Chapter 511: East of the Sea (I)
Ten thousand folds must be east, and the feudal state will be rebuilt!
For any North Korean, this is the grace of the Celestial Empire that they must keep in mind. Of course www.biquge.info such words as "Chinese, parents, Korean and Japanese sons," such as "Chinese, parents, Korean and Japanese sons," are also included on the front page of the "King James Textbook" in schools all over Korea. Of course, the other sentence "However, my country is also a filial son, and Japan is also a thief" was abolished because it did not conform to the times, after all, Japan is also a "filial son" now.
In the four years of Kaihong, although Korea was still closed off from the country, this lock was actually aimed at Westerners, and for the Chinese, it did not have any intention of closing the country, and like Japan, it was a unilateral opening to China. Whether they want it or not, the country is always opening up step by step. In the midst of this unilateral opening-up, thousands of Chinese merchants poured into the two states, and after Korea was close at hand, merchants from China, such as carp crossing the river, poured into the Korean Qing Concession to live and do business, and most of them lived in the three concessions of Uiju, Incheon, and Pusan.
Among the three concessions, the Incheon Concession is the largest, this concession covers an area of 3 square kilometers, gathered thousands of Chinese businessmen, it is these Chinese businessmen who have made this once seaside fishing village into a prosperous modern city, North Korea's first telegraph office, the first power plant and electric lights, are all appeared here, and it is precisely because of this concession that those scholars in North Korea once again saw the "development of Chinese utensils" and "the prosperity of the Celestial Empire".
Of course, for businessmen, North Korea is like a virgin land, attracting them, after all, there are more opportunities here than at home, and of course, the privileges of being a Chinese businessman. Of course, what really attracts everyone is the opportunity to make a fortune.
In the entire Incheon Concession, the most prosperous is the "Zhonghua Street" that is more than ten meters wide and full of "Heavenly Dynasty artifacts", the wharf area is of course the most prosperous place, and the real prosperity in the wharf area is the "people's market", no, it should be said to be the "immigration center".
The "immigration center" of the wharf is actually a "market" made up of red brick warehouses, and in this market, merchants from all over North Korea, all of whom are local North Korean businessmen, bring with them the most important export of North Korea, women!
Although these women from the Korean countryside were bought by local North Korean merchants, in the end, these "immigrants" were sent to "migrant boats" here, and it was decided on the "market" which one they entered.
As soon as he entered the market, Li Guoli felt the excitement in his face, and the entire market was crowded with people, merchants from all over North Korea, waving pieces of paper in their hands and shouting in stiff Chinese.
"108 young women, an average age of 17!"
"92 young women, the average is only 16 years old......"
Listening to the shouts of the North Korean businessmen, Li Guoli asked with some puzzlement.
"What are they shouting?"
Li Ergui, who was following the young master, immediately said softly after listening.
"Young master, the transaction here in the market is that the shipowner does not look at the goods, the goods are issued by the public market, how many people are written on the sticks, and then how old are they, of course, this age is the average, may be old, may be less, but the old is not more than 40, the less is not less than twelve, but big or small, it must not be sold at a high price, often it is all about luck, when you don't take a ticket to pick up people, you don't know how much money you can make......"
Ergui's words made Li Guoli stunned, and he was surprised.
"Isn't this similar to gambling on jade in Yunnan?"
"Hey, young master, don't say it, it's really true, but I've heard people say that this is a method that Boss Sun came up with in Japan back then, otherwise the big guys will pick the fat and the thin, the old and the young, no one wants to buy it, and they don't smash it in their hands,"
Li Ergui's Boss Sun refers to Sun Tianen, the first Japanese woman to bring into China, these years, he has long ceased to be directly engaged in this business, but he has established more than a dozen "migrant markets" in Incheon, Nagasaki and Saigon and other places, and also established a unified "public market" in the colony, and then raised money by capitation.
For many people, Sun Tianen, who had become extremely rich in the feudal kingdom, was undoubtedly the object of their greatest envy, not only for his monopoly of the "immigrant public market" for the feudal kingdom and colonies, but more importantly, for him to invest in the construction of this market when Xingang was first built, which was both a public market and a wealth - now the market in Incheon alone is worth more than one million dollars in silver, not to mention the annual income of more than 100,000 yuan.
