Li Xiao has a concept of racial equality that is scarce in this era.

Officials, soldiers, and even beggars from the Ming Dynasty all stubbornly believed that the people of the Ming Dynasty were the noblest race in the world.

There is no one way to say it!

Although Li Xiao had preached several times, it seemed from the results that these people were afraid of Li Xiao's authority, rather than truly believing in their hearts that those dark guys were qualified to get along with him as equals.

I have to say that these dark guys are really shameless.

When we describe the outstanding qualities of our nation, we always like to talk about hard work and bravery.

So much so that Li Xiao felt that this was a bit of a boast.

But after knowing what these foreign legions did, Li Xiao really felt that hard work and bravery were really excellent and valuable qualities.

Those dark guys just lack such qualities.

"In this case, let's just confiscate their weapons and send them away.

We won’t let them continue to ruin the reputation of Ming Dynasty!”

Ming Dynasty's reputation is very valuable, and it cannot be ruined by these black charcoal heads.

"Commander!

Severance is too troublesome and there are severance expenses.

It is better to sell it to the mines in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the mines in Australia also require a lot of manpower."

Chen Tingjing developed an economic acumen in Huating. He didn't like spending money, and he preferred making money.

The ancient business of slave trading has always been something that the Ming Dynasty officials liked to do.

Development requires resources, and resources require a large number of blood and tears mines.

Li Xiao knew these things and the miserable situation of the miners in the mine.

But Li Xiao has no choice. There is no price that he does not pay in the development process.

In Britain there are sheep that eat people, and in the United States there are a large number of plantation slaves.

This is the price that must be paid in the development process!

Either the blood and tears of these foreigners are the blood and tears of the Ming people.

Today, the development of Ming Dynasty requires a large amount of coal.

As coal prices continue to rise, coal mines are springing up on the land like bamboo shoots after a rain!

These coal mines are being mined without restraint!

Landslides, well falls, and even gas explosions happen almost every day.

Every time it happens, dozens or even dozens of lives are lost.

If we don't use foreign prisoners of war to do these jobs, we can only rely on the people of Ming Dynasty.

If that's the case, the story of "Blind Shaft" may be cruel!

Li Xiao did not want the Ming Dynasty to stage such a human tragedy, so he could only rely on the bones of prisoners of war to accumulate the development path of the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is a bit inhumane, it is still a no choice.

The Ming Dynasty was so rich in manpower that in the capital, you can see people in their thirties.

Carrying a bird cage in his hand, he was doing Tai Chi in the park early in the morning.

After having a breakfast of soy milk and fried dough sticks, I ride my bicycle to work.

Wandering around the factory for eight hours, you can also have a free lunch in the cafeteria.

I wandered home at night, and after dinner I sat on the street, drinking tea and bragging. Under the street lamp, there was always a group of shirtless men playing chess.

In the summer when mosquitoes are rampant, a dozen bags of blood is enough to keep me from fighting.

As for playing mahjong, a group sport that is popular among men, women, old and young, it has become an unstoppable trend.

In a neighborhood, the place with the highest concentration of people may be those mahjong parlors that keep crackling all day long.

In Chengdu, when the weather is hot, people simply move their tables into the creek.

Soak your feet in the cold stream to relieve the heat, and play mahjong without fail.

The Ming Dynasty is a paradise for the people of the Ming Dynasty, but it is a hell for the foreigners, especially these slaves.

"Commander, there is also a shortage of labor in the rubber plantations in Java.

These people were born in the tropics, and they are suitable for hot climates. They should be sent to Java. The strategic value of rubber is too important, and the current production is somewhat insufficient."

Sun Zhijie has spent some time in Southeast Asia, and he is relatively familiar with the situation there.

These two men looked like they were just killing people, and they didn't treat these black people as human beings at all.

They always want to turn these dark guys into white silver coins, consciously or unconsciously.

There is reason, motivation, and ability to have this impulse!

If Li Xiao hadn't stopped it, the slave trade would have been the most prosperous business in the Middle East.

"It's up to you to figure this out.

The imperial court's finances are tight, and it has owed you something in the past two years.

It is your responsibility to sell these prisoners of war from the Foreign Legion.

However, local Arabs are not allowed to be harassed.

As for their weapons, I will instruct the Indian side to form five more Indian divisions.

Used to help you maintain law and order!"

"Thank you, Commander!" Sun Zhijie immediately bowed down.

He was deeply troubled by the shortage of troops. Now he had five Indian divisions, and they were all very happy.

Whether they are Gurkhas or Sikhs, the combat effectiveness of these people is not as strong as the Ming army.

But there is no problem in completely destroying the black men of the Foreign Legion!

And in terms of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to compare.

In India, there are countless strong and strong young men who want to gain military exploits by serving as mercenaries for the Ming Dynasty army and achieve leapfrog development in their family status.

"Sun Zhijie, how much force do you think we need to use to completely wipe out the Kurdish rebellion?"

The Kurdish issue has always been a source of trouble in the Middle East.

The Kurds, supported by the coalition, can obtain weapons and ammunition from numerous smuggling channels along the Black Sea coast.

And they themselves are a nation that is good at fighting!

Mokomo, the Sultan of Constantinople, was forced by Li Xiao to send troops to attack the Kurds three times in a row.

But in the end, the Ottomans were beaten to pieces.

After losing hundreds of thousands of people, the Kurds still could not be wiped out.

On the contrary, after obtaining a large number of battlefield captures, the Kurds became more and more capable of causing trouble.

Now, it has occupied Baghdad for a year and a half.

As for their home bases of Deir ez-Zor and Mosul, they are even more anti-Ming strongholds.

After realizing that continuing to force the Ottomans to attack the Kurds was the same as directly supplying weapons to the Kurds, Li Xiao had to give up the idea of ​​using the Ottomans to annihilate the Kurds.

Since the Ottomans cannot be relied upon, they can only rely on themselves.

"According to our intelligence, the total number of Kurds is around five million.

Very different from the Arabs, their tribes are very united.

Usually when a tribal armed force is attacked, nearby Kurds will come to support it.

In the past, when fighting with swords, only adult men were warriors.

But now, basically all men, women and children have become warriors.

I have seen on the front line, eight or nine-year-old children holding guns and shooting at our troops.

It can be said that anyone among the Kurds who can handle a gun is a warrior on the battlefield.

I can't tell how many troops they have.

I can only say that it is very large, twenty or even thirty times that of our current garrison in Basra.

It is simply impossible to annihilate the Kurds with existing military strength."

Li Xiao was helpless. He didn't expect the Kurds to be so difficult to deal with.

There are millions of people, almost all of them soldiers.

How to fight this!

Suddenly, Li Xiao thought of a more inhumane tactic.
To be continued...