After establishing slaves and rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, they occupied most of Liaodong, seized large tracts of land, and the Liao people under their rule.
As a result, the Jurchen manor economy gradually flourished, giving rise to a large-scale production organization form - Tuokesuo (translated into Chinese as "Manor", and Koreans called it "Nongmu").
The slaves who work in the manor are called Aha. They are not allowed to come in and out at will. They mostly produce and serve internally, and sometimes engage in large-scale collective production labor.
At that time, the powerful slave owners owned many Toksos, and the most were more than fifty. One Tokeso had as few as three or four people, and as many as seven or nine, so a big slave owner often owned hundreds of Toksos.
ha.
The head of the Jurchen family completely took possession of Aha's body and treated it like an animal, cruelly exploiting it and savagely ravaging it. Aha could also be bought and sold at will, given to others, or distributed to descendants.
It is not unusual for the head of the family to mistreat Aha, insult him in every possible way, beat him viciously, and even torture him to death inhumanely.
Not only the Han people would become slave aha, that is, domestic slaves under their banner; there were also Jurchen aha, which could be called "wrapped".
Of course, the domestic slaves under the banner had the lowest status. In the early Qing Dynasty, even ordinary bannermen soldiers could have four or five domestic slaves.
Moreover, not only the bannermen could own domestic slaves, but even the powerful Bao Yi could purchase their domestic slaves and use them as slaves.
If it was just for food, Guo Dajing shook his head and said resolutely: "No."
He may not understand the thoughts of Chen Sihe and other Liao people, because he has escaped the crisis of starvation. At least for a period of time, relying on the food and crops in the space, he will not starve.
But he did not despise Chen Sihe. Loyalty to the country and the righteousness in his heart could not eliminate hunger.
It is no exaggeration to say that the taste of hunger can drive people crazy. Only those who have experienced it personally can have a true feeling.
Chen Sihe smiled bitterly and said nothing more. Who would want to be a slave if he stuttered?
In silence all the way, the two climbed over the snow hills and stopped in a relatively flat depression.
There are woods ahead. The snow here is blown by the wind and has different thicknesses. In some places, rocks are exposed, and in other places it is so thick that half of the body can sink into it.
Chen Sihe looked around and guessed: "It seems like a place where pheasants like to hang out, but the snow is deep and shallow, so I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up!"
Guo Dajing squinted his eyes and observed for a while, then made a few gestures to Chen Sihe. When Chen Sihe understood what he meant, he waded through the snow with one foot deep and one shallow, and stood on a large protruding hill in the snow.
on stone.
"Ah, roar -" Chen Sihe let out a loud shout, waving the wooden stick in his hand and jumping up and down while shouting.
No one knew whether there were pheasants or not. Others were trying to scare off the pheasants, but Guo Dajing and his two could only scare the pheasants by calling them randomly.
Not to mention, when the blind cat encountered a dead mouse, a pheasant was frightened and flew up. If it was hidden in a snow ditch, the two of them would not be able to search carefully through the snow.
Plop, plop! A pheasant flew out from the snow nest under the woods, not high above the ground, and flew not far away.
Guo Dajing had quick hands and eyes. He took out the slingshot from his arms and raised his hand in a flash.
At a distance of about thirty meters, Guo Dajing was quite confident. If it was a big prey, a single hit would not be fatal. But a pheasant would be hard to fly again after being hit.
The pheasant made a wounded cry, flapped its wings in the air, and fell down crookedly.
Chen Sihe let out a cry of joy and ran after him regardless of the thickness of the snow or the thickness of the snow.
Another pheasant flew up, farther away from Guo Dajing.
Guo Dajing was not willing to let go. He followed Chen Sihe's example, wading and rolling in the snow, getting closer, lying in the snow, pulling out the slingshot, and shooting the steel ball.
A pheasant can beat several crows, and the taste is incomparable. Chen Sihe and Guo Dajing also fought hard to stutter.
Chen Sihe caught the injured pheasant and broke its neck. Seeing Guo Dajing kill another one, he rushed over again.
However, Guo Dajing took the lead, grabbed the still flapping pheasant, and raised it towards Chen Sihe. His face was full of joy, and he let out a hoarse laugh to express his joy.
Hahahaha, Chen Sihe's laughter became louder and his expression became more cheerful.
Rolling in the snow and catching a delicious and tender pheasant, this short-term happiness dispelled the long-pressed gloom in my heart.
The two people, with their bodies and faces covered in snow, just held up the pheasants in their hands and looked at each other like children, laughing happily and full of stupidity.
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The sun had just set a little to the west, and Guo Dajing and Chen Sihe hurried back.
Wangshan ran to death, and they didn't know how far they had traveled. There was quite a lot of prey, five pheasants, which was a harvest that they had never dared to imagine before.
Guo Dajing only took two at first. After all, Chen Sihe had several grown men over there and they ate more.
But Chen Sihe didn't agree with anything, and with a blushing face he told Guo Dajing that whoever contributed more would get more.
Finally, three pheasants were forced on Guo Dajing. Just like that, Chen Sihe still felt embarrassed.
By the time the two of them rushed back to the village, night had fallen and the village was silent. Only the dim firelight from a few broken windows made it seem a little lively.
Chen Sihe walked to his house and thanked Guo Dajing again, and then the two parted ways.
Guo Dajing also returned to the broken house, and he could hear whispers outside the house. It seemed that Sister Li Xiu was asking Xiaoni to warm up for a while before going out to take a look.
There was also a sound like sharpening a knife, and Guo Dajing didn't know what was going on inside.
Stopping, Guo Dajing looked around. Seeing no one, he picked up a pheasant, squinted his eyes and used his awareness.
If someone saw it, they would be very surprised and think that Guo Dajing was crazy. He gritted his teeth and frowned, closed his eyes and meditated silently, and put the pheasant against his chest...
After a long while, Guo Dajing felt a light touch in his hands. When he looked again, the pheasant had strangely disappeared, as if by magic, it had disappeared in his hands.
It turns out that it can still be used in this way. Guo Dajing's eyes flashed, and the five fingers of his free hand slowly clenched. The big fist made him feel another force in his body.
"I'm going out to wait for Brother Jing." Xiaoni's voice came from inside the house.
Guo Dajing put away the idea of practicing more, coughed hard, walked to the door in two steps, pushed the door open and entered.
Xiao Ni immediately screamed in joy, and Sister Li Xiu and her brother also smiled. Zhao Qingshan was grinding something on a stone in the corner of the room.
The light was dim and Guo Dajing couldn't see clearly what it was. But he saw Zhao Qingshan raised his head and glanced at him. His eyes were no longer as cold as the previous few days, but much softer.