Chapter 1361
Selms. As an important city to the westernmost part of the Ban Tribe, Selms' status was not greatly affected after a period of drastic historical changes. The special port made the place more prosperous. The gold and slave trade became the largest characteristic industry here. In addition to continuing to defend its status as the largest slave trade center in the Indian and German region, it also followed Reed, Goa and Blue Fort into the fourth largest gold trading center in the Indian and German region.
The slave trade has always been one of the most important pillar industries of Selms. The Indian Kingdom has always been the largest slave origin in the entire Laia continent. In addition to frequent small-scale wars between tribes, a large number of civilians became slaves, bandit robbers and usury debts and the comparison between the rich were also the main reasons for the prosperity of the slave trade in this area. Selms is even more famous for its long history of slave trade and even the entire Central Continent.
After controlling the border, Xijiang once closed the slave trade market in Selms City, but it soon reopened. In Wufeng's own words, it is better to be dispersed than to be blocked. Existence is reasonable. Since there is such a large supply and demand market here, it proves that slave trade cannot be prohibited in a short period of time. Using administrative means to prohibit it will only cause slave smuggling to become rampant, which is not only unfavorable to local economic development, but also brings huge losses to taxes. Existence is reasonable. The maxim that Wufeng is even cast into three Chinese characters, namely Tang, Tianfang and Lanya, and is hung at the entrance of the Selms Slave Trading Center, which is quite interesting.
Therefore, with Wufeng's approval, the slave trade market in Selms was not only not abandoned, but became more prosperous. The vineyards in the Western Regions, the owners of cotton gardens, the owners of coffee, tobacco, sugarcane, and gum plantations in Northern Luzon, the owners of the great landlords of Cominei, and the owners of spice plantations in the Principal of Meli. These people came one after another. The nomadic nobles on the Tengger grassland in the north and the landlords in the imperial mainland, and the owners of the workshops also traveled thousands of miles to buy here.
Indian and German slaves were famous for their hard work, meekness and obedience. Indian and German slaves were also well-known for producing beauties in the mainland, so male and female slaves were very popular here. The huge human resources of the Indian and German kingdom, with a population of up to 60 million, were its solid backing. In addition, the kingdom's hierarchy was strict, the class contradictions were fierce, and the wealth was severely divided, so it also created a natural breeding ground for the slave trade, resulting in the slave trade having a strong buyer and seller market throughout the Indian and German region.
The Selms Slave Trading Center is known for its fairness, justice and openness. Any slave merchant who registers and operates slave trade here must have considerable economic strength. It is absolutely forbidden to plunder free people within the imperial controlled area into slavery and then trade here. At the same time, the slave trading center is equipped with necessary quarantine and epidemic prevention institutions to prevent the spread of plague and diseases here. The government also requires slave merchants to ensure that slaves have good living conditions and prohibit abuse of slaves. Once discovered, the government will also impose heavy economic punishments.
The prosperous slave trade industry in Selms even affected its status as the four major gold trading centers in the Indian and German regions. Although the Western Xinjiang and even the Tang Empire did not explicitly ban the slave trade, they did not promote and encourage the slave trade. The local government also consciously wanted to support mining, gold trading and jewelry trading to replace the slave trade industry that was not well-known, but failed to achieve its goal. The huge demand and output market made this industry increasingly international. Especially during the development process of Northern Luzon and Myanmar, a large number of planters were in urgent need of labor and the free people could no longer meet their needs, so they had to seek help in purchasing slaves to solve the urgent needs, which even prompted Selms' slave trade industry to flourish.
Driven by the slave trade and gold trade and the deliberate planning of the local government, Selms has been earth-shaking compared to a few years ago. The wide streets and flat roads are covered with green shades on both sides of the streets, the beautiful palm trees swaying, and the tall phoenix trees are so graceful that some people say that Selms' development is undoubtedly a shameful contrast to the neighboring city of Hellum. A city developed by the slave trade industry is more beautiful and attractive than a historical, cultural and artistic center. How can this not make the Indians feel ashamed?
