"I'm not driving you away, I'm just asking you to go where you came from." Li Hugo said, and planned to close the door and thank guests.
Without thinking, several of the maids came over and said, "However, the rules of the Xie family cannot be changed. We are all people who owe the Xie family a bond of betrayal. We..."
"What's going on?" Li Hugo said, "Lingyun, you have to give me an explanation."
Xie Lingyun walked down the steps. She looked at Li Yuguo and said, "The wages offered by the Xie family are much higher than those of other families, but similarly, more wages means more things to bear. If the tasks assigned by the Xie family are completed, If you fail to do so, you may be deducted from your wages, or at worst, you may be deemed to have violated the contract and be escorted to the government.”
As soon as these words came out, Li Hugo was naturally very disgusted, but he understood that the current era is different from the era he lived in. The current era is somewhat similar to the Ming Dynasty. In front of Li Hugo, there were two groups of people. One group of people are servants, and the other group are slaves.
Servants and servants are two different concepts, because there are servants and servants in Li Huguo's home, but in Li Hugo's own home, he is the little master, so he has the right to speak, but this is the Xie family, and he is just a guest in the end. It's not possible to have much power here.
The servants are ordinary people who come to the Xie family to work as maids and servants, but the slaves are different. These servants are bought, that is, slaves. Some of these people are prisoners after the war, those who were bought and sold by their fathers. Others are the children of slaves. It is naturally a pity that the children of these slaves are also slaves from birth.
Most of the slaves in the capital are the children of slaves.
Of course, upon investigation, the first slave among these slaves will never be born as a slave. The first slaves should be born as a result of war. There are constant wars between various countries, and those who are defeated in the war are killed or become prisoners. , due to extremely low productivity, the food collected by a country is so precious, so how can it be possible to fill the captives' stomachs easily.
Of course it doesn't matter if a few prisoners die casually, and they cannot be raised in vain, so these prisoners are pulled out to work for this country.
In addition to war, there is also a system that punishes some criminals and the family members of those who committed capital crimes and other serious crimes as official slaves. For example, the family members of criminals in the Western Zhou Dynasty were set as official slaves, and men became criminal slaves under the control of the Si Li. Women are engaged in labor such as pounding rice.
For these people who did not have much rights, Li Hugo naturally did not want to harm them, so he said: "There are three rules of agreement. You can live in this courtyard and do some work like sweeping the floor and cooking, but no one of you can come in my room, not men." , women can’t do it, old people can’t do it, and children can’t do it, unless it’s someone I approve of.”
"What do you mean about me?" Xie Lingyun said with a smile, that smile was quite naughty.
"This place belongs to you. Since you have lent it to me now, the right to make decisions about this house is naturally mine. But you are my friend, so you are an exception. And you know why I don't want others to enter my room. "Li Huguo said.
Of course Xie Lingyun knew that it was because Li Yuguo wanted to practice. This room was very big. He could completely build it into a practice room, and then he could take a bath and sleep after practicing. No one would disturb him. Everyone in the capital knew that Li Yuguo Xie Lingyun is probably the only person who has reached the level of Emperor Wu, so Xie Lingyun readily agreed: "You still have some conscience."
When Li Yuguo announced this, the surrounding servants were relieved. After all, it was the best choice for them to stay here rather than driving them back. No matter what Li Huguo asked, they would agree.
Everyone also knelt down towards Li Huguo: "Thank you Mr. Li."
"There's no need to be so polite. I'm also from Jiuxiao City. To you people in the capital, Jiuxiao City is a small place. People in small places are country bumpkins. So I'm from Jiuxiao City. I'm also a country bumpkin. I don't have that many Be particular." Li Huguo said.
Everyone also laughed happily, and Xie Lingyun on one side waved his hand and said: "Okay, you go and do your work. Prepare some food in the evening. Mr. Li and I will be back for dinner."
"Yes, miss." Several maids immediately went to work in the kitchen.
Li Huguo said: "It's not done yet, where are you going?"
"We'll clean it up at night. Besides, you don't have many things. Please accompany me for a walk outside first, and I'll take you to see my master." Xie Lingyun said.
Li Yuguo smiled and said: "You mean... Senior Sword Immortal?"
"That's natural!" Xie Lingyun said. She happily took Li Yuguo's hand and walked towards the door. The servants in the yard looked at the two people walking away and began to whisper to each other. .
"Tell me, who is this Young Master Li? Our lady is usually very strict, but in front of this Young Master Li, it seems... as if she has become a different person."
"I'm afraid I've learned the truth for a while!" A servant holding firewood came over and said, "This Young Master Li is most likely our future uncle! Think about it, our Grand Master usually treats everyone so badly. It's very serious, but this time... I heard that our Grand Master was very polite to Mr. Li. Mr. Li came to Beijing to take the exam, but the master invited him to stay at home without saying a word. In the end, it was for To avoid suspicion, I asked Young Master Li to move here. What do you mean by moving to live at home?"
"That's a family!" Another pretty little girl covered her mouth and chuckled.
The servant said: "My enemy, we have to please Mr. Li. We are counting on him in the future! Let's buy some good wine and meat for Mr. Li. What do you think?"
"But the food money allocated by the master is not enough at all..." Another servant said, "Every day is just enough for food and family expenses."
"A bunch of idiots, let's ask for some money ourselves. Each of us collects ten cents, which is only a few days' wages. But if we can serve this man well, we will have good things to eat in the future!"
"good idea!"
A group of people then started busy preparing for the evening meal. As for Li Yuguo, when he arrived at Shujian Yard, he was first shocked by the splendor of Shujian Yard.
Shujianyuan is a gorgeous palace complex. Students are coming and going inside, which is very lively. When people saw Xie Lingyun, they were all very surprised. At this time, a tall and handsome guy came towards them. The handsome guy smiled He came over and said, "Ling'er, you're here... Hey, this person is..."
The handsome guy saw Li Yuguo next to Xie Lingyun, but Li Yuguo saw Xie Lingyun's disgusted expression. It seemed that she didn't like this handsome guy.