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By the end of the era of strife and the inauguration of the Shang dynasty, the emperor [[Cao Kun]] decreed the restoration of the [[Code of Heise]] with several amendments prohibiting the type of excesses seen during the era of strife. The overall number of slaves decreased during the Shang period as internal sources were limited by law and the power of the [[Degei Confederation]] waxed; the Shang had no wish to antagonize it needlessly simply to acquire slaves. The one sure entity providing slaves to the Shang was its tributary state of [[Nasrad]], which either bought them or captured them from raids into the [[Arunid Empire]]. The Shang dynasty and its scholars held these brown skinned people to be potentially superlative warriors(that they had been captured in the first place was due to Nasrid trickery), the Shang would train them to serve as slave-soldiers. An institution known as the Puren Zhijia, which very roughly translates to the House of the Servants, drilled the slaves in formation fighting as spearmen. The dynasty was interested in lowering its reliance on peasant infantrymen who had to be taken away from their duties as farmers during the harvest season, poor harvests quickly led to instability. If the slaves could take their place on the battlefield, this situation could be easily prevented. In any case the supply of slaves available to the Shang dynasty never reached the levels needed for it to truly replace all of its infantry with trained slaves.

It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands.

It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands. A curious facet of the Qian dynasty's involvement in the slave trade was its policy in regard to slaves afflicted with [[Dwarfism in Daxia|Dwarfism]]. Dwarfs who happened to be captured by one of the slaving partners of the empire were usually sold at a premium to government agents and taken to the palace school in [[Daguo]] to be educated and serve the dynasty in various capacities; while not exactly free to leave they no longer had the status of slaves. In certain provinces of the empire, officials made it so that not turning over dwarfs to the government was a crime and people caught keeping dwarfs as slaves could be imprisoned for it.

===Caphirian connection, inroads into [[Vallos]] and zenith of the trade===

[[File:Qianslaves15.jpg|thumb|Illustration of the flesh markets of [[Rakahanga|Rakin]] by Sagon Kwang-Ho]]

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 By the end of the era of strife and the inauguration of the Shang dynasty, the emperor [[Cao Kun]] decreed the restoration of the [[Code of Heise]] with several amendments prohibiting the type of excesses seen during the era of strife. The overall number of slaves decreased during the Shang period as internal sources were limited by law and the power of the [[Degei Confederation]] waxed; the Shang had no wish to antagonize it needlessly simply to acquire slaves. The one sure entity providing slaves to the Shang was its tributary state of [[Nasrad]], which either bought them or captured them from raids into the [[Arunid Empire]]. The Shang dynasty and its scholars held these brown skinned people to be potentially superlative warriors(that they had been captured in the first place was due to Nasrid trickery), the Shang would train them to serve as slave-soldiers. An institution known as the Puren Zhijia, which very roughly translates to the House of the Servants, drilled the slaves in formation fighting as spearmen. The dynasty was interested in lowering its reliance on peasant infantrymen who had to be taken away from their duties as farmers during the harvest season, poor harvests quickly led to instability. If the slaves could take their place on the battlefield, this situation could be easily prevented. In any case the supply of slaves available to the Shang dynasty never reached the levels needed for it to truly replace all of its infantry with trained slaves.
-It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands.
+It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands. A curious facet of the Qian dynasty's involvement in the slave trade was its policy in regard to slaves afflicted with [[Dwarfism in Daxia|Dwarfism]]. Dwarfs who happened to be captured by one of the slaving partners of the empire were usually sold at a premium to government agents and taken to the palace school in [[Daguo]] to be educated and serve the dynasty in various capacities; while not exactly free to leave they no longer had the status of slaves. In certain provinces of the empire, officials made it so that not turning over dwarfs to the government was a crime and people caught keeping dwarfs as slaves could be imprisoned for it.
 ===Caphirian connection, inroads into [[Vallos]] and zenith of the trade===
 [[File:Qianslaves15.jpg|thumb|Illustration of the flesh markets of [[Rakahanga|Rakin]] by Sagon Kwang-Ho]]

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