There is no slavery system in the cultivation realm, but there are a lot of servants forced by life. The main reason is the centralization of the royal family, and when the dynasty changes, there are indeed many effective means of buying people's hearts. For example, by dividing land to meritorious generals and large families, commoners were also given arable land on which they depended.

After all, the immortal cultivation realm also needs food, even if you can open the valley for a long time after the pill, it is not possible to stop eating at all. Reiki can provide energy to improve cultivation, but the physical body cannot but absorb nutrients, so cultivated land is still the main source of food in the immortal cultivation world.

Since the royal family held the main finances, as well as the right to borrow money. For ordinary civilians, it is difficult to have money in their hands except for the income from planting. For example, in the event of a poor harvest or a disaster, when money is urgently needed to buy medicines, the only way to do so is to rely on private loans.

At this time, the only valuable cultivated land can only be mortgaged, and if the harvest is not good, when it is not repaid, it can only lose the cultivated land. Without arable land, there is no source of livelihood, and such families have to work for a meager income. If they are seriously bankrupt, they have no choice but to sell themselves or their children into servants. As time went on, the more stable the dynasty became, the more concentrated the arable land became in a small number of classes. In this era of thieves, there is almost no life. Only gangs and sects can gain a foothold outside the city-state and have their own territory.

As a result, a large number of civilians who had lost their land became mercenaries or servants who had signed contracts of sale. Servants who have sold themselves are no different from slaves, and they become the property of others, but they are protected by the law and cannot be killed at will. In addition, the constant wars between countries and sects also caused many captives to become slaves who lost their freedom and became servants who could be bought and sold. Such people belong to the lowest level in the Liuyun Country and occupy a huge group.

At noon, Lao Yang Tou brought back eight servants, two men and six women. It took sixteen spirit coins to bring back the deed of sale. According to Yang Cheng's requirements, men need to be able to carry heavy loads with fast legs, and women need to be skillful.

The spirit stone is the hard currency of the immortal cultivation world, that is, it can be circulated, and it can also be cultivated to absorb spiritual power, and everyone recognizes the spirit stone. In order to facilitate transactions, the royal families of various countries basically default to the transformation of spirit stones into currency, cut into round flakes of the same size, and unify the weight. And add royal runes to prevent counterfeiting, as a circulating currency, called spirit coins. It is easy to carry, and it also increases the efficiency of the transaction, so that you don't have to weigh it every time.

There are also a small number of unknown spirit ores, which are controlled by sects and families, but because there are no royal runes, they can only be used for their own cultivation and cannot be used as trading coins. Even if it is converted into spirit coins, it can only be a ratio of ten to six.

The following spirit coins are silver coins, which are relatively rare metals in this world, used to make ordinary circulation currency, and one hundred silver coins are equivalent to one spirit coin, which is used for change conversion. As for gold, it is common here and has no circulating value. As far as Yang Cheng's current family background is concerned, there are more than seventy spirit stones left in total. Not counting other expenses, just eating and repairing, with Lao Yangtou, the two of them will consume all energy in three or four years.

looked at the eight people standing in front of him, except for the male skeleton who was a little stronger. All eight were sallow-complexion and malnourished. Yang Cheng sighed, the cultivation realm is indeed magnificent, the strong are competing, and many legendary stories make many men fascinated. However, to be truly in it, for many individuals, to survive is humble. He was still not used to this feeling of commanding, even to Lao Yangtou, he did not treat him as a servant, but treated him like a family member.

After a brief inquiry about their respective situations, they basically have their own families, some women are already grandchildren in their forties, most of the children have long gone to various families to be slaves, and some do not see each other once or twice a year. Although I have pity in my heart, this world is like this, and I can't be a virgin myself. Choosing them by themselves is to rely on their help to start a family, and they can also rely on themselves to live a little better, this is a relationship of mutual dependence, at least they will be much better here in the Yang family than in other masters' houses.

As for the quality of life in the future, it depends on their own performance, and they also need honest and reliable people. This is also the reason why Lao Yang Tou was not allowed to recruit prisoners of war as a nursing home, although the legal system of the royal family was very strict with the servants in order to protect the interests of the buyer, and they were not allowed to commit crimes. These servants were natives and worked for the survival of their families. But the prisoner of war slave is a single person, and with the strength of him and Lao Yangtou, the unruly warrior is uncontrollable.

After a few simple words, he assigned the four side rooms to Lao Yang Tou to eight people. In addition to his main room and lobby, there is also an old Yang Tou's room, and only one side room is left to store sundries.

The ingredients of the city-state, whether it is vegetarian or meat, are much richer than in the previous world, and there are basically all that should be there, and there are some types that I don't even know yet. It's just that there is very little research on food other than in large families. Yang Cheng believes that he is not tired of eating, and in addition to being hungry, most people will not refuse the desire to eat and eat. So this is the first step in the entry of Yang Cheng.

