Three days later, Yang Heng received his first errand to teach the servants to read and write in the Chunqun Yard.
There is a difference between good and bad, even an ordinary good citizen is ashamed to work with servants, let alone teach them to read and write. Yang Heng thought it was Bai Pingzi's intention to humiliate, his eyes flashed with anger, and he asked the cabbage who came to inform: "Is this An errand given by Manager Bai?"
Gan Lan nodded and said: "Yes, your injury is not healed now, such a light job is more suitable, Baijiazhuang is paid three taels of silver per month, after deducting the board and lodging expenses, there is still two taels of silver to cover the previous medical expenses .” What he said was businesslike and understated, as if he didn’t feel Yang Heng’s resistance at all.
Yang Heng suddenly felt powerless in the face of this immovable young man. He was not worried about being tired from work, nor was he worried about the salary, okay? !
Squinting his eyes, Yang Heng tried his best to calm down and said: "I want to meet Miss Bai, please pass it on for me."
Kalan nodded, put down the small burden in his hand, and said, "I'll ask Miss if I'm free. These are the textbooks for class. Please prepare them first." Also continue to ignore the anger in Yang Heng's eyes, Kalan seemed to be It didn't seem like he didn't want to take on the job at all, so he put down his things and turned around to leave.
I don't know if Yang Heng's luck is good or bad. After more than half an hour, he got his wish and met Bai Fuling. Hearing Gan Lan said that Yang Heng was very dissatisfied with the job assigned to him, so he took the time to meet Yang Heng.
The meeting place was under the big tree on the side of the courtyard of the group courtyard. The dense shade of the tree kept out the scorching summer sun, and it was much cooler under the shade than other places.
Before coming here, Yang Heng had already thought about it. He is just a commoner and still owes Bai Fuling's kindness and money. In fact, he has no position to oppose her arrangement, but it does not mean that he will "sit and wait for death".
Picking up beautiful women in the frontier is a romantic affair, and civilizing slaves and untouchables is not a touching story. If it is spread out in the future, there is a 100% chance that it will become a laughing stock. If it is not good, it will be used by political opponents as an excuse to attack and embarrass him.
"Don't you want to teach my servants to read and write?" Bai Fuling was in a very good mood today, so she explained Yang Heng's thoughts without embarrassment. Just now Yang Mei told her that soon another group of servants would be able to redeem themselves and leave, and these new faces from the School of Groups would fill their original positions, so that there would be dozens more invalid contracts in her hands.
She is wearing a pink-yellow jacket and a lotus-leaf-colored long skirt today. Her long hair is pulled up high, with a few strands of hair falling down and a long emerald-green hairband. She is as fresh and tender as fresh spring water. Bai He, Yang Heng looked at it and praised in his heart, and his anger dissipated a lot involuntarily.
"None of them will be slaves all their lives, and they will redeem themselves to become good citizens in the future. You don't have to worry about their status affecting your future and reputation. The servants and servants I bought are all literate and don't need to be taught." Bai Fuling did not wait for him to answer. Xiao Yingying said, in the past she met many people who refused to be hired to teach servants to read even though she paid a high price, so she understood the concerns of these people.
The so-called official slaves refer to those who are recorded as slaves in the official household registration of Qi State. Many of these people are criminals and their family members. .
There are also folks who were sold as slaves for various reasons. As long as they meet good masters and are willing to let them redeem themselves, they can still become civilians again. These people are also called private slaves. The deed of selling a private slave is divided into red deed and white deed. The red deed is stamped with the seal of the government and has official approval, while the white deed only has the signatures of both the buyer and the seller, and may not even have witnesses. The white deed also has legal effect, but if there is a conflict between different buyers of the red deed and the white deed holding the same slave, the red deed will prevail.
Regardless of official slaves or private slaves, the state has an explicit order to limit the number of slave households that each family can have, and it is not allowed to trade and sell privately at will, but no one implements it.
This Pengtie claimed to be from the world, so he shouldn't have cared too much about it. He cared so much, which proved Bai Fuling's guess about his identity. But out of her bad taste, she was so happy to pretend not to know, just to toss this seemingly gentle but arrogant guy.
Thinking about it this way, Bai Fuling decided to get Yang Heng to teach the servants, the more unwilling he was, the more he had to force him to do it, so it was fun!
She moved to Beiguan City in the past few years, and her life has been so smooth, especially after the arrival of Lu Ying, a big backer, she is even more unscrupulous, so there are some things that she knows she shouldn't do, and she knows it's playing with fire, but she still can't help but do it. Do. If she knew all the troubles that would follow in the future, she would probably hide away early this morning, and would never offend Yang Heng for fun.
But how can there be regret medicine in the world
Yang Heng listened to her words, his thoughts changed, and he asked: "Since they will redeem themselves sooner or later, why bother to teach them how to read and write?"
