905. Scatter all your money to seek Kunlun
In order to distinguish the difference between them, I used nicknames instead of their titles, for example, the sheep demon called him Lao Yang, the pig demon called Lao Pig, and the horse demon called Lao Ma.
However, there is a male and a female among the horse demons, and these two people generally have sweet private dates, and the other monsters are complaining, saying that there is a sour smell of love in the air......
My dad gave me a big field, there were no people in the Lion Rock's sphere of influence, and we hired some people to come and help us cultivate the crops, so the income from the crops and orchards has solved my current financial dilemma.
After all, people live in this world, no money is absolutely impossible, no matter what era, agricultural and sideline products will always not be outdated, and I am the first to bear the brunt, with the demon clan and the people to open a ditch.
Since the springs that flow down from the mountains usually flow into the lakes, I diverted the springs and flowed through the orchards, so that the trees could grow more luxuriantly.
"Young master, hand towels." Su Youyou looked at me gently, holding a hand towel chilled with well water in her hand.
I wiped my sweat and shivered, "It's so cool!" ”
"As soon as the water came up, I wiped it for you." Su Youyou said.
"What did Daddy say?" I asked.
Su Youyou hurriedly said: "The master has already explained, and now Captain Zou has sent the fold to the capital, he personally sent it, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back for a while. ”
"I see." I handed the handkerchief to Su Youyou.
Su Youyou rubbed the handkerchief into the bucket again: "Or?" ”
"No, it should be almost the same today, and I'll go to the mountains to change the road later, and the mountain spring will flow down, and the fruit trees here should be able to have a good harvest next year."
I paused and said, "How much did the sundries of the mad lion and the fruits on their mountain sell for?" ”
"No more, no less, exactly one hundred and eighty taels of silver." She said.
"Yo? So valuable? "You must know that silver in the Tang Dynasty was very valuable, and the value of one or two pieces of silver was several times that of Chu, Han and the Three Kingdoms, in a sense, it was also because there were too many people.
The total number of people in the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms did not exceed 10 million, and the Great Qin Mo Nian only had 20 million people, but now there were more than 100 million in the Tang Dynasty.
When there are more people, the amount of silver is still the same as before, and the value goes up.
"Young Master, how do we spend all this silver?"
"It's not enough." I stopped what I was doing, "The current situation, we must cultivate a private army, I feel that the imperial court and Xuantian Sect can't count on it, those Xuantian Sect guys, arrogant, told Meng Xianchen before, let her come over to help, I didn't even see a shadow, and the court is worried about internal and external troubles, and now the situation in other frontiers is much more tense than ours." ”
"Hiding a private army is a great crime of rebellion!" Su Youyou reminded.
I laughed: "You see where these buddies look like private soldiers now, they are obviously a group of croppers!" ”
While speaking, the three of Ximen had already come over, and Ximen Heisi complained: "I said Lao Lin, you are too much, don't you, let us come here to work?" ”
"Actually, I want to discuss this matter with my brothers, I have an idea." I said.
"Let's eat first." Ouyang said sullenly, "I'm hungry!" ”
"Oh, say as you eat."
The Lion Rock cottage was built halfway up the mountain, but it has been transformed by us and has become a temporary base for us, and I treat the demon clan well, and they have no intention of leaving, so I don't want to imprison their freedom.
After all, the demon clan has vast magical powers, and everyone has their own abilities, so it's useless for me to imprison them and lock them up, he can leave immediately after turning into a small snake.
Besides, now the human race in the whole world does not tolerate them, as long as I can accommodate them, as long as they are not stupid, they will never leave.
Su Youyou poured me a bowl of wine, but at this time Simon said: "Then you say, what do you want my brothers to do, as long as you open your mouth, your brothers will definitely do it!" ”
"In this way, how about I combine everyone's specialties and let's do a great business?" I leaned in and said.
