Chen Wenhui's new policy in Qingchun City made these people and slaves blow up their nests. Those prisoners of war originally thought that if they lost their freedom, they were all dead, even if they were alive, they were still walking dead, where was there still the fun of herding horses on the grassland in the past? Therefore, since they came, they have been passive and slacking off, and they would not have been willing to work if it were not for the fear of the severe whips of the overseers.

However, after learning about Chen Wenhui's new policy, these people's hearts revived like ashes. As long as you like enough money, you can redeem yourself? Can you live the life of a free people? Don't have to go to the mines, quarries, or sewers every day to work? Of course, you can work as a freedman and get the same salary, but a freeman has a house to live in. It's a place called a room. Also, freedmen can save money, open up wasteland, buy houses, and become residents. What are the residents? From Shanghai City, to Xinguang City, to Qingchun City, they all know this term. Residents just have land to plant, have a house to live in, and get sick for free 6 ☆ no 6 ☆ wrong 6 ☆ small 6 ☆ say, .q ● uled+u. to see, children to go to school for free.

For these prisoners of war, they came from the grasslands, where the climate is harsh and the seasons are like spring. If there is a sickness there, only the nobles can ask for a doctor, of course, it is still a witch doctor, and the barbarians do not have a skilled doctor like Da Chu. Children are born to learn to work, where can anyone learn? Literacy is something that the aristocratic lord does, and as a prisoner of war, if he becomes a resident in the future, his children can also learn? It's unimaginable.

In comparison, it seems that this place is even better than the prairie. Of course. The premise is to get rid of the status of slaves first and redeem yourself first.

Thinking of this, the slaves were polarized, some of them were honest people, they worked silently, of course, they were also passive and slacking off, and they saved honestly where they got their wages every month and didn't spend money. Actually, this county lord of Dachu is still good to them. From the time the emperor gave them to the lord of the county. Whether it was in the capital, or later went to Shanghai City, later went to Xinguang City, and finally arrived at Qingchun City. along the way. It's not just about eating and living. Clothes were given and monthly money was given. I don't work, I just take a boat to get on the road. The basic wage is paid, which is the term that the overseers sue them, a hundred big dollars a month. Later, after arriving in Qingchun City, the work was heavy, in the mines, in the quarries, on the sewer construction site, so the food was better, and the wages were more, and there were 500 big dollars a month, living in tents. Actually, living in tents, these prisoners of war are nothing, after all, they live in tents all their lives. Sometimes, however, I am envious when I see ordinary people living in neat and beautiful places called temporary houses.

In this way, there have been a few months, and those who are honest, because their clothes, food and housing are in charge, and because they are slaves, they have no way to go shopping and buy things, so most of the wages they have been paid are saving. As soon as this notice was posted, the slaves who had received money in the village began to count their money, and this amount really felt hopeful, and they even had a salary of about one or two silver. This is already equivalent to having one-fifth of the ransom money. In this way, 500 big money a month, save a little money, you can save 400 big money every month, ten months later, that is, next year's New Year, you can be a free person, happiness comes too fast, it is really unacceptable.

At this time, those builders also told them that from now on, they should be given a ration of work, and they will be paid for completing the work, and those who have not completed it will be deducted from the wages, and of course, if they have completed more, they will have to process the money. When they listened apprehensively as the overseers announced their workload, great joy filled their hearts. Because the workload announced by the overseer is more for men, less for women, and less for the elderly, the children have no workload and have to be sent to the school to study. Of course, even if they study, they are still slaves, and if their parents or relatives do not help them redeem themselves, they can only wait until they are older enough to work and earn money to redeem themselves.

This amount of work is not much different from the amount of work they do every day, and basically everyone can complete it. Those who are strong and strong, if you do the math, should be able to overdo it every day, so that the monthly salary will increase, so it will not take ten months to redeem yourself, and this time will be greatly advanced.

The slaves couldn't help but cheer. Since I left the grassland, I haven't encountered such a happy thing.

