About me traveling to the world of immortality but finding ways to surf the Internet

"Xiao Yao, you always asked Tu Shan to keep the appearance of a fox?" Tao Yulian turned to look at Yang Yuyao steadily.

"Yes." Yang Yuyao nodded. He could accept a fox in his room, but he couldn't accept anyone else except He Qianqing. That would make him feel uneasy, even if it were any other creature in human form.

"Young Master, did you ask this fox demon to serve you in the form of a fox before?" Hong Wan couldn't help but ask. Although she was also a monk, she couldn't imagine the fox-like Tu. How does a mountain serve people?

"Well, apart from making Tushan look like a coachman or a boy when there are people around, she always keeps her fox look when no one is around. She can still do well in her fox look," Yang Yuyao replied. .

"Okay, since you are so sure, young master." Hong Wan looked at Tu Shan, who had turned into a fox, and felt a little dizzy, "Your name is Tu Shan, right? I am Hong Wan, and I am your master's mother's personal bodyguard. Maid," Hong Wan took a step forward and introduced herself, "I am also the maid in charge of the mansion. From today on, you will learn from me and I will teach you how to serve your master."

"Xiao Yao, you have brought a big challenge to Hong Wan. She must have never thought that she would have to teach a fox demon who looks like a fox how to serve people." Tao Yulian covered her mouth with her hands and said with a chuckle. . When Yang Yuyao and Tao Yulian discussed choosing Yang Yuyao's personal servants, Hong Wan was of course there, but she really didn't expect that Yang Yuyao would come for real, because she couldn't accept humanoid creatures being too close to her to serve her personally. Let a fox demon do what humans do in its original state.

"It shouldn't be a big challenge. Tushan can do most of the work of serving people. Hongwan only needs to teach her the rules of the house." Yang Yuyao smiled and shook his head and responded. Then he finally noticed the message Tao Yexuan sent him.

Tao Yeshuo: Xiaoyao, why did you leave the group without saying a word?

Yang Yuyao: Uncle, are you sure that the person you want to join the group is me and not others?

Tao Yeshuo, of course, my father also agrees.

Yang Yuyao:......

Yang Yuyao: Didn’t Grandpa Huang establish a family group of relatives of the emperor and a family group where the royal bloodline has been passed down through the ages? What matters require a separate group to talk about?

Tao Yeshuo: If we want to discuss some things that are not suitable for children to participate, Xuan'er and Wei'er are both in those two groups.

Yang Yuyao: But why should the group name be named "State Affairs"? Shouldn't a group like this invite dad or grandpa to join the group? You shouldn't pull me anyway, right?

Tao Yeshuo: They will be included in the group later.

Yang Yuyao:......

Tao Yeshuo: What do these six points mean?

Yang Yuyao: I feel speechless.

I can’t answer. I think you’re cheating on me. Yang Yuyao sent a message and replied.

Tao Yeshuo: It’s amazing, just a few points, I can really feel your emotions, Xiaoyao.

Tao Yeshuo: I will create a new group later, Xiaoyao, please don’t quit again!

Yang Yuyao: Let’s change the name.

Yang Yuyao asked, the name of the group "Guo Shi" is too terrible. If it is just ordinary people, forget it. This kind of private group chatting about big things will not have any impact on the country, but one of the people in this group is the emperor and the other is the prince. They are all genuine.

In this royal family, the relationship between father, son, and brother is different from that of the common people. As far as the emperor is concerned, his wife is a minister and his son is also a minister. And he is the emperor's grandson and the prince's nephew.

A foreign character demarcates his family affiliation. In this group, he is like a representative of the Yang family. But how can he be a representative? He, the eldest son, has not yet inherited the family position, and has not even been involved in family affairs. As a family representative, of course Yang Ningxiu or Yang Weicheng would be more suitable.

If he was not in this group as a member of the Yang family, then his positioning would be even more subtle. Although the Yang family was a family of military commanders, Yang Yuyao did not join the army and had no official position. Although he was given the title of King Shengmei and was given fiefs in two counties, he was not a serious prince. It can be said that he is still outside the court and is connected to the court by family and blood. Asking him to participate in discussing state affairs is similar to asking a commoner to discuss state affairs in front of the emperor.

No matter how much his grandfather loves him, he is still an emperor. As the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Even though he has lived in the Xia Kingdom for so many years, how can he know the Xia Kingdom now? If he said the wrong thing, it might affect other members of the Yang family. He was not even like a scholar who could at least sometimes escape punishment. Unless Xia State also has these preferential treatment policies for monks. But no matter what, it is a matter of the court and it should not be his turn to discuss it.

After a while, Tao Yexuan actually created a new group called Important Matter Discussion, and pulled Yang Yuyao into it. He saw that there was still only the three of them in the group, and the cursor controlled by Yang Yuyao's consciousness He moved to the exit button and thought about whether to leave the group. He clearly said that he would also invite others. Yang Ningxiu led the army and might not be able to accept the invitation so quickly on the way back. It didn't matter. Yang Weicheng was in the mansion, why didn't he even Invite them all into the group?

