I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 74 The Super Second Generation (4500)

It cannot be said that Zhiyao has led Zhao Bolu astray.

Zhao Bolu was a dandy before, and it was better because he was not as absurd or tyrannical as some second generations. If it is suitable to be an heir, he must be unqualified.

Generally speaking, the current era is still a slave society. Although slaves are slaves, they are also a group that creates income for their masters. The head of a family will not treat slaves very well. It is not common to say that deliberate abuse is not common.

Of course, nobility would not intentionally torture and kill slaves, and it was common for slaves to be buried.This is a relic of ancient times, and cannot be said to be the cruelty of contemporary people.

The state of Jin stopped engaging in burials a long time ago, which is different from many vassal states, especially the states of Qin and Lu.

The state of Qin is currently more barbaric and ignorant than many countries, and Duke Mu of Qin took the lead in demanding that ministers be buried, so how could the custom of burial among the people be cut off.

The state of Lu is a society of "propriety and law". While following the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty, the trend of burial is very strong. Whenever some high-ranking official dies, the number of people who will be buried together is not too many, especially Sanhuan will always compare the number of burials. .

The state of Jin did not abolish sacrificial burial, but only sought hegemony for a certain period of time. It was very aware of the importance of labor, and invariably chose other items to replace human sacrificial burial.They usually pursue how many chariots they bring to be buried with them after death, and then various weapons and armor, including a suitable amount of jade and beautifully shaped bronzes.

Some countries where the monarchs and ministers are not confused, they saw the changes in Jin, and realized that the atmosphere of burial really needs to be restrained. Although many countries still have the behavior of dragging people into burial, the scale has been reduced again and again.

In the current era, apart from Qin and Lu who still have a strong custom of burying people and burying them, another country that mistreats people is Chu.

As the overlord of the south, the burial custom of the Chu State has been maintained until before the country is destroyed, that is to say, they really have a vast territory and a large population, otherwise how could they withstand such a toss.

The reason why slaves are mentioned is that many of the current second generations in the Jin state are very disrespectful. They usually kill slaves for fun. Some second generations are already engaged in activities similar to "fighting horns", fighting for fun The ones who are slaves are slaves, and the second generation will also open a handicap for people to bet on.

slave?Many people have been slaves for generations, and some are harvested from recent conquests.

If the slaves were obtained from wars, most of them would be "scholars" or "disciples" of a certain country in terms of the era. On the contrary, there are very few examples of capturing the people of other countries as slaves. Generally, the defeated countries themselves capture them as compensation.

Once they are "soldiers" or "disciples", they are a kind of warriors who do not directly participate in production, but only practice killing skills. In modern terms, they are called professional soldiers.

warrior?This name is really not unique to foot pot chicken.In fact, there were a large number of warriors in Zhuxia during the Spring and Autumn Period. At the beginning, they were a kind of "title" for extremely brave people, and gradually became the title of some dignitaries' guards.

One or two of the bored second generation began to let the slaves they brought fight, saying that whoever loses among the slaves will be executed.

Why not let the accompanying guards fight?They have their own family, but compared with the family of nobles, the "quantity" is relatively small, and it is not a kind of property.Once the master asks them to fight for the pleasure of others, believe it or not, they will be rejected on the spot, and after the rejection, they will scold and leave?
Slaves are also a kind of property when they do not have personal freedom. Once the master does not cherish the property, they will be powerless.

Zhiyao will not criticize the behavior of some second generations, let alone fight against the second generation for a certain slave.

It’s not that Zhiyao is cruel or cruel, nor is he lacking in compassion. One is that he doesn’t want to be that alien, and the other is that saving one or two slaves is not considered salvation. When the “slave age” ends, it can’t be completely eradicated. tragedy.

As long as human beings exist, tragedies will never be eradicated, nothing more than changes in the "names" of various classes.

The two slaves who were fighting did not have weapons in their hands, and their fighting looked quite fierce, so it can be seen that the history is not ordinary.

People who have been slaves for generations are unable to learn professional fighting skills, and long-term malnutrition will also make their physical fitness unable to keep up, let alone being domesticated to be extremely docile.

People who are captured as soldiers and become slaves may not dare to rebel against their masters for various reasons, and they will definitely explode once when it is a matter of life and death.

The slaves got orders from their masters, and they also wanted to live on, so they used what they had learned all their lives to fight, and the fights were naturally extremely fierce.

Zhiyao watched as one of the slaves picked up a stone after falling down. The slave who picked up the stone did not immediately turn around and fight back. The head was smashed.

The slave whose head was smashed just let out a muffled groan at the beginning, and then the head was continuously hit, and his brain burst to death without even moaning.

A life is so gone. He may have been the head of a small family before, and his life was pretty good. After being defeated and captured, he began a miserable life. Death may not be a relief.

"I didn't allow you to do this, it's fierce, don't stay!"

Therefore, the slave who won was subdued by several guards, and then killed on the spot.

