In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

"Come here." A voice came from the carriage.

Xiao Bu, the servant who had been serving all the time, ran up to the carriage, and saw Xia Yu lift the curtain, and handed a roll of silk brocade to the servant who was waiting for orders, and said, "Before it gets dark, go to the camp." Find the elder Xiaojia, find out the people above and give it to me."

That servant has been serving Xia Yu's daily life in the Grand Master's Mansion, and he will not hesitate to order Xia Yu, so he turns around and conveys Xia Yu's intentions to the guard in charge this time.

However, it was delayed for a long time, and the servant led a few stewards and accompanying escort leaders to the carriage, and said softly: "Master, the steward asks to see you."

This time Xia Yu Shiyan, escorting Teng Hu’s servants ranged from tens of thousands to thousands. With so many people, there must be a leader in charge. Among them, some ministers and officials were selected, and the commanders of the guards were also selected from the disciples of the Grand Master's Mansion. Among them, there were naturally some who Xia Yu knew well, and some who had never met at all.

Xia Yu raised the curtain of the car and looked at the stewards who were begging to see him. When the stewards saw Xia Yu, they all bowed their heads in salute.

Xia Yu didn't excuse her for a few days, but carefully sized up the people in front of her, glanced at them one by one, and said, "Where is the person I want?"

The several stewards all looked at each other, and then one of the younger ones stepped forward and said with a flattering smile: "Well, Lord, you may have never managed a house before, so some things are not very clear. The people you want, some They are the escort slaves from Tengren, some are artisans, and some are the disciples of the Grand Master’s Mansion. This is different, and it is difficult to get all of them together at once, so we put together a few stewards to keep you safe. What is the use of these people? We can also refer to the details for you, the Lord, to see if we can use some simple methods to accomplish what the Lord wants to do."

Xia Yu just looked at the talking young steward, and said, "You mean to say that what I want to do must be approved by you. Is that what you mean?"

The young steward quickly waved his hand and said: "This... Lord, you are a villain. Lord, what are you going to do, no villain is qualified to comment, but there are many people along the way, and the villain just Thinking about it, I can share my worries with the Lord..."

"The person I want, you dragged one of them into the tent last night and fell asleep, right?" Xia Yu lazily leaned on the armrest of the carriage, interrupted the young steward, and said, "Your real name is Let me tell you, your family has been craftsmen in the Taishi Mansion for generations, and you are the second son of your father. Because the family is poor, you are not allowed to inherit the family's meager property as the second son, so your father asked the elder of the Taishi Mansion to give you a slave. seat, is it not?"

The steward known as Zhi started sweating on his forehead when Xia Yu narrated his life experience.

Xia Yu looked at the big cold sweat on his forehead, his expression didn't change a little, straightened his sleeves, and continued: "This time I will accompany me to Yan, because there are many people, and I need a few skilled managers. It just so happened that I ordered the Teng Li under your charge to accompany me. If you don’t follow me into Yan, I’m afraid you’ll have to go home and continue the poor days of the past. You followed me into Yan for the sake of management, so you feel resentful in your heart, don’t you?”

With a plop, he knelt down in front of Xia Yu's carriage, and said, "Little... I don't dare to be a villain, even if I have the guts of a villain, I don't dare to blame the Lord like this!"

Xia Yu didn't respond to Zhi's words, but turned to a guard beside the stewards and said, "Go to his carriage and bring me the man who pulled him into the tent last night."

The guard was a member of the Grand Master's Mansion, and he had met Xia Yu a few times in the past. He had witnessed the fire that burned tens of thousands of Yue people under the city of Linzi, and he knew this young and handsome master. He didn't blink an eye when he killed someone, he didn't hesitate at all, he answered "No", and turned around to find someone.

Not long after, a man in disheveled clothes was brought to the front, along with several wooden boxes, the guard ordered someone to open the wooden box, and saw that it was full of knives, coins, jade, bronzes, and the guard replied: "My lord , I found these in the steward's carriage."

In this era, gold is not gold, but copper, which is currency in circulation. Most knives and coins are made of copper. Jade and bronze are ritual vessels that can only be used by nobles. Obviously, these are not only owned by a commoner without a title. He is a little steward who manages the slaves. Where can he get such a sacrificial vessel? With his toes, he can guess that he got it from Xia Yu's companionship.

When Nazhi saw a few boxes, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

Xia Yu ignored Zhi who was lying limp on the ground, and turned to look at the disheveled man. He saw that this man was well-proportioned, and his appearance was decent, but his skin was very fair, and he always suffered because of it.

Xia Yu saw the man staring at Zhi with eyes full of hatred, smiled, and asked, "What's your name?"

The man was a registered slave with a low status. Hearing Xia Yu's question at this time, he knelt down and replied, "The villain's name is Heze."

Xia Yu raised her eyebrows and said, "Heze?"

The man who called himself Heze said: "There is a piece of Heze next to the little man's house, so the little man's father named the little man Heze."

Xia Yu nodded, then pointed and said, "Do you hate him?"

He Ze heard Xia Yu's question, turned his head to stare at him, his eyes seemed to be on fire, and said bitterly: "Master, this person speaks disrespectfully to the Lord!"

