The other merchants were also inspecting the prisoners who were about to buy, most of them were checking the skin and critical parts of these women, but Li Nan was different from them, just scanning the little lady in front of him with his eyes.

After a while, Li Nan asked, "Little lady, I want to buy you, are you willing?" ”

Although this little lady was young, she had already heard from the prisoners in the same prison about the fate of female prisoners, and she also knew that now was the last chance, so she replied decisively: "Yes!" ”

Li Nan nodded and said, "Very good, then you will return to me?" ”

The businessmen who came here today bought female prisoners for their appearance and body, and it is really rare for a guy like Li Nan to not only buy people, but also to buy hearts.

After thinking about it for a very short time, the little lady replied: "If the big official can buy the slave mother together, the slave family will be loyal to you!" ”

"Hahaha......" Li Nan laughed and said: "I didn't expect you to be young, and you still have a lot of eyes, okay!" Then I'll buy your mother and daughter together. ”

Ashur had just called the steward of the Tong Mansion to discuss the purchase, but he didn't want someone on the side to shout: "Wait! ”

Seeing the middle-aged strong man shouting, Li Nan couldn't help frowning.

This person is dressed in a velvet gold embroidered green robe, tall and tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looks really extraordinary, but Li Nan has long known his details in Yangzhou these days, he is Cao Dalang, the behind-the-scenes boss of Yangzhou Chenghuan Cailou.

In the Great Song Dynasty, it was normal to open a brothel in Qinglou, and prostitutes also belonged to the legitimate industry, but most of them sold themselves voluntarily, while Cao Dalang was different.

In order to earn more money, Cao Dalang sent his subordinates to secretly kidnap the children and young girls of good families, and after training, they were provided to those officials and rich people with special hobbies for fun.

Because its backstage is very hard, and it has a close relationship with the county guard of Yangzhou City, Cao Dalang's Huancui Building has been smooth sailing in these years, but this person is notorious among the people.

Looking at each other coldly, Li Nan asked unhappily, "Cao Dalang, what do you mean?" ”

Cao Dalang has a deep background, so he said disdainfully: "It's not interesting, it's just that I want this little lady Cao someone." ”

"Huh." Li Nan sneered twice, and asked Tong Shu, who rushed to hear the news: "Master Tong, I don't know if this sale is the one with the highest price, or if someone with a background can forcibly buy it?" ”

Cao Dalang is so arrogant and unreasonable to rob Li Nan of people, because he is confident that he is tough in the background. His surname is Cao, naturally from the Cao family of the Great Song Dynasty, although it is a distant branch, but in this Yangzhou ground, ordinary officials will also give a little face, and no one dares to provoke.

It's a pity that now is not the Renzong period when the Cao family was the queen, after the joint suppression of the Great Song Dynasty civil official group and the emperor, there are not many generals left in the heyday, and the Cao family has long since declined.

Not to mention the distant relatives of the Cao family, even if it is the authentic Cao family, they are not in the eyes of Tong Guan, who is in charge of the military, Tong Jing looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Today's matter, of course, it is the one with the highest price." ”

Li Nan was waiting for Tong Shu's words, and immediately pointed to the beautiful young girls around Cao Dalang who had been selected, and said lightly: "Master Tong, I want all these people!"

As soon as these words came out, the noisy field suddenly quieted down, Cao Dalang was of course angry, and the other businessmen were excited to wait to see the excitement, and Tong Shu, who most wanted to see this kind of scene, was also satisfied with the follow-up development.

Cao Dalang recently heard that Li Nan, a sea merchant, was generous and worth a lot, but he had been operating that kind of business in Yangzhou for many years, and he had a lot of money in his hands. ”

Li Nan said lightly: "Cao Dalang, we are not children, and this bet is too boring, so let's do it, I'm adding some bets, okay?" ”

"Whoever is afraid of whom, you just raise!" The Cao family said without fear.

"Very good, daring! Ashur, you go get a box. ”

After Ashur placed a small box wrapped in silk on the table, Li Nan said to everyone present: "This is my bet, please be a witness." If I lose, everything in this box belongs to Cao Dalang, and if I win, then he will pay me the silver money worth the things in the box, Cao Dalang, do you dare to bet? ”

Cao Dalang looked at the size of the box, and estimated that even if it was full of gold, he could afford to pay for it, and immediately responded boldly: "I am willing to bet!" ”

Seeing that the other party should make a bet, Li Nan said to Tong Shu: "Master Tong, Cao Dalang and I both want to buy all the prisoners sold today, please make a total price." ”

Faced with this good opportunity for the two to gamble, Tong Shu was happy in his heart, and hurriedly doubled the total price, "There are a total of sixty-two adult male prisoners, one hundred and thirty-four adult female prisoners, and two hundred and thirty-one beautiful virgin children on sale today, a total of four hundred and twenty-seven people, with a total price of 12,810 yuan. ”

Hearing this outrageously high price, the other businessmen present couldn't help but secretly scold the Tong family for their black hearts, and Cao Dalang's ruddy face who participated in the gambling fight also turned a little blue.

Huancui Mansion is a green building, so what he wants to buy is the two hundred and thirty-one virgins and young children, as for the rest of the male prisoners and adult women, they have no value at all for his industry, not to mention the price quoted by Tong Hui, on average, each prisoner has reached a high price of thirty yuan.

Now Cao Dalang is looking forward to Li Nan giving in, and this gambling fight is understood, but he doesn't think that Li Nan still maintains a relaxed appearance, and says indifferently: "I will give 13,000 yuan." ”

"Ten thousand... Three thousand and one thousand! ”

"Fourteen thousand."

"This..."Li Nan raised the price by a thousand yuan every time, which made Cao Dalang very sad, but at this time he also had to shout: "Fourteen thousand and one thousand!" ”

This time, Li Nan did not directly ask for the price, but asked Ashur, "How much silver do we have in our hands?" ”

"Back to the master, there are about 50,000 yuan."

"Oh, that's good." Li Nan nodded and said, "Don't be so troublesome, I'll give 50,000!" ”

"Shhh

"It's a big deal!"

"Brother Xing is really a sea merchant, admire, admire!"

"Someone is going to call themselves dogs, hahaha!"

"Tut-tut, what the Cao family, it's nothing more than that."

Hearing Li Nan's offer, many businessmen present showed a look of surprise, followed by a chaotic exclamation, and some people who were not on good terms with the Cao family also took the opportunity to mock.

Cao Dalang's face seemed to have opened an oil and salt shop at this time, suddenly white, suddenly blue, listening to other people's words in his ears, his blood was up, and he suddenly shouted at Li Nan: "A certain family paid 20,000 yuan of silver, plus the Wujin mansion in Yangzhou City, surnamed Xing, hurry up and call yourself a dog!" ”

No one expected that Cao Dalang would have such a good face, and he used his own property to increase the price, which is no longer an ordinary gambling fight, and has now reached the point of gambling on family property.