Chapter 56: Maintenance of Slaves

If you want to build your own power, it is not enough to rely on yourself alone.

As a time traveler from modern society, Chen Heng deeply understands this truth.

Therefore, since he reached a cooperation with the northern lords, he bought many slaves from them.

Slaves are an excellent source of manpower.

Slaves bought and sold had all their rights taken away from them and became their owners. No matter how they were treated, no one would hold them accountable.

Under normal circumstances, except for a small number of slaves with special value, the lords do not value the vast majority of slaves.

Because as lords, they have the right to dominate their subjects to a certain extent, and they always have free and cheap cannon fodder to use whether they are fighting a war or doing anything else.

Although slaves were cheap, in their view, they still had to spend money to buy them, which was naturally not cost-effective.

But in Chen Heng's opinion, this is not the case.

As a modern man, he has many ways to develop and exploit the surplus value of those slaves.

Therefore, a considerable number of slaves under the northern lord were absorbed by Chen Heng and bought by him.

Over the past year or so, most of the profits he earned in Kutu City were spent on this.

He placed the purchased slaves in his own estate, built simple workshops in them, used water power and assembly lines to produce products, and then used his own connections to sell the products produced in his estate.

Baron Kaisen was not aware of any of this.

But at this moment, he could also feel the specialness of these people under Chen Heng.

Compared with ordinary people, these black-haired slaves under Chen Heng are too capable.

Moreover, not only was he capable, the way they looked at Chen Heng and the expressions on their faces were also very wrong.

Baron Kaisen had seen slaves before.

There were many slaves on his own estate, who were engaged in heavy agricultural work.

But in his impression, the eyes and expressions of those slaves were often numb and fearful.

It's like they have lost hope and future, there's not a single bit of life in them.

But those under Chen Heng are a little different.

Although they were slaves, they looked extremely lively and were very active and energetic when working.

He doesn't look like a slave at all.

Moreover, the physical bodies of these slaves seemed to be in good condition, not as weak and decadent as other slaves.

"how did you do it?"

After observing silently for a while, Baron Kaisen couldn't help but ask this question.

He felt that there were too many things about his child that he could not understand.

His abilities are so strong that many of the things he does cannot be understood or comprehended by others.

“Give them hope.”

In response to Baron Kaisen’s doubts, Chen Heng’s answer was very direct.

“People and tools are different after all.”

He looked at the hard-working black-haired slave in front of him and said softly, "Tools can be used repeatedly, but they also require daily maintenance."

"Slaves are special tools and they also need to be maintained."

At this point, he said calmly: "Give them enough sleep and rest time, and relatively sufficient food. This is daily maintenance, so that they don't collapse and have physical problems."

"Besides that, it gives them a little hope and allows them to see that it is possible to make their lives better through their own efforts."

"If we do these things well and use appropriate means, we can greatly improve their work efficiency..."

Baron Kaisen was stunned. He seemed to understand a little, but also seemed a little confused.

Give slaves enough rest time and sufficient food?

This seemed to be somewhat inconsistent with what he had imagined.

In order to save costs, who wouldn't want slaves to eat the least and simplest food and do the most tiring work?

It is best not to have any time for yourself every day and earn the most benefits for yourself.

But when it comes to Chen Heng, things seem a little different.

"The human body needs maintenance."

Looking at Baron Kaisen, Chen Heng continued to explain to him: "If you want slaves to do a good job, a good body is the key."

"And if you want to keep your body healthy, proper food is also necessary."

"If you use it for a long time, your body will become weaker and weaker. At that time, you won't be able to do any more work even if you whip it."

"And using a whip to drive people away is not an efficient management method in itself."

He spoke softly, explaining for Baron Kaisen.

Listening to his explanation, Baron Kaisen nodded, seeming to understand a little.

"I am always at ease with what you do."

Finally, he stopped asking about this and said, "Let's take Ormando with us when we go to Baron Myra this time."

"That's great, let him do something too."

"good."

Chen Heng nodded, seemingly not caring about this issue.

A few days later.

After all the goods arrived, Chen Heng set off again.

Compared with the previous few times, this time is very important.

In the previous few times, because the trade had just begun, the surrounding lords were only tentatively exploring the issue and the transaction volume was not large.

But this time it was different.

This time when he went to Baron Myra's territory, Chen Heng took away almost all the goods that had been transported during this period. The value of the goods was very high. To put it bluntly, it was a figure that even Baron Kaisen would be shocked.

If any mistake occurs, the loss will be huge.

Precisely because this transaction was so important, Baron Kaisen brought out almost half of the guards in his territory on this trip.

Baron Kaisen and Ormando also accompanied the team.

"so much……"

Riding on horseback on the road, Omando looked at the boxes pulled by oxen and horses around him, his heart filled with excitement.

He knew exactly what was in these boxes.

So he roughly understood how huge the wealth contained in it was.

And once the deal is done, his family will make huge profits.

Whenever he thought of this, he could not help but feel hot all over and excited.

At this moment, he was still unclear that the ownership of these things was not to the family behind him, but to Chen Heng himself.

In his opinion, the value of this batch of goods was so huge that it was impossible for Chen Heng to possess it.

Most of them were funded by Baron Kaisen and purchased by Chen Heng from the northern lords, and they belong to the entire family.