Chapter 44: Just Kill One Hundred and Fifty!

"Apricot leaves, grass, how about you say that Lone will get you out of slavery?"

Waking up early in the morning, after eating rice porridge and drinking honey and soy milk, Yao Yun lay on his back on the rattan chair with satisfaction, and said very casually to the apricot leaves and grass that were cleaned up in the room.

As a result, the two little girls froze, Xingye's hand to pack the futon stopped in mid-air, and the grass sweeping the floor also stood in place, looking at Yao Yun in surprise.

Yao Yun was lying on the rattan chair, the little cat tengu was lying in Yao Yun's arms obediently, and there were two giant pandas playing at his feet, hugging Yao Yun's legs from time to time, rolling and coquettish, cute and cute, looking very full of life pictures.

If it were usual, the two little girls would be very sweet when they saw this scene, what a warm picture!

However, at this moment, the apricot leaves and grass who saw this scene turned from surprise to fear of the unknown.

Xingye had a soft temperament, and she didn't speak, and Xiaocao cried with a sad face: "King, don't you want us?"

"Why do you say that, you are still in the palace, and Lone is just saying that you will be freed from slavery and let you become the people of Xidu. ”

Hearing this, the two little girls settled down a little.

Xingye: "King, we have been tortured by ink, and we will never be able to get out of slavery for the rest of our lives. ”

Xiaocao also nodded: "Yes, even if we are not slaves anymore, people outside will still look down on us, you see, we all have the mark of the king!"

After speaking, the two little girls rolled up their wide sleeves, revealing their tender white jade hands, only to see an ugly brand on their white jade-like arms, which could vaguely be seen to be the Zhuxia character "Yao".

Yao Yun frowned, as if he was lamenting that the beautiful thing had been destroyed.

Xingye seemed to understand Yao Yun's thoughts, and smiled sweetly: "The king, other people's ink punishments are all on the face or forehead, because we were selected to be the king's personal maidservants, this is just lucky to be engraved on the arm." ”

Hearing this, Yao Yun understood what Xiaocao meant, liberating slaves is really not so easy to do, Yao Yun may be able to give slaves the status of commoners on the household registration, but living in a group, they who are slaves will obviously still be discriminated against and treated unfairly.

Xiaocao also spoke: "The king, the slave family is unwilling to break away from the slave family, how good it is to always be by the king's side, if we become commoners, it will be difficult for us to support ourselves, how good it is now, we will eat everything from the king." ”

Poof! Yao Yun is happy, this little girl is really shrewd, but he thinks about it in a blink of an eye and feels very reasonable, even if the slaves are freed from slavery, then they also need to survive, otherwise it is better to be a slave, at least when they meet Yao Yun, the benevolent king, they still have something to eat.

After breakfast, Yao Yun was ready to go out to inspect the slaves in Xidu.

Huangshi Tianshu released the main quest of liberating slaves, Yao Yun felt that it was very high, if it was in terms of the genus in the game, it was the ultimate task of the SSS level, not something that could be completed in a day or two, maybe Yao Yun would not be able to complete it in his lifetime.

But the side quest, to get the slaves through this winter, is much less difficult, at least with a good planning, it can still be completed.

Xidu was indeed short of food, the most scarce of which was the rations for the slaves to live.

Ordinary commoners, peasants, farmers, craftsmen, and crafts, worked hard for a year, and although they were tight to survive the winter, there was basically no problem, and whether the slaves could survive the winter depended entirely on the grain stockpiled by the palace.

As for the treasury of Xiguo, it is completely unexpected, the money from the treasury is used to support the army, the construction of Xidu, etc., and it is well governed to be able to balance the payments.

Yao Yun soon took the palace guards to the slave workshop, where all the slaves of Xidu were gathered.

"The king has arrived!"

The slave workshop is not like other workshops, one family, neat and tidy, here is more like a breeding farm, the low reed grass houses are lined up, densely packed, and some earthen houses are inhabited by many people, just like pigs in the pig farm.

Filthy conditions, stinking air, and scrawny slaves make up the basic appearance of the slave mill.

Hearing that the king had arrived, someone who looked like a steward soon came to greet him, and then many slaves also came to the open space one after another, kneeling down to Yao Yun, calling the king, and didn't even dare to raise his head.

"This is the slave fang?" asked Yao Yun.

Hu Yi said: "Tell the king, this is the slave workshop, the slave workshop is a dirty place, and the king's daughter should not stay for a long time to avoid filth. ”

Yao Yun shook his head, ignoring Hu Yi, but said to the slave who was prostrate on the ground: "Wait a minute, get up." ”

The slaves didn't seem to hear, and even if they did, they didn't think that the king would get them up.

"Bastards, the king told you to get up, and you are still lying on your stomach!" the steward of the slave shop roared, scolding, and his mouth was mixed with some swearing slang that Yao Yun didn't understand, and his attitude was extremely rough.

Yao Yun frowned, but didn't say anything.

Soon, hundreds of slaves cowered and stood up, but all of them didn't dare to look up at Yao Yun, and their eyes dodged, showing dazedness and numbness in their eyes.

Yao Yun looked around and felt that the number of people was a little small, and these people were mainly old and weak women and children, even if there were other young slaves, they were sick.

"Hee is not a thousand slaves, why are there only these now?"

The steward of the slave workshop gave a flattering and respectful return: "Returning to the king, the young and strong slaves are all sent out to work, the autumn harvest is over, the craftsmen work in the workshop, the mine work, and the people rent slaves as labor, and now they are all waste, eat all the food!"

Seeing Yao Yun frowning, the steward sweated a little on his forehead, so he said: "King, these slaves are old and small, and they are useless, it is better to solve them as soon as possible, the first two years were late, and then led to the death of many years of strong and useful slaves......"

The steward spat and became more and more proud when it came to the place of rise, because he had calculated that as long as he disposed of some useless slaves now, then the remaining grain would be enough for most of the useful slaves to survive the winter and continue to work for the country in the coming year.

Yao Yun suddenly felt a sense of absurdity, a slave steward said in front of the slaves that he would kill them to save food.

The barbaric world of cannibalism is not fictional, this world is so barbaric and absurd.

"Then what do you think is the right amount of slaves to kill?" Yao Yun's voice was low, and the palace guards who were familiar with the king's temper were stunned, and the king was angry!

However, the steward of the slave shop did not hear it, and thought that the king thought him very capable, so he said proudly, "My lord, you only need to kill one hundred and fifty slaves." ”

As soon as these words came out, the slaves in the slave workshop all showed frightened expressions, trembling like chaff, and their eyes were full of despair.

Useless slaves, aren't they just idle slaves present!

That is, most of the people present were not spared.

All the slaves had a look of despair on their faces, and the fear was uncontrollable, and the women and children wept even more.