Xia Yu smiled and raised her hand to stop He Ze's words, and said, "I know what he said, but now I'm asking you, do you hate him?"

At this time, He Ze clenched his fists tightly and remained silent for a while. Xia Yu didn't force it, but pointed to the guard beside him and said, "Give him the sword in your hand."

He Ze was taken aback, looked at the sword handed to him by the guard, and looked at Xia Yu blankly.

Xia Yu looked at He Ze and said, "Now, kill him, and you can take his place."

He Ze looked at Xia Yu in disbelief, and said tremblingly for a while: "Master, you..." He swallowed, a smear of blood flashed across his eyes, He Ze asked, "Master, are you serious? "

Xia Yu raised her eyebrows and said, "What I said must be taken seriously."

He Ze's chest was heaving and he was short of breath, showing violent mood swings. Then, suddenly, He Ze jumped up, grabbed the sword handed over by the guard, and rushed towards Zhi.

As soon as Zhi saw He Ze's crazy appearance, he screamed, turned and ran, and He Ze followed closely behind, grabbing Zhi's shoulder, and passing the sword through Zhi's chest from behind.

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he leaned forward and fell down, seeing that he was dead.

At this time, there were three stewards left, and seeing Zhi Zhi's bloody corpse lying on the ground, they were all trembling with fright, and they all knelt down, unable to say a word.

Xia Yu watched He Ze's movements and saw the steward die, and then ordered the guards beside him, "Dispose of the corpse", and then said to the stewards kneeling on the ground, "I know why Zhi died. ?"

There was a slightly older steward in the first grade who had the courage to say tremblingly, "Because... because I stopped being greedy."

Xia Yu glanced at the three stewards and said, "That's right, and it's not right."

After a pause, Xia Yu pointed to the slightly older steward in front of her who had spoken earlier, and said, "You are asking, you volunteered to follow me into Yan this time because all the stewards in the mansion feel that Yan is bitterly cold, and they are not far away. The elder of the family promised that if the steward is willing to take over with me voluntarily, he will allow the second son of his family to also serve in the mansion. Your eldest son is getting older, and you want to give up the original seat in the Taishi mansion to your eldest son, but you are not sure. The son has nothing to rely on in the future, and with the promise of the elders, he voluntarily came here."

Then he pointed to a younger man called Zhi, and said: "Your name is rafter, you were born as a slave, and you have inherited carpentry skills from your ancestors. Because you are good at making lacquerware, you were exempted from being a commoner in your father's generation. Your parents have passed away, and you don't want to keep doing it." A craftsman will recommend himself as a steward and is willing to follow me into Yan."

Pointing to a stout man beside the rafter, he said: "You don't have a name, because your family lives on a hill, everyone calls you Qiu, you are a registered slave, where will you go, but you have always been a slave farmer at will. The steward can be regarded as the companion who sent me by the master."

Xia Yu glanced at the three people in front of him coldly, and said, "Stop, I killed him because he didn't obey my orders. He took the man I wanted and was greedy for my accompanying child. He was worried that I would find out, so he shirked Things are difficult to do, impossible to do, this is unforgivable. I Yu Yu was born in the army, and the army attaches great importance to orders and prohibitions. You follow me, no matter whether you have complaints or requests in your heart, it doesn't matter, it's just one thing, never From now on, you must keep it in your heart—whatever I order, it must be carried out.”

The three people kneeling on the ground trembled when they heard this, and finally knelt down and saluted, saying: "Don't dare to obey orders!"

Xia Yu waved her hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to be so polite, I don't like too much politeness, and you don't need to be nervous, as long as you remember, from the moment you leave the Grand Master's Mansion, you are mine. Deployment, I will honor everyone's life will be easier, I will humiliate, I am afraid that you will also be unlucky. Remember this, don't put your energy on how to drag your own people back, use your mind, I will know the reward and punishment Get up, you three, and I will trouble you to give me a copy of all the paternity catalogs tonight, I want to know how much property I have available now."

He paused for a moment, then glanced at the corpse of the manager, and said, "It's not difficult to do."

When the three stewards saw Xia Yu staring at the steward's body, they shuddered and said repeatedly: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult."

Xia Yu nodded and said, "That's good, you all go back, and when you set up camp tonight, give me the list."

The three stewards retreated slowly according to their words.

At this moment, Xia Yu turned to look at the chief guards, and glanced at them. There were three of them in total, and one of them was very familiar. Xia Yuzi looked at him, thought for a while, and said, "Your name is..."

The guard commanded: "My name is Qi Xun, a native of Qi State, and a visitor to the old grand master's residence."

It was the Spring and Autumn Period at this time. Although the atmosphere of the nobles’ raising scholars was not as strong as in the Warring States Period, it was not too much. Unlike the Warring States Period, many of the retainers at this time were real "scholars". Nobility is inherited from the family. As long as you have this level of status, you can enjoy it almost anywhere, so Xia Yu felt strange and said, "Since you are a guest in the teacher's house, why are you willing to follow me into Yan?"

The guard named Qi Xun said: "The old grand master is seriously ill, the top pillar of the grand master's mansion is about to fall, and people are in panic. Many people want to find another lord, so I voluntarily follow you." Qi Xun patted his chest, Excitedly said, "I want to learn how to fight with you!"