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Wei Cong was very pitiful. He originally wanted to seek an official position after he passed the Jinshi examination, so even if he was selected as the last one, he was happy and not ashamed.

But the emperor did not let him go out of Beijing.

The narrow-minded emperor directly intervened in the Ministry of Officials to arrange for him an official position as a Jinshi, and let him be a ninth-rank petty official in the capital, or a ninth-rank civil official in charge of an iron mine in the suburbs of Beijing.

Wei Cong: Hehe.

Unless he resigns and refuses to confer, he must be the official. If ordinary scholars would rather not be an official than go to iron mines.

They have already passed the Jinshi examination, even if they don't become officials, there are many ways out, all of which are better than this one, but Wei Cong is crazy, after receiving the official letter of appointment, not only did he not refuse, but laughed and went to become an official.

He also brought his wife with him, and sent his servants to build a separate courtyard at the foot of the mountain next to the mine, and rode a horse to and from get off work every day.

But it’s not true that he is diligent in his office work. When this guy arrives at the mine, he doesn’t intervene in the mining of iron ore, but holds a book to enjoy himself while drinking tea and reading. Chatting, chatting, if you are unhappy, you will take the leave of absence from work, let them line up to rehearse singing and dancing on the mountain, and pay the wages, which makes the people in the capital happy, and then pissed off the emperor. a bowl of rice.

The emperor wanted to punish him for his crimes, but the ninth rank was already the last official, and he could not be demoted. If he wanted to beat him, he would lie down and pretend to be dead and then take sick leave. It was a rascal.

Later, the emperor simply ignored him and took him as a joke.

But Li Baolu sympathized with Wei Cong very much, although Wei Cong was crazy and seemed to enjoy it, but the life in the mine was not good, even the air was not good, what was he living there for?

Gu Jingyun was not worried about his senior brother, he put down his teacup and said calmly: "Although senior brother doesn't care about business, it is still possible to add some absenteeism to the mine."

"Okay, since the mine includes food and lodging, I'll let them pack two sets of clothes and bring them with them."

Gu Jingyun smiled slightly, but a cold light flashed in his downcast eyes.

Apart from them, the nine stewards had only their sons. According to statistics, only fourteen of them met the requirements. As for the servants hired by their family, Li Baolu did not intend to send them to the mine, nor did she intend to be harsh on them. They have nothing to do.

So Li Baolu singled out these people and said: "You also know that there are only three masters in this Gu mansion, so there are not so many servants. Your previous masters were slaves, but now I have copied them. I can't be regarded as slaves of slaves, they are all mine like them. I also know that their corruption has nothing to do with you, and I didn't intend to anger you, so I will ask you today, do you want to leave , or do you want to stay?"

"If you leave, I don't want your redemption money. I will give you the deed of sale and give you two months' money. If you don't want to leave, as I said before, I don't have many people here. The mansion only intends to keep one porter and one servant, and the rest will be sent to the Zhuangzi to work, don’t worry, I won’t treat you badly.”

Li Baolu paused and said: "You have two choices when you come to the Zhuangzi, one is to rent land to grow like tenants, but you are slaves and don't have to pay the small tax, so you have to pay 10% of the rent, monthly money There is no more, the annual income is your own, excluding those who pay the rent.”

Li Baolu smiled at them, and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, as long as you don't cheat and treat me with sincerity, things like ransacking your home won't happen to you. If I say that those private properties are yours, they are yours."

"The other is to work according to the master's orders, and get some monthly money on a regular basis. The work that needs to be done on the farm is always inseparable from farming. You should think about it yourself."

All the servants panicked, looking at each other, not knowing what to choose.

Unlike the domestic slaves who are in charge of them, these people are all slaves. Of course they want to be good citizens rather than slaves. But they didn't dare to leave easily, because the people who would sell themselves to be slaves must be extremely poor, otherwise they wouldn't sell themselves.

But Li Baolu's offer was very tempting. Instead of ransoming her body, she could get two extra months of monthly money.

The servants stood and considered for a while, and finally two young men and a middle-aged man stood up and expressed their desire to leave.

Li Baolu immediately fulfilled her promise to return their contract of sale to them, and gave them two months' monthly money.

Among the remaining servants were only two old women, an old man and two young servants, and what surprised Li Baolu was that all the young girls stayed behind.

There are twelve girls, including Liu Hong.

Li Baolu looked at them and asked, "Don't you want to be good?"

The little girls shook their heads and nodded, and finally Liu Hong explained in a low voice: "Ma'am, we will be sold again when we go home, and we are not sure where we will be sold next time?"

Although the wife looked fierce and ransacked the house as soon as she showed up, other than the initial fear, the little girls were not afraid of Li Baolu, and felt safe by her side, so they didn't want to leave.

As for farming, it was not difficult. Before they were sold as maids, they not only had to do housework, but also did fieldwork. They were confident that they were no worse than others.

