Chapter 133: The Slave Trade
Yin Song walked to the slave pen, and whispered a few words with the bearded man in charge of the handover matters, then walked up to Su Yi and said: "These strong men, one is three hundred wen for just adulthood, one is eight hundred wen for young people, and one for young men, most of them are honest crop men, if the son buys it back, don't worry about them making trouble." ”
Su Yi asked, "These are all Han people?" ”
Yin Song was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously nodded and said, "Yes, they are all Han people." ”
Su Yi asked again: "What if I want to buy some strong men of the Hu people?" ”
Yin Song thought for a while, and then said: "The Hu people are more expensive than the Han people, even the men captured from the Hu people's villages are all skilled in bows and horses, and ordinary Han men are different. ”
Yin Song thought that Su Yi wanted to buy Hu men, so he persuaded: "If Gongzi wants to buy some Hu people to go back, it is best not to choose the villagers captured in these villages, if you want to buy them, buy some Hu soldiers, such as Wuhuan cavalry, Xianbei warriors, Tunguska spearmen and the like, although these people are vulgar, if Gongzi has some friends in the army, he can cut off their heads if he buys them back, or he can directly hand them over to the military, and he can exchange them for military merits. ”
Su Yi said with a smile: "I'm mainly here to buy some Han prisoners this time, I want to expand Zhuangzi, it is when there is a shortage of manpower, the Hu people are wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, and they can't be raised, and they are only afraid that they will be pecked by the eagle when they go back to the house, but why not buy some Hu soldiers back, which can not only be used as military merits, but also can pull them to the battlefield to cannon fodder, why not?" ”
Yin Song was overjoyed when he heard this, the reason why he persuaded Su Yi to buy Hu soldiers was because of the high price of Hu soldiers, on the other hand, it was true that the villagers captured by Hu people were too wild, and there were many Han people who bought them before, but most of them were eaten by these Hu dogs, and this kind of slave could not be raised when they were bought back, but he kindly wanted to remind Su Yi.
But Su Yi has his own plans, if the peach blossom village wants to develop, it is inevitable to annex other cottages, and attacking other bandits cannot always rely on sneak attacks, and it is essential to attack tough battles, in this case, why not buy some cannon fodder to go back, and you can also consume some of the opponent's defense weapons when attacking the city.
The sturdy men who were pulled out all had dull eyes, Su Yi was a little disappointed, and in their eyes, there was no trace of courage to resist. These strong men are not as good as the villagers who resisted and killed Jia Laoer's group of bandits.
Yuwentai's slave pen, the strong men will definitely stay for less than two months, Yuwentai will not waste food on these slaves, but if they are not fed, these men are hungry and only have skin and bones and can't sell for money, so as long as there are young men who can't be sold, Yuwentai will pull them to be cannon fodder or labor, tortured to death.
Su Yi bought two thousand strong men from the slave pen, spending a total of more than 1,400 taels of silver, and he bought another two hundred Hu soldiers. These captured Hu soldiers are even worse than those Han elite men, docile as little sheep, these Hu soldiers are of different races, they don't understand the language, but they also know that the man in fancy clothes in front of them has become their new master.
Yin Song admonished: "Childe, you must be careful of these dogs when you go back, don't look at them as docile as sheep now, but this group of people are all ferocious and will kill the master at the first opportunity." ”
Su Yi nodded, and asked Liu Shisan to take out one hundred and sixty yuan and hand it to the person in charge of the slave bar.
"It's a pity that I don't have anyone under me who can speak." Su Yi glanced at Yin Song, and suddenly felt that this person could speak both Chinese and nonsense, and he could be regarded as a talent.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his words fell, one of the Hu slaves spoke: "This master, I can talk nonsense and speak Chinese!" ”
"Oh?" Su Yi squinted his eyes and looked at him, this Hu slave had a rough appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked dignified at a careful glance, "Which tribe are you from?" What is your name? ”
The Hu slave hurriedly said: "The villain's name is Liu Han'er, my father was a defender of Yumen Pass, he was captured in the battle with the Xianbei people, and later met my mother, my mother is the daughter of a leader of the Xianbei tribe, and when I saw my father's handsomeness, I bought him back, and then gave birth to me, I can not only speak Xianbei language, but also Wuhuan dialect, and all the languages of the Hu people can be understood." ”
Su Yi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he asked, "Do you know what to say about the Hu people's departments?" ”
Liu Han'er nodded and said, "I can speak, my Chinese is also good." ”
Su Yi smiled: "I heard it, how did you become Yuwentai's slave?" ”
Liu Han'er's eyes darkened suddenly, and he said: "My father fled the tribe shortly after I was born, and there has been no news since then, and my mother's tribe was subsequently annihilated by other tribes, all the men in the tribe were killed in battle, women and children were captured, and I also became their slave, and I have been sold in various tribes as a commodity, and I was sold to the Yuwen tribe not long ago, and became a slave of Lord Yuwen. ”
A smile surged on Su Yi's face, and he pointed at Liu Han'er and said, "From today on, you are not a slave, these two hundred Hu soldiers are led by you, since you can talk nonsense, it is worth me to reuse you." ”
Liu Han'er was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Thank you master, the villain has also been used as an auxiliary soldier before, and has also experienced some wars, these two hundred Hu soldiers and villains will definitely discipline the master well, monitor their every move, please rest assured." ”
Su Yi nodded, then ignored him, Yin Song on the side sighed, knowing that there was a talent in this group of captives who could talk nonsense, so he raised the price even more.
Two hundred Hu soldiers only sold for one hundred and sixty yuan, and a talent like Liu Han'er who can speak Hu language in various departments can sell it for one hundred yuan per person! In his opinion, Su Yi completely missed it.
Su Yi looked at the two thousand strong men and smiled slightly, these people have been engaged in farming all year round, and they are also considered to be strong, and they were brought back to the cottage to be selected by Gao Heihu to train them to become wrestlers, and the rest were handed over to Scar to train into sword and shield soldiers.
"Childe." Liu Shisan approached Su Yi and said in a low voice, "We've been out for too long, and I don't know what's going on at home." ”
Su Yi glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, I'll go back when the matter here is dealt with." ”
Liu Shisan looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Su Yi ignored him, and Yin Song on the side hurriedly said: "Son, there are a lot of good things in this Hu market, the small ones will pick a few treasures for you, and you can take them back to your relatives and friends." ”
Su Yi said: "Let's take a look." ”
Although this Hu market is prosperous, there are not many things sold in it that Su Yi can use.
This Hu market is not like the Han market, the merchants gather, the goods are piled up, the hottest thing to sell here is slaves, tea, silk and other things, the rest of the jewelry and other things, can only deceive the people who have little knowledge, those high-ranking officials and nobles are well-informed, they do not look down on these things at all.