Chapter XXXII: The Slave Market
In the afternoon, Zuo Nanhao also came to the small courtyard, he went straight to the point, and directly expressed his intention to Chen Mu, saying that he wanted to pursue the maid Tsing Yi beside Qin Qinglian to ask for some strategies. As soon as the second son of the left said this, Chen Muru was struck by lightning, and he was stunned for a long time.
"What's that? The rabbit still doesn't eat the grass next to the nest? Are you sure ......?" your brain pumped, Lao Tzu asked you to find someone around you to start, not for you to abduct other people's maidservants, and the girl swallowed the next words raw.
"Shall I attack Qinglian's cousin Qin Ziyan?" Zuo Nanhao continued to ask.
"Stop! Let's eat grass. "Childe, we can't deliberately provoke disputes between other sisters and sisters!! this matter is lacking in virtue, let's choose a slightly less virtuous one to do.
"That's right, a fixed price, ten taels of silver a strategy. The girl raised her eyebrows and smiled wickedly.
The man on the opposite side smiled coldly, threw a large bag of silver on the table, made a very generous shot, his eyes were very contemptuous, one afternoon, Chen Mu said that his mouth was dry, and he earned a total of five hundred taels of silver, and the crescent moon also smiled happily.
After lighting the lamp, the girl with a beautiful face took out the letter of commitment, and then explained the ins and outs of yesterday's Baili Mansion, after listening, Steward Wang's face became worse and worse, so that the desperate young lady could make up enough 80,000 taels of silver in a month, which is simply a fantasy!
"Tomorrow, I will go to Yanjing City to sell chestnuts to various restaurants and teahouses, go to the market to buy a few cauldrons, and then go to the trading market to buy some slaves the day after tomorrow, and start picking chestnuts on a large scale the day after tomorrow. This is Chen Mu's initial plan.
Early in the morning of the second day, the two girls drove the little donkey cart and swayed towards the city, which was a major turning point in their lives, and also inadvertently changed the ending of the Dayan Dynasty.
In the process of selling chestnuts, it was treated with a lot of contempt and disdain, many times it was directly knocked out of the door, fortunately, there are always some businessmen with unique vision, willing to give Chen Mu a chance to try, when it is dark, a tired and scolded countless girls, lying on the side on the donkey cart, unconsciously asleep, the stars in the sky are twinkling, in the distance is the lights of thousands of homes, the crescent moon will untie the coat and drape it on the sleeping girl, glanced at the hole in the girl's shoes, the eyes are slightly red.
She picked the cauldron early today, and quietly followed behind the young lady, the arrogance and rudeness of those shopkeepers, the young lady's low and small nodding and bowing, she saw it in her eyes, Baili Yan, you have finally grown into a towering tree, although you have lost your arrogance, but you have blessed everyone around you.
In the misty night, a small donkey cart walked slowly, carrying the dream of a young girl, although the pace was slow but very steady.
The next morning, in the crowded slave market, Chen Mu and Crescent Moon had already been dazzled, those slaves who were locked in cages, there were house slaves who were raided from their homes, there were teenagers abandoned by their parents, and there were young ladies who had fallen into disgrace and had no way out.
I bought a dozen strong young men and spent fifty taels of silver, and suddenly, Chen Mu's eyes fell on a sturdy middle-aged man, the man was muscular, his clothes were tattered, but he was a one-eyed dragon, he was locked in a cage, but he sat calmly, without the panic and cowardice of a slave.
Chen Mu asked the boss about the price, but the boss shook his head and sighed, "This person's name is Yumu, he used to be a dart master in a dart game, and he was demoted to a slave because of a lawsuit. ”
The girl pondered for a moment, he might often go out to run business in the future, and always have to leave a capable person to take care of the house, so she spent five taels of silver to buy the death deed of elm.
Walking around the slave market, when I walked around the corner, a short dwarf attracted the attention of the crowd, the man was less than a meter tall, with a square face, ugly features, but very flexible eyes.
"Ladies and ladies passing by, buy me, I can do laundry, cook, and farm. "The ugly dwarf pushes himself vigorously to passers-by.
"Phew, if you can't sell a bargain, you'll die of this heart, and people think you're short. The boss outside the cage picked up the whip and whipped it towards the dwarf, he was dizzy for a while, and was coaxed by the dwarf's sweet words, and actually spent thirty taels of silver to buy him, and now he can't even get the book back, what a regret for not being at the beginning.
Everyone also laughed, the dwarf was already discriminated against, and this dwarf was even inferior, and no one would buy this cheap thing.
"Laundry, cooking, farming?" Chen Mu's eyes lit up, a ready-made housekeeping nanny, this person has potential, and it is worth investing.
After asking the boss about the price, the girl suddenly fell silent, this person asked for a full fifty taels of silver, a bit expensive, enough to buy a lot of ordinary slaves, turned around and wanted to leave, and was suddenly pulled back by the boss.
"Forget it, it's rare for someone to ask the price, I'll be ten taels cheaper. "Finally, someone was willing to bid, so I hurriedly threw out the bargain, so as not to lose all my money.
"Minus another five taels. ”
"Okay, deal!"
The crescent moon on the side was in a hurry, and the young lady was confused, how to spend money to buy some old and short ones, but when she returned home, she realized how wise the young lady's decision was.
He led a group of slaves to purchase a large amount of vegetable oil, honey and sugar, bought vegetables and grain, and then bought two thick clothes for each of the slaves, and added a donkey cart, full of people and goods in two donkey carts, and slowly marched towards Yanjiao.
What Chen Mu never dreamed of was that at the end of the road was a man in black who stood heroically and upright, Zuo Xiquan pulled three more carriages of fiery roses this time, and put three roses in front of the door of the small courtyard, the servants around him held torches, looking excited, and Steward Wang's face was as black as charcoal, when did the eldest son of the Ning Guofu family become a scoundrel?
Chen Mu's old face turned red with shame, this sullen Zuo eldest son, did he have to force himself to a dead end? He covered his little face, and there was nowhere to hide.
After arranging the slaves, Zuo Xiquan and Chen Mu walked alone on a secluded path intertwined with tree shadows.
The moon shadow is mottled, stretching the figures of the two people slender.
"Zuo Dagongzi, the Ming people don't say secret words, the saint sent you, right?" The girl took a deep breath, what should have come will always come, he should have thought that that person is the king of a country, and what he wants will never be easily abandoned.
"You ?....." Zuo Xiquan looked surprised, why did she know all this?
"You have a bright future, a good family, and a very good reputation, and you are handsome and dashing, how can you easily like a notorious shabby like me? Even if you want to, your family will not agree, unless you are in the royal order. "He is not stupid, and he is quite self-aware, but he has only been together for a few days, and he is not a peerless beauty, how can he easily win the favor of Zuo Xiquan?
"You're only half right. "Indeed, half of it is a holy order, and the other half is sincere, but unfortunately, his true heart is mixed with a trace of falsehood after all.
"It seems that the Holy Lord still can't let go of that secret recipe. Chen Mu sighed, after all, he underestimated the word power, conquering the world is the dream of every emperor, but it is also the nightmare of the people of the world.
"You have saved thousands of people, but you have put yourself on the opposite side of the saint, maybe you have to be the enemy of the whole world, Baili Yan, have you ever had a trace of remorse?"
"I was bent on getting out of the cold palace, I just wanted to live. "That's the only way to live, and there is no room for regret.
"Even so, we still have to continue to play this scene. Zuo Xiquan stared at the pupils of the girl opposite, with a trace of sadness in his eyes and a little sad in his tone.
"Okay! Accompany him to the end!" Chen Mu turned around and walked into the shadow of the trees on the side of the road, the night covered his body, there was a little bit of thinness and loneliness, reliving a life, there must be some price, but also to take the responsibility of the body, so as not to waste this life.
In this night, there is a couple of men and women walking on the shore of Wangliu Lake in Yanjing, the clear waves on the lake are rippling and shining, the two sides of the lake are green willows swaying and brightly lit, and there are flower buildings in the distance.
A merry man in a moon-white brocade robe, plucked a willow leaf, and gently played a song of Yangguan Spring Song, its voice was tactful and melodious, its rhyme and sorrow stretched, the lake breeze blew, the robe fluttered, the black silk was light, and it was indescribably dignified.
The girl who followed behind the son was wearing a green gauze dress, looking well-behaved, with her hair hanging down her waist, and her eyes were full of admiration and admiration.
"Tsing Yi, thank you for always helping me speak, I know that Qinglian has never liked me very much. Zuo Nanhao removed the willow leaf from his mouth and suddenly looked back.
"Zuo Gongzi, Miss is not targeting you, she is just ...... It's just that....... Don't be sad, son, according to your talent and family background, you will definitely find a beautiful woman to accompany you. Tsing Yi persuaded that the man in front of her was the most infatuated person she had ever seen, and over the years, she had never given up on Miss, but it was a pity that Luohua was ruthless.
"A concubine like me, who is useless, will only be rejected by others, which talented and beautiful woman is willing to condescend to marry?" A "concubine" word pressed him all his life, and it was difficult to raise his head again.
"What about the concubine? The son is kind-hearted, affectionate and righteous, and is no worse than others. Tsing Yi smiled faintly.
"Don't you think I'm a wastewood?" Zuo Nanhao's heart suddenly shook, this was the first time someone affirmed him, and his heart suddenly surged, and countless flowers came out.
"If you are a waste of wood, I am sludge, you underestimate yourself. "She has a low status, she can only do some rough work, where is she worthy of hanging out with this jade-faced boy, but it is only through the name of the young lady that she can get close to him, but she is already very satisfied, and she does not dare to ask too much.