As for the reason of the three elders, it is more straightforward. They have no children and no daughters, so they point to the employer to take care of them. How could they leave?

If I go out, I'm afraid I won't even be able to survive the next winter, but with Li Baolu, I'll be able to cover food and housing, and monthly money. In a few years, I can at least save money for a pair of coffins, so that I won't die in the wilderness when I get old.

Li Baolu then looked at the two boys, and said that they were boys, but they were the schoolboys assigned by the stewards for their sons, so they were still young, the older one was only nine years old, and the younger one was only seven years old.

The two children looked at Li Baolu and said with red eyes, "We don't want to leave my wife."

Like a baby who hasn't been weaned, Li Baolu wanted to laugh but couldn't. She looked at them and said with a smile: "Alright, you all stay here. When you grow up, you can tell me if you want to leave, and I will let you go." .”

Li Baolu didn't want to keep a servant who didn't want to be a slave.

Everyone looked at Li Baolu gratefully, but the servants in the next yard almost gritted their teeth, wishing they could eat Li Baolu raw.

The nine stewards and their families already knew that these adult men were going to be sent to the mine to dig.

Although they are servants and suffered a lot when they were young, they have been enjoying the blessings for the past ten years, and they may not even be able to carry water, let alone mine.

And the women are crying with their husbands/sons in their arms. Why is their life so hard? After a lifetime of hard work, they finally meet such a heartless master.

The people in the yard next door stayed up all night, but no one dared to light the lamps. In the middle of the night, the nine stewards quietly met in the room, and one of them said: "We can't just sit and wait for death, or we might die in the mine. Our family members may die too." Can't escape."

"Then shall we escape?"

"Escape?" In the darkness, a steward had sarcasm in his eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "How to escape, and where to escape? Which of us is not dragging the family, do we want to leave the old lady, or leave the youngest son?"

Everyone was silent.

After a while, the manager of Buzhuang said quietly: "Maybe we can go to Zhongyonghou's Mansion to try. Although the third master has separated from the Hou's Mansion, the blood relationship will continue, and the Hou's Mansion will still be the main branch. As long as they can speak for us, If you suppress the third master, the third grandma may not be ungrateful."

"Didn't you try it? I didn't even hear a sound when the message was sent in."

"That's because there are not enough bargaining chips," the steward of the cloth village said quietly: "Who can reach our level without hiding something in his hands? Besides, our family has been slaves in the Hou Mansion for generations, and we always know some secrets that others don't know ..."

This is to intimidate and lure the master of the Hou Mansion.

Of course, this method cannot be used on Lord Hou and the old lady, because they are not afraid of anyone, and crushing them to death is similar to crushing an ant, but it is different to the three ladies below.

The Tang family is the wife of the eldest son, but the second wife is the niece of the old lady's natal family. She has been assisting and supporting the family since she got married, and the third wife was not honorable when she entered the house. , but there are many jokes behind the scenes. Such three wives are full of conflicts, and naturally they have many reasons.

They are the family slaves of the Gu family, and they have a wide network of contacts. They can always know things that others don't know, not to mention their mother-in-law has even more face.

For example, the one crying in the alley today, she was the mother who served Lord Hou, then Lord Hou, and finally the person who served the late son.

She knows a lot about the secrets of the Hou Mansion.

The nine people looked at each other in the dark for a while, and the last person swallowed and asked, "Who is going?"

The steward of the cloth village gritted his teeth secretly, "Bring out what you have produced and the news you know. I will go to see the eldest lady overnight tonight. If the eldest lady cannot get through, I will send another person to the second lady. Hmph, the third grandma will go to the second lady again." Maybe she's just a child bride-in-law who just married into the family not long ago, and her family has no foundation, how can she be tougher than the eldest wife?"

Time was running out, and the nine of them did not delay, and immediately prepared their respective chips. The manager of the cloth village tidied up, then quietly opened the courtyard door, and went to Zhongyonghou's mansion in the dark.

There was a curfew, but he knew how to avoid the patrolling officers.

As soon as Buzhuang manager left, Erlin appeared in the study and reported the situation to Li Baolu in a low voice.

Li Baolu turned a page of the book and said indifferently: "Don't worry about him, as long as they don't run away with their families."

Erlin glanced at Gu Jingyun who was concentrating on writing lesson plans at his desk, answered "yes" in a low voice, and then backed away.

The study room was quiet for a while, Gu Jingyun was writing his lesson plans, while Li Baolu was sitting on the couch reading, smiling happily from time to time.

When she finished reading a book, it was getting dark outside, she twisted her neck, blinked her sour eyes, and thought belatedly, did she go to Zhongyonghou's mansion?

Good job looking, she didn't come to the Hou's house, it doesn't mean she forgot about it, but I don't know if they will stand up for these slaves this time.