The life of Suzhuang is getting better and better with the sales of Baiguo Niang, and Su Ce is also focusing on building Suzhuang.
In the past two months, more than 30 farmers have come to seek refuge, and the large courtyard is called Suyuan by the farmers.
The world inside and outside the wall is always different. It is impossible for Su Ce to change this situation. He can only make his banker's life better.
Human beings are inherently complex creatures. Su Ce could not treat the future bankers and the guards in the courtyard equally. As the team grew, people must be united as the first priority. It was impossible to make random averages just because of personal preferences. doctrine.
For adults, the rent in Suzhuang is only 30%, which is much lower than the 50% rent in other villages around Chang'an. It is a blessing to find such a master in eight lifetimes.
But for children, this seems too cruel.
However, appropriate cruelty is for showing kindness in the future. Su Ce felt more and more that his heart was getting darker.
However, this is the way of survival in Daqian. There are princes and nobles at the top, ordinary people in the middle, and tenant farmers and slaves at the bottom.
The class art of exploitation is clearly stated in Daqian. As for class crossing, it can only be overcome with sacrifice and fearless attitude, plus a little luck.
Sharecroppers are still ordinary people, but because they do not have their own land, they are one level lower than those who own land and work on their own. The first thing a slave has to do is to perform extraordinary feats to release himself from slavery. The premise is that his owner Willing to give the slave a chance.
Born as slaves, they have been slaves for generations, because the Dagan people believe that the blood of these people is mixed with betrayal, cowardice, greed, and all other negative crimes. Therefore, even though it is clearly stated in the Dagan Law that slaves can be used as slaves to the army He entered the army with his identity, but there was no Dagan person who would let him have this opportunity.
The mistakes of one generation will really affect future generations in Daqian.
I heard the news from the city a few days ago that the princess died of illness, the prince's confinement was lifted, the Zheng family was beheaded, and the remaining people were demoted to slaves. The premise of human tragedy is that these people caused the tragedy .
Although most people are unaware of it, they are enjoying the wealth gained from the Zheng family's corruption in making wine and selling wine in the official warehouse.
Literary elites who had good relations with the Zheng family secretly redeemed the women of the Zheng family while resisting their political opponents, just hoping that their old friends, women and children would not be humiliated.
The law is ruthless, people have true feelings, and the law is greater than heaven. When did a slave cost ten gold?
This time Jiaofangsi made a lot of money, but he was scolded by the literary elite behind his back.
For those who have made meritorious service in the army, the Jiaofang Secretary will give these female relatives of prisoners as slaves. This is a gift to those who have made meritorious service in the army.
This also allowed Su Ce to further clarify his intention not to get involved in power struggles.
The means of struggle may be rough or clever, but the only thing that does not become impossible is to be unable to defend against it. Su Ce does not want to harm others, but he also does not want to be harmed himself.
The new farmers were originally tenant farmers, and tenant farmers usually sold their fields because of troubles at home. To put it bluntly, they are all poor people. Su Ce can choose to let these people live for the sake of Su Yuan's people. The adults in the household suffered, but they were unwilling to watch the children lose their curiosity about the world.
In the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, Su Ce was inspecting the houses of farmers outside Su Yuan to see if they were solid. According to the contract, these farmers planted Su Ce's land to pay rent for Su Ce, but Su Ce only paid for the land that could not be cultivated.
Su Ce likes children because the world of children is very simple and there is no intrigue. However, when he was patrolling, a girl looked at Su Ce with a look that hurt Su Ce.
The little man stood in the adobe house that had just been assigned to his home. He timidly raised his head and looked at Su Ce outside, his eyes full of fear and uneasiness.
Children learn things late, but can a child have such eyes?
It was a startling glimpse, but Su Ce couldn't sleep at night, watching Wang Lan sleeping in his arms, the corners of his mouth curled up like a child, as if he had encountered something happy again in his dream.
The image of the girl appeared in Su Ce's mind again.
A small face, washed very clean, with two bright red cheeks. This is not cute, but cold. Children of several years old should be innocent, but serious ones are wary and uneasy.
Su Ce seemed to understand why it was difficult for him to get rid of this scene in his mind.
Su Ce was an orphan in his last life, and he had that look in his eyes before.
Sensitive, full of fear and uneasiness about external things, hungry, not knowing when the next full meal will be, restless, not knowing when he will be beaten or scolded.
This is what the wandering Su Ce looked like at that time. It wasn't until he entered the orphanage that Su Ce hid these things in his heart.
And today, Su Ce once again thought of his former self.
At that time, I longed for someone to help me, to have food to eat and clothing to wear.
These two simple wishes were not realized until he entered an orphanage at the age of eleven, and he spent more than three years wandering around.
Now, in Daqian, I have a title but I don’t have any ambitions. I can rely on this title to live a prosperous life.
Our ancestors have a saying that is very good: if you are poor, you can only benefit yourself; if you are prosperous, you can help the world.
Su Ce didn't know if he could do this, but if he didn't do it, he would never be able to do it.
Baiguojiang was a profitable business, with an income of more than ten times, and a profit of 50,000 yuan a year. He deserved the money, but Su Ce felt uneasy when using it.
The image of a prosperous country with a strong civil and military power is always on the surface, while those at the bottom are busy only for food and clothing.
People live forever, but they need to have a clear mind.
With an idea in mind, Su Ce felt sleepy.
The next day, Su Zhuang measured everyone's figure, and in the afternoon Li Chang was sent to Chang'an City by Su Ce.
Li Chang, together with a total of ten personal guards and five ounces of ox carts, went to Chang'an City. As soon as they arrived in Chang'an City, they went straight to the garment shop.
There are fifty-six men, sixty-three women, one hundred and sixty-five boys, and seventy-four girls. Each person has two sets of winter clothes. As the children grow older, the clothes will be larger. Only more than three hundred taels have been used.
, that is, Su Zhuang’s profit from making wine for half a day.
After agreeing on a time to pick up the clothes, Li Chang went to Dongshi with his bodyguard to buy what he needed for the New Year.
One hundred live sheep, half male and half female.
Half the carriage was filled with chickens, one stone of green salt, and two hundred kilograms of fat. This was a full carriage.
A pile of iron pots and farm tools filled two cars.
Dried fruits and preserved fruits filled the remaining half of the cart.
This time Li Chang spent so much money that his liver hurt. Although the money was given by his family, it was the first time in Li Chang's life that he had spent money like this.
Looking at the half-empty carriage and the unspent more than 100 guan in his hand, Li Chang remembered what Su Ce said before leaving, that he wanted to buy something for the children in the village.
Li Chang thought about his own children. The girls had to have hair ties on their heads and the boys were greedy. Li Chang thought about it and threw two pieces of red silk and ten kilograms of sugar into the carriage. Li Chang
I bought five hundred catties.
For the remaining dozen or so coins, Li Chang exchanged them for nine out of ten coins and exchanged them for newly minted copper coins.
After buying everything, ten people drove an ox cart and stepped out of the city gate, heading straight for Suzhuang.