Chapter Forty-Eight: The Slave Auction
When he got that there was a slave auction in the evening, Liu Lei and the others were not in a hurry to leave, so they found a tavern nearby and ordered a few dishes, and waited slowly.
The rat doesn't necessarily come to the tavern once a year, and by the time the food comes up, he's already hungry, but he still endures it. Until Liu Lei motioned for him to let go.
The three of them were not very hungry, and after eating a few bites, Liu Lei put down his chopsticks and asked the blacksmith on the side: "If you are asked to mine 1,000 catties of ore a month, how many more people do you need?"
The blacksmith lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "Pure coolie plus more than 200 slaves bought today is enough, but there is a big shortage of technicians, and it is difficult to mine red crystal, and young master, you still want us to refine and process it ourselves, in addition to me, at least 5 people need to help me."
That's right, Liu Lei's idea is to think that he can refine red crystal iron ore into red crystal iron, after all, a pound of ore is only worth one gold coin, and the finished red crystal iron can be sold for ten gold coins per pound, and the profit has increased tenfold, which is also the most fundamental reason why he brought the blacksmith here.
Professional personnel also need blacksmiths to select, but also to purchase professional mining and refining equipment.
Liu Lei asked: "If the personnel are complete, how long will it take to start refining?" ”
The blacksmith smiled embarrassedly and said: "Young Master, I know you are in a hurry, even if the personnel are complete, the blast furnace, the workshop, and the equipment are in place, it will take 2 months to produce the finished product, and the quality and output cannot be guaranteed, so I can't rush it."
Alas!
Liu Lei sighed, he also knew that if he wanted to hurry, he would not be able to reach it, but now the gap in funds for the town to rebuild is really not ordinarily large.
Li Tianlong patted the back of Liu Lei's hand and comforted him.
Seeing that Liu Lei was preoccupied, everyone didn't bother him, and sat silently until the auction almost started.
Led by the mouse, a group of four people soon arrived, in front of a dilapidated house.
Liu Lei looked at this humble appearance, even the door was about to fall, and he asked the mouse again and again and got a positive answer. If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of gorgeously dressed people going out, he would really think that the rat was thinking of killing people and selling goods.
Liu Lei, who was suspicious, followed the flow of people into the house, and after entering, he found that there was a hole inside, the simple house was just an entrance, and the entrance was a staircase obliquely to the ground, and it turned out that this auction hall was built underground.
At the end of the stairs is the door of the handle of the two men in black, the flow of people is queuing in an orderly way to enter, Liu Lei saw that the people who went in took a black sign to show the man in black, needless to say that he also knew that this should be a ticket, he looked at the mouse with a puzzled expression, the mouse seems to rarely come here, behaved very restrained, pointed to a counter next to the door and said: "Boss, you have to go there and pay a deposit before you can give you an entry card"
Liu Lei nodded, although he had never participated in the auction in his previous life, he also knew the statement of the deposit, that is, he was afraid that some people would deliberately make trouble and not give money after the auction.
He walked over, and a scantily clad girl was looking at him with a sweet smile.
"Hello, I want an entry card" Liu Lei, who has been the first brother for two lifetimes, said shyly, nervous and didn't even dare to look at others.
The girl covered her mouth lightly and smiled, and said, "Okay, distinguished guest, you need to pay a deposit of 100 gold coins first"
Liu Lei hurriedly took out a golden ticket from his arms and handed it over, and the girl hurriedly took it, bent down and lowered her head to register.
It didn't matter if she lowered her head, because of the angle, Liu Lei only saw two lumps of snow-white flesh shaking in front of his eyes, and felt as if something was left in his nose, Liu Lei hurriedly covered it with his hand.
After the girl finished registering, she took a black card and handed it to Liu Lei, and smiled even more happily when she saw the scene, and when Liu Lei took the card, she also threw an eyebrow at Liu Lei, Liu Lei took the card and ran away.
Holding the card, he finally entered the door of the auction, and at this time, Liu Lei also recovered from the embarrassment just now, and carefully looked at the hall of the auction.
The hall covers a wide area, with many glass lamps hanging on the ceiling and golden ornaments on the walls, which looks brilliant.
The hall was neatly lined with rows of leather couch seats, with their seat numbers on them, and an equally scantily clad waitress ushered them into their seats. Liu Lei's position was in the middle rows, and when he came to the position and sat down, Liu Lei breathed a sigh of relief, Li Tianlong, the blacksmith and the mouse were not qualified to sit on this occasion, feeling the comfort of the leather sofa, Liu Lei's hatred of the rich suddenly came up, and he couldn't help but scold: "Rich people really enjoy it, it's better to give it to the people with this money, so that they can eat a few more full meals."
Li Tianlong, who was on the side, heard this, his face was a little wrong, and he gently approached Liu Lei's ear and whispered, "Young Master, this is opened by your family!" ”
Forehead......
Liu Lei had a black line in his head, and he didn't know what to say.
A waitress carried a glass of amber wine on the coffee table in front of Liu Lei, and then did not leave, and sat directly in Liu Lei's arms.