"But if you don't see anyone, what if that person is sick or disabled?"
Li Guoli asked rhetorically, he was naturally a little worried about this kind of business for the first time.
"Young master, this matter has long been thought of by the public market, and the list guarantees that he is healthy and free of disabilities, young master, let me tell you this, this public market is much more generous than our matchmaker,"
But no, not to mention anything else, this alone is more generous than the matchmaker. The master and servant spoke, and then came to the auction hall, which was lively at this time.
“1000!”
“1100……”
"Bid 1200...... here"
Amid the shouts of the auctioneers, people kept bidding.
"1800 once!"
The auctioneer, who wore glasses, held the wooden coffin in his hand and kept looking at the people in the audience.
"1800 twice!" "1800 three times!"
"Smack!"
The auctioneer slammed the hammer in his hand on the table,
"Congratulations to the No. 41 buyer for the purchase of Lot 15!"
The waiter next to him immediately walked over and asked him when he would go through the formalities,
"Ergui, is this a casual sale, how can there be an auction?"
Looking at this scene, Li Guoli asked with some puzzlement.
"Young master, the front is a loose market, the quality is average, and the age difference is large, this side is different, it is said that the average is 18, the largest will not exceed 20, the smallest will not be less than 14, and the quality is high! Of course, the price is also high, young master, according to me, it is the first time for us to do this business, and it is the most stable to shoot here! Master, look ......"
Ergui's words made Li Guoli nod thoughtfully,
"Cheng, then let's take an order, and then buy a few orders with the outside, such a transfer!"
After leaving the auction hall, Li Guoli, who was holding the voucher, followed Li Ergui to the warehouse in the public market, and in the iron bars in the warehouse, he saw thousands of Korean women of different ages, and when he walked to the iron bars he had just bought, he looked at the Korean women in the bars, and looked at their yellow-skinned appearance, and his brows furrowed.
"Boss, don't look at their yellow faces and thin muscles, or eat less, if you give them a full meal for a few days, the appearance will immediately become ruddy, and they can be sold for a price when the time comes......"
The staff of the public market immediately lobbied the customer around him, and for the public market, in addition to the 10% commission on the transaction price, another income was the food expenses of these people.
"How much does it cost for these people to eat every day?"
After hearing that it only cost more than a dozen yuan, Li Guoli, who knew that the bodies of these people were related to whether they could survive the 10,000-mile voyage in the future, naturally did not refuse. After all, on the road, a few fewer people died, and it was almost back to basics.
Just as he was ordering these people to eat, a woman in her thirties walked out of the crowd, and as soon as the woman came out, she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Guoli.
"The hosts! Master! Spare my daughter, and the slave and maid will be a cow and a horse for you. ”
The middle-aged woman knelt on the ground, pleading bitterly through the iron bar, and as soon as she begged for mercy on her side, the Guan Cang on the other side whipped her.
"Master, I beg you to ......"
The woman kneeling on the ground pleaded, looking at the woman's appearance, Li Guoli found that this woman's face was much more ruddy than others, and there was also a little bit of the woman's beauty, listening to her prayer, surprised that she could actually speak Chinese, so he asked.
"What's going on?"
"Master, my name is Park Geun-hui, I was originally the concubine of the Wolin Lu family, after the death of the master, my daughter and I were sold to a merchant by my wife, and the slave was sold overseas, but my daughter is still young, please have mercy on the master......"
Li Guoli did not know that according to the good and low system of North Korea, those born to concubines were regarded as "concubines", and concubines could not participate in the liberal arts imperial examinations, but could only participate in martial arts and miscellaneous examinations. As for concubines, daughters can only be slaves and concubines, and for Park Geun-hye, she only hopes that she can get a good whereabouts for her daughter, so that she will not be sold tens of thousands of miles away. It is precisely because she was an adult and a concubine that she will know that most of the women in the "public market" will be sold overseas and married to the Chinese, as a mother, she naturally does not want her daughter to go to that wild land full of savages.
