"Big brother, isn't it just to buy a subordinate who can work? Why buy such an expensive one, why don't we look elsewhere! ”

"Yes! Big brother, you don't need to buy such an expensive one, and besides, these slaves don't know my Datang language at a glance, so how can you order them to work in the future! ”

Although there is no shortage of money now, Li Kunxiong still doesn't like extravagance and waste in his bones, and he doesn't have much affection for these black Africans with black charcoal-like skin. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li An was noncommittal, and fell into hesitation, although such a price is a little expensive, but in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, owning Kunlun slaves is a symbol of status, and many nobles do not hesitate to buy Kunlun slaves, especially African blacks, the price is very high, it seems that the nobles will take it behind them to call, as if it will be very face-saving.

Of course, Ang Lee is not the kind of person who likes to be high-profile, and buying Kunlun slaves in order to show off his identity is by no means Ang Lee's style.

Seeing that his business might be yellow, the Hu people trader hurriedly said: "Don't worry about a few Lang Jun, these Kunlun slaves have rough skin and thick meat, they are very able to endure hardships, they can work for nine hours a day, as long as they use a leather whip to whip a few more times, they can naturally understand what their master means." ”

"Oh, nine hours, that's only three hours left to sleep, so you won't get sick?"

Li Feiyu felt that Hu Shang was too good at blowing, of course, the blacks of later generations were trafficked to the plantations in the Americas, and they did work for nine hours a day, and they were still in the hot climate, carrying out high physical labor, especially it can be seen that the ability of blacks to endure hardships is still very strong, of course, in this case, the mortality rate of blacks is still very high, and in the early development of the Americas, European colonists committed too many blood debts.

"No, no, these Kunlun slaves are very strong, and they are born to be materials for coolies."

Of course, Hu Shang had to pick up the best in order to make this business.

"How do we know that these Kunlun slaves will be obedient, if they don't understand, or run away, then won't we buy it for nothing?"

Li Kunxiong said.

When Hu Shang heard this, he casually threw something next to the black slave, pointed at the black slave, and yelled: "Pick it up." ”

The black slave was a little confused, probably due to long-term numbness, which caused him to be relatively sluggish.

Hu Shang didn't say a word, he directly raised the whip and whipped the black slave a few times.

The black slave seemed to react quickly, and hurriedly picked up the things beside him and handed them over to Hu Shang.

"A few Lang Jun, you can see it clearly! These black slaves are very well trained, and they don't lose anything about ten pieces of gold. ”

Hu Shang's face was proud, as if he had proved to Li An the high-end value of the goods he was selling.

However, Ang Lee is really a little uncomfortable, after all, it is a later generation, watching blacks being beaten like slaves, and humiliating to obey Hu Shang's will, Ang Lee's heart will be more or less uncomfortable, maybe he has lived too long in the later life, has a deep-rooted worldview, and has some virgins!

Of course, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the status of slaves is like this, even if the master kills the slave, it is not illegal, and if the slave dares to resist, it will be very miserable, this is the reality of this era, and Li An has to accept it if he is not adaptable.

Li Ang had been thinking just now, if he really bought these black slaves back, how would he use them? Do you want to learn from the example of these Hu merchants and add these black slave whips?

Li Ang naturally can't do such a cruel thing, and besides, Li Ang is the head of the family, but he doesn't have time to force black slaves to work all day long with a leather whip.

Li An took a look at it casually, there are more than 20 Kunlun slaves sold by this Hu merchant, and all of them are black Africans, and in the entire mule and horse shop, there are really not too many Hu merchants who sell black Kunlun slaves, and there are only a few people, after all, the African continent is too far away from Datang, and the transportation cost of black slaves is too high, and only the richest nobles in Datang can spend a lot of money to buy such black Kunlun slaves.

"What's the matter with this one lying on the ground?"

Ang Lee found a black girl, lying on the ground and haggard, as if she was sick.

"Lang Jun, this little Kunlun slave girl is disobedient, she has been hungry for three days and has no food, and she has no strength, so she lies down."

Hu Shang hurriedly explained.

