Datang little husband

Chapter 25
After beating Liu Fu and all the servants, Du He returned to his room.

But at this moment, all the servants in the mansion couldn't help feeling a sense of belonging in their hearts!

After all, for slaves like them, it was their blessing to meet such a Patriarch.

Although this is somewhat ironic, in this generation, this is the voice of many low-level slaves.

So much so that such a good situation made the original people in Zhuangzi feel dissatisfied with it, thinking that Du He would rather have these slaves than give them the farmers of Zhuangzi.

Du He will not be soft on this. I remember that when Du He first arrived at Zhuangzi, he was full of joy and wanted to bring these farmers to become rich together. After all, these farmers can be regarded as his slaves.

But seeing that Du He was young, these farmers came to force the palace, trying to get Du He to lower the rent. Although it was later proved that these farmers were instigated by his mother, Du He didn't know this at the time!

How could Du He tolerate such a thing of kicking his nose and face, and directly violently dealt with a group of people, especially the person in charge, who was directly beaten to death by Du He.

Du He at that moment was violent to the extreme. Of course, it was also proved afterwards that there was something wrong with that manager. normal.

It's just that Du He's next move at that time was really incomprehensible to many people. After cleaning up the farmers in the manor, they just added a layer of rent, and they didn't manage those farmers.

On the contrary, the manpower needed in the manor, except for a few households, are all slaves bought from the market.

For Du He's operation, Liu Fu and others were puzzled at the time, and even the mastermind behind all this, Du He's old mother Liu, was also confused when she heard the report from the servants. I don't understand why Du He did this.

However, following the opening of Duhe's Heyexuan, the business was extremely booming, and when the warm kang appeared in Duhe's manor.

Everyone seemed to understand something, but they couldn't tell what it was.

But at this time, as more and more people knelt outside the mansion, Liu Fu, who had just been reprimanded this morning, seemed to understand something.

"Young master, it's not good, young master, all the farmers in the manor are kneeling outside the mansion! Young master..."

"What's the noise? Isn't it just kneeling? There's nothing to make a fuss about. They like to kneel, so let them kneel. I really thought this young master was a philanthropist! If I can't survive this, I just think of Ben. Young master, we didn’t see them being so active when this young master came here, but now that I think about it, it’s too late! If you have nothing to do, go do your own work!” Du He, who heard Liu Fu’s voice from afar, was playing cards with his sister , speaking to Liu Fu impatiently.

"Sister, wait a minute, I have it at two o'clock, and it's all mine!"

"Second brother, you are necrotic, and you have won so many cards again!"

"That's right! Young master, you can't let the slaves and misses!"

"No, the card game is like a battlefield, how can I let it go! Hurry up, stop talking, play cards!"

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Du He took Du Lian and Xiaomei in the room, having a great time playing, while Liu Fu didn't even go in, so he had to leave in despair.

And through just a few words from his young master, Liu Fu also confirmed his guess. Not only did Liu Fu not feel unhappy at all, but he was happy that Du He had such means.

After all, Liu Fu is also a servant from a rich family, and he knows a lot about the various things of a rich family. Now that the master he serves has such means, it is most welcome to a servant like him, because only the master is powerful The status of these domestic servants can only be improved with the status of the master. This prime minister is not talking about the size of the door.

After knowing his young master's plan, Liu Fu became more determined in his heart to assist Du He.

So Liu Fu didn't come forward in person, but just called a servant in the mansion to tell the farmers to let them kneel there if they liked.

Facing the message from the servants in the mansion, all the peasant households knelt there with ashen faces, but this time none of them left alone.

Although they are ignorant, it doesn't mean they are stupid, and they came here today, apart from the fact that the few households in their village who followed Duhe early in the morning are doing well now, which makes their hearts moved, it is more because of them. It has been a long time since they were summoned by Du He, which made them realize that they might be abandoned.

This is a big deal for them. After all, they are the Du family's slaves. From the day they were rewarded by Li Shimin to Du Ruhui, they are the private property of the Du family.

Now they were abandoned by Du He, the new master. For them, that was a huge blow.

The reason why they took such a long time to come is that many people think that they did it at that time because they thought they were following the orders of the mistress, that is, the orders of Mrs. Du He, and Du He also punished them. took them.

That's why they were a little bit confident, but now it seems that they were wrong. From the news they got, they thought they were abandoned. That's why they came here in such a hurry to ask Du He for forgiveness.

But now it seems that instead of intending to forgive them, Du He has the idea of ​​abandoning them. That's why they reacted so strongly when Liu Fu didn't even show up and was just a servant passing on the message.

Let me explain here, although these farmers are said to be Du He's domestic slaves, but to be sure, they are just food towns bestowed by Li Shimin when Du Ruhui was entrusted with the title.

In the Tang Dynasty, Shiyi was more of a blessing of honor, and these farmers could leave.

But they didn't leave because they became food towns, which not only freed them from corvee, but also met good masters, and paid less tax. Even if the tax was higher, it was much better than those who had to serve corvee.

That's why they are so afraid of being abandoned, because once they are abandoned, it means that there will be heavy corvee waiting for them in the future, which is definitely not the result they want.

And don't think, are these people stupid, they are willing to be servants and slaves just to get rid of corvee, it's because you don't understand the suffering of corvee.

When you meet an enlightened emperor, corvée is better, but when you meet a tyrant, corvée is suffering, especially for those who are forced to do so. Not only do you have to bring your own dry food, but you are not exempt from taxes.

This alone can cost the lives of many families. After all, those who are conscripted are the strong laborers of a family. Once they leave, the family's land can only be handed over to women and the elderly, and taxes must not be reduced.

They can save a lot of labor for the family without having to serve corvee, so will anyone think they are stupid? ,

(End of this chapter)