"If they are illiterate and do not have the ability to settle down, in the current world, they will sell themselves into slavery for a living in a blink of an eye. Isn't that a waste of my family's kindness? Those who redeem themselves from my Bai family must not only be literate, but also You must have a skill, and earning money and being self-reliant is not a problem." Bai Fuling talked about her most proud thing, and the expression on her face was even more radiant.
"In this way, the Bai family has done good deeds and accumulated merits, and their merits are immeasurable." Yang Heng disagreed. He was not a three-year-old child, and he also said that "at the beginning of human beings, nature is good." Great to do good deeds. Moreover, I have never seen any family of Jishan raising a large group of servants and slaves who are not weak in skills, ostentatiously crossing the market and colluding with local officials, claiming to represent the king's law.
Bai Fuling didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in his words at all, and raised her face and said, "That's right, that's right, our Bai family has never done good deeds without expecting anything in return."
While talking, regardless of Yang Heng's strange expression, he pressed on step by step: "The job of teaching people to read and write, do you want to do it or not? As you said, this is a rare opportunity to do good deeds! You are a Shouldn't people be more informal? Not to mention that you still owe me five hundred and twenty-eight taels, plus the board and lodging for these few days... "
Yang Heng knew that he was at a disadvantage, and the result would only get worse if he continued, and Bai Fuling mentioned his current identity intentionally or unintentionally... Although he could refuse on the grounds that his body had not recovered, but on second thought, contact the Bai family His servants may find out more about the Bai family and Lu Ying. The most important thing is that Lie Dang left that day because he planned to go to the Bai Family Manor to find out the truth. It's okay to contact other people, so he smiled wryly and nodded in agreement.
Bai Fuling won a complete victory. Looking at Yang Heng's back, she pulled Bai Guo who was beside her with a sly smile and said, "I'll tell you a secret! I won't tell ordinary people!"
Bai Guo rolled her eyes, and asked helplessly, "What secret?"
"Blessed are the students of Chengqun Academy in the days to come!"
"What good luck?"
Bai Fuling lowered her voice mysteriously and said, "They will become the disciples of His Highness the Sixth Highness Qi Guo!"
"What?!" Bai Guo's voice suddenly rose an octave, scaring the birds on the trees in the yard to flutter their wings.
"Don't get excited, don't get excited, are you making such a loud noise to let everyone in the Qi Kingdom know?" Bai Fuling patted Bai Guo sympathetically, smiling sweetly.
Bai Guo knew that this was a serious matter, so she lowered her voice and said: "Miss, you... you said that Peng Tie is His Highness the Sixth Highness?" Anxious, and didn't care about the superiority and inferiority, before Bai Fuling could answer, he pulled her into the cold spring courtyard.
Bai Fuling followed her along, and was still in the mood to say sarcastic words: "Gingo, why don't you just carry me back, it's hot and sunny, I walk slowly, I'm so tired..."
Bai Guo turned her head and stared at her, bent down helplessly, picked up the lazy Bai's pig on her back, performed lightness kung fu and walked towards the cold spring.
The maidservants with the Bai family surname around Bai Fuling were not weak in skill, and they were still very steady despite the heavy load, and returned to the cold spring in less than half a stick of incense.
Bai Fuling easily jumped to the ground, and leaned back on the cool marble reclining chair under the shade of the trees by the spring, it was so comfortable that she almost wanted to roll on the spot, it's better to have her own nest!
Bai Guo was not easy to dismiss, so she walked up to her and glared at her, "Please explain clearly, what's going on?"
"The day before yesterday, Dad received a letter of approval. The imperial court sent the Sixth Prince to Beiguan City to reward the Zhenbei Army. Although there is no specific description of his appearance, judging from his age and behavior, it is this Pengtie." Fu Ling said indifferently.
Bai Guo still wanted to ask more questions, but Ma Lan had already walked over with fruit refreshments, so she had to shut up temporarily.
A glass of chilled fresh grape juice, and a large bowl of various fruits cut into small pieces mixed with yogurt, Bai Fuling ate happily with a smile on her face, Ginkgo looked greedy, but Ma Lan only handed her a cup of warm tea and said: "Ginkgo Sister, you just ran all the way, and eating ice can easily spoil your stomach, so let's talk about it with a sip of tea."
"My Ma Lan really knows how to take care of people, Bai Guo, you can drink your tea with peace of mind." Bai Fuling ate smackingly on purpose.
Bai Guo cast her a big white eye full of envy and hatred, dismissed Ma Lan who was interrupting, and then continued to ask: "A young man with a flat head, a dignified face and a face, Beiguancheng It's rare, but it's not absolutely unheard of, and you know that he is His Highness the Sixth Prince, his Duanzhou accent doesn't look like someone from the capital, and even if the imperial envoy wants to visit incognito, he always has to bring a lot of guards with him Well, how could you be alone and almost lose your life in the wild?"