Li Wangyou hastily stepped forward to salute: "Wangyou has seen Yang Ming's mansion, and he was far away from welcoming him, so he offended him."

"Young man of the Li family, this county asks you, why do all these servants in the mansion leave the mansion?" Yang Zuan asked with a grim expression.

"Going back to the Ming Mansion, because the life in the mansion is difficult now, the boy can't afford to support so many slaves, so I released them all this morning for good. Let them go to make a living, but I don't know why the servants are blocking their way? "

Li Wangyou's nonsense came out as soon as he opened his mouth, but Yang Zuan and Liu Xiao were both dumbfounded when they heard it.

Liu Xiao was even more stunned. Last night, she kindly came to remind this young man of the Li family, why did he do such absurd things again?

What is he planning to release the servants and maidservants in the whole house?Why is this young man from the Li family acting so recklessly?

Liu Xiao couldn't figure out the reason why Li Wangyou did this. How could he understand Li Wangyou's thoughts as a modern person as a Tang official.

The county magistrate Yang Zuan threw his sleeves angrily: "Absurd! Young man of the Li family, do you still remember that your family owes the county government 200 million gongs?"

Li Wangyou chuckled: "Going back to the Ming Mansion, the boy will naturally remember, isn't this just to save money and pay off the debts? I kicked out these bastards who live in the mansion so that they can save money to pay off the debts."

"You..." Yang Zuan was so angry at Li Wangyou's words that he almost bit his tongue: "Presumptuous, are you playing tricks on this county?"

"Boy don't dare." Li Wangyou replied calmly.

He is also ready to rely on him, anyway, he is young and is not afraid of what the magistrate will do to him.This Datang should not have Lao Lai's credit blacklist, right?Today, I will be the old man of the Tang Dynasty.

"Then you tell the county that you transferred the 200 acres of fertile land in the mansion to the Li clan, and freed the slaves and maidservants for good. What will you use to repay the [-] million gongs from the county government?"

Li Wangyou smiled, and pointed to the main room behind him: "Mingfu, why don't you go to the main room to sit down and talk in detail? Don't worry, the county government's servant Qian Xiaozi won't renege on his debts, why don't you ask the government servants to let these slaves go away? They all have the release documents written down by me, and they are considered good people now."

"Hmph! This county didn't apply for naturalization for them, so they are not considered my good men!" Yang Zuan snorted coldly and said dissatisfied.

"Then the Ming government is going to force Liang to be a slave?" Li Wangyou was not in a hurry, and smiled leisurely.

The reason why Li Wangyou was not worried about the magistrate's refusal to let people go was because the population had plummeted after the Great Tang was established shortly after the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Whether it is Li Er's attitude or the attitude of the government, it is hoped that the population can be increased as soon as possible under the rule.The slaves and maids do not pay taxes, nor do they serve corvee, they are only the private property of the master's family.

So the government is actually encouraging the people to release slaves and maidservants as good, but in the face of interests, no one will do like Li Wangyou.

In fact, it wasn't because Li Wangyou was forced by the county government, and he didn't want to use slaves to pay off the debts, and he wouldn't release all the slaves in the mansion.

Now that these slaves already have the release documents written by the master's family, they are already beloved in terms of law.If Yang Zuan refuses to re-naturalize them, or even arrests and sells them, then Yang Zuan's black hat will come to an end.

Li Wangyou's words made Yang Zuan shake his robe in anger, then turned around and walked towards the main room.

"Young man of the Li family, today... hey." The head secretary Liu Xiao wanted to say something to Li Wangyou, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only sigh and turned around and waved at the yamen servants, motioning them to let him go.

Seeing the servants of the county government get out of the way, these freed servants of Li's mansion didn't bother to say anything, for fear that the county government would change their minds and arrest them.

Hastily saluted Li Wangyou again, then turned and left quickly.Seeing that the slaves and maidservants of the Li family had dispersed, Li Wangyou breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and politely asked the master Bao Liuxiao to sit down in the main room.

At this moment, the old butler Li Heng was the only one left in Nuo Da's Li Mansion to busy himself, but another person appeared from the back hall, it was the little maid Pei Lan.

Without saying a word, she silently poured a bowl of water for Yang Zuan and Liu Xiao respectively, and then stepped aside again.

Yang Zuan looked at them and asked Li Wangyou, "Are these two slaves left in your house?"

"Back to the Ming Mansion, this old slave is the only one left. If you have the heart, you can take her away to pay off the debt. I have already released this little girl, and the Ming Mansion can't take her away." Li Wangyou smiled. replied.

