Returned to the palace, Li Demei slept for a long time, and was resurrected with blood and blue under the careful service of the little maid, expanded his chest and walked to the patio to see that several large, medium and small stone locks were placed in the place, thinking that he had not tried whether the power of this body was so perverted in transmission, so he reached out and picked up the small stone lock first, it was too light, and it felt very light when he changed it, and he lifted it up easily before he used the strength to change to the largest, it seems that he can try a bigger guy, and his eyes glanced at the stone lion, Guessing that this should be about a ton, so he walked to the door with his feet apart, took a deep breath, held the stone lion base with one hand, grabbed the ear with the other hand and lifted the stone lion up, walked a few steps easily, put it down on the spot, stood up and thought, Li Yuanba's hammer has eight hundred catties, and two are one thousand six.

"Villain, Chen An, I've seen the prince, the prince, the villain has already done the bed, table and chair you ordered, see if you are satisfied," the craftsman Chen An reported to Li Deyu.

The servants in the house followed and brought the finished tables and chairs over for Li De to inspect. Li De stepped forward to touch the desktop, smooth and barbless, polished very well, and sat on the chair to feel very strong, the backrest is also comfortable, Li De sighed that the ancients still have the spirit of craftsmanship in doing things, look at this workmanship, this craft. Pure hand-made, full mortise and tenon structure to build, those carpenters in later generations compared with this, is the slag, those so-called carpenters, long ago do not use the mortise and tenon structure, that is, the planer has not been seen, open the compressor and pick up the air nail gun against the woodworking board on a burst of "da-da-da", anyway, it is fast, fully demonstrate that time is money, hurry up and go to the next one, of course, there are old carpenters in later generations, but the wages are expensive, and the general situation is still forget it. Or in ancient times, everything was hand-customized, and there was a chance to make some red sandalwood, huanghuali, nanmu or something to fill the façade in the future.

"Not bad, it's really good, that Tong Qing gave Chen An a bonus to all the craftsmen they participated in, Chen An ten times, and the rest five times. In addition, from today onwards, Chen An will be promoted to be the manager, and he will be responsible for the manufacture of instruments in the house in the future, and I will give you a few pictures later, you can figure out how to carve dragons and phoenixes on these tables and chairs, and make five sets as soon as possible I will send them to the palace. Li De said.

Chen An knelt down excitedly and said, "The villain thanks the prince for the reward, thank the prince for lifting, and the villain will be rewarded with liver and brain." ”

Ten yuan does not sound much, it seems to be similar to the feeling of ten yuan in later generations, but the purchase is not one or two times worse, so to speak, the economic development of the Tang Dynasty from the Zhenguan period to the twenty-eighth year of Tang Xuanzong (740 AD) prices have been very stable, and because the Tang Dynasty has been very short of copper, according to the convention is that there is always a thousand money, because of the lack of copper, there may be about seven or eight hundred dollars stringed together, but the public still recognizes that this is consistent money, and there is a consistent purchasing power of money. Therefore, the copper coin is linked to the cloth, there is data, a silk can be exchanged for a bucket of rice, according to the consistent money for 1,000 Wen calculation, according to the calculation of three dollars per bucket of rice can buy a little more than 333 buckets of rice, according to the calculation of four dollars per bucket of rice can buy 250 buckets of rice. A bucket of rice weighs about 12.5 catties. For example, a family of three consumes about 1.24 catties a day, and you can buy 3,125 catties according to four wen and one bucket, compared with later generations, you can buy 6.25 kilograms of rice with 1 yuan, or even less than 1 yuan! Buy 1 kilogram of rice for one dime and six!

So I can understand how excited Chen An was at that time, craftsmen, servants, and maidservants were no different from slaves, they were all sold into the house or bought, only living security, everything else was given by the master's family, even the babies born have always been lowly, and they have been slaves for generations and cannot turn over. Not to mention that there is a bonus, and if you do a good job in the future, you can get out of the country and get a doctorate.

Li De said, "Okay, give me a good job in the future, I said don't kneel," I thought about this wine and Cheng Yanjin's partnership, then this furniture can be made by yourself, but at present, Tong Qing and Luo Ping are two, and other subordinates are not familiar with each other, I don't know if there is talent in this area, I thought of the next person patted his head and remembered that this Tang Dynasty has a slave trade, I have to call Tong Qing Luo Ping, go to the human market to buy a few people back.

In addition to the Tang people, there are many foreign businessmen, black, red, and white, that is, the Turkic merchants who walked by the side just now, the smell of Li De wants to vomit, the whole West Market is mixed, a noisy and prosperous scene, follow Tong Qing to lead all the way to the people in the West Market.

Datang Chang'an City is to distinguish residential areas and commercial areas from "square" and "city", and standardize the urban layout by functional areas, in which the "city" is the place where all kinds of shops are most concentrated, of course, Zhuque Street also has, but there is no concentration here, and the "city" is divided into the West Market and the East Market, the difference is that the "East Market" mainly serves the upper class of society such as dignitaries and nobles, and stipulates the official level to enter, and the goods sold are less than those in the West Market. The "West Market" is not only a mass civilian market, but also a gathering point for a large number of foreign merchants from the Western Regions, Turks, Koreans, etc.

