There are a lot of slaves in Chang'an, so many that Zhang Chao can be frightened.
It is said that the number of slaves in Chang'an accounted for a quarter of the total population of Chang'an.
Chang'an City, which had just experienced the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, had a population of one million at the height of the Tang Dynasty.
However, Chang'an City has two counties, Chang'an and Wannian, the registered population and the denaturalized population, as well as the untouched people and monks who are not in the household, as well as the government soldiers and palace personnel on the fan, plus the floating population who travel to and from the capital to do business, etc., at least three or four hundred thousand at this time.
This means that there are 100,000 slaves in Chang'an City.
Chang'an City is the capital of the emperor, and it is also a place where the emperor's relatives, dignitaries, and scholars and businessmen gather.
These people want money and power, they don't produce, they open their mouths and clothes for food, and they can't do anything without the service of their slaves.
Slaves and maidservants took care of the housework, chopped wood and made fires, cooked and washed, cleaned the courtyard, and waited with their attendants before and after the saddle.
The household registration in the Tang Dynasty was also divided according to the farmers and merchants, but the slaves and maids were not among them.
Those who have household registration are registered households, that is, good citizens.
The slaves and maids are all untouchables, they are not qualified to have a household registration, and can only be dependent on the government or their masters.
In Chang'an City, people with a little status generally kept slaves.
Officials have official slaves, private private slaves and maids, and even temples and Taoist temples have slaves and maids.
Because the internal law of Buddhism forbade the keeping of slaves and maids, the monasteries changed their names and called the slaves and maids of the monasteries' property pure people.
Nowadays, although Chang'an is in ruins, there are many temples, and they have many slaves and maids, basically every temple has twenty or thirty slaves and maids, and the monks and the slaves and maids they have can reach a ratio of two to one.
In these years, buying a slave in Chang'an City was as common as buying a car in the city in later generations.
It's not just about being able to do things, it's also a manifestation of status.
Zhang Chao bought people not for face, but purely for practicality.
Although Datang said that the air is fresh, natural and pollution-free.
But life is very backward, there is no running water, and the draft has to be picked from the well.
There is no electricity or natural gas, and you have to chop wood to make a fire for cooking.
There is no washing machine, and you have to wash your own clothes.
Now I have bought two more horses, and I will have to feed the horses in the future, etc., so there are many things.
Zhang Chao likes to enjoy, and thinks that there is nothing wrong with having conditions to enjoy appropriately, and there are no conditions, and you have to enjoy it when you create conditions.
The slave trade in the Tang Dynasty was indeed very convenient, much more convenient than hiring servants.
In the eastern and western cities, the government stipulated that slaves and maids, cattle and horses were bought and sold together, which was called a mouth-horse shop.
Moreover, the Municipal Administration and the Peace Clearance Administration of the market even established a market valuation for these slaves, which is the official guide price.
There is a strict set of government procedures for the entire transaction.
Steward Qin was a familiar man, and he was accompanied by a city official from the city office, so they directly took Zhang Chao to find one of the largest slave traders in Kouma City.
"This is Zhang Sanlang, the righteous son of Duke Qin of the Yiguo Mansion, Xiao Langjun wants to buy a few people, preferably a family.
There is no limit to three or five people, the man should be able to catch the car, and the woman should be able to cook.
If you have the experience of doing things in a large family and know the rules, it is even better. ” The slave trader was a thin man, skinny and skinny, but his eyes were gloomy.
The wind was about to fall there, but behind him stood eight strong men with big shoulders and round waists, each carrying a leather whip in his hand.
"Xiao Langjun is looking for me Wang is the right person, if you want to pick a few sluts in Chang'an City, there is no more complete goods than me.
You want a family, and I happen to have that here.
Wang San, bring all the members of the Qian family over to Xiao Langjun to see. ” The purchase and sale of slaves, like the sale of cattle and horses, required a market bill.
Market bonds, that is, trading contracts.
Slaves, like cattle and horses, were commodities and had to be issued with a market voucher and a tax at the same time.
The person brought it over, and it was a family of five.
They are all a family, monogamous with a son and two daughters.
The husband and wife are not too old, and Wang Peddler said that the man is only forty and the woman is only thirty-six.
The eldest son is sixteen this year, the eldest daughter is fourteen, and the younger daughter is twelve.
The family also used to be slaves in a powerful family in Chang'an, but not long ago, the master of the family was convicted.
The head of the family was executed, the family property was confiscated, his wife and daughter were slaves, and the slaves and maids of his family were naturally sold.
Qian Gui can drive and feed horses, and his wife, Qian Zhou, can cook as a female cook.
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The sons also drive the carts to feed the horses, and the two daughters can also help the cooks.
Moreover, Qian Gui and his wife have been slaves for generations, and they have been slaves for several generations.
Such slaves are very popular with buyers, because this kind of person is honest and stable.
With the city officials on the side, the king dealer did not ask for a price.
The city officials know his roots, not to mention that Zhang Chao is still wearing the tiger skin banner of the righteous son of the Yiguo Mansion, and the king is very face-saving.
Said a sincere price.
Such a family of five only costs 100 stone millet.
Now the market price of millet is three times with one stone, and one hundred stones is three hundred dollars.
Steward Qin whispered a few words to the city official, and the city official smiled and said to Wang Peddler, "Brother Wang, give me face, how about two hundred and fifty runs?"
Zhang Chao shook his head when he heard this, it was two hundred and five again.
