Chapter 59: The gap opened and the strong wind continued

Chapter 59: The gap opened and the wind continued

After listening to Zhang Guozhu's words, Yun Zhao felt warm in his heart.

Zhang Guozhu is still the big beast Qian Duoduo calls him, not only loyal, but also considerate.

The slave system still has a very high market in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone’s life is better. Who doesn’t want to lie in bed and let others help them make money and serve themselves?

There was no such condition before, but now, this condition is sufficient and cannot be sufficient anymore. Therefore, everyone is dissatisfied with Yun Zhao's request that everyone continue to guard against arrogance and impetuosity and maintain a life of hard work.

Especially businessmen and some landowners who own hundreds or even thousands of acres of land have some complaints about this regulation.

Just like Mr. Zhang Debang in Hangzhou, he always dreamed of getting the court to allow him to buy foreign slaves.

Obviously there is no shortage of food and clothing at home, but my wife, who wears gold and silver and is covered in silk and satin, has to cook and wash clothes for the whole family. This is not good. Master, I will earn thousands every month. Silver coins, but the wife at home only gave birth to a daughter. No matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't give birth. Seeing that her vast wealth was about to take advantage of others, what should she do?

Hire Ming people?

Many people dare not even think about it. When hiring workers in the workshop, the weavers must pay the boss a sum of money to the government in addition to their salary. It is said that this money is waiting for these workers to weave. The salary that women receive after they have no energy to work.

Yes, it is salary. All money issued by the government is called salary.

If you don’t pay it, if the government finds out... Mr. Qin, a decent man, was sued by his servants for this matter. As a result, not only was he fined ten times, but he was also punished twice. Ten big boards, my butt was beaten until it was bloody and stinging, and I still had to parade through the streets.

After suffering such a shame and humiliation, Mr. Qin couldn't figure it out when he got home, so he hanged himself.

As a result, after the government found that Mr. Qin committed suicide, they ignored it and strictly ordered Mr. Qin’s family to pay the fine within the specified time. If they did not pay, they would continue. Capture Mr. Qin’s eldest son and bring him to court.

After the money was paid, Mr. Qin’s eldest son handed the petition to the Sentence Department, hoping to seek justice from the government on this matter and tell a clear truth.

As a result, the Shenxing Division gave a clear answer - the government is not a place of reason, but a place of extremes. The township conventions and folk rules controlled by local clan elders are the place of reason. .

The Shenxing Division believes that Mr. Qin violated the government's regulations. The government's punishment of Mr. Qin was within the regulations and did not exceed the regulations. The sentence was appropriate. As for Mr. Qin's suicide, it was Mr. Qin himself. The government doesn't care about the matter.

Love the people like your own children? It did not exist in the Lantian Dynasty.

When the people suffer from disasters, it is the court's obligation to provide relief, just as the people must pay money, grain, and taxes to the court. If the government fails to fulfill this obligation, the people have the right to file a complaint.

Whose responsibility is his, it has been clearly divided in the law.

Every morning, Mr. Zhang Debang will eat a meal of fried eel noodles. This noodle must be made by Mr. Qiu himself. It is best to eat it as the first noodle in the morning.

It’s just that I came late this morning after having a fight with my wife and didn’t get the first noodle, which made Mr. Zhang even more angry.

Hangzhou people are used to drinking some morning wine in the morning. Therefore, Mr. Zhang was not in good temper today. He drank a little too much morning wine. After eating a bowl of noodles, he was going to take a shower again. Okay, this is boring. Muddle through in the morning.

Since the imperial court launched some sanitation campaigns, bathhouses have become an indispensable presence in every city and even every street. This kind of thing that was originally popular in the north spread to the south. At that time, everyone was a little embarrassed and felt that it was degrading to stand naked in front of others.

However, after trying it a few times, you will completely fall in love with this thing. It will be boiled in hot soup, and then someone will use a towel to scrub the bumpy areas, leaving a lot of dead bodies. After removing the skin, put some soap under the shower head and rinse well. Your whole body will be lighter by several kilograms.

Finally, I found a bed to lie down on, smoked some cigarettes, drank some tea, ate some dried fruits and chatted with the regular guests, and spent the whole morning away.

"Mr. Zhang, I got a few more Yangzhou thin horses. Do you want to take a look?"

Mr. Zhang knew who was speaking without having to look up.

"Fang San, are there still Yangzhou thin horses?"

"Master Zhang needs it, it must be there."

Master Zhang snorted. A voice said: "Can the Yangzhou thin horse you showed me last time be called a thin horse? It looks stronger than an ox. Besides, if you dare to hold a Ming Dynasty girl and sell it as an animal, you are not afraid that the government will catch you and send you to the Western Regions or Going to Malacca?"

Fang San chuckled and said, "Look at what you said, even if you lend Fang thirty courages, I wouldn't dare to sell the daughter of the Ming Dynasty. The girl found it herself. The one who came here just wants to find a rich family to marry him off, and it doesn’t matter if he becomes a concubine."

Master Zhang sighed and said, "A girl who looks like a bear dares to ask for three thousand silver coins. "Master, I have a lot of money, so I don't want to spend it this way, but did you sell that girl?" Fang San's eyes widened and he said, "Mr. Liang on Houchang Street bought her." , you also know that Mr. Liang is just like you. He only has three daughters at home. He really couldn't believe his mother-in-law's belly, so he sold them for money. Yesterday, Mr. Liang said that he had planted them.

