Cheng Chu was silent, and all the generals were silent. This was not because of whether they were afraid or not, but because of the chills on the battlefield. If the soldiers around him were not able to be the brothers on his back, how could such soldiers be at ease with them?

"Mr. Xue, we still have to find a way to solve this problem. The barbarian soldiers are no different from bandits. They pass by like locusts passing through the border, and they can do everything. Now they are nominally under the leadership of the Tang Dynasty. If this continues, it will bring great difficulties to us taking over the territory at that time."

Deputy General Li Zhen said worriedly.

Xue Rengui pressed down a group of worried generals around him and signaled that they would not have to worry.

"Doctor Du from Chang'an City has already heard news and has given a response. I will discuss with the main personnel of the Khitan and Shiwei tribes later. That is, during this battle, all the prisoners of war were sold by prisoners of war, and the Du Family Chamber of Commerce purchased them according to the head and labor force without limit."

What?? Acquisition??

What a joke? When did the Du Family Chamber of Commerce start to run a slave transaction? Could this be their purpose of supporting this war? Taking the opportunity to make money in the war?

Oh my God, if this is true, Goguryeo has no less than two million people. If Goguryeo destroys Goguryeo, he will take down two million slaves. Tsk, if they are all captured and sold, what will happen?

Not to mention the profits, just talking about the Goguryeo territory, there is no one else. What is the substantive significance of us building here?

Xue Rengui stood up and explained: "Don't misunderstand that the Du Family Chamber of Commerce does not really want these people to trade slaves, but just use this reason to save the lives of local people. Only when our barbarian soldiers know that everything here can be exchanged for real money and silver, will they know how to cherish and preserve it, otherwise they will only know how to destroy it.

I have to sigh that Dr. Du really has good intentions!”

"Good idea! When this plan is made, when those soldiers go to harm the people, they will consider in their hearts that killing someone by themselves will lose a lot of money, and how much food and wealth is it...

In this way, I am afraid that all the soldiers will not be willing to kill people and are rushing to arrest people as slaves." Li Jing's grandson Li Lingwen praised the patient.

Li Ji's son Li Zhen said worriedly: "But in this way, there will be endless slaves. If such a large number is really sold to the Du Chamber of Commerce by their three tribes, it is probably an immeasurable number. Will the Chamber of Commerce have such a large amount of financial resources to pay?"

Xue Rengui waved his hand and said, "We don't have to worry about business matters. We will agree with the three tribes to settle the settlement after the war. These own chambers of commerce will contact us. We just need to cooperate with the publicity and control the indiscriminate killing of soldiers under our jurisdiction."

"Well, that's right. Actually, if you think about it carefully, although these soldiers under him are not easy to use, they are like hungry wolves when fighting, and they are still very brave.

The only drawback is that their armor and weapons are old and ragged, which is much worse than the regular army of Goguryeo, let alone our regular army of Tang Dynasty. Sometimes I feel like I am a beggar leader, leading a large group of beggars to fight."

Cheng Chumo sighed.

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "What you said is right. This is another huge shortcoming of ours. According to calculations, Goguryeo should have a large army to go north to support it in the near future, and it will definitely have a tough battle with our 100,000 people.

Everyone should work harder with their soldiers as soon as possible to avoid being too busy to suffer a great loss.”

After listening to it, everyone focused their attention and dispersed.

In Fuyu City, Su Lie and the eldest prince Li Chengqian were interviewing the leaders of the Khitan and Shiwei countries. The two sides had high-level consultations on the prisoner, and Li Chengqian represented the Du Family Chamber of Commerce.

"What Vice General Li said is true? All the prisoners in this battle are dominated by our tribes? This, this..." Chief Shi Wei said in disbelief.

The Khitan King said in confusion: "This seems to be inconsistent with the rules. According to the alliance, our troops are employed by you. The soldiers and horses that belong to you temporarily. The spoils and prisoners are yours. Now..."

This guy said this, but his radiant eyes had betrayed his heart. Obviously, he was also moved by the huge benefits in this battle.

"The boss of our Du Family Chamber of Commerce, Du Fu Ma, told me in a handwritten letter that if you don't believe it, you can see his letter." Li Chengqian took out an envelope from his arms.