At Yang Yuyao's insistence, Tao Yeshuo brought the confused Yang Weicheng into the group. Tao Zhengxi also promised that even if Yang Yuyao really said something wrong, he would never punish him, let alone others. . Yang Yuyao felt a little relieved after telling Tao Zhengxi that he took a screenshot and saved the promise.

Yang Weicheng: Why did you drag me into this group? Is there a problem?

Yang Weicheng asked doubtfully.

Tao Zhengxi: There are just some things that I want to talk about privately first. Lao Yang, you don’t have to be so reserved. Just chat as usual.

Yang Weicheng: What's the matter?

Tao Yeshuo: There are many things, but let’s talk about one first.

Tao Yeshuo: Xiaoyao, are you still there?

Yang Yuyao: Yeah.

Tao Yeshuo: Okay, let me start talking.

Tao Yeshuo: Since the year before last, I have been investigating a case of child abduction and trafficking. This case was originally investigated by the Yamen. Later, I found that it involved too much depth and breadth, and finally submitted it here. In the past two years, Gulu has successively arrested some of the people involved in the case.

Tao Yeshuo: During the investigation, it was discovered that this case was related to several child abuse and murder cases. Several children who disappeared in the suburbs of Xiadu were found dead in Wangwang, more than 10,000 miles away from Xiadu. Heart City. Such a distance makes it difficult for children to reach it on their own. And they all died miserably. The boys' eyes were gouged out, their male features were cut off, and a large number of bamboo sticks were inserted into their bodies. The girl must have traces of being violated.

Tao Yeshuo: These cases all occurred two years ago, and half a year ago, several boys and girls suffered this disaster in Eoshan County, but this time the victims were all from Eoshan County, and they were all sons of good people.

Yang Yuyao: Uncle, do you suspect that the suspect who committed these murders is the monk named Liang whom I sent you a message yesterday?

Tao Yeshuo: Yes, among the child-trafficking criminals who have been captured, one of them participated in the abduction of missing and murdered children in the suburbs of Xiadu. When he confessed, he said that their boss had a close relationship with a monk and often took goods directly from his boss. The two children he abducted were also sold to the monk by his boss.

Yang Yuyao: He has never seen the monk, nor does he know his name, and his boss has not been arrested yet?

Tao Yeshuo: Exactly. Since Xiaoyao speculated that the monk surnamed Liang might develop such a tendency, wouldn't it be a coincidence that he was the one who did these things? First, he would buy slaves from people in the market, then he would work with human traffickers to buy abducted children, and then he would directly attack the children, which exactly corresponds to the possible development you mentioned, Xiaoyao.

Yang Yuyao: It is impossible to convict based on mere speculation without actual evidence.

Tao Yeshuo: I know it, but I can’t make any further progress from the traffickers at the moment, so I want to start with that Ren Yazi. Xiaoyao, did your servant tell me the name of that Ren Yazi?

Yang Yuyao: I don’t think he necessarily knows, but Uncle Zhou probably knows. I'll ask Uncle Zhou.

Yang Weicheng: Do you want to know the name of the person who sold Teng Yu?

Yang Yuyao: Yes.

Yang Weicheng: There is no need to ask Zhou Xie'an about this. There are not many people who are qualified to sell slaves for crimes. Even the Xia Capital only has five people, and the Yang family's slaves mainly come from one of them. Buy it from a man named Milon Yazi.

Tao Yeshuo: In other words, that person’s name is Milon?

Yang Weicheng: Exactly.

Most large families, when they already have enough servants, tend to choose a fixed servant if they need to purchase new servants. The reason is the same as people are used to spending money in fixed stores. If they buy too much and become regular customers, Renyazi will also give discounts when selling slaves. In addition, there are also people who are honest and dishonest. When the powerful buy slaves, they naturally hope to buy healthy, hard-working and honest slaves. If they are more beautiful, their worth will be doubled several times.

But since there are good slaves in this city, of course there are also bad disabled and sick slaves. Such slaves cannot be sold at a high price, or may even be sold at all. In order to avoid this situation, some people will use some twisted ideas.

For example, those slaves who are sick will be given a drug that can forcibly boost their spirits for a short time and mixed into their food. These slaves will become energetic after eating it, and their illnesses will disappear for a short time. From the perspective of those who come to buy slaves, , these slaves will be no different from ordinary people. Those slaves really thought they were cured because they didn't know they had taken special medicine. However, a few days after these slaves were bought back, they would become sick again as the effects of the drug wore off. But if the buyer didn't know better, they would think that these slaves got sick after they were bought back.

As for the disabled, people with obvious disabilities who have fixed stalls in the market will not ask for their teeth. If the disability is not so obvious, they will find ways to hide it so that it is not visible. For example, those with missing toes will be asked to wear a pair of shoes. In this way, these people would not dare to go too far. Those who can afford slaves must be either rich or noble. He is so ruthless in deceiving people that his life cannot be guaranteed if he is retaliated against.

Of course, these Ren Yazi will also watch people order food. If a family as powerful as the Yang family buys it, Ren Yazi will be extremely honest and give them a discount. But if you happen to have some spare money to buy two or three slaves to work, people who know that these people have been cheated and there is nothing they can do will use some tricks.

