Chapter 70: To Gangneung
sent Zhang Daniu, who was complacent, away, and Zhao Hengyi called Xing Xiaorong again and asked him carefully.
Indeed, as Zhang Daniu said, there are indeed ready-made blacksmiths in the tooth shops in Jiangling Mansion for sale.
It's just that the blacksmith from the prison will be very sought-after, and you need to try your luck if you want to buy it.
And buying and selling slaves in the Great Yan Country is not as simple as Zhao Hengyi imagined.
There are many kinds of slaves alone, and the most common ones are naturally ordinary slaves who have signed a contract for decades, which is actually a variant of slaves, and the master has almost the right to kill and kill the slave, which is very inhumane.
On the other hand, there are ordinary people with a skill, these people are more similar to the migrant workers of later generations, and they have signed a short-term contract with the owner, and the form of the contract is more similar to the employment contract.
The time limit of this kind of contract is usually only half a year or a year, after the expiration of the contract, the master and servant agree on whether to renew the contract, such a slave can not be scolded at will, even if the owner is not afraid of lawsuits, but once the reputation is bad, it is difficult to hire these slaves with a skill in the future.
After learning more about the rules of the operation of the dental shop, Zhao Hengyi's thinking from modern people has also changed.
In a place like Elm Bay, with the Daqing Mountains in the background, the villagers used to have to worry about food, and even when the weather was good, all they hoped was that no one in the village would starve to death.
In other places, such as the county town and Gangneung Province, there are many people who can't even eat the bark of grass roots, and I don't know how many people starve to death every year!
In such a situation, the willingness to buy a servant becomes an act of doing good!
This bizarre Great Yan Kingdom once again refreshed Zhao Hengyi's cognition.
This statement is similar to encouraging ordinary men to take more concubines, and the more wives they marry, the greater the responsibility they will bear, and the more hard-working women they will save...... This dog's world!
In the Great Yan Kingdom, the so-called equality of all people and the so-called compassion seem so naïve and ridiculous, so worthless!
Zhao Hengyi decided to go to Jiangling Mansion and buy back some suitable servants and blacksmiths to fill the manpower gap caused by rapid development.
Zhao Hengyi thinks that he is not a noble person, far from the height of the so-called saint, he thinks that he is an egoist, but he is extremely protective of his shortcomings and is extra protective of the people around him.
And, with the blacksmith's responsibilities becoming more and more important, and the upcoming smelting workshop to be upgraded and expanded, the merchants in Dangyang County could no longer meet Zhao's needs, and he needed to go to Gangneung Province to find a new supplier.
Pig iron, all kinds of mineral powder, and even molds that will be used in the future need to be purchased in large quantities, and these needs are endless, and stable suppliers are extremely important!
The profits from selling Jiuhua Yulu gave Zhao Hengyi the confidence to face all kinds of mine bosses!
"If the husband goes to Gangneung City, he must bring Xiaoyu's!"
Miao Xiaoyu, who helped Zhao Hengyi sort out the accompanying clothes, had a resolute attitude, "Xiaoyu is so big, but I haven't been to Jiangling City yet, others say that it is a world of flowers, and I have to see it!"
Don't worry about the textile workshop Lifujun, the sixth aunt is in charge now, and no one dares to disobey her! ”
Zhao Hengyi had a headache for a while, and he thought again in his heart, in his blacksmith inheritance, he must add a little bit of the master's means to punish his disciples!
Zhang Daniu's fool, now his big mouth is a big horn, that fool didn't know that he had made up his mind to go to Jiangling City, and he dared to shout the news in advance The whole village knew!
"I will definitely take you with me when I go to Gangneung City, and my sisters will also go with me, and now the family is also a little rich, so I will buy you a few clothes and add some jewelry."
In Zhao Hengyi's experience, there is no way to change a woman's mind at this time, and it is good for everyone to accept it obediently.
"Husband, am I too arrogant?"
Miao Xiaoyu, who had prepared a lot of rhetoric, suddenly blushed with embarrassment, "Actually, my husband doesn't need to be so spoiled by Xiaoyu, lest other sisters enter the door in the future and say that there are no rules in our family." ”
Hey, you're done talking and talking alone, and you're still 'other sisters come in'? After living together for so long, can you not know that your husband has no thoughts of taking a concubine?
Zhao Hengyi rolled his eyes, and instead of talking to Miao Xiaoyu, he whispered to the cheering Liuxiao.
Miao Xiaoyu, who had fulfilled her wish, didn't care, and continued to smile and tidy up the clothes she had changed, and this time she naturally added herself and her sisters.
Wrong!
Zhao Hengyi was suddenly shocked, why did Xiaoyu go to Jiangling City with him, and it was the sixth aunt who was in charge of the textile workshop, not Sun Xiuying?
Sun Xiuying, an honest girl, is now Miao Xiaoyu's veritable assistant, whether it is at home or outside the home, or in the textile workshop, Xiuying, a hard-working girl, has long been a proper second-in-command!
"Xiuying naturally wants to go to Gangneung City with us, my sisters can't take care of me alone, right?"
Miao Xiaoyu looked as she should be.
Looking at Sun Xiuying, who was laying his hands on the side and secretly looking at his expression with expectant eyes, what else could Zhao Hengyi say? Of course, I promised to come down!
Looking at Sun Xiuying, who seemed to be injected with new vitality in an instant, full of infinite energy, quick hands and feet, and busy before and after, Zhao Hengyi sighed secretly.
Miao Xiaoyu seems to be obsessed with letting herself take Sun Xiuying as a concubine, and Sun Xiuying, an honest girl, is also an unassertive girl, she listens to whatever Miao Xiaoyu says.
Even Sun Xiuying, who has accumulated a lot of wages, still lives in Zhao Hengyi's house unclearly, helping Miao Xiaoyu take care of her six younger sisters.
There is a lot of nonsense circulating in the village, but no one takes it seriously, but in the eyes of everyone, even if Sun Xiuying stays in Zhao Hengyi's house all the time, it is a rare blessing for this hard-working honest girl!
Zhao Hengyi vaguely mentioned that Sun Xiuying should move out to live, but Miao Xiaoyu didn't agree at all, and Sun Xiuying herself was even more tearful, like a puppy about to be abandoned by her owner on a stormy night......
And it's just so confused, in the face of the people around him, Zhao Hengyi, who can't sit down at all, can only pretend to be an ostrich temporarily.
Zhao Hengyi, who originally didn't plan to bring too many people to Fucheng together, had to change his plan, and the accompanying guards reached twenty.
These twenty people are all carefully selected from the escort team, and they are all fully equipped as if they are facing a great enemy, and Zhao Hengyi scoffs at such a tense atmosphere!
With these twenty guards, it is enough to exterminate a group of ordinary bandits, and it is enough to take the official road to the capital city, can you be so nervous?
As it turns out, you can do it!