Chapter 57 Buy slaves or recruit students?
“Moo…moo…”
The ox cart walked slowly, although the speed was poor, its comfort was better than that of a horse carriage.
Spring is slow and people are prone to sleepiness. Li Luo and Cui Xiuning soon took a nap in the car.
The Jurchen private soldiers outside the car stopped talking and rushed to the road seriously.
Nowadays, their food is excellent. Not only does they have white rice and white flour every meal, but they also have meat every day, and even their parents and family members have money and food to take care of. These are all given by the little wolf lord, and protecting the lord is the duty.
At about noon, everyone came to a place: Red Pine Forest.
As soon as the ox cart stopped, the two people in the car woke up together, and their heads were almost next to each other.
"Little Wolf Lord..."
"What's the matter?"
"The car arrived at the Red Pine Forest." Yan Jun heard a complicated voice.
It turns out that I have arrived at the Red Pine Forest!
Li Luo and Cui Xiuning got off the car together and looked at the bottom-shaped section of the road ahead and the dangerous terrain on the roadside.
Twenty-three days ago, it was here that Li Luo ambushed Turnuma and Liu Chengqin and shot dozens of people from each other.
No wonder Yan Jun and others wanted to stop the car. They had ambushed others before, so they were naturally afraid of being ambushed by others.
There was no need for Li Luo to give instructions, and everyone took down their bows and arrows together, and two more entered the Red Pine Forest to investigate.
This is just a precaution.
Soon, the two came down to report: "Lord of Wolf, nothing happened."
Li Luo got on the cart, and then the ox cart entered the pot-bottom-shaped section.
While the ox cart was wandering, Li Luo seemed to see a young but unwilling face smiling at him.
He seemed to hear the man roaring: "How could this husband lose! Li Luo, how dare you, how could you attack Turnuma..."
Li Luo was a little dazed, not knowing whether he was sleepy or whether Liu Chengqian's ghost was really unwilling to leave.
When he arrived in the city, Li Luo first found a restaurant and asked Yan Jun and others to have enough food, and then directly asked Nushi City to rush over.
The slave city in Jianghua Mountain City is in the southwest of the city, with seven or eight slaves mercenaries leading groups of slaves to hawk.
"A fifteen-year-old girl from the Western Kingdom only needs five silos..."
"A twelve-year-old boy can go to the field to work after buying it, only six guan..."
"These are refugees from Western countries. It's best to be a guard. Take away the three 20 guan coins together!"
Li Luo and Cui Xiuning silently looked at the slave market that was not much bigger than the football field. There were thousands of slaves waiting to be sold, and they were a little surprised.
There are less than 20,000 people in Jianghuashan City, so there are too many people who sell themselves as slaves. And many of them are Han people.
The price is really cheaper.
A living person is worth a few cents of money!
Without exception, these people have pale faces and thin skin, and are full of slutty faces. They are mostly not old, and the youngest even have children of seven or eight years old.
If you can become a slave, you will probably survive and not starve to death.
Regarding the plan to buy slaves, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning had already discussed the plan. It is better to say that it is "recruitment" than buying slaves.
After arriving at the slave market, the two of them implemented the plan directly.
First, we have to buy five older men and women to serve as managers and liberate the two from the trivial matters of the courtyard.
In addition, it is to buy fifty and a half adults. Between the age of fifteen and eighteen, literacy is preferred.
It is already useful at this age, not a burden, and it is the time when you have the strongest learning ability and is also malleable.
Too small or too big is not suitable.
Of course, Cui Xiuning was the one who picked people. Her work was very meticulous. She first observed carefully, then asked a few questions to see if she could read, and then made a decision.
It took me three hours to pass the entire slave market and finally bought fifty-five people.
Five men and women in their thirties and forties, two of them were literate. Three women looked clean and neat.
There were fifty left, thirty young men and twenty young girls. They were all Han people, most of whom could read.
A total of 330 stakes were spent, and an average of 6 stakes were spent.
At this time, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
Li Luo accepted the slave creed and asked Yan Jun to buy some steamed buns and distributed them to the newly purchased "housekeepers", so that they could eat while rushing on the way.
A group of sixty or seventy people left the city gate and walked south. It was already past ten o'clock when they returned to Lijiawu Fort.
That night, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning used five middle-aged men and women.
After chatting with the five people, both of them knew it and made arrangements soon.
"From today, you will be called Lee Min Ho, and the butler is you."
"You will call you Li Junji in the future, and you will be in charge of the money granary."
"You will call Lee Young-ai in the future, and you will be in charge of the kitchen meals."
"You will call Li Huili in the future, and you will be in charge of cleaning the courtyard."
"From now on, you'll be the one who's everyone's clothes and materials."
"You five may instruct the other fifty people. Unless they have other important things, they must obey your orders."
Li Luo finished speaking, it was Cui Xiuning's turn.
Cui Xiuning almost ran away when she heard Li Luo give the five people such a name.
"After entering the Li family, it's a family. Don't be restrained. There are only a few, so be sure to remember them." Cui Xiuning said.
"First, you must be public. As long as you are public, it doesn't matter if you do something wrong."
"Secondly, no matter what you hear and see in the mansion, you are not allowed to be transmitted to the outer courtyard, let alone outside the courtyard."
"Third, I will give you a copy of the "Articles" and you will do your business according to the Articles of Association."
"Fourth, your first task is to arrange these fifty teenage girls. At the latest tomorrow night, I will see them all change into clean clothes, take a shower, and have a suitable place to live."
Cui Xiuning made four requests in one breath.
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Three days later, the huge Li Mansion began to operate in an orderly manner.
After further investigation, Li Luo first chose five young men as porcelain workers to assist in firing porcelain himself. These five people are not only porcelain apprentices, but also have potential in business and political management. They are actually Li Luo's apprentices.
Ten additional private guards were selected to train with Yan Jun and others.
There are five other intelligence agencies "Special Inspection Bureau" selected by Choi Soo-ning.
In the end, there are still ten who are temporarily serving as various errands in the hospital.
Twenty girls, Cui Xiuning selected five smart and smart people as members of the intelligence organization "Special Inspection Bureau". In addition to the five teenagers, herSpecial Inspection Bureau had ten first-term students.
There are also four girls who were selected as personal guards by Cui Xiuning and trained with Yan Jun and others to facilitate personal protection of her safety.
There are also eleven girls who temporarily take on the mansion's servants.
At this point, everyone takes their place and performs their duties.
Li Luo’s planned porcelain business is under the jurisdiction of the “Commercial Bureau”, a subsidiary of “Luoning Society”. Of course, it is only a form at present.
At present, there is already a military force under the "Luoning Society", and the intelligence agency "Special Inspection Bureau", and other agencies do not exist.
Now, the biggest problem facing the two is exposed: there is no talent.
The education and training of these young girls must be carried out quickly.
On March 6, the temporary training class of Luoning Society, "Yeyuetang", started.
There are only two teachers in "Yeyuetang": Li Luo and Cui Xiuning.
All the professors’ contents are of great practical value. Currently, there are only the subjects of officer training, business knowledge, navigation, administration, and intelligence, among which military is the most important.
Because there are only three classes every night, and it is difficult to have time to train during the day.
The training targets were more than thirty literate young girls, as well as five or six literate Jurchen teenagers such as Yan Jun. Total of them were only forty people.
Chapter completed!