Thirteen captives were taken away, their faces full of grief and despair.
The translator smiled and said to the others, "They're going to live a good life with wine and meat. Who else wants to drink and eat meat?"
The captives bowed their heads like quails and tried hard to learn how to use chopsticks. They didn't believe it.
The informant was rewarded with a bowl of the worst wine and a drumstick.
He was promoted and became the inspector of more than ten thousand captives. He was allowed to choose a hundred people to patrol with him.
The quality of life improved all of a sudden. His people would be grateful to him, while the other clans hated and feared him.
Li Longji put down his binoculars. "He will lead his people to bully others. When the other clans resent him to a certain extent, he will be dealt with."
Li Longji knew how to operate and was very familiar with it.
Later on, the other clans would have inspectors who would not patrol their own clans but other clans.
More than ten thousand captives were managed just like that.
"Let's go and see the pandas." After lunch, it was almost noon. Empress Wang wanted to see the pandas that looked like dolls.
The little guy was holding the sleeping pandas and looked cute.
The group went to the pandas. There were four courtyards spaced apart. The pandas with children continued to take care of them.
At this time, the pandas were very angry. The farmers were spraying soap water at the pandas with the water wheel used to put out the fire.
When the soap water touched their eyes, the pandas felt uncomfortable and roared at the people standing on high ground.
Especially the mother panda, who was trying to hide her child behind her. Her roar made people feel sad.
"Is it enough?" Empress Wang looked at the child lying in the pram beside her and felt that it was too cruel.
The pandas were hiding and the young ones were shouting at their mothers. The mother panda's roar was full of grief and helplessness.
"Change to warm water. Fill the small pond with warm water and continue to heat it up." The person in charge of the pandas' living arrangements ordered.
The water wheel with soap water was removed and immediately replaced with warm water without soap. The water continued to spray the pandas, especially their eyes.
After spraying, the pandas realized the situation.
The mother panda used her paws to wash her face. When she saw the situation, she quickly moved aside and exposed her child. She used her paws to wipe the child's face.
On the other side, the blended warm water flowed through the ditch into the cement pool in the panda park.
When the panda saw this, it immediately ran over and stretched out its claws to scoop it up. After tasting it, it found that it was very good and rolled its body inside.
She sat in the water and used all her strength to wash the soapy parts of her body. It was very uncomfortable when it touched her eyes.
The big panda also threw the child into the water with its mouth and rubbed the soapy water off like a human.
When she was washing them, their fur got wet and stuck together, but it didn't affect the cuteness of their black and white colors.
"This is what a panda should be like. The black one isn't good-looking at all. It's just that it's skinny. Eat it for a few days to make up for it and it'll turn into a ball."
Li Yi smiled when he saw them playing in the water.
He didn't know if the six pandas were lucky or unlucky.
Although he had lost his freedom, he could eat and sleep more peacefully.
"In the future, they will use soap and water to wash themselves, and then change to clean water. The impact of the water gun is strong, and their eyes are uncomfortable."
Li Yi introduced the intelligence of the giant panda. The giant panda would try to learn.
Empress Wang compared the rag doll panda with the giant panda in the water. "We have to fatten them up quickly. The skinny ones look a little fierce."
The giant pandas in the garden washed for a while. The small ones were hungry and went to their mothers to eat.
"Then, will a large group of giant pandas move out together?" Empress Wang thought of the situation of a large group of giant pandas.
"When the children grow up, one day, the mother panda will refuse to breastfeed them. Then, it will be time to part. The mother panda will leave that territory and look for a new place."
Li Yi shook his head, indicating that giant pandas didn't live in groups.
Many times, after the mother panda raised her children, she would give the relatively safe place to her children and leave alone.
"Why don't they stay together? There are many giant pandas, and they can fight together if they encounter an enemy. "Empress Wang was a little sad.
Everyone continued to watch for a while. When the children were full, the bamboo shoots and the bamboo that was hurriedly transported from Lantian County were thrown in.
The giant pandas didn't even look at the bamboo. They ran straight to the bamboo shoots, picked one up, and began to peel it.
There was a lot of food. They didn't even eat the bamboo shoots that weren't good. Their behavior was very different from last night.
On the other side, the captives finished eating and began to learn the language of the Tang dynasty. The interpreter was responsible for teaching them sentence by sentence, even word by word.
"If you don't understand and don't do your job well, you will be taken away to eat meat and drink," the interpreter threatened.
The captives were very obedient. They found that they had a great chance of surviving.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been given shoes, clothes, towels, and things to brush their teeth.
Unless the people of the Tang dynasty wanted to eat people, they would first fatten them up before eating.
In the Political Affairs Hall of the Imperial City, Yao Chong and the others gathered together to drink tea after eating.
"More than 10,000 captives were bought by Li Yi. Looking after them is a big problem." Yao Chong was talking about serious matters.
"Li Yi will give corresponding money to whichever team is sent to look after them. Will this money be counted in the Ministry of Revenue's account, or will it be counted in the Sixteenth Guard's own account?"
Lu Huaishen looked at the problem from another perspective.
The Ministry of Revenue gave money to the Sixteenth Guard, but the Sixteenth Guard ran off to do private work. How would the cost be calculated?
"The imperial court needs to find laborers to work. If they find Li Yi, should they give Li Yi money? It would be a pity if they don't use more than 10,000 captives. "
Zhang Shuo thought of a different problem from the other two.
"The main thing is whether they can be forced. When the owner buys slaves, they belong to the owner's family. The imperial court can't touch other people's family property. "
Yao Chong was fair. More than 10,000 captives were a large number, but the relationship between the captives and their owners did not change.
Legally speaking, the imperial court was not allowed to seize other people's things.
Lu Huaishen picked up his teacup. "The imperial court doesn't need to care. Li Yi can arrange for the captives to dig mines and build roads. Can't others use the roads he built?"
"He's always wanted to build the official road from Chang 'an to Luoyang. Now that the manpower is here, let's wait until spring next year."
Zhang Shuo took a sip of tea. He was worried.
There were too many captives, and it looked dangerous. The imperial court needed to send troops to help manage them.
The transfer, cost, and affiliation involved in the process all had to be determined.
When other people bought slaves, they could just bring them home. The government didn't have to worry.
More than 10,000 southwestern barbarian soldiers were like a large army camp. How scary.
The three of them were worried, but Li Longji was in a good mood. He wasn't worried.
"Brother Yi, the imperial court sent troops to protect Zhuangzi because there are military secrets in Zhuangzi. How are you going to deal with the extra captives?"
Li Longji directly threw the question to Li Yi.
"Give money to the Ministry of War. The Minister of War is Yao Chong. Put the money in his hands. I'll take care of the food of the 16 guards."
Li Yi did the math. The money couldn't be given to the Ministry of Revenue. It was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
Unless the Ministry of Revenue could take over the Ministry of War, Yao Chong could figure out what he wanted to do with the money.
Zhuangzi was responsible for food. If the soldiers of the 16 guards took money from Zhuangzi, wouldn't they be raising private soldiers?
Li Yi continued to talk about the captives. "In December, if they can understand the general language, they'll be sent to Lantian County in batches to dig mines.
Where there are coal mines, they'll send people to dig coal in exchange for food.
Those who aren't rotated will continue to learn the language of the Tang dynasty. Those who speak well will be rewarded with meat. At the same time, they'll be used to obedience. "
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