Chapter 51: The Fortune Workshop
Human trafficking is not as dirty and dark as the outside world thinks, but it is still very just, open and fair, maybe the trafficked person is not voluntary, but the person is not yet an adult, and everything is under the control of his parents.
If your parents sell you, then you are sold, and you can only blame your bad life,
If you are lucky, you can enter a good family, be a maid or be a concubine,
As for men, maybe it's good to be a housekeeper or a groom,
When you meet that kind of bad person, all kinds of beating, scolding, corporal punishment and bullying and bullying are commonplace, and this is not clearly stipulated in the law of the Moon Dynasty.
It is normal for the head of the family to beat and scold the servants and physically punish them, if they are killed, they only need to report to the yamen, since the moment they signed the deed of sale, his life is yours.
You have the right to do what you want.
Visiting with the fate, it is the largest human trafficking workshop in Zhuo County, a bit like an intermediary unit, whoever wants to sell their children, or whose servants don't want it, will come here to buy and sell.
If the price is low, it can be sold directly to the workshop, which then sells it at a high price. If you are not satisfied with the negotiated price, you can clearly mark the price and entrust the workshop to sell it for you.
Over time, tens of thousands of households and hundreds of thousands of people in Zhuo County have bought and sold people here, among which the extraordinary rich and expensive buyers need people to take care of their big businesses and businesses.
There are also parents who are in a hurry to eat, which is also understandable, there are many children in the family, this meal naturally becomes a problem, selling one or two does not delay the inheritance, this is everyone is very open to this matter,
Some people will say, how pitiful is this child?
Pitiful and pitiful, but no one else can be blamed, only he was born in this family, some people were born in the royal family, and some people were born in a beggar's family, this is their own fate, and no one has ever complained.
As soon as I stepped into the door, there were few people at the door, but there was a big round platform in the middle, and there was a small bench on the round platform, and there were a few children who had been well in good health, all with their heads bowed and their expressions depressed.
There is also a long queue next to the round platform to the back hall, where the elders hold their children's hands and wait for the medical examination, and a trace of anticipation can be seen from their eyes, hoping that their children can be sold for a good price.
There was a pole in front of the platform, and I put my arms on the pole with my right foot next to my left foot, casually and carefully observing all this.
Today is quite lively, there are about 40 people present to sell children, the trafficked children do not cry or make trouble, quietly follow the adults, waiting for the workshop shopkeeper to come to accept,
I turned around and looked at the long line, only to see a middle-aged man with three pretty little girls,
One of them had a yellowish face, which should be caused by long-term malnutrition, and his skin was a little thin, but not the kind of firewood.
There are still a few pieces of black on the little face, and I should have not washed my face when I came, but this girl's two eyes are unusually bright and clear, as if she has seen through this world, and it seems that she does not understand this world at all.
The sordid society did nothing to her young mind.
At first glance, this man looked like a farmer, with dark skin, calloused hands, and a dress that barely had holes.
The shopkeeper walked out of the back hall, inspected the children in line one by one, and quoted the price.
Regarding the offer, one is how much is the child worth to talk to the owner of this sale, if the other party is not satisfied, you can go, if you think it is appropriate, you can leave the child here, or sell it directly to the workshop.
As long as people can walk normally and think normally, they will never be smashed in their hands, because there are many places that need to be employed in this era.
All the children waiting to be bought and sold, there are more women than men, which is also caused by the troubled times of the year, it is said that in the past few decades of war, 10 million young people have died.
It was not easy to enjoy a peaceful life for more than ten years, but the missing population could not be made up for in a period of time.
Now there are more women than men, and there is an extreme imbalance, according to the statistics of the current arithmeticians, the ratio of men to women nationwide is now nine to one!
If the wife of the rich and noble family gave birth to a girl, she would have cried for a long time, and she would blame herself for her stomach.
No, this man's face is not very good, there are three girls standing next to him, I think they should all be his daughters, even if I am reluctant, there is no other way, I stepped forward and said to him,
"Are your three daughters going to be sold?"
The man saw that I was wearing a rich dress, his eyes suddenly lit up, he looked down at the three girls sitting there, his eyes were very reluctant, and then he raised his head firmly and said to me,
"That's right, man, do you want to buy it?"
"Well, I see that your three children are good, and it's good to come to me and do what you can, you can make a price."
The man rubbed his hands together with a grimace.
