The slave market in Jinling is outside the city, after all, the slave trade is not a glorious thing, so the general local government officials do not allow the slave trade to be carried out in the city, which affects its reputation, and the officials of the Great Qin Dynasty are very concerned about their reputation.

Men can steal women behind their backs~ prostitutes, on the surface, they all do very well, which is also the way of most officials in the Great Qin Dynasty.

As one of the three major escort capitals of the Great Qin Dynasty, Jinling has no less than 30,000 soldiers stationed outside the city, one is to defend Jinling, and the other is to defend the entire south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the soldiers in Jinling City are many times more than those stationed in ordinary county towns. To increase the deterrent effect, slave camps were generally built next to the barracks, which were also guarded by soldiers.

Slaves were confined to living in slave camps until they were sold, and all slave trading was to be carried out in slave camps.

Under the leadership of Xu Donghai, Qin Dui came to the slave camp located outside the northwest of Jinling City, originally Qin Dui wanted to come to the slave camp to see the red sleeves, but then he thought about it, after all, he and the red sleeves were not familiar with the slave camp, and they were sold instead.

So Qin Duan left the red sleeves in the mansion, and looked for Xu Donghai, the local snake of the Xu family, to bring himself to this slave camp, Xu Donghai often came to the slave camp, and the soldiers who took care of the slave camp knew him, so he was directly allowed to leave without stopping him.

The size of the slave camp was not large, mainly because the slaves did not need to live in a nice place. With the exception of a few single houses for slave traders, all the slaves lived in a row of twenty people in a large bunk. Not only is it hot in the summer, but it can also be freezing cold in the winter. Fortunately, the slaves did not stay in the camp for long, so that they did not cause major illnesses.

Seeing someone enter the slave camp, although those slaves didn't know what to do, the slave dealer quickly ran over and said to Xu Donghai with a smile: "The villain has seen Lord Xu. ”

Xu Donghai commanded the envoy in Jinling, and served as a commander of the seven products, so he was not a big official, and it was not wrong for this slave trader to call him an adult.

It can be seen from here that this Xu Donghai often comes to this slave camp, and as for what he is doing here, Qin Duan doesn't know.

In the Great Qin Kingdom, slave traders were not part of the franchise. As long as slaves can be obtained in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, and sold in a limited place, such as a slave camp.

"This is Gongzi Qin, he wants to buy some slaves from you."

Xu Donghai ignored the slave trader, pointed to Qin Du and said, although Xu Donghai often comes to the slave camp, but for these slave traders, Xu Donghai looks down on them from the bottom of his heart, Xu Donghai usually comes to the slave camp mainly to see if there are any beautiful female slaves, after all, this kind of beautiful female slaves may have been very prominent in the past, and may have been raided or captured during the war due to various reasons.

For people like Xu Donghai, what they like the most is to play with this kind of woman who used to be high, so that Xu Donghai has a special sense of achievement, and people with strange hobbies like Xu Donghai are no longer a few in Jinling officials, and they often come to the slave camp to play together.

"Little Huang Yue, I've seen Master Qin."

As soon as the slave merchant heard that Qin Duan was a traitor, he immediately nodded and bowed to Qin Duan, as long as the slave trader could make money, it didn't matter what dignity he had, otherwise he wouldn't be this kind of slave trader who was spurned.

You must know that in the Great Qin State, there are only two kinds of people who can afford slaves, one is a wealthy businessman, and the other is an official. Although the slave trader was also a businessman, he was never looked down upon by other merchants, and he could not hold his head up in front of many officials.

This is not to say that officials look down on slave traders, but that with the power in their hands, officials can dismiss slaves at any time, and then the slave traders will lose all their money.

If it weren't for the fact that the slave trader still had the need to survive, and if it weren't for the slave trader being the best starting point for being a businessman, the slave trader would have died out long ago under the pressure of various officials.

This was the first time Qin Duan had seen slaves and slave merchants, and when the slave traders began to flatter Qin Dui, Qin Duan also squinted at the slave merchants that were absolutely impossible to see in this modern society.

The slave trader was very short, probably less than 1.6 meters, and not only did he have a fat garlic face, but his cheeks were as ugly as if they had two dough sticking to his face. He was wearing a dirty short coat, his small eyes were slit, and his body was round like a marmot.

It's not ugly, it's extremely obscene.

Since the threshold for being a slave trader is not high, Qin Duan didn't bother to show favor to the ugly slave trader, and asked casually, "Where did you get these slaves, and do you know what errands they have done before?" ”

Qin Duan wanted to know the origin of these slaves, so as not to use them in the future.

