Chapter 7 Surprise or not
Li Cangyu and Gao Bai followed the caravan along the valley. The guys walked or drove. Only the big boss Wu Benli sat in a carriage with a wall. Everyone was not familiar with each other and did not say much along the way, and gradually walked out of the mountain pass.
The vision suddenly became clear and the weather became much warmer.
Li Cangyu felt as if he had stepped into a magic portal and instantly completed the shuttle between the two worlds. Just now, there were still snow in the mountains and snow, with no flowers or grass, only cold; in the blink of an eye, the green fields were lush, and the spring breeze had bloomed in February.
"This is the Tang Dynasty, the land of Qinchuan in 800 miles!" Li Cangyu wanted to remember the first moment he saw the Tang Dynasty world outside the mountain.
It was obvious that everyone looked much more relaxed because they walked out of the valley, and even the horse's steps became much lighter. The boss Wu Benli also came out of the caravan to walk. He walked in front of the caravan, full of leisurely expressions of escorting outings and spring.
After walking three or four miles, I saw the official road. Both sides of the official road were covered with fields, and you could already see farmers working in early spring. There were endless carriages and horses on the wide official road, including Hu people wearing strange clothes, red hair and blue eyes riding camels. The sound of camel bells sprinkled with ancient smoke and dust brought from the Silk Road.
The caravan finally stopped at a residence not far from the official road, and Wu Benli said that he would stay here today.
The Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty was world-famous. It was like a trickle of sweet spring, silently nourishing the Tang Empire, and spreading the glory and civilization of the Tang Dynasty to the whole world. All the prefectures, counties and cities around the Silk Road had developed trade and prosperous economy. Didian was a private hotel dedicated to serving merchants. In addition to providing accommodation and food, it was also an important trading place. There were special yamen to promote transactions, which was equivalent to commercial intermediaries.
As soon as the caravan arrived, five or six fangs came up to discuss with Wu Benli. In the end, Wu Benli chose one of the fangs as an agent, and made a list of the mountain goods he had just collected from the hunting park and handed them over to him, asking him to find a buyer to sell them. He then entrusted him to help purchase a batch of local specialties and prepare to take them away.
Reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. Li Cangyu followed the caravan for only half a day and gained a lot of insight. Not to mention anything else, if he can learn how to learn the business routines in this residence, it will be no difficulty for him to make a fortune.
After a little settled down, Wu Benli asked a friend named "Chen Liu" to call Li Cangyu and Gao Ju to him.
The boss finally met the new employee.
People who travel to the business are concerned about harmony and wealth. Wu Benli often looks good and kind, and doesn't talk much. After a brief question, he said, "Two young men, I am happy to sell the Hunter King's affection and let you live in me. But without rules, you cannot make a square. You must sign the contract first. This is also a strict rule set by the government. Now, come and press your handprint!"
After saying that, the guy Chen Liu handed over two ready-made contract books and inks.
Gao Ju was simple in mind and had to press his finger prints when he stepped forward. Li Cangyu quickly pulled him, "Big boss, can I take a look at the Confiscation Book first?"
Wu Benli and Chen Liu both showed funny expressions, "Can you read?"
"I recognize a few." Is it true that Li Cangyu is disdainful of them. After all, there were many illiterate people in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that he had just come out of the poor and closed mountains. Such people are not illiterate, and they seem to be a little unreasonable.
Wu Benli nodded disapprovingly, and Chen Liu handed the letter of deed to Li Cangyu to read with suspicion.
Li Cangyu read it carefully word by word and smiled on the spot, "Big Boss, are you making such a big joke?"
Wu Benli frowned, his face not very good-looking.
Chen Liu was unhappy, "Why did you say this?"
"This is a contract for sale." Li Cangyu shook the contract, "If my brothers sign and arrest them, they will only be slaves and servants for the rest of their lives, and even their descendants will not be spared."
"Uh..." Chen Liu was stunned for a moment and said carefully, "Big Boss, did you get it wrong?"
Wu Benli took the covenant book and smiled, "I was careless for a moment, and I really got it wrong. You two are the sons and nephews of the Hunter King, and Wu will definitely not let you sell yourself as slaves. Chen Liu, the employ covenant book may have forgotten to bring it. You go and get a pen and ink to write two copies. The two little guys will let you hire Wu as a division. What do you think?"
"It's the best, thank you, my boss." This time, Li Cangyu agreed very simply.
Gao Ju looked confused. Is there any difference?
