Sun Huaizong followed Fang Xiaoyu's instructions to arrange for manpower to dig ditches. Fang Xiaoyu turned around and smiled at Lin Feng: "Brother Lin, how are those orphans?" Lin Feng hesitated to speak. Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile.
: "I said we will be brothers from now on. Since we are brothers, there is nothing we can't say."
After listening to Fang Xiaoyu's words, Lin Feng could only say: "We have found a lot of orphans, and we probably have more than a thousand new ones. Fortunately, the granary is tall, and Uncle Sun had people build wooden frames on top to make a two-story attic so that we can live in it." Fang Xiaoyu laughed.
He said, "Are you embarrassed to say this? Are you afraid that I can't afford it?" Lin Feng shook his head and said, "It's not because of this."
Looking at Fang Xiaoyu, Lin Feng said as if he had made some important decision: "I have a good friend named Le Cheng. He established a gang in the city. There are more than thirty people in this gang who are thieves. They were recently arrested by the government
He was so suppressed that he couldn't live anymore, so he came to the villa to seek refuge with me, so I accepted him." After Lin Feng finished speaking, seeing Fang Xiaoyu's face darken, he explained: "Le Cheng is a good person, and he is really hungry.
Then he went to steal things. There are also some suffering orphans in his gang, who he has been taking care of, and they only steal from rich households and never attack the poor. They even feed the poor when they have extra food."
Fang Xiaoyu said in a cold voice: "Brother Lin, what did I tell you before?" Lin Feng lowered his head and said: "I don't want all the gangsters, thieves and the like." Fang Xiaoyu said: "If I punish you,
Are you willing to be punished?" Lin Feng said: "I know I did something wrong this time, and I am willing to be punished."
At this moment, one of the orphans behind Lin Feng walked out quickly.
Liu Junxi on the side was afraid that someone would hurt Fang Xiaoyu, so he was about to step forward and take him down. He suddenly saw the person kneeling beside Fang Xiaoyu and said: "I, Lecheng, know that I am not a good person. If the young master can't tolerate me, I will leave by myself."
Well, I just ask you to keep my brothers, they were forced by me."
At this time, more than thirty people rushed out of the crowd and knelt next to Le Cheng. One of them said: "Brother, if you want to leave, we will go with you." The other one also said: "If it weren't for eldest brother, we would have starved to death.
We are following Brother Ding." Others also expressed their intention to go with Le Cheng.
Le Cheng was so anxious that he was sweating: "You want to stay, the government is arresting us now, will you go out with me to die?" The first person to speak said: "Brother, you picked me up and I am going to die.
I also want to die with you."
Fang Xiaoyu said coldly on the side: "What, are you showing brotherly love here?" The man said angrily: "Brother, let's go, even if we die, we must die with dignity." More than thirty other children also shouted.
He was about to leave. Le Cheng was so anxious that he didn't know what to say. At this time, Lin Feng stepped forward and said, "Master, they are all good people. Please let Master keep them. Lin Feng is willing to be punished."
Le Cheng said anxiously: "Brother Lin, you can't do it for us." Fang Xiaoyu suddenly burst out laughing, attracting everyone's attention. Fang Xiaoyu laughed and said: "Okay, very good, you all stay, from now on you will be me, Fang Xiaoyu
Brothers, as long as you have a mouthful of food from me, you will never be hungry."
Lin Feng and Le Cheng were both excited and wanted to say something, but Fang Xiaoyu waved his hand to stop them and said: "I said that when we get together, we should be as close as brothers. I hope you can always treat your brothers like this. As long as we are united, we will always have success.
Live a good life." After hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, all the orphans, whether they were early arrivals or new arrivals, nodded heavily.
At this time, Fang Xiaoyu suddenly turned cold and said: "But Lin Feng must be punished. Do you know where you went wrong?" Le Cheng was about to step forward to say something but was stopped by Lin Feng. He said respectfully: "I
The mistake was to disobey the young master's order, and I accept the punishment."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, I am punishing you to make you all remember that if you want to live a good life forever, you need not only brotherly unity, but also discipline. As the saying goes, there are thousands of people in a family and one person is in charge. Without discipline, no matter how united the brothers are, they will not
What big achievements will be made? Of course, I don't want you to be like a wooden person who only knows how to obey orders. If you have any ideas, you can put them forward to me and we will discuss them. If your method is better, I will definitely accept it. After all,
I am not a god, and I make mistakes sometimes, but once a decision becomes an order, it must be completed to the letter. This is discipline."
Seeing that everyone was thoughtful, Fang Xiaoyu turned to Lin Feng and said: "This is your first offender and I won't give you a heavy punishment. I'll just punish you with a one-day grounding and no food." Lin Feng accepted it with conviction, and Fang Xiaoyu said again
Le Cheng said: "From now on, except for literacy, you will be trained by me personally." Le Cheng happily agreed, and Fang Xiaoyu waved his hand to let everyone disperse.
Sun Huaizong had been watching for a long time. When he saw everyone walking away, he stepped forward and whispered: "The young master's combination of kindness and power brought people's hearts together. I really admire him." Fang Xiaoyu said: "I was forced to do this too.
, I really want to get a group of good brothers who share the same mind and heart to develop my own career. If I don’t discipline them now, big things will happen in the future.”
