Zhang Baoer looked around, and sure enough, he saw many people squatting on the ground, obviously, they were the objects of sale. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The slave market is mainly divided into three areas, and if you want to buy middle-aged slaves, you must be right here!" Li Linfu pointed ahead and said.

Zhang Bao'er looked at it, and dozens of sturdy men with different looks were squatting there. There were seven or eight people squatting in a circle, some three or five people squatting together, and some squatting alone. Standing behind them is the seller, who is also the owner of these men.

"These people are not tied up with ropes, aren't they afraid that they will run?" Zhang Baoer asked Li Linfu.

"They won't run! The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that slaves and maids can kill slaves and maids if they escape without permission, and if they are caught, the master can kill them as long as they report to the government. ”

"You see, there are Turkic slaves, Tibetan slaves, Uighur slaves, Silla slaves, and Kunlun slaves. It's just a bit more expensive! ”

Zhang Bao'er shook her head: "Let's take a look further!" ”

After walking dozens of steps, Li Linfu introduced again: "If Bao'er wants to buy a maidservant, it is here!" ”

What appeared in front of Zhang Baoer was a group of young women, they were not squatting, they were standing in a row with their heads bowed, beautiful and ugly. Of course, the price is higher for the beautiful and cheaper for the ugly.

"The most famous thing here is the Goryeo slave girl, and most of the rich families will buy them as handmaidens! Zhang Gongzi, why don't I help you pick a few beautiful ones? Li Linfu said with a smile.

"No!" Zhang Baoer hurriedly waved his hand.

What are you kidding, if you want to buy a maidservant, wouldn't Jiang Xiaotong and Ying'er want to eat themselves alive.

"The front is selling child slaves, could it be that Bao'er wants to buy child slaves as domestic servants?" Li Linfu said in surprise.

Zhang Baoer was noncommittal: "Let's take a look first!" ”

There are not many child slaves, about twenty or thirty, and basically all of them are skinny, and some of them can't even stand on their feet.

"Why are these child slaves in their teens, and why aren't the younger ones sold?" Zhang Baoer felt strange.

"When the child slaves are growing up, they have a lot of food and cannot work. The master generally won't let them eat too much, and those who can survive are so thin that they are shapeless, as for some that can't hold on......" Li Linfu shook his head and said nothing.

Zhang Baoer naturally understood what Li Linfu meant when he said that he couldn't hold on, he didn't speak anymore, but just stood quietly in place with his hands down. It's like a sculpture that doesn't move, as if it's thinking about something.

Li Linfu didn't know what Zhang Bao'er meant, and Song Di stopped him with his eyes when he opened his mouth several times.

During this period, except for three or five good-looking child slaves who were bought, the rest of the child slaves were never cared for.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Bao'er sighed and said, "Brother Lin Fu, please hire a few carriages!" ”

Li Linfu didn't know what Zhang Baoer meant, but he didn't ask, nodded and went.

After a while, Li Linfu led several carriages over.

"Brother Lin Fu, you help me ask for the price, I want all these child slaves!" Zhang Baoer said to Li Linfu again.

Li Linfu persuaded Zhang Bao'er: "Bao'er, it's useless for you to buy these child slaves, looking at their sick appearance, I don't know if they can survive!" ”

"I know!" Zhang Bao'er showed an unfathomable smile: "After asking, pick them all up in the carriage, let's go back!" ”

Li Linfu had no choice but to go forward and negotiate the price with the slave seller.

The price of child slaves was very cheap, only fifteen taels of silver per person.

Zhang Baoer immediately paid the money. Later, together with Hou Jie and others, the child slaves were put into the carriage one by one.

The child slaves were bought by their new owners, with neither sadness nor joy on their faces, but only numbness. It's not the first time they've been sold, and for them, having a new owner doesn't mean things are going to be any better.

A thin child slave walked to the side of the carriage, and he suddenly knelt down to Zhang Bao'er: "Master, please, buy my aunt and sister, I am reluctant to leave them!" ”

The faces of the other child slaves suddenly changed color, this request was too much, which is what a slave should say?

Zhang Baoer quietly stared at the child slave kneeling in front of her, I don't know whether she was nervous or afraid, the child slave trembled.

"What's your name?" Zhang Baoer finally spoke.

"I don't have a name, they call me a bitch!"

"Where are your aunt and sister?"

The child slave did not answer, but just turned his head to look at the original master.

Zhang Baoer said to the slave seller: "I also bought his aunt and sister!" ”

Apparently, the two men no longer knew where they had been sold by the slave sellers.

The slave seller wanted to open his mouth to explain, but saw Zhang Bao'er waving his hand and said, "I'll pay ten times the price!" ”

When the slave seller's words came to his lips, he immediately changed his words: "I will send them to your house as soon as possible." ”

"And them!" Zhang Bao'er pointed to the other child slaves: "Whether their families are in your hands or not, as long as they can be delivered, each one is ten times the price, I think you will have a way!" ”

The slave seller's eyes sparkled, ten times the price, as long as the families of these child slaves were still in the world, even if they dug three feet into the ground, he would find them.

Li Linfu stared at Zhang Baoer with surprised eyes on the side.

Several carriages lined up and slowly walked out from the slave market, and there were twenty-three child slaves in ragged clothes sitting in the carriages.

At this moment, there was a glimmer of joy on the faces of the child slaves. Zhang Baoer's actions just now made them realize that it seemed that this new owner was different from the previous master.

When I passed by the maidservant market, there was no one here, and I don't know if they were all sold out or all of them were taken back by the sellers.

There were very few people left in the outermost Zhuang Slave City, only a slave seller of about fifty years old and four strong men remained

Zhang Bao'er smiled and accosted the slave seller: "Uncle, have the other strong slaves shot?" Only these four remained? ”

The slave seller said with a sad face: "I have sold everything, I only brought four, and I have not sold a single one since the morning!" ”

"Why is that?" Zhang Baoer felt a little strange.

"My strong slaves are asking for a high price!"

"How much?" Zhang Baoer asked.

"Eighty taels of silver!"

Although Zhang Baoer came to the slave market for the first time, from Li Linfu's introduction, he also knew some about the slave market. The price of a strong slave is generally around thirty taels of silver, and the highest is only fifty taels, and this person asks for eighty taels when he opens his mouth, which is indeed a bit high.

"Childe, buy me, I promise to satisfy you!" One of the four strong men suddenly interjected.

"Smack!" With a wave of the whip in the slave seller's hand, he whipped it on the strong man who spoke: "Is this the place where you speak?" ”

The strong man did not get angry when he was whipped, but shrunk his neck and closed his mouth.