Datang romantic little landlord

Outside the house, the sound of the watchman's bang bang came, the night was late, and people were still awake...

013 Freedom of slaves

Before dawn on the second day, Li Wangyou walked out of the study with eyes red, and asked Li Heng to summon 23 servants from all over the house.

Li Heng didn't know what happened, and according to his master's order, he called all the slaves and maidservants in the mansion into the inner courtyard.

After everyone arrived, Li Wangyou came out with a stack of papers in his hand.

"I've seen Mr. Lang." The slaves and servants in the mansion greeted Li Wangyou one after another.

"I called you here today because I need to tell you something. Because my lord owes the county government 200 million gongs, the county government will come to the mansion today and wants to take you away to offset the debt."

As soon as Li Wangyou finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation from the servants below.

Although the Li family is now in decline, both the old master and Li Wangyou are actually good to them, at least they don't beat and scold them frequently, and these slaves never thought that they would be sold by the county government because of the old master's debts.

Now hearing Li Wangyou say this, these servants panicked.Some immediately knelt down and begged bitterly, some wept bitterly, and some were at a loss.

In the courtyard, it became chaotic for a while.

"Okay, be quiet!" Li Wangyou took a deep breath and shouted hard to calm down the servants in the courtyard again, but the crying could still be heard from the crowd.

"I, Li Wangyou, as the current head of the Li family, how can I let you sell yourself to pay off the debts of my Li family? I have decided, and I will release you all today. This is the release document I wrote last night. Take it with you. This document should go to the government to go through the naturalization formalities!"

After Li Wangyou said these words, the crowd who were crying just now suddenly fell silent, and the servants couldn't believe their ears, they looked at each other left and right, wanting to confirm from each other that they heard correctly just now.

"Lang Jun, this, this can't be done!" The old housekeeper Li Heng stumbled out, knelt down on the ground and cried, "We appreciate your kindness, but Mr. Lang let us all go. Today the county government came Man, how do you explain, sir?"

"I have my own opinion, you don't have to worry about it."

"Lang Jun, if you want to drive this old slave away, this old slave will bump his head to death on this step!" Li Heng kowtowed his head, his gray hair was messed up and scattered on his shoulders.

"Li Heng, get up!" Li Wangyou grabbed the old housekeeper and tried to pull him up.

"No, sir, this old servant is born to the Li family, and will die as a ghost of the Li family! If you don't take back what you said earlier today, this old slave will not get up." After Li Heng finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted at the servants below: " Speak a word, persuade the gentleman!"

But except for the little girl Peilan who ran out of the crowd and knelt down in front of Li Wangyou, the other servants suddenly fell silent.

Forgiveness is good...

It's something they've always dreamed of.

No one wants to be a slave forever, let alone their descendants also be slaves.

Now that Li Wangyou actually offered to release them, how could these slaves not be tempted?

Seeing that the servants and servants were silent, the old butler was furious: "You, your conscience was eaten by dogs? Did the old master and the gentleman abuse you? You..."

He wanted to continue cursing, but was stopped by Li Wangyou: "Li Heng, well, stop talking, I have already decided to release them. Peilan, send this release document to them."

The little maid, Pei Lan, didn't listen to him this time, and didn't speak, but knelt there stubbornly and remained motionless.

Li Wangyou sighed: "Li Heng, Pei Lan, why bother? Even if I don't let you go, you will still be taken away by the county government and sold again. What's the point?"

"Lang Jun, it's meaningful!" Li Heng said stubbornly: "At least the old slave can reduce some debts for the Li family, and make Lang Jun's life easier. From now on, the old slave will have the face to meet the old master when he goes underground!"

Li Wangyou was dumbfounded by this loyal old housekeeper, and would rather sell himself to pay off the debt to the Li family.This damn feudal social thought should be criticized as expected!

