Chapter 646: [Slave]

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"The slave maid has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, and I have seen Chenghui! This is the account book that the slave has just sorted out, please take a look at it! She held an account book in her hand and handed it to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen snorted, took it, looked at it seriously, and after a while, discussed it with his assistant.

Li Chengqian asked them to settle accounts quietly here, waved his hand and walked out.

The last time I talked about Master Lu's bicycle order, it hadn't been completed yet, so he went to take a look.

When they arrived at the door of Master Lu's workshop, when two little apprentices walked over, they whispered: "Have you heard, many generals from the Battle of Songzhou have returned, and they have brought back a lot of prisoners of war!" ”

"yes, these prisoners of war really deserve to be killed!" Another little apprentice said.

The man who began to speak waved his hand: "How pitiful it is to kill, more than a thousand people, how good it is for them to farm for us!" ”

"The kind of people who didn't know how to farm came to rob us, and now let them farm, can you?" The latter looked at the former suspiciously.

When the former heard this, he felt that it made sense, nodded his head, and said, "That's just as well." But with our people teaching, the teaching will always be there, and if they are not good at learning, they will be pulled out and beheaded! ”

The latter felt that it made sense: "Yes, in the end, you still have to cut off your head!" ”

Listening to the beheading theory of the two of them, Li Chengqian smiled, entered the workshop door, and suddenly remembered that so many prisoners of war can't farm, but they have the strength, isn't it just right to pull them to their own coal mountains to dig coal?

He was about to go to find the two apprentices, when Master Lu inside the door had already discovered Li Chengqian and hurriedly walked over. said: "Your Highness, the minister is polite! ”

"Hmm!" Li Chengqian waved his hand.

Master Lu invited Li Chengqian in.

"I'm asking you something!" Since both apprentices know. Then Master Lu should also know!

Master Lu looked at Li Chengqian.

"I heard that the general of Songzhou has returned and brought prisoners of war?" Li Chengqian looked at him. "But there is such a thing."

"I have heard of it. Nearly 2,000 prisoners of war were brought back! Master Lu nodded in approval.

Li Chengqian touched his chin, thinking in his heart that this matter should be handled by someone from the Ministry of War, so when the time comes, you can inquire about this matter by looking for them.

"Well, then I'm leaving!" Li Chengqian turned around, took two steps, turned back again, and said, "Haven't you finished your bicycle yet?" ”

"Huh?" Master Lu was a little confused, this prince seemed to have said that the matter was upside down. How do you feel that what he said when he was about to leave at the end was the right thing?

He responded: "Your Highness, these more than 100 bicycles, Jiang Guogong is taking them in batches according to two times. The first batch of fifty cars has been done, but when I found Jiang Guogong, he didn't come to pick it up, the cars were all full of workshops, and there was no way to make anything else, so I had to wait for Jiang Guogong to come and take it before making the rest! I wonder if His Highness has any other instructions on this matter? ”

So that's what happened. Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Then you do it according to your plan, I'll go first." ”

"Congratulations to Your Highness!" Master Lu's voice rang out in the back.

Li Chengqian was thinking about how to go to the military department to inquire about the situation, and then met Lao Zeng, who came back from outside procurement.

"Lao Zeng. Come here. Li Chengqian beckoned.

Lao Zeng asked the eunuch to transport the car in, and he hurriedly ran over.

"You go to the military headquarters to inquire about the prisoners of war in the Battle of Songzhou who recently entered the city. What's going on, and who are the prisoners of war. Is it possible to get prisoners of war to the coal mountain? Go ask and ask. And then the water is going to expose too quickly what we want to do with the prisoners of war. Li Chengqian told him all the requirements.

Lao Zeng nodded when he heard this, and then went to the military department.

At noon, Lao Zeng came back and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, I have inquired clearly. ”

Li Chengqian's interest suddenly rose, and he asked, "Say, what's going on?" ”

"These prisoners of war have already been held to see His Majesty, and now they are divided equally among the victorious generals and brought home as slaves." Lao Zeng said.

"Slaves?" Li Chengqian's face was pale.

Lao Zeng nodded.

Li Chengqian asked, "Then slaves can be bought and sold?" ”

Lao Zeng nodded.

"If we buy the slaves in the hands of these generals, then we can dig coal?"

Lao Zeng nodded again.

"Good!" Li Chengqian patted his thigh and said, "Immediately order a person to go to those generals, buy all the slaves in their hands, and send them to the coal mine!" ”

"Good Ratcha!" Lao Zeng nodded in response.

Watching him go down, Li Chengqian also smiled.

When he was dozing, someone brought him a pillow, this kind of thing is so cool!

Nearly 2,000 prisoners of war, and the elite soldiers of Tibet, must be in very good health, it is a good coolie, and it is the best to dig coal!

In the evening, Lao Zeng came back and told Li Chengqian the result: "Your Highness, you have found it, and the generals are willing to sell us prisoners of war!" ”

"Hmm!"

"I first found a general named Xi Jun Sell, he was worried about what to do with these prisoners of war, keeping them at home and wasting food, and he was afraid of running away when he left them outside, and he couldn't farm, so he was going to sell them in the slave market, but he heard that we wanted them, and he paid a lot more money than the slave traders in the slave market, so he readily agreed!" Lao Zeng said.

"And the general said that he would contact the other generals and sell us their prisoners of war as well. We'll have everyone in touch tomorrow! Lao Zeng said happily.

Li Chengqian heard this and nodded.

Lao Zeng is very efficient, pull a general, and then notify the other generals, so that all the generals' prisoners of war can be sent together.

"Okay, you did a good job, you go to Chongren Hall tomorrow, let Xiao Chen open a note, and get the money for the people in the coal mine to buy these slaves!" Li Chengqian commanded.

"Whoa!" Lao Zeng responded.

The next day, the slave matter was successfully resolved, and Li Chengqian was very happy.

The slaves entered the Black Gold Mountain, and there were more than 500 armed soldiers from the East Palace guarding outside, not afraid that they would run away.

With these slaves, the output of the coal mine increased, and the output of the cement factory also increased, and the foreman Lu did not complain that there was no cement available, and everyone rejoiced together.

But when you're happy, there's always something upset about you.

Something bad happened in the hospital.

On this day, Li Chengqian rarely listened to a class in the Chongwen Palace, and he heard about the poisoning of Concubine Yin.

Concubine Yin is one of Lao Li's four concubines.

Of these four concubines, Concubine Yang is one of them.

And the reason for the poisoning of this concubine is in the hospital.

…… (To be continued.) )