A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 106 Li Yi Allows Slave to Hurt Someone

Li Yi looked at the four slaves in front of him.

They wore fur and brown clothes, had leggings wrapped around their feet, were covered with felt, and had their hair loose on the left side of their clothes. Although the four of them also had yellow skin, yellow eyes and black hair, their appearance was still very different from that of the Tang people.

The face is long, with high cheekbones, a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, and very three-dimensional.

"Can you speak Chinese?" Li Yi asked.

As a result, the four of them stared at each other.

The clerk at the Imperial Household Department said, "These are the Chipai Qiang. They previously followed Xue Ju's son-in-law, Zhong Chou, in their attack on Hanzhong and Fufeng. They were defeated and captured, but were not enslaved. They don't speak Chinese. When Li Daizhao takes them back, it would be best to brand or tattoo them, mark them well, and keep them under strict supervision, otherwise they will easily escape."

Li Yi had no idea where the Chipai Qiang, a branch of the Qiang people in Longyou, lived. He had never even heard of the name before. He only knew that the Dangxiang Qiang were famous and later established the Western Xia Dynasty. There were also the Xishan Qiang in western Sichuan, who were also very fierce, as well as the Bailan Qiang, Baigou Qiang, Baima Qiang and so on.

In the eyes of the Tang people at that time, no matter what kind of Qiang you were, they were all barbarians. These barbarian slaves were also called Liao slaves by the Mi people. In the slave market of the Tang Dynasty, especially the slave market in Chang'an, they were the cheapest and the least valuable, even less valuable than the Wuxi barbarian slaves and the Wuling barbarian slaves.

One Kunlun slave is worth ten or a hundred Liao slaves.

"Remember, keep a close watch on them. These people are very vicious."

Li Yi signed and completed the handover procedures.

"Let's go."

The four people were tied together with ropes, even their feet were tied up. Li Yi did not let them be untied and took them back first.

Liu Heizi looked at the four Qiang people.
"Ah Lang, these people have eyes like wild beasts and they can't speak Chinese. We might as well sell them."

Chen Liang led two rewarded Longyou horses,
"It's not worth much if you sell it for, right?"

"Well, each of these Qiang slaves is only worth three to five thousand coins."

Li Yi observed the four men on the way. They were all very dark, with rough skin and calluses on their hands. They were not tall and were quite thin. Although they looked like they had a hard time after being captured, their eyes were still fierce and sharp.

They are probably only in their twenties or thirties.

He was wearing a long gown with a waist tie, and his robes were simple but relatively complete. He was probably an elite warrior of the tribe.

After Xue Ju started his rebellion in Longyou, he won over many Qiang tribes in Longyou. He not only gave generous gifts to the chiefs, but also promised to share the spoils of war such as money, silk, livestock, and women with them after they conquered their territory.
These Qiang warriors actually came here to rob.

Li Yi tried to communicate with them and asked for their names, but they ignored him. It seemed that they could not understand or speak.

"Alang, there's a coal mine in Tongguan, Weibei. Why not just sell them out to dig coal? They can't understand or speak, and they're as ferocious as wild beasts. It's not safe to keep them at home."

"Heizi, isn't it said that you are very strong and can directly knock down a cow? Come on, try to fight with them and see if you can beat them into submission.
I heard that these barbarians like to be respected by strength. If you can defeat them, they will be handed over to you in the future."

Liu Heizi became interested when he heard this.

"Alang, I'm not bragging, I can knock down two bulls. As for these four Qiang slaves, they look fierce, but they are tall and thin. I can beat them all by myself."

Li Yi now has quite a few servants.
I just bought ten last time.
Now I have given four Qiang slaves as a reward.
It's a pity to sell them, they are not worth much now. But if I keep them, it will be difficult to arrange them. If Heizi can defeat them, it would be nice to keep them as a permanent guard or something.
The emperor also likes to use guards of foreign races.

"If you can really convince them, keep them. Tell them to be loyal and work hard. If they behave well, I will buy them a slave girl to marry. If they behave well, I can even release them and make them good people."

