Chapter 11: Slaves
"It's not like that, all of you maritime merchants are not my Dawu people, and it is not allowed to buy the real estate of my Dawu House, let alone the real estate." Huang Shi explained to these people in a serious way, and that look made him almost believe it.
In fact, there is always a way to avoid real estate if you really want to buy it, and now the Wu Dynasty has become a trend, as long as you are willing to spend money, what kind of thing can't be done? Didn't the people of Medno just lease Morningstar City? However, Huang Shi was not willing to let these maritime merchants out of his sphere of influence, although he did not know how these maritime merchants entered and exited each time, but it seemed that they had never been anywhere except his own backyard. So he decided it was worth taking the plunge and giving it a try.
How do these five people know if what he said is true or not? He said it and listened yes. Since you can't buy a house according to Dawu law, don't buy it first, but you still need to find a safe point to cross over.
As soon as Du Yande wanted to speak, he was pulled by Yang Minghuan, and Yang Minghuan quietly leaned into Du Yande's ear, "Don't worry, he has a trick, wait." ”
Sure enough, Master Huang then spoke, "Huang has a way, I don't know if a few maritime masters are willing." ”
Du Yande nodded, "Master Huang, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
"The maritime lords need a property that is nothing more than to place goods and temporary accommodation, Huang has a house on the opposite street, if a few lords don't dislike it, you might as well go down to have a look."
The five of them walked out of the Huang Mansion with Master Huang and walked directly to the opposite courtyard. This is a two-entry courtyard, the backyard wall is directly against the wall, and there are many villagers on duty patrolling on the wall.
"Although the entire village belongs to my Huang family, only this courtyard is my Huangshi's private property, and the others are the Huang family's property. If you don't dislike it, you can live here first. With that, Yellowstone pulled out a key and unlocked the door.
The small copper lock was opened, Master Huang pushed open the door, and five people walked in. Inside is a shadow wall, with New Year's pictures pasted on it, and it looks like it hasn't been inhabited for a long time.
A few people turned around the shadow wall, and there was a courtyard of more than 300 square meters, and there were a lot of flowers and plants planted in the yard, which seemed to have quite a lot of variety. It's just that no one has taken care of it for a while, so it's overgrown. The wings on both sides were closed, and I didn't know what was inside.
Zhang Yuanxing rushed to the wing room on the left hand side and opened it to take a look, it turned out to be the house of the next person, the furnishings inside were extremely simple, except for a large shop, there was nothing, but it was neatly cleaned up, there were several sets of bedding for the next person, and there was a box in the corner, which looked like it should be filled with some clothes and other sundries.
The wing room on the right hand side is the washing water room, several large water tanks, two buckets for carrying water, and a flat pole in the corner.
Master Huang waited quietly for these curious American maritime merchants to turn around the outer courtyard and led them into the inner courtyard.
As soon as I walked into the inner courtyard, the inner courtyard was a courtyard of two or three hundred square meters, there were no trees and flowers here, but a set of stone tables and chairs were placed on the left side of the courtyard, and there was a small pavilion on the right, and there was a small pond in the center, which seemed to have fish, and there were some aquatic plants in the water. Saw someone cleaning inside. Zhang Yuan fixed his eyes and saw that they were two girls, about 1.3 to 1.4 meters tall, with their hair tied behind their heads, wearing long-sleeved short clothes and floor-length skirts underneath. From behind, the age should be fourteen or fifteen years old.
Everyone was a little stunned, how did these two girls get in?
"Huang has been thinking about the affairs of your maritime masters in the past few days, but he can't think of a way, and in the end he can only make this decision, please deign to live in the other courtyard below. These two maids are the maids of my inner court, and you are all men, so there must be some things that are inconvenient to do, so you can drive these two maids. Huang Shi said as he pulled out two pieces of paper from his pocket. This is the deed of these two girls, they are all bought out, and Huang will give them to you. As he spoke, he handed the deed to Du Yande.
The five of them were stunned on the spot, what was going on? The three of them also knew that these two little girls were the maids who served them to change their clothes last time, and the two newcomers could be regarded as staying on the spot.
"Lao Du, what's going on?" Zhang Yuan was the first to react, "Is this a girl for us?" ”
Xiao Jing looked at Huangshi who was looking at this side with a smile, and said together: "I think this is an attempt to win us over, sugar-coated cannonballs." ”
"We don't have anything to fear from sugar-coated cannonballs, just eat sugar-coated shells and throw them back." Du Yande smiled nonchalantly. "Besides, you don't really plan to take these two girls in, do you? There are five of us here, and even if you remove me, you're not some 3P enthusiasts, are you? ”
"No, no," Sun Wenbin was the first to show his attitude, and the others quickly shook their heads.