Everyone looked at me, and I sandwiched a chicken leg for Simon: "Your ancestors were all in business, so in the future, you will be in charge of all the things produced by our orchard, and you can exchange it for money anyway." ”
"Haha, I just like challenging things, well, it smells so good! I said Lao Lin, your Su Youyou's such a good craft, it's a pity to be a maid for you, I don't think it's as good as this, you give Su Youyou to me, let her be a concubine for me, how about it! Ximen couldn't leave the woman in three words, and immediately began to shake his eyebrows at Su Youyou, which was very flat.
Su Youyou hurriedly hid behind me and looked at me timidly, as if I was really going to sell her.
"Go and go, Youyou is nominally my maid, but in fact it's similar to my sister, don't have a bad idea, I'll tell you." I glanced at him.
Su Youyou's face was happy, but soon she began to be lonely again.
"I mean, you're too boring...... Let Simon have something to do, then I will list? Ouyang looked at me sullenly, with an angry face.
"Your Lao Tzu is the boss of the drama troupe, specializing in managing people, so I thought, you can also help manage people, there are more than a thousand good people on our mountain, there are ordinary people and demon clans, and you are in it." I said.
"Is this okay? The key is whether they will listen to me. Ouyang Zhai looked helpless.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." I looked at Sikong Chest Hair, gave another chicken leg to Ouyang Zhai, and left a chicken wing into his bowl, "Chest Hair, you know what I mean......"
"I don't know." Sikong said, "Anyway, it won't be a good thing for you to deal with me." ”
I laughed: "You think about it too much, isn't your father running around complaining everywhere, so you are responsible for buying the demon slaves from all over the place, hmm...... And Kunlun Nu. ”
The word "Kunlun" of Kunlun Nu did not refer to Kunlun Mountain in ancient times, but to the slaves of the Tang Dynasty in Southeast Asia, because they were relatively dark-skinned, so they were called "Kunlun".
Most of these slaves were ethnic Indians, as well as Malaysians and other places.
Of course, the trade of Kunlun slaves also rose from the Tang Dynasty, because Chang'an was an international and free metropolis at that time, and any kind of person could be seen in Chang'an, so there was also human trafficking. Of course, these Kunlun slaves are not only darker Asians, but also Africans.
There are two sources of Kunlun slaves who were brought to the Tang Dynasty, one is tribute, that is, the local monarch sent a lot of Kunlun slaves as one of the gifts in order to congratulate the Tang Dynasty, and the other is trafficking, the Arabs obtained the population in Africa and sent it to the Tang Dynasty to sell and then make huge profits from it.
Strictly speaking, the history of the Arab slave trade was hundreds of years earlier than that of Europe, but the place of sale was different.
Many of these so-called Kunlun slaves can sing and dance, and the male bodies are strong and strong, and the nobles can buy them. In addition, in the Tang legend, the Kunlun slave was also written, a smart and clever Kunlun slave helped the master marry his sweetheart, and finally let the lover finally become a family, which shows that this kind of slave was relatively common at that time.
Unlike the Europeans, who traded slaves, they did not regard slaves as human beings at all, they had to do any work, not to mention their personal freedom, and they could be bought and sold at will or even executed.
The Kunlun slaves in China in the Tang Dynasty were too lucky, their status in the master's family was equivalent to that of a servant of the family, and they had a close relationship with the master, and they had a certain right to freedom and the right to live.
"Kunlun slave...... It's hard to do...... And a Kunlun slave is twenty taels of silver, which is not high. ”
"I'll give twenty-five taels of silver, and you will use the remaining five taels of silver as dividends and travel expenses." I said.
Su Youyou, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "Young master, we don't have that much money......
"I will find a way to get the money, anyway, this time from the performance of defending the city, those errand soldiers in our Hutou County have been spoiled by my Uncle Zou, and I don't bother to call them, they are all skinny and vulnerable, I plan to organize an elite army." I said.
After all, now that we have to start preparing to find the source of the World Tree infection, it is impossible to make soy sauce here all the time.