Chapter 11 Returning Home
"Yes, the big fat sheep has suddenly become a wolf pack, and with this hundred war slaves, I am afraid that few people in Yunyang County can really move him. ”
"This move is very clever, enriching the official family and strengthening the family. He is a young talent with an early mind. ”
Luo Heng's purchase of these war slaves in front of the public is also to a certain extent to deter some small people with ulterior motives. He is not afraid of trouble, but he also does not want to get into trouble, because dealing with trouble will cause consumption, exhaustion, energy and energy. He is a person who advocates energy conservation and self-preservation.
After buying another housekeeper, Luo Heng went home, and with this hundred angry war slaves accompanying him, he did not encounter the embarrassing situation when he came, which made him miss the feeling of being surrounded by thousands of flowers.
Although Luo Heng now has nearly 10 billion in cash, he still made an IOU to the slave workshop first. There is no other reason, when they entered the city, their sister and brother came empty-handed, how could it not be suspicious to have more than a million purple baht out of thin air, and now they are under the attention of many parties, but they can't miss out because of this. Otherwise, how can you be humble and low-key in the future, and how can you live calmly and comfortably.
There is no need for Luo Heng to worry about the IOU at all, at most, in two days, Bai Xiaoyi and they will be able to come to the county town with two million purple baht, and all the things related to money will naturally be solved.
"Butler, what did you do before you became a slave?" After returning to the mansion, Luo Heng asked the housekeeper he chose, and after a short period of contact, Luo Heng found that he was a strict and rule-abiding person, and he really couldn't see what he could do.
"Hui Gongzi, Liu Chang was originally the envoy of the Quzhou Salt Transport Division, but he couldn't resist the temptation of officialdom, embezzled 100,000 purple baht, and was finally sentenced. It's a shame. Liu Chang's face was full of remorse.
"100,000 purple baht! It seems that he is also a person who has managed a lot of money. ”
"Childe, don't make fun of me, 100,000 purple baht can only be regarded as a skin in salt affairs, salt accounts for one-tenth of Liang's finances, and can provide billions of purple baht for the national treasury every year, and Quzhou is a major salt province in Liang's country, a quarter of the country's salt comes from there, and he has been laughed at by his colleagues for embezzling 100,000 yuan for ten years. And the villain is also a last resort, the entire Liang State Salt Affairs has been rotten, where is there still a way to live for Qing officials. Liu Chang's words were full of indignation.
"I have a better way to refine and purify salt, and if I can meddle in the salt business, won't I have no money to spend?"
"Childe thinks too simply, the government and businessmen collude, the seats on the salt affairs are full, and even after several generations, it has not changed, and it is difficult for Childe to intervene. ”
"Then what else is more profitable besides salt?" The more channels to make money, the better, Luo Heng needs to whitewash his windfall.
"Hui Gongzi, in addition to salt affairs, there are slaves, money farms, mines, transportation, grain, and cloth. But no matter what you do, if you want to make a lot of money, you must take the official road, and even if you make money without the official road, you can't keep it. ”
"Okay, you go down first to familiarize yourself with the situation in the house, and then arrange the newly bought house slaves. Luo Heng not only arranged a big task for Liu Chang for the time being, after all, he had been in the slave sect for five or six years, and he basically had no contact with the outside world during this period, and he also needed to adapt to his new identity first.
"Yes, Childe. Liu Chang took a group of house slaves to live in the east courtyard, the east and west courtyards have a large building density, and there are nearly 100 houses, so it is not a problem to arrange this one hundred and one people.
Although Liu Chang's force value among these people was the lowest, even the penultimate could hit him ten with one hand, but none of these war slaves disobeyed his orders. This is not only because he is the steward of Luofu, but also because he is an official, even in the past tense.
In this kingdom of royal power, as the spokesperson of the royal power, the official can decide the life and death of a person with a single word, and ordinary people will never dare to challenge the authority of the official, and this dogma has been deeply rooted in their bone marrow.
As for the handmaidens who spent a lot of money to buy, they were arranged in the middle courtyard where Luo Heng lived, although the middle courtyard was the smallest of the five courtyards, but there were also eight side rooms, and it was more than enough for them to be arranged, not to mention that some of them might live in the main house in the future.
The main house of the middle courtyard is the largest house in the whole mansion, with five rooms wide and four rooms deep, and most of the rooms are divided by hollow wood, painting screens, curtains and other decorations, these non-rigid partitions divide the whole building into several large pieces: living room, bedroom, bathroom, dining room, study, piano room, tea room, chess room, many functional spaces can make people stay in it all day without getting bored.
"Go and tell the kitchen to prepare bath water, I want to take a bath. Luo Heng, who had been busy all day, finally arrived a little tired. Life here is not as comfortable as imagined, due to the lack of constant temperature and water supply and drainage system in the house, you have to work for half a day to take a hot shower.