"I don't care how you plan to toss, but I think that since we are people from the civilized world, we have to act like civilized people, if you really plan to marry a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl as a wife, that's your business, but if you let a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl be a mother, it's too immoral, if you really want to taste the taste of this time and space girl, I don't care about you, but don't forget the cover." Du Yande squeezed a glance at these guys as he spoke.
Huang Shi didn't know what they were doing here, just coughed lightly. The two maids hurriedly put the things in their hands aside and ran over to greet Master Huang.
Huang Shi didn't say much, and pointed to these maritime merchants, "I have already given them your identity deeds, and from today on, you will be their people." Serve these masters with all your heart, and there will be no loss for you. As he spoke, he turned to the few American maritime merchants who had already seen it, "At first, I didn't expect new maritime merchants to come, Huang only prepared two serving maids, and I will send a few more people to help take care of it later." Huang don't pass for the time being, if you want to find me, please move to the lower house. ”
The five people are still in a state of ignorance, and they still have to call their subordinates over, are there more girls? Zhang Yuan whispered a wicked laugh as he thought about it.
When Huangshi left, Du Yande found that the two girls were still kneeling on the ground, and without their orders, the two girls did not dare to get up rashly.
He hurriedly asked the two girls to stand up, "From today on, you are not allowed to bow down to us anymore, kneel to the sky and kneel to your parents, people are the same, I will take your deed, but it does not mean that we are your masters." ”
The two girls looked at each other, they didn't understand what they said at all, and they didn't dare to get up.
Du Yande had no choice but to adjust the strange accent of the southern and northern accents and speak Cantonese, which made the two girls understand that they were asked to get up. hurriedly thanked him, and didn't dare to leave after getting up, but just stood aside with his hands down.
Zhang Yuan has always been an otaku, although he is a hardware factory director, but he still can't change his otaku nature, at this time he is full of curiosity about the two girls in front of him, this is a serious ancient person! Even without the poison of modern cosmetics, it still looks good. When the two girls saw a slightly fat maritime merchant staring at them like torches, they couldn't help but press their faces down, their cheeks flushed with shame, and they couldn't wait to find a hole to drill into.
Xiao Jing is married, and he is more immune to girls or anything, because he has been running business in Guangdong for a long time, he can speak Cantonese very well, and explain to the girls to rest assured that they will definitely treat them well.
Du Yande didn't know what to pay attention to in this kind of thing, he just thought that giving a red envelope or something should still be able to solve the problem, so he took out two Maideno Yinyang from his pocket and gave one to one.
Who knew that the two girls cried as soon as they received it. made Du Yande inexplicable, and let Xiao Jing inquire about it, only then did he know that the two of them were sold into the Huangfu since they were children, and they started working at the age of five, and they didn't know how many beatings they had received when they were young. There is monthly money, and it is given in a timely manner, and it will be issued on the twelfth day of every month, but it is only two coins of silver, and the two of them have only saved less than eight coins of silver since they were children. As a result, as soon as they got here, they directly sent one or two to each person, making the two of them feel that they were really soaking in a sea of bitterness for more than ten years in the past.
"What's your name?" Yang Minghuan took a deep breath and asked as kindly as possible. The two girls couldn't understand Mandarin, so they just stared with wide eyes.
"I only know that one is called Chunfang and the other is called Xia Lian." Du Yande said, Sun Wenbin didn't like this kind of name a little, "What Xia Lian, it's better to be called Xia Shilian, Chunfang Chunfang or something is too earthy and boring." Change the name, right? ”
"It's okay to change their names, but the problem is that they don't even have a surname." Du Yande directly poured a scoop of cold water on Sun Wenbin.
"No last name? How can it be? Xiao Jing was full of suspicion and asked the two little girls in Cantonese.
The little girls shook their heads again and again, they were sold to Huangfu since they were children, they really don't know their surnames, and if they want to say their surnames now, they are afraid that they can only change their surnames with their masters.
"Change your surname?" Du Yande was a little chilled, "How else can I change it?" All five of us have different surnames, what are you going to give them last names? ”
"Since it was sent by the Huang family, it is okay to be surnamed Huang directly."
"It's okay, then one is called Huang Fang and the other is called Huang Hua."
"What a fart, I don't like it, why don't you call one Huang Rong and the other Huang Shengyi?"
