Zhu Lang asked Zhou Pang to sit on Zhou Xin and Lao Qiao's donkey cart. At first, Zhao Lu secretly reminded Zhou Lang that Zhou Pang's origin is unknown, so it is best not to take him on the road.

After all, you cannot directly judge Zhou Pang as a good person just because of the other party’s kowtow, because Zhou Pang may also be a bad person.

However, Zhu Lang told Zhao Lu that it would be better to bring Zhou Pang with him than not, because if Zhou Pang was a good person and what he said just now was true, then there would be one more person in their team, which is beneficial.

If Zhou Pang is not a good person, then taking him with him can make Zhou Xin and Qiao Ren stare at Zhou Pang to death, at least not let Zhou Pang be in the dark. If there are really any bad people, they can still threaten Zhou Pang with them.

Zhao Lu agreed with Zhu Lang's analysis, but the two were wrong. Zhou Pang was not a bad guy. He just wanted to follow Zhu Lang because Zhu Lang gave him a bowl of rice from his bowl. This time, Zhu Lang gave him equally, the slave Zhou Pang, who was once a slave in the late Yuan Dynasty, had the deepest touch on Zhu Lang.

Give equality...someone will say, what's there?

But you should know that in the Yuan Dynasty, especially at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, slaves were not equal. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, slaves were very popular. Tao Zongyi, a scholar in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, wrote Volume 17 of the slave article, explaining the situation of slaves in this era. He pointed out a few points: First, Mongolian, Zang Huo of the Semu people, men were called slaves and women were called maids, and they were collectively called valets. These people were the men and women captured by the pacification of the countries in the early Yuan Dynasty and were the descendants of the men and women who were born to be slaves forever.

The second is that due to the transaction, there are Yuanzhu and people who set up coupons to invest taxes, which is called red contract purchase.

The third is to accompany the rich. The rich marry their daughters and use slaves to marry their daughters.

These three types have different sources and the same nature. In law, the one who is symmetrical to slaves is a good man. Buying good man is a driving force, and the law says it is forbidden because good man is a citizen of the country, and exorcising or slaves is a private property.

Secondly, the marriage of slaves is limited to the same class. Slaves can only marry each other. For example, they are not allowed to marry a good family, unless they are the daughters of slaves who voluntarily marry slaves. As for slaves marry women from good families, they are definitely not tolerated by the law and society.

There is a situation where the slave becomes rich and becomes rich. The master is jealous and deliberately finds a small mistake. He gets locked up and goes to his house to sweep away the property, which is called speculation.

If the family is lost and the property is ruined, it is still a slave. Unless you know the truth and automatically give up your money to escape from slavery, and your master will be free from good deeds, you can gain the status of a free man.

In law, slaughtering a hundred cattle, horse, and killing slaves is reduced to one hundred cattle, horse, and slaughtering a hundred cattle, and slaughtering a hundred cattle, and the lives of slaves are the same as those of cattle, horses! The children born to slaves are called children.

Zhou Pang's parents were also slaves before, and Zhou Pang was also slaves... Who knew that the family of slaves had made money with them, but they were not happy yet, and only then did they realize that this wealth was the gate of the Hall of Hell.

It turned out that Zhou Pang and his family were very loyal to the original owner. Later, the owner died and the owner had no descendants, so he gave all his family wealth to Zhou Pang's parents. Originally, Zhou Pang's family thought that there would be a good life in the future and there would be no need to starve or cold.

But who knew that a group of soldiers who fled to escape came and knew that the family was a slave, regardless of Zhou Pang's parents took out the pretext given by their masters before, and found out that Zhou Pang's parents killed the original owner and hanged them directly. Not only did they not receive any guilt, they also received rewards. Why, these soldiers are superior to others?

So it is really not easy to come by equality... Although Zhou Pang was only five years old at that time, he knew it was difficult to obtain equality. There was a hierarchy gap between people. Some people were born nobles, while others were born grass mustard.

But one day, Zhou Pang, Cao Jing, actually got equality given by a person who was not a nobleman but had a higher status than him. At this moment, Zhou Pang fell directly without a certain degree of hesitation.

