Chapter 41: Oath…1
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Those slaves were not stupid. Almost all of them knew how to cook. When they were in the hands of other slave owners, each time it was time to eat, the supervisors of the slave owners would randomly choose two people from their team to cook. Therefore, these slaves were familiar with cooking.
Cooking rice was a simple task, so the slaves quickly filled all seven woks with rice. Zhao Hai then took out a few large copper basins for them to use as lids.
These military stoves didn’t have a special lid, and they didn’t need it. Everyone knew that even ordinary soldiers didn’t use these military stoves. Only slaves used them. For slaves, it was good enough to give them a bite of food. They didn’t care if it was delicious or not.
However, the slaves had never made soup, so they didn’t know what to do. They had never been able to eat as well as the Buda family when they were with the other slave owners. Sometimes, they could only eat things like chaff or moldy rice. Because of this, many slaves died on the continent every day. However, to the slave owners, the death of slaves was nothing. He would just buy more.
Therefore, these slaves were now staring at the vegetables and fruit Oil in a daze. Of course, chrysanthemum also understood the feelings of these slaves. No matter what, she was a civilian in the past, and she still knew some simple dishes.
Chrysanthemum walked to an empty pot, picked up the oil, and poured it into the pot. This was the first time Zhao Hai paid attention to this kind of oil. It was slightly yellow and very clear. He heard that it was squeezed from a kind of fruit with a high oil content. This kind of fruit was planted in many places on the mainland, so the oil was very cheap.
After the oil was hot, he put the vegetables in the pot and stir-fried them. Then, he poured some water into the pot and threw in two pieces of salt. As long as the water was boiled, the soup would be ready.
This was the simplest soup, without any technical content, no seasoning, only a little bit of coarse salt. This was the best treatment for slaves.
On the mainland, salt was not cheap. Most nobles used refined clear salt, which was very fine, similar to the fine salt on earth. The coarse salt used by slaves was very cheap, but of course, it also had a lot of impurities.
Even so, apart from the Buda family, these slaves did not get to eat salt every day. The other slaves were only given salt once every three days. Even if it was considered generous, the slave owners would only give them salt once a week, and there was not much of it.
Zhao Hai had been busy with the space and the future development of the blackearth wilderness these days, so he didn’t know much about the living conditions of the slaves. He didn’t feel anything wrong with what ju was doing. He thought that all the slaves on the continent lived like this. Maybe the slaves in his family lived a worse life. After all, they didn’t have enough materials for them to use.
Looking at chrysanthemum making the simple soup, Zhao Hai couldn’t help but sigh. Meg, who was standing beside him, asked in confusion, ” “What’s wrong, young master? Is there a problem? Did they use too much salt? Do you want to reduce it a little?”
Zhao Hai looked at meg in confusion and said, ” “Many? How could there be more? They only used a little bit of salt for such a big pot, so how could it be more? I’m just thinking that our Buda family is still too weak and can only let them eat such simple food. When we have money in the future, we’ll definitely let them eat meat.”
As soon as Zhao Hai finished speaking, he felt that everyone was looking at him weirdly. The slaves were all looking at him as if he was a ghost. Zhao Hai did not know what was going on.
He looked at meg in confusion and said in a low voice, ” “What’s wrong, meg? Did I say something wrong?”
Looking at Zhao Hai, she couldn’t help but sigh. She knew that although the Buda family had slaves in the past, Zhao Hai had never left the imperial capital and had never interacted with those slaves. Naturally, he didn’t know what kind of life those slaves lived. That was why he said that. She had to explain to Zhao Hai about the living conditions of those slaves in a low voice.
Zhao Hai listened in a daze. For someone who was born in a new society, grew up under the red flag, and was born in a time of reform and opening up, the life that meg was talking about was so far away from him. It was just like how those who had experienced the old society would resonate with the Beijing Opera of the white-haired woman, but people born in the 80s like them had a hard time resonating with it because they didn’t have such an experience. No matter how detailed it was written in the books, it was still something that was written in them. How could it be compared to personal experience?
After meg had briefly explained the living conditions of these slaves, Zhao Hai turned to look at them with eyes full of sympathy. He sighed and said, ” “Don’t worry, everyone. I’m a man of my word. Sooner or later, I’ll let you eat meat. And I’ll let you eat it every day, every meal, until you’re sick of it. I swear on the name of the Buda family.”
