Sure enough, it wasn't a free market, and as soon as the well-dressed people came in, there were a number of people who came up to sell their goods:

"What do you think of this? A mouthful of glutinous rice and fine teeth bite the golden broken jade - how about fifteen taels? ”

"Look at this girl's hair, it's jet black and ......"

"I don't look older, but I can read! Born in a scholarly family, the old bustard near Cuilou is willing to pay fifty taels, and I haven't sold it! ”

"How many of you want to serve people, right? This girl is good, it turns out that she is the maid ring of a big family in Fujian, and she has been trained well, and her appearance and figure are all made! I'll pay a price, twenty-five taels! ”

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For a while, Xiao Zishan and his party were in trouble. How had they ever seen such a scene? I saw that these seven or eight people were foaming at the mouth and dragging the girls to their side, pulling their hair, and pulling up their arms to show them their skin. These girls, who are as young as eleven or twelve years old and as old as their early twenties, are still upright, but they are all yellow and thin, and they dare not cry when they are pinched by their teeth, and they look like they are holding back tears and sadness. Xiao Zishan's heart sank, and it was really miserable, and several people around him also showed unbearable expressions.

The two dart masters hurriedly stepped forward to stop all the teeth, and Liu Gang turned around and asked Xiao Zishan: "The big shopkeeper, do you want to buy a few children?" ”

Xiao Zishan was a little hesitant. It seems that almost all the girls here are bought by people, the price of each girl ranges from six taels to fifty taels, there are always thirty or forty, if they are all bought, it will inevitably cost a little more, and the age is also young, these twelve or thirteen girls are girls or children? While hesitating, Yan Maoda said, "Commissioner Xiao, let's just have a group purchase." You can hit the price hard. ”

"No matter how much you bargain, it's going to cost hundreds of taels." Zhang Xin shook his head, "Let's just start with people who are not interested in human teeth." When we buy too much, they see that we are not interested in our goods, so they will deal with them at a reduced price. ”

"That's good, I was going to buy some children to go back to raise and educate."

"What's the budget? I've got to get to the bottom of it. ”

"Five hundred taels or less. Super some can also be used. ”

The group got rid of the human teeth and walked directly inside. I saw that the shacks and open spaces along the road were full of hungry people fleeing the famine, helping the old and the young, and seeing the cries of people coming to beg one after another, they were endless.

There was a large crowd of people gathered at the intersection ahead. When they looked closer, they saw a woman holding the man by the legs, wailing and pleading, and in the midst of the pile of rubble on the ground were two children, the older of them three or four years old, and the younger of them still in swaddling clothes. It turned out that the woman's whole family had fled here, and the family had died, leaving only the mother and son. Human teeth fell in love with women, but they didn't want children.

The woman had been beaten to the point that her nose and mouth were bleeding and she was lying on the ground. Ren Fang was still kicking and scolding: "You starving prostitute! Lao Tzu doesn't open a good hall, what do you do to raise your children! "Grabbing the woman's hair and dragging it away.

Zhang Xin was about to speak, when someone suddenly shouted: "Stop!" But seeing the crowd separated, a few family members came over, surrounded by a young man of about thirty, and a whisper sounded in the crowd: "Liang Gongzi is here, Liang Gongzi is here." ”

I saw the man walk up to the human teeth: "Since you bought her, why did you force her to leave the child!" These two children are so young, it is still not a dead end without a mother! ”

The human tooth seemed to recognize the person, and hurriedly argued: "You old Mingjian! It's not easy for us to eat this line of food, she is so sick and sick, and then drags two children, how can anyone buy her? I'm going to say yes to her, and I'm going to have to add two more mouths. ”

This Liang Gongzi said angrily: "You can't make it, if you don't buy it, why do you force you to leave people's flesh and bones!" ”

Renya smiled bitterly: "Yes, yes, I still do evil things with good intentions." Just like her, I don't buy it, and her whole family will starve to death tomorrow! The little one can save her alone. ”

Although this statement is almost a scoundrel, it is also true. This Liang Gongzi couldn't say anything for a while. The human tooth did not dare to say anything more, and slipped away from the crowd. Zhang Xin looked at the woman on the ground again, in fact, she was only in her early twenties, her face was so thin that she was out of shape, and there was an abnormal layer of red on her sallow skin, which looked indeed sick. Liang Gongzi asked the servant to buy some steamed buns for her. He also gave some money to the hungry people who were surrounding the road.

"Let's buy it." Guo Yi was a little unbearable.

Xiao Zishan thought that this was not very good, first, she was sick, and secondly, the children around her were too young, and it would be a burden to buy it back, so he hesitated for a while, and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he nodded: "Buy it!" ”

The crowd here saw that several merchants had bought the woman's whole family, and there was a commotion. The refugees, old and young, men and women, crowded to the front, more and more, surrounded them, begging them to take them in, not to sell them for money, but to give them food.

It was a mess for a while, but fortunately, Liu Gang had some insight, and he was busy squeezing out with the dart master, and asked the officials and Minzhuang present to help maintain order. Xiao Zishan had a famous post in his hand, and immediately rewarded a few thousand dollars, and the officials did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly looked for the official teeth and came over, and wrote the deed of sale at the general price.

