The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 409
After Jia Rong was killed that day, Jia Huan and Baoyu were brought to the Votel tribe.

The Votel tribe is the largest among the tribes in North Vendura, and has the strongest military strength.

According to the tradition of the Tatars, the prisoners of war and the plundered population and materials should be distributed uniformly according to the size of the military exploits.

Jia Huanna was assigned to Commander Hauge as a slave, while Baoyu didn't know where to go. Jia Huan didn't know where he was assigned.

The first task of this group of slaves was to hunt grass.

Because winter is coming, we must take advantage of this time to stock up on more pastures to prepare for the winter for livestock.

Jia Huan naturally wanted to escape, but there was no chance.So, I endured it for the time being.

Five days later, Hauge got the second batch of slaves.

Jia Huan knew several of these slaves.It is simply a luxurious lineup.

There are Wang Xin, Niu Jizong, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde.

Needless to say, Wang Xin, Jia Huan also knew the last four people.

At this time, Jia Huan felt that the opportunity had come.

The next day, when Haoge was inspecting their work, Jia Huan knelt down in front of Haoge's horse and said that he had something important to report.

Hauge had doubts about the origins of Jia Huan, Wang Xin and others before, because these sons and brothers were different from other ordinary Han soldiers in many ways.

After a little hesitation, he asked someone to take Jia Huan aside.

So Jia Huan exposed three things.

The first one is the identities of Wang Xin, Niu Jizong, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde.

The second thing is the identity of himself and Baoyu.

He felt that the identity of himself and Baoyu was very important, that was the identity of Uncle Guo.

His purpose of exposing these two incidents was to ask Hauge to contact his family and Wang Xin's family to extort a large part of the ransom.

Hauge was not very interested in the identity and ransom of their honored children.However, the third thing Jia Huan said made Hauge tempted.

That's the thing about him being Bu Kui's guerrilla Jia Min's brother.

For Jia Min, Hauge and even the middle and upper class in North Vendura, they are all clear.Considered one of their worst enemies.

They are very familiar with the powerful fighting power of the Fubing Corps, and they are also very afraid.

Jia Huan told Hauge about Jia Min's method of training soldiers, which made Hauge very interested.

So Jia Huan took the opportunity to propose that he could train for Haoge in the way Jia Min did.

The Tatars were very forthright, Hauge immediately decided to accept Jia Huan as his adopted son, gave him 100 people, told him to train soldiers, and betrothed his niece to Jia Huan.

In this way, Jia Huan suddenly turned over from a slave to a master.

In addition to training soldiers, Hauge handed over dozens of slaves to Jia Huan for management.

At this time, Jia Huan was pulling grass with a dozen slaves.

Holding the whip and hands behind his back, he came behind Wang Xin.

Wang Xin found out, bowed his body, and said humbly:

"My lord centurion is well."

"Wang Xin, why don't you call me Third Brother Huan this time?"

"Master Centurion, slaves dare not call you brothers and sisters."

"It's a bitch, now I know I'm calling you an adult, go, give Niu Jizong and the others seven lashes each, pretty hard."

With that said, Jia Huan handed the whip to Wang Xin.

"Master Centurion, this is not good, everyone is Han."

"Who is from Han with you? I am now Lord Hauge's adopted son, not a lowly Han. Don't you know? Go or not? If you don't, I will give you seven lashes?"

"Third brother Huan, don't do this. How can we say that we are also relatives. Now that everyone is in trouble, even if we can't take care of them, we don't have to kill each other like this, right?"

"Relatives? Since when did you consider me a relative? Only that bastard Jia Baoyu is your relative. You always think that you are a bitch, and this time you are worse than a dog, right?"

"Fourth brother Min is not a direct son, so who looks down on him?"

"You still have the face to mention Jia Min to me. If you didn't listen to him and insisted on coming here, how would we be here today? Fortunately, the foster father recognized me as a foster son. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here today. Like you?"

"Master Centurion, be a man and leave a way out. If you do this, let Fourth Brother Min know about it, won't you be afraid that he will come to settle accounts with you?"

"I will be afraid of him. Now that he has lost his official position and cannot protect himself, how can he come here? Even if he comes, will he still be an opponent of the Tatars? Wang Xin, don't dream. Be a good man. Your slave, if you are obedient, maybe because of the fact that you have known each other for a while, I will give you ten husbands in the future, otherwise, your life will be light."

"I will not serve as a Tartar soldier, or you will kill me."

"Want to die? How can it be so cheap. Come on, give this Wang Xin seven whips."

When Jia Huan went back to drink tea, a soldier whipped Wang Xin seven times.

After beating Wang Xin, Niu Jizong and Liu Fang were called over.

"You two, give each other seven lashes. If you don't lash each other, each will get fourteen lashes."

"Jia Huan, what do you mean? We are in trouble now. We eat like pigs and sleep like dogs every day. We honestly work for you. What else do you want?"

"Oh, Niu Jizong, you have a lot of backbone? Are you a pig and a dog today? Who called Min and the fourth son made you look like a dog?"