Fang Xiaoyu feels that there is not much difference in IQ when people are born, and it mainly depends on their own efforts. These orphans have experienced the ups and downs of the world. Once they live a good life, they will definitely work hard and study hard. With these people, they will definitely have a positive impact on their future development.
It was very helpful. Fang Xiaoyu continued: "This alone is not enough. You call all the slaves here tonight. I have something to announce."
In the evening, Sun Huaizong summoned the slaves to the farmland next to the villa. There was no way. The current production efficiency was very low. Each strong laborer could only cultivate about a hundred acres. Therefore, even though the farming area of Lanting Villa was not large, the number of people was small.
There were more than 4,000 people, and this was just the result of strong labor and women and children not coming. Seeing so many people, Fang Xiaoyu also felt a little numb, but in order to unite them, he had to hold a meeting for them.
Fang Xiaoyu stood in the middle of the crowd. In order to let everyone see him, he asked Sun Huaizong to build a high platform with wood. He glanced at the thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him, calmed down and said: "Today I let everyone come
There is something to announce." In order to light up Fang Xiaoyu's surroundings, Sun Huaizong had some torches lit around him. Those torches soaked in animal fat emitted slow black smoke, which made Fang Xiaoyu's throat tighten.
He coughed, cleared his throat and said: "Before announcing the matter, I would like to ask you now, am I good to you?" In the past, these domestic slaves were not only tired, but also did not care about having enough to eat. Since Fang Xiaoyu took charge of Lanting Villa,
Although the work is a bit tiring, he takes care of the food, and allows him to go home to rest when he is sick. He even asks some old doctors who come to give lectures to bring the female students to deliver medicines to the doctors. Recently, they even let the children of various families take care of themselves for free.
Those orphans went to school together, so these slaves loved the new young master very much, because the young master regarded them as human beings. So many people said: "Okay, the young master is good to us."
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "So I am going to get everyone out of slavery and give everyone their freedom." Fang Xiaoyu did not hear the cheers in his imagination. The whole scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other. After a while, a courageous slave said: "
Master, are you ready to drive us away?"
After listening to his question, Fang Xiaoyu knew that they had misunderstood. This was also Fang Xiaoyu's negligence. Many countries in this world are still semi-slavery societies. Countries are divided into free citizens and slaves, and the ratio is even as high as one to five.
10. A big family like the Xiang Fang family even controls millions of slaves. Most of these slaves are their ancestors who were prisoners of war, sold themselves, or were picked up as slaves from childhood. Moreover, their ancestors have been slaves for generations, and they have never heard of
It is no wonder that people have misunderstood the story of freeing slaves.
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "I am not driving you away, but I am not letting you be slaves anymore. I can give you the land to plant, and I will provide the seeds. You can only give me 40% of the harvest produced every year."
The land rent and seed money are enough." After understanding Fang Xiaoyu's explanation, the slaves in the front cheered. The people behind did not hear Fang Xiaoyu's words, but when they heard the words from the people in front, all
People started cheering.
When the cheers gradually subsided, Fang Xiaoyu said again: "Tonight you can choose your own leader, reorganize the village, and come to my place tomorrow to redivide the land."
When Fang Xiaoyu walked off the stage amidst cheers, Sun Huaizong came over and said, "Master, this is not good. How can I explain this to my family?" Fang Xiaoyu smiled and patted Sun Huaizong on the back and said, "I do what I do myself.
Be sensible. There is one more thing I forgot to tell you. From today on, Lanting Villa has separated from the Fang family and become my own property." After listening to Fang Xiaoyu's words, Sun Huaizong smiled bitterly and said: "This young master's novel ideas are really
There are too many, but I don’t know if it can be done.”
Returning to his residence, Fang Xiaoyu found a thin black figure shivering in the dark shadow at the door. Fang Xiaoyu stepped forward and saw that it was Sun Xiaomei. Seeing Fang Xiaoyu come back, Sun Xiaomei came up to him and said, "Master, I have something to ask you.
"Since he has a good relationship with Sun Xiaohu, he also loves Sun Xiaohu's sister very much. He quickly said: "Why are you still standing outside in such a cold weather? Come inside quickly." After saying this, he let Sun Xiaomei go.
After entering the house, Fang Xiaoyu brought her a cup of hot water and said, "Drink some hot water to warm yourself up." Xiaomei took the hot water and said, "Master, I have something to ask you."
"Tell me what's going on." Fang Xiaoyu said to Xiaomei, who was just eight years old. Xiaomei said: "I want to plead with Brother Lin. He hasn't eaten for most of the day. I secretly brought him food. He
I don't want to eat, so I came to see the young master." Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Brother Lin must be punished if he did something wrong today. This is discipline."
Sun Xiaomei agreed and stood there with her head lowered, not talking anymore and refusing to leave. Fang Xiaoyu shook his head, took a pack of snacks from the table next to him and said, "Okay, I'm afraid of you, you can take this pack of snacks."
Go and give it to Brother Lin, tell him that I gave it to him, and remember not to let anyone see it." Sun Xiaomei, who looked disappointed, raised his head and smiled and said: "Thank you, Master, I knew that Master is the best." After saying that, he shook his head.
He ran away with two pigtails. Looking at Sun Xiaomei's retreating back, Fang Xiaoyu shook his head mockingly, closed the door and went to sleep.