Chapter 045: Behind the Coolies

"Don't worry, it's not like the outside of the castle. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

"The little one understands, and the little one naturally believes in the adult. The old door panel nodded and looked exactly the same as usual. Jiao Ming found that the right side of the old door panel was red, and the eye circles were also a little dark.

"What's the matter with your face? You were beaten?" Jiao Ming remembered the whereabouts of the little grandson of the old door board again, and couldn't help asking, "You went out in the morning?"

The old door panel smiled awkwardly and said: "The little one went to pick up his grandson before dawn, and the cow had to follow the little one, and the little one rode it back, and on the way I met two thieves who were interested in getting rich, so I ......"

"You still have two more old bones?" Jiao Ming didn't expect the old door panel to be able to repel the thief.

"How come, I'm not afraid of adult jokes, the small ones are pressed to the ground and beaten. When I was beaten, the little ones wanted to die, and the little ones couldn't afford to lose the cows. The old door board pointed to the cow that had returned to the cowshed and said with emotion: "Then it all depends on this cow, it kicked and kicked the two thieves away." ”

Seeing that the old door board was pointing at him, the cow barked, and then continued to graze with his head down. Jiao Ming nodded, and after substituting for the old door panel, he also pinched a cold sweat for the old door panel.

"It's good that people are okay. If you have thou shalt serve the oxen well and produce more calves, I will make sure that thou shalt be all right, as long as thou shalt lose less than thou shalt give birth. Jiao Ming gave a guarantee to the old door panel.

"The little one understands the kindness of the adult, and he will definitely repay the adult. "The old door board bent his knees, and he had to kneel down again. Jiao Ming hurriedly stopped: "Don't kneel, if you kneel again, I'll turn my face." ”

"Yes, yes, the little ones listen to the adults. ”

"Then I'll ask you something, and you have to answer truthfully. Jiao Ming took the opportunity to inquire about the living conditions of the coolies.

"Don't worry, sir, please ask. ”

"Where did your grandson live?"

"Stayed in Buckskin Town. ”

"Where is Lupi Town?" Jiao Ming heard the name of the place he didn't know, so he naturally asked.

"Your Excellency, why don't you know about Buckskin Town?"

"Answer the question!" Jiao Ming didn't pay attention to the old door board's doubts at all, since his status is high, it would be good to press it down, do you still want to tell the old door board that he is a traverser?

"Yes, yes, yes. Buckskin Town is located southeast of the manor castle, which is about half a day's walk. ”

Jiao Ming asked again, "What the hell is the child?"

The old door panel opened his mouth wide, his mouth trembled, and he was speechless for a while, and all kinds of emotions were mixed together on his face, including unbelievable surprise, helpless compromise, and unwilling resistance. Jiao Ming looked at the marquee-like expression of the old door panel, saw several emotions but was uncertain, sighed helplessly, and had a feeling of communication barrier, which was likely to encounter some taboo again.

"What's going on this time? Can't you ask the kid what the?"

The expression of the old door panel was as if he had been constipated for ten days, and finally said: "The adults treat the small ones like a mountain, and they are different from other adults, so the small ones will go out and tell the truth." The old door board swallowed his saliva and said: "The younger one and the son are both the lord's private property, so the daughter-in-law is the same, if the adults want to do that with my daughter-in-law, the little one can't do it even if he is reluctant." If other adults ask like this, they just want to see the posture and then the thing...... You can guess it, adult. After finishing speaking, the old door panel lowered his head, but he rolled his eyes and carefully observed Jiao Ming's expression.

"I see, reassured your heart. Jiao Ming felt sympathy and sorrow, suppressed his emotions and said, "Then answer the question." ”

"Naturally, the kid is staying in Buckskin Town. ”

"The man is not around, do you rest assured?"

"It's not a big town, you can't hide it from a thief, and that little woman is a smart person, she knows what she can and can't do. The old door panel 1510 replied, it seemed that it was Jiao Ming's performance just now, which made the old door panel also relieved.

"Tell me about the relatives of the other people in the castle. Are they all in Buckskin, or are they in some other town?"

The old man thought for a while, and then said: "The old dung spoon once had a daughter, but then she died of illness before she got married. The flat head who manages the war horse gave birth to a son last year, also in Buckskin Town. He doesn't know about the other people. ”

"Don't call it a dung spoon, I changed his name, remember?" Jiao Ming corrected the mistake of the old door panel, and then asked with some dissatisfaction: "Do you know the relatives of the two people?"

"Little one, let me explain to you where the coolies come from. The old door panel did not answer Jiao Ming's question head-on. And this kind of response made Jiao Ming know that he probably asked a stupid question again.

After seeing Jiao Ming's nod, Lao Menban began to tell that there were two sources of coolies, one was a purchased slave, and the other was a local bankrupt peasant, and the two groups of people were in their own groups. These people who were born as slaves have no heirs, and their relatives are unknown, although the old door panel and wooden spoon are slaves, but they have become the leaders of coolies, so that they can find an ugly woman or second-hand goods to leave their children.

The bankrupt peasants are more or less the natives of the crocodile collar, forced to temporarily sell themselves into slavery due to natural and man-made disasters, and get a little life-saving food, but after a few years, they will redeem themselves and become free people, and return to their hometowns to farm, which is more like a kind of long-term work, so that the family situation behind them is not something that the old door board can know.

Jiao Ming nodded, the situation told by the old door board is not complicated, it is reasonable, and the old guy doesn't need to make up these things to deceive himself. And in this way, the old door panel can be regarded as a successful example of slaves, and it is really unseemly.

"What about the maid's side?"

"The little ones know even less, it's really hard to ask. Hehe laughed twice, and his face was obscene: "But the general situation is similar, but there are many fewer slaves, and they are also a little bullied." Most of the local ones came in to support the family, or they were widows who couldn't find a family, and there were all kinds of other things. ”

"Where's Aunt Klin? Do you know?" This Aunt Kling is also the only one Jiao Ming can name among the inferior maids, after all, she has been taking care of herself for so long.

"I don't know the details, but she seems to have a son, who had a serious illness a few years ago, and she borrowed some food from Miss Binglian to buy herbs, because this matter also caused a small turmoil, and in the end I don't know if I was rescued. The old door panel rolled his eyes and recalled for a while, but he only provided much information.

"I know, I'll ask here today, your grandson will receive some basic etiquette education first, and then he will be my attendant. Now rest assured. In the end, Jiao Ming did not forget to reassure the old door board.

"Little thank you for your great kindness, for giving you a cow and a horse......"

"I don't like to hear that, just serve the cows, understand?"

"Yes, yes, the little one understands. ”