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Life in Chang'an Chapter 66 A Visitor from the Xiao Family

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    At this moment, Dian Jun, who was in charge of managing the palace soldiers, ran over quickly. When he saw Li Min standing outside the shed, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "The Dian Army of the palace is in charge of Yu Wenbiao, see His Highness Prince Liang!"

    "Get up!" Li Min said. He had met Yu Wenbiao once. He was one of the four officers of the royal family. He was tall and thick, very vicious, and looked like a standard soldier.

    "Is slave management now on the right track?" Li Min asked with a smile after seeing Yu Wenbiao stand up.  Although Yu Wenbiao was very rude, he was very capable, otherwise he would not be the first among the four officers of the palace to come to the mine to earn extra money.  In terms of slave management, Li Min only pointed in a general direction, and Yu Wenbiao had to complete all the details himself.

    "Your Majesty, the general has followed His Majesty's instructions to manage one hundred slaves per Shi, led by the Chief. There are a total of 1,300 slaves in the whole mine, divided into thirteen mining teams, and the remaining personal guards  He is responsible for guarding and patrolling the mine." Yu Wenbiao replied.  The Tang army was organized into ten men per Shi, with one Shi chief, five Shi as a group, three groups as a team, and five teams as a battalion, so the Shi was the basic unit of the Tang army.

    "Well, good job!" Li Min looked at the slaves working conscientiously in the mine, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Wen Biao, "By the way, nothing happened in the mine these days.  Well, why haven't you met with Manager Zhou from the palace?" In addition to having a guard leader to manage slave matters, the coal mine also has a steward who is responsible for handling the mine's manpower, accounts, etc. After all, those who only know how to fight are  The guards who kill and kill don't know how to manage the operation of a mine.

    "Manager Zhou went to a cement factory to collect accounts today. There was nothing serious at the mine. It was just that occasionally nearby villagers accidentally broke into the mine, and they were all driven away by the patrols." Yu Wenbiao thought for a moment.  He said, but suddenly he thought of something and said again, "By the way, because of the hot weather recently, several soldiers fell ill, and several slaves who worked also died. I'm worried that the slaves will be infected  There was a plague, so people found a place to burn the bodies and their used items.¡±

    Li Min was speechless after listening to the other party's words. This Yu Wenbiao really didn't take human life seriously. He even mentioned the death of several slaves at the end. Maybe in his opinion, this matter was not as important as a few relatives.  The matter of soldiers getting sick is important.  Li Min could understand the other party's thoughts, because in the eyes of the Tang people, these Tubo slaves were actually the owner's belongings, and the price was very cheap. The death of a few of them was nothing at all.  Li Min estimated that if nothing major had happened in the mine, this guy in Dian Dian would not have even mentioned this matter.

    "Well, it's okay. It's been too hot these days. I'll ask my house to send you some ice tomorrow. Also, don't abuse those slaves too much. Food is fine. But drinking water must be guaranteed. If you die,  If there are too many, I will let you gang of soldiers go dig mines, remember?" Li Min said with both grace and power.

    Although the death of the slave made him condemned as the conscience of future generations, Li Min had long been mentally prepared for this kind of thing. After all, what he wanted to do was to be a coal boss who stepped on the flesh and blood of coal-mining slaves, not to give people to others.  This kind of thing will happen sooner or later to charity houses. Anyway, they are not from the Tang Dynasty. They should act like a real Tang Dynasty and treat these slaves as talking objects. There is no need to treat them as human beings at all.

    Of course, slaves cannot die too many, otherwise no one will dig mines for him, so Yu Wenbiao is asked not to go too far. After all, these soldiers are not good people, and there is no Geneva Convention now.  Abuse of prisoners of war was unavoidable.

    "Don't worry, Your Highness, military law will eventually be used to restrain his subordinates. Moreover, the guards also want to earn bonuses by mining with these slaves, so they all know what's appropriate." Yu Wenbiao said with clasped fists.  Li Min has stipulated that if the monthly coal output of the slaves managed by each team of guards reaches a certain amount, they will receive corresponding bonuses, and the higher the output, the greater the bonuses. These guards are now staring at those many slaves.  They are drooling over the bonuses they bet, and try their best to get their slaves to mine as much as possible. Of course, they also know the principle of fishing from the bottom of the lake, so they usually try not to abuse the slaves very much.

    While Li Min was asking about matters related to the mine, Li Shimin in the shed also finished talking to the old man. Well~, to be precise, the old man was going to work and had no time to chat with Li Shimin here.

    After sending the old man out of the shed, Li Shimin walked over thoughtfully, glanced at Li Min and said: "Liu Lang, it's not easy for this grandson and grandpa, let someone change them to a lighter job."

