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Chapter 251 Make a fortune

Niu Jichang rode his horse triumphantly on the streets of Shanzhou City.The reason why the top leaders of the Yang family had already agreed not to do anything for the Wang family was naturally because of him being a hindrance.Although Niu Jichang himself knew that his behavior would not damage the vitality of the Wang family, he was quite happy to see Wang Hui deflated.

At this moment, Niu Jichang looked ahead, and suddenly saw a familiar figure.

He couldn't help smiling, and rode forward.

"Farewell, general, you are safe and sound."

Wang Dong turned around and saw Niu Jichang, and he also cupped his hands and said with a smile: "So it's Niu Tongjun."

Niu Jichang looked Wang Dong up and down, and saw that he was in a hurry, as if he was going to do something. Thinking that Wang Dong hadn't come to do something this morning, Niu Jichang secretly laughed. I was very impatient, so I didn't even come here this morning.

"Master Wang is walking in such a hurry, but what's the matter?"

Hearing Niu Jichang's question, Wang Dong smiled politely, and replied: "There are some guests at home and they want to go back and see them."

Wang Dong knew that his family's hiring of labor had been messed up by someone, and it was probably because someone who disliked him was working behind him, but he didn't identify who it was, but it didn't matter to him, anyway, the system didn't Give the task options, explaining that this person has not posed a real threat to him at least until now.He also guessed whether Niu Jichang was the person behind the scenes, but in fact, even if he knew Wang Dong, it didn't matter. Anyway, he could already see that Niu Jichang didn't like him very much. He didn't bother to care about the consequences.

So facing Niu Jichang at this time, Wang Dong had nothing to hide.

"Isn't it the beginning of spring this year that my land outside the city is not cultivated? I wondered if I could find some labor, so today I just contacted a few nomadic tribes around. They have extra slaves that can be given to my family. Use so I'm going back to see you."

After finishing speaking, Niu Jichang was dumbfounded.

Wang Dong gave him a strange look, and said with a smile: "The people from those three tribes have already sat at my house, now I have to go back quickly, see you, Lord Commander."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving only Niu Jichang with a dull expression on his face.

He had never heard of this kind of operation when he farmed the land and went to the nomadic tribe to ask slaves to help him.

Wang Dong went all the way back to Wang's house, when the negotiators sent by the three nomadic tribes had also arrived.

When he entered the main hall, Wang Dong saw Mrs. Yang sitting at the head, and three young men dressed as nomads eating desserts that Mrs. Yang brought to them.

Although there are many nomadic nobles who live a life of luxury and good food, for a small tribe with only dozens or hundreds of people, the life of nomads is still relatively simple. Even food and clothing can be guaranteed on weekdays, but It is difficult to meet more living needs on the grassland. The most basic is the supply of tea and salt, and the more advanced is the source of various sweeteners.

These days, due to the low production of sweeteners, the per capita sweetness control is the same, and the nomads are the same, but there is nothing that can produce sugar on the grassland.Therefore, after many nomads entered the cities of the Han people, their favorite things to buy were all kinds of honey and caramel.

This time Wang Dong asked He Luo to invite people from the three nomadic peoples to discuss the matter. The three tribes paid much attention to it, and each sent young talents who were more eloquent. There are not many opportunities to find sweets, and now Yang Shi brought them all kinds of desserts, and the few of them naturally enjoyed them happily.

Seeing Wang Dong walk into the main hall, he nodded with Yang Shi first, and then turned to the three of them.The three of them quickly wiped their hands together, and saluted with Wang Dong with fists clasped in Han etiquette.

Wang Dong said with a smile: "You have come from afar to work hard, please sit down."

The three tribes are all nomads close to Shanzhou City, and they usually have contact with many Han people, so they can speak some Chinese. The three people sent this time can even speak Chinese.

The three looked at each other, and one of them asked Wang Dongdao in Chinese with a Qiang accent: "Master Wang invited us to the city to ask us to borrow slaves. I don't know how many people you need? They are all called our slaves." What are we going to do? And whether we can afford food and lodging for our hard work.”

When he spoke, his eyes rolled up in embarrassment, obviously feeling a little shy when he said this.

Wang Dong also understood at once that these three people said they were asking about the treatment of slaves, but what they really wanted to ask was whether they could give them something in return.

The nomads around Shanzhou have a hard time, their number is relatively small, and it is impossible to rob the city of Tang Dynasty. Usually, they are just honestly herding sheep outside the city. Han officials want to go to war, or To drive corvee, when using people, they often directly ask them for labor. For the demands of these officials, these tribes have nothing to say, they can only offer them humbly. Therefore, after a long time, many nomadic tribes feel that they are not as nomadic as they are nomadic. It would be better to just settle down in the periphery of the city of Datang and be a dutiful farmer, at least not to be bullied as a foreigner all the time.

So when Wang Dong proposed important people to the three tribes, the first reaction of the three tribes was that Wang Changshi also wanted to transfer people from them?Although in terms of rank, Wang Dong is only a small official of the sixth rank, and he is still in the Zhechong government system. Compared with the local officials in the prefectures and counties, his power is much smaller than that of the local officials. His words actually have no weight among the nomads. , but perseveringly, Wang Dong was already quite famous in the area of ​​Tuyuhun, so the three tribes didn't dare not take Wang Dong's words seriously, so even though they felt a little embarrassed in their hearts, they still sent people over here.

