The old Lu family is such a retainer.

When going to Lu Cheng and the Liang family, it won't take too long to go out, and Zhuo is naturally able to follow Lu Wu out.

This time to Huocheng, it will take four or five days just to set off, and it will definitely take more time to go back.

As the only retainer of Zhuo, he needs to stay in the territory and temporarily assume the responsibility of Lord Lü Wu.

For example, supervise the progress of construction in the territory, keep an eye on the slaves of the family, and guard the property that belongs to the lord.

As for the old grandmother is also in this kind of thing?

Before Lu Wu did not perform the crown salute, the old grandmother could participate in the family affairs, and even the old grandmother had the right to make a final decision.

Waiting for Lu Wu to finish the crown ceremony, the old grandmother, as a woman, even if she is Lu Wu's elder, actually no longer has the right to lead the family.

In other words, even if the old grandmother has any opinions or wants to do something, she can only do it through Lu Wu. She no longer has the right to call the shots.

This is the case for the big and small nobles, and the same is true for the monarch's family, even if the Zhou royal family is in the same situation.

This has something to do with the inferiority of men and women, but in fact it is also a rule of "only names and instruments cannot be faked".

To put it simply, it is one of the means to prevent the person who listens to the order from receiving false orders.

Zhuo's knowledge was not extensive, and he couldn't give Lu Wu more advice before going out.

Of course, Lu Wu was not stupid, but he really didn't know that much about the Spring and Autumn Period.

A small official named Hao came over, he first introduced himself as Xu Hao, and without delay, he began to introduce the current situation of the slave trade in Huocheng to Lu Wu.

Xu is also the meaning of the little official.

Lu Wu knew that he was very particular about choosing a name in these years, and he was reading what "Hao" meant.

Hao told Lu Wu that their team came to Huocheng to buy slaves at this juncture, and they were too good at picking the time, and if it was too late, it was likely that they would not be able to pick good goods, or they would not be able to buy them at all.

Lu Wu asked quietly, "Why?" ”

"A few months ago, Bai Di and Qin came to attack, and Huo Cheng won a big victory." Hao raised his head proudly, and quickly lowered it again to show his respect for Lu Wu. He did not fully respect the status of the nobleman of Lu Wu, but did not want to offend the possible buyer, and said: "Liduo is in the prime of life." ”

What the!?

Qin Guo and Bai Di have already come to attack Huocheng?

Lu Wu raised his eyebrows, he guessed that it was at least three months ago.

At that time, he hadn't crossed over yet, otherwise the old Lu family was not too far from Huo Cheng, and it would be impossible not to know the news.

And this Lu Wu is a little taken for granted.

This is not the time when something is happening on the other side of the ocean, and the other side will not be able to learn about information from the media for a short time.

Unless Huo Cheng can't stand it, the monarch has issued a call to the surrounding nobles, otherwise everyone lives in their own homes, and the guests who don't know the news come to visit each other, and they don't know what is happening dozens of miles away, and they still live their own small lives.

The old Lu family has no map.

In other words, a strategic item like a map, without a certain identity, let alone a copy, there will be no chance to take a look.

As a result, Lu Wu did not know that Huocheng was the most cutting-edge city in the northwest territory of the Jin Kingdom.

And since the Zhao family's main sect was destroyed, more than a dozen nobles, including the old Lu family, their territory to the north, except for the Wei family in Lu Di, can only expect Yu Guojun to rely on.

At the same time, Lü Cheng had been temporarily abandoned by the Wei clan.

It is equivalent to saying that after Lu Cheng was abandoned by the Wei clan, these small nobles have lost their barrier.

Once the Baidi or Rong people in the north invaded, they would face the invaders directly.

Lu Wu, who entered the city, immediately sensed that something was wrong.

This city doesn't look old, but you can't see all kinds of idle people, etc., with the largest number of soldiers.

If you look at the street, you can't see buildings that look like private houses, and you can see either military shrines or warehouses.

Actually, that's right.

The Huo State was destroyed by the Jin State in 661 BC, and the Jin State later restored the descendants of the monarch of the Huo State, and there was the Huo family.

But decades later, Huo's played himself again.

Huo Cheng was rewarded to a meritorious minister by the monarch of the Jin State at the beginning, and it didn't take long for this meritorious minister to be finished.

The main thing is that the west of Huocheng is the Qin State, and the north is the Hu people, and not everyone can bear it.

