Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 39: Once a slave, a slave for generations

Zhu Yuanzhang touched the beautifully crafted gun body with satisfaction and said:

"It's really a good thing, but it's a pity that it still can't fire continuously. Li Aiqing, you have to keep working hard and make the kind of gun we want as soon as possible."

Li Wei curled his lips secretly, thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, although this gun cannot be fired continuously, it can have soldiers lined up in three rows and take turns to fire, which can also produce a similar effect of continuous fire."

"Oh, you can still use soldiers?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he said in surprise, he knew as soon as he heard that this was a military formation that used firearms!

Li Wei's face changed slightly, thinking that this was another time to work harder!So he decisively denied:
"will not!"

"Really?"

"No, no, really not!" Li Wei denied for three consecutive times.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Wei suspiciously. He found more and more that this bitch had a lot of abilities, but he just didn't want to show them.

Originally, Li Weiruo could only make some military objects. No matter how powerful these weapons were, he was only a powerful craftsman. At most, he could only be a favorite under the protection of the emperor. He would never be able to squeeze into the power center of the Ming Dynasty. .

But if he can still use troops, it will be different.

In the center of power of the Ming Dynasty, there were only three types of people, one was the military generals with great military exploits, the other was the ministers who were able to govern the world, and the third was the politicians who played tricks.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not only a military genius with great military exploits, but also a politician with extraordinary power. He was only a little less civilized, so he could become emperor.

If Li Wei knows the military and can gain military exploits, he will have the opportunity to join the power center of the imperial court. Otherwise, he will always be just a peripheral member.

But Li Wei didn't understand this, and even if he did, he didn't want to get involved in these power struggles.

"Humph."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly. He could see that this guy just didn't want to work more.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "I will give you thirty personal guards and train them according to the method you mentioned. If you train well, we will reward you with ten thousand gold!"

As soon as he heard about money, Li Wei's eyes immediately lit up: "Really?"

"Of course, how can our golden words be false?"

"I will do my best! Your Majesty, please rest assured!"

Li Wei immediately responded sonorously and vigorously!
This opportunity to make a fortune must be seized!

The ancients said: You cannot bend with might, but you can bend with wealth!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him looking like a loyal minister and good general, and suddenly understood how to deal with this guy. But since this guy is greedy for money, why is he not embezzling? He should check it out when he has time.

Li Wei didn't know Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, and was still preparing for a big fight in high spirits, with piles of gold shining in his mind.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

After returning home, Li Wei planned how to train three-stage shooting. In the era of cold weapons, the bravery of soldiers was more important, like nomadic people. Although they did not train much and had loose discipline, they formed a temporary team when fighting. They are all capable of fighting. In this aspect, the nomads are stronger than the farming and civilized Central Plains.

But in the age of firearms, the importance of discipline is particularly important. As long as soldiers observe discipline, obey orders, and give full play to the superiority of firearms, personal bravery becomes insignificant in the face of these guns.

Of course, this does not mean that bravery is not important. After all, soldiers must have courage to observe discipline. Otherwise, they will fall apart in a fight, and there is no discipline at all.

Li Wei planned to learn from the military training methods of later generations to train these guards. The most important thing for the three-stage attack was that the formation should not be disordered.

After roughly planning the training plan, Li Wei went to make soap again. It cost ten dollars a day and he couldn't stop doing it.Most of the work of making soap recently is done by Xiao Qing. Li Wei is only responsible for a few tiring steps. Sometimes Xiao Qing does it himself before Xiao Qing can wait for him. After all, Li Wei still has work arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang to do.

"Master, you can go about your business. Just let me do this."

Xiaoqing, who was busy, saw Li Wei walking in and said to him softly.

"It's okay, don't rush at this moment."

Li Wei took the big spoon from Xiao Qing's hand and started stirring.

Seeing that he persisted, Xiaoqing could only leave it to him. After thinking about it, he suggested:
"Master, now that our family has money, how about you recruit a few more servants?"

After hearing this, Li Wei was moved in his heart. Although he had never thought of becoming a big man with a lot of servants, Xiaoqing was still very hard at making soap. He had to cook, clean up and so on. He could hardly do anything at the end of the day. idle.

But if he found someone else, he was worried that the soap formula would be leaked.

"If we recruit people, will our method of making soap be revealed? This method is not too difficult. If others learn it, we will suffer a big loss."

Li Wei frowned.

"If the master is worried about this, he can just buy a few slaves back." Xiao Qing said.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, there were slaves. Slaves were the private property of the master's family and could be bought and sold. The slave's crime was increased by one level, and the master's crime of beating the slave to death was reduced by one level. It was usually a rod punishment, the same as killing cattle and horses privately.

Moreover, slaves can only marry slaves and have children, and their descendants are also slaves. Once they are slaves, they will be slaves for generations, and they will never be able to turn over!
In fact, the slavery system had already undergone changes in the Song Dynasty, but after the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, this slavery system rose again and was inherited by the Ming Dynasty.

Li Wei thought for a while. Although he felt that this kind of slavery was very inhumane, from the perspective of his own interests, buying a slave was indeed the best way. The loyalty of the slave was more guaranteed than the hired servant.

Thinking of this, Li Wei also put away his mother's heart.

"Okay, let's go take a look sometime."

Seeing Li Wei agree, a smile appeared on Xiaoqing's pretty face.

Since it is approaching the end of the year, it is the time when the market is bustling. Li Wei's business has become more and more prosperous these days. If this continues, he feels that it won't be long before he can open a shop, and his future will be bright!
The soap was quickly sold out, and Li Wei took Xiaoqing away amid the noise of dissatisfaction.

If you want to buy a slave, you have to find a dental shop, which was an intermediary in this era. Li Wei took Xiaoqing to the largest dental shop nearby. Under the leadership of the dental servant, they came to a slave trading place.

"Most of these slaves were resold by other owners. Some were prisoners of war, or sold themselves. Take a look and tell me if you like them."

Yaji said with a flattering smile.

Li Wei nodded, his face a little ugly. Most of the slaves here were in tattered clothes and thin, and some even had wooden shackles around their necks. They looked very miserable.

He looked around casually, found a few that looked better, and asked Yaji about the price.

Among them, for ordinary maids, the cheapest ones cost less than ten guan, and the better ones cost only a dozen to dozens of guan.

Male servants are cheaper than maids, but there are also strong ones that are much more expensive.

Li Wei frowned, feeling a little unbearable and not wanting to buy it.

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