These children were sent to the southeast, and most ended up in brothels, most of them government-run brothels where they could neither be freed nor redeemed for life. For a time, the entertainment industry in the entire southeast became prosperous, showing a distorted prosperity in this world where all industries were depressed.
In order to make a quick return on their investment, many children in their teens have lowered the price of their first customer to less than one or two taels of silver. Their strategy is to make a small profit but quick turnover... There are still many refugees anyway, so they will just wait until they die before buying more.
The uprising took place that night.
The angry, frenzied, and uncommanded refugees were unable to break through the walls of Zhaoyang City and could only slaughter all the wealthy families outside the city. The flames burning in various high walls and courtyards illuminated half of the sky and lasted for several days.
Then the civil uprising was suppressed by the prefect of Zhaoyang and the lieutenant general of the garrison, who were troubled by the loss of financial resources and the pressure on people to pay back goods. It was a real and thorough suppression, because they did not leave a single person alive.
In the words of the prefect of Zhaoyang: "There will be a constant influx of refugees in the future, so you don't have to worry about the supply, but we must establish the rules from the beginning!"
A subsequent imperial edict from the Chen court worsened the refugees' plight. Without a single mention of the refugees, the uprising, or the actions of the Zhaoyang prefect, the edict simply urged him to quickly recruit able-bodied men and send military supplies to the front lines.
Zhaoyang is the only way for refugees from all over the country to escape across the border. There is no shortage of refugees here.
After learning about what the Zhaoyang local authorities had done, Lin Hai was furious. Although he gave up his plan to eliminate the Zhaoyang prefect and the lieutenant general after being persuaded by everyone, he severely dealt with a group of people in the Zhaoyang intelligence station. Now the station chief of Zhaoyang station is still serving as a pioneer in the Fenghuang Mountain military camp to redeem himself for his crime.
The new stationmaster immediately negotiated a good price with the Zhaoyang prefect. After all, it didn't matter who they were selling to, so they decided to sell it to Qinghe. The Qinghe County Refugee Agency immediately set up a transit station in northern Zhaoyang. They worked with the Zhaoyang officials who came to oversee the operation to count the refugees, then instructed them to take a rice cake and walk to the refugee camp. For every rice cake distributed, Qinghe County owed the Zhaoyang authorities a pound of pig iron. Lin Hai was thrilled. If a pound of pig iron could buy a living person, he could buy every two-legged creature on the continent.
Now, the reception of refugees has entered its peak period, and Lin Hai wants to see with his own eyes what it all looks like.
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