"Get up, get up, you bastards, don't you see what time it is? Hurry up and go out to work. If anything happens to the chieftain's livestock, you will become livestock in the future."
Li Xiang's residence was quite good, on the second floor of the Tusi official residence, but not long after he fell asleep, he heard noises outside.
It turned out that according to the rules of the chieftain, the slaves on the first floor had to go out to work. Li Xiang looked at all this in surprise from the window. You know, it was only about three o'clock in the morning, and they had to get up to work at this time, so they didn't have much time to sleep.
Li Xiang had heard the story of a rooster crowing in the middle of the night, but he didn't expect to encounter it today. The people in the Tang Dynasty didn't have a good life, but he had never heard of anyone getting up at three o'clock to work.
When Li Xiang was studying, he knew that the plateau was still in a slave society. These slaves had no living security at all. If the chieftain was happy, he could kill them at any time for fun. As for whether they slept or not, the chieftain didn't care at all.
Just as Li Xiang was thinking about the problem, the sound of whips was heard downstairs. No one could get up at this time, so those in charge could only use whips to talk. Many people came out howling. Anyway, the chieftain sleeping on the third floor could not hear it. Moreover, for many chieftains, this sound was extremely beautiful. When they heard this sound, they knew that they were making money for themselves.
"Master, look over there."
Rongyi came to Li Xiang's side at some point and looked in the direction of his finger. There were crowds of people everywhere outside the official village. These people were relatively lucky, at least they could still live inside. More people could only live outside. In winter, no one knew how many people would freeze to death in one night.
There must be at least thousands of people outside. These people are all slaves directly under the chieftain. Now they have to go to the fields to work and work until sunset. From here to the chieftain's fields, the farthest one has to walk for two hours.
If we don't get up to work at this time, I'm afraid a lot of time will be wasted in the day, so we can only start from these people's rest time. This method has been continued for hundreds of years, and the local people don't feel that there is anything wrong with it.
"Those who can live there are not ordinary people. They are all slaves of two or three generations or more. If they are newly arrived slaves, they can only live outside the official village. It is said that they have a schedule for this. When a slave inside dies, someone from outside can come in. Otherwise, the chieftain will show mercy and allow someone from outside to come in. This quota is very important."
Every time he saw this situation, Xiao Liuzi felt that he was lucky. If he had not been picked up by the Cui family, he would now be one of these slaves. When he walked outside and saw these people, he felt very sad, but he was just an ordinary citizen and could not care so much.
"Go to bed, there's still plenty to do tomorrow."
Li Xiang was not a saint, but after seeing this scene, he had some ideas in his mind. Tubo Kingdom was now extremely powerful, and even after this civil strife, it might be able to bear enough grief. But if these slaves were liberated, their number would be much greater than that of these slave owners. At that time, Tubo Kingdom might be able to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, all of this must be done well, at least not now. Li Xiang only has a plan in his mind. As for whether it can be realized in the future, that will be a few years later. Now he has to find a way to get more people involved to increase the strength of the rebels.
These people slept until noon, and Chief Maiqi did not call them, but just had someone put food at the door. He also knew that these people came from the Han area and had suffered a lot along the way.
The most important thing is that Chief Maiqi is very busy now. He really wants to discuss a general direction with Li Xiang, so he has to bring more people over. He even has another idea, which is to overthrow the rule of Songtsen Gampo, and perhaps he can also ascend to that position.
In the past, they made trouble just to protect their own rights. Now even people from the Tang Dynasty have joined in, and they can give themselves two boxes of gold every month. This is a considerable support. If used properly, a new look is just around the corner.
"Master, everything is ready."
Li Xiang heard Long Wu's voice in a daze. Long Wu had taken people out early in the morning.
Li Xiang had already talked about salt and iron yesterday, so today he had to let these people see the real thing.
Li Xiang took something out of the system, and then asked Long Wu to take people on a big circle. Now they are on the way to Guanzhai.
"It's really not easy to do anything these days. This is the first time I've put in the effort before receiving the reward."
Li Xiang shook his neck and changed his sleeping place, but he didn't sleep well. It might be because of the high altitude. He always felt suffocated while sleeping.
The people around have been following Li Xiang for quite some time, so they naturally know what Li Xiang meant by this sentence. No matter who wants to cooperate with us, they must first show their sincerity. Now it is us who show our sincerity first. Of course, there is nothing we can do about it. After all, we urgently need this opportunity. This may be the only chance to weaken the Tubo Kingdom in the past ten years.
There may be other opportunities, but we may have to pay more. Now we only need to pay a part of the supplies to keep the chieftains of Maiqi and several surrounding chieftains active. They will also drag other chieftains into the water. The greater the unrest, the weaker the Tubo Kingdom will be.
"My dear young master, are you up? Our chieftain is already waiting for you in the living room."
After there was a noise in Li Xiang's house, the housekeeper came over to talk. Li Xiang was sure that this guy had been waiting nearby, but he just didn't hear the noise in the house, so he didn't dare to speak. The hierarchy on the plateau was strict, and since Li Xiang had already revealed his identity, he was a more important person than their chieftain, so these people didn't dare to act rashly.
"Please inform Mr. Macchi, I'll be there soon."
We only had a general direction yesterday, and today we have to have a good discussion on some specific numbers. If we can reach an agreement, perhaps a new storm will come.