Liu Lei didn't know how to do it for a while, and he didn't even know where to put his hands? Li Tianlong and the blacksmith on the side saw Liu Lei's embarrassed appearance, their faces flushed and they wanted to laugh but could only hold back, but the mouse was very sensible and looked at the auction table in front of him intently.
The waitress was very open, and it might not be the first time she had faced such a situation, so she gently picked up Liu Lei's hand and put it on her body to let him hug her.
The upper body of the waitress almost touched Liu Lei's body, and she asked, "This young master, where are you from?" ”
Feeling the girl's breath rushing to his face, Liu Lei became even more nervous, and kept reminding himself in his heart: You must not make mistakes in your life style, but the temptation of the girl's uniform made Liu Lei's heart itch like a cat scratching.
It wasn't until the girl asked a second time that Liu Lei reacted and stammered: "From ...... From Breeze Town."
Maybe the girl hadn't heard of this unknown place at all, and she didn't take it seriously, chatting with Liu Lei without a match, and holding Liu Lei's hand, constantly wandering around herself.
It didn't take long for him to come over, and suddenly all the lights in the entire hall went out at once, Liu Lei was wondering, only to feel that the girl next to him was holding her hand and reaching into her clothes, so that Liu Lei felt the slippery hand of his hand.
The auction typhoon lights were lit up, and Liu Lei's hand had already been taken out, seeing that everyone's eyes were gathered on the stage, Liu Lei breathed a sigh of relief, and when he turned around, he saw the girl winking at him gently, and Liu Lei hurriedly turned his head.
On the auction table, a middle-aged man walked up, bowed deeply to everyone, and said: "It's an honor tonight, you lords are here, and I hope you have a rich harvest, I will simply repeat the rules again." First of all, the first rule of the auction house is the highest price, the second sale will not be returned, I hope you will think about it before the competition, and no one shall destroy the third auction process, otherwise it may hurt the masters"
After speaking, he walked out of the small doors on both sides of the auction table, and two teams of men with strong physiques lined up on the left and right.
After the rules were said, the middle-aged man was not talking nonsense, and at the beginning of a sentence, the first auction item came to the stage.
I saw two fair-skinned and beautiful girls being brought up. The two of them are almost the same height and figure, they are obviously twins, they are not very old, they are not numb to the old slave, their eyes are full of fear, and the two of them are at a loss when they hug each other.
The middle-aged man walked over and tore off the thin sand clothes on the two girls, and the two girls screamed in surprise, completely exposed to everyone, and the screams aroused many people's desire to protect or other thoughts.
Liu Lei heard that the breathing of many people was already heavy, and both the rich and the aristocracy liked special tastes.
The middle-aged man introduced: "These two are new arrivals, the family members of the officials who have just been raided, the authentic eldest lady, the most important thing is that we have checked it, or chick!" ”
After speaking, the middle-aged man had a lewd smile on his face.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and bargain"
When Liu Lei heard the sound, he saw that there was a big fat man sitting on his right side, who was about 300 pounds, and his hand was still stretched out in the maid's shirt at this time, only making the waitress pale with pain.
The middle-aged man was interrupted and looked over, but he was not angry, and said with a flattering face: "Yo, it turned out to be Boss Wang, haha, don't worry, who else do you want to rob you, this pair of Shuangjiao sisters, the starting price is 5 gold coins, and the price increase is not less than one gold coin each time, and the one with the highest price wins."
"I'll give you 10 gold coins!"
As soon as the middle-aged man's words fell, the fat man called, obviously the middle-aged man's horse just now was not bad, and the fat man looked like he was bound to win.
"Hehe, Pig's Head King, I want 10 gold coins, I'll give 15" A girly voice said, Liu Lei looked over again, and saw that it was a pale boy.
The fat man was called at like this, and he couldn't take care of the maid in his arms, so he slapped the table hard and scolded: "Li Slender Monkey, you fart, come against me again, try it today, I'll give 20 gold coins"
Liu Lei almost spurted out a mouthful of blood when he heard the two of them call each other, these two are one fat and the other is thin, it's really weird.
Hearing the fat man say 20 gold coins, the thin man said without raising his head: "25 gold coins"
The fat man was visibly irritated by his ignorance, and stood up with a snort and called, "30 gold coins"
"35 Gold ......"
"40 ......"
"45 Gold ......"
“50……”
"55 gold coins" Liu Lei saw it from such a distance, and the fat man's face turned red
"Uh, I'm ...... Don't want it, hahahaha, it's up to you, it's really not wrong to say that you are a pig's head, 55 gold coins to buy two girls, it's amazing. The thin man suddenly stopped raising the price and applauded.
The fat man also reacted that he was put on a table, pointing at the thin man and being speechless for a long time, and finally sat down after being supported by his subordinates.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man quickly asked three times and immediately dropped the hammer, and it was obvious that he was also pleasantly surprised by this price.
Seeing the girl crying and being taken down, thinking of the fat man's loss, Liu Lei didn't have to think about it to know what was going to happen to these two girls.
But he can only shake his head, it is not easy for anyone to live, and he cannot be saved by anyone.