Su Lie coughed lightly and said, "Two, I forgot to introduce it to you solemnly. This Deputy General Li is Li Chengqian. He is the eldest son of His Majesty, and the eldest prince of the Tang Dynasty.

The Du Shaoqing, the boss of the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, is his brother-in-law, so this time, he held a discussion with the two of them on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. All his words and deeds can represent both the Tang Dynasty and the Chamber of Commerce."

These words scared the two of them very much, and they hurriedly stood up to salute. Is the prince of the Tang Dynasty in front of them?

The leader of the Wei-shi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I don't know if it was your highness who came in person, and he was offended by him."

It is not because I don’t believe in Your Highness. There is really a problem. This wealth is fine, but the captive population is even if it is given to us, our poor country is weak and we have no food to support them.

So, it’s better to do this. There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that we call for favors. We need wealth for spoils, and the population will be the Tang Dynasty.”

Hey, this guy is cunning. He looks like he is doing favors, but in fact he is throwing his useless burden to the Tang Dynasty. He is really a barbarian leader with a fine and delicate style. Su Lie couldn't help but look up at the other party.

The Khitan King was a rough man. When he heard this, he quickly followed and said, "That is, the Tang Dynasty takes care of us, we should repay you. If the population is yours, we don't want it."

Li Chengqian reached out to interrupt the two and said, "That's it. We will take over the territory of Goguryeo and still need to manage it, so the people need to take care of the place, so it is useful to accept these prisoners.

The boss said in his letter that if neither of them nor Mars did not want to be captured, then our Tang Dynasty wanted to calculate, and each person calculated according to the head and labor, and converted into money for you, and counted the prisoners we bought from you by the Tang Dynasty."

What???

This, this...is this good thing? We can't give it to you for free, you will give it back to us? The two of them were puzzled.

Li Chengqian smiled and said calmly: "The Du Family Chamber of Commerce and even the entire Tang Dynasty are all unseparable. One code is one code, and there is no need to take advantage of it. I hope the two of you understand this and must cooperate with you. Otherwise, our boss will complain that I, the guarantor, embezzled the money of the partner."

"Ah? This, this Prince Du is really... so grand!

Since that's the case, we'll accept it with shame. The money given by the Chamber of Commerce will be given in vain. It's all friends..." The leader of Shi Wei said a little embarrassedly.

How can that work? Li Chengqian immediately refuted.

He also said in his heart that if you offer less, you should still use human life as a mustard. Wouldn’t we be in vain?

"What do you two listen to our Chamber of Commerce's quotation first and then make a decision?

We decided to buy prisoners at a price of 150 cents, and buy them unlimitedly. I wonder if you two have any opinions on this price?"

What??

How many? One hundred and five per person?

The two stood up at the same time.

Su Lie said with a smile: "You two heard it right. The Chamber of Commerce paid a lot of money this time. No matter men, women, young and old, they were all 150 cents per person. If it were grain, it would be a full 150 kilograms of high-quality good food. Such prices were high prices in our Tang Dynasty market, not to mention that the prisoners obtained from the war were unselected..."

"Ahem, this... Your Highness, General Su.

Will this price be too high? You must know that the prisoner has the Tang Dynasty's share, and we are like this..."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "It's not high or high. This is the price calculated by the capable people in the chamber of commerce. They are worth the price.

Of course, there are also extra parts, which are considered as the benefits our Tang Dynasty gave to allies of the three tribes. Let you make a fortune in war with us. I will naturally express my hard work.

Each prisoner can also subsidize the family income of these soldiers from the war. More than 100 kilograms of food can make their families have enough food. This is the only wish of our Chamber of Commerce and the Tang Dynasty.

So if you have no objection, please don't refuse."

"I have no objection, no objection, it's so exciting to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is worthy of being a great country in the upper country and taking care of small neighboring countries everywhere. We are very grateful. After the war, we will definitely go to Chang'an to thank His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." The leader of the Shiwei Grand Head was very good at speaking.

The Khitan King seemed much clumsy and would only say, I am the same!