Li An grinned: "Such a disobedient Kunlun slave, do you also plan to sell ten pieces of gold?" ”

Hu Shang rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "If Lang Jun can buy three Kunlun slaves, this one will be given away for nothing." ”

"Kunxiong, pay! Thirty gold. ”

Ang Lee felt the need to buy these blacks, of course, he had a more important role than just work.

"Big brother, do you really want to buy it?"

"Of course, it's not easy to transport thousands of miles, aren't these profiteers trying to make Gower's profits? Just satisfy them. ”

Ang Lee asks Kunxiong to pay, and walks over to these black slaves and picks them up.

The little black girl was given for free, so she naturally had to accept it, but the rest of the black slaves, Li An had the power to choose, Hu Shang didn't care that Li An called him a profiteer, and enthusiastically recommended the most visible Kunlun slave for Li An.

After all, it is not the first time he has come to Chang'an City, and he understands that the Tang Dynasty is powerful, and the people are also imposing, and it is also normal to despise Hu Shang in person.

"Let me ask you, does this little black lady have relatives here."

Li An felt that the twenty black slaves in front of him were very likely to be related by blood, and if he could buy a family, it would be a good choice, anyway, Li An's main purpose was not to show off and demand coolies, and whether the Kunlun slaves were as strong as cattle was not too important at all.

"Yes, yes, the three Kunlun slaves who take care of her next to her are her family, and they should be brothers and sisters."

Hu Shang hurriedly replied.

Li An took a look, and next to the lying black lady, there were indeed three young black slaves, the age difference between these three was relatively large, the oldest was thirty or forty years old, the youngest was estimated to be only about twelve years old, and the other was estimated to be just an adult, about the same age as Li An.

"Alright, it's just a family of four."

Li An very readily selected the four Kunlun slaves, and Li Kunxiong also handed over the thirty pieces of gold he had taken from the nearby cabinet to Hu Shang.

Hu Shang made another business, so he was naturally very happy, held the gold in his arms, and chatted with Li An enthusiastically.

Of course, he is a businessman, what he can talk about is the business aspect and what he has seen along the way, there are more than 10,000 miles between the Tang Dynasty and the African continent, and he naturally has to pass through many countries on the way, and there are all kinds of strange customs, many of which are very interesting and worth talking about.

However, Ang Lee is a later generation, and he still knows the situation of the Silk Road very well, which will pass through various geographical environments such as deserts and snow-capped mountains, and will pass through many countries.

But Ang Lee would never have imagined that many of the situations described by Hu Shang were something he had never heard of, and that many civilized countries and customs were so unfamiliar that Ang Lee was quite surprised.

These civilizations disappeared for no reason, and there is no record in the history books of later generations, and if there is a record, it is impossible for Ang Lee not to know.

Of course, Li Ang knew that after the Tang Dynasty, there would be a huge empire called Mongolia, and the Mongols were very cruel, especially during the Western Expedition, they destroyed too many countries and fought all the way to the hinterland of Europe, and in the places where the Mongol army passed, a large number of civilizations were completely erased, and even, without leaving a trace.

The Mongol army's expedition everywhere wiped out a large number of civilizations, which was a huge disaster in the history of human civilization and caused huge losses to world civilization.

Great men in history, sometimes that's the case, Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, built the Great Wall, and made a lot of historical achievements that are beneficial to future generations, but he slaughtered a large number of soldiers of the Six Kingdoms, and the Great Wall also buried too many innocent people, who cares about this account? Even, without hiding a flaw, Yu cleared all sins for Qin Shi Huang.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin killed his brother with the same father and mother, and in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he also killed all the children and grandchildren of his brothers, which can be described as extremely ruthless, but the descendants only remembered the ambition of Zhenguan, and they were unwilling to understand too much about the bloodshed of Xuanwumen, and even pushed Li Shimin to the position of the best Chinese emperor.

Let an emperor who killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate be the best emperor in Chinese history, which is enough to show that future generations value Tang Taizong's contribution to governing the country and don't care what he has done to his family.