After everyone settled down, Lao Yang Tou instructed several women to make food, simple rice food, and purchased beast meat. After it was done, it was placed in the yard, Yang Cheng said: "Everyone just eat, don't worry, take care of your fill!"

"As long as everyone works seriously with me, not to mention anything else, every meal after this food will be full. ”

Yang Cheng's words made Lao Yang Tou feel a little weak: Obediently, this is to finish the rest of the family's hard work. But because of the young master's face, he can't be dissuaded at this time.

Everyone was surprised, a little hard to believe the promise of the main family, but still ate very happily, which is rare in the ordinary main family can eat meat, every day the food is limited, when the main family has a celebration or something like that, you may be able to share some meat. Everyone ate very happily, especially the two men gobbling up, and several women were half happy and half sad, probably thinking of their family or children, maybe they couldn't eat enough at this time.

After eating and cleaning up, Yang Cheng began to assign tasks to everyone, and Lao Yang Tou took the women to purchase husked wheat, beast meat and vegetables with better flesh, and made a list of various spices and spices.

When I came back, I bought three wheelbarrows and shipped them back.

The two men, Da Niu and Maozi, were left, and let them go to the quarry and bring back a few stones the size of a waist plate.

At this moment, everyone went out, and they also went out of the courtyard to let off steam, and asked what was going on with the lord yesterday.

This is Nancheng District, the door is the street, Wuzhou City is a small and medium-sized city-state in the northeast of Liuyun Country, with a population of nearly 100 million. Although the infrastructure of the town is poor, it is many times larger than the megacities of the previous generation.

"Tsk, this city lord manages so many people, which is equivalent to a king in his previous life" Yang Cheng couldn't help but be envious.

The streets were full of pedestrians, and Yang Cheng subconsciously drilled into the crowd.

"Hey, have you heard, something big happened last night" Sure enough, some acquaintances are talking about last night.

"I already knew, the Deputy Overseer was killed last night, and I went to look outside the Overseer's Mansion this morning. There were hundreds of people up and down, and the blood was all on the streets. This government is organizing people to clean up," the speaker recalled, looking horrified.

"This must have been done by a group of people, why didn't you hear any movement in such a big battle?"

"I don't know, there will be martial law in the next few days, and the Overseers are going all out to hunt it down. ”

"Hey, do you know, 'Smoke and Rain Evil Youth' Liu Changqing is about to come to our Wuzhou City" One of them suddenly interjected, immediately attracting the others enough.

"Yes, he came to fight with our head of the Bai family in Wuzhou, 'Silver Silk Jade Sword' Bai Duyun. It's been many years, and it's been a long time since I've seen such a master fight, and this is really a grand event. ”

"Yes, it must be very interesting, the battle of their level will definitely make many cultivators gain a lot, it is estimated that all the major sects are rushing over. ”

"That's lively, there are so many sects around Wuzhou City, it is estimated that we will be overcrowded here."

"Well, don't fight in the city for those who have grievances against each other, we will suffer when they fight. ”

"Yes, yes, even the garrison can't maintain it."

“......“

In the blink of an eye, the topic was deviated, and the killing of a deputy overseer's entire family was not as shocking as Liu Changqing's duel against Bai Duyun. Yang Cheng was also helpless, it seemed that he only knew a rough idea of what happened last night. Who was the murderer, and why did he kill the Overseers' family?

It is no wonder that the "Jade Sword and Silver Thread" Bai Duyun is so famous that it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first immortal cultivator in Wuzhou City, the head of the five major families, the head of the Bai family in Wuzhou, his cultivation is unfathomable, and even the city lord gave him a few points.

Ten years ago, when he was only in his twenties, he picked up a famous big family in Wuzhou City overnight and defeated more than 30 masters in a row. Looking at Wuzhou City, no one can stand out, and even after the First World War, he was invincible in Wuzhou, and since then he has not been able to seal the sword.

And Liu Changqing is a famous figure in the north and south in the past two years, it is said that this person behaves perversely, arrogantly, from the south to the north, all the way to the continuous battle. More than a dozen well-known heads and heads of the family have all been defeated by him, and they are invincible and in the limelight.

These two people, in terms of fame, can be said to have their own merits, and there will be a vicious fight. Attracting the attention of countless warriors and ordinary people, Wuzhou City will surely usher in a grand event.

Yang Cheng listened for a while, sighed and retreated, Edgeworth kills the enemy and travels thousands of miles alone, that is the dream he yearns for, but it is too far away from himself, he can only look up and envy. In any case, being able to gain a foothold and ensure one's most basic survival is the most urgent thing to consider at present.