Many children have obvious frostbite on their faces, ears, and hands. Compared with the children with parents next to them, it is really heaven and earth! It is true that a child with a mother is a treasure, and a child without a mother is nothing!
He could completely imagine how those feet wrapped in straw were frozen. You know how easy it is to survive the winter in the north? And looking at their shaky figures, you can tell that they haven't had enough to eat for a long time! Maybe without Liu Haojia
Intervene, these children will disappear silently from the world soon!
At this time, Father Liu coughed and focused everyone's attention on himself. These people immediately understood that this person should be the owner of Gu Ningbo's mansion, so everyone's expression became more respectful!
I heard Father Liu say loudly and firmly: "I guess you already know that this is Uncle Gu Ning's mansion. This should be a lucky thing for you! Because our Liu family never treats our servants harshly! But on the other hand,
If you make a mistake, you will definitely be punished! Look out now, the person in front of you is your head of the family! The two people beside me who brought you back are the two housekeepers of Gu Ningbo's house. As for the others in the future,
Slowly let you all get to know each other clearly! Okay, it’s cold now, so I don’t want to say more, just follow the arrangements!”
After speaking, Liu's father waved his hand, and Liu Guangyuan and his servants led these people to the wing rooms on both sides. A charcoal basin had been burned in the wing room, and the bath water had also been boiled. Those with families naturally washed themselves according to the family. Those men
The children were taken by the servants, and the girls were taken to the backyard by Liu's mother and Huancui.
Just when Liu Haojia was wondering whether to go out to buy a batch of clothes, someone knocked on the side door again. Jinbao opened the side door and asked, then called Liu Guangyuan.
Liu Guangyuan hurried over, opened the side door and ushered in a carriage. After a few simple exchanges with the coachman, he asked someone to unload the large bundles one after another from the carriage! It looked like they should all be filled with clothes!
After unloading the goods, Liu Guangyuan stepped forward and said, "Master, Second Young Master, I saw that the clothes on these children couldn't withstand the wind and cold, so I took it upon myself to buy a batch of old clothes from the pawn shop."
Father Liu nodded and said, "Well done!"
But Liu Haojia asked strangely: "Uncle Guangyuan, why do you go to the pawn shop to buy used clothes?"
Liu Guangyuan said with a smile: "Second Young Master, you don't know that the most popular items in those pawn shops are these old cotton-padded clothes and old cotton-padded shoes! Every summer, many poor families need money to make money, so they pawn cotton-padded clothes and shoes.
If you throw it away, wait until winter to redeem it! Anyway, these cotton-padded coats and cotton-padded shoes can't be exchanged for much money, and the interest is not much, so they are easy to redeem. If some people can't redeem them or have money to make new cotton-padded coats, these things will become
They are so deceived that they are all sold to outsiders at very low prices!”
At this point, Liu Guangyuan's voice deepened and he said: "Those who cannot redeem their cotton-padded clothes and shoes will generally not be able to survive this winter! But fortunately, most people still have a way out by selling themselves.
The family will naturally prepare clothes for them!"
Liu Haojia was silent for a while, because he realized at this moment that ancient society was definitely not a good place! Here, the oppression of the lower class people was far more terrible than in modern society! At least modern society can still provide people with enough food and clothing.
Nuan, and once you fall into bankruptcy here, I am afraid that the only way is to sell yourself into slavery. From now on, your children and grandchildren will have no room for improvement!
At this time, Father Liu's words woke up Liu Haojia, who was still deep in thought. He said, "Xiao Er, I didn't ask you why you bought so many children before. You should tell me now!"
Liu Haojia shook his head to dispel the thoughts in his mind and said: "There is nothing to hide, it is just preparing the future team!"
Father Liu said: "Then don't you think they are a little too young? How long will it take for them to grow up and be useful?"
Liu Haojia said: "Father, don't worry, I already have a long-term plan, and I also wrote a plan, which is in your study. You will know when you look back! In fact, their future use is not in their efforts. If
It's better to just hire people directly if you expect them to contribute! They are more preparing for the future of Gu Ningbo Mansion."