Su Lie smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you two should hurry up and order your subordinates to sect their tribesmen. Don't kill them wherever you pass. Each person's head is more than 100 kilograms of food..."

"Oh! Damn it, if I had known this, I would have whipped our Khitans to death with a whip. They all looked like they had never seen the world. Everything they saw was fresh. It has been more than ten days since they were beaten. I don't know how many people they killed, how much food would be lost?" The Khitan King said in a heartache.

...Li Chengqian and Su Lie looked at each other with strange expressions, and the effect was really immediate.

"Don't mention the past, there will be many opportunities in the future." Li Chengqian comforted.

The Khitan King suddenly remembered a question and asked, "By the way, can you send a few people to help? We are all rough people who fight and kill. We are not very proficient in accounting and counting, so..."

The leader of Shi Wei was also a little moved, and indeed his own clan had this problem.

Su Lie pondered: "Hey, it's a war, the military situation is like fire. I'm afraid there is no time to count the money and property for us one by one. I have ten Simas in the army, all of whom follow the marching and can't get out of people."

What should I do?

The two looked at Li Chengqian. The news was brought by him. Is there any way he could do it?

Li Chengqian pondered and said, "The boss didn't say this in his letter, but I have an idea, I don't know..."

"Your Highness, you represent the Chamber of Commerce and must be proficient in this way." The leader of the Wei-seok asked.

Li Chengqian slapped his thigh and said, "Hi, Youdao is that those who do big things never count as small accounts.

My solution is that the battle situation is urgent, so we will not send people to count the number one by one. We will calculate the number of people according to the size of the city. The population of big cities is 50,000, the population of small cities is 10,000, and the population of several super-large cities of Goguryeo is 10,000.

After the battle, we will add this number and finally calculate the total number. Then your tribes allocate the final income according to the proportion of the troops. After the war, we will settle it to you. What do you think?"

"Yeah, okay, very good, this idea is the best." The two of them applauded at the same time.

"But there is another condition." Li Chengqian continued: "If we count in such a vague amount, what should we do if our soldiers rob and kill without limit? When we finally went to receive the prisoners, the boss saw that it was an empty city? This is not possible, and we can't make a difference."

"Yes, absolutely not. You can't let Prince Du be dissatisfied. We will strictly restrain our subordinates when we go back."

"I'm afraid the distance is too far, and the soldiers can't control the murderous intent on their bodies.

Let’s do this, every time we occupy a city, we will count the population and property status in the city. I will instruct the junta officers to carefully investigate the casualties and injuries of the civilians in the city, and finally summarize the total number of civilians in each city, and use the total number of paid to you, deducting the amount of casualties caused by soldiers. This way, it will be fair to think about it."

Li Chengqian talked freely and settled the matter in front of the two, but it was obvious that he was a little bit of a slut about Niu. Both of them were big and not very educated. Such complicated oral calculations really made him unable to react, so he was confused after hearing this.

But I was embarrassed to ask, and I was stunned for a little awkwardly.

Su Lie smiled and rescued, "It's very simple. The eldest prince's method is roughly the population of Goguryeo is counted as one million. If a civilian in the war fails to die, all of us will be captured, then I will give you one million, one hundred and fifty kilograms of food.

But if we count the casualties in our army and calculate that there are casualties in each city of the people, for example, the total number of casualties is 500,000, then you will not be able to make the 500,000 prisoners’ money, after all, we don’t want to die prisoners.”

Ah? One million? Five hundred thousand?

"That... General Su, one million, one hundred and fifty kilograms, how much food is?" the Khitan King asked weakly.

Su Lie smiled and pointed at the outsider and said, "I'll tell you this, it's almost filled the entire Fuyu City!"

With a plop, the Khitan King sat on the ground. My God, so much food? It's enough for all of us Khitans to eat for a year, no, we can't finish it in a year, right?

But the leader of the Wei Dynasty asked weakly: "Does the Tang Dynasty have so much food?"

Li Chengqian said arrogantly: "Is there any? You may not know how many people there are in our Tang Dynasty. Let me tell you the truth that all of us, the food we eat in a day exceeds this amount.

I also asked if we have one? It would be more than enough for our people to evenly take a bite out of one mouthful of the same person."
Chapter completed!