I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

After hearing this, Huo Yan's eyes lit up. Danger represents opportunity. Those who were left behind had difficulty getting military merits, and they could wait until the final collective reward.

But they are also elites, so they will naturally envy those comrades who can follow to the front line. Now that they finally have the chance, he nodded frantically and said, "The final general will definitely live up to the envoy's high expectations!"

But Luo Shixing said: "I haven't finished talking yet, this matter is very likely to be close to death, if someone finds out your identity, you may not be able to come back, so think clearly."

Huo Yan grinned: "It's okay, I'm alone, I'm not afraid of those."

Luo Shixing had also known about his situation before, and frankly speaking, if Huo Yan hadn't been special and he had no worries, Luo Shixing would not have chosen him.

Luo Shixing nodded and said, "Okay, except for you and the people who have arranged for you, no one else should know about this matter. You should sign the non-disclosure agreement first."

Huo Yan picked up the pen and signed without saying a word. These soldiers are used to signing confidentiality agreements, and they have indeed kept their mouths shut after years of education.

After Huo Yan finished signing, he asked, "Master, what do you want me to do?"

Then Luo Shixing said: "I want you to take a few people to Tubo to help Tubo Zanpu get rid of Dalun Qinling."

After hearing this, Huo Yan was taken aback on the spot. He wiped his body with the palm of his hand a little uneasy and asked, "This... this... the last general's skills are limited, and I'm afraid it will delay the envoy's affairs."

If you let him work hard or be an undercover agent, it should be fine, but if you let him participate in political struggles, this...he is not worried about danger, but only about himself.

Luo Shixing smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll write to Tubo Zanpu, and you can do whatever he asks you to do. Except for betraying Da Zhou, you can do everything else."

Huo Yan nodded with a vague understanding, and asked cautiously: "Is that... that's it?"

Luo Shixing said: "Of course it's not that simple. Tubo Zanpu seems to be in prison now. He is closely watched by the people of Qinling. You are all Han faces. Suddenly appearing next to him will definitely arouse suspicion. All you have to do is Safely connect with the Tubo Zanpu people without being discovered."

In fact, this is the real difficulty. Luo Shixing didn't know who to send before, and felt that it was not suitable to send anyone. It would be best if he could find Tubo people, but Jiaozhou didn't have any, so even if there was Luo Shixing who was found temporarily I can't believe it.

If Tubo Zanpu was accidentally killed, wouldn't that be a crime, since he could still live for several years.

Huo Yan was relieved when he heard that, he was familiar with this matter.

To be honest, this kind of thing is more suitable for him than participating in Tubo's struggle for power, and it is nothing at all.

Luo Shixing arranged ten guards for him, all of whom were selected from the army and could fight ten at a time.

Huo Yan left Jiaozhou with Luo Shixing's letter almost the next day after receiving the mission.

Luo Shixing asked him to pretend to be a businessman and go to Tubo with some goods, and he could only rely on himself for the rest.

Mengshezhao's offensive has been beaten back many times. Cheng Jingwei is preparing to take advantage of the victory to pursue it. It may not be necessary to directly occupy Mengshezhao. There is still a buffer zone between Tang and Tubo, and now Tubo is only planning to deal with Jiaozhou behind the scenes. If the Mengshe Zhao is really occupied, I am afraid that Tubo will really send troops over.

What Cheng Jingwei wanted was to cripple Mengshezhao directly, so that at least Mengshezhao would not dare to deal with Jiaozhou within ten years, so as to deter the surrounding area. As for ten years later, Jiaozhou was not a place where they could make casual decisions at that time. .

After Luo Shixing read his letter, he let out a long sigh, hey, Cheng Jingwei still didn't come back today.

Cheng Jingwei also wrote about the experience of using gunpowder arrows in the letter. After Luo Shixing read it carefully, he found that the effect was not bad.

The lethality is not small, and at the same time it scares the opponent enough.

When Luo Shixing was happy, he added another production line to the munitions factory. The only thing that caused him a headache was the lack of manpower. If this continued, he was really afraid that a few workers in the factory would die suddenly.

Just when Luo Shixing was worried, the recorder came over and said happily, "Master, the fleet is back."

came back?

Luo Shixing counted the days and found that the fleet's second voyage was obviously much shorter than before. It may be because they are familiar with the route, or they may have communicated more with that side, and they don't need to go around to understand the situation as before.

Luo Shixing asked, "What did you bring back this time? Did you bring the gold coins?"

There is a reason why he asked this question. Apart from silverware, gold coins are the most popular in Tianzhu now. The shapes and patterns of the gold coins there are quite unique. Many people like to buy them back as souvenirs, and some even use these gold coins. Make various decorations.

