Daming 1805

Chapter 282 This is the life I want!
While Aoxue was struggling mentally, the electric horn outside suddenly sounded:

"The imperial decree of the King of Dashi, and the order of the Meng County Industrial Park Management Office, all male and female slaves who were bought and confiscated from the local slaves of the Ming Dynasty and sent to the Dashi Kingdom, are now all stripped of their slave status and returned to good health.

"Re-registration of household registration information will begin at [-]:[-] am tomorrow, and the future whereabouts of all ex-registered slaves will be confirmed.

"Everyone can choose to enter a factory to become a worker, go to a farm outside the city to become a farmer, join the army to become a soldier, marry into an existing citizen's family and become a wife or concubine, or become a performer.

"All personnel have one day to consider and a decision must be made by tomorrow morning."

The announcer who read the order read the content three times repeatedly, and the relevant personnel spread it throughout the dormitory building.

Aoxue had been starving for a whole day, and her energy had long been exhausted, but at this moment she quickly cheered up.

The so-called cultural performers should be the former singing and dancing girls, only the princes, nobles and wealthy businessmen can enjoy it.

Some of these personnel are slaves, and some are citizens. The order now means that they must be dealt with as citizens.

As long as I become this kind of performer, I will definitely have the opportunity to get in touch with the upper class of the Great Food Kingdom.

In fact, Aoxue also knew in her heart that it was impossible for her to come into contact with a nobleman at the level of Da Shi Wang.

But at the very least, you should be able to get in touch with people at the county magistrate and shopkeeper level!

How could I be an ordinary worker, or even become the wife and concubine of an ordinary worker?
Not long after the broadcast stopped, the door of the confinement room where Aoxue was staying opened.

Including Aoxue, more than half of the women were released and sent back to their original rooms.

Xianglan originally thought that her daughter would be in poor condition if she was hungry for a day, so she prepared food and water.

It turns out that although Aoxue is very wasteful, her mental state is very uplifting.

There was a clear look of joy on the face that had been completely worn off.

Xiang Lan immediately became worried:

"Xue'er, are you okay..."

Aoxue waved her hand directly:

"I'm fine, I need to eat, drink, and rest now..."

Xianglan feels that her daughter's condition is not right, but knowing that she needs to eat and drink should be fine.

Hurry up and give her the prepared things, and watch her daughter gobble up her meal.

Then I went to wash up immediately, came back, changed clothes and went to bed.

For the next whole day, Aoxue was very normal, she stopped making troubles, and ate and slept on time.

The next morning, after everyone had breakfast, the electric horn in the dormitory rang again:

"Everyone left the dormitory in an orderly manner and lined up downstairs according to the dormitory number.

"If you have male relatives, go to the middle of the male and female dormitories and wait to meet your family.

"You don't need to bring it to salute, and come back to pack it after the destination is confirmed."

Pan Lan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the voice.

Being able to reunite with her husband and son, and all of them have been taken off slavery, my family will be able to live a good life here in the future.

Aoxue ran out when she heard the voice, and Xianglan held out her hand and held her back:
"What are you doing now? Let me find your father and your brother first..."

Xianglan took the thoughtful elder daughter and the honest younger daughter out of the dormitory together.

All the servants and migrants are going out, there are people inside and outside the dormitory building, and there are people in the middle of the two dormitory buildings.

There are three mothers, Xianglan and her daughter. They walked more than half a circle in the middle of the dormitory building before finding their husband, Qingsong.

The He people didn't have a surname in the first place, and they could still use the surname of the master when they were in the master's house. Now after being released, only the first name is left.

But even this Qingsong, like Xianglan, was named by the master of the family.

The family was reunited again, and Xianglan relaxed, talking about the past few days with her husband, and at the same time went to apply for a new household registration.

Several rows of desks have been set up in front of the two dormitory buildings and in the middle of the two dormitory buildings.

Two people sat behind each desk, surrounded by a group of guards.

After the immigrants converged, they lined up under the guidance of the guards, went to the desk to register one by one, and received a new identity certificate.

Most of the people sitting behind these desks have just arrived here.

The servants of Zhu Jingyuan's family, the servants of several royal families, and those who were literate among them were all picked out by Zhu Jingyuan.

There is a shortage of management personnel in Dashi Country, and these people are ready-made management personnel.

