Several young men reluctantly agreed. Liu Pei asked, "Are you still slaves?" ”

One of the men said, "I'm not a slave, but a few of them are." ”

Liu Pei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he took a few more glances at this man. You must know that these civilians were all bought by Liu Pei and came to Southeast Asia as slaves. Otherwise, these people would not want to leave their homeland and go elsewhere. They can only be taken away as slaves.

But slaves have no motivation to produce, and they are also slow to work. So Liu Pei drew a few lines. The first line is those who have various professional skills, belong to technical talents, and can redeem themselves in a short time. The second is to be a soldier under Liu Pei, and he can directly dissolve his slavery, but his family has to redeem him. The third is that slaves who have made significant contributions can be shortened to slavery.

And Liu Pei knew that the victims were slaves, and they would not have money to redeem themselves, so he creatively used the labor division system. The people were redeemed not by money, but by their work. If you work more and do a good job, you will get more work and leave the country faster. Otherwise, it will be slow to leave the country.

The person in front of him obviously knew what Liu Pei wanted to say, so he said: "The villain turned out to be a potter who could burn porcelain. So after I was assigned to this place, I told the village chief that I could open a kiln and burn porcelain. Later, the village chief helped me build a kiln. Now I make the porcelain and pottery used in the surrounding villages up and down the river! ”

Liu Pei was very happy to hear it! With such a potter, the porcelain and pottery used in more than a dozen surrounding villages do not have to be transported from afar, and I don't know how much time and money are saved.

So Liu Pei asked, "Then have you divided the land?" If you burn a kiln, how will you cultivate it? ”

The man said, "There is not much to be fired now, and the mouth of the kiln is not large. I discussed with the village chief that we would start a new kiln in a few days. As for the land, I intend to give it to someone else to cultivate. ”

Liu Pei nodded in agreement with this idea, then asked the others, and said, "You are all slaves now, when will you be able to get out of the country?" ”

The men replied in a rambling manner. Liu Pei listened to it and found that they were the most

At the latest, I will be able to leave the country next year. Liu Pei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, it seems that you are all diligent people!" After you leave the country, someone will give you land. In the future, you will be able to live a stable and peaceful life! But you can't get rich just by farming, have you thought of any other way? ”

One person said: "When I was staying in Shandong, I learned how to hatch chickens and ducks with the locals, and there happened to be a river next to the village. When the time comes, I'm going to raise a batch of ducks. ”

Another said, "I can make wine!" There is a lot of fruit in this forest, and I can make fruit wine and sell it. And in the future, when there is an abundance of food, I can also make grain wine. ”

There were also a few people who said they wanted to be soldiers and sailors. After listening to their statements, Liu Pei knew that these people were very thoughtful people. I'm afraid it's the top figure in the village. After all, most of the victims are just ordinary people, who don't have a long-term vision on weekdays, and only know how to farm and work. In the future, there will be development in the village, and I am afraid it will be these seven or eight people.

Liu Pei then asked, "Are you afraid that those natives often come to attack you?" ”

A stocky-looking young man said loudly, "Don't be afraid! I used to have no hope for life, so I didn't want to do anything. Now the days are about to get better, which dog day is bad for Lao Tzu and good days, Lao Tzu will kill him! ”

Zhao Dabao thought he was vulgar, so he kicked him directly in the leg and said, "Speak well!" Who are you talking to about Lao Tzu? ”

His young man touched his head and laughed. Looking at his appearance, everyone chuckled again. Zhao Dabao hurriedly explained to Liu Pei: "This guy is a fool! A tendon in my head! But he fought fiercely. Every time the natives came to grab something, he was the first to fight! So on weekdays, he taught him the techniques of sword and shield soldiers, and as a result, he practiced endlessly by himself! If you join the army in the future, you will also be a good hand! ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "That's very good, I hope I can see you in the team!" Let's go, you will accompany me around the village and outside the village. ”

In this way, Zhao Dabao took the lead. Several people surrounded Liu Pei and walked around the house. The families are not quite the same as the ordinary villagers of the Ming Dynasty. although

There are still very few things in the house, but they are very tidy. It can be seen that Zhao Dabao moved the set of things that he was a soldier to the village.

When Liu Pei arrived, he had to open the warehouse and carefully inspect the grain stored in each family. Sure enough, every household's grain was full. It's just that this village has just taken root, and the families have not yet started raising chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs, so the village is much less angry. But over time, all of this will happen.

Later, Liu Pei also inspected the army's barracks and weapons depots. There are not many types of weapons in the arsenal, but the number is definitely sufficient. If nothing else, the firecracker alone can ensure that everyone in the village has a firecracker.

Because it is the easiest to operate the firecracker, and it does not require much physical strength, even women and the elderly can stand on the fence and shoot outward. With the firearms fired intensively, the natives could not easily get close to the walls of the dock fort.

Liu Pei first picked up a knife from the shelf and untied the grass rope outside, revealing the blade. Reaching out and touching it, Liu Pei felt that the knife was coated with a thick layer of grease. Liu Pei put down his sword and picked up another firebolt. First, I carefully checked the chamber of the gun against the light, and also tried the spring and trigger, and it felt very smooth. I know that these people take care of their weapons on weekdays.

Liu Pei said with great satisfaction: "You have done a good job! You know, if we want to live, we have to fight with the sky, the earth, and people! That's how you can live! And the weapon in our hands is our most trusted partner! Learn how to use weapons well, and in the future, we will open up more land and feed more people! ”

Liu Pei's words made the young people's blood boil, and they all said that they would definitely fight for more land from the natives. The man just now said loudly: "The land here is so good, so fat! But those natives don't know how to farm, it's a waste! We should hand over all the land in the world to our Han people! ”

Liu Pei then took people out of the dock fort to check the surroundings. On the outskirts of the fort is a vegetable patch opened by the villagers. Liu Pei took a general look, and there were about seven or eight kinds of green vegetables planted. It seems that the villagers can still eat the non-staple vegetables. As for meat, it can only be fish.