Those slaves were not stupid. Additionally, almost all of them knew how to cook. Previously, when they were in the hands of other slave owners, their supervisors would randomly select two people from their team to cook every meal. Therefore, these slaves were familiar with cooking.
In addition, cooking rice was very simple, so these slaves quickly filled all seven pots with rice. Li Yan took out a few large copper basins and gave them to use as pot lids.
These military stoves didn't have a special lid, and they didn't need it. Everyone knew that these military stoves were not used by ordinary troops. Only slaves used them. For slaves, it was already good enough to give them a bite. They didn't care if it was delicious or not.
Those slaves had never made soup before, so they didn't know how to make it. The food they ate at the slave owners 'place was worse than the food they ate at the Carlin family's place. Sometimes, they could only eat things like rice husks or moldy rice. Because of this, many slaves died every day on the continent. However, for slave owners, the death of slaves was nothing. Just buy more.
Therefore, these slaves were all staring blankly at the vegetables and fruit oil. Li Dou naturally understood the feelings of these slaves. After all, she was a commoner in the past, so she knew some simple dishes.
Li Dou walked to an empty pot, picked up the fruit oil, and poured it into the pot. This was the first time Li Yan paid attention to this fruit oil. The color of this fruit oil was slightly yellow, and it was very clear. It was said that it was squeezed from a fruit with a very high oil content. This fruit was grown in many places on the mainland, so the fruit oil was very cheap.
Li Dou waited for the oil to heat up before putting the vegetables into the pot for a simple stir-fry. Then, he poured some water into the pot and threw in two pieces of salt. As long as the water boiled, the soup would be ready.
This was the simplest soup. There was almost no technical content. There were no seasonings and only a little coarse salt. This was already the best treatment for slaves.
On the continent, salt was not cheap. Most nobles used refined salt. That kind of salt was very fine, similar to the refined salt on Earth. However, the coarse salt used by slaves was very cheap. Of course, there were many impurities.
Even so, these slaves could not eat salt every day except in the Carlin family. The other slaves were mainly allowed to eat salt once every three days. Even if they were generous people, ordinary slave owners would give these slaves salt once a week, and the amount was not much.
Li Yan had been busy with the matters in the realm and the future development of the Yellow Plateau, so he didn't know much about the living conditions of these slaves. He didn't feel that anything was wrong with what Li Dou was doing. He thought that every slave on the mainland lived like this. Perhaps the slaves in his family lived a little worse. After all, they didn't have so many resources for these slaves.
Li Yan couldn't help but sigh as he watched Li Dou make the simple soup. Zhao Xuan, who was standing beside him, asked in confusion,"What's wrong with Young Master? Is there a problem? Did they use too much salt? Do you want to reduce it a little?"
Li Yan looked at Zhao Xuan in confusion and said,"Many? How could there be more? They only used a little salt for such a big pot. How could there be too much? I'm thinking that our Carlin family is still too weak. We can only let them eat such simple food. When we have money in the future, we will definitely let them eat meat.”
As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, he felt that everyone was looking at him strangely. Those slaves were looking at him as if they had seen a ghost, making Li Yan not know what was going on.
He looked at Zhao Xuan in confusion and whispered,""Zhao Xuan, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Zhao Xuan looked at Li Yan and could not help but sigh. She knew that although the Carlin family had slaves in the past, Li Yan had never left the capital and had never interacted with those slaves. Naturally, he did not know what kind of life those slaves led. That was why he said that. She could only explain the living conditions of those slaves to Li Yan in a low voice.
Li Yan listened in a daze. For a person who was born in a new society, grew up under the red flag, and was born to catch up with the reform and opening up, the life that Zhao Xuan described 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 girl. However, it was difficult for people born in the 1980s to resonate with it because they did not have that kind of experience. No matter how detailed the books were, they were still things written in the books. How could it be compared to personal experience?
After Zhao Xuan briefly explained the living conditions of these slaves, Li Yan turned to look at them with sympathy in his eyes. He sighed and said," Don't worry, everyone. I mean what I say. Sooner or later, I'll let you eat meat every day until you're bored. I swear on the name of the Carlin family.”
