Li Siyuan brought 1,000 copper coins, hired a donkey cart in the village, and went straight to Chang'an Horse Market.

The horse market is very lively, the Hu people and the Han people have it, and it is not as dirty as Li Siyuan imagined, there are places to store animal manure everywhere, and there is not much dirt on the street, obviously, this is the result of a special person cleaning, it seems that most of the officials in the Tang Dynasty are some doers!

While walking, while admiring the customs in front of him, he didn't know that Li Siyuan came to a corner of the horse market, where there was only an elderly man and two horses, one big and one small.

The old man squatted on the side of the two horses with a hungry face, and the two horses were also like old men, looking like they had not eaten fine ingredients for a long time, their coat was dark and skinny!

Li Siyuan passed by here, but he fell in love with the batch of slightly smaller horses all of a sudden, although it looked listless like the old horses, but Li Siyuan went to find that these jujube red horses had slender limbs, large nostrils, straight ears, and would turn from time to time, as if listening to the surrounding movements, very smart!

"Old man, how did you sell these two horses?" Li Siyuan asked the old man with some interest, although he only took a fancy to the younger horse, but out of the instinct of a businessman, he did not ask directly, but asked two at a time!

When the old man saw that someone was patronizing his business, he glanced up at Li Siyuan, and saw that it was just a teenager who spoke, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and still squatted there: "This old horse has ten copper coins, and the pony has a thousand!" ”

Hearing the price, Li Siyuan couldn't help but be a little surprised, he expected that the pony would be more expensive than the old horse, but he didn't expect such a big gap: "Old man, the price of this old horse is reasonable, I'm afraid this pony is not worth it!" ”

The old man didn't raise his head and said: "Young man, when I hear what you say, I am a layman, my pony is not an ordinary pony, you look at this neck, look at this nostrils, look at this long legs, and grow up in the future, but the standard good horse, even the general war horse of the court is not as good as my horse, if it weren't for the serious illness of the old woman in the family, and the urgent need for money to save my life, I would be reluctant to sell it, I also want to train well in the future, and make a war horse for my eldest grandson, maybe our family can also produce a big general, it's a pity!" The old man shook his head as he spoke!

"Old man, can it be cheaper, I didn't bring so much money when I went out in a hurry this time, how about you see two horses give you six hundred yuan? Although this pony of yours is a good seedling, it is also a little malnourished, and no one knows what it will grow into in the future, and it will be difficult for you to sell it for such a high price at once! ”

Although what Li Siyuan said was reasonable, the old man was still unwilling, Li Siyuan saw this, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said: "Old man, look at your appearance for a long time, there should be many people here, right?" Although your horse is good, but looking at the coat color, it seems that it is difficult to accept the price you offered, you will sell it for 600 yuan, and you should grab the medicine as soon as possible to treat your wife, isn't it! ”

"Young man, six hundred is too low, eight hundred, you can take both horses away!"

"Six hundred and fifty times, it can't be any higher!"

"Seven hundred and fifty runs, no matter how low it is, it won't be sold"

"Seven hundred, old man, I really can't be any higher, no matter how high I really can't afford it!"

The old man was ruthless, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, seven hundred is seven hundred, who made me anxious to take money to buy medicine, cheap you little guy, remember to treat them better, these two beasts have suffered a lot with me, and now that they are in your hands, you can't abuse them!" ”

"That's natural, I spent so much money to buy them, I will definitely take good care of them when I go home, you can rest assured!" As he spoke, Li Siyuan took down three boxes, one large, two small, from the donkey cart, and the old man counted it, exactly seven hundred yuan, and put away the money in the box, he told Li Siyuan a few more words, and then reluctantly carried the money and left!

After the old man left, Li Siyuan tied the two horses to the back of his donkey cart, and then walked towards the slave market, he was going to go to the slave market again, although he also hated this industry in his heart, but since he came to this era, he couldn't be too maverick, otherwise he would be uncomfortable with himself!

Most of the slaves in the Tang Dynasty came from war, basically slave traders bought prisoners of war from soldiers, and some slave traders themselves went to other countries to plunder them, for these businesses, the imperial court will not control more, as long as it is not a captive Tang Dynasty people!

After coming to the slave market, Li Siyuan saw another scene, although it was still clean, but there was a lot of noise all around, crying, scolding, and reprimanding。。。。。。 All in all, it's a dark and cruel world!

Just as Li Siyuan was looking around, a group of people in the southwest attracted his attention, one of the slave traders in this group of people was trying to sell a family of four, this family of four two men and two women, one of them was about thirty years old, and the other two were about the same age as Li Siyuan, thinking that the men and women in their thirties should be the parents of young men and women!

Li Siyuan stepped forward, ready to buy this family of four after some observation, but as soon as he got closer, a fat-headed businessman with big ears took a fancy to the young woman's beauty: "I want this little girl, what price do you say!" As he spoke, the fat man was still looking at the little girl with a pair of lewd eyes!

"This guest, if you only buy this little girl, it's not cost-effective, why don't you buy them all, two hundred yuan, if you buy the little girl alone, you will get at least one hundred yuan!" The slave trader bewitched this merchant wants him to buy them all!

But the merchant was not happy to buy them all: "What use do I want a few of them, and I want to eat my house and live mine, so be it, the price you want is too expensive, I will give you fifty yuan, and I will take this girl!" As he spoke, he began to prepare to pay for it!

The slave trader was not very satisfied with the price: "Guest officer, you can't help it, your price may be enough to buy ordinary slaves, but the four I have here are not comparable to those uneducated Hu people!" I am all nobles among the Hu people who have been captive, they are not only knowledgeable, but more importantly, they will say the words of our Tang Dynasty, and they can be called directly when they buy it, and they don't have to work hard*! ”

Seeing the family trembling and hugging each other, and listening to the introduction of the slave traders, Li Siyuan decided to take them home immediately, so he said: "Hey, I want two hundred yuan, give me the official documents!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the fat businessman on the side was unhappy: "Where did the wild child come from, he learned to buy maids before his hair grows?" Stay where it's cool, beware of my uncle, I slap you! ”

Li Siyuan didn't expect this person to be such a scoundrel, and said: "Everyone is doing business with an open door, how can you only buy it yourself and not allow others to buy it?" Don't you think I'm young and easy to bully? ”

The fat businessman was about to get angry, but he heard a person next to him persuade: "Lao Liu, don't make trouble, this son is the young man who announced in public that he wanted to shelter General Jin Cheng, you also know General Cheng's temper, I think forget it this time!" ”

When the fat businessman heard Cheng Biting Jin's name, he suddenly disappeared like a deflated ball, and he no longer had the slightest appearance of flying and domineering, and turned around and left here in a gloomy manner!

Seeing that no one was stopping him, Li Siyuan took out 200 copper coins to buy this family of four, and then exchanged the documents issued by the government with the slave traders, even if the transaction was preliminarily completed, and when he took the time to go to the county government to report again, he would be considered to have completely owned these four slaves!

In the Tang Dynasty, slaves were the lowest group of people, and the "Tang Law" clearly stipulated: "Slaves, the law is better than livestock". Slaves were the property of the scholars, and like cattle, horses, and livestock, they had to be dependent on their masters. The master has the power to kill them, and although there is a partial fine for killing a slave, there are many reasons why people do not have to be punished at all after killing them---- not even a fine!

Looking at the family in front of him and the surrounding scenes, Li Siyuan deeply realized the meaning of the phrase "rather be a peaceful dog than a person in a troubled world", but it is really a person in a troubled world who is not even as good as livestock!