Chapter 105: Buying a Slave Girl
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The party member was quite strong, but he was lowering his head and beating the girl, and he was defenseless, and was snatched by Zhong Hao. The party was arrogant, and couldn't help but be annoyed, and reached out to draw the waist knife at the waist, but it was empty, and then I remembered that this was in Linzhou, and when I entered the city to do business, the weapons had been collected by the soldiers guarding the door.
However, in recent years, the party members have become arrogant, even on the border of Linzhou, the party people often roar over, plundering the city, and the officials and troops of the Great Song Dynasty cannot govern. Although in Linzhou City, the party was still fierce and abnormal, and he pounced on Zhong Hao and wanted to fight Zhong Hao.
Cui Feng and the three of them had already come to Zhong Hao's side at this time, and when they saw the party fierce man rushing forward, Cui Feng immediately flashed in front of Zhong Hao, and raised his hand to hit the chin of the party man.
The party man didn't expect Cui Feng's punch to be so fast, and it was difficult to dodge at the moment, so he had to raise his head vigorously to avoid the brittle chin, and took the punch with his chest.
"Tengtengteng", the party man received a strong punch from Cui Feng, and took three steps back before standing firm with the help of another party man.
After the party man stood firm, he saw Cui Feng and the three people standing next to Zhong Hao, all of whom were tall and strong men, and then looked at the only one person next to him, but he knew how to advance and retreat, and did not continue to fight. It seems that although this party member is arrogant, he is not lacking in heart. The party members who can come to Linzhou City to do business are not honest and reckless people.
The party man watched Zhong Hao help the girl who was covered in bruises, and said loudly to Zhong Hao: "Boy, she is my slave, I can't control if I want to beat or kill others, you insist on inserting a bar, what should I do?" ”
Zhong Hao also knew that he was a little wrong, how to deal with his own property, others were really not suitable to take care of it! However, Zhong Hao saw that this weak woman was pitiful, and he couldn't bear to ignore it, so he immediately said: "Since you don't want this girl anymore, if you sell it, why bother to kill it!" ”
Zhong Hao's words were poking at the sore spot of the party member, and he couldn't help but say like thunder: "You don't want to sell it, who would want such thin and ugly goods?" ”
In fact, these two party members came to sell slaves. The Great Song Dynasty did not allow the cultivation of slaves, but it was only not allowed to keep the people of the Great Song Dynasty as slaves, and there was no restriction on anyone other than the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Nowadays, it is very popular to keep Kunlun slaves in Tokyo.
As for the northwestern frontier, there were many wealthy families who kept slaves of various races such as Tibetans, Dangxiang, and Uighurs in the west, and of course there were also Han slaves who did not belong to the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Most of these Han slaves were purchased from Western Xia and Tibet. The Han people in the northwest frontier are most fond of these Han slaves, after all, they are all Han people, and they are easy to educate and tame. Some of these Han people came from melons, sand and other places in the Hexi Corridor, and some were captured by the Western Xia capture army.
These two party businessmen came to sell Han female slaves this time, and the transaction went smoothly, and the dozen Han female slaves brought by each of them were all bought out, but only this girl did not make a move. This girl bought to be a rough girl, her body is too thin, I am afraid that she will not be able to work; bought to be a girl in the house, her face is really ugly, and I'm afraid that no one wants to, so no one cares.
The fellow businessman who came with him during the banquet tonight had been laughing at this party businessman about this, and he was a little unhappy with this party businessman, so he sprinkled his anger on this girl.
Of course, Zhong Hao doesn't know these things. However, Zhong Hao listened to the meaning of the party businessman who sold the girl again, but he had the intention of saving this girl, if he didn't help her, I was afraid that she would be killed by this party businessman sooner or later. At that moment, Zhong Hao opened his mouth and said politely: "Since the brother intends to sell, he will buy it at the next cost!" I wonder how much money my dude wants? ”
When the party businessman heard that Zhong Hao wanted to buy it, his eyes couldn't help but roll. He naturally knew that Zhong Hao didn't really like this girl, but he felt compassion for this girl, and said immediately: "If you want to sell it, you can sell it for twenty yuan!" "There are no businessmen in the capital, and this party businessman is also a thief and a traitor, just now he said that no one wants this girl, but at this time, the lion opened his mouth and asked for money. He was determined that Zhong Hao was moved by compassion and slaughtered him. You must know that the northwest border is poor, and twenty yuan is already a lot of money.