No one is unfamiliar with the word "part"; those who lead troops will have divisions, and they are generally privately hired confidants. However, the "part" in the legal sense of the Tang Dynasty specifically refers to a social group. They are usually temporarily employed by others in the form of contracts. Like slaves and prostitutes, they are all affiliated with "slow" people, commonly known as... "bitters".
Compared with bitch, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are "good people".
The Tang Dynasty was a society with very strict hierarchies. In many cases, the social treatment of bitches is not much stronger than that of livestock. Moreover, the law has strict orders, and good people are not allowed to intermarry, otherwise good people will automatically fall into the bitches. The descendants of bitches are all bitches. They cannot be enrolled in the imperial examinations or officials and have no land. They can only rely on others to survive, and it will be difficult for them to turn over forever.
However, as both "bitters", there are also great differences between slaves and prostitutes. The key is that as long as the employer agrees to terminate the contract and seek a normal livelihood, the link can return to the "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" class of good people. However, if slaves and prostitutes want to be classified as good people, the government must conduct very strict reviews, and it is quite difficult to get approval. This is many times more difficult than converting rural household registration to large urban household registrations in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou!
Gao Bai, who had never left the mountains, was stupid and could not distinguish these important rules. However, Li Cangyu, who had practiced both "literary and historical" since childhood, had a clear understanding of this matter in the Tang Dynasty.
Wu Benli looked at Li Cangyu with a deep smile, obviously feeling an accident.
Li Cangyu estimated that Wu Benli should have a certain fluke mentality at this moment. He regarded himself and Gao Bai as illiterate and confused guys who had never seen the world and were illiterate. Once the slave contract was signed, he would have earned two young and strong laborers for life in vain. Wouldn't it be beautiful?
It turns out that there is no businessman.
But Li Cangyu didn't intend to expose it in person and was too petty.
It is rare to be confused when you are living under someone else's roof. This is the minimum enlightenment when you go out.
After a while, Chen Liu took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and sat aside to write. Li Cangyu looked at his funny pen-grabbing posture and felt worried. Sure enough, Chen Liu grabbed the pen with constipation and struggled for a while, and asked weakly: "Dadongjia, how do you write the word "Qi"?"
"If there is a ready-made one over there, won't you take a look?" Wu Benli looked contemptuous and felt embarrassed.
Li Cangyu stepped forward, "Big boss, why not write it?"
Chen Liu reacted very quickly, "Come on, come on, write it for you!"
"You ignorant bastard!" Wu Benli was so angry, "You talk and let him write."
Li Cangyu took the pen and sat down. Chen Liu spoke and said, and he wrote it with a stroke.
As soon as he started writing, Chen Liu was amazed. Wu Benli was also curious and came over to take a look, "This word!...you continue!"
Li Cangyu smiled in his heart, then you are optimistic, not only can I read, but I can also write!
Under the strict requirements of the four teachers, I practiced calligraphy since I was a child, and I practiced the "slim gold style" in regular script. This font was the most promising emperor of the Song Dynasty hundreds of years later, and was created by Your pen. Who has ever seen the Tang people?
As Li Cangyu pen walks around the dragon, Wu Benli's face becomes more and more surprised, and eventually becomes a big surprise.
"Monthly money..." Chen Liunian turned to Wu Benli when he came here, "How much is the monthly money for the boss?"
"Stop it first!" Wu Benli was almost impatient, "Hurry up, bring the deeds to me to read!"
Li Cangyu had no choice but to give him the half-written contract.
Wu Benli carefully held it in his hand, blew a few breaths gently to dry up the ink, and then widened his eyes and looked at it carefully. Gradually, his eyes were shiny and his face was red, and he even laughed: "Good words! Good words! What a good words!"
Li Cangyu sneered, were you surprised or not? Are you surprised or not?
We are from the Chinese department and there are four teachers in our family!
"Big boss, monthly money, just talk about monthly money." Chen Liu said carefully: "The newcomer like him is usually seven hundred yuan, right?"
Wu Benli ignored it completely and stared at the paper, "I never thought, I really couldn't imagine! A mountain boy could write such a thing... Oh, sorry, Mr. Li, I don't look down on you. Wu loves calligraphy the most in his life. When he saw your good handwriting, he was really overjoyed and extremely excited!"
"The big boss is too good." Li Cangyu said lightly, "Actually, I just stroked randomly on the snow when I was free and wrote casually. I never knew how I wrote these words?"
"Stroke randomly, write whatever you want?" Chen Liu's face turned red. This kid can really pretend to be garlic!
Very angry!
Chapter completed!