Through Time Chapter 16

“My lord! My lord!”

“Uncle Hef and the others are crazy, they’ve brought a lot of half-grown boys over here, trying to eat the manor house poor!”

Early in the morning, Zhao Lang was woken up by Wang Cai.

Uncle Fu had to take care of things up and down the manor and couldn’t follow him all the time.

Therefore, Wangcai became his attendant.

It was at this time that Zhao Lang lazily got up from his bed.

Xiaojiu and Xiaoqi, who were in the room, began to wait on him to dress and wash up.

“Alas, I’m really not a strong-willed person.”

Zhao Lang originally thought he could resist the temptation, and when faced with Xiaojiu and Xiaoqi’s waiting, at first, he even excused himself twice.

Now, it was a good thing that he was directly clothed and fed.

It is really easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

“Depravity!”

Zhao Lang ruthlessly criticised himself in his heart and made up his mind that from tomorrow onwards, he would be independent and self-reliant!

Stick to going to bed early and getting up early, and work hard!

“My lord, Uncle Hefu and the others have brought a good number of half-grown boys to the manor.”

Wangcai said loudly as soon as he entered.

Zhao Lang revealed a smile, Hefu and the others had moved quite quickly.

“Come on, let’s go take a look.”

Soon after freshening up, Zhao Lang led the way to Hef’s and their small courtyard.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw more than twenty half-grown boys, aged fifteen or sixteen, squatting in the courtyard.

One of them, an extraordinarily sturdy kid, even had his head hanging down and was kneeling in the middle of the courtyard.

Heifu’s face was red at this moment, and he was severely reprimanding the other one.

“You bunch of brats! I’ve only brought you here to the village and you’ve done such a disgraceful thing to me!”

“If the cook hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known that you had the guts to steal food!”

“Go to hell! You…”

Zhao Lang had probably understood what was going on.

When he heard Hef start cursing, he hurriedly said that

“Uncle Hef! We’re here.”

Zhao Lang knew that such a big boy, although he didn’t say so, actually cared most about saving face however.

This kind of public insult was the most damaging to self-esteem.

“Gongzi, you are here.”

Several of Hef’s men hurriedly saluted and spoke towards the others, again

“And don’t say hello to the Duke!”

At once, a group of boys scowled and said that

“Greetings to the Duke.”

Only the boy kneeling in the middle remained silent.

Hef was instantly in a temper and

“Go to hell!”

Seeing that Hef was about to curse, Zhao Lang interrupted him and said that

“Hey! Uncle Hef, these kids are all mine.”

“Let’s set a rule today, we can punish for mistakes, but no insults are allowed.”

When Zhao Lang spoke, Hei Fu and the others naturally dared not disobey.

However, Hef quickly said that

“My lord, to hell with this boy’s stubborn nature, he has caused trouble for my lord. ”

Zhao Lang frowned slightly and

“Uncle Hef, why are you still scolding?”

Hei Fu froze and pointed to the boy kneeling in the middle of the courtyard and said that

“My lord, this lad is called to go to hell.”

“The family was afraid that the child would be difficult to raise, so they gave it that name.”

Zhao Lang could only say that there was nothing strange in the world.

Thinking about the name of Huo Zhaosi is probably the same.

Looking at the other boys, he asked.

“What are they all called?”

At once Hef began to introduce to the

“The short one is called Big Dog, the smiling one is Two Black, the thinner one is called Cat, and…”

Zhao Lang could only be silent as he listened to these rustic names.

All right.

“These are all Uncle Hef’s children of yours?”

Hef returned.

“Not all of them, there are boys from the same village who heard I was bringing people to the farm and asked me to bring them here for you to see.”

Zhao Lang nodded his head and

“OK, I’ll take them all, the treatment will be given according to the ordinary servants at the manor. ”

Hef froze for a moment.

“You mean, my lord, and pay for it?”

Zhao Lang nodded and said that

“I know, now that these boys are the family’s labourers, what about this treatment, it’s a little less, but it will go up every year.”

In this era, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, one was already an adult, and living to sixty was considered a high life expectancy.

Just looking at Hef and the others, with their old faces, Zhao Lang thought they were all fifty or sixty when he first saw them, but in fact they were only forty or less.

At this point, Hef hurriedly explained that

“That’s not what I meant, my lord, you’ve already done a great favour by giving a mouthful of food.”

At this age, a child’s stomach is a bottomless pit, not enough to fill it, and he has only so much strength to work with.

That’s how the saying goes, “A half-grown boy eats the poor old man.

They were given food to eat, and they could then command these children to work at will?

In his previous life, even the most ruthless capitalists would not dare to do so.

“That’s how the treatment is set.”

And then to Wang Cai, who was next to him, he said

“Go and speak to Uncle Fu and hire a gentleman for the manor, these children must not be wasted.”

He wanted to train the ideal guard, how could he do it without knowing how to read?

“And hire a gentleman?”

On one side, Hef’s eyes instantly went red and he exclaimed that

“My lord, I, Hei Fu, can give these boys the go-ahead today and be a member of the Chuangzi in this life!”

Then towards all the lads he said.

“Boys, your blessing has arrived! When you meet the gongzi, all kneel down and call the house master!”

The boys were all dumbfounded, not knowing what the difference was between calling the Duke and the Master of the House.

In their eyes, Hef was the most authoritative person, and now he wanted to call himself Family Lord, so there was no mistaking it.

So one by one, they all knelt down and shouted that

“House Master.”

Only to die without shouting.

“Go to hell, what are you dawdling about?”

Hef urged.

Paying money and even hiring a gentleman, this kind of treatment was not available to the average small landowner’s son.

So, without having to ask, he gave everyone the go-ahead.

Go to hell then raised his head, a little face full of stubbornness, and said that

“Care to eat your fill? I’ll call if I care.”

When Zhao Lang saw this scene, he was still a bit stunned, but when he heard Go Dead’s words, he smiled and said.

“Manage to eat, all of you, but first, let’s make it clear that it will also be hard on the farm.”

Not many of those training programs he had were easy.

Go to hell eyes lit up and returned, and

“We’re not afraid of hardship, we’re afraid of not getting enough to eat!”

Zhao Lang smiled and said that

“Wangcai, go and ask the kitchen to make some more food and send it over.”

With that one word, all the boys cheered and

“Many thanks to the family head!”

The small courtyard instantly turned into a sea of laughter.

“Uncle Hef, let them rest well for the next two days.”

Zhao Lang said.

The training grounds were not yet ready and these boys had only just come over.

There is no need to be too anxious, none of these things will work out overnight.

Hef nodded his head and

“Please don’t worry, my lord, I will keep an eye on them.”

Zhao Lang was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and asked

“Uncle Hef, are there only boys in the village? How come I don’t see a single girl.”

Heifu froze again, and after a while while, only then did he say.

“You want a girl, too, my lord?”

Zhao Lang laughed and

“Yes, yes, yes, all of them!”

“And it’s all the same deal!”

This time Hef’s eyes went completely red and he headed out the door with a few of his own brothers in tow, and

“Don’t worry, my lord, I’ll be back with the men before it gets dark!”