73 Conflict between indentured slaves and tenants
Moreover, Liu Baiyu did not force the wounded to work as laborers with others, but to recuperate in tents with other indentured servants. In addition to changing dressings every day, he also had to eat, and the food was not bad. Although the brown rice porridge was thin, But it’s enough. Moreover, common skin diseases and parasites in ancient people were also eliminated with medicine. Seeing the dense parasites in their rice fields, the indentured servants still admired Mr. Liu’s kindness. After all, he was really With an out-and-out Bodhisattva heart, if people like him hadn't run away without realizing it, Mr. Liu, who was kind-hearted, might not have had to resort to family violence. This argument later became the consensus among the indentured slaves, and the invisible fear also disappeared. A lot less, and he also has a certain degree of loyalty to Liu Baiyu. It is not that Liu Baiyu thinks he can only do hard work and is completely unreliable.
This consensus is not completely unfounded. Due to the physical damage caused by the refugee life, there were originally twelve or thirteen indentured slaves who were seriously ill. Although Liu Baiyu used special medicines from modern times, because of his poor health, none of them survived. He died of excessive fever, and most of his illnesses recovered quickly. After a few days of recovery with bone soup, he was sent to work in the labor team. This made many indentured servants grateful. After all, in this era, only Only middle-class people and above can take medicine to treat diseases, and the medicine provided by Mr. Liu is obviously much stronger than the medicine prescribed in ordinary pharmacies. It is even worse to say that my life may not be worth the money of the medicine. There are even contracts. The slaves privately discussed whether Mr. Liu was so kind to them because he burned incense to fulfill his wishes, not because of money.
A few days later, after Mr. Liu's personal inspection, he announced that all suspicious persons had been sued, and the indentured slaves were considered official slaves of the Liu family. They were now cutting wood and digging soil every day. They were given white rice and porridge every day, twice every three days. You can also eat salted duck eggs and the like. You only have to work for five hours a day - it is very annoying to be forced to take a shower every day, but the indentured servants are used to it and find that once they become addicted to taking a shower, they feel uncomfortable without taking a shower every day. All in all, life is still good. It's passable.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Liu actually gave his slaves white rice and salted duck eggs to eat. This surprised some indentured slaves who thought that they were being exploited as hard labor. They were ordinary small landowners who fed them all cereals all year round. , they would only give rice and salted duck eggs to eat when the farming was busy and they were rewarded. Although they had already lost their property, some rich farmers and small landowners in the past still felt sad for Mr. Liu's luxury, fearing that Liu would be "careless" if he continued like this. The master's family business has declined, and everyone has to drink from the northwest wind again.
As for Liu Baiyu's view that oppression should not be excessive, it would be a big joke if he said it. In fact, many indentured slaves think that their biggest enemy is the hot weather. This work is actually not hard. Don't look at the big trees that are felled every day. It was a small, but magical saw that could cut down a big tree in one go. In fact, many indentured servants thought that this labor intensity was not as intense as getting a little firewood at home.
Not to mention the treatment of the five indentured slave leaders. Everyone else is a bit confused about the treatment, but they are given extra fine cloth clothes, three meals a day, meat and meat, and one day off per month. But as everyone can see, some ambitious ones among the indentured slaves can't help but become jealous. They work hard every day to serve Master Liu and become noble people like these slaves.
However, winning the hearts and minds of the indentured slaves does not mean that everything will be fine. Just the second night after the review, Huang Dali came to report to Liu Baiyu, but something happened to the indentured slaves again.
"What's going on? There is a conflict between the indentured servants and the tenants? Why?" Liu Baiyu still regards the tenants as free labor, that is, people like Zhang Tianhong who are left to their own devices. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tianhong has been left to his own devices for decades.
There was no problem. I had a problem within ten days.
Liu Shan explained on the side, and Liu Baiyu discovered that the root of the problem really lay with him - it turned out that the saws used by the indentured slaves were to be taken back at night, but yesterday in order to win over the five indentured slave leaders, Liu Baiyu announced
The tools were kept by the five indentured slave leaders, which was also a test. However, the result of the test was that the five indentured slave leaders were very loyal, but the tenants were not so good!
What happened was that the two and a half-year-old children of the tenants saw that the saws and hammers of the indentured slaves were very delicate, and they became fond of the little ones. They took advantage of the time when the indentured servants were resting and eating, took them and ran away.
The leader of the indentured servants went to the tenants to ask for it. The tenants felt that they were free and superior to the indentured servants. Not only did they not return the money, but they also spoke very uncleanly. As a result, the two sides faced off and almost turned into a fight.
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"Is it still reasonable to steal things? It's simply unreasonable!" Liu Baiyu's face turned red with anger, and he, Huang Dali, Liu Xiong, Danniu Erniu and many other guards rode big donkeys and rushed to the place where the two sides were confronting each other.
The confrontation between the two sides was at the entrance of a narrow village composed of self-built huts by tenants. In fact, it was not as serious as Liu Baiyu imagined. The two sides only yelled at each other across the fence. The tenants called the indentured slaves cheap slaves who were only half human.
The indentured slave felt a little guilty, but he just answered harshly that the other party was not worthy.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the tenants believed that they were third-class people and the indentured servants were fourth-class people. They wanted the indentured servants to admit this fact. As for the matter of stealing tools, it was not that important.
Liu Baiyu was very unhappy. The tenants wanted to fight for their status, not through honest labor, but by making troubles to semi-force themselves to accept it. In fact, it was also a violation of their own authority, and it damaged the cohesion of the team even more than stealing.
Up. When he thought of this level, Liu Baiyu's face became even worse and he said coldly:
"What's going on? The leader comes out to answer!"
The five indentured slave leaders were all determined to take the initiative. They stepped forward one by one and gave Liu Baiyu a confused answer. In the end, he had to let Zhao Manxiong answer alone before Liu Baiyu was allowed to answer.
Bai Yu understood the other side of this matter. It turned out that the tenants blushed at the exquisite tools of the indentured slaves, so they asked Liu Shan for equal treatment. Liu Shan thought that the tools of the indentured slaves were good because they worked for the master, and your own family
When it comes to building a house or something, ordinary tools are sufficient, and only some tools that are not old and new are given.
It stands to reason that this tenant came to the master to ask for something for private work, and the master borrowed the tools as a favor, let alone asking for it directly? This means that Liu Baiyu is very generous, and most of the tenants actually have no objections. The tenants are the ones who do the bad things.
There was a house owner named Lu Tiansheng, who was half a scoundrel and the so-called "settler of things" in eight villages in ten miles. He saw that Liu Baiyu treated the tenants well, sympathized with them and allowed them to build new houses, and also gave them free money.
He vaguely wanted to eat the relief grains from the rich. This time, he used the excuse that the tools given by Liu Shan were not good, and directly snatched the tools of the indentured slaves, and asked the five leaders of the indentured slaves to come to Liu Shan to collect them. It was clear that they wanted to take the opportunity to become
Chapter completed!