"Hey, come and take a look, here are the most docile Silla slaves, the most capable Kunlun slaves, and the goblins of the Western Regions, this figure," shouted a slave merchant in the human market.

Li De turned around when he heard the sound and saw a high platform not far away, on which stood a group of men and women, as well as old people and children, from Africa, the Western Regions, and North Korea, all of them were unclothed, covered in dirt, and dirty, with the merchant's shouting, a Western Regions orchid was pulled out, and in this way, the merchant lifted off the already broken clothes, showing the naked naked body to the people below, but the orchid had no life in his eyes, as if he was dead.

Li De couldn't say anything in his heart, because this was a legal business, the sources included voluntary slavery, and there were also exotics who were captured by the traffickers, if this was a woman from my Han family, Li Deke would go up and tear the merchant apart.

Tong Qing said in Li De's ear, "Family master, go this way, most of the good goods here will not appear on this occasion." ”

Li De nodded and followed Tong Qing to move forward, walking to the door of a small shop, Tong Qing didn't know what to say to the steward inside, the steward nodded and led them inside, looking good outside, as soon as you enter, there are many slaves strung together by chains on the platform in the middle, but they are much better than the outside, at least they are very clean, there is a sackcloth, and there is no store to shout, all of them are standing, the buyer will look slowly, and if he likes it, he will go to the side to negotiate the price with the store, It's very humane, Tong Qing came over and said, "The head of the family, this is the most powerful in the city, you see that you want to buy those suitable ones." ”

There are also a lot of people here, looking at the clothes should be the servants of the major families or rich families, and they also come here to buy people, Li De said to Tong Qing, "You go and see if there is a suitable one, it is best to do business or study, and buy it to help me run the future industry." It's not that Li De doesn't want to find Li Shimin to ask for manpower, but he can't trust the royal "talents", if he picks a dog leg and a maid eunuch, of course he is willing to choose in the palace, but if you want to pick someone who can do things and can do it, then you have to find it in the market, and he doesn't expect to meet any talents here, as long as he has experience, he can't play in any industry, and he can rest assured that he can buy it, and he doesn't want to run without Li De's approval to sell his subordinates.

"The head of the family, you see that this family of three is not satisfied, the man studied in his early years, and later ran a restaurant, but unfortunately he was not good at management and carried a lot of debts, and he was chased by the creditor and had no way to sell the family as a slave to pay off the debt, the price is a little higher, it costs 500 yuan, and the three people must go to a family." Tong Qing walked around and came back to report.

A family of three, who have read books and done business, can be said to have tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, give them a good life will definitely be able to die to the ground, buy the old one and bring a small one, by the way, there are all connected classes, five hundred is very high, but a family of three is easy to control, and it is good to buy people's hearts, Li De walked over and looked at the family, the man is forty people, he has read a book, and his face is also a person with rich experience, the woman looks like the kind of virtuous housekeeper, and there is a half-grown child, The figure is a little thin but his eyes are very bright, this experience did not make him cowardly, and he can still have such a spirit, which is a material that can be made, Li De was very satisfied and said to the family, "I should have all your conditions, so come with me, Tong Qing will pay." ”

Tong Qing was about to pay, and a steward next to him said, "Slow, my master has long taken a fancy to this family, you can choose another one."

Tong Qing said, "Joke, I've been talking to the store, I haven't seen you, how can I choose another one, I'll pay, the shopkeeper, give, bring the deed of sale, and then go to the yamen to report the matter and it's over." ”

The shopkeeper said resignedly, "This little brother, thank you, you are looking at other successes, I really don't dare to accept this." The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and begged Tong Qing.

Tong Qing said, "Shopkeeper, what, am I hot with this gold leaf, do business on a first-come, first-come, first-come, honest, you want to regret it." ”

The shopkeeper saw that Tong Qing was very tough, and whispered in Tong Qing's ear, "You don't know, this is the housekeeper of Xue Guogong's family, we can't afford to provoke it, please raise your noble hand, I will find another suitable person for you, give it away at half price, how about taking a Kunlun slave?" ”

The one who does business in this market is not sharp-eyed, others may be a subordinate, wearing not silk and satin, but the background of the people is hard, and one will accidentally mention the iron plate, although he is also the owner of the store, but it can't be compared with the Xue Guogong's family, the surname is the eldest grandson, called Shunde. , by the way, it is related to the eldest grandson queen, this backer is not ordinary hard, gray is often hard. The housekeeper of the eldest grandson Shunde next to him heard the shopkeeper say this, and he was stunned.

Tong Qing smiled and didn't speak, and looked at Li De, of course he knew that this person was not small, and this little uncle met his sister-in-law's relatives, so it was not something he could manage.

Li De looked at Tong Qing's smiling flesh with a black line on his face, and he was angry if he didn't smile at his virtue, are you stupid, who are the laborers? Do you still need to give this kind of face-breaking relatives, at this time, you don't just play and dare to look at me, it's really enough, the dog leg hasn't learned in place, and you have to re-educate.