It would be best if these Qiang slaves could be trained into loyal warriors.
A person like him who has no foundation,

As wealth and status rise, especially when wealth and status do not match, it will inevitably attract the covetousness of many people. Even in the 21st century,

Many wealthy businessmen will be slaughtered like pigs.
What's more, in this era, there will be more cases of the law of the jungle in places where there is no sunlight.

Sometimes the poor and weak cannot be completely bound by rules.

Sometimes the barefoot can only protect themselves by sacrificing themselves.

If there were a few loyal warriors, they would not only be able to protect themselves at critical moments, but also to launch a counterattack, using offense instead of defense.

You don't have to use nuclear weapons, but you have to have them.

In fact, those aristocratic families that have existed for thousands of years have more such methods.

Back to Pingkangfang,
After passing the north gate, Liu Heizi kept looking towards the east three bends.

"Why, your bride can't satisfy you?"

"No."

"Do you want to drink flower wine, broaden your horizons, or try something new?"

Old Liu chuckled foolishly, with a look of longing on his face.

"You can't afford these three songs. The Southern and Central songs are not expensive. The Northern songs are not expensive, but in just one night, you will probably have to harvest the same as you would from planting a few acres of land. Besides, these women may not be clean.
You open the door to welcome guests every day, your arms are pillowed by thousands of people, your lips are kissed by thousands of people, you don't want to catch any disease, do you?
Other diseases are easy to cure, but syphilis is not. If you are not careful, your precious roots will rot. You just married a woman, don't throw away the melon to pick up sesame seeds."

Li Yi also briefly described to him some of the tragic conditions of syphilis.
The tall and strong Liu Heizi was so scared that he felt a gust of cold wind blowing through him, his crotch felt cold, and he even felt nauseous.

"Stop talking. I won't go, not even if you pay me." Liu Heizi said quickly.

"Men, when you go out, you must take good care of yourself."

We chatted and laughed all the way to the southeast of the town.

"Why do there seem to be so many people gathered at our door? What happened?" Chen Liang, with his sharp eyes, pointed ahead and shouted.

Li Yi looked up and saw that there was indeed a group of them gathered in front of his house.

"what happened?"

At this time, Li Erlang stood at his door and shouted, "Brother Wuyi, you are back. Someone came to your house to make trouble and almost wanted to break in. I quickly stopped him, but he kept yelling and refused to leave."

Li Yi stepped forward,
"Thank you for your help, Brother Dejiang,"

"Brothers, why should we be polite? If you weren't at home, I would have chased them away long ago."

Li Yi glanced at everyone.
"Who are you? In broad daylight, under the feet of the emperor, how dare you break into the house and rob?" He put a big hat on them first.

At this time, a middle-aged man came forward.

"You are the man from Li County, right?"

"and who are you?"

"I am the steward of Fenyuan Mansion. I am here on the orders of my husband to take my wife home." As he spoke, he handed over a note. "My husband has instructed us to hope that County Man Li can give Fenyuan Mansion and Dengguo Mansion some face."

When Li Yi heard the words "Fenyuan Mansion", he knew the other party's identity.

Ji Wen, a military officer in Qinzhou, was the elder brother of Ji Junsu and the son-in-law of Dou Jin, Duke of Deng.

"You want to take Su Jun away. Have you asked for my consent?"

"Li County Man, my husband Alang said that he won't take people in for free. He will compensate you with ten young and strong slaves."

This made Li Yi unhappy.

When Li Yi learned that the palace maid Ji, who was bestowed upon him by the emperor, was from the famous Ji family, he took the initiative to ask Ji,
If she is willing to go home, Li Yi is happy to help her and do a favor for the Ji family. It doesn't matter whether she gets compensation or not.

But Ji said that the Ji family had severed ties with him long ago, and there was no one left in her husband's family, so she didn't want to contact the Ji family anymore, so he didn't mention this matter.

Later, the two got along well, and Ji became his woman.