Zhong Hao didn't feel anything when he heard the price, but Han Hu blew up, squinted at the businessman, and said loudly: "Twenty Guan, what are you talking about?" Go to the silver star and the market on your Xia people's side, even those beautiful female slaves, only five yuan a piece. Just such a little girl, you dare to ask for twenty runs, lack of money and madness? "Zhong Hao and Cui Feng are not familiar with the customs and customs of the northwest borderlands, and they don't know that the female slave market is in the city, and Han Hu has been in the northwest for a long time, so it is clear.
The party businessman was slightly ashamed when he saw Han Hu telling the truth, but he still stiffened his neck and said: "I don't care how much others sell, anyway, my female slave girl will sell at least fifteen yuan, if you don't want it, I will kill it when I go out!" ”
Han Hu sneered: "Who are you scaring about? I won't be able to earn a penny by killing you! We have nothing to lose! ”
The party businessman also sneered back: "Killed, my heart is happy, I am happy!" ”
Zhong Hao saw that the party businessman had a fierce look at the girl, and maybe he didn't buy it, he would go out and kill the poor girl.
When Han Hu and the party businessman were arguing, the thin little girl kept looking at Zhong Hao. Zhong Hao saw that although her face was indeed a little ugly, her forehead was a little unusually wide, her cheeks were a little high, and her chin was still a little covered with the sky, but her big eyes were very watery, and she was looking at Zhong Hao pitifully at this time.
Zhong Hao couldn't stand the pitiful look in the girl's eyes the most, and in later life, his sister Xiaoqing always looked at him with this kind of gaze, and he would always unconditionally fulfill all her wishes. When he first came to the Great Song Dynasty, Zhong Hao was also moved by Wan'er's pitiful gaze, so he loved her very much. At this time, when I saw the pitiful eyes of this thin little girl, I couldn't help but feel my heartstrings flutter.
Zhong Hao felt that this girl was in the hands of that party businessman, even if she was not killed today, she was afraid that she would be tortured to death by him sooner or later, and he really couldn't bear it. Zhong Hao didn't want to entangle with the party merchant any more, so he stopped the dispute between Han Hu and the party businessman, took out a silver ingot of ten taels from his arms, threw it to the party businessman, and said, "I want this girl!" ”
The party merchant did not expect to be able to sell it for fifteen yuan, so he reached out and took the silver, put the ingot of silver in his mouth and took a bite, looked at it, and saw that it was indeed genuine silver, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. At this time, in the Great Song Dynasty, one tael of silver can be exchanged for about 1,200 or 300 wen money, and ten taels of silver can be exchanged for fifteen yuan more.
The party businessman arched his hand at Zhong Hao and said, "Okay, deal, this girl is yours!" ”
Since Zhong Hao bought the girl, he didn't bother to deal with the party businessman, so he waved his hand perfunctorily, indicating that he didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore.
The party merchant said with some sneering: "Can the prince return my horsewhip to me?" ”
Zhong Hao saw that when he waved his hand just now, he was still holding the horsewhip he had snatched from the party businessman, and he threw the horsewhip to the party businessman casually and ignored him.
The merchant picked up the whip and departed with his companions.
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After the two party businessmen left, the girl hurriedly saluted Zhong Hao and said, "The slave family greets the master!" ”
Although the girl was in tattered clothes, she was very decent, and she behaved in a standard Song Dynasty etiquette.
Zhong Hao saw this girl's proper salute, and felt that this girl was afraid that she was originally from the Great Song Dynasty, and it was very likely that she was captured by the Xia army, so he waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, I just can't see that we Han people are being bullied, and I don't want to buy you as a slave." Are you from the Great Song Dynasty? Do you have relatives and family here? If you have relatives and family, you can go to it! ”
Zhong Hao thought that he had guessed well, but he didn't expect the girl to shake her head and say: "Although the slave family is Han, it is not from the Great Song Dynasty, and the slave family is from Shazhou!" "On the Hexi Corridor, there are many Han people living in the eleven states such as melon and sand. Later, after being captured by the Western Xia, many Han people who rebelled against the rule of the Western Xia were sold into slavery after being defeated. The land of Shazhou now belongs to Western Xia, but this girl only said that she was from Shazhou, but not from Xia, and obviously did not agree with Western Xia. Of course, this little girl must not do anything to resist the rule of the Western Xia, thinking that it is very likely that the girl's family rebelled against the rule of the Western Xia and was convicted, and the girl was also reduced to slavery as a member of the family.
