The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"Well, that's natural."

"Tell me, how much more silver should I give you?"

Ning Quan smiled and nodded.

"Your Highness, at 15 taels of silver per head for four thousand prisoners of war, that's a total of 60,000 taels of silver!"

Jacob said carefully.

"Sixty thousand taels?"

Hearing this, Ning Quan raised his eyebrows.

"Your Highness, this price is already the lowest."

"Any lower, and Jacob would lose money."

Seeing this, Jacob said aggrievedly.

"Haha, don't worry. You've helped me so much, how could I let you lose money? Sixty thousand taels is sixty thousand taels."

Ning Quan laughed and took out 60,000 taels of silver from his pocket.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Jacob smiled happily after receiving the banknote.

Although he didn't earn much this time, it was not a small amount either, equivalent to his income for two years.

After receiving the money, the next step is naturally the handover.

Then, both sides counted the number of people.

After the final count, the total number of slaves was 21,000. Excluding 4,000 Persian warriors, the remaining slaves were half male and half female.

Among them, there are about 3,000 middle-aged men, about 4,000 women, and the rest are all old and young.

And most of them were Persian slaves, with less than a thousand other slaves.

After the handover, Jacob left and returned to Wuwei.

After being out for so long, he must be eager to go home.

As for the slaves and 4,000 prisoners of war, Guan Yu escorted them to the Xiongnu camp and detained them.

……

As night fell, the Hun camp was brightly lit.

Ning Quan and his group stood in the center of the camp.

The four thousand prisoners of war had to be used as soon as possible, so Ning Quan decided to give them a lecture overnight.

For this purpose, Ning Quan specially brought more than a thousand Persian soldiers with him, ready to give a personal demonstration.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing. No matter how nice you say it, it’s useless. Facts still have to speak for themselves.

These more than a thousand Persian warriors are a good example.

They were all slaves before, but now they have all been freed from slavery and regained their freedom.

"Your Highness, all prisoners of war have been assembled."

Soon, four thousand Persian prisoners of war gathered here.

They were all nervous.

Slaves were also everywhere in Persia, and they all knew the consequences of becoming slaves, which was simply worse than death.

So when we gathered overnight this time, everyone's face showed horror and fear.

"Everyone, let me introduce myself first. My name is Ning Quan, the ninth prince of the Daqian Dynasty."

Ning Quan glanced at the dense crowd of Persian prisoners in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"What? He's the prince of Daqian?"

Upon hearing this, the Persian prisoners were surprised.

They never imagined that the person who bought them was the prince of Daqian Kingdom, and they never expected that the prince would meet them in person.

"You are all slaves, but you are also warriors."

"I will not mince words. I bought you because I want you to serve me and conquer the world for me."

"As long as you can serve me, I promise that one day you will be free again."

"If you can achieve military merit, you will receive even more rewards, such as land and silver!"

Ning Quan looked around at everyone and said in a resounding voice.

Hearing Ning Quan's words, the prisoners of war present suddenly became excited.

After all, who doesn't desire freedom?

But despite this, they didn't quite believe it.

"I know you have doubts in your hearts, worried that I will deceive you and that I will not fulfill my promise."

"But look at who is standing behind this king?"

"Those standing behind me are your compatriots. They were once slaves just like you, but now they are all free!"

"You can be like them if you want."

Ning Quan turned his head and pointed at the Persian warrior standing behind him.

"My fellow countrymen, I am Tormu, the captain of the Imperial Third Legion!"

"I can prove what His Highness said. As long as you are willing to serve His Highness, you will definitely be free in the future!"

At this time, a strong man with a full beard walked out and said loudly.

"I can also prove that I am Chahar, the centurion of the Imperial Fifth Legion!"

Another blond, blue-eyed, burly man also stood up and said.

"I can prove it too."

"I also......"

Soon after, more and more Persian warriors came forward to testify.

The Persian prisoners of war were immediately moved when they saw so many compatriots willing to testify for Ning Quan.

"Tormu, you said you were all free, so why didn't you return to Persia?"

At this time, a Persian prisoner suddenly asked.

As soon as this question was asked, everyone's eyes fell on Tormu.

"Of course I want to go back, but to go back to Persia I have to go through the Arabs, and we in Persia are at war with the Arabs."

"If we go back now, it will be a dead end."

"We can only return when the war between the Arabs and Persians stops."

Tolmu said with a bitter smile.

Hearing this, all the prisoners fell silent.

The war between Persia and the Arabs had been going on for three years and was intensifying.

Going back at this critical moment is simply seeking death!

"Okay, we are willing to be loyal to Your Highness! But we hope Your Highness can fulfill his promise."

After a long time, a Persian warrior shouted.

"We are also willing to be loyal to His Highness!"

Soon, the other Persian warriors expressed their opinions.

"good very good."

"Don't worry, as long as you are loyal to me, I will never break my promise."

Ning Quan laughed out loud.

He had gone to great lengths to say so much, just waiting for this sentence.

As long as he could subdue these Persian warriors, his strength would be further enhanced.

"General Li, immediately arrange new accommodations for them and provide them with clean clothes."

"Starting tomorrow, the training will officially begin!"

Then Ning Quan gave instructions to Li Jing.

"Yes, I obey!"

Li Jing took the order and went down to make arrangements.

Soon, all the Persian warriors were resettled.

Every five people were allocated a tent and received new clothes.

After everything was arranged, Ning Quan turned around and returned to the city.

After the prisoners of war surrendered, he had nothing to do anymore.

The rest of the matters will naturally be handled by Li Jing and others.

.........

at the same time.

On a hill a hundred miles west of Changhe City, a team was waiting quietly.

This team was none other than Lu Bu and the Donghu cavalry he led.

Following Ning Quan's orders, Lu Bu led his army to attack and was responsible for blocking the trade route.

He arrived here three days ago, but he did not take action immediately after arriving. Instead, he first looked for a secret place to hide.

After all, this place is too far away from Huluan, and we need a safe place to stay.

Tonight is his first attack.

His target was a caravan not far down the mountain.

This caravan was quite large, with hundreds of carriages.

There were also quite a few guards, nearly four or five hundred people.

"It's almost time, get ready for action."

"Remember, fight quickly and then quickly drive the carriage to the camp and hide it!"

Lu Bu looked at the sky and gave the order coldly.