To be honest, Li Yuanjia pitied the "untouchables" of Datang.

He always thought that by the time of the Tang Dynasty, Chinese slavery should have disappeared, but it was not until after crossing over that he realized that the original thing was still there, and it was even very powerful in the Tang Dynasty.

Good and cheap, class distinct.

And this is not just a folk behavior, there are also regulations in the Tang law, which divides people into two categories, namely "good" and "cheap", the so-called "good", in addition to the royal nobles, officials, monks, and ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty; The so-called "untouchable" refers to the lowest "untouchables" who have no personal freedom and rights at all, and are completely occupied by their masters.

The Tang law stipulates, "Slaves and maids are sluts, and the law is better than livestock." ”

In addition, the status, identity, children, marriage, etc. of these "sluts" are almost all determined by the master, and even the slaves and maids who kill their own slaves and maids for no reason are at most a hundred rods or a year.

However, if the "slut" kills the "beloved", then the "great rebellion" among the "ten evils", regardless of the reason, will be directly executed!

Anyway, in a word, Datang's "sluts" are basically the same as livestock, and the owner can do whatever he wants, that is, he has a little scruple when executing them. Of course, ordinary people may have some scruples, but at the level of Li Yuanjia or Fang Xuanling, killing a servant at home is definitely no different from crushing a kitten.

When he learned about this, Li Yuanjia also secretly sighed for a long time, and then ......

And he got used to it.

You can't change this society, you just have to get used to it.

The only thing Li Yuanjia can do is to manage his own one-third of an acre of land, even Han Lucheng and other stewards are not allowed to beat the slaves and maids in the house at will. And even if they don't have the intention of challenging the rules of this era, the slaves and maids of the Han Wangfu are living well under the care of Li Yuanjia, at least they are warmly dressed, they are well fed, if they go to the workshop outside the city to learn the technology, and if they become craftsmen, they will have monthly money to get, and their lives will be happier than those of many lovers.

So when it comes to buying some slaves and maids, Li Yuanjia is also very calm in his heart.

And before Han Lucheng left, he thought for a while, and then said: "Remember, when the time comes, pick more, especially those who are literate, as long as they are not too stupid, they will all be bought...... Send me to Maleonn when I go back! ”

"Huh? This ......"

"What's wrong? What's the problem? ”

Seeing Han Lucheng's embarrassed face, Li Yuanjia frowned and asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Han Lucheng said helplessly: "King, there are already a lot of people on Ma Liang's side, and if you add more, I'm afraid the place is not enough." ”

Regarding the matter of letting the slaves and maids in the attached middle school read and write, and learn Tianzhu numbers, Han Lucheng will not say anything now.

At first, he was just as incomprehensible as his father.

Those untouchables, as long as they know how to work hard and know how to serve their masters well, can't they? The king is to let them read and write, and let them learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division or something, a lot of money is spent, and these people are idle every day, what's the use?

But now, Han Lucheng doesn't dare to think about it anymore.

Let's not talk about Li Zhong and Ma Liang, the first stewards to go out, just the craftsmen in the papermaking and glass workshops, as long as you are literate and can simply add, subtract, multiply and divide, you can get the favor of the stewards, and you will soon be able to beat the "management post", and the monthly case money will be much more than others.

The reason is simple, they will do what others can, and they can do what others can't!

Glancing at Han Lucheng, Li Yuanjia frowned and said, "Not enough space?" Is this a problem? The place at home is so big, wouldn't it be nice to have a few yards for them? ”

"Yes, my lord."

After his eyelids jumped a few times, Han Lucheng could only nod.

The place of the palace is indeed large enough, especially outside the city where a large number of people have gone out, and there are still many vacant houses, let alone twenty or thirty people, even two or three hundred can live there.

Li Yuanjia knew this best, and when he saw Han Lucheng bowing his head, he waved his hand and let him out.

"This time, it's a lot of money!"

After Han Lucheng left the study, Li Yuanjia got up and walked around the room a few times, moving his legs, feet, waist and abdomen as he walked, thinking a little helplessly.

High-quality slaves are the most valuable at all times.

Generally speaking, teenagers are definitely not as valuable as their prime, after all, their body bones have not yet opened, and they eat a lot but have poor strength, which is not very cost-effective. But if it is a literate young man, it is more valuable, and often the price of one can top several strong men.

If it is a girl who can read and write, and she looks more beautiful, it will be more expensive.

However, Li Yuanjia must spend this money.

Not to mention that those workshops outside the city need more and more manpower, especially high-quality manpower, just for the sake of promoting Arabic numerals in the future, Li Yuanjia also needs to train a group of people.

It's just that the plan is a little farther away.

"Now the key is, what kind of numbers game do you want to come up with?"

After a few laps in the study, Li Yuanjia sat back in his chair with a headache and began to habitually write and draw on the white paper.

If you want to talk about number games, in fact, there are also in ancient China.

For example, the famous Jiugongge, although Li Yuanjia doesn't understand it very well and hasn't played it, he has heard of its famous name. But most of the time, it's a game of ancient mathematicians, and it doesn't have anything to do with ordinary people.

"Therefore, it is impossible to promote a game like Sudoku in a short period of time."

After the tip of the willow charcoal pen was knocked on the white paper for a long time, Li Yuanjia shook his head and deleted the two words Sudoku.

This game, the difficulty is too high.

Not to mention the ancient people in the Zhenguan period, how many modern people can learn more than a thousand years later? So after thinking about it, Li Yuanjia feels that a game like Sudoku is probably only suitable for a demon like Li Tai to play, and ordinary people should not be interested.

"So...... Blackjack? Texas Hold'em? ”

While muttering in a low voice, Li Yuanjia wrote down the names of one game after another on a blank piece of paper.

It's just that while writing these words, his expression is also extremely complicated.

If these games were thrown by him, they would definitely spread at a very fast speed, which Li Yuanjia was almost sure of. Because gambling is one of the most popular "sports" in the future and now, and blackjack and Texas Hold'em are naturally the classic ways of card gambling.

To put it bluntly, these are terrible games.

At that time, as long as Li Yuanjia is a little guided, these games will definitely be able to quickly become popular in Chang'an City, and along with Arabic numerals, they will also be familiar with them as quickly as possible.

In this way, it will be easier to promote Arabic numerals.

Merely......

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanjia sighed and crossed out the words vigorously: "In order to promote Arabic numerals, taking out these things will inevitably outweigh the losses......