I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 39
"However, the widow still needs you. Are you willing to do something for the widow, the people of Changyi, and this big man right here in the palace of Changyi?"

In the Han Dynasty, one day a slave is a lifelong slave; one life a slave is a lifetime a slave.

If you want to get rid of your status as a slave, you can only hope for the gift from the master.

Some of these servants' parents are no longer there, and some have been separated from their parents since childhood. Like Liu He, they are also "lonely people", and they will inevitably be tainted with some bad habits.

However, they have gradually transformed and grown up in the heavy labor, and they know what the sufferings of the people are.

At this moment, Liu He took off their humble status, just like their father and brother.

How can you not obey when your father and brother speak?
"Willing to share worries for Your Highness!"

From this moment on, all the evil slaves of the Changyi palace were wiped out, but the Changyi young man walked out of the ashes.

"Okay, then stand up for me!"

With Liu He's order, all the young men in Changyi stood up and looked at Liu He.

"From today onwards, you will follow Dai Zong's instructions and work with him in the palace to learn how to read, read, strengthen your body, and practice martial arts."

"Lead by example inside the palace, weed out the strong and support the weak outside the palace."

"I hope that you can have the knight-errant spirit of the early Han Dynasty."

"only!"

After Liu He took the Changyi young man under his command, he let Ma Yanshou return to the front yard.

Ma Yanshou felt a little shocked when he looked at the group of young men from Changyi who poked the ground like sharp swords.

Why did this group of young people who were ashen-faced just now exude a murderous aura from the inside out?

"They said they had improved, so I took them back. Thanks to the engineer for training them for me."

Ma Yanshou was panicked for a while, he quickly waved his hands and dared not accept it.

"I came to Gongguan today, mainly for three things."

"The first thing is that the Changyi County worker officials collected miscellaneous fees from the workshop without authorization. I believe Ma Shijun will handle this matter properly."

Ma Yanshou naturally said yes again and again.

"The second thing is about these young men. Today I will take them back and stop bothering Ma Shijun."

Ma Yanshou nodded repeatedly.

"This last thing is to ask Ma Shijun to do me a favor."

Ma Yanshou had always admired Liu He deeply, and now that Liu He said that he was asked to help the staff, he felt deeply honored, and immediately said that he had nothing to say.

"I want to build a workshop in Changyi Palace, so can I hire craftsmen for my use?"

In addition to making all kinds of utensils for officials, workers also need to manage artisans in the county. If Liu He wants to hire artisans like Mengban, he naturally has to ask Ma Yanshou to avoid falling behind.

"Farmers in this kind of land pay land rent, and craftsmen with craftsmen naturally have to pay a labor tax. Apart from this, there is no difference between the two. Whether they open a workshop by themselves or are hired by others, the labor tax is the same. The officer does not interfere."

"Some craftsmen who can't get a job will sell themselves as slaves, and neither the workers nor the prime minister will interfere."

Liu He understood it. In this way, there is basically no obstacle to recruiting craftsmen.

"Thank you Ma Shijun for your instruction."

"Under the door. Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."

A few things were handled smoothly at the Gongguan site, and it was still early in the sky, so Liu He asked Ma Yanshou to visit the Gongguan of Changyi Kingdom.

Ma Yanshou already admired Liu He very much, and he was still worried about the unauthorized collection of miscellaneous fees for Changyi County officials, so he agreed without saying a word, and took Liu He to watch the flowers and plants in the officials. up.

In the past two years, Liu He gave the engineer a lot of drawings, which made Ma Yanshou rated as the "best" in the regular class for two consecutive years.

But this is the first time for Liu He to come to Gongguan, because when there are any new patterns and crafts that need to be tried with the help of Gongguan, Liu He always sends Yu Wuyou and other doctors to talk about it. Sitting behind the scenes directing.

The main reason for this operation is to avoid people's eyes and ears. After all, no matter how small the worker is, he is still a government office of a big man.

Now that he had this opportunity today, Liu He certainly would not miss it. He planned to take a closer look to get a comprehensive understanding of the situation of the Dahan Gongguan, and also to find some experience and models for the Changyi Gongguan he was about to set up.

After speaking a few words with those Changyi young men who had just become free in the front yard, Liu He took Dai Zongze and accompanied by Ma Yanshou to wander around the worker's office.

Liu He can't see people with their true colors, so he always wears the bamboo hat that can cover most of his face.

However, this peculiar shape attracted the attention of the craftsmen and prisoners. They couldn't understand why this strict and ruthless worker was so respectful to this strange man.

After walking out of the front yard, Ma Yanshou asked Liu He which workshop he wanted to visit.

Liu He did not give a direct answer, but instead asked Ma Yanshou: "Ma Shijun, can you tell me how many workshops there are in this worker, and which workshops are they?"

"Because the products of each county are different, the workshops set up in the Gongguan are also different."

"Like the workers in Changyi Kingdom, there are lacquer workshops, pottery workshops, woodware workshops, and bow workshops. Each workshop is presided over by a stingy man, and the number of people varies."

The first three workshops, Liu He, can guess what they do without listening, because these things are used by ordinary people in the big man. What he didn't expect was that the bows and crossbows used by the army were also handed over to the workshops. .

Liu He has read a lot of books, and he can remember a lot of things in his mind, but the age of the big man is too long away from him, and many records are vague, so Liu He can only know a general idea, or even only heard about it. two words.

Take this worker as an example. Liu He knew that this government office existed, but he didn't know anything about how the worker worked, so he could only ask him word by word.

"Is this weapon also supervised by the engineer?"

"It depends on how to say it. In fact, the iron officials will make the iron parts, and the workers will make other parts such as bamboo and wood, and finally put them together."

"It seems that this iron official should actually be included in the work officer, otherwise it is inevitable that there will be improper cooperation."

Ma Yanshou, who always obeyed Liu He's orders, didn't speak this time, but just let out a haha ​​and slid over.

There is no other reason. The salt and iron monopoly is a national policy set by Emperor Xiaowu. After the turmoil of the salt and iron conference, the county magistrate is still implementing it.

In other words, even Liu He, a prince and king, is not qualified to evaluate, or even if it is evaluated, what is the use?
Liu He naturally saw Ma Yanshou's evasion on this question, and did not continue to ask, so he led the topic to a new direction.

(End of this chapter)