When the shopkeeper Qi was looking for the silver, Sun Wang kept blaming himself: "Li Shao...... Master, I, I didn't do this well, look at my ......"

"I don't blame you for everything." Li Yongji smiled, "You just need to do what I want you to do next." By the way, don't call me master, it's still young master, master sounds awkward. ”

"Yes, Young Master Li." Sun Wang can also see it now, although the second young master of the Li family is young, it is really not simple, although he doesn't know what he sold to the Wang family, but the person who can let the young master of the Wang family treat is not simple. Of course, even if you don't have these, you can suffer such a big loss and still be so calm, just with this bearing, you won't be a simple person in the future.

"Actually, it's a good thing that the land has increased, and I have a lot of room to show." Li Yongji smiled, "You also know that our family is already thin, and I bought such a big house, and it is impossible for me to live alone, right?" So if you want to buy some subordinates and slaves or something to take away, that is, you want to buy some subordinates, I don't know what this charter is? ”

"That's right." Sun Wang said with a smile, "In previous years, it was quite complicated to buy people, but now, it is much simpler." ”

Next, Sun Wang began to introduce the doorway to Li Yongji.

It turned out that although the Qing Dynasty was still a feudal society, with clear class divisions and allowed human trafficking, the government's management and restrictions on human trafficking were stricter and more standardized than those of the previous dynasty.

Before the Qing Dynasty, human trafficking could be carried out privately, as long as both parties agreed, the government generally recognized, but in the Qing Dynasty, especially after Emperor Yongzheng, in order to prevent selling good to cheap, it was necessary to let the good person who wanted to sell himself, that is, a free person, first apply to the government, and then the local governor ** issued a guarantee, and then after verification by the government, the official seal was stamped on the selling document, so that the sale was established.

Private sales that have not been certified by the government, even if you think you have sold yourself, are not legally recognized as slaves, which is very disadvantageous to the person who is the master, because the slaves and maids he bought are not legally recognized, and there is no way to pursue them in case of escape.

However, that was in the past, and now, there are too many people who can't survive and apply to sell their bodies, and if they still strictly follow this set of procedures, the government is really too busy, so most local governments will set aside a place to run a city for everyone's convenience.

The so-called human market, as the name suggests, is a place to buy and sell people, which is somewhat similar to the talent market in later generations, but the difference is that the two parties in the talent market in later generations are just a simple employment relationship, even if they reach an employment transaction, their identities are equal, and if you don't want to do it, you can leave at any time; The two sides of the transaction in the human market, once the transaction is completed, it becomes a master-servant subordinate relationship, and the identity is unequal, without the consent of the master, it is impossible for the subordinate slave to leave privately, which is equivalent to a fugitive slave, if you can't catch it, you have to send it back to justice, and this law usually refers to family law, that is, lynching, which is reasonable and legal in the Qing Dynasty. The so-called state has national laws, and families have family rules, and this is what it says.

Obviously, Qingpu County, to which Zhujiajiao Town belongs, also implements this kind of people-to-people policy, and there are provisions in the local people-to-people policy, that is, all human trafficking behaviors must be carried out in the people's market, and human trafficking outside the people's market is illegal.

At the same time, the government will also dispatch special officials and officials in the city, not only to facilitate the maintenance of order, but also to facilitate management and monitoring, and to prevent the occurrence of illegal transactions to the greatest extent.

Of course, this kind of human market trading is mainly aimed at those who are willing to be slaves or sold by their families, that is, they are free people before the transaction is completed, and the other kind of people who are involuntary and are slaves do not have to trade in the human market.

Needless to say, before the transaction is completed, they are still civilians who have the final say, this kind of self-slave people, most of them are really unable to live, so the price is cheap and sufficient, but the general plain is not high, the people in the market are mainly this kind of people, the same way, the so-called strict management of the government, is mainly aimed at this part of the people.

The second type of people are involuntary slaves, like Li Fu, Chen Ma, and Li Jinbao are this kind of people. This kind of person has no autonomy himself, and the deed of sale is in the hands of the master, so they can't sell themselves themselves, they can only be decided by the master, and in the same way, if you want to buy this kind of person, you only need to negotiate with the owner of the other party. For example, if you go to ** to buy a girl and come back, you are asking ** to buy the other party's deed of sale, which is also equivalent to buying a slave and coming back.

Relatively speaking, people who are slaves themselves are higher than ordinary commoners who sell themselves, after all, as slaves, they are generally attached to large families or special institutions, such as **. And after living in these places for a long time, such people have mastered some skills to some extent, at least in literacy. However, the number of such slaves in the market is relatively small, the price is relatively high, and there are masters who have loyalty and reliability problems, and the main force of this kind of people in the market is usually the girl in the **.

All in all, with Li Yongji's current situation, it is best to go to the market to buy those cheap and sufficient lovers as slaves, and when the time comes, after someone you fall in love with there, and the other party is also happy, then you can find a servant in the city to get a document of sale, sign and draw on the spot, and then pay the money to the official, and then the official seal will be stamped, which is very convenient and fast. ”

"Oh, I see." Hearing this, Li Yongji nodded, "What about the price, how is the price of the buyer generally calculated?" ”

"Today's price, it's hard to say, you have to ask on the spot, different people, different prices. But generally speaking, if you buy a woman from a beautiful family who is eighteen or nineteen years old and can work and write, the value may be higher, how can you ask for seventy or eighty taels of silver, and a better one will get more than one hundred taels; But if you buy a thirteen or fourteen-year-old woman who can read and write, the transaction price is only between two taels of silver and three taels of silver; If it is a strong man in his twenties, he can generally buy it for only five taels of silver, and a man in his thirties only needs three taels; As for the women over thirty and the boys in their teens, they don't need money at all, they are all given away for free, as long as you are willing to take care of the food, then go with you. ”

"I see." Li Yongji nodded and sighed, "It's really cheap." ”

"yes, cheap is really cheap." Sun Wang said, "But as the saying goes, it's easy to buy people and it's hard to raise people." This buying a slave is not like buying something else, after you buy it and go home, you have to take care of the food every day and give money every month. Otherwise, the person you bought will be disobedient and difficult to discipline, and if you are ruthless, you may run away privately. Therefore, when you buy slaves and maids, you mostly buy those who are loyal and responsible, otherwise you will buy back a bone boy, and it will be a restless house. Of course, on the other hand, if you buy people back, you can't just ignore them, people are not animals after all, people serve you wholeheartedly, compare their hearts with their hearts, and this should be the master, and they must also be treated as the master, right? As long as you treat your subordinates well, your subordinates will generally treat you well. ”

"Makes sense." Li Yongji nodded.

"How many people do you want to buy, young master?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, at least two hundred people." Li Yongji said.

"To buy so many people?" Sun Wang was surprised again, "Two hundred people is not a small number, and it will cost a lot of money to feed these people. So many people, each person has to eat two catties of food every day, this day is 400 catties, a month is 12,000 catties, plus clothes, monthly money, etc., you also have to pay, this month...... God, I can't figure it out, you, can you raise it? ”

"Don't worry, since I can buy it, I will definitely be able to afford it." Li Yongji said, "Just ask if you can do it." ”

"I can do it." Sun Wang said, "But I have to ask you, what are you buying so many people for?" ”

"I won't hide this from you," Li Yongji smiled, "Now that it's not peaceful here, I want to start a militia group." ”