Zhao Hai was a kind person. Even though he was a homebody on earth, he was a coward. They were kind people. They might not be good at socializing, but that didn’t mean they were perverts. Most of the homebodies couldn’t stand the darkness of the world, so they chose to shut themselves in their own world. Zhao Hai was such a person.
Zhao Hai’s status changed when he arrived on the ark continent. He was now a noble. He had his own territory and more than 100 slaves to support him. With a single word, he could decide the life and death of these people. This gave Zhao Hai a sense of responsibility. He believed that it was his responsibility to make these people live a better life. That was why he said those words and wanted to develop his territory well.
The slaves kneeled on the ground in excitement and kowtowed to Zhao Hai. &Quot; “Thank you, master, for your reward!”
Although they had not obtained anything yet, Zhao Hai’s words were enough. The nobles on the continent had a very strange tradition. They did not swear easily. Even if they did, they would not swear in the name of their family. Even if they swore in the name of God, they would sometimes go back on their oath. However, they would not go back on their oath in the name of their family.
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It was because of this that the slaves believed Zhao Hai’s words. They believed that the vow Zhao Hai made in the name of his family would come true one day.
Meg opened her mouth, but didn’t say anything. She had been managing these slaves these days. To be honest, she felt sorry for them, so she didn’t object to Zhao Hai’s words.
At this moment, Merlin’s voice was heard. &Quot; “Young master, it’s time to eat,”
Zhao Hai nodded and turned to look at the others. He then said to meg, chrysanthemum, and Ann, ” “Meg, chrysan, an, let’s go in and eat.”
Ju Hean wanted to stay and eat, but seeing Zhao Hai’s expression, she didn’t say anything more and followed them into the house. Mu TOU and Shi TOU also followed.
The moment they entered the house, the slaves became even more relaxed. Although Zhao Hai had always been very kind to them, to these slaves, Zhao Hai was still their master. With Zhao Hai around, they felt uncomfortable.
Zhao Hai and the others went into the house to take a look. Sure enough, Merlin had already made the pancakes and a soup. Zhao Hai wanted to eat rice, but looking at Merlin’s expression, he was afraid that there was no hope for him today.
There were only four chairs at the square table in the room. Zhao Hai took three chairs out of the warehouse, which could seat seven people. Although the table was not as big as the one in the dining hall of the castle, it was enough for seven people.
After Zhao Hai asked them to sit down, he picked up the fork and knife and started eating the flatbread made by Merlin. He did not want to use the fork and knife, but unfortunately, Merlin would not agree.
The flatbread made in this way had a unique flavor. The taste was not bad. Zhao Hai and the others slowly ate their dinner. Merlin kept the things away. When they went out, the slaves had already finished their dinner.
The military stove was still there, but it was obvious that it had been cleaned. The slaves seemed to have eaten a lot and were sitting there listlessly.
Zhao Hai knew that people would feel drowsy after eating. He assumed that these slaves were the same. Zhao Hai did not ask them to get up. He looked at the rubbish on the ground and frowned.
This was his space. Although Zhao Hai wasn’t a clean freak, he didn’t want his space to be dirty. However, he had to leave the things in his space.
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but look up at the space. The space was still foggy, and he couldn’t see anything clearly. Fortunately, he didn’t see any black smoke in the sky. It seemed like burning in the space didn’t affect the space much.
Zhao Hai turned to Merlin. &Quot; grandma Merlin, I think you should rest in the house. They’ve just eaten and are tired. Let them rest. &Quot;
Merlin glanced at the slaves and found that they seemed to be listless. He could only nod and say, ” &Quot; alright, then let’s rest for a while. But we don’t need to rest in the house. We can rest outside. &Quot;
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&Quot; grandma Merlin, meg, wood, stone, ” Zhao Hai quickly said. &Quot; come in with me. I have something to show you. &Quot; After he finished speaking, he opened the door of the grass hut and entered.
Although Merlin and the others did not know what Zhao Hai wanted to show them, they still followed him obediently. They knew that they did not understand this space as well as Zhao Hai. In this space, it was better to listen to Zhao Hai.