When the dealer over there saw Zhang Chao shaking his head, he thought that he was not satisfied with the price reduction, and he couldn't help but have a toothache.
If it was only the city official, his face would not be worth so much money.
It is of course not easy to be able to do slave trading and become the first family in the West Market.
Behind him, he naturally has a big backer.
But now the person on the other side is not simple, the righteous son of Qin Shubao, the head of the horse army of the Qin Palace, Qin Shubao has been very popular recently.
"It's also a great fate to be able to meet the righteous son of Yiguo today, so let's do it, even if this family is my congratulatory gift, I will give it to Xiaolangjun."
Zhang Chao smiled, but didn't agree immediately.
It's really arrogant to be able to give away five people at will, but he doesn't like to take advantage of everything.
"Brother Dare , what is the origin of this king dealer?"
Qin Dang approached him and whispered in his ear, "This person's name is Wang Laosan, and he turned out to be a horse dealer.
He has an elder brother named Wang Junkuo, who is now the right general of Wuwei, Shangzhuguo, and Peng Guogong in the court. ” It turned out that this Wang dealer was also a cousin of the upstart in the court, and Wang Junkuo said that he and Qin Qiong were still old acquaintances.
At that time, Wang Junkuo was originally a scoundrel in Shanxi, and later sold horses for a living.
In the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he recruited troops to rebel.
In the Taihang area, Li Yuan sent people to recruit them, and several of his deputies were ready to surrender to Tang, but Wang Junkuo raided them, killed them, took their soldiers, horses, grain and grass, and then voted for Li Mi.
It was also at that time that he got acquainted with Qin Qiong and others.
But he was not as reused by Li Mi as Qin Qiong and them, so he went to vote for Li Yuan again, and when he arrived at Li Tang, he was reused, and later he won a lot of battles, so he was promoted to the rank of lord one after another, and this year he also participated in the battle of King Ping Shichong, and after the war, he was promoted to Peng Guogong.
Of course, Wang San was able to become the largest slave trader in Xishi, also because Wang Junkuo was also engaged to Li Yuan's nephew, Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang.
The military nouveau riche and the marriage with the clan made Wang San do well in the slave business in the West Market.
Wang Junkuo, Zhang Chao carefully recalled the identity of this person.
It seems that in the legend of Romance, this person is called Dadao Wang Junke, known as Saiguan Gong, with a Daguan knife, it is very powerful.
However, in real history, this person was a rogue general, in the early Tang Dynasty, and became the governor of Youzhou.
Later, after the change of Xuanwumen, this person deliberately induced his in-law King Lujiang to rebel, and then he cut Li Ying down, as his contribution to quelling the chaos to Li Shimin.
It seems that this person did not end well, and he suspected that the court wanted to kill him, but he was ordered to kill the post guard on the way to the court, and fled to the outside of the Seiwai to join the Turks, but he was killed by the villagers halfway.
In short, Wang Junkuo was very jumpy, and it didn't end well in the end.
There's no good in associating with people like that.
"I understand Wang Langjun's good intentions, but human favor belongs to human favor, and business belongs to business.
If you really don't charge me, I'll have to buy it somewhere else. ” As soon as these words came out, Wang San also smiled and stopped saying that it was free.
In the end, he took the initiative to drop another fifty yuan, a family of five, only two hundred yuan, the real friendship price, almost can be regarded as buy two get three free.
This friendship price Zhang Chao is not polite, paying the money is not the same as giving it away for free.
After negotiating the price, I invited the guarantor.
This is also a regulation of the government, slave trading, must be a market bill, and there must be five guarantors.
The official verified the lowly status of these five slaves, and after confirming that their identities were not fake, they signed on both sides.
In the end, the slave and maid themselves had to pledge on the city bonds, and they were worthy of the cheapness.
After the city vouchers were established, the slave documents of these five people were transferred to Zhang Chao.
Moreover, the government will also record and register, and the household registration of these slaves and maids belongs to the lowly registration, and the household registration is made every year, and the household registration is made every three years.
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The county is registered in the state, the state is presented in the province, and the household department is in charge.
The prefecture and county will stay for five years, and the province will stay for twenty-seven years.
The household has been archived for twenty-seven years, so the slaves and maids cannot escape at all.
Even if he dies, he must have five guarantors as a guarantee, and he can only cancel his citizenship after the verification is accurate in Texas County.
If it is exempted, not only must the owner sign the exemption document, but also the owner's eldest son must also sign it together, and there will be another guarantor to do the guarantee, and the state and county will verify and other procedures.
The city bonds were signed, the money was paid, and Qian Gui's family of five became Zhang Chao's private slaves.
As long as Zhang Chao did not sign the waiver and went to the government for notarization and verification, then the family could only rely on him.
Even if Zhang Chao accidentally lost the deed one day, they didn't want to be free, because the government would still have archives and records, and the county, state, and province levels could verify each other.
Datang's punishment for fugitive slaves is quite severe.
There are many sources of slaves in the Tang Dynasty, and in general there are five sources, prisoners of war, deserters, criminals, those who have been implicated in the crimes of their relatives and have not been enslaved, and children born to slaves.
Qian Gui and his wife, both children born to slaves and maids, intermarried in their true nature, and the three children born inherited their status as untouchable slaves.
Qian Gui's family took the initiative to walk behind Zhang Chao, they had no chains on their hands and feet, but they didn't have the slightest idea of escaping.
Although there are no chains on their hands and feet, their hearts have always been chained by shackles. t1706231537: