Chapter 2 The addition of fifty taels
Slave markets, human traffickers, outlaws, blood and treasures of the five elements, the good and the bad are all gathered together, what the is this place!?
Gu Huai began to feel a little agitated. If you can't move, but you can't escape, do you really want to become a commodity, and then be sold to the homes of some rich and noble, at the mercy of others, and then for life? At this moment, a crisp bell sounded not far away, not in a hurry, not lazy, through the diffuse wind and sand.
"Is there a buyer coming?" In his intuition, Gu Huai looked for prestige, and in the yellow sand, the crowd got out of the way one by one, and a camel cart drove out in the middle, and then slowly approached.
A huge dromedary, pulling a luxurious carriage, slowly approached.
The camel had a big golden bell around its neck, and its size was more than twice as large as that of ordinary desert breeds, and that carriage was more luxurious than anything Gu Huai had seen before.
Indeed, rich and noble!
The car stopped, and a man came down, of moderate stature, wearing an all-black sand robe with a black hood on his head. Beneath the hood is a face of about fifty years old, covered with the carved marks of time. A pair of blazing eyes on the vicissitudes of life's face shot out eyes as sharp as knives.
The man in black swept his gaze over everyone, and suddenly stopped on Gu Huai. His expression didn't change, but there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Gu Huai didn't see the fleeting expression of the man in black, but just estimated the identity of the other party - a big shopkeeper with a practical face.
"How much does this man cost?" the man in black walked up to the pile and asked the short and fat merchant straight to the point.
He did come to buy someone, and what he wanted to buy was none other than Gu Huai - he stretched out his hand to Gu Huai and asked the Humpty Dumpty Merchant.
Gu Huai saw that the hand of the man in black was pointing at him, and his heart trembled, as if he was being held to his throat by a sharp sword, and he couldn't breathe.
Is it really better to be sold into other people's homes and become cattle and horses?
"Are you sure you want him, officer?" asked Humpty Dumpty, a little confused.
"Yes, do you really want to buy me?" Gu Huai looked at the short and fat merchant, and then at the man in black, muttering in his heart.
"Yes, how much?" the man in black said in a flat, but insistent tone. However, from that glance, he had never looked at Gu Huai again, and seemed to be very confident in his ability to choose goods.
"Okay. Since you insist, guest officer. Two thousand taels to take away. Humpty Dumpty knew that the customer's intention had been decided, so he began to ask for the price.
"Two thousand taels, there is such a high price...... Gu Huai looked down at his dejected appearance, and smiled bitterly at himself.
"Huh". When the man in black heard this, he just sneered, waved his hand, turned around and left.
"Hey, stay objectively, please stay here!" Seeing this, Humpty Dumpty hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to grab the sleeve of the man in black, not wanting him to go. He knew that the man in black drove here, and he must have made a sincere deal, but his lame skills were recognized.
The man in black looked down at Humpty Dumpty's hand and didn't speak.
Seeing the look of the man in black, Humpty Dumpty realized that he was a little rude, and quickly withdrew that hand, rubbed it with the other, and said with a flattering face:
"Objectively, you make a price, you make a price, it's easy to say, it's easy to say!"
"Fifty taels!"
"What, fifty taels!?" The short and fat merchant's face changed again, and his mouth opened wide.
In fact, Gu Huai was also surprised. It seems to be the norm to bargain and cut the waist in the waist. But the man in black didn't follow the rules, and seemed to just want to kill with one blow.
"Yes, if you change it to the battlefield, this style is called a one-hit kill. Gu Huai looked at the man in black with straight eyes, and recalled his father's advice in his heart, "Business is like a battlefield, and the premise of killing with one blow is to know the other party well enough." ”
That is to say, if you don't know the details of the other party and directly offer a very outrageous price, not only will the business fail, but you are likely to be regarded as a fool.
At this moment, Gu Huai listened so intently that he forgot that he was the goods that were marked fifty taels.
"Guest officer. You're too much of a bully. I'll buy him and come back with more than that," Humpty Dumpty smiled flatteringly.
"Hmph, am I bullying you?" said the man in black with a sneer, "The ones you sell here are all as strong as cattle and horses, and such a good thing is just an addition." ”
"Hehe, this ......" The short and fat merchant was speechless for a while, and his face was full of greasy, and suddenly changed from welcoming to embarrassed and helpless.
"To the west of the city," the man in black continued, "At the foot of the Unbounded Kun Mountain, in the Baili Market, there are also tigers on their backs, so this person should have been given to you by the seller!"
"Unbounded Kunshan...... Baili Market ......" Gu Huai searched in his mind for the places his father had taken him, but none of them could match these names. Fortunately, he knew how he got there.
Looking at the Humpty Dumpty merchant again, he has been speechless. In comparison, the gap between him and the man in black was too great—it was evident from the moment the price was offered.
The man in black didn't give the opponent a chance to breathe, his eyes crossed the warrior beside the opponent intentionally or unintentionally, and asked rhetorically: "It doesn't cost anything to transport such a small role." So, for your addition, I've opened fifty taels, isn't it enough?"
Somehow, the look on the look on the warrior in black made the Humpty Dumpty merchant a little frightened. Humpty Dumpty looked at the warrior beside him, then at the man in black, and then hurriedly pointed at Gu Huai and said:
"You, you let him go!"