"Yes, Childe. And the servant maids who served the left and right immediately went and preached.
Luo Heng's exclusive kitchen is in charge of the piano, cooking, and several levels taller, and the hard-working gift Jiacao is also used as a fire girl in it, watching the two women busy with their bath water Luo Heng is really a little unbearable, so he chose to close his eyes, thinking about how to make some basic changes to these houses.
The kitchen was very efficient, and Luo Heng's bath water was quickly ready. The precious golden sandalwood tub is sprinkled with spices, and the delicate aroma wafts through the house. There are two most beautiful maids waiting for Lianyun and Tan You, and they don't even need to do it themselves.
"Life is so wonderful!" The handmaidens he selected were not only first-class beautiful, but also so obedient. A good house is beautiful, a golden house is beautiful, and the husband asks for more.
After entering the bathtub, Luo Heng asked the second daughter to retreat to the screen and wait. Having someone staring at him in the shower will make him feel uncomfortable, and he may be able to get used to it after a while.
"How did you two become slaves?" It was very boring when he took a bath, so the curious Luo Heng began to inquire about the life experience of the second daughter, he also knew that it was not good to expose people's scars like this, but he had to find something to divert his attention, otherwise only a screen away from the two beauties would make him cranky.
"Hui Gongzi, Lian Yun was originally the daughter of a bachelor's family in the capital, but she was exiled to Yunyang County because her father was framed. Lian Yun was neither happy nor sad, and the long life of a slave had made her succumb to life.
"What kind of position is that, why did others frame your father?" Luo Henglian asked.
"Hui Gongzi, in Liang Guo Agricultural Bachelor is in charge of the Prime Minister's national agricultural affairs, someone wants to let his father lie about the number of grains to take the opportunity to embezzle the tribute grain, the father did not comply, the next day he was sent to prison, ordered to behead, the whole clan was implicated, the male was in the army, and the female dependents were servants. ”
"So you still have relatives alive, unlike I'm already alone. "Compare yourself to me, you're not qualified enough.
"Isn't there still the eldest lady in the house? At least you have relatives by your side. And my relatives have been scattered in all directions, and it is difficult to see them again, so I just want them to be safe. ”
"Luo Ying, she is not my own sister, she was bought by my parents to take care of me, but I called her sister for the sake of the two of us relying on each other after the death of my parents. "Finally found a chance to correct your name, you will pass it on to each other when you go back, the real master of this house is actually only me.
"Tan You, what about you? I heard that you are from southern Xinjiang?"
"Hui Gongzi, the slave maid was originally from the Yimu tribe in southern Xinjiang, and later the whole clan was captured by the slave hunters of the Liang State on the way to escape, and the priests and clan elders were transported to the Liang capital for sale, and we, the ordinary clansmen, were sold to the slave workshop in Yunyang County nearby. From Tan You's tone, she couldn't feel her hatred for the slave hunters of the Liang Kingdom at all, and even some gratitude.
"Could it be that you Yimu people are getting more valuable the older you get?"
"Hui Gongzi, clan elder is just a title, they are not all old people. Tan You knew that Luo Heng had misunderstood. "And the priests and clan elders are very powerful, and even the most powerful warriors are no match for them. ”
"In this way, it seems that they have all touched the power of the spiritual level. ”
According to Luo Ying's latest information, Luo Heng learned that in addition to martial arts, there are higher immortal ways in this world, and those who practice immortal paths are called spiritual cultivators, and it is said that they can become immortals when they complete their cultivation.
There is a difference between the Immortal Dao and the Martial Dao, and the Martial Dao cultivation to the Great Perfection is only equivalent to the peak of the first realm of the Immortal Dao Forging Body Realm. However, in comparison, the threshold for cultivating martial arts is much lower than that of cultivating immortals, and if you want to cultivate immortals, you must have a spiritual root, even if it is one in a hundred, it is not an exaggeration, and martial arts can be cultivated by everyone.
"Since you have powerful priests and clan elders in charge, how can you fall into the situation of fleeing, and how can you capture the Liang Kingdom by the slaves?"
"Hui Gongzi, before meeting the slave catchers, our clan has been hunted down by the more powerful Shenmu tribe, a branch of the Nine Spirit Clan, and has been on the run for hundreds of years, because the time is so long ago that we have even forgotten why we were hunted down, only knowing that once they find out, we will face the danger of death and extinction, and they have never shown mercy to us. Later, we met the slave hunters, and the priests and clan elders volunteered to cross the Nanhua River with them and escape from the pursuit on the land of Middle-earth. ”
The human realm is divided into five major regions: the East China Sea, the Western Regions, the Southern Frontier, the Northern Desert and the Central Continent. Liang is located in the southeast border of Zhongzhou, the border is east of the sea, south of Xinjiang, and Yunyang County is the southeast border of Liang, it can be said that Luo Heng is now at the junction of the three regions.