At least the Tang Empire has made great achievements during the reign of Li Longji, and the lives of the common people have become more comfortable.

And for the common people, as long as they can live a good life, they will praise the emperor for his wisdom and martial arts, and Li Shimin's killing of his brothers and nephews is just the emperor's own family affair, what does this have to do with ordinary people?

That is to say, the common people pay more attention to how their lives are, and the scholars of later generations pay more attention to the major situation and how much a certain historical figure has made to promote history.

Although it cost thirty pieces of gold, Li An felt that it was very worthwhile to learn so much information from Hu Shang, and the money was spent comfortably.

Subsequently, Hu Shang introduced many sellers with good character to Ang Lee, and personally guided Ang Lee to the past.

The favorite servants of the Tang nobles are undoubtedly Kunlun slaves and Silla maids, the maids of Silla are professionally trained, and the skills of the clothing owners are very good, just like the Filipino maids in later generations, who are servants who specialize in serving people.

Although the emperor has already rewarded ten 'beauties', but Ang Lee's mansion is so big, this is definitely not enough, and it is a good choice to buy four more Silla maids to enrich it.

The price of Silla maids is about the same as that of Kunlun slaves, but much lower than that of black Kunlun slaves, after all, Silla is not too far from Datang, and the transportation cost is much lower than that of African black slaves.

Of course, in addition to Kunlun Nu and Silla maids, Li An also needs a housekeeper who can manage these people, and the work of this housekeeper is extremely important, without a housekeeper, all orders must be issued by himself, which will be very troublesome.

Of course, it is most suitable to choose a housekeeper from among ordinary house slaves, but Li An does not have such a henchman house slave, and even, for so many years, he has not considered the preparation of house slaves at all, as for those brothers who follow their birth and death, of course, they can't be let be people.

However, it would be too risky to directly find a clever person to be the housekeeper, and if this person was unreliable and stole all the belongings of his family, wouldn't it be a big trouble.

At this time, the housekeeper is similar to the star agent of later generations, if the housekeeper is unreliable, transfers the master's property, hooks up with the master's wife, and even, colludes with the master's wife to murder the master, it is not a big deal.

Therefore, the so-called housekeeper, the most important ability is loyalty, only loyal people, is a qualified housekeeper, in order to manage a big family for the master, so that the owner can rest assured.

In addition to the slave and livestock trade, there are also some self-sellers, and some of these self-sellers have suffered from their families and need to sell themselves to save their families, and some are orphans and servants adopted by large families, and after the big families are in trouble, they are homeless and become lost dogs, and they can only find new owners as soon as possible, otherwise, they can only be beggars and beg along the streets.

In addition to horses and mules and slaves, there were also a small number of snack shops and forage shops, after all, both people and livestock needed food.

If you don't have these, you have to go all the way to other lines to buy food, which is too inconvenient, that is to say, these very small number of snack shops and forage shops are specially prepared for the merchants and slaves and livestock of the mule and horse shop, not for the guests who come to shop, after all, if the ordinary people eat snacks, they will not run to the mule and horse shop to buy, after all, the smell here is not very good, affecting the mood of eating, and there is not much choice.

"Okay, okay, let's give a steamed bun!"

"Go, go, give it to the dog, and I won't give you this kind of waste."

"Wishing you prosperity, give a bun!"

"Get out, I'm annoyed when I see you, get out."

As Li An walked, he saw a poor middle-aged man begging the merchant at the dim sum shop for something to eat, and this person was obviously not eating for a long time.

The indifference of the businessman made Li An see the cold state of the world, but the life of this kind of small businessman should not be rich, so he naturally would not be kind and give to others in vain.

"Yo Yo Yo, isn't this the Zhao Steward of the Zhao Mansion? What's the matter, like a lost dog, where is the chic of the past. ”

An old man who looked like a butler bought a mule from the mule and horse shop, let his men lead him, swaggered over, and teased the poor poor man.

"Steward Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm so hungry, give me something to eat! Hey. ”

"I'm hungry! Ha ha! Kneel down and kowtow three times, and reward you with a big steamed bun. (To be continued.) )