Chapter 335 Buying slaves to work congratulations to Haneda's ethane dog's promotion to the leader!
Talent is the first resource and the first productive force. The first time Li Mu saw this sentence, it was in the politics textbook of junior high school in his previous life. At that time, the teacher did not explain too much, probably thinking that no one would listen to the explanation.
It's better to save yourself from spitting, just draw the line, memorize it, and say you will pass it in the exam.
Li Mu had always worked very hard when he was a student. He knew in his heart how hard it was for an orphan to be able to go to school. He did whatever the teacher asked him to do, and he memorized this sentence.
Come down, maybe it is smooth? He has never forgotten it since the day he came down.
People often have this feeling: when I was a student, I memorized a sentence when the teacher asked me to memorize it. However, no one wants to understand what this sentence means. As I grow older and experience more,
Suddenly one day, when this sentence comes up again, I will take it seriously, and then wonder, it turns out that I have known this truth for a long time, but why can't I remember it?
Li Mu feels this way now.
In the original Ministry of Works, there was never enough craftsmen, otherwise they would not have built the garden for Changsun Wuji. However, in the current Ministry of Works, the craftsmen are eager to turn into Sun Wukong with three heads and six arms. There are so many places where they are needed.
Even at Li Mu's request, everyone had apprentices, but these apprentices were all orphans and were not old enough to be full-fledged laborers. They could only serve as helpers and could not solve practical problems.
People! They have to be strong men. Where can I find them?
The first choice is naturally Tunwei.
There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the garrison, and they had nothing to do except drill every day. If Li Mu opened his mouth and found Cheng Yaojin or even Hou Junji, it would not be a problem to lend him a thousand men.
Li Mu once thought about using this method, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up.
There are two hidden dangers in doing this. First, owing favors. The favors of the generals of the Tang Dynasty are the most difficult to repay. Just like Cheng Yaojin, he helped you once and you returned him once, but he can only remember that he helped you.
You, but I never remember that you repaid him. It is better to keep him at arm's length for being so shameless. Secondly, it is easy to arouse Li Shimin's suspicion. Although this possibility is very small, Li Mu still feels that it is a bit wrong. And he is stationed in the guard.
After all, if you are not a craftsman, you can only borrow it, you cannot use it all the time, and you cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
Then, there is only one place.
Xishikou Mazhang, a place where slaves were sold in Chang'an City. Li Mu went there once and bought Li Chongyi and Li Zhien. Because he couldn't stand the eyes of those slaves and could not change the current trend of buying and selling slaves, he never went there again.
However, the situation is different now. The Ministry of Industry needs manpower. Aren’t slaves just manpower? Li Mu’s plan is to buy all the slaves who can work. The men will work and the women will cook. They only need two dollars per person.
Is there any better deal than this?
The price of slaves in the Tang Dynasty was low. The reason is like the jeeps of later generations. Why do many people like jeeps but end up buying ordinary cars? It’s not that they can’t afford it, but they can’t afford the gas! The same goes for slaves
Same thing, if you can afford it but can’t afford it, why buy it?
Moreover, the descendants of slaves have a lowly status, so even for the sake of continuing the family line, they cannot do it. You can go to the government to revoke the lowly status, but the procedure of removing the lowly status is not free. It costs more than ten thousand yuan. Just imagine, if you have so much money
, wouldn’t it be good to marry a good girl? You’d be crazy to buy a slave.
But these shortcomings do not affect work! This is the good thing about the Kou Ma Shop in Xishi. The slaves here are either boys and girls, or young and strong laborers. There are almost none over forty years old. Originally, slaves were
It's not easy to sell. How can one be sold at such an old age? Even war prisoners who are too old are basically given up and will not be brought to Chang'an. Unlike the Jiaofang Division, they are all prisoners.
There are family members, men, women, old and young.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Kou Ma Store. Li Mu did not go inside. He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and threw it to the boy at the door. He said: "Go and call Hu San'er over and tell him that there is a big deal."
, come if you want to!”
When the boy saw the tiger fur fur on Li Mu's body, he knew that he was either rich or noble, so he responded and ran into the kou ma shop.
Not long after, Hu San'er came over panting. When he saw Li Mu, he quickly quickened his steps. When he came to Li Mu, he bowed ninety degrees in one smooth motion: "Master Hou, Hu San'er is here, what do you have?"
Order?"
Li Mu raised his eyebrows: "Do you recognize me?"
"I recognize you," Hu San'er said hurriedly: "A few months ago, you bought a tall boy from me, and also bought a delicate little beauty. I still remember that that little beauty was extraordinary. That was
Goguryeo’s secret training”
"Stop it!" Li Mu's face darkened and he said, "Now that she is my second wife, what do you mean by saying that?"
Hu San'er's expression changed, and he quickly bowed to the end: "I don't know, I want you to forgive me."
"That's all, I won't argue with you." Li Mu said solemnly: "I came here this time to buy a group of slaves."
When Hu San'er heard the words 'a batch', his heart became excited. If there were three or five people, the Marquis would definitely not say it was a batch. How many people were in that batch? A dozen? A dozen? More than twenty?
