"Here, take a bath in the big tent first. There are clothes inside. Throw your clothes aside and shave your hair. Wash the hair on the arms and legs of the men and women …"
Li Enzhong stood outside a few tents and shouted to a group of people in a commanding manner.
These people were slaves and were exchanged by the Li Family Zhuangzi.
There was no time to clean them up bit by bit, so all their hair was shaved. He found a few local women who knew how to comb their hair to shave the female slaves.
The male slaves were handled by the southwest barbarians. Now they couldn't be polite. If they were too polite, the slaves wouldn't be used to it.
Many times, the slaves would take the initiative to protect the slave master's position, just like Stockholm syndrome.
Li Enzhong watched the people line up to take a bath in the wooden bucket and was in a good mood.
Cheap! The price of a slave in winter was lower than a sheep.
Sheep could be eaten, but slaves were inconvenient to eat. There wasn't much work to do in winter. It was a loss for the slaves to starve to death. If they didn't starve to death, they would be eating for free for several months.
Those who raised slaves sold them. There were also those who specialized in selling slaves. Now they were the most worried, unless they were beautiful women or men.
Others were not willing to raise them well, but Li Enzhong was willing to take them back.
He understood! The importance of a person's manpower. Not to mention a sheep, even a hundred sheep wouldn't be exchanged.
Dongzhu couldn't continue to look for slaves in the Tang dynasty. When he encountered slaves, he had to rescue them. He bought them and arranged jobs for them.
This referred to the people of the Tang dynasty, who became slaves for various reasons.
Dongzhu didn't care about foreign slaves. Anyway, he didn't buy them. He was afraid of spies.
It was the first time he bought slaves in Bohai Country, so it was too late to arrange spies.
The slaves in front of him were brought back to rest for a period of time. When their bodies recovered, they could arrange jobs and teach them knowledge.
They were the slaves of the Li Family Zhuangzi. How many sheep were they worth?
The slaves obediently went in to take a bath. They were already used to it, or numb.
They only had one thing to pursue: to live!
After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, the slaves put on their leather hats and ate at the side.
The chicken soup was free. Whoever wanted to drink it, it was oily and smelled fragrant.
The slaves ate and scooped chicken, rice, and pickles. There were limited quantities. The southwest barbarians were responsible for the food.
They judged how much the slaves should eat based on their height and weight. They weren't allowed to eat too much and die.
Some slaves with their children. The children were not necessarily born of slaves and slaves, but could also be born of the master and female slaves.
Usually, in this kind of situation, those with status would not admit it, even if the child was his.
He would line up a male slave and make him marry a female slave. He would even directly say that the female slave had done something with someone, and then kill the female slave and her child.
The Bohai Sea had a king, and the social hierarchy was even stricter than the Turks.
The Turks were not afraid. Even if a female slave gave birth to a child, it was still their child.
Such children were arranged to stay with their mothers, and the older ones were given a chicken leg to chew on!
It was difficult for the young ones to eat meat, unless they ate meat porridge. Otherwise, they would be given tofu, tofu made by the southwest barbarians themselves.
The tofu was still warm. She boiled the fermented beans in water and drizzled a little juice on the tofu. The child used a spoon to scoop and eat.
Unfortunately, it was winter now, and the pheasants did not lay eggs. It was difficult for them to survive. They had to wait until spring, or else they would be fed eggs.
The people of the Li Family Zhuangzi were afraid that the slaves would wolf down their food, which was not good for their stomachs.
As a result, the slaves ate in small mouthfuls and chewed carefully after taking a bite.
"They are eating elegantly!" Li Enxi looked at them and said.
Li Ennan stared at him: "In the past, when you were working hard in other people's houses, if they gave you a catty of marinated beef, you would eat it in big bites."
"What? There is no marinated beef. Dongzhu made the stew and sauce, and no one gave it to me. Beef! "Li Enxi said.
"What if there is?" Li Ennan emphasized.
"I will hide it and eat it secretly. I will eat it a little at a time. Oh, right. They are not willing to eat it now."
Li Enxi reacted. The slaves had not eaten much food until now, and they were afraid that they would eat too much. They were also worried that they would not be able to taste the food.
"Only the rich could eat tofu and bean sprouts in the past."
Li Ennan sighed. When there was no Dongzhu, tofu and bean sprouts could be eaten once every half a month, and it was considered good.
Now, it had become the food of the ordinary people in the capital and Henan government.
With so many small tools, it saved a lot of time for the people. The people's income increased, and they could afford to eat it.
The two people chatted. The slaves did not care about what the new masters were talking about. Anyway, they felt that the food was delicious.
They had eaten it before. When the masters were happy, they would give the leftovers to the slaves to eat.
At that time, they were fighting with each other. If they did not fight, they would not be able to eat it.
Now that it was in front of them, it belonged to whoever owned it, and no one else was allowed to touch it.
The children among the slaves lowered their heads to eat. The tofu was shaved with their teeth, bit by bit. Their tongues licked the tofu that entered their mouths. The tofu was crushed on the palate before it was chewed into the stomach.
After eating, the slaves were arranged to rest and sleep. They knew that they did not eat well, and they had to remove the snow and carry things to exchange.
They were very tired, and by the way, they were sold. They were full of worry and fear for the future.
After eating, they slept. When they woke up, they would be fine. Don't let yourself think about things when your body is in the worst state.
The people of the Li Family Zhuangzi were familiar with this operation because Li Yi deliberately let them feel it.
When they were tired, someone sent a message that they were going to be driven away overseas. In such a state, they were not pleasing to the eye and felt that they were abandoned by the whole world.
Later, they found out that it was not so. It was said that they would be given more monthly allowance, and that the female slaves liked whoever they liked.
At that moment, they felt that the sky was clear and they had the whole world.
This was the state. After they knew, they began to strengthen their confidence. I am the strongest. I will not fall, no matter what I face.
The commander of the three armies could be taken, but the common man could not take away his will.
Even if he was a woodcutter cutting firewood in the mountains in winter, he had to be strong in the face of danger. He could not give up because he still had his wife, children, and parents at home.
Don't look down on yourself. Don't think that you are a waste. You have strength. You are not stupid. You just lack an opportunity.
If others do not give you an opportunity, you will get an opportunity through other means.
Tell yourself that you have a strong place. Don't be discouraged. Otherwise, you will become the depression that Dongzhu said.
Li Endong and the others received this kind of education. They were tenacious and lacked understanding. Others might not be like them, unless the slaves succeeded in following them back.
At that time, Dongzhu would teach, and Dongzhu would encourage … Oh, his ability to pacify people's hearts was great.
On the other side, Fan Fan continued to recruit people with the Winged Knights. Do you want to go to the Tang Dynasty?
In the Tang Dynasty, there will be meat to eat. It will not be cold in winter or hot in summer.
Don't doubt it. Do you know the Book of Songs? It says, "The winter thunder shakes the summer snow."
See, right? Come with me. We have to set off at dawn.
Anyway, in order to trick people into going to the Tang Dynasty, Fan Fan was shameless. He twisted all kinds of explanations and took the words out of context.
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