In Jingzhou, Ji Wen rudely wanted to take his sister away, and the two had an unpleasant argument.

I didn't expect this to happen again today.
He did not object to the Ji family contacting the Ji clan, provided that the Ji clan themselves were willing.

If you don't want to, then don't bother them, let alone break into their home.

"You leave now," Li Yi said coldly.

But Steward Ji stood there motionless, "Li County Man, I've given you ten slaves as compensation, aren't you satisfied? Don't be too greedy.

My son-in-law is Duke Deng's son-in-law. Duke Deng's three brothers all hold the title of Duke. Not to mention the entire Fufeng Dou clan, which is incredibly powerful.

County Man Li, you should think about this carefully."

Li Yi said to Li Dejiang, "Brother Dejiang, I remember you can speak Qiang language?"

"Well, I know a little. I can speak a little Turkic and Qiang languages. I'm a very versatile person, so I know a little bit of everything." Li Dejiang said with a smile.

"Then I have a favor to ask, Brother Dejiang. These four people are slaves that His Majesty has rewarded me with. I just brought them back, but they don't understand Chinese.
Please tell them for me.
Tell them to beat away those who broke into my Li house. If they knock down one, I will reward him with five mutton Hu pancakes. If they knock down two, I will reward him with ten. There is no upper limit, as long as they don't kill or maim them.

If they don't have the ability and courage, then we can sell them to our colleagues to dig coal, otherwise they will be useless."

Li Dejiang laughed and said, "If you take down one of them, there will be five mutton biscuits. Just ask me to do this job. I can take down all of them by myself."

"These people broke into my house, so naturally my servants should take care of them, not you."

"Ok."

Li Dejiang spoke and gestured to the four Qiang slaves, pointing at the group of people from the Ji family and talking to them.

The four Qiang slaves also chattered and gestured.

"They say five meat patties can knock over one. No problem. I hope you keep your word."

"Of course I mean what I say, Heizi, untie them."

Liu Heizi said: "Alang, I can do this job too."

Li Yi glared at him, and Heizi obediently untied the ropes on the hands and feet of the four Chi Pai Qiang.

Steward Ji raised his voice, "Li County Man, please don't mess around. I'm the steward of Fenyuan Mansion."

Li Yi cursed: "Ji Wei has been dead for a long time, why are you still coming to Fenyuan Mansion? Who gave you the courage to come to Qianshui County's male residence?"

He waved his hand at the four untied Chi Pai Qiang and said, "Fuck them."

The four Chi Pai Qiang had suffered many hardships since they were captured.

I have been feeling depressed and repressed in my heart.

At this time, the golden lock was opened and the dragon was released. With the promise of mutton Hu Bing, the four of them roared and suddenly pounced on the servants of Ji family.

A lot of people came from the Ji family, more than ten people.

But these people were not as fierce and tough as the Chipai Qiang. Although they were unarmed, their fists were sharp weapons. They punched, kicked, kneed, elbowed, and even hit with the head.

In a moment,

More than a dozen people from the Ji family were lying on the ground, screaming in pain, and many of them had blood on their faces.

The four Red-lined Qiang went up and kicked them a few more times, beating them so hard that they couldn't stand up. Then they came to Li Yi with a proud look on their faces, shouting and yelling.

"They're asking for meat buns. They say they've taken down thirteen people, so you have to give them sixty-five mutton buns."

"Hahaha, don't worry, I'll make them for them in a bit. Sixty-five, not one less. I'll put three ounces of mutton in each meat pie. If they can't finish it this time, we can save it for the next meal."

Manager Ji was waiting on the ground, screaming in pain. He didn't dare to get up for fear of being beaten down again, so he could only groan.

"Get out of here now, and don't pollute the ground in front of my front door."

Several people then supported each other and ran away,

Even after running a long way, Manager Ji didn't forget to utter a few harsh words: "Li County Man, you don't know how much trouble you've caused. Just wait and see!"

　Happy New Year's Eve in the South!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)