Chapter 14 Growth Points
"What is he talking about?"
Standing on the earthen platform, Dongfeng Jia, the captain of the "Dongfeng Family" five-star village 2 squadron, who was supervising the classification of prisoners of war, raised the short sword in his hand and pointed to an indigenous boy who was kneeling on the ground and talking non-distance.
"The accent is very strong, and it looks like the tribe of Dayuanshan, and it may be the slave of the "Kaaka" clan before."
"Go and ask."
"yes."
Soon, the team leader who went to inquire turned back, "Sir, I've found out. It's indeed a mountaineer from Dayuan Mountain. That boy wants to take in the "Dongfeng Family"."
"The courage is commendable, but it's too weak."
"yes."
Few young men dared to face the "Dongfeng clan", especially after the "Dongfeng clan" defeated local tyrants in succession, some Japanese courts even wanted to come and "cancel", but the envoy was chopped up and fed to the dog, and the heads were hung at the intersection of the "main road" leading to this place.
The Japanese, who were originally very small due to the geographical environment and poor materials, were almost in a turbulent manner, and the teenagers' physiques became slower due to their inability to nourish themselves. Skin and bones were the norm, and hunger made their eyes look like they were about to stand out, which looked very big and weird.
The reason why members of the "Dongfeng clan" can be recognized at a glance is that they have a strong and honest physique. They may still be short, but obviously strong, which is enough for most enemies to escape directly.
Even the local fishing and hunting tribes have lost all the time due to the gap in technical means. In terms of efficiency in hunting wild game, they are not even as good as "Dongfeng Family".
In extreme cases, the "Dongfeng Family" will be taken care of by the ship and imported directly from Wuhan. A large number of salmon became the jerky of the "Dongfeng Family". Although it seems a waste, it can be said that it will be without any effort to directly let the fishing and hunting tribes in the mountainous areas die.
These fishing and hunting tribes were controlled by their vision and threw all the reasons to God or the nearby feud tribes.
No tribe of a fishing and hunting tribe can understand why the "economic crisis" of their tribe was caused by people "thousands of miles away".
He was probably desperate. After failing to rob the "Heshang" clan, he became a slave and worked as a cow and horse in the "Heshang" city. However, it may not be long, and the young man still had a little bit of resistance, especially when the "Heshang" city was captured, this little bit of resistance made him muster up the courage to change his life.
However, this "dream" is a bit out of reality. The growth and expansion of the "Dongfeng clan" is carried out under the will of the ship. The combat members are often born in the ship, and the ship is completely controlled by some Tang forces. Even if heroes are born in it and want to seek more power, as long as there is a small "economic crisis", they will not be able to maintain this heroic ambition at all.
It’s really because a local dog has raised the cost too much from the beginning, which most people don’t notice.
Just making sea ships is not something that can be played by one or two heroes. This requires a lot of capital support. It is better to expect a golden rain in the sky if you rely on hundreds or thousands of combatants to maintain it alone.
As for personnel training, ship maintenance, medical care, market development... this has long exceeded the difficulty that a hero can get through with his "hero courage".
Heroes beyond the times have always been in a million.
So even if there are ambitious people, as long as they are in the fleet system and operate on the social cost of artificially increased by a certain native dog, as long as they have a pair of hands and can calculate addition and subtraction, they can only "sigh" them.
"Master Dongfeng! You can do anything in a humble way, you can do anything!"
"The squadron leader has already said that you are too weak..."
"Although Husband is indeed very weak, Husband is very familiar with Dayuanshan, really familiar with him. Husband knows the direction of many tribes! Husband is still very useful to Lord Dongfeng-"
"oh?"
The team leader was slightly stunned. If he could become the team leader, the level would definitely be higher. Although he was a Fuyu race, the fleet had almost no concerns about this. It would be impossible for the team leader of the Fuyu race to have no blood debts of ten, eight tribes and races.
It is very likely that such a team leader had sold 8,000 people.
As an important point of growth in the recent trade volume of the fleet, "slave hunting" is quite profitable. Without enough slave labor, it is impossible to start a mining industry. As for the prices of women of appropriate age, it has gradually increased, especially in the Suzhou and Hangzhou area, a large number of Japanese women have entered silk reeling factories and textile factories. The total input in five years has exceeded 30,000.
This does not include the thousands of Japanese women who sold their flesh as "Ruan Niang" in the Huaiyang area, and the large number of young Japanese women who were distributed as "rewards" on the Korean Road.
The price of a slave labour in Japanese land can be increased by one to three times when it reaches Denglai. Then it doubles from Denglai to Hebei or even western Liaoning. Just the expansion of Shicheng Steel Plant and the supporting local coking plants, the lack of coolies is more than 5,000.
The extremely generous profit returns have made the plundering "war" in the Japanese land not mainly aimed at eliminating living forces, but more of "strategic intimidation". In tactical purpose, it is also aimed at "defeating". It cooperates with a large number of "auxiliary soldiers". When the war is defeated, it feels like it is full of chickens.
But for the ship, it is a bit "risk" to enter the "hinterland". The risk lies in the cost, not how powerful the enemy is. Without a guide, you may not find the old nest of the mountain tribe in a few months. When the transportation of materials is quite difficult, it is conceivable to consume morale.
In case of unnecessary non-combat reductions, it is not impossible to capsize in the gutter.
Therefore, if you are not necessary or absolutely sure, the target of the ship is always small and medium-sized "cities" or settlements, most of which are in the estuary areas or plains.
It is quite difficult to find a qualified guide, especially since the Japanese territory is still in the period of tribal annexation and system construction, which leads to the fact that even if there is a guide, they often die in battle.
When the young man from Dayuan Mountain said that he knew many tribe locations, the team leader knew that this was a "big deal", and immediately reported it to the captain of the second squadron, Dongfeng Jia.
"This matter...I want to report it to the fleet."
"yes."
As the captain of the second squadron, Dongfeng Jia can report to the fleet directly without venting with the team leader. Because the team leader is an administrative nurse and cannot directly interfere in combat missions. All squadron leaders are still directly managed by the fleet.
When the news reached the water village at the mouth of the river, Wang Wansui remembered something and asked: "I have heard that there is a big lake in the northeast of the Japanese land. Could it be that it is here?"
"The expedition team did not go deeper. After winter, the wind and snow were really strong. If there was really a big lake, it would not be impossible. After all, the northeast of the Japanese land is densely populated, so it is normal to gather into the lake."
"If this is the case, I'm afraid there are not a considerable number of savages here."
Wang Wansui narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Send a team here."
"yes."
In a few days, Wuxingyi Village organized a team to go to the mountainous areas to investigate.
Chapter completed!