Capital Datang

At this moment, Dian Jun, who was in charge of managing the guards of the palace, ran over quickly, and when he saw Li Yin standing outside the shed, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Dian Jun Yu Wenbiao of the Marriage Mansion, see His Royal Highness Liang Wang!"

"Get up!" Li Yin said, he had met this Yu Wenbiao once before, he was one of the four Dianjun soldiers of the royal family, he was tall and thick, he was very vicious, and he looked like a standard soldier.

"Is the slave management on the right track now?" Li Yin asked with a smile after seeing Yu Wenbiao stand up.Although this Yu Wenbiao looks very rude, but his ability is good, otherwise he would not be the first among the four soldiers in the palace to come to the mine to earn extra money.In terms of slave management, Li Yin only pointed out a general direction, and Yu Wenbiao had to perfect all the details.

"Reporting to Your Highness, according to His Highness's instructions, the general has managed one hundred slaves each, led by the Chief. There are a total of [-] slaves in the mine, divided into thirteen mine teams, and the rest of the guards They are responsible for guarding and patrolling the mine.” Yu Wenbiao replied.The establishment of the Tang army is based on ten people as one team, one leader, five teams as a group, three groups as a team, and five teams as a battalion, so even a team is the basic unit of the Tang army.

"Well, you did a good job!" Li Yin looked at the slaves who worked honestly in the mine, nodded very satisfied, and then asked Wen Biao, "By the way, nothing happened in the mine these days. Well, why didn’t you see Steward Zhou from the palace?” In addition to having a head guard to manage slave affairs, the coal mine also has a steward who is responsible for manpower, accounts and other matters in the mine. The personal guards who kill and kill will not manage the operation of a mine.Capital Datang 66

"Boss Zhou went to a cement factory to collect bills today. There is nothing serious about the mine, but occasionally a nearby villager accidentally broke into the mine and was chased away by the patrollers." Yu Wenbiao thought for a while. Said, but suddenly he thought of something again, and said again, "By the way, recently, due to the hot weather, some soldiers fell ill, and some slaves who worked also died. I am worried that the slaves will get infected. The plague, so people burned the corpses and their used items in a place."

Li Yin was a little speechless after listening to the other party's words. This Yu Wenbiao really didn't take human life seriously. He even put the death of a few slaves at the end. Maybe in his opinion, this matter is not as good as a few relatives. It is important that soldiers get sick.Li Yin could understand the other party's thoughts, because in the eyes of the Tang people, these Tubo slaves were actually an item of the master, and the price was very cheap, so it was not a big deal to die a few.Li Yin reckoned that if nothing major had happened in the mine, the Dianjun would not have even mentioned it.

"Well, it's good that it's okay. The weather is too hot these days. I'll ask the mansion to send you some ice tomorrow. Also, don't abuse the slaves too much. Food is almost okay, but drinking water is still guaranteed. If you die If there are too many, this king will let you gang of soldiers dig mines, remember?" Li Min said kindly.

Although the death of the slave made him condemned as a conscience of future generations, Li Yin had long been mentally prepared for this kind of thing. The porridge-giving shantang, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later, anyway, they are not from the Tang Dynasty, and I want to be like a real Tang Dynasty, treating these slaves as talking objects, and don't need to treat them as human beings at all.

Of course, slaves can’t die too much, otherwise no one will mine for him, so Yu Wenbiao is told not to do too much. After all, these soldiers are not good at it, and there is no Geneva Convention now. The abuse of prisoners of war is simply unavoidable.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, military law will be used to restrain his subordinates in the end, and the guards also want to rely on these slaves to mine mines to earn bonuses, and they all know how to measure it." Yu Wenbiao clasped his fists and said.However, Li Yin stipulated that the monthly coal production of slaves managed by each team of personal guards can reach a certain amount, and they can get corresponding bonuses, and the higher the production, the greater the bonuses. Drooling over the rewards, they tried their best to get their slaves to dig as much as possible. Of course, they also knew the truth of fishing at the bottom of the river, so they usually tried not to abuse the slaves.

While Li Yin was inquiring about the mine, Li Shimin in the shed also finished talking with the old man, uh~, to be precise, the old man was going to work, and he didn't have time to chat with Li Shimin here.

After sending the old man out of the shed, Li Shimin walked over thoughtfully, glanced at Li Yin and said, "Liu Lang, this is not easy for grandpa and grandson, let someone give them an easier job."

"I obey!" Li Yin hurriedly agreed. In fact, even if Li Shimin didn't say anything, Li Yin would let someone take care of the grandpa and grandson. Just now, he said a lot of good things about Li Yin in the shed, and they even talked about the mine. I don't know who opened the field, but I just kept praising the benevolence of the miners, so that many poor people around could earn extra wages.This made Li Yin finally heave a sigh of relief. It is always a good thing for someone to praise him. Presumably Li Shimin, who is a father, should also be happier.

