The residents of Chang 'an City, led by Cecilia, were herded to a square in front of the Chang' an Imperial Palace by the Five Element Flags martial artists.
There were less than a thousand people.
Under normal circumstances, there were about a thousand to three hundred residents in Chang 'an City. However, the powerful nobles had already escaped to other territories through the portal.
Of course, this was not all of the Tang Territory.
The Tang Territory had a total population of nearly ten thousand. Only about a thousand people could live in Chang 'an City and were considered "first-class citizens". The remaining two thousand or so lived in the villages outside Chang' an City and were considered "second-class citizens".
There were also more than five thousand slave laborers. Under the supervision of the supervisors, they worked in the underground mines in exchange for daily necessities.
Cecilia stood beside Bai Xiaowen and whispered, "The concentration of Spirit Energy in the Tang Territory seems to be higher than in our territory."
Bai Xiaowen said, "It's only limited to the surroundings of the Imperial Palace. Because the Tang Territory built a Spirit Energy Gathering Array, the Spirit Energy in the entire territory is gathered in the radiation belt with Chang 'an City as the center … The Spirit Energy in the core area near the Imperial Palace is Level 4, but in the other areas of Chang' an City, it's only Level 3. Outside of Chang 'an City, most areas only have Level 2 or Level 1 Spirit Energy. Overall, it's still much worse than the White Phoenix Territory. "
Cecilia nodded to show that she understood.
The White Phoenix Territory came from the highly difficult Three Kingdoms Plane World and had abundant Spirit Energy. Moreover, Bai Xiaowen's contribution to the unification of the world was extremely high, so it had the initial Level 3 Spirit Energy concentration.
Most new territories had Level 1 Spirit Energy concentration, and a few new territories could reach Level 2.
The crowd in the square seemed to be large in number, but they were all below Level 10 and could not withstand a single blow from an evolver.
This was also the reason why the Tang Territory's upper echelons recklessly established the hierarchy and slavery system. Although the slave population was large, they were weak. Dozens of slaves could not defeat a supervisor, so how could they resist?
The supervisors were only the weaker cannon fodder soldiers among the Tang Territory's minions. For example, a standard Black Iron Swordsman was equivalent to a Level 11 Fire Spirit. When Li Weichen invaded the White Phoenix Territory this time, he did not even bring these cannon fodder soldiers. He thought that they were too weak.
Not to mention, the Tang Territory had elite troops such as Silver Swordsmen and secret archers. All of them were elites with the strength of Level 12 to 13 evolvers. And the Great Tang had nearly one thousand such soldiers.
The overwhelming strength of the Great Tang had solidified the social stratum of the Great Tang. The slaves at the bottom were no different from walking corpses. There was no hope at all.
Bai Xiaowen looked at the dense crowd below and said three sentences.
"First of all, I must inform all of you that the Great Tang Territory has become history. Now, it had already merged into the White Phoenix Territory! You will automatically become citizens of the White Phoenix Territory. "
"Secondly, remember the name of your new lord, Lv Wang."
"Third, the Lord will not arbitrarily deprive you of your property, except for those who violate the fief's laws."
The last sentence really made the new citizens breathe a sigh of relief.
They were not part of the ruling class in the Tang Empire, so they did not have any objections to the change of lords. As long as their family properties were not taken away by the new lords, they would be fine.
Bai Xiaowen was not interested in these mosquito legs either. Those who were truly rich and powerful had already run away. He had no interest in scraping the money of the poor.
In Bai Xiaowen's view, these eight thousand citizens were the real wealth of the Great Tang Empire, including the five thousand slaves. They could create unlimited value.
The Great Tang Empire used the human citizens as slaves to do this kind of work that basically had no added value. It was really a waste. A human slave, even if he worked hard to mine, his mining efficiency could not be compared to the skeleton workers who did not sleep, rest, or throw tantrums.
But the human slaves had intelligence and could learn how to refine ores and cast iron ingots.
Of course, the skeleton workers could also slowly learn this kind of physical labor. But the learning speed of the human slaves was ten times or even a hundred times faster than the skeleton workers.
For high-value labor, such as making metal utensils, or even forging equipment, or making inscription scrolls, the skeleton workers would not be able to learn it even if they studied for a hundred years. But the human slaves could.
The brilliant civilization of the Common Era on Earth was created by the people of various races.
But the first thing Bai Xiaowen had to do was to break the shackles on their bodies and restore their development potential. The social development of the few decades after the Renaissance had surpassed the total of the dark Middle Ages.
The only thing that Bai Xiaowen was worried about was whether the slaves would become numb after a long period of oppression and lose their understanding and creativity.
Fortunately, the history of the Great Tang Empire was not long. After all, the Psionic Era on Earth had only started for less than a hundred years. The slavery system in the Great Tang Empire was not as deeply rooted as in the long Middle Ages.
Cecilia then ordered the citizens to greet their new lord.
Bai Xiaowen gestured for these people to stand up and said, "Finally, I want to say something important."
"The White Phoenix Territory has no slaves. All slaves will be free and given enough land to live on. "
"No matter what kind of hierarchy you had in the past, from now on, you will follow the hierarchy of the White Phoenix Territory."
"As for the hierarchy of the White Phoenix Territory and the laws of the White Phoenix Territory, I will order people to engrave them on the four city gates of Chang 'an City."
The hierarchy of the White Phoenix Territory was actually very simple. It was divided into Level 1 citizens, Level 2 citizens, Level 3 citizens according to their contribution points.
High-level citizens did not enjoy any aristocratic privileges. They only received more "White Phoenix Coins" every month and were qualified to hold high-level positions in the army of the White Phoenix Territory.
As for the laws of the White Phoenix Territory, Bai Xiaowen had already thought about it. On the basis of referring to the laws of Earth, it would be simplified in combination with moral standards. It would prohibit killing, robbing, stealing, raping, and other evil acts. It would also set up severe punishment regulations.
Originally, the White Phoenix Territory only had a few hundred people and did not need laws to govern it. Now that the population had soared to nearly ten thousand people, it was imperative to set up laws. Not only Chang 'an City, but even White Phoenix City would engrave laws and regulations to complete the transition from the rule of man to the rule of law as soon as possible.
As for how to operate, it would be left to Zhen Mi. She had now become the chief housekeeper of the White Phoenix Territory.
After saying all this, Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and walked back to the "palace." Behind him, a black mass of people knelt on the ground. It was obvious that Li Weichen's addiction to being emperor had made these citizens habitual.
Bai Xiaowen had no interest in correcting them. In any case, as time passed, these citizens would slowly realize that "Lord Lu Wang" did not have any dreams of being emperor.
After a simple appeasement of the new citizens, Bai Xiaowen walked straight to the palace of Chang 'an City. He still remembered what his father, Bai Yuantang, said. He wanted to find the "Death's Hand Bone" in the Tang Territory.
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