    "My son, I obey!" Li Min hurriedly agreed. In fact, even if Li Shimin didn't say anything, Li Min would have someone take care of the grandfather and grandson. Just now, they said a lot of good things about Li Min in the shed, and they even didn't even mention the mine.  I don¡¯t even know who started the game. They just kept praising the mine owner for his benevolence and righteousness, which made everyone around himMany poor people can earn extra wages.  This made Li Min finally breathe a sigh of relief. It was always a good thing for someone to praise him. I think Li Shimin, the father, would also be happy.

    "By the way, how many people do you employ in this mine?" Li Shimin was about to get on the carriage when he suddenly turned around and asked Li Min.

    This really confused Li Min. He only cares about general issues. As for the details of mine management, the managers of each mine handle it themselves. He really doesn¡¯t know the number of employees.  Fortunately, there was Yu Wenbiao next to him. Although he was not responsible for hiring people, he was in the mine every day and should know something about it, so Li Min glanced at Yu Wenbiao.  Yu Wenbiao's attention was all on Li Min just now, and he didn't notice that there was Li Shimin in the shed at all. He didn't see it until Li Shimin came out. As a result, he was startled and he hurriedly looked around to see if there was any dangerous person.  , if something happens to His Majesty the Emperor, the ministers in the palace will probably eat him alive.

    Seeing Li Min's pointed gaze, Yu Wenbiao immediately understood and stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the Blackstone Mountain Mine employs more than a hundred people, most of whom are young people responsible for loading, unloading and transportation.  Zhuang, and there are also some women from poor families who are responsible for cooking, boiling water, etc. Several other mines employ fewer people than here, but there are still two to three hundred people in total."

    "Well, a few mines employ 400 people. Counting their families behind them, the number of people they support is estimated to be about 2,000" Li Shimin stopped here, frowning as if thinking about something.  After a while, he said to Li Min again, "Liu Lang, you have done a great kindness." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he got on the carriage without looking back.

    Seeing Li Shimin preparing to go back, Li Jingheng and Li Zhi hurriedly followed, but Li Min was confused. He still can't figure out why the emperor's father came to the coal mine on a whim, and only looked around after he came.  After looking at it, I chatted with an old man for a few words, and then boasted that I was going back now?

    Although there were questions in his mind, Li Min couldn't follow up and could only follow the carriage. Li Jingheng seemed very relaxed at this time. He squeezed next to Li Shimin with a smile on his fat face and said: "Uncle, actually, little nephew  A coal mine was opened in Luoyang, and although the number of people employed was not as high as Liu Lang, there were still hundreds of people, so this can be considered a good deed, right?"

    Looking at his nephew who was shamelessly begging for praise, Li Shimin smiled slightly, turned around and glanced at Li Min who was getting on the carriage, and then whispered to him in a low voice: "You are so brave.  If you are older, you are not afraid of being punished by the elders in your family?"

    Li Jingheng was stunned. Of course he knew what he did, and he also understood what Li Shimin meant, but they did it deliberately to let Li Shimin know.  But what he didn't expect was that His Majesty the Emperor would actually tell the story in front of him, which made him a little at a loss.

    Seeing Li Jingheng¡¯s smile froze on his face, Li Shimin laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder and said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m not that stingy, Liu Lang has made some good friends like you.¡±

    Li Shimin spoke and laughed loudly, attracting the attention of Li Min and Li Zhi. However, Li Min and Li Zhi were very confused about Li Shimin's last confusing words. They didn't know what their father was.  What are you laughing at?

    When he went back, Li Shimin seemed to be very leisurely and not in a hurry to rush away. The carriage was driving much more smoothly. However, it was just past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun in the sky seemed to want to bake people. Waiting for them  When the group returned to Chang'an, everyone was sweating profusely and hurried to the cold drink shop to sit down. Everyone drank a lot of cold drinks to feel cooler.

    He sat in the cold drink shop until it was almost dark, and then Li Shimin let Li Min and Li Jingheng leave. However, before leaving, he asked the store to prepare many different types of cold drinks for him, which were served in a huge ice box.  , took it back to the palace in person, saying that he wanted Queen Changsun, Concubine Yang and other princes and princesses to have a taste.

    Hearing this made Li Min feel ashamed. During this time, he was so busy that he didn't even bother to send some ice cream and other cold drinks to his mother, Concubine Yang.

    After bidding farewell to Li Shimin, Li Jingheng insisted on sending Li Min back to his hometown. Although the two palaces were not in the same building, they were still on the way, so Li Min did not refuse. However, on the way, Li Jingheng said a lot of irrelevant things and did not know who he was.  What exactly do you want to say?

    After finally returning to the palace and saying goodbye to Li Jingheng, Li Min just walked to the door of the palace, only to find a carriage parked in front of the palace, and judging from the mark on the carriage, it seemed to be Xiao Yu, Duke of Song Dynasty, which was Li Min's future princess-to-be, Xiao Wenxin.  Their carriage, it's so late now, why would anyone from the Xiao family come to see me?  And look at this horseThe specifications are high, and the status of the visitor in the Xiao family is not low. Who could it be?

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