Daming 1805

Chapter 185 Taking Concubines for Workers

Liang Yunying, who had already moved to the Forbidden City, received a telegram from Zhu Jingyuan from her maid.

Looking at the rather brief content above, Liang Yunying's first reaction was surprise:
"I actually accepted the suggestion of taking a concubine, that is to say, I can arrange it directly, don't wait for him to find out that he is pleasing to the eye..."

Then I was taken aback when I saw the details, and some subtle doubts appeared in my heart:

"A girl in her 20s? Does my son like older ones?

"And one with tall legs? Isn't 1.7 meters too tall?

"It's understandable to have a good birth, but it's just that this request seems to be made by me..."

With some weird mood, Liang Yunying asked the maid to go to Qianqing Palace to inform Zhu Jianyan first, and then she followed.

After seeing Zhu Jianyan, Liang Yunying saluted quite casually, and then handed over the telegram:
"Your Majesty, our son is enlightened, and we are going to introduce him to a concubine, so hurry up and ask the clan mansion to arrange it!
"Choose two as soon as possible, and I will take them with me in the next year."

Zhu Jianyan was surprised when he read the telegram:
"This... this is a good thing, I will immediately give an order to the clan's mansion, by the way, someone must notify the father..."

The old emperor Zhu Zhongliang has moved to the palace outside the city. The environment and living conditions in the palace outside the city are actually much better than those inside the Forbidden City, and the living conditions are much more comfortable.Because the construction of the Forbidden City is more concerned with etiquette, while the palace is more concerned with living comfort.

Before and in the early days of the Great War, the old emperor lived outside the city.

Zhu Zhongliang was also quite excited after receiving the news, and drove directly to the clan mansion to arrange and supervise the work himself.

The officials of the Clan's Mansion didn't complain much, they were supposed to take turns off during the Chinese New Year.

Because the Chinese New Year is always the time to arrange marriages for princes and grandsons.

The reactions of the three old emperor Zhu Zhongliang, the new emperor Zhu Jianyan, and Liang Yunying, who is about to be canonized as imperial concubine, are actually the mentality of the elders who feel that their son (grandson) has enlightened and decide to have children.

Relax and have fun.

The old emperor and his son and Liang Yunying were busy arranging wives and concubines for Zhu Jingyuan and having children.

Zhu Jingyuan himself and the officials of Dashi Kingdom are also busy with domestic workers' wives and concubines and childbearing issues.

The next morning, when Zhu Jingyuan was looking at the files compiled by the Wangfu at the end of the year, the Wangfu's archives trotted up to Zhu Jingyuan:
"My lord, the orchid female slaves transported from Beimozhou have arrived. A total of three ships have arrived, and the reported data is 250 six people."

The Dian Book was originally a document for the vassal king to write the memorial, but now that there are not enough officials in the Dashi Kingdom, the Dian Book has begun to manage ordinary affairs.

The three Barbary pirate countries of Algiers, Tunisia, and Tripoli in North Mexico, besides robbery, their main business is the slave trade.

Zhu Jingyuan asked them to leave the house without leaving the house. At that time, they were only thinking about ordinary property and didn't think about slaves.

However, Yang Yuchun's officer who supervised their evacuation demanded that all the slaves be kept as a matter of course.

In the eyes of ordinary people in this world, slaves are not members of their families, but assets.

Your Highness asked to leave the house without leaving the house, how can you allow you to take away the slaves?

And according to the records at that time, according to the pleas sent to Zhu Jingyuan by those pirate leaders, they took the initiative to donate all their slaves and wealth to Zhu Jingyuan.

So later Yang Yuchun asked Zhu Jingyuan what to do with these slaves.

After Zhu Jingyuan discussed with Chang Shi and his staff, he asked Yang Yuchun to keep all the male slaves in the area.

The maids used by the pirates themselves were assigned to the Jiaofang Division, but they stayed in the local service industry.

The pirates captured or trained female slaves for sale, and transported some of them to Dashiguo to serve as wives and concubines for single workers.

The first batch of slave girls arrived today.

Zhu Jingyuan stood up immediately after hearing the news:

"There are more than 1000 people in total? Can we come again a year ago?"

The book immediately said:
"Yes, according to the plan, there will be a batch of ships arriving before the Chinese New Year. It is estimated that more than 500 Orchid female slaves will be transported in total."

Zhu Jingyuan pinched his forehead:

"More than 500 is not enough, but... counting the slave traders who came from Tianzhu... it should be almost the same..."

Dian Bu immediately nodded and said:
"Yes, it's probably almost there. All single workers could be given a woman years ago. Your Majesty really loves the people like a son..."

The immigrants from the Great Food Country, or most of the overseas immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, are actually divided into three types.

The first is family migration, families with at least two generations.

The middle-aged couples bring their half-old children, or even their elders who are not too old, and two or even three generations immigrate together.

This kind of family immigration is more popular in land ceding, and it is also the most stable group.

Half-year-old children can do some chores, elders in their 40s can barely work as normal workers, and even older ones can help take care of the house and children, so that both husband and wife can go out to work.

Then there are couples who immigrate, young couples who have just married, or couples who have not had children after marriage, and small families who immigrate overseas together.

Among them are normal young couples who decided to venture overseas together, and there are also couples who just formed for going overseas.

Men know that it is not easy to find wives from Ming Dynasty overseas, and women from Ming Dynasty rarely have the courage to go overseas alone.

That's why there is a special "immigrant marriage". The man first finds a wife, and the woman finds a husband first, and then get together after matching.

