"Degraded as a slave?"

Zhang Liang raised his head at this time, a little incredible. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Just the crime of falling into the grass is enough to kill his head, not to mention attacking the official horse team, he was stunned for a while.

Zhang Kun was the same, with a strange look.

Xiao Ming looked at Pang Yukun, who was slightly satisfied, and pouted at this time, he was originally going to release all these people.

But Pang Yukun strongly objected, he thought that he should not be too impatient to win people's hearts, if he was acquitted, maybe Zhang Liang would be grateful to Xiao Ming, but he would also think that Xiao Ming valued his talent and was more generous than him, so that this last trace of gratitude would disappear.

Rather than this, it is better to denounce them as slaves, and later dismiss them as slaves according to their merits, so that they will be serious about the shipyard.

I have to say that they are not in the same era, and sometimes the thinking questions are different, and the plot of Our Lady is sometimes undesirable in this era.

Xiao Ming thought about it later, and what Pang Yukun said also made sense.

At this time, Qian Dafu said slowly: "Zhang Liang, you don't have to be surprised, I asked you for the favor, do you remember me?" ”

Zhang Liang carefully distinguished, and exclaimed: "Steward Qian." ”

"That's right, it's me, when I first came to Qingzhou, I also went to your shipyard to let you repair the damaged merchant ships, and I was the one you stopped last time in Huoshan." Qian Dafu said.

Zhang Liang said guiltily: "Steward Qian, it's the grass people who are blind, if we recognize Steward Qian, we will never dare." ”

"That's it, don't mention this matter in the future, this time I beg Your Highness, see how much you have shipbuilding skills, so spare your life, and you should try your best to repay Your Highness in the future." Qian Dafu continued.

Qian Dafu is singing a duet with Xiao Ming, one with a red face and one with a white face.

Zhang Liangru walked out of the ghost gate and said prostrately: "Your Highness Xie, Steward Xie Qian." ”

"Get up, from today onwards, you belong to the Instrument Division, and you are classified as slaves, Captain Lu, lead them there." Xiao Ming said.

Slaves are still a common phenomenon in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and the laws of the Great Chongqing Kingdom clearly stipulate: "Slaves and maids are cheap, and the law is better than livestock." ”

The meaning is the same as livestock, and the modern term "slut" is derived from this.

The servants in the palace of King Qi can be said to be Xiao Ming's private property, he can buy and sell at will, kill them, and have no human rights at all.

There was no slave class among the peasants and merchants here, because they were only vassals who lived in dependence on the four classes.

The number of slaves in Chang'an City even accounted for 20% of the population, and these people took care of all the lives of the nobles who did not produce.

And the sources of slaves are also very wide, prisoners of war, sinners who are sent into slavery, beloved people who sell themselves into slavery, and children born to slaves.

The household registration of these people is specially classified as slavery, and whether or not the slavery can be lifted depends on the will of the master.

Now that Xiao Ming has classified Zhang Liang and the others as slaves, their fate is still in his hands, and he can dispose of them at will.

Lu Fei took Zhang Liang and his party to the Equipment Division, and Pang Yukun said: "Congratulations, Your Highness, you have got another batch of craftsmen." ”

"This is thanks to Pang Changshi's advice." Xiao Ming said, and the two held each other's stinky feet.

Pang Yukun smiled stiffly, "But Your Highness, the two silver that allocated soup soup can last for a month, and I hope Your Highness will think of more ways, there are a lot of bandits who have come to join me these days, and it seems that it has been effective." ”

Xiao Ming's head was big for a while, Pang Yukun bowed, meaning that this matter is all up to you, turned around and left in style.

Qian Dafu glanced at Pang Yukun, who was leaving, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, Pang Changshi is this nature, but there is no malice."

"You're going to be a good guy." Xiao Ming said helplessly: "Let's go, go to the Equipment Division, whether you can come to Yinliang depends on the ability of the Equipment Division." ”

This time, Xiao Ming went to the Instrument Division to ask Chen Qi to forge a very practical thing for himself, which can not only distill liquor, but also an indispensable thing for refining essential oils - a still.

In fact, the principle of the still is very simple, it is several connected sealed jars, the first jar is responsible for distillation, the second jar is responsible for cooling, and the third jar is responsible for collection.

As long as the stills are made, the distilled spirits are distilled, and the essential oils of plants are extracted.

The most important thing is that this kind of still can be wooden, ceramic, metal.

When he arrived at the Equipment Division, Chen Wenlong was assigning miscellaneous work to Zhang Liang and others, and Xiao Ming called Chen Qi over.

"Chen Qi, these two **** made this thing for me." Xiao Ming pulled Chen Qi aside, drew a picture of the still on the blackboard, and then explained to him the specific construction material.

This gadget, through Xiao Ming's teaching, Chen Qi quickly appeared in his mind the specific process of making the still, he said: "This is simple, Your Highness, it is better to burn a few large clay pots, and it is easy to shape." “

"Well, that's fine, the pipes connected between the clay pots are made by the macaroni method." Xiao Ming said.

This macaroni is a method of wrapping a soft stick in mud, calcining it, and then pumping it out, so that the condenser tube needed for the still can be made.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will tell the craftsman to do it." Chen Qi said.

After explaining the matter of the still, Xiao Ming went back to the palace and asked Aster to purchase some rice wine and spices.

Aster went to the East and West markets that day, but Qingzhou City could only buy rice wine, but not spices.

Xiao Ming thought for a while, and could only find Qin Mu.

"Your Highness, this spice is naturally fine." Qin Mu was obviously not concerned about this question, but asked, "I heard that His Highness caught Zhang Liang's father and son?" ”

Xiao Ming stretched out his hand to roast his hands on the briquette stove, the snow in Qingzhou City stopped for a few days, but the snow melted, and it became colder.

The Qin family and Zhang Liang had some past, Xiao Ming was not surprised that he asked this, and said, "That's right, do you have any ideas?" ”

"Your Highness, it's not that the foolish brother has any ideas, but that this Zhang Liang owes our Qin family a large debt, and my father means that he wants to buy Zhang Liang and his son from His Royal Highness and let them build a ship to pay off the debt." Qin Mu asked tentatively.

Xiao Ming raised his eyelids and said lightly: "This is not good, it is useful for this king to keep him, you don't have to think about this matter." ”

Qin Mu touched his nose and said, "Since this is the case, the foolish brother will retire." ”

Xiao Ming glanced at Qin Mu and reminded, "My batch of spices is used to present to the queen's mother, your Qin family should be careful, if something goes wrong, this king will not be able to protect you." ”

Qin Mu was a little annoyed because of Xiao Ming's rejection of Zhang Liang, and wanted to buy some inferior spices to deal with it, Xiao Ming's words suddenly made him feel excited.

"Your Highness, don't worry, give me a hundred guts, I don't dare to be shoddy, my family happens to have a batch of superb spices from the Western Regions, which was originally going to be pulled to Chang'an for sale, and I will send them over in the evening" Qin Mu said with a smile.

"That's wonderful." Xiao Ming smiled with deep meaning.