Chapter 8: You're Too Young
After getting McCann, Li Zhan's mood also became very comfortable, and in the future, if a chef cooks for him at home, then he can also taste delicious food. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info And this price only costs 40 silver coins, which is simply a lot of money.
In a happy mood, Li Zhan picked three young and strong slaves from the slave market, and the same few were also black, because he thought that since McCann was black, he would simply find blacks, so that they would look neat.
However, the price of these blacks was much higher than that of McCann, after all, they were young and strong, and they were not injured. The three of them spent him a total of 4 gold coins, which also made him a little painful.
There are three more people in Li Zhan's business attributes, so that he will have a basic guarantee for the development of the manor in the future.
Just as he was confidently taking the three slaves to McCann, he suddenly saw a figure pass by him, and then he felt his waist empty, and the money bag was gone.
Surprised, he hurriedly looked around, looking for the figure.
At this time, a child with his back to him caught his attention, the child was squatting on the ground and playing with dirt, which seemed to be normal, but it was too unusual in the slave market.
"If you don't learn well at a young age, you learn to steal?" Li Zhan arrested the child, and then reprimanded.
"Who's touching my child?" At this moment, Li Zhan saw the short man at the entrance of the slave market swaggering in, and then scolded Li Zhan, "Quickly put down my child!" ā
At this time, Li Zhanke understood everything, it turned out that this person instructed the child to steal his money bag, and the two of them were in a gang.
"Let go of me, this is my money bag!"
The boy was also very angry, and then shouted at the short man, "Uncle, this man wants to rob me of my money!" ā
Obviously, they are colluding, since they are unreasonable, why should I reason with them?
"Fence them up for me!" Li Zhan shouted at his slaves, now they are all their own people, and they have to do whatever they want.
At the same time, many vendors also began to gather around, which was obviously intended to come and see the excitement. Among them, Ma Ke also walked over, he saw that Li Zhan's money bag was in the child's hand, and the short man at the entrance was also present, of course he understood that this was a game.
Just now Li Zhan bought McCann so cheaply, Ma Ke's heart is still a little unhappy, but of course he wants to see this excitement, as for testifying, he has to think about the remuneration.
It was at this time that a pair of soldiers ran in with weapons, and when they saw so many people surrounding, the captain at the head shouted loudly: "What are you doing, what are you doing!" I'm not doing business anymore, what kind of drama are you watching?! ā
Seeing the soldiers coming, Li Zhan's initial thought was: The police are coming.
But when he saw the dwarf with a wicked smile on his face, he suddenly thought of a sentence: The wolf is coming!
That's right, in this slave market, a special management force was set up, and it was worried that the traders would make trouble, and it was also to prevent slave riots. However, seeing the performance of the short man, it is clear that these soldiers must also be in collusion with him.
"What's going on!" The captain drove away the vendors who were watching around and surrounded Li Zhan and them in the middle.
He was asking about the dwarf, not Li Zhan, and now he was completely sure that it was another group of people who had colluded together.
"Captain Matthews, you see that's my nephew Wilson, he said my nephew stole his money!" The dwarf smiled flatteringly at Matthews, winked, and then pointed at Li Zhan and the child he was holding.
Wilson was also very smart, and hurriedly said, "Yes, Captain Matthews, my uncle asked me to bring this money to Dr. Lippi, which is the money from the sale of the house in the east of the town by their family." ā
"Well, Dr. Lippi did tell me that he sold the house in the east of the town, and I can't remember exactly how much it was..."
"More than sixty silver coins!" Wilson was very fast, and he had an approximate count of the number in his purse.
"Yes, more than sixty silver coins."
Li Zhan looked at Matthews coldly, of course he knew that there were indeed sixty coins in his money bag, but there were 42 silver coins and 18 gold coins, and the total number was 60.
"What's your name, and what proof do you have that this money bag is yours?" Matthews looked at Li Zhan and said with majesty, "If you don't have evidence, I can arrest you, you must know that in the Empire, theft is a very serious crime." ā
"My name is Li Zhan, and of course I have evidence that this is my money bag, because there are no 60 silver coins in the money bag, it is 42 silver coins and 18 gold coins." Li Zhan snatched the money bag from Wilson's hand, then put him down, and put the money bag out, the silver shining silver coins and the golden gold coins were directly exposed to the sun, which was particularly dazzling.
At this time, Matthews frowned and gave the dwarf a vicious look.
The dwarf was also stunned when he saw the gold coins, he never thought that there would be people with so many gold coins to buy slaves in the slave market, he always thought that it was filled with silver coins. And Wilson's technique is also top-notch, just touch the money bag, and then feel its weight can roughly guess how many silver coins.