Li Yan was a kind person. Although he was a shut-in on Earth, shut-ins were all timid. Other than some, they were also very kind people. Perhaps their social skills were not good, but that did not mean that they were perverts. In fact, more shut-ins could not stand the darkness of this world, so they chose to lock themselves in their own world. Li Yan was such a person.
When he arrived on the Tian Yuan Continent, Li Yan's status changed. He was now a noble, and he had a territory. He had over a hundred slaves to feed him. A single word from him could decide the lives of these people. This made Li Yan feel a sense of responsibility. He believed that it was his responsibility to make these people's lives better, which was why he was so focused on developing his territory.
The slaves all knelt on the ground in excitement and kowtowed to Li Yan.""Thank you, Master!"
Although they had not obtained anything yet, Li Yan's words were enough. The nobles on the continent had a very strange tradition. They did not easily swear. Even if they swore, they would not swear in the name of their own family. Even if they swore in the name of God, they would sometimes violate the oath. However, they would not violate the oath made in the name of their family.
It was precisely because of this that those slaves believed Li Yan's words. They believed that the oath that Li Yan had made in the name of the clan would definitely come true one day.
Zhao Xuan opened her mouth but didn't say anything. She had been managing these slaves these days. To be honest, she sympathized with these slaves, so she didn't object to Li Yan's words.
At this moment, Li Na's voice was heard."Young Master, it's time to eat."
Li Yan nodded and turned to look at everyone. Then, he said to Zhao Xuan, Li Dou, and Ann,"Zhao Xuan, Li Dou, An, let's go in and eat.”
Li Dou and An originally wanted to stay and eat, but when they saw Li Yan's expression, they didn't say anything else. They followed the two into the house, followed by Wood and Stone.
As soon as they entered the house, the slaves became even more relaxed. Although Li Yan had always been very kind to them, to these slaves, Li Yan was still their master. With Li Yan here, they would feel uncomfortable.
Li Yan and the others went into the house to take a look. As expected, Li Na had already made pancakes and soup. Li Yan actually wanted to eat rice, but looking at Li Na, there was probably no hope today.
There were only four chairs in the square table in the room, but Li Yan took out three chairs from the warehouse. This way, it could seat seven people. Although the table was not as big as the table in the castle dining room, it was enough for seven people to eat.
After Li Yan asked them to sit down, he took the knife and fork and began to eat Li Na's pancakes. In fact, he did not want to use the knife and fork, but unfortunately, Li Na would not agree.
Needless to say, the pancakes made this way really had a different flavor. The taste was not bad. Li Yan and the others slowly finished their dinner. Li Na packed everything away. When the few of them arrived outside, the slaves had already finished their meals.
The military stove was still there, but it was obvious that it had been cleaned. The slaves seemed to have eaten their fill and were sitting there, looking very listless.
Li Yan knew that people would feel sleepy after eating. It was the same for these slaves. Li Yan did not let them get up. He only looked at the trash on the ground and frowned.
This was his space. Although Li Yan was not a clean freak, he did not want the space to be dirty. However, these things could only be left in the space now.
Li Yan could not help but glance at the sky above the space when he saw the trash. The space was still foggy, and he could not see anything clearly. Fortunately, he did not see any black smoke floating in the sky. It seemed that burning a fire in the space did not affect the space much.
Li Yan turned to Li Na and said," Grandma Li Na, I think you should rest in the house for a while. They've just eaten and are tired. Let them rest."”
Li Na glanced at the slaves and realized that they seemed to be very listless. She could only nod and say,"Alright, then let's rest for a while. However, we don't have to go into the house to rest. We can just rest outside.”
"Grandma Li Na, Zhao Xuan, Tie Dan, Gou Dan, come in with me, I have something to show you."”With that, he opened the door of the straw hut and entered.
Although Li Na and the others did not know what Li Yan wanted to show them, they still followed him obediently. Li Na and the others knew that they did not know as much about this space as Li Yan. In this space, it was better to listen to Li Yan.
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