Zhiyao deliberately observed the reactions of the slaves present. Most of the slaves bowed their heads to show their obedience, and a very few slaves who did not bow their heads had stiff expressions.

In fact, not bowing his head meant that the slave hadn't fully accepted his fate, and such a behavior might lead to death.

Zhiyao didn't see any of her slaves who didn't bow their heads, and she still thought in her heart: "This group of slaves can no longer stay in the main house, it's better to find another place to let them continue to play their value."

The second generation who killed the winning slave was too bad in nature!

It is true that slaves are inferior people. Even if doing this does not arouse the resistance of other slaves, their loyalty will inevitably drop significantly, which will inevitably bring hidden dangers.

Zhiyao took a look at Jia Que who did such a thing, and felt that the decline of the public clan really made sense.

The Jia family, one of the Dukes of Jin, has been in a half-dead state for a long time, and has never produced any outstanding talents.

"It's a bad move!" Wei Ju was obviously not used to it.

He is 14 years old this year, and no accident will be the head of the Wei family in the future.

If you can't get used to it, you can't get used to it. Unless the relationship between the nobles is particularly good, otherwise no one will teach anyone to be smart.

Zhiyao looked at Wei Ju who was approaching, and smiled.

It may be that there was only one fighting performance that could not satisfy all the second generations, and another second generation met to send slaves to fight for fun, and they also gave weapons to the slaves who were ready to fight to the death.

"I heard that Yao Fang came back from 'Zhi'?" Wei Ju seemed to be looking for something to say.

Knowing that it was not a random question, Zhiyao gave a very formal answer: "Of course!"

After hearing this, Wei Ju saluted Zhiyao and said, "So, you and I should get closer."

what do you mean?

In fact, it is to be able to represent Zhibi and Zhishen to return to the old nest to take charge of farming, and to represent Zhiyao to be able to confirm that she will take over Zhishen's class, and one day become the head of Zhi's family.

Therefore, what Wei Ju wanted to be close to represented was that the Wei family hoped that the alliance with the Zhi family would be stable and long-lasting.

Of course Zhiyao knew why the Wei family chose to form an alliance with the Zhi family. Apart from the fact that the Wei family did not get much benefit from the alliance with the Zhao family, the fundamental reason was that the proportion of the Zhi family's strength among the various high-ranking families was increasing.

The reason for the increase in the proportion of the Zhi family's strength is very realistic. It is entirely because the Fan family and the Zhongxing family are about to be removed from the state of Jin, and the strength of the Zhao family who initiated the civil war has been greatly damaged.

The strength rankings of the various noble families before, from strong to weak, are roughly: the Fan family and the Zhonghang family are in the first rank, the Zhao family is in the second rank, the Wei family and the Zhi family are in the third rank, and the Han family is almost the same. It is not so powerful all the time.

Of course, the lack of strength of the Han family is only due to the comparison of the strength of the Qing family, and it must be very strong compared to other families.

This time, the Zhao family not only lost a lot in the civil war, they also dragged the Wei family and the Han family to lose a lot. With the removal of the Fan family and the Zhonghang family from the Jin country, the old internal structure of the Jin country must be to be broken.

Of course, many times the data on paper is just data on paper, which looks quite strong, but when you actually start a fight, you find that it is completely vulnerable.

Zhiyao thought: "Grandfather's low-key strategy has succeeded. Even though the Zhi family seems to be powerful now, not only the Zhao family thinks that the Zhi family is not a big threat, but the Wei family also thinks that the almost non-aggressive Zhi family can form a group."

Under normal circumstances, after a certain family in the Jin Kingdom obtained the position of minister, they would keep a low profile if their own strength was not enough, and if they had some strength, they would show their fangs in a short period of time.

There have been many noble families in the state of Jin, not to mention the Hu family, Xian family, Xu family and other families too long ago, Zhao Zhan of Handan Zhao was actually quite low-key after becoming a "Qing".

Handan Zhao probably didn't want to keep a low profile, it was simply that Zhao Zhan sat back and watched the demise of the Zhao family, and made no contribution to Zhao Wu's restoration of the Zhao family. The lack of talent inside and outside was the main reason why Handan Zhao had to keep a low profile. Later, Zhao Zhan even resigned consciously took the position of Qing.

The age difference between Zhiyao and Wei Ju is one year, and Wei Ju is older than Zhiyao.

It should be that Wei Ju completed the family tasks, and the topic of his talk no longer involved family affairs. He asked Zhiyao how he usually had fun, and how he usually had fun.

Over there, Han Geng was already in charge, opening the market for the second generation to place bets.

Zhao Bolu, who was cooking, stopped what he was doing, and ran to place a bet that Mrs. Dong would win.

Who is Dong?They are also from the public clan, and the slaves sent to fight against each other are from the Jia clan.

After placing his bets, Zhao Bolu came to Zhiyao and Wei Ju, and said jokingly: "Jia's family kills the victorious clerk, and the clerk who fights will die. How can there be a reason for winning?"

It really is that way, if you lose, you will definitely die, if you win, you may not be able to live, the thoughts in your head are hard to explain, and it is difficult to fight hard.

