Iron Dynasty

His Royal Highness, the Caomin brought a total of 3,000 slaves to His Highness this time, hehe.

Before Xiao Ming went to Liang Dahai to ask if there were any new slaves in his hands, a few days after the completion of Niuli Rollover, he took the initiative to come to the door.

Three thousand? How come there are so many this time? Qin Le couldn't believe his ears.

His Royal Highness, this is also thanks to the gift of heaven. The heavy snow on the grasslands this time has caused the barbarians to freeze to death a lot of cattle and sheep. Even if they do business with Da Yu, the barbarian tribes can't afford to support many slaves. It is better to let these slaves starve to death. Sell ​​me some food.

After a pause, Liang Dahai said as if taking credit: I walked a few tribes on the grassland, and I have 3,000 slaves in my hands, but these barbarians are also very cunning, and the prices of the slaves sold to me are very high, but I think His Highness was in desperate need of slaves, so I bought them.

Xiao Ming nodded. This time Liang Dahai's affairs were done well. Now Xiao Ming doesn't care whether the barbarians are the feud of the Great Yu Kingdom, and everything is the priority of the development of the fief.

In recent years, the barbarians have often plundered the borders. I don’t know how many people of the Dayu Kingdom have been captured. Many of the captured people died on the way to the grasslands.

And the people who were slaves in the barbarian tribe lived a very miserable life. There were not one in ten people who were often arrested. What's more, some barbarians would take pleasure in killing the people of the Great Yu Kingdom.

In his memory, he often heard that the barbarians would deliberately let the people of Dayu go away and hunt them down on horseback, but this was just a game when they were bored.

You did a good job this time, and it doesn't matter if the price is high. They are all the people of our country, and they were captured by the barbarians. This is a shame for the country. No matter what method is used to get them back, it is a matter of course. Good thing, let’s talk, I’ll take all the money this time,” Xiao Ming said.

As soon as Liang Dahai came back from the barbarian grasslands, he had already heard that Xiao Ming was planning to set up a chamber of commerce and made a lot of money, and a large number of foreign merchants in Qingzhou also confirmed this.

However, after learning about the Chamber of Commerce, Liang Dahai also had his own thoughts, he said: Thanks to His Highness's kindness, it is a great honor for Caomin to do business with His Highness, but Caomin still has a ruthless request. What about Caomin joining His Highness' Chamber of Commerce?

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard the words. Now the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce has become a very magical organization through the mouths of many businessmen.

He said: I didn't have time to tell you about this because you went to the grasslands. Since this king cooperates with you to trade slaves, you are naturally the king's person. It is also natural to join the chamber of commerce, but there is another thing you may also I know, this king now has his own business. If you want, you can go to Li Kaiyuan, and he will include you in the business. From now on, you will be this king's person. If your credit is sufficient in the future, this king can also give You are a half official.

His Royal Highness! Liang Dahai trembled slightly with excitement, the words one official and half a job shocked him like Xianle.

Xiao Ming smiled and said: You heard right, in this king's fief, this king only recognizes merit, not any wealthy family.

Like any dynasties in ancient times, the Great Yu Kingdom was also a dynasty with a solidified class, or because of the existence of aristocratic families, the solidification was even more extreme.

It is almost impossible for ordinary people to enter the aristocratic circle through their own efforts. Although Da Yu also has an imperial examination system, having a reputation does not mean that you can become an official.

After the written test, there is a tragic interview session. This session is called Kanhe in the Great Yu Kingdom. The so-called Kanhe means that after you get the title, you need to be personally reviewed by officials appointed by the imperial court.

The content of the censorship is more, appearance, family background, filial piety, etc., and these content become the excuse for the censorship to be eliminated. At this time of every year, the censorship officials will become the core issue of the ministers in the DPRK and China, because who gets this If you do an errand, you can justifiably collect money from the famous scholars, attack the children of the opponent's family, and take the opportunity to increase the number of officials.

Of course, not all scholars have to pass this level, then you must be in the top three, then you will be eligible for the palace exam.

So now Liang Dahai is promised to give him a half-official position in the future, and this Liang Dahai will be so excited, because this is a real grass chicken becoming a phoenix, and it is rare in history to be promoted to an official as a humble businessman.

His Royal Highness is so kind and great, Liang Dahai will never forget it! After being excited, Liang Dahai knelt down with a dong.

Xiao Ming was a little helpless, because in his thinking, he couldn't see the matter of being an official as something more important than his life, but he could in the Great Yu Kingdom.

He said: Don't be too happy, what this king can give you, this king can still take back, everything depends on you.

Liang Dahai clasped his fists and said, Caomin understands that if His Highness sends you in the future, Liang Dahai will go through fire and water, and he will be there.

Well, this king is keeping your words and waiting for you to prove it to this king. Let's not talk about going through fire and water for the time being. At present, this king's business has just been established, and it is when there is a shortage of people. Go ahead.

Liang Dahai was still in a dream, he turned to leave, suddenly remembered that he didn't know how to find Li Kaiyuan, so he said: Your Highness, where is this Li Kaiyuan?

There is a shop called Qingzhou Commercial Bank next to the Patent Department. You can go in. This king and Li Kaiyuan have talked about you, you only need to report your name. Xiao Ming said.

Liang Dahai nodded, turned around and was overjoyed, and muttered in his mouth, Father, mother, the old Liang family's ancestral grave is emitting blue smoke.

After summoning Liang Dahai, Xiao Ming went to the workshop base. Now all the slaves are sent directly to that place. Because of the needs of the workshop area, Chen Wenlong built a private workshop in the workshop area. The people living in this private workshop are all slaves. .

The periphery of the Minfang is a high wall, and the Minfang is wrapped in it to prevent the escape of slaves and the prying of outsiders.

In order to cultivate skilled workers, he now urgently needs a group of young and active young slaves.

He came to the workshop area and saw the slaves sent by Liang Dahai.

Unlike the slaves sent by Liang Dahai last time, they still had life in their eyes. There seemed to be no hope in the eyes of these slaves. They were tortured and humiliated in the grassland, making them like corpses.

Xiao Ming asked the guards to take the old and young slaves to arrange accommodation, leaving only the slaves between the ages of thirteen and thirty.

Unlike older slaves, young hearts are always restless, and the eyes of these people are glowing with a different light, which is hope.

Among the 3,000 slaves, only 300 strong slaves remained, and the proportion was not high, because most of the young and strong slaves were killed by barbarians.

At this time, Xiao Ming asked the guards to take these young and strong slaves out of the workshop area to the Xiaoqing River.