And the nobles who can withstand it don't want to get such a scourge to become their fiefdom at all, lest their own strength be consumed again and again, and they can't achieve anything.

In recent decades, Huocheng has also become the direct domain of the monarch.

Huocheng is a military town in the northwest of the Jin Kingdom, and even if there are civilians in it, they are not pure citizens, they may be relatives of resident soldiers or something.

Lü Wu followed Hao to the slave trading market.

There are many side-by-side subordinate houses here, and you can also see a lot of soldiers on duty.

"Oh, Wu from Lu?" A middle-aged man replaced Hao, who called himself Xu Jinyuan, and politely talked to Lu Wupan for a few words, and asked, "I don't know what kind of subordinate Wuzi needs?" ”

Xu Jin is not a surname or a surname, in fact, he is the overseer of the slaves, his name is Yuan.

Calling Wuzi is mainly a kind of flattery, not recognition or worship.

Lu Wu mainly came to buy female slaves, so he said the purpose.

"Ah, is that so......" Yuan raised his eyebrows one by one, became a frown, and said hesitantly: "Qin and Di are both strong, Qin Li can be a farmer, and Di can be a farmer." ”

That's all nonsense.

Qin Guo and Bai Di came to attack Huocheng, and after the defeat, weren't all captured young adults?

Especially the Qin State, they both belong to the Chinese cultural circle, and before they abandon the established rules, it is not the samurai who can go to the battlefield, but also the subjects of other nobles who recruit the samurai to serve on the battlefield.

Whether it is a samurai or a subject, it will always be young and middle-aged.

Bai Di is considered a Hu people, but they have actually evolved to a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic era, where herding is an ancestral skill and farming is still being learned.

No matter how Lu Wucai frowned, he bit himself to death and only wanted to buy female slaves, and showed that he had no interest in male slaves.

"I don't know how many female subordinates Wuzi needs?" Hao couldn't help but interject and said: "The female subordinate is thick (expensive), and the noble (family) really doesn't need to be subordinate?" ”

Lu Jun hesitated.

Lao Lu's family is not far from Huocheng, but he doesn't know that Huocheng has a group of slaves hoarding, which shows that the news that there are a large number of slaves for sale in Huocheng is not widely spread.

The great nobles must have known the news, but they were more than happy to capture them when they went into battle.

They only had to pay a small amount of money to their samurai to capture in battle, and they thought it would be very cost-effective to buy them from other nobles.

"How many girls are there in Huocheng?" When Lu Wu heard that there were thousands, he wondered if this was still called less? It's just that when I heard that there were 17,000 male slaves, I immediately felt that there were a little less female slaves. He thought to himself: "There are so many prisoners of war, the Qin State has not come to redeem them, and Bai Di has not moved, Huo Cheng should not be able to support so many slaves." ”

"So ...... like this" Hao proposed that Lu Wu buy a hundred male slaves, and Huo Cheng gave a female slave to the trading method, looked at Lu Wu with blank eyes, and asked: "Wuzi, are you willing?" ”

Lu Wu really hesitated this time.

At this time, a middle-aged man in armor came over.

He glanced at Lu Wu a few times first, then observed the warriors brought by Lu Wu, and said, "If there is nothing wrong, this 'Wei pawn' is also?" ”

Nima!

Are the warriors of the Wei clan so recognizable?

Lu Wu greeted the comer.

Yuan beeped quietly and briefly retold the process and content of the conversation with Lu Wu.

The middle-aged man's name is Qi Xi, he is the current supreme leader of Huo Cheng, and he was born in the Jin clan. (That is, the one who 'does not avoid hatred and does not avoid relatives')

In addition, after the Zhao clan was destroyed, Jin Jinggong gave Zhao land to Qi Xi, and he had another piece of food in Qi, which became the Qi clan.

He is surnamed Ji.

Therefore, Qi Xi is both a prince and a nobleman, his current military position is a lieutenant (managing military discipline), and his direct boss is Luan Shu, one of the eight secretaries.

When the main sect of the Zhao clan was destroyed, in addition to the three He (i.e., Yin Qi, Yin Li, and Yin Zhi) were the most ruthless, Qi Xi was the hardest-working.

If Lu Wu was an authentic Spring and Autumn native, he would tremble when he heard Qi Xi's name as a small nobleman, and he would say whatever Qi Xi wanted.

The key is that Lu Wu is not.

Qi Xi took over the lead of the transaction.

Lu Wu began to bargain with Qi Xi seriously......