Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

   Wei Cong is very pitiful. He wanted to get an official post after he was admitted to the jinshi, so even if he was named the last one, he would happily not be ashamed.

   But the emperor did not let him out of the capital.

   That small-eyed emperor directly intervened in the Ministry of Personnel to arrange for him to be an official with the same jinshi, and let him be a 19th grade minor official in the capital, or a 9th grade civil official in charge of an iron mine on the outskirts of Beijing.

  Wei Cong: Ha ha.

   Unless he resigns and does not grant him, he must be the official. If the average scholar would definitely rather not be an official than go to the iron mine.

   They have been admitted to the jinshi examination. Even if they are not officials, there are many ways out. All of them are better than this one. However, Wei Cong is mentally ill.

   also brought his wife, and sent the servants to build a courtyard at the foot of the mountain next to the mine, and ride horses to and from get off work every day.

But to say that his diligent work is not the same. When the goods arrived at the mine, he did not intervene in the mining of iron ore. Instead, he held a book and read it while drinking tea. He was so happy that he called a few absentees to chat with him. Chatting, talking, and if they are unhappy, they will be given a leave of absence from work, and let them line up on the mountain to rehearse singing and dancing. a bowl of rice.

  The emperor wanted to cure his sins, but Jiupin was the last official and could not be demoted. If he wanted to beat him, he dared to lie down and pretend to be dead and ask for sick leave.

   Later, the emperor simply ignored it and looked at him as a joke.

   But Li Baolu is very sympathetic to Wei Cong, don't look at Wei Cong's madness and seems to be enjoying it, but life in the mine is not good, even the air is not good, what does he want to live there?

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

   "Okay, since the mines are covered with food and clothing, I'll let them pack up two sets of clothes and take them with me."

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

Apart from them, the nine stewards had only their sons. According to statistics, only fourteen met the requirements. As for their servants, Li Baolu did not intend to send them to the mines, nor did he intend to be harsh on them. After all, this matter had nothing to do with them. They have nothing to do.

So Li Baolu brought these people out individually and said, "You all know that Gu Mansion has only three masters, so you can't use so many people to serve, your previous masters were slaves, but now I copied them, you guys They can't be considered slaves of slaves. They are my people like them. I also know that their corruption has nothing to do with you, and I have no intention of angering 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 directly give you the sale deed and give you two months of monthly money. If you don't want to leave, I have said it before. I have few people here. The house only intends to keep another concierge, a servant, and the rest will be sent to Zhuangzi to work, don't worry, I will not treat you badly."

Li Baolu paused and said, "You have two options when you come to Zhuangzi, one is to rent land like tenants to grow crops, but you are slaves and don't have to pay Ding tax, so you have to pay 10% of the rent and monthly payment. There is no more, the annual income is all yours, minus 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 raiding your home won't happen to you. I said those private properties are yours and yours."

   "The other is to work according to the master's instructions, and to get a fixed monthly payment every month. The work that needs to be done in the village is always inseparable from farming, and you should think about it for yourself."

   The people all panicked, looking at each other and not knowing what to choose.

  Different from domestic slaves like them, these people are all sold as slaves. Of course they want to be good people more than slaves. But they didn't dare to leave easily, because people who would sell themselves to slaves and become slaves would be in extreme poverty, otherwise they wouldn't sell themselves.

   But Li Baolu's offer was very tempting. Don't redeem the money, you can also get two more months of monthly money.

   The people 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 his promise to return their contract of prostitution to them and give them two months of monthly money.

   The remaining servants were only two old women, an old man and two young servants. What surprised Li Baolu was that all the little girls were left 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: "Madam, 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 at the fierce man, she ransacked the house as soon as she showed up, but apart from the initial fear, the little girls were not afraid of Li Baolu, but felt that it was safe to stay by her side, so they were reluctant to leave.

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

   As for the reasons for the three elders, they are more direct. They have no children and no daughters, and they point to their employers to support them. How can they leave?

