Chapter 47: The Slave Market
got 700 gold coins for no reason Liu Lei felt that he was even floating when he walked, and he did the most important thing well, as long as the mine was opened in the future, there was no need to worry about the problem of funds in a short time, not to mention that now Liu Lei is also a huge amount of money, he earned 700 gold coins in Gu Yuexuan, Liu Tianzheng cheated 700 gold coins, plus the remaining 60 gold coins that the car of fur just sold in the morning.
Liu Lei's worth is already 1460 gold coins, and at this time he knew the words of the ancestor in his previous life: There is food in his pocket and he is not panicking, which makes sense.
When they returned to the inn and called Xiao Cui and the blacksmith, the four of them were ready to go to the slave market in Aoki Town, the population shortage of Qingfeng Town was too large, and it could only be replenished by buying slaves in a short time.
Although the Mixed Yuan Continent is prosperous in cultivation civilizations such as Douqi and magic, the social system is obviously thousands of years behind the earth, and it is more like a combination of ancient Chinese feudalism and Western medieval aristocratic knights, and the most representative is the slave system.
The most noble class in the Mixed Yuan Continent is the cultivator without exception, the lower ones are the nobles, the second is the commoners, and the lowest ones are the slaves.
If civilians still have some human rights, then slaves do not even have the most basic rights of birth, old age, sickness and death, once they are slaves, then they cannot turn over for the rest of their lives, they can only be the private belongings of their masters, just like goods, they can be bought and sold or even killed.
The sources of slaves are mainly captives and criminals caught in foreign wars, as well as displaced people who have lost their land and household registration and sold themselves as slaves.
When you get to the slave market in Aoki Town, you will definitely have to pass through, the main street of Aoki Town, in Qingfeng Town, where birds don't, came to such a prosperous place, and the mood of the four people was a lot better, especially Xiao Cui, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was completely like a lark that let the wind go, and jumped around Liu Lei excitedly.
With money in his hand, Liu Lei's bones in his life also began to attack, everything that Xiao Cui liked was bought, Xiao Cui insisted on not wanting it at first, and in the end, there was no way, Liu Lei showed her the golden ticket in his pocket. Xiao Cui began to let herself go, and when she walked from one end of the street to the other, the three big men were already full of things.
Of course, Xiaocui didn't spend money indiscriminately, all the things sold were daily necessities urgently needed by Qingfeng Town, such as needlework, tableware, etc., and Xiaocui also bought several clothes for Liu Lei, and said while buying: Buy more, the eldest young master will not have to suffer in the future, which can move Liu Lei badly.
At the end of the walk, Xiaocui was also tired, after all, her injuries were not yet well, and the purpose of taking Xiaocui to relax was achieved, Liu Lei rented a car and sent the things sold and Xiaocui back to the inn.
The three of them went to do business, and without Xiaocui's delay, the three of them soon came to the slave market.
The slave market was a separate area of the town, and because of the mixed slave traders, and the fear of slave escape or riots, the whole market was enclosed by a wall. After a busy day, it was already afternoon, there was no one in the market, and a few soldiers standing guard at the door were lazily chatting together, and when they saw Liu Lei and the three of them coming, they just glanced at it and ignored it.
As soon as I entered the gate of the market, I saw two rows of small children sitting on both sides of the gate, and as soon as the children saw them come in, they immediately came to the spirit, and they all came around, but Liu Lei was startled, Li Tianlong and the blacksmith hurriedly stepped forward to protect Liu Lei behind him.
"Sir! Master! Want to see slaves? ”
"Boss, I know where to find good goods!"
"Pick me!"
"Hire me, I'm cheap!"
The children shouted loudly, and even a few daring children had already reached out to grab the clothes of the trio.
Seeing this, Li Tianlong put the saber horizontally in front of him and shouted: "Don't make any noise, dare to chop off your claws."
Li Tianlong was tall and strong, and he stopped all the children with an angry shout, and none of them dared to shout, they all stood there honestly, looking at Liu Lei with longing eyes, and they all understood that Liu Lei was the highest status among the three.
Li Tianlong knew that Liu Lei was coming for the first time, so he turned around and explained: "Big young master, these are the children of poor families in the neighborhood, they usually make money here as guides, they are the most familiar with the slave market, of course, if they don't know how to speak, they don't mind making a fortune" After speaking, Li Tianlong swept around with his eyes.
After listening to Li Tianlong's words, these children knew that he knew how to do it, so they were even more honest.