Of course, this is the cheers of those who are more honest and have all their money saved. There are still many people who feel that life has long been hopeless, so they break the jar and break it, and their wages are used for gambling and drunk in exchange for inferior wine. Therefore, I have nothing in my hand, and now when I hear the news, I have no way to regret it, and after regretting it, I can still make up for it, as long as I work hard, it is a big deal to work for three months more than those honest people, and I can also recover my free body. So, after a brief period of remorse, these people also began to cheer.

Among these prisoners of war were a woman named Melillon and a man named Kuma, who were originally from a small tribe and lived a very hard life, and fought with the barbarians, but the barbarians were defeated and their families were captured. Originally, there was an old father, but after the old father was captured, he didn't go to the capital, and died of illness on the way. They also had three children, but the youngest one also fell ill and died on the way to the capital. The remaining two children are older. has been following the two of them from the capital to Qingchun City on Luzon Island. The older one was a girl, both eight years old, whose name was Qili, and the younger one was a boy, who was five years old, and her name was Qihan. Now the family lives in a tent. Kumar was an honest man, and so was Melillon, and the two children, who were too young, stayed in the tent, and they both had to go to work. Melillen was on the sewer repair site, and Kumar was on the quarry. After getting the news, the two returned to their tent at night, unable to speak with excitement.

Although Xiao Qili is young, she has traveled thousands of miles and seen a lot of life and death, and she is already very mature at a young age, she can help take care of her younger brother and take care of her family, and her mind is more delicate. She hurriedly asked her mother what had happened and why cheers could be heard all the time in the tent where the prisoners of war lived.

Melilan put her arms around the two children and said, "We are about to be free, and our lord has allowed us to redeem ourselves." We'll soon be able to give you the status of a free man. ”

Kumar was also very happy, and he asked, "Mellarn, how much are our wages?" ”

Mei Lilun said: "We spend more because we have to take care of two children, but we also have two taels of silver paper. This is very close to five taels of silver paper, and I think that in four months, we will be able to redeem a child first. ”

Kumar thought for a moment and said, 'It doesn't take four months, according to the overseer, I don't have a lot of work to do every day.' I'm so strong, I could have done more. I think in about three months, we'll be able to raise five taels of silver. When the time comes, I will redeem you first. You become a free man and can take better care of the children. As for the children, anyway, the city lord is very generous and does not need children to work. We will not ransom them for the first time. Wait until we are all free men, and then try desperately to make money and redeem them. By the way, if we have the ability, I still think that in the future, I will redeem the child left by my eldest brother, Ugo. As for my uncompetitive brother, who only knows about alcoholism all day long, I don't want to pay attention to him. I don't think he has any money saved, so let him be like this for the rest of his life. ”

When Mei Lilun heard her husband's thoughts, she felt that it made sense, so she said, "What you said is very true, you don't need to redeem the children first. However, I think you should be the first to redeem yourself, if you become a free man, you can find a more lucrative job, so that we can make money faster, and it will be faster to redeem me, and to redeem my children, including Ugo. ”

I have to say that Melillan's calculation is still very right. Kumar was happy and said, "You are more thoughtful than I thought. That's all it said. Thanks to the Immortal Heaven, I really didn't expect that there would be a day to be a free people. Melillon listened, tears welling up in her eyes, and she said, "It's a pity that our father didn't live to see this day, and our Kukuchi didn't live to see this day." ”

Kumar remembered his father who died on the road, and his little son who did not make it to the capital alive, and his heart was also full of sourness, but the days finally had hope, and he said: "Thanks to the Immortal Heaven, we finally have hope, our Qili and Qihan, and the poor Ugo whose parents died, finally have hope." I just don't know if they will have a chance to return to the prairie in this life. ”

"As long as we can be together as a family and become free people, I will be satisfied, even if I miss the prairie, but it is very good here, there is no wind and snow, no severe cold, and the children will live better than us in the future." ”

Such words circulated in the prisoner of war camps, and everyone felt that there was hope for life.

Chen Wenhui heard the cheers of the prisoners of war on the construction site in the small courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion. I feel very happy in my heart. As a person with the idea of equality in previous lives, she herself did not like slavery. If the whole city could be a happy free people, everyone would have food, clothes to wear, and a happy life, she would also feel proud as a city lord. (To be continued......)

ps: Thank you Luo Yu Shuhuang for the pink ticket.