"Ouch..." Suddenly, Qiao Ren accidentally touched Zhou Pang's back, and unexpectedly, Zhou Pang screamed.

"What's wrong with you..." Qiao Ren asked quickly in surprise.

"Nothing, nothing..." Zhou Pang smiled and shook his head and said nothing.

However, Qiao Ren was careful. Just after Zhou Pang said that there was nothing, he secretly looked at Zhou Pang's back with an oil lamp. What surprised Qiao Ren was that there were blood marks on Zhou Pang's back at this time.

"Stop...stop...stop...stop..." Qiao Ren shouted excitedly.

"Huo..." Xia Wu, who was in front, directly stopped the donkey cart. Zhao Lu, Zhu Lang, and Zhu Erbao also got out of the cart immediately and ran to Zhou Xin and Qiao Ren's donkey cart. However, after running to Qiao Ren's donkey cart, he thought there were evil people.

When I went there, I saw Qiao Ren pointed at Zhou Pang and said tremblingly: "There are bloodstains from whips behind this kid, so I need to apply medicine as soon as possible..."

"What's the situation..." Zhu Lang came to the side in surprise.

Zhou Pang laughed loudly: "Young master, it's okay, I'm thick-skinned, it's not a problem at all, let's hurry up."

Zhu Lang did not care about Zhou Pang, but came directly to Zhou Pang's side, lifted up the thin clothes on Zhou Pang's back and saw five whip marks in total, and the whip was bleeding. You can imagine what kind of patience Zhou Pang was using to endure such a piercing pain at this time.

"Say...Who hit the whip mark?" Zhu Lang asked in an unquestionable voice.

"Uh..." After a slight pause, Zhou Pang had to answer truthfully: "Go back to the master, it was my former boss. I worked in his house for a short time. I wanted to leave and wanted to follow the master, but the other party was unwilling. Not only did he not pay the wages, but he also said that I had too much food. His family was at a disadvantage. If he wanted to leave, he had to hit me with five whips. I had no choice but to agree. But these five whips were too powerful. I thought I could hold on, but who knew I was still being thrust so hard that I couldn't move. I could only wait for the better back and slowly walked over to find the master. As soon as I came over, I saw the master going out in a donkey cart. I knew that the master must have something to do.

I just thought of following him secretly. Who knew that his back hurt so he made a sound. However, this is very good. The young master will take me in. I will be the young master's person in the future. I will definitely work hard for the young master...!"

Zhou Pang said, in order not to worry Zhu Lang, he always kept smiling, but this smile was so uncomfortable in Zhu Lang's heart.

In the early Ming Dynasty... When Zhu Yuanzhang formulated the Ming Dynasty's law, it was already stipulated that ordinary common people's families could not have slaves, but could only be called long-term workers. In other words, if you are not a family of meritorious officials and have slaves privately, then you have violated the law. Moreover, even if the meritorious officials have slaves and servants, they must be rewarded by the emperor, otherwise they will also violate the law.

How do you calculate the work of those rich families? There are also clear provisions in the Ming Law. We all know that work is generally divided into long-term labor and short-term labor. This stipulates in the Ming Law that if there is a value for a coupon and a long working life, it is considered as a hiring worker. That is, if the employer has a contract to sell his body, it is not considered a slave by hiring workers.

If you are working for wages and working for a short time, then even if you are a mortal. In other words, if you don’t work for a long time, even if you are a free person, you can come and go freely. Of course, you have to pay off your wages when you leave.

In addition, there is also a provision in the Ming Dynasty that if you buy a long-term worker under the age of fifteen, and have a family member, you will be considered a descendant of this family. The only difference is that one is a direct descendant and one is a side branch.

If you buy this long-term worker who is over 16 years old and has not been married even if you don’t have a long workload, then you are a worker, not a descendant of the owner’s family.

Zhou Pang was obviously a short-term worker and a free man, but the owner actually used Zhou Pang's ate too much as a reason and whipped Zhou Pang Wu hard. Zhu Lang recorded this hatred, and not only did he remember it deeply in his heart. Zhu Lang is a small person. He holds grudges and holds grudges very much. His personality is a bit like that of the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!
Chapter completed!