"Back to Master Qin, these slaves are all brought back from Beishan County by villains, they are all some who can't eat, and voluntarily sell themselves as slaves, and their backgrounds are very innocent, sir, you want to buy a few, if there are more, the small ones will give you a discount." The slave merchant was afraid that Qin Duan would worry that the origin of these slaves would not be clear, so he hurriedly explained.

"How many slaves do you have here?" Qin Duan asked.

"The small one now has more than a hundred slaves here." The slave merchant replied.

"Except for those under the age of eight and over the age of fifty, everyone else will be brought out for me to see." Qin Duan said after thinking for a while.

Beishan County is a large county in the northwest of the Great Qin State near the border, not only with a vast land and a large population. Since the drought began a few years ago, Beishan County has not harvested for three consecutive years, and the people in the county have been displaced and sold into slavery.

"Master Qin, these people are selected according to your requirements, there are thirty men, twenty women, and fifteen children over the age of eight who are not minors, these people are all slaves who have been accepted in Beishan County, there is no problem, and they are all registered in the government."

After selecting the slaves that Qin Duan requested, the slave merchant said to Qin Duan with a straight face, after all, the current slave business is not very easy to do, there are wars everywhere, there is famine everywhere, there are too many slaves, and there are many fewer people to buy, so Huang Yue attaches great importance to this business.

Sitting on the Taishi's chair, Qin Duan looked at the slave standing in front of him with a nonchalant expression.

Although Beishan County was affected by drought and famine, many people were sold into slavery, but in order to make the slaves in his hands easy to sell, Huang Yue obviously did not abuse them too much.

Even though these people have a little dish on their faces, they seem to be in good spirits, at least in front of Qin Duan, the buyer, both adults and children are trying their best to show themselves.

Not only did all of the male slaves have a strong physical foundation, but the female slaves were also very good-looking, and even some of the young girls looked quite smart.

As for the dozen or so children, all of them have shrewd faces, and obviously most of them know how to control their own destiny, after all, it is better to be bought away than to be locked up in a house every day by a slave trader.

After looking around, after thinking about it, Qin Duan said: "Do any of you have a family member, if so, stand up first, and you can also take children." ”

"Master, can you brother?" Suddenly, one of the slaves spoke.

Qin Dui's request was a little vague, but Qin Dui was even more surprised that someone reacted so quickly. Looking at a strong man in his thirties who took the initiative to raise his hand, Qin Duan was a little unsure of his errand before selling himself into slavery, and thought about it and said, "If there are underage brothers and sisters here, you can take the child to stand up first." ”

As soon as Qin Dui's words fell, the strong man was silent, obviously not meeting Qin Dui's requirements.

Then, under the loud urging of the slave trader Huang Yue, a couple soon came out, bringing a girl of twelve or thirteen years old.

Without the slave to speak, the slave merchant Huang Yue said with a flattering face: "Master Qin, do you want to buy this family?" ”

Qin Duan didn't pay attention to the slave traders, and continued to look at the slaves who were waiting for their fate to be decided, and said, "Those who have practiced martial arts can also stand up first, regardless of men or women. ”

"Whoa!"

No one argued any further, and soon a large crowd of the slaves was crowded, not only the strong men who had spoken earlier, but also four or five sturdy women.

In the countryside of the Great Qin Dynasty, many ordinary people practiced martial arts when they were not working, one was to strengthen their bodies, but to defend their villages, after all, in the northwest of the Great Qin Dynasty, there were often rogues who attacked villages, plundered property and women, and killed people and set fires.

Seeing that half of the slaves had already come out, Qin Duan didn't care, and continued to say calmly: "Whether there are literate people or not, and some can also stand up, regardless of men or women." ”

Different from the previous noise, this time the slaves quickly quieted down, after all, in the Great Qin Dynasty, reading is a very luxurious behavior, ordinary people even have a problem with eating, where is there any spare money to read and write, according to incomplete statistics, only one in three hundred people in the Great Qin Kingdom has read and knows a few words, and the rest of the people are basically Bai Ding who does not know a single big character.

I don't know if it was influenced by the strong man before, but after a while, a handsome-looking woman stepped forward slightly and said, "My lord, do you have any requirements for literacy?" Is it required to read the scriptures? ”

"Although it is very good to read the scriptures, but this master will not ask you to use this, as long as you are literate and hyphenated, you can read by yourself, and write your own family letters, but men don't want it."

Hearing Qin Duan's words, only the woman who spoke and another young girl came out of the slave group, both of them were not very old, but there was a different taste of grace and grace when they walked, if it weren't for the dirty all over their bodies, especially on their faces, which were so black that people looked awkward, it really made people wonder if it was the eldest lady from a big family.