"By the way, how many people around you have you hired in this mine?" Li Shimin was about to get into the carriage, and suddenly turned to Li Yin and asked.

Now Li Yin was really caught up in the question, he only cared about the general direction, as for the details of mine management, they were handled by the stewards of each mine themselves, and he really didn't know the number of employees.Fortunately, there was Yu Wenbiao next to him. Although he was not responsible for hiring people, he should know something because he was in the mine every day, so Li Yin gave Yu Wenbiao a look with his eyes.Yu Wenbiao's attention was all on Li Min just now, and he didn't notice that there was another Li Shimin in the shed at all. He didn't see it until Li Shimin came out, but he was startled too, and hurriedly looked around to see if there were any dangerous people. Well, if His Majesty the Emperor had an accident with him, it is estimated that the gang of ministers in the palace would eat him alive.

Seeing Li Yin's gaze, Yu Wenbiao immediately understood, and stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the Heishishan Mine employs more than 100 people, most of whom are young and strong in charge of loading and unloading. , In addition, there are some women from poor families who are responsible for cooking, boiling water, etc. The other mines employ fewer people than here, but there are two to three hundred people in total.”

"Well, just a few mines employ 400 people. Counting the family members behind them, it is estimated that the population they support is almost 2000 people..." Li Shimin stopped here, frowning as if he was thinking about something, After a while, he said to Li Min again, "Liu Lang, you have done a great deed." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he got into the carriage without looking back.

Seeing that Li Shimin was about to go back, Li Jingheng and Li Zhi hurriedly followed, but Li Min was completely confused. He still couldn't figure out why the emperor's father came to the coal mine on a whim, and after he came, he just walked around After looking at it, I talked to an old man for a few words, and then praised myself, so I'm going to go back?

Although his mind was full of question marks, Li Yin didn't want to ask questions, so he could only follow into the carriage, but Li Jingheng seemed very relaxed at this time, squeezed beside Li Shimin with a smile on his fat face and said: "Uncle, in fact, my nephew Opened a coal mine in Luoyang, although the number of people hired is not as good as Liu Lang, but there are hundreds of people, is this considered a good deed?"

Looking at this cheeky nephew who was begging for praise, Li Shimin smiled slightly, turned his head and glanced at Li Yin who was getting into the carriage, and then whispered something nonsensical to him: "You guys are really brave enough! The older ones, aren't you afraid of being punished by the elders in the family?"

Li Jingheng was taken aback, of course he knew what he was doing, and he also understood what Li Shimin said, but they did that on purpose to let Li Shimin know.It's just that he didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor actually told that matter in front of his face, which made him a little at a loss for a while.

Seeing Li Jingheng's smile froze on his face, Li Shimin laughed out loud, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that stingy yet, but Liu Lang has made good friends like you."

Li Shimin talked and laughed loudly, attracting the attention of Li Yin and Li Zhi. However, Li Shimin and Li Zhi were very confused about Li Shimin's last sentence that they couldn't figure out. What are you laughing at?Capital Datang 66

When he went back, Li Shimin seemed to be very leisurely, and he was not in a hurry to drive away. The carriage drove much more smoothly, but it happened to be more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun in the sky seemed to want to roast him. When the group returned to Chang'an, all of them were sweating profusely, and rushed to sit down at the cold drink shop. Everyone drank a lot of cold drinks to cool down a lot.

Sitting in the cold drink shop until it was almost dark, Li Shimin let Li Yin and Li Jingheng leave, but before leaving, he asked the shop to prepare a lot of cold drinks for him in a huge ice box , I brought it back to the palace in person, saying that it was for Empress Changsun, Concubine Yang and other princes and princesses to taste it too.

Hearing this made Li Yin feel ashamed for a while. During this time, he was so busy that he was dizzy. After making ice cream and other cold drinks, he didn't bother to send some to his mother Concubine Yang.

After bidding farewell to Li Shimin, Li Jingheng insisted on sending Li Min back to his residence. Although the two palaces were not in the same square, they were still on the way, so Li Min did not refuse. What do you want to say?

After finally returning to the palace, after saying goodbye to Li Jingheng, Li Yin just walked to the gate of the palace, but found a carriage parked in front of the palace, and looking at the mark on the carriage, it seemed to be Song Guogong Xiao Yu, that is, Li Yin's future queen-to-be, Xiao Wenxin Their family's carriage, it's so late now, how could someone from the Xiao family come to find him?And judging from the specifications of this carriage, the status of this person in the Xiao family is not low, who could it be?