   I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive the next winter, but I’ll be able to live with Li Baolu, and I’ll still have monthly money. After a few years, I’ll be able to save up at least a pair of coffins, so I won’t be swept up in the wilderness when I get old.

   Li Baolu looked at the two servants and said that they were servants, but they were book boys 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 she couldn't. She looked at them and said with a smile, "Alright, you all stay, and when you get older, you can tell me if you want to leave, and I'll let you go. ."

  Li Baolu didn't want to hold back servants who didn't want to be slaves.

   Everyone looked at Li Baolu gratefully, while the servant in the yard next door almost bit his teeth, wishing he could eat Li Baolu raw.

  The nine stewards and their families already knew that they, the grown men, were going to be sent to the mine to mine.

   Although they are servants, they suffered a lot when they were young, but they have been enjoying themselves for more than ten years, and they may not even be able to carry water, let alone mining.

   And the women were crying with their husbands/sons in their arms. How could their lives be so hard?

The people in the yard next door stayed up all night, but no one dared to light the lights. The nine stewards quietly met in the room in the middle of the night, and one said, "We can't sit still like this, otherwise we might die in the mine, and our family members will be afraid of it. Can't escape."

   "Then let's escape?"

   "Escape?" In the darkness, a steward looked sarcastic, and asked in a deep voice, "How to escape, where to escape? Which of us is not dragging the family and bringing a family, do we want to leave the mother, or leave the youngest son?"

  The crowd was silent.

Banxiang Buzhuang's steward said quietly: "Maybe we can go to Zhongyong Hou's Mansion to try, although the third master has separated the Hou's Mansion, but the blood ties continue, and the Hou's Mansion is still the main branch, as long as they can speak for us, If you press the third master, the third grandmother may not be unappreciative."

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

"That's because there aren't enough chips," Butler Buzhuang said quietly: "Who can achieve our level without hiding something? Besides, our family has been slaves for generations in the Hou Mansion, and we always know some secrets that others don't know. …”

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

   Of course, this method can't be used on the lord and the old lady, because they are not afraid of anyone, and killing them is almost like killing an ant, but it is different for the three ladies below.

Mrs. Tang was the first wife, but the second lady was the niece of the old lady's family. Since she got married, she has been assisting and feeding. The third lady was not honorable when she entered the door. , but there are many jokes behind their backs, such three ladies have many conflicts, and naturally they have many reasons.

   They are the slaves of the Gu family. They have a wide network of connections and can always know things that others don't know, not to mention that their mothers have a wider face.

   For example, the one crying in the alley today, she was the mother who served the Hou Ye, then the Hou Ye, and finally the person who served the Shi Ziye.

   She knew a lot about the Xinmi of Hou's mansion.

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

Butler Buzhuang gritted his teeth secretly, "Bring out what you have given and what you know, I will go to see the eldest lady overnight tonight. If the eldest lady can't get through, I will send another person to the second lady. Hmph, the third grandma, she will do it again. Can you be just a child bride who has not been married for a long time, and her family has no foundation, how can she be tougher than the eldest wife?"

  The time was short, and the nine people did not delay, and immediately prepared their respective chips. The steward of Buzhuang tidyed up, quietly opened the courtyard door, and went to the Zhongyonghou Mansion in the dark.

   It was curfew at this time, but he knew how to avoid the patrolling officers.

   As soon as Butler Buzhuang 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 a lesson plan at his desk, replied "yes" in a low voice and stepped back.

  The study was quiet for a while, Gu Jingyun was writing his lesson plan, and Li Baolu was sitting on the couch reading a book, pursing her lips and smiling happily from time to time.

   After she finished flipping through a book, it was already dark outside, she twisted her neck, blinked a bit sour eyes, and thought to herself, went to the Marquis of Zhongyong?

   It's good to look for it. She didn't come to the Hou Mansion, it doesn't mean she forgot about it, but I don't know if they will stand up for this group of slaves this time.