Noticing Qin Dui's strange gaze, the slave trader Huang Yue said: "Master Qin, these two women were originally the dowry maids who served the young lady in a big family, but it was only because of the natural disaster that they were sold to the mansion to reduce the burden. ”

"Oh? The drought in Beishan County has been severe to this extent? Xu Donghai asked with some surprise, even big families have begun to sell maids to live.

"That is, now not only the big households in Beishan County have become small households, but many small households have broken down and moved. If there is no relief from the imperial court, tsk......"

Relief? Can relief be compared to war?

Qin Du sneered in his heart, but he didn't say much, that is, in all the historical classics of the Great Qin State, the real relief is very little, but the use of various natural disasters to promote the war is innumerable, after all, there are many rebellions everywhere now, the more disasters are in the place, the more rebellions are made, and the court will not provide disaster relief.

Only when natural disasters are not too severe, or when there is no enemy to fight, will the imperial court choose relief as a means of surviving natural disasters.

Soon, Qin Duan didn't want to take care of the messy things of the country, he was not in his position, he didn't plan his politics, he still managed his own life, and the war would not be able to fight in Jiangnan for a while.

"How are you going to sell these slaves?" Qin Duan asked casually.

"Master Qin, do you want all these to come forward?" Huang Yue, a slave trader, asked with a happy face, This is a big business.

"Nonsense." Qin Duan said impatiently.

"Master Qin, there are a total of eighteen people who have come forward, and ...... of them," Huang Yue said happily.

"Wait, don't tell me so much, just give a total."

Qin Duan said, I don't know why in this place where people sell people, Qin Duan always feels a little uncomfortable, and wants to take people away as soon as possible, and doesn't want to stay in this place for long.

Huang Yue also said excitedly: "Master Qin is really kind and rewarding!" There were ten male slaves each with a hundred taels of silver, seven female slaves with ninety taels of silver each, and one child with thirty taels of silver each, making a total of one thousand six hundred and sixty taels of silver. ”

"Excellent! Then we will decide, and Master Ben will buy your slaves for 1,500 taels. ”

Qin Duan nodded and said, Qin Duan didn't expect that in this world, a slave would be so cheap, and a hundred silver could buy a living person.

"Master, it's not one thousand five hundred taels, it's one thousand six hundred and sixty taels of silver." Huang Yue hurriedly said, there is a difference of more than a hundred taels of silver in the middle.

"Boss Huang, there are wars going on everywhere now, the number of refugees is increasing day by day, and this slave is becoming less and less valuable, now these slaves, you can sell them for 1,500 taels of silver, be content."

Xu Donghai opened his mouth and said, this business pays attention to bargaining, if the seller says as much as he wants, he will give as much as he wants, and he will not be called a fool or a loser.

"Since Lord Xu has said so, Master Qin, one thousand five hundred taels, just one thousand five hundred taels, if Boss Qin wants to buy slaves next time, remember to look for me, my slaves here are the best."

Huang Yue said, in fact, 1,500 taels of silver, it is already very profitable, these slaves, Huang Yue basically didn't spend much money to buy them, after all, in Beishan County, many people are dying of hunger, if you give him a mouthful of food, he will sell himself to you, and some don't have to spend money.

When Qin Du led a large group of slaves back home, Red Sleeves was still wiping with a vase, and the color on the celadon was even so bright that it could reflect Red Sleeves' delicate little face.

This vase was specially bought by Qin Duan for the red sleeves flower arrangement, and the red sleeves were particularly concerned, after all, in this world, the vase is also a very valuable object for a maid like the red sleeves, and it is a luxury, and it used to be the ladies and ladies of the Xu family who had such vases, but they didn't expect that their master saw that he liked vases, so he specially bought this vase for himself, and the red sleeves felt that he was very happy.

So Red Sleeves now has to scrub the vase several times a day, and the vase is heavier than anything else, and it can't be dirty at all.

"Master, these people are ......"