Of course, these are not all the servants of Zhu Jingyuan's family and the nearby royal family.

The time for slaves to be redeemed is ten years, and the slaves released by the emperor and the royal family are only for example.

It is also impossible to release all the servants in one go, otherwise the palace and the royal family would be paralyzed.

Even if all the servants are released in one go, it is impossible to transport them all to the Great Food Kingdom at once.

We can only continue to recruit hired workers, while continuing to replace slaves, while transporting them to Mozhou and Yinzhou.

Qingsong and Xianglan's family waited in line for half an hour, and finally it was their turn to register.

The person who handled the formalities for this family was Fu Quan, Zhu Jingyuan's subordinate. When he saw these six people approaching, he asked:
"Is there anyone in the family who can read?"

Qingsong shook her head when she heard this, but Xianglan knew a few words, but not many, and her husband was illiterate, so she stopped talking.

Seeing the whole family shake their heads, Fuquan picked up the original registration information of Qingsong and Xianglan's family, and picked up a pen at the same time:
"Then let me ask, tell me, have you ever farmed in Daming?"

Both Qingsong and Pandan shook their heads:

"I've never farmed, but we both do housework..."

"We used to serve people."

Fuquan nodded slightly, wrote a few words on the message, and then continued to ask:

"Your youngest child is also fifteen, so after you get out of slavery, the whole family should become workers.

"You are all from the He clan, counting from the moment you enter the factory, you will be paid twelve silver bills per worker per month.

"After starting to work, seventeen silver bills per person per month.

"After completing their studies and leaving the teacher, and starting to work on the production line, each person will receive [-] silver bills per month.

"After passing the Ming general examination, you can enjoy the treatment of Ming people, 25 silver notes per person per month.

"In addition, monthly bonuses will be paid as appropriate based on the past and current month's work efficiency.

"Your family of six can apply to live in a dormitory with a suite alone.

"The rent is three silver bills a month, which is directly deducted from the salary of the head of the household, and the water and electricity bills are paid on a monthly basis."

When Qingsong heard the money, he almost lost his mind.

All six members of my family work, and each person has 120 silver bills per month, which is [-] silver bills in total.

More than 1000 a year!
Qingsong and Xianglan's family didn't know exactly how much more after one thousand.

The couple of Qingsong and Xianglan probably cost more than [-] silver bills, and the youngest Ling Shuang counted [-] silver bills.

But everyone knows that this number must be a lot, including Aoxue.

The income of more than 1000 silver bills a year, in the past, was the income that only the shopkeepers of commercial banks and shop owners could have.

For these servants, one silver note per month is good, but even if the rewards are counted, they will never reach three silver notes.

The annual income of the family is definitely more than one hundred silver bills.

Now it has doubled tenfold.

Even if it is food, drink and housing, there is no way to beat the owner's house, and it is definitely a middle-class level with no worries about food and clothing and a good life.

So apart from Aoxue, everyone was very satisfied, Qingsong and Xianglan hurriedly nodded:
"Okay, thank you, master..."

"Great, thank you sir..."

Fuquan smiled and said:

"Don't thank me, I'm not the master, we all have to thank our Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Dashi."

The two couples did not dare to be sloppy, and immediately thanked His Majesty again earnestly, and thanked His Royal Highness Prince Dashi.

But Aoxue saw that Fuquan was registering and her parents agreed unconditionally, so she was a little anxious at that time.

Aoxue couldn't help but speak directly:

"I don't want to be a worker. Didn't I say that I can choose among workers, farmers, soldiers, wives, and dancers?"

Fuquan replied of course:

"Because you are a complete family, and you have two sons and two daughters.

"It is most suitable for you to be workers or to marry other workers or families yourself.

"Since you don't know how to farm, you can only be workers.

"Your parents have no objection, what are you talking about, a girl?"

Qingsong and Xianglan are two husbands and wives, one immediately apologized to Fuquan, and the other went to control his daughter:

"Master, calm down, your arrangement is very good and very reasonable..."

"Girl, if you keep talking nonsense, watch me tear your mouth apart."

Fuquan was originally a waiter, and he knew the dignitaries above him very well, and he also knew the servants very well.