"But that doesn't prove that the money bag is yours." Matthews frowned, looking at the glittering gold coins, greed appeared in his eyes, he wanted to confiscate all these gold coins and confiscate them.
Fill it into his pocket, of course.
"Then you can't prove that this money bag is not mine?" According to Matthews' logic, this is simply how to prove that this piece of wood is not yours, just call it, and it will not agree. So Li Zhan uses the same logic to refute Matthews.
Hearing this, Matthewston was furious, beckoning the soldiers behind him and shouting, "Arrest him!" ā
Annoyed and angry, Matthews is the most powerful person in this area, and if this stranger in front of him dares to be rude to him, then he can't blame his subordinates for showing no mercy.
As soon as he finished speaking, the group of soldiers arrested Li Zhan and his three slaves, and one of the soldiers also snatched Li Zhan's money bag, packed the silver and gold coins, and handed them to Matthews.
Originally, Li Zhan planned to resist, but when he saw that the ranks of these soldiers were all junior gladiators, and this Matthews was actually an intermediate gladiator, he felt that it was meaningless to resist, so he let them tie himself up.
"Take it back for interrogation!" Matthews took the money bag, squeezed it hard, spat at the dwarf, and then turned to leave.
"Yo, Captain Matthews, long time no see." At this time, Li Zhan found that it was actually his old acquaintance who was talking - Mario, a curly-haired spectator in a flowery dress.
It's a coincidence that Mario won more than 2,000 gold coins today, and he was also very happy. Thinking that it was the season to pick cotton, and there was a shortage of slaves to work, he personally went to the slave market and prepared to get a few back.
Just when he first entered the slave market, he found that Li Zhan was arrested by Matthews and them, out of kindness, maybe because Li Zhan helped him win 2000 gold coins, he planned to help him, this young man needs to grow up, at least he hopes to be able to see him in the gladiatorial arena at a higher level in the future.
"What's going on?" Mario saw that Li Zhan was caught by Matthews, and the money bag that Matthews was holding was the money bag he gave to Li Zhan, and the matter was already roughly known.
"Ah, it's Lord Mario, it's been a long time, why do you have time to walk around the market today?" When Matthews saw Mario, his face immediately changed. This Mario is the owner of the manor in the south of the town, and he has a good relationship with the mayor of the town, if he has a good relationship with him, maybe he can get along with the mayor of the town in the future.
"Hehe, no, there are a few people missing for cotton picking, come here and have a look." Mario said with a smile, and suddenly his face changed, and he pointed to the money bag in Matthews' hand and asked, "Isn't this my money bag?" ā
Matthews is embarrassed now, this money bag is actually Mario's, but this can also implement Li Zhan's crime and prove that this money bag is not his, but Mario's.
But the money in it, then he won't dare to swallow it, even if he borrows him again, he won't dare to swallow Mario's money.
"Hey, isn't this Li Zhan who helped me win 2,000 gold coins today?" I have to say that Mario's acting skills are still good, he looked at Li Zhan in surprise and then pointed to the money bag and said, "This money bag seems to be the reward I gave him." ā
This time it was Matthews' turn to be stunned, he was not a fool, he understood that this Li Zhan was backed by Mario, if he was no longer interested and insisted on taking Li Zhan away and taking away the money bag, it was guaranteed that in less than an hour, he would be transferred to another place, of course, the most oily and hardest place.
"So it's all a misunderstanding! Don't let anyone go! Matthews laughed awkwardly, then ordered the soldiers to release Li Zhan and them, stuffed the money bag into Li Zhan and said, "Brother Li Zhan, it seems that this is all a misunderstanding, and I almost wronged you." ā
Seeing Matthews' performance, Li Zhan couldn't help but smile a little bitterly in his heart, if it weren't for Mario coming forward, I am afraid that he would be captured by them, and this money would become Matthews's personal belongings, and even all his property would be divided.
However, Li Zhan is not stupid, he is very aware of the current situation, he smiled and said to Matthews: "Captain Matthews, this is definitely a misunderstanding!" ā
Then Matthews exchanged a few more words with Mario, and then left with his soldiers, he didn't want to stay in this market for a moment now, it was a shame just now!
When Matthews and the others left, Li Zhan said to Mario very gratefully, "Thank you, Mr. Mario. ā
Mario smiled and patted Li Zhan's shoulder and said, "You are still too young, come and sit with me when you have time." ā
After saying that, Mario left, Li Zhan thought back to what had just happened, and smiled and took his three slaves to McCann.
However, this matter spread throughout the slave market, and Li Zhan's backstage was Lord Mario, the largest manor in Zhennan!