The people around them soon discovered that these people were particularly fond of children, especially young children who had no one to care about in the past. Orphans are even more welcome. Zhang Xin was generous, anyway, he didn't pay a penny, and every time he bought one, he gave 500 yuan to the officials present. The official in charge of the bullet pressure simply arrested the orphans in the field, whether they were happy or not, and wrote their deeds. It didn't take much effort, but seventy or eighty children had been bought, and there were about forty adult men and women. Seeing that these people were so arrogant, the people hurriedly went up to ask for a sale, Zhang Xin shook his head: "Isn't it a waste of time to inspect them one by one, I have all the children in your hands." ”

After some bargaining, the forty-one girls in Zuihou's hands were all bought at ten taels. For a time, the black pressure in front of the abandoned temple was full of people.

Xiao Zishan asked the dart master to inform Sun Kecheng: vacate a big mule and horse shop, quickly raise the fire to cook, and ask a few doctors to be on standby. Those who signed the deed of identity were divided into twenty for every twenty, and were escorted to the inn by two dart masters. And he was sick and weak, and he ordered a mule cart to be hired to carry him.

was busy and busy, suddenly a family member came over and said a few words to Liu Gang, Liu Gang looked respectful, and came over to Xiao Zishan and said: "Liang Gongzi wants to invite you shopkeepers to talk about it." ”

Guo Yi asked: "Who is this Liang Gongzi?" ”

Liu Gang said: "He is a man in this county, a son of a family, and has always been anxious for justice and righteousness, and he is very well-known in the county." He wanted to invite the shopkeepers to talk. ”

Several people glanced at each other, and felt that such a local gentry had the need to make friends. Zhang Xin continued to arrange the sending of the slaves, and the others followed the servants to the sidelines.

At the edge of the wasteland, there is a tea shed, selling some tea and steamed buns, which was originally a resting place for the servants of human teeth and elastic pressure, but at this moment, all the inside and outside have been replaced by the domestic servants brought by Liang Gongzi, no less than twenty or thirty people, and everyone wondered: This small person has to lift people, and the pomp is so big!

I saw this Liang Gongzi, aged about twenty-seven or eighteen, with a slightly white face, the appearance of a noble son, a gray poplin robe, and a sprinkled Jinchuan fan, although it was not extravagant, it was clean and clean. When he saw them coming, he was not arrogant, but stood up and bowed first:

"Liang Cunhou." The young man smiled slightly, a pair of black eyes flashed under his eight-character eyebrows, and said, "Dare to ask a few shopkeepers?" Where did it come from? ”

As he spoke, he looked Guo Yi and the others up and down with a faint look. His eyes were extremely sophisticated, and Guo Yi couldn't help but be stunned: this person has sharp eyes, and he is definitely not owned by ordinary gentlemen. He said, "Don't dare, don't dare." "Write the names of several people in turn.

According to the unified caliber, they are all maritime merchants, because the sea is not calm, they are stranded here, and Liu Gang accompanies them to go shopping and relax.

The servant brought the tea, and Liang Gongzi asked again: "A few are maritime merchants, why do you want to buy so many family members?" There was a look of doubt in his eyes as he spoke.

Xiao Zishan has already responded: "In the past few years, the sea has been uneven, and the business has become more and more difficult day by day, so I am thinking about buying some land and setting up a village to collect rent." I waited to buy land in Qiongzhou to open up the wasteland, where there were few people, and the tenants and long-term workers often had no marriage, so they had to come here to buy some women. ”

"That's a good deed, too." Liang Gongzi sighed, "I saw that you just took pity on the weak and the sick, refused to leave people's flesh and blood, even the young children were willing to take them in, and people made proper arrangements for food and accommodation, it is really kind-hearted, I am really ashamed to be a native of Guangzhou!" ”

"Where, where." Guo Yi and the others hurriedly gave in, and felt a little hypocritical that Liang Gongzi was hypocritical. The time-travelers come from a modern time and space, completely unaware of the cruel side of ancient society. I always feel that since they have bought others to be slaves, food and clothing are the minimum treatment, and not having to pay wages seems to have taken a big advantage.

Liu Gang took the opportunity to say some welcome words: "Liang Gongzi has always been kind and charitable in this county, needless to say that this Nanhai County is the land of Guangzhou, and who doesn't know your Liang Gongzi's benevolence and righteousness." You don't know: Most of the money spent on the soup kitchen here was taken from the Liang Mansion. ”

Liang Cunhou didn't care, shook his hand and said: "Now the world is not quiet, fortunately, Guangdong is still quiet, and my Liang family is favored by the country, which is not comparable to the cold family." There is some meager property in the family, and doing good deeds with little effort is just a little worry for the court. It is a pity that when I said that I was helping the hungry people in our county, I didn't even forgive the gentry of the township, and there was a lot of gossip behind it. He let out a long sigh.

Guo Yi saw that he was quite distressed, and deliberately pretended to be confused: "Liang Gongzi's relief to the hungry is a great good deed, why should there be gossip?" ”