Liu Lei looked at one of them, pointing to one of the thin, small, dark-skinned children and asked, "What's your name?" ”
The child hurriedly replied, "If you go back to the master, the boy is called a mouse."
Hearing this name, Liu Lei smiled lightly and said, "Okay, just go and take us around."
When the other children saw that they had no business to do, they all dispersed, and the rat respectfully led the three of them inside. The slave market was large and rudimentary, there was not even a house, and next to each slave merchant were several large iron cages, which were either empty or kept in prison for slaves.
These slaves only had a few rags around their bodies in critical positions, their limbs were shackled, their bodies were emaciated, their eyes were dull, Liu Lei was looking at them, they were also looking at Liu Lei, but there was no anger or hope in their eyes.
"Come, boss, look at my goods, good slaves, it's good to serve tea and pour water and clean up the housework" The slave traders shouted loudly when they saw someone approaching.
Liu Lei shook his head gently, what Qingfeng Town lacks now is labor, not the old, weak, sick and disabled, although he also looks at these people pitifully, but he is not a.
The mouse was very observant, his eyes kept staring at Liu Lei, and when he saw Liu Lei shaking his head, he knew that he was not satisfied, and hurriedly said: "Boss, what kind of slave do you want?" ”
Liu Lei retracted his gaze and looked at him and said, "I want to be able to work, preferably a young and strong man."
"Okay, I see" The mouse nodded and agreed: "These are all ordinary slaves here, and only the advanced slave area you want is available"
Walking through this area, Liu Lei found that the quality of the slaves here was indeed much better than outside, although his eyes were still empty, but his physical condition was still much stronger.
"Hey, Third Brother Wang, these bosses want slaves who can do heavy work." The rat greeted a slave trader.
The merchant hurriedly came over, "Boss, come with me, all the slaves in my family are young and strong, and they have decided to meet your requirements."
Liu Lei glanced at the mouse and didn't say anything, and followed directly, not to mention, this slave merchant's goods are indeed much better than others, more than a dozen are basically young men, although they are also very thin, but they can already see some muscles.
The slave trader saw that Liu Lei was a little moved, and hurriedly said: "Boss, take a good look, these are all good laborers, they used to be slaves in a workshop, and then the boss couldn't do it anymore, so he bought the slaves to me, they all worked, and they can work if they are bought back and quietly trained."
Liu Lei nodded and asked, "How can you sell this slave?" ”
When the merchant heard this, he hurriedly said, "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's only 50 silver coins."
Adhering to the experience of bargaining in his previous life, Liu Lei cut half of it when he came up: "25 silver coins a piece, do you sell it or not?" ”
The slave dealer said categorically: "Sell!" How many do you want? ”
Yes, you don't have to think about it, Liu Lei also knows that he is expensive, but he can't regret it, so he can only say: "I want it"
"Okay" The merchant hurriedly agreed: "Thirteen, a total of 325 silver coins"
Liu Lei took out 3 gold coins and 25 coins from the money bag and handed them over, the merchant hurriedly took them with both hands, signed a contract with Liu Lei, turned around and left, the slaves sold will be sent to the place designated by the buyer by the staff of the slave market, and as long as Liu Lei pays some money afterwards.
At the end of this transaction, although Liu Lei felt that he was selling expensive, he was still very satisfied, turned around and took out a silver coin and threw it to the mouse on the side, and said: "It's okay, this is a reward for you, as long as you do it well next, there will be a reward."
The mouse took the silver coin and smiled, very happy, this silver coin has been set to make money for several days, so he worked harder.
took Liu Lei to walk through all the slave merchants he knew, and after a circle, Liu Lei bought 200 slaves.
"Okay, let's buy so much" Liu Lei said, but it's not that he doesn't want to buy anymore, the main thing is that he knows very well that there are too few aborigines in Qingfeng Town, and if the proportion of slaves is too large, it will easily cause problems.
The mouse did not have any dissatisfaction, in fact, the reward given by Liu Lei plus the commission secretly given by the slave trader, he had already earned no less than one gold coin today.
The mouse nodded, and walked out with Liu Lei and the others, and when he was halfway there, Liu Lei suddenly asked: "Mouse, do you know where to buy skilled slaves?" For example, blacksmiths and so on."
Hearing this, the mouse lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Yes, yes, but the price is very expensive."
"Oh," Liu Lei's eyes lit up, "Where is it?" ”
The mouse said: "There is a slave auction at this night, and the slaves at that auction are all carefully selected, and there is a good chance that there will be someone you want."