"There are forty-eight in all, seventeen males, twenty-one females, fifteen over ten years old, and thirty-three under ten years old, all of whom are intelligent, healthy, and very diligent, and even those children can come in handy at once, and will never eat the rice of the master's house in vain......"

The steward of Fuqing Xing stood under the verandah, bent over, hunched over, like a prawn.

He smiled and spoke clearly.

Du Rui's face was expressionless, he looked at the group of young men and girls, all of them lowered their heads, not daring to look up, one by one like quails, in this era, the master has the power of life and death over the slaves. If they are bought by the irascible master, they can only ask for more blessings, and the only expectation is to see the first rays of sunshine tomorrow morning.

Of course, there are still a few people who torture and kill slaves at will.

In comparison, a slave is also property, and normal people will not dispose of their property at will, unless, this slave cannot contribute to the master's family, but drags it down, then, slaughter.

Yes, slaves are no different from cattle and horses in the eyes of those nobles.

Cattle and horses are useless, naturally they have to be slaughtered and eaten for meat, and the same is true for slaves, if food is wasted, then dispose of it at will.

Dark World!

Although Du Rui didn't say a word, the steward always smiled, and there was no impatience or boredom on his face.

Fuqing Xing, as a human trafficker, must have a very hard relationship with the government, and there is definitely a gate valve standing behind it, the power of this gate valve must be relatively large, in the area of Jingzhao Mansion, it must be more than second-rate, and it has a relationship with the four major families of Jingzhao Gu, Lantian Lu, Fengxiang Guo, and Wei Nanlin, either the good of the Tong family, or there are in-laws, otherwise, it will not be able to play at all.

The family standing behind this Fuqing Xing has nothing to do with the four major families.

The surname of the proprietor in Fuqing Xing is Zhao, the Zhao family is only second-rate in the Guanzhong Gate Valve, and there is a large manor at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, the reason why the Zhao family can open Fuqing Xing and has not been suppressed by black and white is because the Zhao family has always been doing population business, in the past, often went to the Western Regions through the Silk Road, brought grape wine luminous glasses, and also brought orchids and scimitar wrestlers.

After the Silk Road was cut off, the Zhao family turned their attention to China.

Of course, occasionally there will be some connections along the special passage from the Western Regions to the smuggling entrance, but it has become a small fight, no longer like before, after all, now that the countries of the Western Regions are attacking each other, the cost of taking that road is too high, and if you are not careful, you will be beaten with chickens and eggs.

The reason why the Zhao family's Fuqing Line has been open, even if the passage to the Western Regions was cut off and the business was damaged, they forcibly transferred to the country to compete for business with other traffickers with family backgrounds, and grabbed part of the business very strongly, because of the existence of one person, this person is the husband of Princess Deqing, the concubine Zhao Baoyu.

Princess Deqing is the eldest sister of Yingzong Du Zhen, the two are siblings, and the queen of Xuanzong only gave birth to the two of them, therefore, the relationship between the sister and brother is very good, when she was a child, Princess Deqing also saved Yingzong's life in an assassination.

At the beginning, Yingzong ascended to the throne through the palace change, and Princess Deqing also assisted.

Du Rui is very clear about these backgrounds.

This is because Yingzong had several secret conversations with Princess Deqing, and he was also there, and he was about a year old at that time, and the two of them said many secrets in front of him, and now, all of them appear in his mind.

Princess Deqing said a lot about Zhao Baoyu, and the advantages and disadvantages were mentioned.

Therefore, Du Rui asked Wei Yue to go to Fuqingxing to buy people, of course, Wei Yue's appearance was very sudden, and he did not inform the high-level of Fuqingxing, that is, Zhao Baoyu didn't know anything about it.

The steward also came to Xuanzhen Temple, and then he knew that it was Handan Jun who bought people.

In the past, Yingzong deliberately blocked Du Rui's news, not wanting people to know that he had given birth to a fool, on the surface, he succeeded, Handan Jun disappeared into everyone's laughter, and there was no information about Du Rui in the market, as if it didn't exist. However, in those gate valve families, Du Rui's presence is like a candle flame in the night, which can be seen from a long distance.

This is a big business, so it was the high-level of Fuqing Xing who brought those young boys and girls to Xuanzhen Temple.

This steward is also surnamed Zhao, named Zhao Sanxiao, nicknamed Bao Inquiring, only the wrong name, no wrong nickname, this Zhao Sanxiao likes to inquire about gossip very much, especially likes to listen to all kinds of strange talks. Zhao Baoyu once mentioned Handan Jun in front of him, saying that he was banished to Xuanzhen Temple, and now he has seventeen sons, of course, now he has sixteen sons, among them, the one who is most unlikely to ascend to that throne is Handan Jun.

When he came to Xuanzhen Temple and saw Du Rui, he immediately knew that this was Handan Jun.

