The goatee made a circle and said: "Villain Hu San'er, there are those who know and those who don't know, so I will make a brief introduction below." My Hu San'er is from Bohai, and my family has been a slave trader for three generations. If you want to buy some slaves to work in the fields, don't look for me, I don't have them here, but if you want to find a pretty maid and a courtyard guard, come to this horse shop every three days to find me, and keep it so that you can return satisfied. Well, that's it, let's gossip, let's be on the list! ”

After Hu San'er finished speaking, he gave a look to the audience, and immediately someone brought up a group of slaves, a total of five people, all of them were young and middle-aged, and they looked much stronger than the stalls at the door, at least they didn't have yellow muscles and thin faces, and they didn't look hungry, several people were tied hands, one after another, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Li Mu somehow remembered that the 'greedy snake' was coming, he was very curious about why these people were so honest, he touched Wang Hu with his elbow, and asked: "Brother Wang, you see these people, they all seem to have the strength of their arms, If they have a bad heart, they may not be able to escape, why are they so obedient? ”

"Look at their foreheads," Wang Hu stretched out his finger and pointed, Li Mu looked carefully, only to see that these people's foreheads were all branded, Wang Hu explained: "The traffickers who are tongue-in-cheek are all registered with the West City Bureau. Each family has its own exclusive mark, and the brand of the slave indicates which one sold it. After the slave is sold, if the slave escapes, even if he escapes to the edge of the sky, as long as he does not leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the government of any place will be caught and sent back. If an individual is caught, the traffickers will also give a large bounty. If you catch it back, you will be beheaded and the car will be cracked, and there will be no good end, and you will definitely not be able to escape. So basically, as long as these people are enslaved and branded, they basically accept their fate. Those who don't accept their fate also commit suicide and will not appear here. ”

Li Mu nodded, knowing in his heart. In the society of the Tang Dynasty, slaves, like cattle and horses, were recognized as a kind of personal goods, and even if the slave escaped, he could not escape the net formed by the government and the people.

As he spoke, the five young slaves went through two rounds of bidding and were bought by a buyer for seven yuan. The money is counted in person, the deed is signed, the buyer takes the rope that binds the person, and the sale is completed. The fate of these people has since been in the hands of the buyer, whether they are killed or chopped, it is no different from livestock.

Seeing such a scene, Li Mu suddenly felt a sense of happiness. Although everyone is also crossing, some people can cross into the emperor, the champion of rich businessmen, the beginning is the peak, life is free, they don't have that life, they become captives, but it's okay, if they cross into slaves, life is even more obscure, and the face has to be branded with a pattern, which is basically disfigured.

Suddenly, Li Mu thought of the maid he wanted to buy, and asked, "Those slave women, shouldn't they also have a brand?" ”

Wang Hu shook his head and said: "There are very few things that women hurt people, and most people buy slaves and maids for ......" Wang Hu was vague for a moment, and continued: "If you can't sell it with a brand, no one will do that." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Mu nodded, although he didn't buy the maid for the kind of thing Wang Hu said, but if he was facing a disfigured woman all day long, no one's mood would be better. Li Mu has never been a, when he sees the weak, he can only not bully, but he will not be like Li Daliang, who takes charity as his own responsibility.

Hu San'er sold two more rounds of young and strong slaves, and the bids were basically around the same price. There were already people in the audience who were waiting impatiently, and said: "Hu San'er, are you stiff here, where is the good goods you said, hurry up, and then grind you down!" ”

Hu San'er followed the voice and looked over, immediately put on a smiling face, and said, "It turned out to be Cui Gongzi, don't worry, the good goods are here!" As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and three young women were brought up from the audience, with average appearances, but it was rare that they were triplets, and they were in good shape. Hu San'er shook his spirits and introduced: "I spent a lot of money to get these three Silla maids. Except for the one on the east side, the other two are all virgins. It was also my Hu San'er who was unlucky, and when I bought it, I never tested it. But connoisseurs who know the fun of this will probably not mind, the starting price is six, everyone bid! ”

"Ten times!"

"Fifteen!"

"Twenty times!"

The bidding came and went, Li Mu was stupid, and most of the people present were also in a state of confusion, looking at the few people who were bidding, not knowing why they were so crazy. In the end, the triplets were auctioned by Cui Gongzi with twenty-five times. Cui Gongzi asked his subordinates to pay the money, took the deed of sale of the triplets, and gave everyone 'popular science' on the high platform: "The beauty of these triplets is that they have a heart for each other, and when they are happy with one of them, the other empathizes." I can't understand this kind of fun, only if you try it, can you know the mystery! ”

Hu San'er immediately sent a sycophant: "Cui Gongzi is suave, chic and uninhibited, so enviable, there will be a good product later, Cui Gongzi has to prepare enough money." ”

"Don't worry, the goods are good, money is not a problem."

Hu San'er smiled, hugged his fist, and said to everyone in the audience: "Today, I have three good goods for Hu San, one just now, and there are two left." This time it's a slave, everyone. ”

As soon as the words fell, a head suddenly appeared on the edge of the high platform. Everyone was shocked, this platform is more than seven feet high, this person can still be a head taller, isn't it eight feet high? When he walked to the stage, everyone determined that this person was eight feet tall, and Hu San'er stood in front of him, only to his waist, reaching out to barely put his hand on his shoulders, and he couldn't touch his head at all. His hands and feet were shackled, and for such a guy, the rope couldn't control him at all.

"The second item is this slave. Everyone also saw that this person was eight feet tall and had infinite strength. As he spoke, two people carried a stone lock to the stage, Hu San'er glanced at the slave, the giant walked over, the shackles rattled, I saw him bend down and stretch out his hand, 'hey', the stone lock carried by the two people, he raised it with one hand. Wang Hu's face changed in fright, and he muttered, "What a lot of strength!" ”

"Two starts bidding, right?"

Unexpectedly quiet, no one asked for the price, Hu San'er was also stunned, looked around, and repeated again, "Two starts the auction, the price is called, right?" ”

Still no one is bidding, Hu San'er was a little panicked, and said urgently: "What's wrong with the ranking, why don't you bid?" This slave, eight feet tall and infinitely powerful, is still not full, and when he is full, he has more strength, taking care of the family and nursing the yard, working and farming, everything can be done, is it still expensive to have two times? ”