Wentang

Chapter 141 Slaves
"Report the number."

"one two three four……"

"Turn right, run. One two one, one two one..."

Looking at the students who looked like little tigers on the playground, Yue Shan was very relieved that this year's hard work was not in vain.

Among other things, in terms of body and spirit, the child in front of me is completely different from other children of the same generation.

A foreign child stood next to a child from their academy, without saying a word, one could tell who came from the academy at a glance.

As for learning...it is no different from the children of this era.In order to keep a low profile before, Yue Shan completely adopted the Tang Dynasty's elementary school method to teach, and naturally there was no difference.

Now that Li Shimin is the emperor, he can finally implement his plan to teach these students with modern teaching methods.

"Dalang, the gentlemen are all here and waiting for you in the office." At this time, an old man in his 50s came over and whispered.

"Okay, I'll go there now." After speaking, Yue Shan turned around and walked to the office.

The old man stood up straight and looked into the student square, where his grandson was.But there were so many students that he couldn't see that familiar figure at all, which made him a little disappointed.Looking back, he saw that Yue Shan had gone far away, so he immediately chased after him without any delay.

This old man is the housekeeper of the Yue Mansion... The future one is called Bao Dalin.

The lack of manpower made Yue Shan feel helpless, so he wanted to buy some servants back.

But after experiencing Zhou Shangyun's incident, he was very worried about these servants on the surface, and he was a bit afraid of the well rope after being bitten by a snake for ten years.

He wants to buy some reliable people by other means.

Don't get me wrong, it's not a means of breaking the law and committing crimes, but buying some quietly without going through the hands of human teeth and the government.

After buying it back, go to the government to report it, and try to ensure that there is no eyeliner from others.

So he inquired about the news of the poor settlements around him through his neighbors, and finally finalized five bankrupt handicraft families with a total of 23 people after several layers of screening.

Why choose these broken households, because before they were all good families, and it was easier to manage them without any violations of laws and disciplines.Moreover, these people pay more attention to family, and it is not easy for individual people to be bribed.

As for why you are an industrialist, because in this era, handicraftsmen are the easiest to go bankrupt.Moreover, they all have special skills and can help Yueshan manage the industry.

In addition, twenty beggars under the age of ten were bought, ten men and ten each, and all were thrown into the academy.He didn't buy these little beggars to be slaves, but to train them as future assistants.

Ordinary servants are recruited enough, but there is still a lack of a butler who can take charge.This can't be sloppy, you must have experience and be reliable, which is difficult.

Yue Shan searched for a long time but did not find a satisfactory one. It was by chance that he got a piece of news from Zhu Wuneng.

A prodigal son from a rich family in Sanyuan County, Yongzhou lost all his family property and sold his ancestral property and servants in order to pay off his gambling debts.

Talking about not listening, Yue Shan quietly went to inquire about the situation, and finally chose a small steward, that is, Bao Dalin's family.

Why choose him, because he has a good reputation, he is kind to others and not greedy for money.If the master's family is not good at managing slaves, there will be more thieves. Bao Dalin has never stolen from the master's house, and even reported the slaves who stole property.So offended a lot of people.

When the master's house sold slaves, their family was sold by other slaves.

After comprehensive consideration, Yue Shan bought his family back.

The Tang Dynasty was a very magical era in terms of system. On the one hand, the law stipulated that slaves were also citizens of the country and were protected by law.On the other hand, people are divided into good people and bad people.

Servants are lowly, their status is similar to that of slaves, they are the private property of their masters and can be disposed of at will.

Historians generally believe that it is the product of the combination of slavery remnants and feudal hierarchy.

But in the literary and legal circles, the idea of ​​improving the status of slaves has been brewing.Scholars began to despise the government and advocated good treatment of slaves, and the imperial court also encouraged rich families to release slaves, and repeated orders not to kill slaves.

Generally speaking, the status of servants is much higher than that of previous dynasties.

There are also many fewer people who sell their own slaves, and they are usually dismissed, so that they can get a good reputation for freeing their slaves.

Of course, except for some with special talents.

For example, young and beautiful female slaves, such as craftsmen with special skills.These valuables will still be resold.

It stands to reason that Bao Dalin's family is not a special slave, but belongs to the ranks of dismissed.But the family owed gambling debts and were anxious to raise money, so they even sold this ordinary one together.

Every time a slave is changed hands, it is equivalent to passing through a ghost gate, because you don't know who the buyer is and what work you will do when you buy it back.

Especially for those with families, it is even more of a human tragedy.Different servants have different prices. Maids, male servants, old, young, young... are generally sold separately.

Or buyers come to pick and choose like cattle, and buy whoever they choose, regardless of whether other people have family members or children.

Bao Dalin is one of those who take care of his family. Hearing that his home was sold, he seemed to be struck by five thunderbolts, and he almost died on the spot.

Just when he was desperate, the savior appeared and bought his whole family away.

The new owner's family is not only rich but also noble, and he is also very kind.He even gave his grandson a serious name: Bao Weining.

What he didn't expect was that the new owner also authorized his grandson to study in the academy.

At that time, he swore a poisonous oath, willing to go through fire and water for generations of the Yue family, if he violated the law, he would be hit with five thunders and he would die a good death.

Well, the word "go through fire and water" was something he had heard the original master's young master say when he was studying.He felt that this word was his lifelong pursuit, so he wrote it down.

Although he soon knew that all the servants' children of the school age were studying in the academy, but this did not affect his loyalty in the slightest.

Instead, he felt that such a benevolent master deserved his filial piety.

Yue Shan didn't know the petty things in this new servant's heart, but he felt that this person was really considerate to use.

Stewardship is an important position, and both loyalty and ability are indispensable.Naturally, he would not give this position to Bao Dalin as soon as he came up, but let him follow him as a personal attendant first.

Usually, he will deliberately explain some work of managing people and things to test him. Generally speaking, his performance is not bad, at least nothing is wrong.

Bao Dalin's ability is indeed good. Although he was not appointed as a steward, he gradually gained some prestige among the servants through his status as the master's personal servant.

Yue Shan has already made up his mind, if there is no abnormality in two months, he will be officially appointed as the housekeeper.

Of course, to Yue Shan, servants and housekeepers are secondary, what really matters is another matter.

education reform.

Li Shimin has already ascended the throne, and he also stumbled to have the qualification to stand on the top of the mountain and raise the banner by relying on three-point hard work and seven-point luck.

The new education that has been planned before is also time to put it on the agenda.

He called all the gentlemen over today just to announce this matter.

　The plot of the second volume has not been straightened out yet, and I don't know how to write it for a while.So there is only one update today.

　　I will continue to sort out the plot and update normally tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)