Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 191

Looking at the mouse-faced Shu Saburo, and then at the man in black in front of him, Yang Bin asked, "Are you from Dong Zhong's residence?"

Dong Hou, named Dong Zhong, was an old aristocrat of the Gaochang Kingdom, and is now the leading wealthy family in Gaochang City.

After Emperor Taizong destroyed the Gaochang Kingdom, although he did not give these old Gaochang nobles the title of Datang, he still retained their political treatment.

Now Dong Zhong is also the first family in Gaochang City, but after the player controls Gaochang City, he has always disliked these old nobles.

The last slave lawsuit between Liulinli and Dong Chong's mansion also made Dong Chong's family feel that they had suffered a big loss.

However, losing face is one thing, what worries Dong Zhong even more is the continuous occurrence of escaped slave incidents.

According to the decree of the Xizhou governor's office, slaves are purchased at market prices. As long as the slaves are willing to leave the master's house, the government will pay for the redemption.

Originally, Dong Zhong was dismissive of this decree. These mud-legged slaves were sold as slaves in Dong's residence because they couldn't eat. If they really let them go out, they wouldn't be able to survive.

Sure enough, the ones who escaped at the beginning were slaves with some skills, who could weave or blacksmith.

Dong Chong's mansion kept strict watch over these slaves, but there were not many skilled slaves, so it was enough to lock them up in the manor.

But what Dong Zhong didn't expect was that since a group of Jianning King's dental soldiers became the head of Xizhou, all this has changed.

This group of players went crazy to repair the land, build roads, and set up workshops. They even hired people to work at their own expense. In some villages where there was a shortage of men, they even set up stalls in Gaochang City to find people to work.

Food and lodging is included, and wages are paid every month. This kind of treatment is not to mention slaves, but many ordinary people in Gaochang City have been recruited.

Just doing hard work can fill their stomachs, and they can also get paid every month. Now the slaves of Dong Chongfu finally can't sit still.

Who wants to be a slave like a cow and a horse if he can support himself.

And if you become a slave yourself, your descendants will also be slaves.

As long as they can escape from Dong Chong's mansion, the government will cancel their slave status and help them redeem themselves.

In the past, slaves did not dare to escape because they were afraid that they would not be able to survive if they went out.

But now there are wages outside, and the treatment is much better than being a slave.

And his descendants are no longer slaves, isn't this exciting?
The captains of the players quickly noticed the increase in escaped slaves. After talking with these slaves, the captains of the players began to jointly promote the plan to help the slaves escape.

Now the richest li in the entire Gaochang City is naturally the willow forest where Zeng Mu lives.

Relying on the three leading products of carriages, springs, and "Huaremotong Pills", Liulinli has become the most prosperous village in the entire Western State.

Zeng Mu built a road in the willow forest that could accommodate four carriages, and then bought land in Gaochang City to open a shop, sold the special products in the willow forest, and recruited workers in the city.

Whether it is a carriage workshop or a spring workshop, workers are needed, and the production of salicylic acid needs to be extracted from willow branches, which also requires a large number of workers to go to the willow forest to harvest fresh wicker.

Zeng Mu also took a fancy to the slaves of his old rival Dong Chong's mansion.

Nowadays, labor is money. The head of the players in Xizhou held a meeting on the forum, and finally led by Zeng Mu, released a task of "liberating slaves" in Xizhou.

Players can be rewarded with contribution points as long as they can bring out slaves from the old nobles and rich families in Xizhou.

The long players have also accumulated a lot of contribution points. The rewards of this mission are generous, which has attracted many ranger players to Gaochang to do the mission.

In addition to mobilizing the players, Zeng Mu also released news in Gaochang City that no matter who can help the slaves escape to the shelter, they will be rewarded with money.

Although the bonus for helping a slave escape is not much, it is not a small sum of money if it adds up.

And those slaves who escaped spontaneously can also receive this reward.

A lot of contribution points and money were spent, and the escape of slaves in Xizhou became more and more serious. Even if Dong Zhong sent additional guards, he still couldn't stop the slaves from escaping.

Those lawless rangers pried open the dungeon of the manor and assisted the lowly slaves to escape.

And under the heavy rewards from Zeng Mu and other players, there are servants who eat inside and outside, helping the slaves escape to ask for rewards.

There used to be thousands of slaves in Dong Zhong's mansion, but more than 500 of them escaped in this month. In some remote manors, all the slaves ran away.

Dong Zhong was naturally furious. For these old nobles, slaves were the "ancestral property" of the family.

Dong Zhong didn't like dirty slaves around him, but it didn't stop him from being happy looking at the number of slaves on the ledger.

Dong Chong's Mansion is the largest family in Gaochang City, and one factor is that Dong Chong's Mansion has the largest number of slaves.

Seeing that his subordinates kept reporting the news of slaves escaping, Dong Zhong smashed several antique vases one after another, and severely punished the stewards guarding the slaves.

But still unable to stop the slaves from escaping, when Dong Zhong was angry, the housekeeper Dong Yuan sneaked into his study.

Dong Zhong wanted to reprimand Dong Yuan, but Dong Yuan said: "Master Hou, the young master has sent a letter!"

Dong Zhong immediately stood up. His son was traveling in the Central Plains, and last year he wrote that he had defected to His Highness the Crown Prince.

The last time Dong Zhong wrote to his son, he talked about how the Dong family was targeted by the governor's office after Xizhou was occupied by King Jianning.

Today the son's reply letter arrived, Dong Zhong quickly accepted the letter, but was stunned when he saw the content of the letter.

Dong Zhong's son Dong Xun traveled to Xijing and was preparing to take the imperial examination in Xijing.

Unexpectedly, during the Anlushan Rebellion, Dong Xun decisively ran to Lingwu with the new emperor.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, Dong Xun found a job as secretary in Prince Li Chu's East Palace.

Being in charge of the secretary is to handle the documents of the Prince's Mansion. This is just an official of the Prince's Mansion. Although he is a low-level official, he can get in touch with the Prince's Li Chu.

Dong Xun put all his chips on the crown prince Li Chu. If the crown prince ascended the throne, then he, an old man in the hidden mansion, would be able to make a fortune.

But if the crown prince fails to ascend the throne, then Dong Xun's future will be ruined at least, and his wealth and life will be lost at worst.

Dong Xun naturally knew that King Jianning was also a contender for the throne, and when he heard that King Jianning was working hard in Longyou, Dong Xun was even more restless.

But he is just a secretary in charge, not a close adviser of the prince, so he has no way to report this matter to the prince.

Dong Hoon, also an ambitious young man, immediately wrote a letter to his father.

The front is still an ordinary letter from home, but in the last part of the letter, Dong Xun made a suggestion to his father.

That is to assassinate King Jianning!
(End of this chapter)