Steel Dynasty - Chapter 29

[Chapter 29 Alembic]

“Relegated to slavery?”

Zhang Liang raised his head at this time, a little surprised.

Just being accused of being a bandit was enough to be beheaded, not to mention attacking the government cavalry. He was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Kun was the same, with a strange look on his face.

Xiao Ming looked at Pang Yukun who was slightly satisfied at this time and curled his lips. Originally, he was going to release all these people.

However, Pang Yukun strongly opposed it. He believed that he should not be too impatient to win people’s hearts. If he was acquitted, Zhang Liang might be grateful to Xiao Ming, but he would also think that Xiao Ming valued his talent and was lenient to him. In this way, in the end, this A trace of gratitude will also disappear.

Instead of doing this, it is better to reprimand them as slaves and relieve them of their status as slaves based on their achievements in the future, so that they will be serious about shipbuilding.

I have to say that we are not in the same era, and sometimes the issues we think about are different. The Madonna plot is sometimes undesirable in this era.

Xiao Ming thought about it later and realized that what Pang Yukun said made sense.

At this time, Qian Dafu said slowly: “Zhang Liang, you don’t have to be surprised. It was me who begged for your favor. Do you still remember me?”

Zhang Liang carefully distinguished himself and said in surprise: “Steward Qian.”

“That’s right. It was me. When I first came to Qingzhou, I went to your shipyard to ask you to repair the damaged merchant ships. It was me who you stopped last time in Tuoshan.” Qian Dafu said.

Zhang Liang said guiltily: “Steward Qian, you are a blind man. If we recognize Steward Qian, we will never dare to recognize him.”

“Forget it, don’t mention this matter in the future. This time I beg Your Highness, Seeing that you have some shipbuilding skills, I will spare your lives and you will try your best to repay His Highness in the future,” Qian Dafu continued.

Qian Dafu is playing a double act with Xiao Ming, one with a red face and the other with a white face.

Zhang Liangru came out of the gate of hell, fell to the ground and said, “Thank you, Your Highness, and the steward Qian.”

“Get up. From today on, you will belong to the Equipment Department and be classified as slaves. Lieutenant Lu, please take them there.” Xiao Ming said.

Slaves are still a common phenomenon in the Dayu Kingdom. The law of the Dayu Kingdom clearly stipulates: “Slaves and maids are better than livestock products.”

This means that they are the same as livestock, and the modern word “bitch” comes from this. .

It can be said that the servants in Prince Qi’s palace are Xiao Ming’s private property. He can buy, sell and kill them at will, without any human rights at all.

Among the scholars, farmers, industry and merchants here, there is no slave class, because they are just vassals who depend on the four classes to live.

The number of slaves in Chang’an City even accounts for 20% of the population. These people take care of all the daily life of the nobles who are not engaged in production.

The sources of slaves are also very wide, including prisoners of war, sinners assigned to slavery, good men sold into slavery, and children born to slaves.

The household registrations of these people were specifically classified as slaves, and whether they could be released from slavery depended on the owner’s wishes.

Now that Xiao Ming has classified Zhang Liang and others as slaves, their fate is still in his hands and he can do whatever he wants.

Lu Fei took Zhang Liang and his party to the Equipment Department. Pang Yukun said, “Congratulations, Your Highness, on getting another group of craftsmen.”

“Thanks to Pang Changshi for his advice.” Xiao Ming said, and the two of them complimented each other.

Pang Yukun smiled stiffly, “But Your Highness, the two pieces of silver allocated to the porridge can last for a month. I hope Your Highness will think of more ways. There have been many bandits who have come to join us in the past few days. It seems to be working initially.”

Xiao Ming’s head felt heavy for a while, Pang Yukun bowed, meaning that this matter all depends on you, turned around and left gracefully.

Qian Dafu glanced at Pang Yukun who was leaving, and said with a wry smile: “Your Highness, Pang Changshi has this kind of temperament, and he doesn’t mean any harm.”

“You are the only one who will be a good man.” Xiao Ming said helplessly: “Let’s go to the Equipment Department. If you want to come to Yinliang

, it depends on the ability of the Equipment Department. “This time Xiao Ming went to the Equipment Department to ask Chen Qi to forge a very practical thing for himself. This thing can not only distill alcohol, but also is an essential thing for refining essential oils. –Distiller.

In fact, the principle of the distiller is very simple. It is just a few connected sealed jars. The first jar is responsible for distillation, the second jar is responsible for cooling, and the third jar is responsible for collection.

As long as the distiller is manufactured, distilling wine and extracting plant essential oils is no problem.

The most important thing is that this distiller can be made of wood, ceramic, or metal.

When they arrived at the Equipment Department, Chen Wenlong was assigning handyman jobs to Zhang Liang and others, and Xiao Ming called Chen Qi over.

“Chen Qi, these two **** made this thing for me.” Xiao Ming pulled Chen Qi aside, drew a picture of the still on the blackboard, and then explained the specific structure to him Material.

Through Xiao Ming’s teaching of this gadget, the specific process of making a distiller quickly appeared in Chen Qi’s mind. He said: “This is simple, Your Highness. It is better to bake several large pots, and it is easy to shape.

” Well, that’s okay, the pipes connecting the pots can be made using the thread-through method,” Xiao Ming said.

This thong is a method of wrapping a soft stick in mud, calcining it and then pulling it out, so as to create the condenser tube needed for the still.

“Yes, Your Highness, I will instruct the craftsmen to do it now.” Chen Qi said.

After explaining the matter about the still, Xiao Ming returned to the palace and asked Ziyuan to purchase some rice wine and spices.

Zi Yuan went around the East Market and West Market that day, but she could only buy rice wine in Qingzhou City, but not spices.

Xiao Ming thought for a moment and could only find Qin Mu.

“Your Highness, there is no problem with this spice.” Qin Mu was obviously not concerned about this issue, but asked: “I heard that Your Highness captured Zhang Liang and his son?”

Xiao Ming stretched out his hand to warm his hands on the briquette stove. This Qingzhou City The snow stopped for a few days, but the snow melted and it became even colder.

The Qin family had some history with Zhang Liang. Xiao Ming was not surprised that he asked this and said, “That’s right. Do you have any ideas?”

“Your Highness, it’s not that my foolish brother has any ideas, but this Liang owes our Qin family a lot.” Regarding the debt, my father wants to buy Zhang Liang and his son from His Highness and let them build a ship to repay the debt.” Qin Mu asked tentatively.

Xiao Ming raised his eyelids and said calmly: “This won’t work. It’s useful for me to keep him, so don’t think about this matter.”

Qin Mu snorted and said: “In this case, I will resign, stupid brother.” “

Xiao Ming glanced at Qin Mu and reminded, “This batch of spices is for the Queen. You, the Qin family, must be careful. If something goes wrong, I will not be able to protect you. “

Qin .

Mu was a little annoyed because of Xiao Ming’s rejection of Zhang Liang, so he thought about buying some low-quality spices to deal with it. Xiao Ming’s words suddenly shocked him.

“Your Highness, don’t worry, even if you give me a hundred courages, I wouldn’t dare to pass it off as the best. My family happens to have a batch of top-quality spices from the Western Regions. I was planning to take them to Chang’an for sale. I will deliver them to you tonight,” Qin Mu said with a smile. .

“It’s so wonderful.” Xiao Ming smiled with deep meaning.

(End of chapter)