For Zhao Sanxiao, who is good at dancing with long sleeves, dealing with powerful people has become instinctive, and in the past, they were all dealing with the stewards of those gate valve families, and everyone had the same status, so it was natural to get along. Now, there is a prince in front of him! The prince with dragon blood, the nobles of Tianhuang, and the relationship with the emperor are closer than that of his own mother.

The housewife of her own house, who had only glanced at it from a distance, immediately did not dare to look more, and immediately stepped aside, stared down at the ground, and waited for her Luan to leave before she dared to straighten up.

So, he wanted to set it almost from the beginning.

Now, naturally, that kind of thinking is gone.

The gaze of the armor soldier was too frightening, he didn't dare to approach at all, and now, under Wei Yue's greeting, he stood in front of the verandah, two or three zhang away from Du Rui, and had to speak loudly.

Wei Yue looked at Du Rui standing on the verandah, at this time, Du Rui's eyes fell on the courtyard wall in the distance, as if he was in a fugue, on the right side of the thatched hall, there was laughter, that was those rough men on the construction site didn't know why they were happy.

Zhao Sanxiao's voice stopped abruptly.

He had said all that, and did not babble as he did with the other guests, nor did he brag about how good his goods were, and he knew full well that the old set was not useful.

It is not impossible for the other party to bargain with himself, and he cannot bargain all over the sky, but he has to lower the price by two percent than usual. However, some young boys and girls, without professional training, are not only far inferior to valuables such as orchids and scimitar wrestlers, but also cannot catch up with professionally trained servants and maids, but are the lowest straw labels, born in poor families, and for various reasons, sold by their parents.

Du Rui nodded.

Wei Yue turned his head and said to Zhao Sanxiao on the side.

"Steward Zhao, my family wants all these people, is it the price you said earlier?"

"No, no, no......"

Zhao Sanxiao smiled and shook his hand.

"Huh?"

Wei Yue snorted coldly and sank his face.

"Gong Wei, how did you do it at that price before? It is sold to those who do not know the goods, and it is handed over to the noble family, and the price must be reduced, and the price must be reduced, and it will be reduced by two percent on the basis of the last price, if you don't want to, the small one will not depend on ......"

Wei Yue smiled and said softly.

"As you ......"

At this time, Du Rui had already walked down the verandah and walked out.

Next, he will head to Xinglu.

It's just that every time you travel, it's impossible to be as light and simple as before, and now, it's basically a big fanfare, sitting in the carriage given by Queen Guo last time, pulling the carriage is the royal horse, and every time, there are four or five armor soldiers guarding the trip.

Now, those people in Xinglu also know the identity of Prince Du Rui.

Every time it comes, everyone will put down what they are doing and stand in solemnity, trembling.

Therefore, every time Du Rui will no longer enter and exit through the gate of Xinglu, but chooses the small door in the backyard, and now, he is learning medical skills with Xu Huanzhi, of course, nominally, the two are not masters and apprentices. Xu Huanzhi didn't dare to be a master to a prince with the title of a king, but he could be regarded as teaching Du Rui with all his might, but Du Rui's learning ability in theory was too strong, basically he could learn it as soon as he learned it, and now, if it hadn't been used in practice, Xu Huanzhi even had the feeling that he couldn't teach.

Du Rui passed in front of the boys and girls, and they buried their brains even lower.

At this moment, a man suddenly stumbled out of the group.

Mo Chou's hand was on the hilt of the sword, but she didn't draw the sword out of its sheath, she saw the person clearly, it was a six or seven-year-old child, there was no lethality, there was no threat.

On the other side, Nie Yuan's reaction was different.

"Bold!"

He let out a low cry like thunder.

At the same time, there was a choking sound, and the horizontal knife on his waist was already out of the sheath.

"Slow!"

Almost at the same time, Du Rui also snorted.

Nie Yuan's knife will also be chopped down, as a big internal guard, it is very important to obey the master's orders, only after protecting the master's life, if Du Rui does not make a sound, Nie Yuan's knife will be cut down.

Anyone who rushes into the safe range without saying hello, whether you are an old woman or a child, Nie Yuan will not care, he will only slash down with a knife to eliminate the danger at the beginning.

Du Rui recognized this reckless guy as the little girl who had been looking at him before.

"Master, help......"

The little girl didn't run directly to Du Rui, she stopped as soon as he was a foot away, plopped, fell to her knees, kowtowed hard, and hit her forehead on the mud floor, all with a sound.

"Say ......"

Du Rui said softly.

"Master, please save Kerr's brother, Kerr's brother has ......"

The little girl named Ke'er couldn't cry as she spoke, but Du Rui heard it clearly, she wanted to beg him to save her brother, but her brother did not come, but stayed in Fuqingxing, this is because her brother had a high fever for three days, and the people in Fuqingxing also invited the doctor to come, the doctor looked at it twice, just shook his head, didn't even prescribe medicine, turned around and left.

Because he was a patient, he did not accompany him this time.

Ke'er didn't want to be separated from her brother, let alone lose her brother's life, so she rushed out desperately, hoping that her master could lend a hand.