Chapter 61 Selection

"What's your name?"

Three hundred young and strong slaves were standing in front of him, when Xiao Ming asked a thin young man standing in the middle.

Although this young man was thin, he was the most energetic one among them. He was about 1.7 meters tall and had big eyes. He kept looking at the surrounding environment and looked very smart.

"Reporting to the master, my name is Lu Tong." The boy said.

At this time, Zhao Long shouted: "In front of you is the seventh prince of the Great Yu Kingdom, His Royal Highness King Qi, you should call His Highness."

The word "master" is used by slaves to call barbarians on the grasslands. In Zhao Long's opinion, this is disrespectful to Xiao Ming.

Lu Tong looked surprised. He was bought from the grassland. They set off from the sea and arrived here directly. They didn't know where it was. At this time, he was pleasantly surprised: "His Royal Highness, the slave is from Cangzhou. Three years ago, the barbarians attacked Cangzhou. City, the lowly slaves were plundered by the barbarians.”

At the same time, most of the slaves were in a commotion, and they all said, "This is Qingzhou? We are back.", "Finally home.", "Great."

Zhao Long blushed at this time. The destruction of Cangzhou City was an unforgettable humiliation for Qingzhou soldiers. The slaves in front of him turned out to be the fiefdoms who were robbed by the barbarians three years ago. He couldn't help feeling ashamed for a while.

Xiao Ming also blushed a little. Although this was the fault of his predecessor, he had to carry it himself at this time.

He had an idea and said: "After all the hardships, this king finally got his people back. Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, still haven't untied all their hand shackles and foot shackles."

Lu Tong's eyes blushed, tears poured down like rain, he knelt down suddenly and touched the ground with his face, holding up the loess under his feet and crying loudly, "Father, mother, I'm back, I'm finally back."

"Uuuu..." The other slaves also cried bitterly at this time, and the wandering children returned home was a shock, not to mention that they had been enslaved for three years and had been tortured.

Chen Wenlong also looked ashamed. He was always taciturn and never disobeyed Xiao Ming's orders. He said, "Your Highness, they are all the people of my Qingzhou. The lower official asks His Highness to rebuild their household registration and exempt them from their slave status."

"It's natural." Xiao Ming said to Lu Tong: "Get up, since you are the people of my Qingzhou, and you used to be free, from today onwards, you will be free, and this king will give you silver taels and household registration. Go home."

When his voice fell, none of these slaves meant to leave, but you looked at me, and I looked at you, with a blank look.

Lu Tong stood up at this time and said, "Your Highness, my parents were killed by barbarians in order to help me escape from the grasslands. Now the lowly slaves are homeless, and most of them are like me. At that time, the barbarians were rampant in Cangzhou. Looting and killing, killing countless people, few people can get back their entire family.”

Xiao Ming was silent for a while. A poor and weak country will only make people suffer. Countless history has proved this.

Thinking of this, he bowed and said: "Three years ago when Cangzhou fell, the defending generals abandoned the city and fled, but this king also has an inescapable responsibility. Here, I apologize to all of you."

"His Royal Highness, this..." Lu Tong and the others were stunned and stunned, and knelt down quickly.

Seeing Xiao Ming like this, Zhao Long and Zhao Hu looked at each other, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Ming raised his hand to help Lu Tong up and said: "The barbarian soldiers are strong and strong, but my Qingzhou is poor and weak, and I have the responsibility of guarding Cangzhou, but it is still my Qingzhou soldiers are not strong enough, horses are not strong enough, the shame of three years ago This king has never forgotten, and now he is exhausted, only trying to revitalize the fiefs and keep the people safe in the future. Now that this king is employing people, since you have nowhere to go, you are willing to follow the great cause of this king Xutu.”

Lu Tong and others are now having nowhere to go. The young man's heart is warm, and Xiao Ming's strong words suddenly made him emotional. He said, "If Your Highness does not give up, I would like to ride the horses."

Xiao Ming looked at the others. Some were as bright as Lu Tong, while others seemed to have ulterior motives and were a little worried.

He thought that it was impossible for everyone to have lost their parents like Lu Tong and had no one to rely on. He said, "I would like to welcome the king who is willing to stay with Lu Tong. If there is a king who wants to go home, I will not be reluctant. money for the journey."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Several voices sounded.

Xiao Ming said to Chen Wenlong at this time: "You go and ask other slaves. If they belong to the people of Qingzhou, they will return their free bodies. If they need to be entangled, they will be entangled. If they want to stay in the workshop, they will be paid monthly by the craftsman. wages."

"Yes." Chen Wenlong nodded and walked into the workshop. At the same time, Xiao Ming asked the young people who wanted to go back to follow Chen Wenlong.

Three hundred or so people left one third in an instant, and two hundred people stayed behind. At this time, they all looked at Xiao Ming and waited for the order.

Now they are homeless, but Xiao Ming is willing to take them in with the respect of the prince. This is undoubtedly a good thing in the world. It is a hundred times better than suffering on the grassland and being killed at any time.

Looking at the remaining two hundred or so people, Xiao Ming said: "Since you choose to stay, you will be the king's people from now on. This time you are selected to teach you some special skills. Follow me back to Qingzhou and live in the yard next to the Prince Qi's mansion, and I will teach you some skills from tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness." Lu Tong and others bowed and said.

Xiao Ming nodded and asked Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to take them back. He was not worried about whether these people would be happy to become craftsmen.

Compared with the status of slaves, this has been improved too much, and with the improvement of the status of craftsmen in Qingzhou in the future, he believes that these teenagers will be more happy with their status.

This time, in order to cultivate a group of technical talents, Xiao Ming also made a lot of money and deliberately bought a yard next door. This is for confidentiality and safety.

Because after getting through, the courtyard and the alley built in the palace were figured out, and there was only a door in the middle.

After Zhao Long and Zhao Hu sent Lu Tong and the others over, he immediately went to the Governor's Mansion, and then there were twenty more fully armed elite guards in the palace.

Although these 200 people were arranged by Xiao Ming, Zhao Long and Zhao Hu still raised their guard for Xiao Ming's safety. If these 200 people mutinied, they would be a big threat to the palace, and this was just in case.

Xiao Ming didn't object to this either. He didn't think he could tame these teenagers with just a few words.

The specific qualities of these people will need to be observed slowly in the future. After all, sometimes when they are in his position, they can’t have a few more hearts. If these people can do their duty in the future, it will naturally be the best.

If he eats inside and out and damages the interests of Qingzhou, he will never be soft-hearted at that time. Since he is in the emperor's family, he always remembers that he must not be a virgin.

Because this will not only kill himself, but also kill millions of people in the fief.