"Your Highness, this time the Caomin brought a total of three thousand slaves to Your Highness, hehe."

Before Xiao Ming could go to Liang Dahai to ask if there were any new slaves in his hand, he took the initiative to come to him just a few days after Niuli's car was overturned.

"Three thousand? Why are there so many this time?" Qin Le couldn't believe his ears.

"Your Highness, I have to thank the gift of heaven. This time the heavy snow on the grassland caused the barbarians to freeze a lot of cattle and sheep. Even if they engage in trade with Dayu, the barbarian tribes could not afford many slaves. Instead of letting these slaves starve to death, it would be better to sell them to me for some food."

After pausing, Liang Dahai said as if he was seeking credit: "I walked several tribes on the grassland and had three thousand slaves in my hand. However, these barbarians were also very cunning. The slaves sold to me were very expensive. But when I thought that His Highness was in a hurry to lack slaves, I bought them."

Xiao Ming nodded. Liang Dahai's affairs were done well this time. Now Xiao Ming doesn't care that the barbarians are the feud of the Great Yu Kingdom, and everything is given priority to the development of the fiefdom.

In recent years, barbarians often plundered the borders. I don’t know how many people in the Dayu Kingdom captured, and many of the captured people died on the way to the grassland.

The people who were slaves in barbarian tribes lived a very miserable life, and one out of ten people were often captured. What's more, some barbarians would enjoy killing the people of the Great Chongqing country.

In his memory, he often heard that the barbarians would deliberately let the people of the Great Yu Kingdom go away and then ride horses to hunt them, and this was just a game when they were bored.

"You did a good job this time, and it would be okay to have a higher price. They are all people in my country, and they were captured by the barbarians. This is a shame for the country. No matter what method is used, it is a good thing to get them back. Let's talk about it, I'll have to ask for the total amount of money this time." Xiao Ming said.

Liang Dahai had just returned from the barbarian grassland and heard that Xiao Ming had made a lot of money in preparing for the Chamber of Commerce, and a large number of foreign merchants in Qingzhou also confirmed this.

However, after learning about the Chamber of Commerce, Liang Dahai also had his own ideas. He said: "Thank you to your Highness, it is a great honor for Caomin to go to your Highness to do business, but Caomin has a reluctant request. Can Caomin join His Highness's Chamber of Commerce?"

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard this. Now the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce has become a very magical institution through the mouths of many businessmen, just like a pyramid scheme. As long as you join the Chamber of Commerce, you will get rich.

He said, "I didn't have time to tell you about this because you went to the grassland. Since I cooperated with you to sell slaves, you are naturally my own person. It is natural to join the chamber of commerce. But there is another thing you may know. I now have my own business. If you want, you can go to Li Kaiyuan and he will include you in the business. From then on, you will be my person. If you have enough contributions in the future, I can also give you a job."

"Your Highness!" Liang Dahai was trembling with excitement. The four words "one official and half a job" shocked him like fairy music.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "You heard it right. In my fiefdom, I only recognize my achievements, not any wealthy families."

Like any ancient dynasty, the Dayu Kingdom was also a dynasty with solidification, or because of the existence of aristocratic families, this solidification was even more extreme.

It is almost impossible for ordinary people to enter the aristocratic circle through their own efforts. Although the Great Yu Kingdom also has an imperial examination system, having fame and fortune does not mean that they can become officials.

Because there is a tragic interview session after the written test, which is called Kanhe in the Great Yu Kingdom. The so-called Kanhe means that after you get the exam, you will still be personally reviewed by officials appointed by the court.

There are more contents of this review, such as appearance, family background, filial piety and integrity, and these contents have become excuses for review and elimination. At this time of year, review officials will become the core issue of the fight between ministers in the court, because whoever gets this job can legitimately collect money from scholars with fame and fortune, attack the children of opponents' families, and take the opportunity to strengthen their own number of officials.

Of course, not all scholars must pass this level, so you must be in the top three and you will be qualified for the palace examination at that time.

So now I promised Liang Dahai to give him a single official position in the future, so Liang Dahai was so excited because he turned into a phoenix and promoted to an official with a humble merchant. This is rare in history.

"Your Highness is so kind and great, Liang Dahai will never forget you!" After being excited, Liang Dahai knelt down with a "bang".

Xiao Ming was a little helpless because he could not regard being an official as something more important than life, but it was possible in the Great Yu Kingdom.

He said, "Don't be too happy too early. I can still get what I can give you. Everything depends on you."

Liang Dahai clasped his fists and said, "Caomin understands that if His Highness is sent in the future, Liang Dahai will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"Well, I will keep your words in hand and wait for you to prove them to me. I won't mention this time when I go through fire and fire. At present, my business has just been established. It's a time when people are short of people. You go."

Liang Dahai was still in his dream. He turned around and was about to leave. Suddenly he remembered that he didn't know how to find Li Kaiyuan, so he said: "Your Highness, where is Li Kaiyuan?"

"There is a shop called Qingzhou Commercial Bank next to the Patent Office. You can go in. I told Li Kaiyuan about you. You just need to report your name." Xiao Ming said.

Liang Dahai nodded, turned around and was secretly happy, and murmured: "Dad, mother, the ancestral tomb of the Liang family is coming out of blue smoke."

After summoning Liang Dahai, Xiao Ming went to the workshop base. Now the slaves are sent directly to that place. Because of the needs of the workshop area, Chen Wenlong specially established a Minfang in the workshop area, and the people living in this Minfang are all slaves.

The periphery of Minfang is a high wall, which wraps Minfang in it to prevent slaves from escaping and outsiders from snooping.

In order to cultivate technical workers, he now urgently needs a group of young and vibrant young slaves.

He came to the workshop area and saw the slaves sent by Liang Dahai.

Unlike the slaves sent by Liang Dahai last time, there seemed to be no hope in the eyes of these slaves. They suffered torture and humiliation in the grassland, making them like walking corpses.

Xiao Ming asked the guards to take the old and too young slaves to arrange residences, leaving only slaves aged between thirteen and thirty.

Unlike older slaves, young hearts are always restless, and these people's eyes shine with different light, that is hope.

Among the three thousand slaves, there were only 300 strong slaves left, and the proportion was not high, because most of the young and strong slaves were killed by the barbarians.
Chapter completed!