"Use a big net. Another big net. Cover it. Be careful. Don't get hurt. Don't hurt it."
In the southwest region, a group of Tang dynasty soldiers were not fighting. They were catching pandas.
Today, they encountered another one. The soldiers used a big net to catch it, layer by layer. When the panda stopped moving, they would transport it into the cage.
The cage was made of thick wood. The thin wood could not stop the panda from biting.
"This is the sixth one. 60,000 yuan. Please raise it well."
A battalion commander rubbed his hands after directing people to put the panda into the cage.
In the past few days, they had caught six pandas, three male and three female.
Among them, there were four big pandas and two small ones.
The two small pandas were followed by their mothers. The soldiers felt that it was luck.
In fact, this was the time when pandas were taking care of their cubs. Cubs were usually two to three months old.
Catching pandas with cubs was the easiest. They covered the big net so that the big ones could not break free for the time being. Then, they grabbed the small ones and put them into the cage.
When the big ones came out of the net, they went straight into the cage. Without waiting for them to come out, they closed the door and locked it.
"Let's send them back first. Send them back to Li Dongzhu. Also, we have 10,000 captives. 500,000 yuan."
Another person suggested exchanging them for money. What if one of them died?
"I wonder if Li Dongzhu can take out 500,000 yuan?" The soldiers of Zhe Chong's residence expressed their worry.
500,000 yuan was a number they did not dare to think about. It was too much.
"Don't worry. Li Dongzhu has money. It's just that we don't know where Li Dongzhu will settle the 10,000 captives. The place can't be small."
The people of the Winged Knights guaranteed.
They felt that as long as Li Yi wanted money, he would be able to get it soon.
The printing of the exchange coupons did not count. The Li Family Zhuangzi needed enough money to print the coupons.
"Battalion Commander Fan, do you want to send them over?" Li Xuandao had the same idea. 10,000 captives and six pandas.
The pandas were still manageable, but the captives needed to eat. If they were kept in captivity and not given enough food, they might fall sick from hunger.
"I'll send two hundred Winged Knights, and General Li will send three thousand soldiers to escort them. They still can't eat their fill on the way. When we reach Chang 'an, we won't have to worry about them making trouble."
Fan Fan was already more at ease with the Southwest Barbarians.
After continuous battles, the southwest barbarians should have less than thirty thousand men.
Many of the southwestern barbarian soldiers had already lost their morale. If they didn't leave now, they wouldn't be satisfied.
The various tribes of the Southwest Barbarians joined forces to send out their troops, but they didn't manage to snatch anything. Looking at the corpses and captives, there were more than 25,000 people in total.
Among them, more than ten thousand people were taken captive, while their side only lost four hundred people, and that was referring to those who were sacrificed.
There was always an ambush, and it was the rain of arrows that covered them first.
There were more than three thousand people who were injured. In the past, less than five hundred of the three thousand people who were injured would survive.
Especially in the southwest region, it was not easy to survive an injury.
With soapy water, alcohol, ointment, and suturing skills, the brothers managed to pull through.
More than ten of them were injured and didn't make it through, but the rest were still alive.
With the current situation of the war, it was believed that even if the Southwest Barbarians knew that they wouldn't have a good time after returning, they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
The Southwest Barbarians were also hunting in the mountains. Many of their people had died, and the supplies they brought back for the survivors were still unable to support them for much longer.
Li Xuandao thought about it and agreed. "Okay, we'll go back by land. There's no time to transport them by water. We'd rather starve the captives to death than have any problems."
After discussing with the others, 3,200 people escorted more than ten thousand captives and six pandas and set off.
The captives were tied up with ropes one by one, and they looked very obedient.
They really didn't have the strength to resist. Each person was given a bowl of porridge a day, and there was no salt in the porridge.
Without salt for a few days, they would lose their strength and vomit acid at the same time.
If they were really hungry, they would be fed water until they were full.
Afraid that they would spread diseases, Fan Fan came up with the idea to shave the captives' heads.
The captives didn't have a good life before. Their weapons weren't as good as those of the Tang dynasty, and they had very little clothes. Some of them even fought bare-chested.
Needless to say, they were all barefoot now. Anyway, there were thick calluses on their feet.
They weren't allowed to carry food, and they had hemp ropes around their necks. One end of the hemp ropes was the animal skin they had hunted.
There were also local medicinal herbs collected by the Winged Knights according to the catalog, and Li Yi wanted them.
"Tell them that when they reach Chang 'an, there's a big Dongzhu willing to raise them. Dongzhu treats the slaves well and gives them meat to eat every day."
The Winged Knights were afraid that they couldn't express the other side's language clearly with the little bit of language they had learned, so they asked the local Non-commissioned Officer to be the interpreter.
The interpreters ran over and shouted, and the captives finally had a little more motivation to live in their eyes.
They didn't think that they could eat meat every day after becoming slaves, but being sold meant that they wouldn't be killed on the way.
"Battalion Commander Shen, that Li … Li Dongzhu really gives the slaves meat to eat every day?"
After the interpreter finished speaking, one of them went to the battalion commander Shen Yong and asked with a smile.
"The slaves bought by the Li Family Zhuangzi are the same as ordinary people. Dongzhu never beat or scolded them. Those slaves became stewards and are very loyal."
Shen Yong thought about the situation of the Li Family Zhuangzi and found that the slaves didn't look like slaves at all.
If he didn't know the situation, he wouldn't know who the slaves were.
"Then these barbarians can enjoy a good life." The local soldier showed an envious look.
"They? Humph! Li Dongzhu treats the slaves well, and the slaves are the people of the Tang dynasty. If it's them, if they want to eat meat, they have to do work that can make them eat meat. "
Shen Yong didn't think that any random slave could enter the Li Family Zhuangzi's canteen and find their favorite food to eat.
Li Yi, who was mentioned by the two people, was now facing 200 slaves.
The newly bought slaves still haven't integrated into the Li Family Zhuangzi's big family.
Today, a female slave came to the canteen to eat. She was carrying a bowl of soup. She filled it too full and scalded her hand. She didn't dare to put it down, so she found the table and put it down.
Then her hand was scalded and blistered. If the farmer next to her didn't see it, she would have endured it and secretly shed tears.
At this time, the blisters on her hand were picked up by Li Yi. He applied medicine and didn't bandage it. It was already dry.
"Next time you encounter the same thing, let go of your hand, find a place where there is no one and throw the bowl away.
My Li Family Zhuangzi doesn't lack bowls. Look, your hand is injured. Won't it affect your work?
If you stop work for a day, how many bowls can you get? Next time you carry the soup, learn from others and put the bowl on the plate first. "
Li Yi taught the 200 people and glared at the female slave.
"I, I can work." The female slave was so scared that her legs trembled.
"Humph! If you work and your wound gets infected again, I will continue to treat you. How much money do you think you can earn by delaying me for a quarter of an hour? "
Li Yi wanted to swear, but he held back.
"Since you came here, you have been learning and doing nothing. From today onwards, you have a new job to make canned food, bamboo canned food."
Li Yi personally arranged the work for everyone to do. He had just researched the method of making bamboo canned food.
For 24 hours, the canned food was opened and tested. There were no problems.
After he finished talking about the work, he glared at the female slave again. "You heal first."
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