"We couldn't beat Jia Min at that time, let's admit it. After all, it was our own fault first. If we lose, we lose. Jia Min didn't treat us like that, let alone treat us like you. You just Don't you want to leave yourself a way out?"

"The way back? What can you do to me? Do you still want to go back alive? Niu Jizong, do you know that if I want to kill you now, I will kill you?"

"You asked us to write letters to our family to get money, and we wrote too. What else do you want?"

"Money is money. Even if your family comes with money, whether you let me go or not depends on whether I am happy or not. Now I am not happy, so I decided that if you come with money, I will not let you go. Be a slave here for the rest of your life."

"Are you two fighting or not?"

"Do not hit!"

Niu Jizong and Liu Fang, at this moment, really have a bit of backbone.

"Don't beat me, okay, if you have the backbone, I will help you. Come on, give me fourteen lashes each."

The soldier came and beat Niu Jizong and Liu Fang with fourteen lashes.

"Listen to me, all of you, add [-] straws per person. If you can't finish it, stop eating at night and put it in a cage."

After speaking, Jia Huan sat down again and drank tea slowly.

He remembered being locked up in a cage and stopped eating in Ye Duju.

It turns out that the taste of shutting people up in cages and stopping meals at every turn is so beautiful.No wonder Fourth Min is always willing to use this trick.

It's just that this time it's cheaper for the fourth brother Min, if he falls into my hands, he will definitely die without a place to bury him.

Where did the Tatars get Baoyu?In a few days, he will have to be checked carefully. Keeping him will always be a disaster.As soon as the money in the mansion is in hand, he will be silenced.

It's just who in the mansion will come, not the fourth brother Min, that guy is not easy to deal with.

However, it's okay.Now that he has lost his official position, he no longer has the Fubingtuan in his hands.

It's just that there are a few who are good with him, and here, it's also my world, and I can't get up.

It's best to get rid of the fourth son, Min. In the future, the mansion will be my world.

Baoyu, Wang Xin, and Niu Jizong, the four of them, have a family of 5 taels of silver, plus one piece, there are also 30 taels.

If it doesn't work, it's also a good choice to leave the barren land of North Wendura and go to the bustling Jiangnan with 30 taels.

While Jia Huan was having a sweet dream in his heart, he was dazed on the sheepskin.

"Centurion, Centurion."

Jia Huan was awakened by a voice.

"Oh, it's Geritu."

"Centurion, is the letter finished?"

"After finishing writing, you can go for a trip. When the time comes, I will give you 3% of it, which is 100 taels. It will be enough for you to do business for [-] years."

As Jia Huan said, he handed over the letter from Wang Xin, Niu Jizong and others requesting the family to redeem him with money.

Geritu is a wool merchant here, and he often travels between North Vendura and Pukui.The farthest ones have even been to Ninggu Pagoda and Shengjing.

This time, Jia Huan asked him to go to the imperial capital, contact his family and Wang Xin's family, and extort money.

"Centurion, are these families really that rich?"

"Rich? The money of these families will scare you to death. Don't talk about the 5 taels, even a family of 50 taels. They also have it. They are all sons, and the family is willing to spend money."

"Since that's the case, the little one will go back and pack up, and leave for the imperial capital tomorrow. I hope the centurion will keep his promise, and give me the share that should be given to me when the time comes."

"Geritu, don't worry, I can't miss you."

Gerritu got on his horse and left, Jia Huan lay down on the sheepskin again.

At this time, among the slaves who were pulling grass, one named Song Er stared coldly at what Jia Huan was doing.

Song Er came here yesterday.He was also one of the court soldiers who participated in the Battle of North Vendura.

Because the team was broken up, they have been wandering on the grasslands, worked as slaves for many families, and escaped many times.

Yesterday, because I was so hungry that I couldn't bear it anymore, I went to Mr. Hauge's house to steal food, was caught, and was left as a slave.

It's getting dark, and today's pasture has finally been harvested.

Jia Huan and his soldiers escorted Wang Xin, Niu Jizong and others back home.

More than a dozen people including Wang Xin were locked in a cellar. A soldier brought in a large bowl of batter, and a dozen people picked up broken bowls and scrambled to eat.

Now, Wang Xin and Niu Jizong feel that this is simply the most delicious delicacy in the world.

The life of rich clothes and good food in the past seems to be a very distant memory now.So many times, they would doubt whether it was a dream or not?

After dinner, Wang Xin and several people gathered together again.

They had long since gotten used to the smell in the bedpan next to them.

"Hey, I really shouldn't have listened to Brother Min back then. Otherwise, how could I have fallen to this point?"

Every day at this time, Wang Xin would repeat these words several times.

"Hey, if the emperor had listened to Jia Min's words, where would he end up today?"

"We still laughed at Jia Min that day, but we never thought that we would become the joke in the end."

Niu Jizong and Liu Fang also spoke similar words.

"Aren't you sleeping yet? If you keep talking, I'll throw you on the grassland to feed the wolves!"

There were ferocious sounds of soldiers outside.

(End of this chapter)