Seeing Aoxue like this, Fuquan remembered the instructions from his highness, so he specially reminded Qingsong and his wife:
"I would like to say something in particular, His Highness made a special order.

"It's aimed at those of us who were originally slaves, but who were given out of slavery by His Highness.

"If someone refuses to obey discipline three times, or deliberately destroys factory facilities and materials, he will be reduced to slavery again.

"At that time, what you have to do is not to serve people, but to work in mines and factories until you die.

"If the slave laborer refuses to obey discipline, he can be punished arbitrarily, or even executed directly.

"These regulations will be explained to you as a whole later, so I won't go into details."

Qingsong and Xianglan were startled when they heard this, and hurriedly confessed to Fuquan again, promising that they would never make trouble.

Aoxue herself was taken aback.

Originally thought that since the King of Food supported the abolition of slaves, he should be an extremely kind person for the collective exemption of slaves.

The native aristocrats had similar ones.

Even if he jumped a little, he shouldn't be punished too severely.

But it never occurred to him that after leaving his nationality, he might be degraded as a slave again.

And it is the lowest level of slave labor.

Because the abolition of slavery was not Zhu Jingyuan's goal at all, but a means.

It is through the abolition of slavery to achieve their goals, not to abolish slavery as their own goals.

Zhu Jingyuan will never be stingy with thunderous methods for those who make troubles and those who destroy their own plans.

Where Aoxue was stunned, Qingsong received the family's new household registration book from Fuquan.

Then Xianglan took her daughter and left the registration site in fear.

New immigrants with families, every group of [-] families, after going through the formalities, a guard will take them to the residence.

Today is a rest day, or it may be a specially chosen date.

So after leaving the transit dormitory area, you can see people coming and going in other dormitory areas.

Some are parents with two children, and some are young couples.

There were also a few men, or a few women, talking and laughing as they went out or went home.

Qingsong's family observed these people subconsciously, and immediately found that many of them were wearing silk clothes.

There are also many that don't seem to be satin, but they are obviously not cotton, a very light and thin fabric.

This strange material is probably not cheap.

Not much No matter what the material is, it is quite bright in color, and it is quite soothing and loose style.

To be more specific, it looks like the clothes of the wealthy class in the past.

Most of them are long clothes, and there are few short shirts.

Even if it is a short shirt, it is not linen or cotton.

The material seems to be made of satin or that special light cloth again.

This is even more incredible.

The people here look ruddy and in good spirits, they don't look like people doing hard work.

But the speech and gestures are not like the rich and noble people in the local area.

Walking and talking are relatively casual, and it can even be said to be a bit vulgar.

Aoxue observed many people, and the more she watched, the more strange this place became.

Finally, I couldn't help it anymore, and went to the front to ask the guard who led the way:
"Hello, Mr. Jun, who are the people living around here? Are they all rich and noble families in Meng County?"

The guard took a look at Aoxue. The girl herself was quite upright, so he replied with a smile:
"What kind of wealthy people? This is a dormitory for workers, and of course the people living around are workers.

"At most, they are line leaders, squad leaders, team leaders, etc., and the workshop director is the top."

Aoxue was stunned:

"But...but... I think most of them are dressed in silk..."

The guard seems to have seen this kind of problem many times, and said with some pride:

"What's wrong with the silk? Is the silk very valuable? A piece of silk is only a few yuan in silver bills.

"The price is about the same as our rayon, but the key is that satin is not as elastic as our rayon.

"Girl, if you are also a worker in the future, you can earn twenty silver bills after a month's work, right?

"If you spend a few dollars to buy a bolt of satin, it will be enough for you to wear several clothes for a year."

Aoxue has grown up in the compound all her life, and has little contact with the outside world, and when she does, she always looks on with cold eyes.

Moreover, what Aoxue has seen in the past few years is the most miserable state of the bottom of the Ming Dynasty.

The degree of misery even filled the woman's heart with fear of the outside world.

I would rather be a cow and a horse for the wealthy class than go outside.

In the past two years, the world has changed greatly, and the situation outside is completely upside down compared to two years ago.

The current information fell into Aoxue's ears, making her instinctively feel untrue.

But I remembered that when my parents registered, I heard what the registered steward said. If my family members were to work as workers, they would indeed be able to earn more than ten or even twenty silver bills.