"Master, although the slave and maid's daughter is young, her appearance is extremely beautiful......"
As she spoke, Park Geun-hye hurriedly shouted behind her.
"Taeyeon, Taeyeon, quick, come over and meet the master!"
At this time, a timid girl came from behind, looking at the girl who walked with her head down, Li Guoli said.
"Look up."
When he raised his head, Li Guoli saw that his appearance was really beautiful, at least much more beautiful than those North Korean women in the garden last night.
"Do you speak Chinese?"
Li Guoli asked, the Chinese language he spoke was "Chinese", and the language of the clan was called "barbarian sound". This is not the self-proclaimed opinion of the Chinese people, but the opinion of the Korean scholars themselves, and they even passed a decree abolishing the "Xunmin Zhengyin". For hundreds of years, in the eyes of Koreans, North Korea admired and followed Han culture, and should use Chinese characters entirely instead of creating their own script. The so-called "Xunmin Zhengyin" created by him is tantamount to deviating from the excellent Han culture and willingly degrading into Yidi. depreciating his own words as "the pill of the mantis", and praising the Chinese character as "the fragrance of the mantis", in this way, the Chinese language is naturally also the "fragrance of the scorpion", and the language of the country is also "the pill of the mantis".
"Back to the master, when the slave's father was alive, he taught the slave Chinese!"
Taeyeon said timidly, and suddenly, as if she had figured something out, she looked up, and the cowardice on her face disappeared, but instead revealed a little jerky flattery.
"Master, the slave and maid can also play the piano and paint, and ask the master to keep the slave and the mother and daughter by his side, and the slave and the maid will serve the master well!"
As she spoke, Taeyeon knelt down, and then bowed to Lee Kook-ri:
"Please have mercy on the master!"
Looking at the girl kneeling on the ground, looking at her beautiful face, Li Guoli was moved, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the woman beside him.
"Yes, yes! The master, the slave and the maid will also serve the master well, as long as the master can keep the slave and the mother and daughter, the slave and the mother and daughter will serve the master very comfortably! "
Park Geun-hye, who is good at observing faces, immediately seemed to see a glimmer of opportunity in Li Guoli's gaze, so she immediately said to Li Guoli.
"Hmmm......"
The words of this North Korean woman made Li Guoli's eyes widen suddenly,
"Haha! Congratulations boss, it's rare to see a masterpiece like this! ”
When Guan Ku heard this woman's words like this, he was immediately overjoyed! even a little envious of the young master's affair next to him, looking at the mother and daughter with squinting eyes, and even fantasizing about the scene of being slept together, Li Ergui on the side hummed.
"No wonder it's a small vassal state, so ignorant of etiquette and shame! How can I wait for my young master! ”
As he spoke, Li Ergui hurriedly said to the young master.
"Young master, this woman really has no shame, she must not stay by her side!"
"Master, please don't listen to the mother's nonsense, the slave is only willing to serve the master by the master's side......"
Taeyeon immediately shouted in horror, even when she looked at her mother, with hostility in her eyes.
"Young master, this mother and daughter can say Chinese, when they get here, they can sell for a good price......"
When reminding him so softly, Li Ergui deliberately lowered his voice and said.
"Young Master, don't forget the eldest young master, if this matter spreads......"
As soon as he said this, Li Guoli, who was originally a little excited, immediately thought of everyone in the family, and suddenly showed a burst of unhappiness in his heart, raising his eyebrows, and when he looked at the mother and daughter, his eyes showed a burst of boredom.
"You really don't know how to be polite, righteous and shameful, and you don't know such a human taboo, it's really hateful!"
After that, Li Guoli flicked his sleeves and turned to leave, where he looked back at the desperate mother and daughter, and Li Ergui, who had been following him, looked at the young master when he left, a pity flashed in his eyes, and he knew what he thought, so he immediately followed and said to him softly and in his hometown.
"Young master, after all, the eldest young master is staring at something,"
As he spoke, he glanced to the left and right, and then lowered his voice.
"If you want to, young master, please leave this matter to the little one to arrange......"
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