Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I don't have this mind, and I don't have the money." You know, half of my military pay was sent to my family, and the other half was sent to the aquatic life. From childhood to adulthood, I, Liu Yu, have always been self-reliant, relying on my own hands and using such things as slaves, but only big families can afford to do it. ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head: "This time it's different, the big victory in the water, there will be a lot of rewards in the future, you are the first to walk in the military parade and sacrifice prisoners today, not only will the merit be assessed as the first, but also the reward will be extremely much." Not to mention buying two slaves, even if you buy dozens of acres of land, it is more than enough. ”

Liu Yu frowned: "Are there so many?" In Jingkou, it costs about 1,000 yuan to buy an acre of land, and you say that dozens of acres of land can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and I didn't win that much last time I gambled. ”

Liu Muzhi smiled and patted Liu Yu's shoulder: "Jinnu, so, poverty limits your imagination, in Jingkou, tens of thousands of dollars is a large amount, enough to get rich, but in a place like Jiankang City, it is nothing at all, maybe a house can't afford it." There is also the buying and selling of slaves, our Jingkou folk customs are simple, basically self-reliant, and few know this price. But in a place like Jiankang City, it's a common thing. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "That's right, in Jiankang, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles, and they need to be served, so there must be a place dedicated to buying and selling slaves." When you say that, I'm a little interested, since I was a child, I haven't seen the place where these slaves are bought and sold, do you know about this? ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "I also came to Jiankang twice for my father-in-law's house, and found some slaves, at that time, a male servant with both hands and feet and a strong body needed seven or eight thousand yuan, while the maid was relatively cheaper, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, you can buy it back for about five thousand yuan." ”

Liu Yu's brows furrowed: "It's so expensive, the money to buy a slave can buy nearly seven or eight acres of land, and it is better to farm the land yourself with this money." It's no wonder that no one in our Jingkou buys it, and you still have this Jiankang City to find these slaves. ”

Liu Muzhi said: "Yes, Jingkou is a place to settle the northern drifters, very special, in other places, there are generally some markets for these slaves to trade, and the government comes forward to formulate a contract for the buyer and seller as a guarantee, and this guarantee, just like the paper contract when we trade in the field, is also every thousand yuan, we have to collect 400 yuan into the government, as the price of this contract, this money, is called tax assessment." ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "I know this, we are like this when we buy and sell land in Jingkou, 1,000 yuan has to pay 40 yuan to the government for tax assessment, the seller has to pay 30 yuan, and the buyer has to get 10 yuan." With this contract document, it is officially recognized that the land belongs to your family, and our family's land does not have this contract document. ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "It's the same with slaves. Most of them were bankrupt peasants, unable to pay their debts or pay taxes, so they had to sell themselves into slavery, or they were the families of sinners and were confiscated as official slaves. Only when you have saved enough money for the redemption and handed it over to the Lord's family can you regain your freedom. Originally, the number of slaves in my Great Jin Dynasty was not too much, after all, it was quite peaceful under the rule, but this time there were more than 100,000 Qin army prisoners at once, which is equivalent to more than 100,000 slaves, so a large number of people poured into the market, which will greatly reduce the price of slaves, especially the more expensive male servants, I think, the slave market these days will be very lively. ”

Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth: "However, if we have this money, it is better to buy more fields, how can we buy slaves, my two younger brothers are also about to grow up, they are enough to farm, what do you need slaves to do?" ”

Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "Jinnu, you have made great contributions on the battlefield, and it is reasonable to be promoted to the rank of knight next, but don't think about the future with the ideas of the former Jingkou farmer, in the future, you are afraid that you will rarely have the opportunity to go home to farm and farm, and your two younger brothers, one should be almost fifteen, and the other is almost fourteen." Chengding is a matter of these two years, after becoming a Ding, do you want them to work at home, or do you want to follow you to the battlefield to make contributions? ”

Liu Yu's heart moved, he thought about it for a while, and said: "It's impossible to go to the battlefield with me, there is still a mother at home, how can you leave her alone?" ”

Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "Jinu, Jinu, you didn't think about these things." Looks like you're really putting your mind to the battlefield. Now your family is in Jingkou and has the care of the Xie family, but it is impossible for the Xie family to help you take care of your family for the rest of your life, and you will have to rely on yourself in the future, if you marry Miss Wang, you will have the opportunity to directly enter the Xie family and take your family to Jiankang, are you willing to do this? ”

Liu Yu shook his head firmly: "No, this point will never be considered, although the Xie family has a great favor to me, but in this way, it is no different from coming to the door, I made it clear to Xuan Shuai at the time, the manly husband must rely on his own hands to fight the world, with the surname of his ancestors in the world, into the Gaomen clan as a son-in-law, or a trilogy, the family will be such a thing, I will never consider it, I would rather work in the countryside for a lifetime, than send people under the fence." ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "You have ambition, but you have to know that Miss Wang is a noble girl after all, Miss Qianjin, if you come to Jingkou, in the previous situation of your family, is it possible that you really want Miss Wang to go to the field to do farm work?" ”

Liu Yu didn't speak, this question had been turned many times in his mind, and he didn't even know if Wang Miaoyin was willing to live such a life with him, he raised his head and looked at Liu Muzhi's eyes, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Fatty, Mrs. Zun is also the lady of the Jiang family, and with you all these years, isn't she also living the life of ordinary people?" Doesn't she do farm work? ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head: "She spins cloth, helps people sew clothes and does some female work, but she really doesn't work on the ground." Slaves, you must know that the daughters of these scholars, no matter how generous they are, are delicate young ladies after all, and they can support themselves, but if they really work in the fields like ordinary peasant women in our Jingkou, even if they are willing, their families will never agree, which will humiliate the face of their family. Therefore, you have to deal with this problem, Miss Wang herself should be willing to do anything for you, but if you let her go to the field to do farm work, not only will you Liu Jinu have no face, but even the Wang family and the Xie family will become the laughing stock of the family, and your marriage will not last long. ”