The most popular products in Tianzhu are porcelain, silk, ice glaze products and... gold coins.

Oh, this gold coin has to be a special Mao Maotou gold coin from Jiaozhou. The most popular on both sides are actually gold coins, which is outrageous.

The recorder directly handed over a list, which was folded into an accordion-shaped thick stack. After Luo Shixing unfolded it, he saw that there were some more woolen products this time, as well as some other fresh things, but when he saw the end, He couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "What is this? A slave? A living person?"

The recorder obviously didn't know what was written in it, and immediately said after hearing it: "Go and ask the officials."

Luo Shixing stared at the list, and at the end it said one hundred Kunlun slaves. For a while, he thought it was fake, like some slave statue or something.

The result of the recorder's inquiry told him: "They are living people, and they were all bought."

Luo Shixing felt a little uncomfortable all over: "Why buy someone?"

Kunlun slaves should be slaves from Tianzhu. Anyway, slaves with black skin are called Kunlun slaves nowadays.

The recorder explained: "Tianzhu was hit by a natural disaster, and many people were displaced and sold themselves as slaves. The captain of the caravan thought of the shortage of people in Jiaozhou, so he brought back 100 people. If the Lord Hou didn't like it, he would buy it himself. of."

Luo Shixing: ...

This was really a path he had never imagined, but thinking about it... it wasn't impossible.

Anyway, these Kunlun slaves themselves can't survive, and they can still give them a bite to eat when they buy them back. What's more, under the caste system, these people are very brainwashed and servile. Xiangning has something that even he can't understand.

Moreover, there is no need to worry about them running out or leaking secrets if they are kept in the deep mountains.

Luo Shixing thought about it carefully, and while asking the recorder to inform the caravan captain that he took these people away, he sent someone to call Li Youdao over and explained the matter.

Li Youdao was taken aback after hearing this, and then asked with some concern, "Will it be unsafe if they are all Kunlun slaves?"

Luo Shixing explained the caste system, and Li Youdao couldn't understand it, and the cultural barrier was not so easy to break, so he could only come to a conclusion in the end: "Don't worry, those people won't resist."

Even if you beat them to death, they won't resist, and they will be like this in future generations, let alone now.

Li Youdao said with a smile: "The lynx cat has a lot of knowledge."

Luo Shixing laughed twice and said, "I just... forgot where I heard it from. If Chang Shi doesn't believe it, you can go and have a look when the Kunlun slave comes."

Li Youdao waved his hand: "I see what they do, but the munitions factory is very important, how to arrange them is also a problem."

Of course Luo Shixing knew that most of the workers in the munitions factory were literate, at least they could understand the safety warning signs posted in the workshop, and they could understand why the things they made were so dangerous that they should not be taken lightly.

These Kunlun slaves... may not understand the language first, and secondly, they are still illiterate, even if they are taught, they may not be able to teach them.

Literacy classes are not easy to run, and it takes a long time to produce results.

So Luo Shixing decided to subdivide the various parts of the military factory, such as the parts that can be made on the assembly line, and hand them over to these Kunlun slaves. They don't need to have other ideas or be very smart, as long as they can work mechanically. , which is the simplest.

The second is to assign some Kunlun slaves to the construction team. They can't do technical work, and rough work is always okay, right?

From this point of view, 100 people is actually not enough, and the fleet must continue to transport people, at least three or four hundred.

Luo Shixing learned a lot from the pitfalls, looked at Li Youdao and asked, "Is the imperial court strict in managing Kunlun slaves? Do I need to report to the imperial court?"

Li Youdao was also in a daze. The imperial court was very strict about the status of slaves, but not very strict about the origin of slaves. A state where the people don't raise officials and don't investigate.

He thought for a while and said: "You can tell the court, um, it doesn't need to be very formal, why don't you say it when you write to the emperor's heir or Princess Taiping?"

Luo Shixing thought about it too, it wasn't a big deal, it could be told to Princess Taiping as an interesting story, and asked her to ask His Majesty or others, if it wasn't suitable for him, he wouldn't do it.

It was the first time for the imperial court to get involved with this issue. After discussing in private for a while, Di Renjie coughed lightly and said: "The situation in Lingnan is special, not to mention that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, so we treat them as refugees who escaped from disaster." .”

As the prime minister, he has said so, and the emperor has no intention of objecting, so naturally no one objects.

When Princess Taiping wrote back to Jiaozhou, Luo Shixing didn't go to see it in time, because Cheng Jingwei took the time to go back to Jiaozhou.

It was said that Xiaobie was better than a newlywed, but Luo Shixing felt that the two of them had caught up with each other because of Xiaobie's newlyweds.