Red Sleeves looked curiously at the group of people that Qin Duan brought back, could this be the slave that the master went out to buy back today?

"They are the house slaves that Master Ben bought, and they will all be handed over to you in the future." Qin Duan stretched out his hand and said as Red Sleeves skillfully grabbed his arm.

Red Sleeves was full of surprise when he heard this, and he glanced back and said, "There are so many house slaves, can you use them up at home?" And Red Sleeves is just a maid, how can they be so bad. ”

"You are not a maid, you are my bed-warming maid, and you will be the housekeeper of the inner room of this family in the future, and these people are all under your control." Qin Du hugged the red sleeves and said.

"Master, can I do it?"

Red Sleeves asked happily and worriedly, happy that his lord trusted him very much, and he was worried that he would not do well and make his lord annoyed.

"Master, I said you can do it, you can do it, you have to believe in yourself."

Qin Duan said with a smile, now that Qin Duan can only trust Red Sleeves, he can't be a big man himself, so let's worry about these trivial things.

"Master, I'll give it a try." Red Sleeves is still a little lacking in confidence.

"Hehe, believe in yourself, the master believes that you will do a good job, if there is anything you don't understand, you can tell the master, the master is your solid backing." Qin Du said with a smile.

Qin Du's indifferent expression suddenly gave Red Sleeves a lot of confidence, nodded and said, "Okay master, Red Sleeves knows how to do it." ”

Entering the mansion, Qin Duan did not let the slave merchant stay, but gave him 1,500 taels of silver, and immediately asked him to untie the slave chains and leave. Although there is no one in the house who can help Qin Du take care of these slaves, none of the slaves think about escaping, slaves who escape will be punished by death, and besides, most of these people are voluntary slaves, if you let them go, they may not leave, and be a slave here, no matter what, there is still a place to live, there is something to eat, and if you leave here, you will be hungry, and the taste of hunger will be very uncomfortable.

Maybe it would be easy for them to resist Qin Dui, but it would be even more difficult to survive after escaping after resisting Qin Dui.

Let the slaves gather in the courtyard, Qin Du sat on the Taishi chair brought by the red sleeves and said, "Very good, you will be the house slaves of this master in the future." If you don't say anything else, at least in terms of food, clothing, and use, I will never treat you badly, and if you do well, I will be rewarded. ”

"Thank you, Master."

Hearing Qin Duan's words, these slaves thanked happily, what they are most worried about as a slave is to meet a bad master, and it can be heard from this old man's words that this old man is a good person, which makes these slaves feel relieved.

Nodding, Qin Duan was very satisfied with the deferential attitude of these house slaves, even if they had not been slaves for a long time, they were obviously very suitable for this inferior status.

Although this situation will never exist in modern society, in the historical and humanistic environment of the Great Qin Kingdom, slaves who sell themselves into slavery do not dare to disobey the orders of the master.

Then Qin Du looked at the female domestic slaves and said, "A few women who said they knew martial arts came out. ”

"Yes. Master. ”

Originally, she was standing in front of the female slaves, and when she heard Qin Duan's greeting, several sturdy female slaves came out at the same time, and the consciousness that if you are a slave, you must be a slave, and you must resolutely implement the words of the master, whether it is right or wrong.

Although Qin Duan practiced the internal martial arts method of "King Kong Decision", he couldn't see the depth of martial arts of a few people, so he had to sigh helplessly in his heart, and pretended to be extremely trusting and said: "Very good, a few of you will be mainly responsible for the security work of the inner courtyard in the future, except for Master Ben and Red Sleeves, no one is allowed to enter the inner courtyard without permission, and you are also responsible for the safety of Red Sleeves, understand?" ”

"The slave and maid understand."

I don't know if they were trained somewhere, after several female slaves all knelt down in a martial manner, they immediately stood behind Qin Dui and Red Sleeves with excitement on their faces, obviously very happy to be the person trusted by Qin Dui. Of course, it was the red sleeves who were even happier, because Qin Duan obviously let a few people be responsible for protecting himself.