Zhang Yuan almost jumped up, "I like it, that's it!" ”
Xiao Jing smiled and told the two of them in Cantonese. The slightly taller one is called Huang Rong, and the slightly shorter and thinner one is called Huang Shengyi.
"Huang Rong," Du Yande shook his head with a smile, "You are happy now, if you run out to find Brother Jing in the future, you won't have time to cry." ”
At this time, the two girls knelt on the ground again and said in unison: "Thank you for the name." ”
Yang Minghuan suddenly remembered that it seemed that in ancient times, changing the name of a slave was to give him money, so he dug it out of his pocket and took out two more Maideno Yinyang. Because this kind of silver ocean is easy to carry, these people have some on them.
The two girls couldn't help but be overjoyed when they got the bounty, they had never seen so much money.
"The monthly money of these two girls should also rise a little, and the second money is inevitably too little." Yang Minghuan saw the two girls holding the silver coins tightly and not letting go, and felt a little pitiful, so he asked Du Yande.
Du Yande shook his head again and again, "No," Xiao Jing also felt strange, "Why can't this work?" ”
"We only met them for the first time today, right? Which of you is going to marry them? Du Yande couldn't help but shrug his shoulders and asked.
The other four all shook their heads. "Anyway, people don't know Mandarin, and I'm not afraid to tell you, the first time we met them today, we gave each person two taels of silver, you must know that they saved more than ten years before they saved eight taels of silver, if I remember correctly, two taels of silver can be bought......" Du Yande thought for a while, but suddenly remembered that he didn't know the price of grain at this time, "Anyway, I bought a lot of grain, enough to eat for half a year." ”
"Oh!" Xiao Jing nodded and said, "I know what Lao Du means, this question is not about how much money is at all, but about people's hearts, as soon as we meet today, we can give them two taels of silver, and they will expect more in the future, if they don't meet their expectations, they will feel very disappointed, and may even betray our interests." ”
"That's what I meant." Du Yande nodded. "Xiao Jing, let them continue to work, and let's take a look at these houses to see if there are any adjustments."
A few people walked around the courtyard a few times, and agreed on the three rooms of the main house in the backyard for accommodation, and they went directly to the gazebo for dinner or something. In the left wing of the backyard is a study, which can be slightly modified as a place for crossing in and out. And the right wing room is full of firewood or something, and there is a stove, it seems that it should be a kitchen, and the closest position to the courtyard wall is the toilet.
Originally, a few people planned to visit the toilet, but there was still a strong smell four or five meters away, and they hurriedly covered their noses and left.
Seeing that several maritime merchants had left, Huang Rong and Huang Shengyi looked left and right for a while, hid by the pavilion and whispered while working.
"Sister Rong, although these masters look weird, they are quite generous, if we follow them in the future, we should have a good life."
"You can think so about this, but Master Huang didn't really give us to them, these maritime merchants will always have to leave in the future, if they leave and don't take us away, what will we do?" Huang Rong's face was full of sadness, "I heard people say that things at sea are difficult to say, and now pirates are rampant again, if something happens, they can't come back, how can we women live?" Isn't it only possible to belong to Master Huang? ”
"Cut, Sister Rong, you're too worried," Huang Shengyi looked like his eyebrows were flying, "I see that the chubby maritime merchant among them is interested in you, if he takes you in, at least be a roommate." In this Dawu, you are the main mother, and if you can become the main mother and have a fat son, you don't have to worry so much. ”
"You think it's beautiful, who is not a hungry ghost in the sea who is adrift on the sea? We don't look bad, if people don't have the heart to collect the house girl, shouldn't we put it upside down? Huang Rong shook her head and continued, "Even if you give birth to a child for them, you may not recognize you as a mother, both of us are slaves, as long as we don't get out of nationality for a day, we are slaves for a day, even if you give birth to a child, you don't want the child to have a mother who is a slave, right?" ”
The two were speechless, and after a long time, Huang Shengyi asked, "By the way, since we no longer belong to the Huang family, where can we eat today?" Do you still go to the Huangfu to eat? ”
They didn't have to worry about this problem, and soon Master Huang sent a few rough slaves, and at the same time brought a large number of ingredients.
The five of them ate the first meal of the Wu Dynasty in this new courtyard, and this meal seemed ordinary to them, who were accustomed to eating big fish and meat, nothing more than a fish, a few pieces of meat, and all fatty meat. Zhang Yuan has always said that he wants to lose weight, and he can't eat it when he sees the fat on the table. Looking down at the rice in the bowl, there was not only rice in it, but also something that looked strange.