I can’t say I can win a man at one stroke this time.”

Mr. Zhang scratched his chin with his fingers and finally sighed, “I can’t keep my mouth shut.”

Fang. San smiled and filled Master Zhang's tea bowl with water, and whispered: "Master Zhang, my daughter from North Korea, don't you want to see her? Just one word, cheap, two words, good-looking!"

Fang San whispered: "I didn't dare before, but, I heard that the imperial court will soon let foreigners enter the country. Some time ago, our Prince, in order to build the railway from Guanzhong to Shuzhong, specially obtained tens of thousands of slaves and prepared them for use.

Think about it, the roads in Sichuan can be built by people? Even if they are built, it will be built bit by bit with human lives. How can Your Majesty be willing to let people from the Ming Dynasty go up and die for this kind of work? But the railway can't be built without repairing it. Therefore, it opened a hole in the national policy for foreigners to enter the Ming Dynasty.

You know that once this hole is opened, it will be extremely difficult to block it.

No, the government has come up with a way for foreigners to enter the Ming Dynasty, called the thirty-year employment rule, which means that a foreigner can stay in the Ming Dynasty for up to thirty years. Once the number of years is enough, he must leave. < /p>

Mr. Zhang, thirty years... think about it, think about it carefully."

Zhang Debang is not worried about Fang San lying to him. The reason why a person like him can be in Hangzhou. Living in the city relies on reputation. If he destroys his sign, he will become a street rat in Hangzhou.

After quickly putting on his clothes, Fang San used a carriage to pull Mr. Zhang out of Hangzhou City. Although the government no longer cares about this kind of thing, you have to really do it under his nose. If you do this below, the consequences will be very serious.

On the edge of Hangzhou is the Qiantang River. As long as the Qiantang River is not at high tide, this river can be used by ships. However, the ship that Fang San wanted to take Mr. Zhang to did not dock at all. , or dare not dock.

Fang San took Mr. Zhang on a sampan and boarded a huge three-masted ship. This was not an armed merchant ship because Mr. Zhang did not see the artillery.

The person who entertained them was a man with a sinister face. He did not answer, but pointed to the cabin and said: "You can only buy one hundred silver coins on the first floor, and it must be my Ming Dynasty silver dollar. For eighty silver coins on the second floor, you can buy two at most, and for thirty silver coins on the bottom, you can buy whatever you want."

Fang San smiled and took Mr. Zhang into the smelly cabin. .

"The first floor is a Korean woman, who can speak a little bit of our language, the second floor is a Japanese woman, who is characterized by docility. As for the people in the bilge, I can't say, they are both men and women, old and young. Just follow Mr. Zhang's wishes."

As soon as he entered the first cabin, Mr. Zhang Debang was fascinated by a pair of big sad eyes.

He did not look at other women, or in other words, at this moment, his mind was already fascinated by those big eyes.

Fang San is such a smart person. When he saw Mr. Zhang staring blankly at the woman who was already a little old, he said in Mr. Zhang’s ear: "Mr. Zhang, this woman is beautiful, but... It’s troublesome and expensive. Let’s look at something else.”

“How much!”

Zhang De.Bang didn't leave and asked the price directly. When he looked at the woman, the woman also looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Two hundred!" It was clearly agreed that it would be one hundred silver dollars, but Fang San doubled the price without hesitation at this moment. Selling people is different from selling goods. As long as you look at it correctly, It is eligible for a price increase.

Zhang Debang was not even interested in bargaining. He took out a two hundred tael bank note from his arms, patted Fang San on the chest and said: "Let her out quickly, this damn thing is A dog cage is no place for humans."

Fang San put away the bank notes and asked the sailor to let the woman out of the cage without even looking at it.

"Please, please..."

After this North Korean woman was released, she immediately knelt at Zhang Debang's feet and kept begging him.

Fang San saw that Mr. Zhang could not explain clearly to this North Korean woman, so he smiled and said: "This woman is bringing a baby girl and two old women. It seems that she is also a woman from a wealthy family in North Korea." Man, she wants you to buy the other three together, and she also said that if you buy them, let them not separate, and they can make you a cow or a horse."

Zhang Debang cried when he saw this woman. The pear blossoms looked like rain, and my heart ached for a while. I looked back at Fang San, who was smiling evilly: "Let you succeed once, let's talk about the price."

"Five hundred!"

Zhang Debang looked at Fang San and said: "Are you bullying Mr. Zhang of your family? Can a girl's film and two old women be sold for five hundred silver dollars? Or is it a fucking Ming Dynasty silver dollar?"

Fang San walked into the depths of the cabin without saying a word. After a while, he dragged a little girl who was only four or five years old out of it. He pinched the little girl's face and said to Zhang Debang: "Mr. Zhang, you Let's see if it's worth it."

Zhang Debang looked at Fang San and said: "I'm not a beast, my daughter is only this age. I bought this woman just to give me a heir for the Zhang family. My little daughter looks so good. No matter how beautiful it is, what does it have to do with me? If it weren’t for her mother’s request, I wouldn’t want it.”