In fact, it wasn't until this time that Aoyue seriously recalled and paid attention to the matter of workers' wages.

It was directly ignored by her mind before.

Before, I instinctively felt that a worker could earn a little money, and he worked from morning to night and worked all day long, so he could barely eat.

Now I suddenly realize that things don't seem to be like that:

"Twenty silver bills a month, three yuan can buy a bolt of silk, and a bolt of silk can make three or four sets of clothes.

"In this case, doesn't it mean that these workers can wear silk and satin all year round?

"This is the life that those wives and young ladies could have in the past..."

Qingsong, Xianglan's family who followed Aoxue, and other servants and immigrants around them were also a little astonished when they heard these words, and felt that their worldview had been subverted.

They are sensitive to money, but when they heard wages before, they just felt that they would be rich in the future.

I didn't immediately realize what kind of life this money can bring, which is equivalent to the life of what class before.

Now I have realized it, but if I can really earn twenty silver bills a month, I can indeed wear silk and satin all year round.

It is indeed the way of life of those wealthy families in the past.

The guard nodded with a smile and said:
"Who says it's not? According to our king's words, the more you produce, the more you earn, and the more everyone enjoys."

After being stunned for a few seconds, Aoxue seemed to realize another problem:
"No, these workers earn so much wages, why don't they go to work? Why are they all hanging out here?"

The guard went on to explain:
"They are resting today. The Ming court stipulated two years ago that all workers in the Ming Dynasty should work up to twelve hours a day and have at least two days off in a month.

"Our Majesty's rule in Dashi Kingdom is that you can work up to ten hours a day and you can take four days off every month.

"According to our king's words, when we have time to rest, go shopping, and spend money to buy things to enjoy, we can only sell the things we produce when we are working.

"This is a cycle of what is called, in short, it continues to circulate like this, allowing money and commodities to flow.

"We all have money and can enjoy the life of rich people before, and there are no poor people except lazy people.

"These are all spoken on the loudspeakers all day, and you will often hear them in the future..."

Aoxue herself half understood what the guards said.

This is the content, but it has opened a new door for her.

The kind of life that the guard said was something she could and was willing to accept, and it was even the life she yearned for very much.

Earn, spend, and enjoy, like those ladies and ladies of old.

The reason why Aoxue only wanted to cling to the rich and powerful, almost without any bottom line, was because she could not imagine any other way to make her life more refined.

At the same time, he also has a heartfelt fear of the difficult lifestyle at the bottom.

Now another path appeared before us, and it seemed to be a very feasible path.

In the past, if you were a plaything for the rich and powerful, and you lost your personal freedom and even basic dignity, you might not be able to get a life. Now you can get it as long as you go to work in a factory, and you may even live a better life.

At the same time, it also has a lot of freedom and high security, which was completely unimaginable before.

In Aoxue's heart, a new idea swelled uncontrollably:

I want to make money, I want to live like those ladies, I want silk and satin, I want delicious food...

Aoxue's thinking has already boiled over, she has almost ignored the outside environment, and started to imagine her future life.

And the procession of the dozen or so families is continuing on.

They followed the guards through a dormitory area, and then began to spread out.

It seems that every family is assigned to a different dormitory building.

At the beginning, Zhu Jingyuan instructed to disrupt the immigrants who came to the Great Food Country, and the lower management naturally expanded the implementation.

Never fill up a dormitory building at one time, at most fill half of it first, and then arrange several new immigrants every time.

As a result of this, in addition to a slight increase in management costs, it also significantly accelerated the integration of new immigrants.

Aoxue followed her parents into an apartment building with a simple structure, and people came in and out of the corridor from time to time.

Since the distance is very close, Aoxue can already hear their words,

"The store on the corner of the street has a new batch of silk fabrics today, let's go and have a look after lunch..."

"I want to look at the jewelry first, and then I want to sell a hairpin."

"Then go to see the jewelry first, then go to dinner, and look at the cloth in the afternoon..."

"Let's go to a play before dinner, I heard there is a story about the new row."

Aoxue listened carefully to these people's words with her ears open, listening to these contents, her heart was agitated:
"The life of making new jewelry, looking at new silks, and listening to new operas, isn't this the life of those wives..."

"Isn't this the life I want, it's within reach now!"

(End of this chapter)