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"Cousin, you see, the boat is loaded with fine white cloth....... the person who spoke was Pei Ju's granddaughter, Li Chengzong's cousin Pei Fu'er, in order to strengthen the relationship with the Han royal family, Pei Ju personally lobbied Li Chengzong and Yang Rong, and finally moved Yang Rong and Li Chengzong.

Three months ago, Li Chengzong officially married the eldest lady of the Wenxi Pei family in Qindao, it should be said that this is a pure political marriage that can no longer be pure, but Pei Fuer is a good person, she is very good at being a person, and soon she found her place in Li Chengzong's family, plus among Li Chengzong's wives and concubines, she is the youngest, so she is very favored.......

Although she is married to a woman, Pei Fu'er is still so eccentric in front of Li Chengzong, she has always disliked calling her man's husband or husband is a typical example, she pointed to a merchant ship destined for the Tang Dynasty and said, "Cousin, do you know where these white fabrics will be sold?" ”

"Hehe, it's indeed white cloth, they're going to sell it to the Romans......" Li Chengzong smiled, he looked at the side number of the merchant ship and knew that it was the merchant ship of his royal family's Han merchant group, and Li Chengzong knew very well where these merchant ships went. He pinched his little wife's nose dotingly, "Let's go, I'll take you to see other docks......"

Li Chengzong and Pei Fu'er were both dressed in regular clothes, looking like a small couple from a large family, with a few tall guards by their side, and then walked into the crowd, but around them, there were many brocade guards secretly protected.

The port of this Qin Island is full of ships, and the people on the dock are also weaving back and forth, and the small couple walks in the crowd, feeling like they are rushing to catch a big set.

Pei Fuer has been a little bored recently, so she pestered Li Chengzong, who had a private visit to Weifu, to the wharf, which made Pei Fuer feel very strange, this wharf is also divided into areas, such as some sections can only dock cargo ships, some sections can only dock passenger ships, and some can only dock private ships. In order not to reveal his identity this time, Li Chengzong rented a large passenger boat, but when he got off the ship, there happened to be a boat around to get off passengers, and there were also people on the shore, so this one was naturally crowded.

After finally squeezing out, the two of them did not rush back to Qin Island, but walked around the dock, but compared to their leisure, the people who walked by them were all in a hurry, among these people were merchants, craftsmen, and many shipwrights on the ship, which made Pei Fuer a little strange, she found that the people in the port were in such a hurry, but on the side of Qin Island, it was fast enough, but I didn't expect the rhythm of Qin Island Port to be faster than Qin Island.

"Cousin, why are all your people here in such a hurry?" Pei Fu'er looked at the crowd around her who were almost trotting, and asked very puzzled.

After hearing this, Li Chengzong smiled and said: "It's not because of the lack of docks. We came to Qindao New Port, because only three docks have been repaired, but the number of ships and merchants gathered on land is huge, in order to make effective use of the berths on these docks, so the port has made some corresponding regulations, such as taking ships as an example, there is a limit on the docking time of ships, if the ships want to dock beyond the specified time, then they have to charge some additional fees. In addition, there are similar regulations for goods in ports. So in order to save a little time, almost all of these people are in a hurry. ”

The little couple walked and talked, and just came to the area where the cargo ship was moored, where there was relatively little traffic, most of them were rows of coolies loading and unloading, but among these coolies, Pei Fuer found an interesting phenomenon, such as the row of coolies closer to her, many of them were short widows, and there were also dark-skinned Kunlun slaves, who were actually Nanyang natives. In addition to these two types of people, there were also some steppe barbarians and Goguryeo. But no matter what kind of people they are, these shirtless coolies all have the mark of slaves on their faces, and it goes without saying that these people are all slaves.

Seeing Pei Fu'er paying attention to these slave coolies, Li Chengzong said with a smile: "Xiao Fu'er, loading and unloading goods is hard work, and the wages are not high, and there are still people who are willing to do it before. But now the factories are opening more and more, and the wages are getting higher and higher, even if it is in the carriage shop to catch a big cart, it is better than being a coolie. So now this kind of work is becoming more and more difficult to recruit, and finally someone saw a business opportunity from it, and spent money to buy a group of strong and strong slaves, specializing in the loading and unloading work on the docks, and now almost all the docks on Qindao are such slaves doing coolies. ”

Pei Fu'er also smiled slightly after hearing this, she heard Sister Yang Rong say that Li Chengzong was Li Han's biggest slave leader, and at least half of these slaves in front of her were obtained directly or indirectly through the royal family, but the royal family has never cared much about the whereabouts of these sold slaves, but she didn't expect anyone to use them like this. But this method is not bad, at least it can liberate a lot of strong laborers, not to mention these barbarians, and they are not Han people, they have been reduced to slavery, what does she matter!

Li Chengzong stood here and looked at these slave coolies, and found that although these people were tired and sweating profusely, but all of them had very ruddy faces, obviously they were not usually mistreated in terms of food, and there was a big bucket next to it, which contained water, which could be used at any time, but each team of slaves had a few overseers with dog-legged looks at a glance, these people did not eat rice, if any slave moved slowly, it would immediately be a whip that split his head and covered his face. In fact, it's normal to think about it, these slaves are bought to earn money for the master's family, and they do heavy work, so the master's family will definitely not be too harsh, but if these slaves dare to be lazy, then there is nothing to be polite.

After turning around the dock a few times, Li Chengzong and Pei Fuer also felt a little tired, and at this time they happened to see a restaurant in front of them, so the two walked in excitedly, planning to sit in it and rest. The two of them walked around on the dock for a long time, and it happened to be time for dinner, and there were many people on the dock, so this restaurant was overcrowded, fortunately, they were lucky, there was a private room on the second floor where the guests just checked out, and they were immediately booked by Li Chengzong's personal guard.

This restaurant is called Drunken Immortal Building, the two of them entered the restaurant to take a look, and found that the area of this restaurant is not small, there are dozens of tables in the hall on the first floor, and the black pressure is all full of people. Fortunately, the guards had already booked a private room and immediately led Li Chengzong and Pei Fuer upstairs.

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