"It's... I don't know how much it is, Shopkeeper Liu! Shopkeeper Liu! ”
Shopkeeper Liu was busy checking the child in front of him, and when he heard someone greeting him, he replied impatiently
"Wait a minute!"
I turned to look at him, and hey, this guy was actually checking a little girl's body! How could an eleven or twelve-year-old not be finished?
There's something wrong with this man's mind! I seriously suspect that he is taking advantage of underage girls, but... I don't seem to have any evidence, and it was reasonable and legal for him to do so.
This shopkeeper Liu knew my father, and there were two servants in the house before, and it was through him that he sold them, and I shouted to her,
"Shopkeeper Liu, don't come unharmed!"
The man stood up and glanced at me, and was about to say something, but when he saw that I quickly changed his smile,
"Yo~ Isn't this Young Master Ji? What is the wind that blows you over? ”
He came to me and saluted me. I told him about the fact that I had become a captain of the seventh grade,
"Congratulations to the little master, congratulations to the little master, oops, although the owner of Ji Zhuang has money, but he has no identity, this time the Ji family can raise their eyebrows and live in the city, hahahahaha!"
I waved my hand,
"The gossip will continue in my house another day, and today I am here to ask you for help."
"Ouch, little master, who dares to say no?"
I turned around, pointed at the children, and said.
"You help me see how much these three kids are worth, I bought it."
He turned his head to look, looked up and down with a frown, and walked up to reach into the child's trouser leg when I quickly pressed him down,
"I said you'd be enough! I fancy you dare to move your hands and feet! These three children must be completely untested, just say how much it is,"
My scolding didn't make him feel ashamed, maybe he was used to the daily check-up, and there was nothing wrong with it.
"Shhhh These three children are water spirits, eleven or twelve years old, looking at this body is also on the top, fifteen taels a piece. ”
I turned to the dealer and asked,
"Are you satisfied with the price?"
As soon as the farmer heard that a child was worth 15 taels, he didn't know what to say, so he knelt down for me and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Thank you! Thank you! With these 45 taels of silver, my youngest son can grow up to marry a daughter-in-law, and I beg the nobles to treat my three daughters well! Thank you, old man! ”
I hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and kowtowed to me at such an old age, isn't this going to be a long life? I'm not an emperor.
"It doesn't have to be like this, the three children can enter my house, it can be regarded as their creation, don't worry, I won't treat them badly."
I took out fifty taels of silver from my bag and handed it to the old man, and I also took out a silver cake and handed it to Shopkeeper Liu.
"Shopkeeper Liu, I have worked hard today, but these three children are not enough, I need at least 20."
Shopkeeper Liu was surprised.
"You want so much!? Then you come with me, there is still a lot of stock in the backyard, you can pick and choose. ”
The whole hall saw that I was generous, and they all wanted to sell the child to me, but I didn't have that much time, and I didn't know how long it would be when the shopkeeper Liu finished checking his body one by one.
I followed him through the front hall to the backyard, where there was a small house with the windows wide open, and he pushed the door open and walked in with me.
I saw that there were more than 40 boys and girls inside, and some were even only five or six years old, lying on the ground with sleepy eyes, I couldn't help but say,
"Lao Liu, can't you find a better environment for them? Look at what these four-sided ones look like, what kind of system they have become,"
Shopkeeper Liu is only the shopkeeper here, not the boss, and if you want to give these forty children, one person and one room, it is impossible, even if you install a wooden couch for them, it is estimated that the boss will not be willing.
I'm not going to build them a house like a philanthropist.
Shopkeeper Liu listened to my words and was finally embarrassed.
"Yes, yes, come and stand up, let the nobles take a good look, who can enter this nobleman's house, that is the blessing of the eighth generation."
The children stood up one by one, some of the children were skinny and skinny, I looked a little distressed, and I chose 12 girls and 10 boys for a long time, and then I asked the shopkeeper Liu to take them out,
I was just about to turn around, when a voice suddenly came from behind me,
"Nobleman, I beg you, take my sister out too, she will do anything, she will do whatever you ask her to do, just ask the nobleman to give her a chance, I beg you!"
PS: Today's 10,000 words have been delivered, ask for collection, ask for recommendation! Explanation of geographical location: Yingtian can be regarded as the current capital, Zhuoxian is Zhuozhou, Hebei, and the protagonist's Zhuangzi is in the Fangshan area.