Chapter 208 Stone
After hearing Zhengliang's words, the little boy stared at Zhengliang tightly, as if trying to recall when he had met the stranger in front of him. From the other party's words, it was confirmed that the other party was coming for him this time.
"What? Haven't you remembered it yet? We met just now," said Zhengliang lightly.
"Ah?" After Zhengliang's reminder, the little boy suddenly remembered.
After Zhengliang said what he had just said, Wang Hai's sailor had already rolled up his sleeves and was about to teach the child in front of him a lesson after Zhengliang's order. The child's current situation is indeed pitiful, but the money he earned with his life is also very precious. When he thought of being touched with his wallet, the sailor became angry layer by layer.
"Please give us pity and give us a way out." The little boy suddenly knelt down and whispered mercy. He had completely recognized these people, and they were the adults who had just joined forces with his partners to steal the previous ones. Now the owner has come to the door, and his purpose is self-evident.
Everyone was stunned by the boy's sudden actions, and even the sailor was lost for a while. In fact, since hearing the two brothers and sisters' affectional conversation just now, Zhengliang had decided not to pursue the matter of stealing money. Anyway, hundreds of taels of silver were seized from the bandits' village, and now there were more than a dozen taels of silver in Ming Fengxiu's package, which was enough. As for the losses of Liu Le and the sailor, it would be fine if each person gave one tael of silver.
Why did the little boy suddenly beg for mercy? It was mainly because he saw from Zhengliang's actions that these people were not malicious. If his sister recovered from Zhengliang's magic medicine, then the people in front of him were even benefactors. Since encountering family changes, in order to survive, he has mastered all kinds of life and has also developed the ability to survive, especially his ability to observe words and observe is pure and pure. Of course, if he finds that Zhengliang and others have malicious intentions, he is also ready to fight to the death.
"Haha. Tell me, how should we spare your life?" Zhengliang said with a smile.
"If an adult can heal my younger sister, I am willing to be an adult's slave in this life." The little boy heard from Zhengliang's words just now that he might be able to save the vitality of the two brothers and sisters, so he hurriedly begged. For them at this moment, being able to become a slave to others is the best choice. Otherwise, it would be difficult for both brothers and sisters to survive this winter. At the same time, he also kept a mind, that is, as a slave, he was the only one who was himself, not his sister.
Zhengliang was so clear. He couldn't hear the meaning of the little boy's words, but he did not expose it. Instead, he continued, "Oh? I'm working for me? So, what can you do for me?"
"I...I..." The little boy was asked by Zhengliang's question. Yes. What can a teenage child do? It is because he is useless that his sister is helpless when she gets sick, and she can't even afford the medical expenses for treatment.
"I am the boss here, I can go and steal money." In desperation, the little boy said this, "I... I can also warm the bed for the adults." The little boy talked about the male style. During this period of the Ming Dynasty, male style was also popular among the families of some nobles. We know that although Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty's founder, advocated prostitution at first, he was absolutely forbidden to participate. He once issued an edict: "Any officials who stayed in prostitution should be 60, and the matchmakers would be reduced by one level. If the descendants of the official stayed in prostitution, the crime would be the same as that." After Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the ban was eliminated. Whether it was officials or scholars. Anyone who stayed in prostitution or a little bit of prostitution was punished." After Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the ban was eliminated.
Evil behavior. At the least, it was demoted, and at the worst, it was stripped of the removal and never hired. This made the way for officials to visit the hospital and women to be tightly blocked. So some people began to play with love. How popular was the male style in the Ming Dynasty? According to Xu Chong's "Niangshu Youbi" records: "At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the inner ministers were the most favored and flirted, and the 'old sons' were just liked by the 'old sons'. They all chose young and handsome inner ministers as well. Ming officials, Confucian scholars and even bandits, and all liked men." In other words, at this time, male love had formed a social atmosphere, and the concepts and orientations of the entire society had changed.
The little boy who once begged everywhere once almost became someone else's "female". If he hadn't been clever, he would have been imprisoned in a high-walled courtyard and became someone else's plaything. So, he knew that something was going on. Now in a hurry, he suddenly said this.
Before Zhengliang could react, Liu Le, who was standing by, burst into laughter. Such a strange thing actually came from a little boy, which really made people feel extremely funny. Even the sailor smiled foolishly. The only exception was Mingfeng Xiuzheng, who couldn't understand Chinese.
Seeing everyone's expressions, the little boy blushed and turned red.
"Haha, what's your name?" Zhengliang did not continue the topic mentioned by the little boy just now, but instead asked about his name.
The little boy "Stone" replied.
"Well, Shi Tou. I officially accept you as my little surname. Just do your duty well," Zhengliang nodded and said.
"Ah?" the little boy exclaimed, obviously not expecting that Masayoshi so readily agreed to accept him as a servant (although he had no idea what kind of position the "small surname" was, and he directly regarded it as a servant's position). His expression was full of incredible sè.
"Then...then mine..." the little boy turned around and looked at his sleeping sister, lowered his head and said.
"Follow me together," said Zhengliang.
Why did Zhengliang take these two siblings in? This is mainly related to his immigration plan. After a lot of thought, Zhengliang thought his plan was feasible.
First of all, our foundation is the riben. In fact, the current riben is still vast and sparsely populated. Due to the backward agricultural technology and the large number of forest areas in the riben, the population is not too large due to the low land utilization rate. As for Zhengliang's current territorial population, the short population leads to insufficient military sources, which greatly limits the land reclamation progress.
However, it is not easy to increase the population in large quantities. After all, there are only so many people in the surrounding territories. Even if they are forcibly plundered, the number of people will be limited. In addition, the degree of land development is limited and the land yield is too low, which leads to insufficient food and also limits the development of the population.
But now it’s different. Since seeing these refugees and orphans, Zhengliang has a new idea. Yes, it’s immigration. Since the Ming Dynasty could not provide a foothold for these refugees who had lost their foundation and orphans, it’s up to me, Zhengliang, to provide it. This will not only help these helpless people, reduce social conflicts in some areas of the Ming Dynasty, but also increase the population of their own territory. Why not do it? (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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