The more I think about it, the more excited I feel. I, Hu San'er, deserve to get rich today! Who doesn't know that Zhuluhou spends money like water? He is the first person in the Tang Dynasty who doesn't care about money. If I can make a fortune from him, maybe I won't have to do this anymore.
Such an immoral thing!
Hu San'er suppressed the excitement in his heart and became more submissive and said: "I wonder what kind of slave the Lord Marquis wants? To look after the house and guard the courtyard, I have young Turks here. If they are to be used as maids, I have the best servants here."
People's Silla maidservants. In addition, there are some special things. Have you ever seen a Kushan girl with blue eyes? I happen to have one in my hand, and she has never eaten meat."
"I wonder why you are such a mean person!" Li Mu spoke righteously and resoundingly: "Who am I, Li Mu? Your Majesty personally calls me the Marquis of Zhulu! I am the third-rank minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I am greedy for women? Who doesn't know?
I don't take my eyes off the young man's reputation, how dare you slander me?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, the villain said the wrong thing, he should be beaten." Hu San'er raised his hand to give himself a slap in the face, but in his heart, he cursed, "The little man who doesn't look sideways, he should be called the little man who doesn't take his eyes away, right?"
, when you spent 50 yuan on that little beauty, your eyes almost popped out. Do you think I am blind and can't see?
He would never dare to say this. He glanced at Li Mu carefully and asked, "I wonder what the Marquis wants. I can go find it for you."
"I want someone young and strong, someone who can work hard. Do you have any here?"
"Yes!" Hu San'er quickly responded. He has the most young and strong people here, and they are also the hardest to sell. Two-thirds of the slave business in this horse shop relies on the sale of female slaves, and slaves are bought to work.
There are very few people alive. Those who have land have tenants. Those who have no land cannot support themselves. Who can buy slaves?
Hu San'er hurriedly said: "Master Hou, there are plenty of young and strong people! Turkic, Tiele, and Miao barbarians, tell me how many you want, thirty or fifty, we have them now!"
"Do you have three to five hundred?"
Hu Saner was stunned for a moment, grinned awkwardly, and said: "Master Marquis is just kidding, how could he buy so many slaves?"
"Who are you kidding?" Li Mu said seriously: "Okay, don't talk about counting, just talk about how many young slaves there are in this horse shop. Not just the ones in your hand, count them all, estimate
one time."
"Count them all..." Seeing that Li Mu didn't think it was a joke, Hu San'er counted on his fingers. There were only a few of these big slave traders in the horse trade. They knew each other's strength, so it wasn't difficult to calculate.
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"If we count them all, there will be six to seven hundred. Mr. Marquis, you don't want them all, right?"
"Want them all!"
Hu Saner exclaimed, "I really want it!"
"Of course I really want it. Otherwise, do you think I am so careless as to come here and gossip with you? You can contact me for me. I will pay you two cents each. Don't bargain with me. You won't lose on this price.
I don’t want those who are injured or sick. In addition, you can find me twenty more women who can cook. It doesn’t matter their appearance, so they can be considered as two pieces of money. I’ll give you three hours and I’ll wait for you at the Ministry of Works. There’s no need to sign a contract.
The money will be paid in person and I will give you cash."
"Okay!" Hu San'er's voice changed its tone!
Originally, young and strong slaves were priced at the same price, but even if there was a boss, the real transaction price would be at least one or two hundred cents less. Li Mu bought so many slaves at one time, even if he paid the same price each, he would sell them with gritted teeth.
He didn't know whether Li Mu didn't know the business or was too lazy to calculate, so he actually gave two prices for one. This was equivalent to turning wholesale into retail, and he made a lot of money!
The more than one hundred slaves in his own hands were second, and the slaves in the hands of other slave traders were the big profits. Those people didn't know the news yet, so they bought their slaves for one thousand or two hundred dollars and resold them.
If you sell it for two guan, the left hand is the right hand, and the difference in price is seven to eight hundred cents. This is just like picking up money!
Hu San'er was very excited and said: "Master Hou, it won't take three hours, at most two hours. You wait for me. After two hours, I will send you to the Ministry of Industry! In addition, the blue man I just mentioned
According to the market price, a Kushan girl with beautiful eyes should cost at least ten guan. I gave it to the Marquis as a friend."
Li Mu raised his hand and slapped him across the face, and cursed: "You idiot, who are you? You are not worthy of being friends with me. Go and do things quickly. If you keep grinding, your legs will be broken!"
Hu San'er didn't expect that Li Mu would fall out as soon as he said he would, so he was stunned for a moment and covered his face at a loss.
Li Mu ignored him, snorted, got on the carriage, and said to Dugu Jiu: "Go to the Ministry of Industry."
Dugujiu flicked his whip, walked out for a few dozen meters, and suddenly asked: "Brother, are there really women with blue eyes?"
"You want it?" Li Mu chuckled and said, "You've grown up so much. Leave it to your brother. I'll tell that Hu San'er later and I'll take you to your room tonight."
"No, no, no!" Dugujiu shook his head like a rattle and said, "I'm just asking, what does a woman mean? I don't want it."