"Bah, you old slave, how much is it worth?" Li Wangyou scolded with a smile, not bothering to continue talking nonsense with him, found Li Heng's release document from his hand, and stuffed it into his arms.

He found Peilan's document again, took the little girl's hand, and stuffed it in.

Then he stood on the steps in the courtyard, read the names of the servants below one by one, and handed out the release documents to them with his own hands.

Those servants, all with guilt on their faces, walked forward silently.

First knelt down to Li Wangyou and kowtowed a few times, then respectfully accepted the release document representing his freedom with trembling hands and retreated.

Many slaves who received the documents couldn't help but burst into tears. At this moment, they dared not imagine in their dreams, what a word freedom is out of reach!

Li Wangyou could understand their feelings, seeing these poor people weeping with joy, his mood improved greatly.

Soon, the release documents for the 23 slaves in the mansion were issued, Li Wangyou laughed and said, "Okay, you go, I don't have money to send money to you, so get out!"

"Thank you for your kindness, my servants will never forget your kindness!" In the courtyard, all the servants knelt down again, kowtowed to Li Wangyou and helped each other to leave.

When the slaves left, Li Wangyou looked at Li Heng and Pei Lan who were still kneeling there, and wondered, "Why are you two still here? Wait for me to take care of the food?"

However, Li Heng took out the release document from his arms, tore it into pieces in twos and twos, and raised his hand, the pieces of paper flew out like snowflakes.

"You...you are so mad at me! I don't want to care about you, an old slave, you are willing to be sold by the county government to do whatever you want!" Li Wangyou stomped his feet in anger at this stubborn old man.

Pei Lan who was on the side also picked up the exemption document and was about to tear it up, but was grabbed by Li Wangyou.

"Silly girl! He's just like that when he's a dead old man, you don't dare to imitate him. What if you meet an unscrupulous master who beats you and scolds you every day?" Li Wangyou frightened the little girl. The girl said.

"Perrin is not afraid."

"What if your future master lets you warm your bed? He may be a fat man or an old man who can be your grandfather." Li Wangyou continued to scare her.

"I..." The little girl was about to cry, and the tears were rolling in her eyes.

"Li Heng, do you have the heart to watch such a little girl who is about the same age as your granddaughter be sold?" Li Wangyou said to the stubborn old man at the side again.

The old butler Li Heng looked at Pei Lan, and sighed for a long time: "Pei Lan, listen to your lord, put away the release documents."

Seeing that both Li Wangyou and Li Heng said this, Pei Lan didn't tear up the exemption document in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally put it away.

Li Wangyou breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, a servant girl who had left before ran in with a panicked look: "Your Majesty, someone from the county government has arrived."

014 Big Tang Lai Lai is not easy to be

Hearing this, Li Wangyou was not nervous at all, and kicked Li Heng: "Let's go, you stubborn old man. Someone from the county government has come, it's too late for you to regret it now."

He said this, but in fact he had already made up his mind to keep his old housekeeper.Anyway, he had released all the slaves, and the county government wouldn't have to take the old housekeeper away for sale.

This old man is already at this age, and he can sell it for two or three pennies at most. Presumably the county government won't be so ruthless, right?

"I don't regret it, the old slave doesn't regret it." Li Heng quickly got up from the ground, wiped his face indiscriminately, and then led the way for Li Wangyou, and the two rushed to the front yard.

The front yard of Li's mansion was in chaos at this moment, the servants in the county government stopped all the servants who were carrying their parcels and wanted to leave Li's mansion, and none of them were allowed to leave.

Li Wangyou saw that Liu Xiao, the chief secretary of the county government who visited last night, had also come, following behind a middle-aged man in a light green ninth-rank official robe.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were two systems in prefectures and counties, and counties were divided into upper, middle and lower classes.

Huxian County is Zhongxian County, and the county magistrate is on the seventh rank, wearing a light green official uniform.Not surprisingly, this person is Yang Zuan, the magistrate of Hu County, Yang Mingfu.