Lu Xiaoxian looked at Li Linfu: "Let's hear it!" ”

"Look at a piece of skin first, then look at the four hooves, touch a handful of notches, and the shoulders are generally aligned."

"How can this be explained?" Lu Xiaoxian asked.

"Look at a piece of skin first, mainly at the color of the coat. Choose to ride a horse, with red and black, jujube for the color, and green and white rabbit gray for the lower color. The envoy horse is black, red, blue and white as the upper color horse, and the yellow sand flower horse is the lower color horse. Look at a piece of skin, but also look at the elasticity of the skin, the luster of the hair, etc. ”

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help nodding.

"When you look at the four hooves, you should choose a horse with straight hooves and thick legs. If you touch the notch, you have to look at the teeth, and the tooth is the key to identifying the age of the horse. One-year-old middle school, two-year-old milky child, three-year-old baby teeth for incisors, four-year-old pair, five-year-old milk tooth loss, six-year-old full of teeth, seven bites in the middle of the eight bites, nine years old into the old mouth, teeth have been involved. ”

Lu Xiaoxian listened with relish.

"The head of the horse is generally the skeleton of the horse. Stretching out his hand to grab the waist, the horse is frightened and collapses the waist, which is called the waist is soft, and the waist is not moving. The waist is soft and not worthless. The front crotch is wide and the chest is strong, and the front crotch is narrow and the sleeve is weak. ”

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes couldn't help but widen: "Brother Lin Fu, why are you so good at knowing horses?" ”

Yao Hong said on the side: "The Jiang family is in the cattle and horse business, how could he not know this?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian suddenly realized.

As he spoke, several people walked out of the horse market.

"Huh?" There were a lot of people in front, but there was nothing to sell, which made Lu Xiaoxian very strange.

Li Linfu saw Lu Xiaoxian's surprise and took the initiative to introduce him: "Xiaoxian, this is the slave market!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian understood that the so-called slave market must be a market for buying and selling slaves.

"Brother Lin Fu, where do all the slaves in the slave city come from?" Lu Xiaoxian looked at Li Linfu curiously.

"It depends on whether it's official or private!" Obviously, Li Linfu is also very clear about the situation in the meantime.

"Oh? What is the difference between an official and a private? ”

"Most of the slaves of the official family are the family members of the offenders who have been demoted to slaves, and these slaves are supervised by the officials of Sinong Temple. Most of the private ones were born and bought with money, and some were captives. ”

"What does it mean to be born?" Lu Xiaoxian asked puzzled.

"Family children are the children of slaves, and the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that if all slaves are not exempted, the children born will always be slaves."

Lu Xiaoxian himself was born as an official slave, and so did Yin Feng Langyue, so he had a deep understanding of this.

Lu Xiaoxian asked again: "So, all the slaves sold here are private individuals?" ”

"It's not all, there are also a lot of official slaves!"

"Official slaves are also allowed to buy and sell?" Lu Xiaoxian said in surprise.

"It stands to reason that you can't buy and sell, but as long as you can afford the money, there is no distinction between officials and private here!" Li Linfu told the truth.

Lu Xiaoxian looked around, and sure enough, he saw many people squatting on the ground, obviously, they were the objects of sale.

"The slave market is mainly divided into three areas, and if you want to buy middle-aged slaves, you must be right here!" Li Linfu pointed ahead and said.

Lu Xiaoxian looked at it, dozens of sturdy men with different looks were squatting there. There were seven or eight people squatting in a circle, some three or five people squatting together, and some squatting alone. Standing behind them is the seller, who is also the owner of these men.

"These people are not tied up with ropes, and they are not afraid that they will run away?" Lu Xiaoxian asked Li Linfu.

"They won't run! The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that slaves and maids can kill slaves and maids if they escape without permission, and if they are caught, the master can kill them as long as they report to the government. ”

"You see, there are Turkic slaves, Tibetan slaves, Hui slaves, Silla slaves, and Kunlun slaves, and these foreign slaves are more expensive!"

Lu Xiaoxian shook his head: "Let's take a look further!" ”

After walking dozens of steps, Li Linfu introduced again: "If Xiaoxian wants to buy a maidservant, it is here!" ”

What appeared in front of Lu Xiaoxian was a group of young women, they were not squatting, they were standing in a row with their heads bowed, beautiful and ugly.

Of course, the price is higher for the beautiful and cheaper for the ugly.

"The most famous thing here is the Goryeo slave, and most of the rich families will buy them as handmaidens! Mr. Lu, why don't I help you pick a few beautiful ones? Li Linfu said with a smile.

"No!" Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly waved his hand.

What are you kidding, buy a maid and go back, Jiang Xiaotong and Ying'er are going to eat themselves alive.

"I was selling child slaves in the front, so you want to buy child slaves as domestic servants?" Li Linfu said in surprise.

Lu Xiaoxian was noncommittal: "Let's see!" ”

There were not many child slaves, only about twenty or thirty, all of them were skinny, and some of them could not even stand steadily.

"Why are these child slaves in their teens, and why aren't the younger ones sold?" Lu Xiaoxian felt strange.

"When the child slaves are growing up, they have a lot of food and cannot work. The master generally won't let them eat too much, and if they can survive, they will be so thin that they will be shapeless, as for some ...... that can't hold on," Li Linfu shook his head and said nothing.