When Yang Weicheng and Tao Yexuan exchanged information about the man named Milong, Yang Yuyao did not speak. After all, this part was beyond the scope of his understanding. However, looking at the messages they sent, Yang Yuyao remembered that he was in the East Chamber. I saw a book in my room that introduced how to choose slaves. This book was probably written by an elder of the Yang family. The book also included a special page explaining why I must master how to choose slaves.

The book said that large families usually leave the purchase of new servants to the steward. Occasionally, some family members will work together to select servants they like, but most of them are led by the steward to handle this matter. The master only cares about whether the money he appropriates and the servants he brings back are useful, and whether they are obedient or not. This gives some housekeepers an opportunity to take advantage of them and not only take advantage of the kickbacks given by others, but also deliberately quote high prices to the owners, which requires the owners to have certain identification skills. After reading this book, Yang Yuyao felt that there would be profiteers in everything he did, and the water was deep.

"But slaves... Although I know this is a very cruel and inhumane system, but... such a system exists because the world's productivity is too low to feed so many people, right?" Yang Yuyao thought to himself. , "Although a large amount of resources are controlled by a few people, this is actually the case in my original world. It's just that technology and continuous technological innovation have brought higher productivity, more food, and can feed more people. It reduces people’s cost of living.”

"But people still tend to work for those oligarchs, hoping to get a piece of the pie. This is similar to the big families in this world keeping a large number of slaves, but the bosses in my original world are more cunning, and they have more mature skills. methods to silently harvest and exploit. Employees seem to have the freedom to choose their jobs, but their prerequisites are good social and economic conditions and abundant social jobs. If the economic situation is not good and a large number of companies lay off employees, the employees They will also try their best to stay in their original jobs. They may not have a contract to completely bind themselves to the system, but life and family will make them voluntarily choose to be bound."

Yang Yuyao knew that in this world, not all people who do things for others are slaves. Of course, there is an employment relationship, but those who can be hired must be people with special skills. In this world, it only takes a few taels to more than ten taels of silver to buy out a slave's life, but when hiring people, whether they are long-term or short-term workers, the daily salary is rarely less than forty taels. This also means that hiring people requires at least 40 taels of silver. You have to pay one tael of silver a month and earn several months' wages, which is enough to buy a slave.

Therefore, those who can be hired must either have certain skills or have relatives and friends. The main purpose is to help them have food and housing. Otherwise, no matter how rich you are, you will feel that your money is not worth it.

It’s just that those who are capable often don’t come from a very poor family. Whether you are looking for a relative or another master to learn skills, the apprenticeship ceremony must be prepared, otherwise how can people be willing to teach the cooking skills casually? In addition, there is no income during the apprenticeship, which means that the child cannot be expected to make money for the family for at least a few years. You may even have to add some more gifts during the New Year and holidays so that the master can give you all your money. Naturally, once you learn and have skills, you can earn more money.

Really extremely poor families would be reluctant to get married and have children, and they would not have the foresight to invest in their children. They would wait a few years until their children could start school and earn money. How could they make money by directly selling their children as slaves? quick? What is even more sad is that some families are not actually that poor, but they still choose to sell their children because of laziness or greed for money.

But without sufficient resources to ensure that everyone at least has food to eat, it is even impossible to forcibly ban the practice of buying and selling one's own children, because parents who cannot afford to raise their children will choose to abandon them or kill them at birth. It is basically difficult for children abandoned in the wilderness to survive. With fewer people reaching working age, the labor force will become extinct, and the already low productivity will become even more bleak.

"Xiao Yao, are you pitying those slaves?" He Qianqing, who noticed that Yang Yuyao was a little absent-minded and knew that he talked about slaves when discussing with Tao Yexuan and Yang Weicheng, asked through a message.

"Maybe, I think some of them should be able to create greater value. Their slave status limits them." Yang Yuyao responded. He thought that he could test the waters in his fiefdom in the future and tinker with things to see if he could increase productivity, the productivity of mortals, and increase crop yields. It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand agriculture or anything like that, he can provide money. Even if people in this world don't understand the laws of genetics, the domestication of animals and plants has never stopped, and some of them may have touched the threshold of the laws. It’s just that they need resources, land and money as a boost.

Yang Yuyao wants to see what changes will be made when a region's productivity is improved and people have more resources that can be allocated independently.

"Of course, trying this way should be beneficial to me. A more productive society will not be a bad thing." Yang Yuyao thought, and he even began to wonder if he could cultivate a group of experts in agricultural cultivation. Get a richer variety of melons and fruits.

Of course there are some fruits in this world, but in terms of quantity, category, and taste, they are far from the dazzling array of fruits in another world. Even watermelons were rare and expensive, and their sweetness was bland even to Yang Yuyao, who didn't like too sweet foods. Think about the original world where you could see the dazzling array of fruits, but you were rich and your body didn’t allow you to enjoy the freedom of fruits. Yang Yuyao thought that since he was alive, he would try to make up for these past regrets.