At this time, the purpose of the three of them is of course to find out exactly how many people Mr. Wang wants them to pay, and how much money and food they will pay this time.

Wang Dong smiled when he heard the words.

"Of course I have to cover room and board, but the wages are not too much. What do you guys think?"

Hearing this, the three youths were taken aback for a moment, and looked at Wang Dong in disbelief. The officials of Datang asked them to ask for the money back?Is this the sun coming out in the west?

"It has been agreed in advance that this time I am not working for the officials, but my family's private field needs to be cultivated. I really can't hire manpower, so I would like to trouble everyone to send some manpower to help. It is my personal request. As for the price, Let’s talk about the number first, and we can discuss it slowly.”

So that's the case, the three of them nodded secretly when they heard the words.

But even knowing that this was Wang Dong's own private matter, the three of them still felt very grateful to Wang Dong. It was a private matter for Wang Dong to plant his own fields, but the things that the local officials asked them to do in the past were not all public affairs. ah, but no one said it was for money.

Thinking that this time I came out to do things for Wang Dong, not only would I not lose money, but it seemed that I would still be able to make money, the three of them were quite happy,
Seeing Wang Dong's inquiry, the three of them looked at each other with a sly look in their eyes. The Han people want to borrow their slaves to work. This is something that has never been seen in several lifetimes. :
"One or two slaves."

"One or two slaves, and they can only work for you for one year, and we will pull them back after one year."

"And you can't starve them to death, or we won't give them."

The three said fiercely with fierce eyes.

Well, they said they were in the tribes around the city last week. In fact, they don’t have much cash in hand. Usually the most precious utensils in the tribe are iron pots and horseshoes. Can the whole tribe make up twenty knives? There is still a problem. Each tribe sends dozens of people to work here in Wang Dong, and they can get back dozens of taels of silver, which is enough for these nomadic peoples.

What's more, in the past two years, because the surrounding area of ​​Shanzhou is generally stable, the number of slaves in their tribe has survived, which has caused problems in the food supply in their tribe. This is a burden. Originally, the tribal leaders planned to drag these people to other tribes for exchange, but after inquiring, they found that other tribes were also overcrowded in the past two years, and it was difficult to find buyers. Unexpectedly, there is a way to rent out these slaves to make money. Well, a slave can earn one or two taels of silver a year, and the offer was made to the three of them with the idea of ​​making a fortune with their blood.

Both Wang Dong and Yang were quite surprised to hear this price.

Yang didn't know whether to laugh or not, what to say about the price, it was a bit too cheap, but she was not sure if it would be possible to recruit these people.

Farming is a proper technical job. Not only the slaves in their hands, but also these nomadic nobles who run around on the grassland every day and even read and write are not very able to handle it. If they know how to farm, There is no need to wander around outside the city last week, renting the average land in Shanzhou City to farm, life is much more comfortable than now.

But in this situation, what else could he do?

So Yang can only nod to Wang Dong, expressing that he can handle it by himself.

Wang Dong looked back at the three of them.

"It's up to you, I'll give you one or two taels of silver for each person, but if we take a good look at these people during this year, we may keep some at that time."

When Wang Dong said this, he had already thought clearly in his heart that the industrial base he wanted to build in the future needed more than just simple labor. The farmers and workers he trained in the future would definitely be rare technical talents in this era, even if he After leaving, these people will stay in this future industrial base of the Wang family, and the profits they will bring are not trivial. He can't let them go back to herding sheep.

The three young men thought for a while, even if these slaves were sold directly, in their opinion, they were just licensed goods for two or three taels of silver. If Wang Dong wanted them, they would not want it. It is determined that if Wang Dong wants to keep these slaves in the future, he can take them away if he pays eight taels of settling fee.

After some discussions, the host and the guests had a good time. That night, Mrs. Yang hosted a good dinner for the three of them at Wang's house. The three young people who were used to suffering on the grassland were full of greasy food. When they left the next day, Wang Dong asked someone to give each of them a meeting gift, and the three of them were so happy that they returned to the tribe happily. Three days later, a total of more than 80 slaves from each of the three tribes were sent to Shanzhou City outside.

On the day when the slaves arrived, Wang Dong ran away from work again. Together with He Luo and a few young men from other Qiang tribes, he looked at the slaves one by one, and found that most of them were only in their early teens or early twenties. Wang Dong was very happy when he was young and strong.In fact, this age is quite normal in these days. After all, as slaves, their lifespan is not very long, and the average life expectancy is about 30 to [-] years old.

However, when Wang Ji and Yang looked at this group of young people who were covered in fishy smell and stinking dirt on their faces, and their skin color could not be seen clearly, they didn't have the slightest confidence in their hearts. It is enough to go to the city of Shanzhou to beg for food, but can you farm?

But looking at Wang Dong, he was full of confidence. He directly asked He Luo to call the soldiers to drive these people to his land, where Wang Dong had already arranged several big tents for these people to live in. trained.

(End of this chapter)