Seeing that Zhiyao and Wei Ju didn't place a bet, Zhao Bolu said, "It's a good deal."

Wei Ju probably thought it made sense, so he ran to place a bet.

And Zhiyao didn't move at all.When he reached this status, he knew very well that there were a few things he couldn't do, gambling was definitely one of them, and the second was that he couldn't have compassion.

A person who is easy to soften his heart is a good character if his status is low, but once his status reaches a certain level, it will bring disaster to his close people and family.

Of course, it does not mean that one must be as hard-hearted as iron. In fact, it means that one has the ability to do great things, and the premise is not to harm one's own interests. It is also a benefit to oneself to do things that can bring benefits to the public.

People of different classes look at the same thing in many ways. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of "everyone for himself".

The fact is that when one's status and status are often at stake in the lives and deaths of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions, compassion becomes a luxury.

Zhiyao thinks such gatherings are very boring. If you have to attend, you should learn knowledge and study various technologies, isn't it good?

Socializing with such a group of second generations, Zhiyao just saw various lower limits.

The big families in the Jin Kingdom are greedy by nature, and the small and medium-sized families are not up to date. They fully understand that the trend of big fish eating small fish is unstoppable.

Sometimes it’s one thing to like it or not, and if you don’t like it, you should participate or you should participate. Once again, I endured the torment until the evening, and Zhiyao, who learned that the second generation will stay in the suburbs, wanted to leave. I heard that the warriors of the Zhao family After hunting and killing a bear, Zhao Boluxing rushed to say what kind of "burning" technique he wanted to do.

Zhao Bolu was really obsessed with cooking. The "burning" he said was actually barbecue, and he asked how to cook bears deliciously.

"If there is honey, roasted bear's paws will become delicious." Zhi Yao has never eaten bear's paws.

It's not that Lao Zhi's family can't hunt and kill bears, it's just that Zhiyao didn't deliberately pursue it, or else, as long as he can find it with his status, what can't be eaten?

It is really a waste to use bear paws for barbecue. If you must roast bear paws, you should keep rubbing honey on them and roasting them. Given the material limitations of the current era, it should be the most suitable cooking method.

The next day, Zhao Bolu cooked one bear paw by himself, and asked Zhiyao to cook the other bear paw.

And after a group of second generations engaged in "fighting" yesterday, they seemed to be addicted to it, and at the same time they also became aggressive. After a night of careful selection, they held a "fighting" again, and even made a Qualifying.

Lives were lost amidst the second generation's yelling, as if the carnival of this day had just begun, and the next second generation's bet was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more slaves would die.

It can be seen that the second generation has adhered to the bottom line, which is to prevent their own guards from fighting.In fact, they don't have that kind of right. It is only the head of the family. The accompanying guards only have the responsibility and obligation to protect them, and the rest are not included in the scope of their duties.

In the afternoon, Zhiyao, who had finished cooking the bear paws, left without tasting it. The reason was that a group of second-generation slaves were no longer satisfied with slaves fighting one-on-one, and started playing team battles.

There is no special venue, five against five, ten against ten, and it will soon develop into dozens of pairs. No matter how vigilant the guards are, as the number of slaves fighting increases again and again, the possibility of accidents also increases greatly.

Zhiyao didn't want to stay and deal with the possible mess, and it would be bad for her reputation to go to such a party and spread the word.

Before leaving, Zhiyao persuaded Zhao Bolu and Wei Ju, but they didn't take it seriously.

In fact, Zhiyao doesn't think that the poor character of the second generation when they were young means that they will not be able to achieve anything when they grow up. After some observation, it is found that there are still a few second generations who may have a good future, including Wei Ju.

"If there is a strong enemy in the future, it will probably be Zhao Wuxie and Wei Ju." After returning home, Zhiyao went to greet Zhibi, and then returned to her small space to take notes.

That assassination, no one thought that the target was Zhao Wuxie, everyone thought that the assassin was after Zhao Bolu.

Then it is not wrong to think that Zhao Bolu is the eldest son of the Zhao family, and Zhao Wuxie is just a concubine.

Knowing that the eldest son of the Zhao family was assassinated on his way home, people believed that it was the work of the Fan family and the Zhongxing family.It is very reasonable to think so, and it is also the main reason why Zhiyao dared to carry out the assassination.

"Zhao Wuxie has healed up and stayed at home all the time. If he wants to do it again, there is no chance?" Zhiyao will not give up killing Zhao Wuxie.

While Zhiyao has been staring at Zhao Wuxie, she intends to strengthen her relationship with Zhao Bolu, wondering if it can help Zhao Bolu stabilize his position as the heir. For a while, the effect has been a little bit, and how much effect can be achieved depends on whether Zhao Yang finds out. Zhao Bolu is changing for the better.

To be reasonable, Zhiyao knew that Zhao Wuxie would be difficult to deal with, so she had to make other plans to kill Zhao Wuxie, and supporting Zhao Bolu was one of the plans!

(End of this chapter)