The scale of the New Army in Zha was organized and trained according to the organization of 100,000 people during training. However, after completing the initial training of the first stage, Obora accepted Pauline's suggestion and formally defined the 50,000 of the most elite troops into the New Army in Zha, while the remaining 50,000 were deployed in the three cities of Zha in the name of Zha Self-Defense Security Force, and the 50,000 new troops became a regular army that the Zha tribe hoped to be recognized by the empire.
In order to join the Imperial Army, Obora has been tirelessly strengthening the training of the Imperial Army and looking for opportunities to participate in the Imperial military operations to improve the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army. However, when the Western Xinjiang launched a war against the Tiks, the New Army of Obora had not yet taken shape, and the Tiks were slumped, and the New Army of Obora no longer had any chance of training, which made Obora quite regretful. This full-scale war between India and Germany finally allowed the New Army of Obora to go on a war, and even stepped out of the inherent territory of the Tyks and entered the Tiks. How could this not make Obora excited?
In addition to the main force of the new army who went to Lahore, the remaining 20,000 new army of Zha was stationed in Selms. Due to the changes in the situation in East Luzon, the relationship between Luzon and the Tang Dynasty became increasingly tense, and Selms' new army of Zhams also entered a state of alert. However, after the Tang army launched an attack on the Hansen alliance, the relationship with Luzon seemed to ease. After all, the empire did not actively attack the Luzons in the Indian and German areas. In imagination, the Luzons seemed unlikely to lightly stroke their tiger beards. However, many things did not seem to be as everyone imagined, and everything needed to be changed by changes in the situation.
Selms City at night has gradually calmed down, but with the establishment of the status of slave trading center and gold trading center, Selms' developed entertainment industry is accompanied by Selms's development, especially the Fengyue porn industry, which has gradually become the third pillar industry after the two major industries of slave trade and gold trading. However, after the residential area gradually became quiet, the commercial entertainment area was crowded and became more and more lively. Businessmen from all over the mainland always need to relax after dinner, while Selms City is the most concentrated area of entertainment industry, with various places everywhere, including eating, drinking, defecating, sleeping, gambling, performance, gambling, and various industries, forming a city that never sleeps.
The garrison troops were stationed at the junction of the south and west of the city. At this moment, the entire garrison center had not been settled as usual. The command post in the center of the barracks was still crowded with people, showing that it seemed that it was not very quiet here.
Ladu is a new generation of young and powerful officers of the New Army in Zha. Since the Zha's troops surrendered to Western Xinjiang, the Zha's new army has also selected a group of young officers to study in the Northwest Military Academy while forming it. Ladu and the two ten thousand men stationed in Selms are both students who graduated from the Northwest Military Academy, and Ladu even served as the deputy commander of the New Army in Zha. At this time, Ladu was frowning. The two fully-equipped officers standing opposite him were the same as Ladu in terms of military rank, and at least they should be figures with the identity of the Ten thousand men. Several pieces of intelligence placed on the desk were placed in front of the three.
"The situation is not very good. It seems that our early estimates are somewhat different. I originally thought that the Luzons were unlikely to attack our border areas, but it seems that this inference is inaccurate. Lord Obora has sent a message that the empire may engage in a full-scale war with the Luzons, and the war with the Hansen alliance may not last long. Maybe the Luzons will not wait until the day the empire is freed, which means that the Luzons may attack the empire before this, especially in India and Germany.
The target in An area." He raised his head and poured a big mouthful of black tea, as if he wanted to clear his mind. Ladu frowned and pointed at the map with his thick fingers, moving little by little. "The Luzons should choose Lahore first if they want to do something. However, now the main force of the Imperial Army and our Zhazan New Army are stationed in Lahore. The Luzons may not act rashly, but we have not much troops in Selms and Jaipurdu. If this gap is left, will the Luzons remain indifferent?"
"Sir Ladu, the possibility of this should be very high, although there is not much news in the south, the Luzon garrison in Comini is being mobilized at any time, so it is difficult for us to grasp the specific trends. Perhaps this is the suspicious plan they set up, which makes us mistakenly think that they will not launch here, so that we can relax and launch a surprise attack." Another officer with a slightly dark skin responded.
Chapter completed!