Chapter 252: A New Retainer
Not far from Oda Rock, there is an avenue under construction, and at this moment, hundreds of people are clanging to level the road here, and the newborn Luo family scared off the invasion from the Taijiu family, and now, it has become part of the construction plan of the Luo family's avenue. And these hundreds of people are the Luo family's slave road building army.
"You, three-three-one, you come with me" At this time, a peasant soldier walked up to a young man who was buried in the soil, pointed to the young man and said. For ease of administration, each slave was marked with a number written in black ink on the back of his clothes. Although the peasants and soldiers in charge did not know the meaning of these strange numbers, they only needed to know that the number represented the person wearing this dress.
The boy put down the wooden gear, and then obediently was escorted away by two peasant soldiers, one after the other. As he walked, he glanced at the people around him out of the corner of his eye. I saw that these slaves were doing their jobs in great peace. He couldn't help but feel sad for these people, but also admired the methods of the young lord.
When he first came here, he felt that most of the slaves here were strange. Instead of seeing sadness and anger, he saw more satisfaction and happiness. Oh, my God! How can anyone who is a slave be satisfied and happy? Then he finally found out why.
First of all, although it is very tiring to work here, there is food to eat, and food and clothing can be guaranteed. As one of those who are single and can't make a living, it's like pie in the sky. So they are satisfied. I didn't have freedom, but I got a chance to live. Compared to the previous freedom of struggling on the brink of death. They'd rather choose this.
Secondly, there is hope here. Every once in a while, some people would come and preach to these slaves about the laws of the Luo family's domain. There are a few main pieces of information. As long as you work for a certain amount of time, or perform well. will be free. After being freed, they could choose to continue to work here as a vassal or to be given a piece of land and become self-reliant. However, without the lord's approval, they could only stay within the territory of the Luo family. Those who choose to be self-reliant can apply to the territory and ask the territory to help bring family members outside the Luo family's territory to settle here. The territory will also give them a certain amount of land to cultivate. Freely. And it's a chance to reunite with my family. The temptation is just too great. So a lot of people are full of energy, and they are also grabbing credit in the hope of being rewarded and gaining freedom in advance.
The most rear. It's the enticing testimonies. Those who came to preach would also go into detail about the laws of the Luo family's territory. Although he has lived at home since he was a child, he knows the life of the slaves and peasants in his family. But compared to the treatment given by this lord, it is really like the Western paradise that the priest said. It's fascinating. With these subtle indoctrination, the vast majority of people have become slaves who support the Luo family. Even after freedom, he became a loyal leader of the Luo family.
What made the boy laugh even more was one of the special conditions for the freedom of these slaves. That is, if you become a slave because you are a prisoner of war, as long as the territory where you are located becomes the territory of the Luo family. Then you can be free unconditionally. This condition directly led to some people here even planning to join the Luo family's troops. Help the Luo family establish their original territory as soon as possible. What a laughable thing.
Of course, not everyone will be so obedient. Some vicious pirates or those who have a good family of their own families are extremely disdainful of these. These people are often isolated by the vast majority of the population, and it is very easy for them to become the focus of care for the guards and soldiers. …,
What's more, these people will try to escape. It's been a month since the boy arrived, and he's seen five people trying to escape, four of whom were killed on the spot. The remaining one was lucky enough to escape. Just as he was scolding that guy for his good luck, he was taken to the slaves and slashed to death soon after.
It is said that this territory has a very vicious reporting law. As long as a stranger is reported, and then it is confirmed that it is a person who is not good for the territory, the person who reported it will be rewarded with five stone grains. Five stones? It is equivalent to half a year's food for a family, and those farmers will let go of such an opportunity, and they will not be punished if they report it wrongly anyway. What a damned testimony! The boy shouted inwardly.
What made the boy cry and laugh even more was that it was said that the people in each territory had a wooden sign engraved with a number. Each village will have an account book detailing the information of the person to whom the wooden sign corresponds. Don't expect to get a wooden card to be helpless here, once someone reports it, then the Luo family will take your wooden card to investigate, if you cheat, you will become a slave on the light side, and you will be beheaded at the worst. So the boy had long since broken off the idea of running away. This is simply a tiger's den in Longtan.
Then again, it's not bad here either. Although the food is not comparable to that at home, at least it will not starve to death. And I can also exercise, and after more than a month of work, the muscles on my body are much stronger. The only problem was not being able to see the family.
Yes. The teenager was homesick, very homesick. I don't know what happened to Lu Dao's family? His disappearance and defeat in the war, that hateful recruit guard will definitely blame himself, and I hope that the father of the family can turn evil into good fortune.
While thinking, he followed the farmer in front of him and kept moving forward. Soon he passed through the town, where many of the newly relocated homeless people lived, and came to Oda.
In the past, there were no guards, but today there were a few samurai who were fully equipped with military generals. Look at the gear! Tsk, mother, it would be nice if I had one myself.
"When you arrive, go in by yourself," said the peasant soldier as he led the boy to a wooden hut in the middle of the bar, and pointed to the hidden wooden door.
When the boy looked up, he saw two samurai, also heavily armed, standing in front of the gate of the wooden house.
Could it be that there is a big man in it? In a trance, he remembered the head of the Luo family who was wearing a dazzling armor.
"Let's go in," the peasant soldier urged behind.
"Die or die," the boy muttered to himself. If it was really the young head of the family, it was probably the time to decide his fate. It was not the main family that reached an agreement with the Luo family, and he was used as a bargaining chip to be traded to the fair. It's that the negotiations broke down, and his life was short.
After taking a deep breath, the boy slammed open the wooden door. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )