After coming back, Ma Chao was so tired that his whole body seemed to fall apart.
Sweat soaked through his clothes and stuck to his body in a sticky state: If he hadn't had a special constitution, his body would have recovered quickly.
Then change it to a normal hospital.
If you go there and have a look, you might have died long ago.
The old slave looked at Ma Chao's tired look and felt heartbroken.
He was preparing to serve Ma Chao carefully as he changed clothes and washed himself.
But Ma Chao was a little reluctant: After all, we are also a wealthy family.
Although we don't want to be luxurious and corrupt, we must have a little beauty to serve us.
Ma Chao felt indescribably uncomfortable having an old man serve us with all his hands and feet.
Do you understand that we should respect our elders?
Maybe it was his luck.
Before the old slave could undress Ma Chao, he heard someone calling from outside the door: "Has Chaoer gone to bed?"
"But auntie," Ma Chao heard the voice and answered hurriedly, then opened the door and let Mrs.
Liu in.
Mrs.
Liu did not come alone this time.
Behind her was a little maid in an ephedra dress.
The little girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old.
Her tight-fitting dress made her figure look convex and concave. , a pair of big watery eyes, there was actually some fear and uneasiness.
"Auntie, what is this?"
Ma Chao asked loudly, but his heart was already boiling: Could it be that Mrs.
Liu wants to give herself a top-notch little maid?
"Oh, well, my aunt saw that Chao'er lived a simple and bitter life, and she couldn't take care of herself even when she was ill.
This little maid has been with me for three years, but she is obedient and sensible.
If Chao'er doesn't give up," Xu Shi and Ma Chao are still a little unfamiliar.
When calling my aunt, I took a look at Ma Chao's expression and felt relieved when I saw Ma Chao's respectful and kind look.
But what he said next became more and more fluent.
"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it.
Oh, no, it's Chao'er who thanks my aunt for taking care of her."
Although Ma Chao has fought through the sea of blood and bones several times, he has never experienced the enjoyment of a second-generation official.
During this time, he was at a loss of ground.
When Mrs.
Liu saw Ma Chao being so reserved and funny, she couldn't help but smile.
She felt a lot more at ease in her heart: This child accepted her kindness and looked so grateful.
He must have remembered his kindness very well.
In my heart, this child was not like this before.
Fortunately, there was a sudden change a month ago.
I thought this kid was still trying to ridicule me in a different way, but I didn't expect that this kid has really changed for the better.
In the past, Ma Chao regarded the Liu family as an enemy of the chieftain, and was either indifferent or insulting.
And Ma Chao has superb martial arts skills and a cold personality, which can really support Xiliang's hopes.
Therefore, Ma Teng did not dare to reprimand Ma Chao too much.
Liu had no choice but to stay away from Ma Chao.
Fortunately, Ma Chao didn't care about Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Ma Yunlu, and even taught these three younger siblings in martial arts.
But a family can't always look like that.
When Liu heard about Ma Chao's assassination, his heart ached.
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But she didn't expect Ma Chao to take the initiative to greet her.
At that moment, although Ms.
Liu was inexplicably happy, she still couldn't believe the moody Ma Chao.
This time, before I came here, I had wanted to let Ma Chao make some more sarcastic remarks, and I also wanted to reconcile with Ma Chao, but I didn't expect that this child has really changed for the better now, and is not only very respectful and polite to me.
Well, relying on female intuition, Liu also felt that Ma Chao was truly kind to her.
This time, Ms.
Liu was so happy that she naturally talked more.
Ma Chao listened on the sidelines and occasionally chatted with them.
"Chao'er, don't be polite.
If this little maid doesn't agree with Chao'er, my aunt has some smart maids."
Mrs.
Liu sat in Ma Chao's room and looked around Ma Chao's furnishings: "Chao'er's life is also very simple.
Let's Although it is not said to be a famous family, after all, the Ma family is after General Fubo, and you are now General Zhao Wu, the fifth rank of the imperial court, how can you " Ma Chao didn't hear Liu's last words clearly, so he just interrupted and asked: "Auntie, how many slaves are there like this?
Well, auntie used to be in her natal family, how many male and female slaves were there?"
Ma Chao was really not sure about the names of slaves in the Han Dynasty, so he had to ask tentatively.
"Oh, Chao'er is asking those children and maids," Mrs.
Liu was not at all angry at Ma Chao's interruption.
A sincere family could never speak so politely.
Only when Ma Chao could do this could he truly be at peace with himself.
In fact, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, male slaves were called children and female slaves were called maidservants.
Ma Chao and Mrs.
Liu talked about this in front of the little maid, which actually hurt her self-esteem.
But at this time, Ma Chao just wanted to know the current situation of the slaves in the Han Dynasty from Mrs.
Liu.
He had no choice but to give the little maid an apologetic look.
But the little maid was so frightened that she took a step back, making Ma Chao extremely depressed.
"Although my natal family is not the most prominent family in Beidi County, there are nearly a thousand slaves and children in the family.
When I married your father, I was accompanied by dozens of maids and hundreds of young boys.
It's just that your father took those All the strong boys were recruited into the army.
Many of the commanders and commanders of the Xiliang cavalry were my concubine's dowry companions."
Although Mrs.
Liu didn't know why Ma Chao asked these questions, she just picked up what she knew.
Talked to Ma Chao.
After hearing this, Ma Chao couldn't help but feel awe-struck: But he didn't expect that there were so many slaves in the late Han Dynasty.
In other words, slavery had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
It seems that it is okay to make a small fuss on your own.
If you rashly become a vanguard of human rights, you will definitely be attacked by the nobles and nobles, and you will die without a place to die.
Thinking about it, I remember it was mentioned in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms that when Liu Bei was in Xuzhou in the early years, Mi Zhu's home had "ten thousand children as guests", and children were slaves.
When Mi Zhu gave his sister to Liu Bei as his wife, he also accompanied her with 2,000 slaves and a large amount of gold and silver coins.
At that time, Liu Bei told the truth that he was a fallen warlord and did not want to get funding from the Mi family, so he "relyed on this to revive himself."
In this case, Ma Chao has a plan in mind.
However, Ma Chao is still not sure about the origin of these slaves.
Therefore, I couldn't help but ask Mrs.
Liu again.
I thought Mrs.
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Liu was a woman and didn't know this, but I didn't expect that Mrs.
Liu was not the kind of foolish woman who never went out of the house, and she actually said it in an orderly manner.
"The main source of these children are prisoners of war.
In troubled times, in addition to military merits for heads, living prisoners of war are even more meritorious; secondly, they are official prisoners, their families and the slaves originally owned by the official prisoners; finally, slaves The market seller bought it.”
After hearing this, Ma Chao immediately understood why Brother Chou could find craftsmen and farmers so quickly.
It turned out that all he needed to do was go to the slave market and there would be all kinds of slaves.
And the slaves in his iron shop were probably bought by Han Feng from the slave market.
"I have read some history books, and my aunt also knows that these slaves and children are much better off at this time than before.
Even if these slaves make mistakes, although we masters can whip and punish them at will, we can no longer kill them and can only resell them.
But now the big families Noble family, also They all regard children as private property and use the number of children to show their wealth and prestige."
Liu didn't know why Ma Chao was interested in the topic of children, but she was happy at this time.
Since Ma Chao was willing to listen to this, she would.
Also talked a little more.
When Ma Chao heard this, he felt slightly better.
He raised his eyes and looked at the little maid Liu sent to him.
Seeing Ma Chao like this, Mrs.
Liu thought that Ma Chao was at the age when he was curious about the opposite sex, so he got up and left with an expression that was half-smiling but not smiling.
Auntie, when you come back, it's not what you think.
I just thought, okay, I really do.
But I'm sick now, uh, no, I'm not sick.
Ma Chao couldn't help gibbering in his heart when he saw Mrs.
Liu's smile at the end
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