When Zhong Hao heard that this girl was from Shazhou, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Shazhou is the westernmost part of Western Xia, and Zhong Hao has no way to cross the hinterland of Western Xia and send this girl home. If you really want to go to Shazhou, maybe it is easier to go to Shazhou from the Qingtang Dynasty to Tibet and the Huangtou Uighurs. Of course, Zhong Hao can't do anything about this road.
However, Zhong Hao still thinks that a good person has to do it to the end, and he still has to ask what this girl means, if she really wants to go home, Zhong Hao thinks that maybe he can go to Yang Wenguang to see if there is a caravan to the Western Regions, and he can take this girl to Shazhou.
At that moment, Zhong Hao asked, "Then are you willing to go back to Shazhou?" If you want to go back, I can figure it out for you! ”
The girl shook her head and said, "The slave family has no relatives and no reason in Shazhou, and they are willing to serve the son's side, not to return to their hometown!" ”
Zhong Hao thinks about it, even if a girl returns to her hometown, it is really impossible for her to live without relatives and no reason. Since he saved her, he naturally can't ignore her and let her fend for herself. sighed at the moment and said: "Come with me to Jingqiang Village first, if you have a good place to go in the future, you will be it!" ”
The girl was busy saluting again, and said to Zhong Hao: "Good son, the slave family is willing to serve the left and right for the rest of his life, and he is unwilling to leave!" ”
Zhong Hao shook his head, not knowing what to say.
Zhong Hao called the proprietress of the restaurant, asking her to take the girl to take a bath, and then see if there were any clothes that fit, get her one, and let her eat something by the way, and then settle the bill together.
The proprietress has been watching Zhong Hao and the party businessman, and she appreciates his actions very much, and immediately listened to Zhong Hao's instructions, happily agreed, and took the girl to the back compartment.
Zhong Hao and the four of them returned to their seats and continued to drink, and during the banquet, they inevitably talked about the party members, and of course, they also scolded a few words.
Zhong Hao and the others finished drinking, and the proprietress led the girl to finish the meal. The girl washed up and put on new clothes, but it made people feel that it was refreshing and refreshing. Although the face is still a little ugly, a pair of beautiful eyes are more watery.
Zhong Hao asked the restaurant owner to open another room for the girl. The owner of the restaurant was a little embarrassed and said: "Son's forgiveness, the guest rooms of the small shop are full today, I really never thought that Childe would add a room, otherwise the little old man would also leave a room for your guests!" ”
Han Hu said: "If you don't have it, you don't have it, how to sleep is not sleep." I'm squeezed with Brother Cui and Brother Wang! ”
Zhong Hao listened to Han Hu's meaning to have a room with the girl, although it is normal for the boy to have a room with his maid in this era, but Zhong Hao is really a little embarrassed. But there's no other way, you can't squeeze four people into a room by yourself, let the girl have a room by herself. Anyway, she is also a slave girl bought by herself, although she doesn't treat her as a slave girl, but Han Hu and they will inevitably have some opinions about this girl, and it will not be good at that time.
At that moment, Zhong Hao followed what Han Hu said, and generously let the three of them go to one room, and he and the girl went to one room.
When approaching the room, Han Hu suddenly leaned on Zhong Hao's ear and whispered: "Zhong Jiyi, although this girl has a somewhat ugly face, her eyebrows and eyes are clear, she should still be a virgin, and it is still worth playing." ”
"you!" Zhong Hao scolded with a smile.
"Haha", Han Hu left with a smile.
Zhong Hao entered the guest room and saw that the girl was standing at the door waiting for Zhong Hao with a very good sense of rules, her face was slightly red, as if she had heard what Han Hu had just said.
Zhong Hao was slightly embarrassed and said, "Uh, who is that, ah...... I forgot to ask what your name is? Your name is ......"
"The slave's surname is Cao, and my father gave the girl her name Ke Yao!" The girl replied quickly. Immediately, he asked, "The slave family still doesn't know the master's name?" Can the host advise! ”
"Ke Yao, it's a nice name. My name is Zhong Hao Zhong Wenxuan, don't call me any master in the future, it sounds awkward! I'm not saying that you will have a good place to go in the future, and you will be at it!"
"Then call Childe, Childe's name is better!"
There are two beds in the room, and Zhong Hao pulled a folding screen between the two beds. This screen was originally used as a partition in the house, and the toilet was placed in the back.
"It's not early, let's rest early, but Yao, you can sleep on this." Zhong Hao clapped his hands and pointed to a carved wooden bed on the left.
"After the slave family serves the son to sleep first, the slave family will sleep again!"
"No, go to bed early!" (To be continued.) )