This kind of immigration is the most popular. There are young and strong laborers, wives and families, and they are not dragged down by children or the elderly.

Finally, there are single immigrants, immigrants who go overseas alone. Single immigrants are basically only men, and there are basically no single women who immigrate alone.

The vast majority of single adults who want and are willing to work overseas are men, and the number of women who participate in immigrant marriages is ultimately a minority.

So there are still a large number of single men who go overseas directly. These people are either really poor or have bad luck.

This kind of immigration is also more popular, but it is also an unstable factor.

Daming arranged slightly different destinations for immigrants in different situations.

Where there are local residents, especially places where there are a large number of Ming people and a large number of mixed natives, such as Japan, North Korea, Tianzhu, and Xintianfu, they will arrange as many single men as possible to go there.

In places where there is no one there, such as Crete and North Mexico, which are being taken over, they will try their best to arrange families and couples to immigrate.

The capital of Dashi Kingdom is a bit special. Originally, there are Ming people and native residents here, but the number is very small.

Among the immigrants arranged by the Ministry of Household Affairs for Dashiguo, there are currently [-] single men.

Single adult males are an unstable factor, and to maintain the stability of the colony, the marriage problem of bachelors must be solved.

Even if you can't find a formal marriage partner, at least you have to arrange enough service facilities to meet their needs.

As a matter of course, the Dashi Kingdom transported back the female slaves that the Barbary pirates were about to sell, and used them for these bachelor immigrants.

Zhu Jingyuan walked around in the hall, and ordered the book to say:
"Arrange guards and officials to keep an eye on them, and carefully check and register the status of all female slaves.

"When handed over to the workers, the identities of these female slaves were directly registered as the corresponding concubines of the workers.

"All Ming immigrants, no matter how old or young, are eligible to take a concubine after they come to our Great Food Country.

"Whether a Ming woman can be found as a legal wife depends on the future fortune of the workers."

The book listened and nodded with a smile:

"Your Highness is very thoughtful, there is an orchid concubine who will use it first, and then look for Daming's wife depending on the situation...

"However, if the female slaves are directly turned into concubines, what about their slave status?"

Zhu Jingyuan already had a plan:

"Removal of slave status, those with dry ears can be given citizenship directly, and those with oily ears can be given the right of abode.

"Most of them are originally natives within the scope of the Dashi Kingdom, and it is reasonable to give them the right of residence and national rights.

"It can also let them know the difference between us and the Barbary pirates. They came here to be liberated."

Speaking of this, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly smiled:
"These women are important national wealth of our big food country, if they are directly handed over to the workers as slaves, there is a possibility of waste and damage.

"There may even be workers who get slave girls and engage in private prostitution to make money.

"We must at least give them the right of residence, so that workers can't treat and sell them as goods at will, so that they can play the greatest role."

After listening to the book, it suddenly dawned on him, and once again sincerely praised the thoughtfulness of his king, and then immediately thought of another question:
"Your Highness, then give them citizenship and residence rights, and ask the workers for money when they are handed over to them?"

Zhu Jingyuan said of course:

"Of course, money is required. The workers first pay to accept the female slaves, and then the slaves are released on the spot.

"But remember, we don't take money to make money, but to maintain order.

"Slaves are also important assets, and no family wants to let go of a chance to be a concubine for nothing.

"Even those immigrants who have families, even couples, will not refuse.

"It's not even just men who want to have a concubine, and wives will not refuse to find a concubine for their husbands for nothing.

"For ordinary families, concubines not only allow men to breed more offspring, but also serve as family labor.

"With an additional young female labor force in the family, the family can make money faster, or someone can share the work at home.

"We assign concubines to single men for free, and those immigrants with couples and families will definitely have opinions, and may even make a collective disturbance.

"So you have to collect money for the distribution of concubines, and it can't be too low. If it is too low, it will be the same as giving away for nothing.

"A [-]% discount on the market price, and then allow workers to pay in installments."

Dian Bu came to his senses again, and couldn't help admiring again:

"Your Majesty is really considerate..."

The two staff members around and Guan Tianpei were also stunned for a moment when they heard Zhu Jingyuan's analysis.

Once again, I feel that Zhu Jingyuan, a young king, really thinks about things differently.

In fact, what Zhu Jingyuan said is very simple. The key issue is that those slaves themselves are also valuable.

Sending female slaves to single workers for free is equivalent to giving a big gift for free.

The so-called worry about inequality rather than scarcity, other workers will definitely want it.

If you need to spend money to buy it, those men who already have wives and families will not come forward even if they have ideas.

In literary and artistic works, big wives from rich and noble families often cause trouble because their husbands take concubines.

Because taking a concubine costs money, and probably not a small one, they think more about cost than about family status.

If you give a concubine for free, the big woman will basically not refuse, and it is fine to take it back and use it as a long-term worker.

At the same time, under the impetus of Zhu Jingyuan, Daming has banned the sale of ink slaves outside of Mozhou.

Except for Mo Nu, even the lowest-level tasteful Tianzhu orchids are priced in the range of 150 to 250 silver notes.

Those with a particularly outstanding image can sell for three or four hundred.

For the tasteless Tianzhu orchid, the overall price will increase by another fifty to two hundred silver bills.

The wages of ordinary workers in Dashi Country have been raised to 25 to [-] silver bills, and to [-] to [-] silver bills for skilled workers.

Quality craftsmen will be higher.

The first immigrant workers who came here can already afford the lowest-level orchids with their salaries in the past six months.

But they cannot be allowed to spend all the money they have saved on buying orchids.

So Zhu Jingyuan thought of paying in installments.

(End of this chapter)