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian understood what Li Linfu meant when he said that he couldn't hold on, he didn't speak anymore, but just stood quietly in place with his hands down, like a sculpture, motionless, as if thinking about something.

Li Linfu didn't know what Lu Xiaoxian meant, and he opened his mouth several times to speak, but was stopped by Song Di with his eyes. During this period, except for three or five good-looking child slaves who were bought, the rest of the child slaves were never cared for.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Xiaoxian sighed and said, "Brother Lin Fu, please hire two carriages!" ”

Li Linfu didn't know what Lu Xiaoxian meant, but he didn't ask, nodded and went.

After a while, Li Linfu led two carriages over.

"Brother Lin Fu, help me ask for the price, I want all these child slaves!" Lu Xiaoxian said to Li Linfu again.

Li Linfu persuaded Lu Xiaoxian: "Xiaoxian, there is no use for you to buy these child slaves, looking at their sick appearance, I don't know if they can survive!" ”

"I understand!" Lu Xiaoxian showed an unfathomable smile, "After asking, pick them all up in the carriage, let's go back!" ”

Li Linfu had no choice but to go forward and negotiate the price with the slave seller. The price of child slaves was very cheap, only fifteen taels of silver per person. Lu Xiaoxian immediately paid the silver. Later, together with Zhang Meng and others, the child slaves were put into the carriage one by one.

These child slaves were bought by their new owners, with no sadness or joy on their faces, only numbness. It's not the first time they've been sold, and for them, having a new owner doesn't mean life is going to be any better.

One by one, the skinny child slaves walked to the side of the carriage and suddenly knelt down to Lu Xiaoxian: "Master, please, buy my aunt and sister, I am reluctant to leave them!" ”

The other child slaves' faces changed color, this request was too much, this is not what a slave should say at all?

Lu Xiaoxian stared at the child slave kneeling in front of him, I don't know whether he was nervous or afraid, the child slave actually trembled.

"What's your name?" Lu Xiaoxian finally spoke.

"I don't have a name, they call me a bitch!"

"Where are your aunt and sister?"

The child slave did not answer, but just turned his head to look at the original master.

Lu Xiaoxian said to the slave seller: "I also bought his aunt and sister!" ”

Apparently, the two men no longer knew where they had been sold by the slave sellers.

The slave seller wanted to open his mouth to explain, but saw Lu Xiaoxian wave his hand and said, "I'll pay ten times the price!" ”

When the slave seller's words came to his lips, he immediately changed his words: "I will send them to your house as soon as possible." ”

"And them!" Lu Xiaoxian pointed to the other child slaves, "Whether their families are in your hands or not, as long as they can be delivered, each is ten times the price, I think you will have a way!" ”

The slave seller's eyes sparkled, ten times the price, as long as the families of these child slaves were still in the world, even if they dug three feet into the ground, he would find out.

Li Linfu stared at Lu Xiaoxian in surprise on the side.

Two wagons made their way out of the slave market, and there were twenty-three child slaves in rags sitting on them.

At this moment, there was a glimmer of joy on the faces of the child slaves.

Lu Xiaoxian's actions just now made them realize that this new master was different from the previous master.

When I passed by the maidservant market, there was no one left, and I don't know if it was sold out or taken back by the seller.

There were very few people left in Zhuangnu City, only a slave seller of about fifty years old and four strong men remained

Lu Xiaoxian smiled and accosted the slave seller: "Uncle, have the other strong slaves made a move?" ”

The slave seller said with a sad face: "I have sold everything, I only brought four, and I have not sold a single one since the morning!" ”

"Why is that?" Lu Xiaoxian felt a little strange.

"My strong slaves are asking for a high price!"

"How much?" Lu Xiaoxian asked.

"Eighty taels of silver!"

Lu Xiaoxian came to Nu City for the first time, and from Li Linfu's introduction, he knew more or less about the market in Nu City. The price of a strong slave is generally about thirty taels of silver, and the highest is only fifty taels, and this person asks for eighty taels when he opens his mouth, which is indeed high.

"Childe, buy me, I promise to satisfy you!" One of the four strong men suddenly interjected.

"Smack!" The whip in the slave seller's hand swung and struck the strong man who spoke, "Is there a place for you to speak?" ”

The strong man did not get angry when he was whipped, but shrunk his neck and closed his mouth.

Lu Xiaoxian looked at the strong man and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The strong man glanced back at the slave seller behind him and said nothing.

"Childe is asking you, just reply well!" The slave seller spoke.

"My name is Wang Maozhong!"

"Tell me, why did I buy you, it will satisfy me?" Lu Xiaoxian looked at Wang Maozhong with interest.

Wang Maozhong Zhenzhen said: "I have a good martial arts, and I can take care of your home and care for you!" ”

"Oh? Have a good martial arts? Lu Xiaoxian nodded and said to the old man, "Okay, four people, one hundred taels each, I want them all!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian's words made the slave sellers and the four strong slaves, including Wang Maozhong, stunned, and even Li Linfu and Song Di and the others showed shocked expressions on their faces.

"What are you stunned about? Hurry up, there's no place for you to sit in the carriage! After that, Lu Xiaoxian jumped into the carriage and said to the slave seller: "Uncle, you also follow, go back to the house with me to get the silver!" ”

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