Liu He was completely unable to come back to his senses this time, he didn't even open the salary, why did this Meng Ban howl like a mourner?

Liu He was a little annoyed and scolded: "Meng Ban, sit down for the widow!" ”

Meng Ban sobbed for a while, and then stopped again.

Unlike the pretentious performance just now, Meng Ban's face was simply a mess at this time, with tears and snot mixed together.

Liu He frowned.

"Wipe your face clean first, and then talk to the widow."

Meng Ban stumbled in his arms for a while, and then took out a towel that could not be seen and wiped it on his face.

I finally calmed down a little more.

"Meng Ban, the widow saw that your skills were good and honest, so he wanted to give you a way out, why did you react so much?"

"Your Highness's great kindness, the villain is unforgettable, the family's life is a little tight, and they can still get by."

"Although the villain's family is already a lowly craftsman, they don't want to sell themselves into slavery, which is an insult to the ancestors."

"I hope that His Highness will forgive his sins, and I hope that His Highness will forgive his sins!" When Meng Ban said this, he cried again.

Liu He finally understood this time, it turned out that this Meng Ban would be mistaken, thinking that he was going to forcibly turn their family into slaves in this Changyi Palace.

The criterion for dividing household registration in the Han Dynasty is not occupation, but family property.

The Han divided all the households into three levels according to the amount of money.

Those with a property of more than 3 million are upper households, those with a family property of more than 100,000 yuan are middle households, and those with a family property of less than 100,000 yuan are lower households.

And only those who come out of the upper and middle households can be justifiably officials.

Despite this, the idea of taking agriculture as the foundation and valuing agriculture and suppressing business has gradually risen.

Therefore, among the industrialists and industrialists, the status of the scholars and farmers is naturally relatively high, while the big businessmen can use money to buy land or even buy officials, so as to complete the transformation of their status and status.

So there are no more inferior people than the small craftsmen and small merchants.

But even craftsmen and small merchants are better than slaves and maids who are not free.

Once you sell yourself into slavery, you will be a slave for life, and it will be difficult for generations to turn over.

In the Han Dynasty, there are many people who have no conscience and will use the power in their hands to forcibly buy others as slaves by coercion and inducement.

It seems that this Meng Ban must be wrong and regard himself as one of those unscrupulous "meat eaters".

Liu He couldn't bear to make this Meng Ban frightened anymore, and then explained: "You have misunderstood the meaning of the widow, the widow does not want to make you a slave in the palace, but wants to hire you to work in the workshop in the palace. ”

"Hire?"

"Well, you are still free, and the widow will give you a decent wage."

"Of course, if you really don't want to do it, then you can go back now, and the widow will never embarrass you."

After Meng Ban listened, the hanging heart finally let go, it turned out that this was just a false alarm.

Recalling Liu He's praise of his craftsmanship just now, Meng Ban's face showed a hint of joy.

After twisting it for a while, Meng Ban seemed to have something to ask.

"There's something you'd like to ask, but it doesn't hurt to say."

"Since Your Highness is hired, the villain dares to ask, how should the money and food paid to us every month be calculated?"

Liu He thought to himself that this was finally back to the point.

"Last time in the workshop, the widow asked you about your monthly income, and I remember you once said that your family can earn 15,000 yuan."

"Since you want to enter the palace, then you have to close down the carpentry workshop that has been operated for generations, which is also a loss."

"The widow has probably calculated, if the whole family enters the workshop, he will give you 20,000 yuan a month, plus an additional fifty yuan of millet."

The price of millet in Dahan has been very stable in recent decades, and the price of millet in all parts of the country, except for the border counties, is basically between 100 yuan and 200 yuan per hundred. An adult needs about four pendium poppy for a month.

"Your Highness, let the villain do the math."

Liu He was very confident in the price he offered, so he nodded.

Meng Ban squinted his eyes and began to calculate.

Fifty vermilions is converted into about 6,000 yuan, so it adds up to 26,000 yuan, which can earn 70% more than now.

Although giving up one's own industry means giving up the possibility of becoming bigger, it is still unknown whether it can become bigger.

Instead of fighting luck, it is better to seek a stable and stable situation.

In this day and age, luck is a fool's choice.

What's more, the big tree of King Changyi is big enough, enough to shelter the Meng family from the wind and rain.

Maybe the marriage of Meng Xing, the vertical son in the family, can also be a little eyebrow-raising.

Meng Ban is both a craftsman and a businessman, so he is still very shrewd in his calculations.

"Is what Your Highness said true?" Meng Ban asked tentatively.

"The widow never speaks a joke to the people."

Liu He thought that the shrewd Meng Ban would have to calculate again, but what he didn't expect was that Meng Ban immediately kowtowed to Liu He a few times.

"Meng Ban thanks His Highness for his great kindness, and the villain must take the whole family to serve His Highness well."

After finishing speaking, Meng Ban kowtowed several times with a "bang".

"That's it, go back and tell your family about this, someone will look for you in the next few days, you go down."

"No." Meng Ban, who was overjoyed, responded to this sentence and prepared to withdraw from the side hall.

But at this time, Liu He called out to Meng Ban.

"Meng Ban, just now you said that you can prolong your life by seeing the widow, so can you live a few more years today?"

Meng Ban laughed a little embarrassed and said, "Your Highness is smiling, if you see it today, the villain will live for at least ten more years." ”

Liu He was also amused, and with a wave of his hand, he sent Meng Ban out.

Dai Zong and Li Anding, who happened to be passing by, saw Meng Ban's overjoyed look and knew that His Royal Highness must have taken Meng Ban down.

The two walked up and congratulated Meng Ban with a smile, and Meng Ban returned the salute in fear.

Dai Zong walked outside the palace with Meng Ban while explaining to him some things to do.

"Master Meng, after you go back, hurry up and deal with the things in the workshop, and in three days, I will send someone to take you to the workshop."

"So fast?" Meng Ban was a little surprised, he thought that it would be at least three months before he could leave.

"Your Highness is doing things vigorously, you have to adapt as soon as possible."

"What's more, the earlier you go, the sooner you can get the monthly money and monthly food, doesn't Lord Meng want to eat the king's food as soon as possible."

"What Master Dai said is that after the villain goes back, he will immediately start to deal with the trivial matters at home, and after three days, he will be guaranteed to be able to leave." Meng Ban said firmly while flattering.

"Your three sons won't object, will they?" Dai Zong deliberately said with some jokingness.

When Meng Ban heard this, his face suddenly darkened, and he said, "They dare, those vertical ......"

But Meng Ban swallowed the second half of the sentence hard, because he remembered that His Highness had said that they could no longer be called erectors.

"If those children dare to say a word, the villain will discount their legs!"