024 Bad taste for trouble
Three days later, Yang Heng received his first errand and went to the courtyard to teach the slaves to read and write.
There is a difference between good and low, even ordinary good people are ashamed to be with slaves, let alone teach them to read, Yang Heng thought that this was Bai Pingzi's intentional humiliation, his eyes flashed with anger, and asked the cabbage who came to inform: "This is an errand given by Mr. Bai?" β
Kale nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency's injuries have not healed now, such a light work is more suitable, Baijiazhuang has a monthly remuneration of three taels of silver, deducting the cost of food and lodging, and the remaining two taels of silver to offset the previous medical expenses." The words were businesslike and understated, as if he didn't feel Yang Heng's resistance at all.
Yang Heng faced this young man who couldn't be blown by the eight winds, and suddenly felt a burst of weakness, he was not worried about being tired from work, nor was he worried about how much the salary would be? !
Squinting his eyes, Yang Heng tried his best to calm down and said, "I want to see Miss Bai, please pass it on my behalf." β
Kale nodded, put down the small burden in his hand and said, "I'll ask Miss if she has any time, this is the textbook to be used in class, please prepare it first." He also continued to ignore the anger in Yang Heng's eyes, and as if he didn't see that he didn't want to take on this job, he put down his things and Shi Shiran turned to leave.
I don't know if Yang Heng's luck is good or bad, more than half an hour later, he saw Bai Poria as he wished, the latter just went to the group courtyard to take a turn, checked the learning progress of her "cow and horse", and heard from cabbage that Yang Heng was very dissatisfied with the work assigned to him, so he took the time to meet Yang Heng.
The meeting place was under the big tree on the side of the courtyard of the group, and the dense shade of the trees blocked out the blazing summer sun, and the shade of the trees was much cooler than other places.
Before coming, Yang Heng had already thought that his current identity was just a civilian, and he still owed Bai Poria favors and financial debts, in fact, he had no position to oppose her arrangement, but it did not mean that he had to "sit still".
Picking a beautiful woman in the frontier is a romantic affair, and educating slaves and untouchables is not a moving deed to sing and cry about, and if it spreads out in the future, the chance of becoming a laughing stock is 100 percent, and a bad one will be used by political opponents as a reason to attack and embarrass him.
"Don't you want to teach my maid to read and write?" Bai Poria was in a very good mood today, so she didn't break Yang Heng's mind in one gulp without embarrassment. Just now, Yang Mei told her that soon another group of slaves could redeem themselves and leave, and these new faces who had just learned from the group courtyard would be added to their original positions, so that there would be dozens more invalid deeds of sale in her hands.
She is wearing a pink and yellow shirt today, a lotus-colored long skirt, her long hair is pulled up high, a few strands of hair and a long emerald green hairband are falling, fresh and delicate like a new white lotus in the spring water, Yang Heng looked at the secret praise in his heart, and his anger involuntarily dissipated a lot.
"None of them will be slaves for life, they will all be redeemed and become good citizens in the future, you don't have to worry about their status affecting your future reputation, the official slaves and maids I bought are all literate and do not need to be taught." Bai Poria smiled without waiting for him to answer, saying that in the past, she had met many people who refused to be hired to teach slaves to read and write, even if she paid a high price, so she understood the concerns of these people.
The so-called official slaves and maids refer to the people whose household registration records are slaves in the official government of the Qi State, many of these people are criminals and their families and children, once they become official slaves and maids, unless they encounter amnesty, their children and grandchildren will be inferior slaves for generations.
There are also people who are sold into slavery for various reasons, as long as they meet a good master and are willing to let them redeem themselves, they can still become civilians again, and these people are also called private slaves. The deed of sale of private slaves is divided into red deed and white deed, the red deed is stamped with the official seal and has official recognition, while the white deed only has the signature of the buyer and the seller, and may not even have witnesses. The white deed is also legally valid, but if there is a conflict between the red deed with which the same slave is sold and the white deed is discerning, the red deed will prevail.
Regardless of whether there are official slaves or private slaves, the state has a clear order to limit the number of slaves that each household can have, and they cannot trade and buy and sell at will, but no one enforces the implementation, and high-ranking officials and wealthy households raise slaves unscrupulously.
This Pengtie claimed to be a person in the rivers and lakes, he shouldn't have cared too much about this, he cared so much, which proved Bai Poria's guess about his identity. However, out of her bad taste, she was happy to pretend not to know, just to toss this seemingly gentle but arrogant guy.
Thinking about it this way, Bai Poria decided that he had to get Yang Heng to teach slaves, the more unwilling he was, the more he had to force him to do it, so it was fun!
She has moved to Beiguancheng for many years, and her life has been too smooth, especially after Lu Ying, a big backer, she is even more unscrupulous, so there are some things that she knows not to do, and she knows that she is playing with fire, but she still can't help but do it. If she knew all the troubles that would ensue in the future, I am afraid that she would have hid far away early this morning, and she would definitely not offend Yang Heng by having fun.
But how can there be regret medicine in the world?
