The clouds were light and the wind was light, a broken moon hung in the sky, a few dim and dim stars were scattered around, and the fog gradually rose and chilled.

Outside Chang'an City, the people on Zhuangzi have eaten and rested early, and in a simple courtyard, more than 30 Kunlun slaves, more than 50 Silla maids, and more than 300 half-old children wrapped in thick clothes around a bonfire are drinking the meat porridge in the bowl, the blazing bonfire dispels the wet and cool mist, and the hot and fragrant meat porridge warms the numb spleen and stomach.

Several cauldrons next to it are still steaming, and they are full of fragrant and soft meat porridge.

Not to mention meat porridge, it is a luxury to eat a hot nest head at Yayu's place, wearing warm clothes, drinking fragrant meat porridge in his mouth, and there are more meat porridge in the pot next to him, and they can't eat it with an open stomach, and the happiest thing in their eyes is like this. The dull and confused gaze finally has a little more vitality, no one wants to despair, as long as they can see a little light and feel a trace of warmth, the seeds of hope will sprout.

Degui was busy until late, although he was always scolding in his mouth, but the meat porridge prepared for them was really thick, and there were a lot of meat pieces added, and each bowl was full......

He always shouted that he was going to die, starved to death, froze to death, and the young master would lose his money, and he would definitely not spare them, but they gradually liked this "threat".

The vacant house simply can't accommodate so many people, Degui can only let them spend one night in the courtyard, the autumn night is cold, the bonfire must be burned for one night, otherwise it will really freeze to death.

All the slaves slept warmly that night, and the next day the sun rose to look at the ashes left over from the campfire. Touching the thick clothes on their bodies, they were pleasantly surprised to find that nothing was a dream.

The days that followed were really like dreams, they didn't have to face sudden scolding and whipping, they were able to eat enough every day, and even after a few days they had a room to live in and a separate bed.

"Take care of your spirits, and the young master will arrange errands for you in a few days."

What errands they don't know. But they felt that they should do something for that kind young master.

……

"The prince is going to open a new academy."

"Which prince is new?"

"Which prince can it be, of course, it is the new prince of Jiayuan Marquis who is judged by the Gewu Academy."

"It's him! When I took my son to the Gewu Academy to sign up, the Gewu Academy said that it was full, and this time Jiayuan Hou ran the academy, but we have a chance. ”

"You're going to let your son study with a slave?"

"Reading with slaves? What does this mean? ”

"Do you know why the Marquis of Jiayuan wants to run an academy?"

"I want to hear about it."

"A few days ago, did Marquis Jiayuan buy hundreds of slaves from Yayu?"

"I'm afraid no one in the whole Chang'an doesn't know about this matter, more than 400 slaves, and it took more than 10,000 yuan!"

"The Jiayuan Marquis ran the academy to house those slaves......"

Such discussions fill the streets and alleys of Chang'an.

Yipin Academy, this is the name given by Wang Xiang to the academy, the academy is built next to the Gewu Academy, which happens to be a wasteland belonging to the imperial court, Wang Xiang is cheeky and asks Li Er for it. For some reason, Li Er agreed without any hesitation, and he didn't even need the original plan to buy land with money.

Just listening to the name of the academy has a sense of lofty, the construction of the academy is in charge of Li Chunfeng, and Wang Xiang does not care about spending money, the academy is naturally built spacious and atmospheric, but the first batch of students of the academy are more than 300 slaves.

It is indeed very strange in the eyes of others, but in Wang Xiang's eyes, these children are not slaves, and he does not need slaves.

In ancient times, it was almost impossible to get rid of slavery, and even the owner of the slave had no right to remove his slave from slavery, unless the master was willing to spend a large amount of money to go to the government to handle the paperwork. And the slave is the property of the master's family, and the master's family has any reason to spend a large sum of money just to give up their own assets.

Wang Xiang didn't help them get rid of their slavery, not that he was reluctant to pay the money. But this time there are too many people, slaves are an asset in feudal society, if it is too shocking to help so many slaves remove slavery at once, at a deep level, it is to provoke the interest system of feudal society, this is by no means a trivial matter.

Moreover, even if they were slaves, as long as they did not treat them as slaves. When the time is right, when they grow up, it may be better to take the removal of slavery as a reward, even if it is to help them remove slavery now. How different are they from slaves? Only when the soul is not a slave can we truly get rid of slavery.

These children have thought about what they can do for Wang Xiang, and they have all thought about what a slave can do for the master's family, but they have never thought that what Wang Xiang asked them to do is study.

Study......

It's very unfamiliar, so strange that these children don't know what studying is, let alone them, even ordinary people, how many children can enter the academy to study.

The day before entering Yipin Academy, someone took them to wash and dress, and each of them was given a new set of clothes, at this time they looked like ordinary children, but there was a little more cowardice and confusion in their eyes, but it was much better than when they were just bought back from Yayu, and they were really slaves at that time.

When Yipin Academy was not yet built, Wang Xiang went to Linglong Bookstore several times, Du Hong's carved single-character version has not yet been completed, but the commonly used characters have been carved a lot, Wang Xiang asked him to print a batch of deleted versions of the "Three Character Classic", "Analects" also printed hundreds of copies, as those children's enlightenment reading.

The paper used to print the books is all new paper produced by Gewuyuan, the handwriting is clear and upright, and the printed books are much better than the books circulating in the market, which also makes Xinyi full of confidence in the business of printed books that Wang Xiang said before.

Just when Wang Xiang was busy with the affairs of Yipin Academy, Li Er was not idle, and secretly sent many henchmen to Luoyang, Chengdu, Yangzhou and other prosperous places.

It didn't take long for a kind of thing called Qianzhuang to rise in these places, which belonged to the imperial court and was in charge of the saving and borrowing of money by the people of the Tang Dynasty.

The appearance of Qian Zhuang immediately made the family smell a huge threat, and rumors spread everywhere for a while.

"It's easy to save money but it's hard to withdraw money, and we can't be fooled."

"Do you think it's possible to raise money and make ten cents a month, and whether the profit is rolling or not? It's definitely a scam! ”

"What kind of loan is simply a lie, and I also say that I have no credit, what creditworthiness, why do I want to save when I save money! Don't be deceived, everyone! ”

…… (To be continued.) )