Father Liu nodded and said nothing, and turned to look at his plan. Liu Haojia looked at his father's back and said loudly: "That plan must be kept secret. No one should leak it except a few people in our family!"
Liu's father waved his hand and said he understood. Liu Haojia then turned around to help settle these newly bought children. In Liu Hao's family's plan, these children are a very important part of his future! Because they were raised since childhood, their loyalty is
Nature is unparalleled!
There will be several ways out for these children in the future. The first one is that he who is talented in reading will naturally find a way to send them into the officialdom! Even if he spends money, he must find a way out! After all, civil servants are the mainstream of this society now.
!Only when a certain number of people are placed inside can anyone respond to him!
The second way is to join the martial arts! Those who are talented and willing to join the martial arts will naturally be taught by Liu Guangyuan and a few others. In the future, they will be the personal soldiers of himself and Liu Haojia! The remaining people will be sent out to do things!
In Liu Haojia's plan, the Liu family will still have a lot of business to do in the future. At least these people must participate in the business. They will become shopkeepers, craftsmen and other professions!
As for those who can't do anything, just stay in the house and serve as servants! If you can't even do the job well, just drive out of the house! Although Liu Haojia is sympathetic, he doesn't use it indiscriminately! He himself
What qualifications does a person who refuses to make progress have to gain his sympathy?
For this huge plan, dozens of children are simply not enough! When he has sufficient financial resources in the future, he will continue to train new people. He will even select some talented people among these children, and then
Under his guidance as researchers replicated some modern techniques.
After these children had washed up, put on new cotton clothes, and drank a bowl of gruel, Liu Haojia gathered them together. He gathered these children together because he wanted to learn more about the life of the lower class through them.
Way.
Because he had lived in a relatively wealthy family since he came to the Ming Dynasty, and his contacts were all wealthy households among the common people, so he urgently needed a window to understand the situation in the Ming Dynasty. In the entire Ming Dynasty, the largest number of people were at the bottom.
Only after people understand it can they effectively use these powers!
With thick cotton clothes and a bowl of porridge in their stomachs, the children's spirits have improved a lot! At least in their eyes, the current situation is much better than in the hands of people! So their eyes have become more
There’s brilliance!
After a brief inquiry, Liu Haojia discovered that most of these children were indeed bought from the victims of the disaster, and it was true as Liu Guangyuan said, they basically just threw away a pancake and took away a child! Some children were even killed.
I don’t want it at all, I was forced to come here by my parents!
Those ignorant people at the bottom thought that selling their children was a way to survive for them, at least they would not have to starve to death with them! But how could these people who may never leave the village know the dangers of the world!
Through questioning, Liu Haojia found that these children did not know much and provided him with very limited help! Faced with this situation, Liu Haojia was also helpless! However, he still patiently asked questions one by one, and then used the children's inconsistent answers.
Piecing together a rough answer. Through this method, he had a relatively intuitive understanding of the underlying situation of Ming Dynasty.
After completing the entire investigation, Liu Haojia, who was a little tired, said to these children: "From today on, you no longer have to worry about living a life of cold and hunger! But on the other hand, you must also work hard to complete every task assigned by me.
!Otherwise you will also be punished, do you understand?"
All the children nodded in fear to show that they understood. Liu Haojia did not want to leave a bad impression on them, so he continued: "Now the first thing I will teach you is to obey the rules! You must line up when eating, and you must not
Jump in line and don’t fight, because there is enough food for you! But you may not be full today. Because you have been in a state of insufficient food for a long time, eating too much at one time may kill you! So in addition to a bowl of porridge for dinner,
I only gave you one more piece of bread! Now go and eat with the servants outside the door!"
After hearing what Liu Haojia had said, the impatient children had already turned around and ran out of the house. The smarter ones bowed and saluted Liu Haojia! There were also kind-hearted children who tried hard to take care of the younger children and walked out together. Liu Hang's family saw all this.
In his eyes, he made a good evaluation of them. After all, these people will be his first team members in the future!