"I'll go, there's a lot of stuff in here," Sun Wenbin carefully turned over the rice in his bowl with chopsticks. "Rice, millet, corn, sweet potato...... It's really a whole grain. ”
When you eat it, you feel that the sweet potatoes may be a little tasty, and these sweet potatoes are pitiful, most of them are the size of a finger, and they don't taste like ordinary sweet potatoes.
"These sweet potatoes have not been detoxified," Sun explains, "and the sweet potatoes will be infected by insects during their growth, and the individual will become smaller and the yield will be reduced." ”
"You explain to the local farmers that the detoxification of sweet potatoes is like a chicken and a duck, and people don't understand it at all, if you say that the sweet potatoes are poisoned, they have to be cursed." Du Yande smiled as he picked out the sweet potatoes in the rice.
"But we can mention this matter to Master Huang, if we provide them with sweet potato detoxification technology, it will definitely be an earth-shattering feat."
"I don't think it's necessary," Du Yande shook his head, "Detoxified sweet potatoes are still good for us to maintain our skills, and we can grow a large number of sweet potatoes after we cross over." ”
"It's better to grow sweet potatoes than to grow potatoes," Mr. Sun said. "Potatoes are easier to deal with than sweet potatoes and have a higher yield. If I cross over, we will build a large farm, and we will grow all kinds of high-yield food in our crossing farm, which will scare these natives of this time and space to death. ”
"Hahaha" all five of them laughed, and the servants who were serving and eating on the side didn't know what they were laughing at, but just hung their hands and waited.
"Seriously, it's time for us to start the preparations before the crossing, now we are quite abundant in funds, I remember that there are guys in the SC who are engaged in financial investment, and we can get tens of millions of dollars to invest." Xiao Jing picked up a piece of fat and chewed it in his mouth, he was relatively thin, and he didn't need to lose weight at all.
Du Yande nodded, "I think we still have a cheat to play." ”
"What?"
"Xiao Jing, didn't you say that Huanghuali wood furniture is worth money? Why is it worth the money? ”
"It's not that all the rosewoods on Hainan Island have been cut, and now it is forbidden to continue cutting them for the sake of protection."
"We can find a local carpenter, let them make furniture for us, and drag it back to sell, it must be more original than those imitations of our old time and space. Even if it doesn't have the vicissitudes of hundreds of years of history, it's the real thing. Du Yande said with a smile. I just don't know if there is a market. ”
"That's right!" Xiao Jing said and ate another piece of fatty meat, "Let's just find Master Huang this time and pour a set of yellow rosewood furniture back to test the water." I still have contact with those who play with antique furniture, and I will look for them when I go back. ”
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Back in the old plane, several people began to divide their own labor, and first needed to find a base. Now the number of people who have signed up online to participate in the crossing has exceeded the 2,000 mark, and although there may be duplicate registrations, there are at least more than 1,000 people. It's not easy to find a place that can accommodate so many people. Except for schools and army barracks, I really can't find it.
This problem was unexpectedly solved. On this day, Xiao Jing called back and said that a set of rosewood furniture he brought back was sold, and a big boss of the group paid 1.4 million yuan to buy it directly. This set of furniture was only bought for eighty taels of silver from Master Huang, and if the price of silver is only more than nine thousand and less than ten thousand, it will rise to one million and four hundred thousand when it becomes furniture, which is more valuable than gold and platinum.
In addition, Xiao Jing also got the news that the big boss of this group was having a project to develop at this time, to demolish and develop a militia training base in the sixties of the last century, which was located in the inland area of a hilly province, near the river. Originally, it was intended for the liberation of Taiwan, but since the end of the seventies, this base has been vacant. In the early 80s, it was used as a local militia training camp, but because there were too many bases in the hands of the local armed forces, this base was too remote and gradually idle, and it has been abandoned for more than ten years.
Xiao Jing said that this base was originally planned to be demolished this year to develop new real estate, but because a series of supporting projects such as highways and hydropower have not started, they have not started demolition at this time. As soon as he talked to the boss, the boss made a decision, and the base could be temporarily leased to them, but it must be leased in the name of the company, and the base could be used until a year later, and the specific time depended on the availability of those supporting facilities.
Just do it, they went to the industrial and commercial bureau the next day to register a trading company, and the name didn't have time to think about it carefully, so they directly took a "crossing trade", and ran there to see, there was no duplicate name. With a registered capital of one million, and now with the name of the company, it is justified to negotiate with the developer about leasing the training base.