Yang Heng listened to her words, his mind raced, and asked, "Since they are going to redeem themselves sooner or later, why bother to teach them to read and write?" β
"If they are illiterate and do not have the ability to make a living, in the current world, they will sell themselves as slaves in the blink of an eye for their livelihood, is that not a waste of my family's kindness? The people who have been redeemed from my Bai family must not only be literate, but also have a skill, and it is not a problem to make money and stand on their own. Bai Poria said that she was most proud of the thing, and her eyebrows and eyes were even more radiant.
"In this way, the Bai family has done good deeds and accumulated virtues, and the merits are immeasurable." Yang Heng disagreed, he was not a three-year-old child, and he still said "At the beginning of a person, nature is good", he didn't believe that someone would contribute money and effort for no reason and be afraid of trouble to do good deeds. And I have never seen a good family raise a large group of evil slaves who are not weak, and they swagger through the city and collude with local officials, claiming to represent Wang Fa.
Bai Poria didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in his words at all, and said with a small face: "That's that, our Bai family has never asked for anything in return." β
Ignoring Yang Heng's strange look, he pressed step by step: "Do you do or not do the job of teaching people to read and write?" Like you said, this is a rare opportunity to do good! Aren't you supposed to be more informal when you are a person in the rivers and lakes? Not to mention that you still owe me five hundred and twenty-eight taels, plus food and lodging for the past few days......"
Yang Heng knew that he was at a disadvantage, and if he continued to talk about it, the result would only be worse, and Bai Ling's words intentionally or unintentionally mentioned his current identity...... Although he could refuse on the grounds that his body had not yet recovered, after thinking about it, contacting the Bai family's subordinates might find out more about the Bai family and Lu Ying, and the most important thing was that Liedang left that day with the intention of going to Baijiazhuang to find out the truth in person, and if he wanted to contact Liedang, he had to contact others more, so he nodded with a wry smile and agreed.
Bai Poria won a big victory, looked at Yang Heng's distant back, pulled Bai Guothou beside him and smiled: "Tell you a secret secret!" I don't tell him about ordinary people! β
Bai Guo rolled his eyes and asked helplessly, "What secret?" β
"In the days to come, the students of the group of students are blessed!"
"What's the blessing?"
Bai Poria mysteriously lowered his voice and said, "They will become the protΓ©gΓ©s of the Sixth Highness of the Qi Kingdom!" β
"What?!" Bai Guo's voice suddenly rose an octave, frightening the birds in the trees in the yard to flutter their wings.
"Don't get excited, don't get excited, are you so loud that you want everyone in the Qi Kingdom to know?" Bai Poria patted the white fruit sympathetically and smiled sweetly.
Bai Guo knew that this matter was not trivial, so he lowered his voice and said, "Miss, you ...... You said that Ponthep is the Sixth Highness? As she spoke, she glanced around, this was a group of courtyards, there were a lot of people coming in and out, she was anxious, and she didn't care about any superiority and humility, so she didn't wait for Bai Poria to answer and pulled her to the side of the cold spring courtyard.
Bai Poria walked with her, and was still in the mood to say cool words: "Baiguo, why don't you carry me back, it's hot and sunny, I'm walking slowly, I'm so tired......"
Bai Guo glared back at her, reluctantly bent down, picked up the Bai lazy pig, and used light skills to go to the cold spring.
The maids with the surname of the Bai family around Bai Poria are not weak, although they are still very steady and fast, and they returned to the cold spring in less than half a pillar of incense.
Bai Poria easily jumped on the ground, leaned on the cold marble recliner under the shade of the tree by the spring, so comfortable that she almost wanted to roll on the spot, or her own nest!
Bai Guo was not so easy to dismiss, so he stepped forward and glared at her, "You make it clear, what's going on?" β
"The day before yesterday, Daddy received a letter that the imperial court sent to Beiguan City to reward the northern army of the town was the sixth prince, although there is no specific description of his appearance, but judging from his age and demeanor, eight or nine is not far from ten is this pengti." Bai Poria said disapprovingly.
Bai Guo still wanted to ask, but Ma Lan had already walked over with fruit refreshments, and she had to shut up for the time being.
A glass of chilled fresh grape juice, and a large bowl of various fruits cut into small pieces mixed with yogurt, Bai Poria ate happily with a smile, Bai Guo looked greedy, but Ma Lan only handed her a cup of warm tea and said: "Sister Bai Guo, you just ran all the way, and it is easy to eat bad stomach if you eat ice, so let's drink tea and talk about it." β
"My Ma Lan really knows how to take care of people, Baiguo, you can drink your tea with peace of mind." White Poria deliberately eats with a slurpy and stimulates people.
Bai Guo threw her a big white eye full of all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, sent Ma Lan who was interrupted in three or two strokes, and then continued to ask: "A young man with a flat head and a straight face, a noble and raw face, Beiguan City is rare, but it is not absolutely nothing, you know that he is His Royal Highness Six, his Duanzhou accent is not like a person from the capital, and even if the minister of the Qin Mission wants to pay a private visit, he must always bring a lot of guards with him, how could he be alone and almost lose his life in the wild?" β
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