The old housekeeper Li Heng also nodded with a smile, expressing that he was the only servant in the mansion.

"Hmph!" Yang Zuan was once again so pissed off by his words, he picked up the water bowl on the table and drank it in one gulp.

If he forcibly took this old slave away from Li's mansion, just to sell it for two or three pennies to pay off the debt, it would be a joke if it got out.

"Young man of the Li family, it's not that the county wants to force you. Your lord supervised Hu County before, and he is also considered the county's superior. It's not that the county is unreasonable, it's just that your lord owes too much money to the company! "Yang Zuan saw that the matter had come to this point, so he had no choice but to let it go.

"Going back to the Ming Mansion, Wangyou knows. It's all thanks to the kindness of the Ming Mansion. It has been more than a year since my lord died of illness, and he didn't come to the mansion to force me to pay back the money. Wangyou is so grateful that he dare not forget the kindness of the Ming Mansion."

"Then this is how you repay the county?" Yang Zuan asked dissatisfied.

Li Wangyou smiled wryly: "Back to the Ming Mansion, my lord borrowed the money from my family, so naturally I will pay it back. Wangyou really felt ashamed of selling the slaves and maidservants in the mansion to pay off the debt, so he did such absurd thing. I hope the Ming government will forgive me."

Seeing what Li Wangyou said, Yang Zuan didn't have much to say. He sighed again: "Hey, Xiao Lang is confused. Now that you have been expelled from the clan and released your slaves, what will you use to pay back the money?"

Chief Registrar Liu Xiao was afraid that Li Wangyou wouldn't understand, so she explained: "Xiao Lang, it's not because I'm not showing respect, it's all stipulated by the law."

He explained to Li Wangyou the regulations in "Tang Law Shuyi", which made Li Wangyou, who was originally relaxed, dumbfounded. It seems that this old man of Tang Dynasty is not easy to be!

015 Soaring to [-] miles

"Tang Law Discussion": "All debts that violate the contract are not repaid by more than one. If you violate the [-]th day, the cane will be [-], and the [-]th day will be increased by one level. Wait, each order prepares for compensation."

What does that mean?

That is, for Lao Lai who does not pay back the money owed, spanking, imprisonment, and repayment of debts with work are punished.

If the debt reaches the value of a piece of cloth, if you fail to repay the contract within 20 days, you will be sentenced to 20 strokes of "caning", and every 20 days will be increased, until the 20 strokes of the cane are upgraded to 60 strokes of the rod...

Li Wangyou calculated in his mind, a piece of silk costs 500 Wen, and a piece of coarse cloth costs 100 Wen, so it should be considered the price of silk.I owe 200 million yuan, which is equivalent to the price of [-] bolts of silk.

If this is spanking, even if I am a titanium alloy fart, I can't help spanking!

He was still worrying about how he could keep his ass, and the chief bookkeeper Liu Xiao sighed again: "Xiao Lang, do you know who is the guarantee for your adults to borrow money from the company?"

Guaranteed?Li Wangyou didn't know about this, and looked at Liu Xiao suspiciously.

Liu Xiao smiled wryly and pointed at herself and the county magistrate Yang Zuan who was sitting in the head of the hall: "Yang Ming's mansion and I are the guarantors for your lord."

Liu Xiao is also upset now. Last night, she kindly came to remind the deceased and future generations, so that he can be mentally prepared.

In the end, who would have thought that Li Wangyou would release all the servants in the mansion, which made him regret it.

"This..." Li Wangyou didn't know what to say, no wonder the county magistrate Yang Zuan was so anxious to get angry.

"Tang Order Supplementary Order" stipulates in the article "public and private use of property": "If the debtor escapes, the guarantor will pay for it."

It turned out that if I didn't pay the 200 million gongs, I would have to pay the county magistrate Yang Zhuan and the head book Liu Xiao...

Li Wangyou was in a cold sweat.

The money owed by the Li family is the money that Li Wangyou's dead ghost father Li Zhou borrowed from the public house before his death, and it is a loan shark!

Datang borrowed money from merchants, temples, and public houses, that is, government-run usury.

Public lending means that in order to obtain office expenses and official salaries, the government uses taxes, treasury, gifts, etc. to lend money, charging high interest for profit.

Datang's corporate loan annual interest can reach up to [-]%, which is very scary.

Fortunately, Li Zhou was also a family member of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Under the guarantee of the county magistrate Yang Zhuan and the chief bookkeeper Liu Xiao, he only charged 5.00% of the interest on the money borrowed from the public house, which is [-]% per month.

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