again.It's a pity that her teacher has too many students to teach, and she is not good at words and will not fight, so she is always ignored by the teacher.

In this way, slowly, Xue Zhijing began to teach her spoken English, helped her learn to read, and even explained the contents of those books to her.If Xue Zhijing had to stand aside compared to the literary masters of this era, Xue Zhijing's knowledge is more than enough to teach a child who has just been enlightened.

In a few days, Xue Zhijing was promoted from a slave who washed feet to a female slave who taught little girls to read and write, and her class status, um, has improved.

Currently, Xue Zhijing's plan is to stay here first. In winter, the high-level leaders of the Liao Kingdom will collectively migrate to the sandy area in the south to Wodong, which is already close to the border between the two countries, and the chances of escaping will be relatively high. Taller.

Otherwise, Xue Zhijing didn't quite believe that she could escape directly from far away Siberia back to the Central Plains.

Because she got closer to Xiao Ling'er, when she went to the banquet, Xiao Ling'er said that she must take her with her, and she must take care of her food and drink.

Xue Zhijing was actually very cautious after knowing that Xiao Ling'er was from the clan of the Liao Kingdom, and was especially worried that she would meet Xiao Liege. Last time she lied to Xiao Liege, if Xiao Liege caught her, she still didn't know how the other party would deal with her. Woolen cloth.

The last time she could steal a little space and opportunity by deceiving someone's feelings, she didn't believe that the other party would give her such a second chance.

It's a pity that things in the world are always afraid of what will happen.

Xiao Ling'er seemed to like Xiao Liege very much, she threw herself into Xiao Liege's arms when she met her, and sweetly called her aunt.

Xue Zhijing tried to hide behind others, and even lowered his head to avoid Xiao Liege seeing her face, but he didn't know that this attracted Xiao Liege's attention even more.

Xiao Liege took care of her own family's juniors, so naturally she had to carefully screen the people around her, Xue Zhijing had never been seen before, and she was so sneaky.

Xiao Liege raised her chin, and the female slave beside her went over and pulled Xue Zhijing over.

At this time, it has been almost two years since the last time the two met. Xue Zhijing is also two years older, and now he is sixteen, and his height has also increased a lot. The six months of wandering and hard slave life have added to her face. Some vicissitudes.

But Xiao Liege recognized Xue Zhijing's eyes immediately.

It was her, the stubborn little slave.