"Are you still going to recruit people from the village?" Xue Wuyi asked.

"I don't want to recruit people from the village, it's a little inconvenient to know people." Liu Meiniang said with her chin propped up.

"That's easy to do, just go to someone and buy someone." Xue Wuyi said with his fingers lightly clasping the table.

"Buying people?" Liu Meiniang heard of buying people for the first time.

"Yes, there are several families in the city, and they can specialize in buying and selling people, and they have all kinds of people they need." Xue Wuyi explained to Liu Meiniang.

"Do I need any other formalities or something?" Liu Meiniang asked, in fact, she still felt uncomfortable, she didn't expect that the population could really be traded in such an open and honest way.

"After you buy it, you need to sign a deed and keep it in the government, if the person you buy escapes in the future, the government can also recover it for you." After listening to Xue Wuyi's words, Liu Meiniang was simply dumbfounded, and there was this kind of operation.

"This is all normal, the descendants of big families are all bought." Xue Wuyi opened the fan in his hand.

"It's almost the New Year, isn't it cold for you to fan on such a cold day?" was ruthlessly exposed by Liu Meiniang, Xue Wuyi coughed several times in embarrassment.

"I can accompany you to buy it." Considering that Liu Meiniang might not, Xue Wuyi volunteered.

Xue Wuyi came out to do business, after being separated from the Xue family, the Xue family did not provide him with any help, only when the family was separated, his father gave him a thousand taels of silver, and a thousand taels in Qingshi County is a shocking amount, but in the capital, which gentleman does not have three or five thousand taels of silver in his pocket money.

Therefore, the silver in Xue Wuyi's hand is a little insufficient.

However, Xue Wuyi still relied on this silver to start and built the Caiyi Pavilion. With today's achievements, Xue Wuyi actually doesn't blame his father, and he is very grateful. Even if he killed his mother-in-law, Xue Wuyi didn't hate it much. I just don't want to be with them anymore.

After the decision was made, Xue Wuyi and Liu Meiniang went to Renyazi to see people in the afternoon.

They went to a dental shop in the south of the city that specialized in buying and selling people. The owner of the tooth shop is a woman in her forties, and she wears exquisite makeup, but she is not good-tempered by looking at her face.

"Yo, little minister, little lady, come and buy someone." As soon as Liu Meiniang and Zhang Jihan entered, the woman in red greeted them warmly, and her eyes kept looking at the two of them, and then she probably saw that the two of them were dressed well, so she was even more enthusiastic.

"This minister, can you show your wife a few serving girls? The people trained by my Du Sanniang here are guaranteed to be no worse than the maids of those big families in the capital. "As long as you can sell something, it is equivalent to half the success, and the three words "your wife" successfully please Xue Wuyi.

Xue Wuyi nodded, Liu Meiniang was embarrassed to refute again, misunderstanding is misunderstanding, in modern times, friends often make this kind of joke, Liu Meiniang said that it was not painful.

"How many people do you want, what kind of people do you want, Sanniang will find them out for you. You are satisfied. Du Sanniang took the two into the flower hall and sat down, and asked someone to serve tea to the two.

"We don't need a waiter, we need some people to do the work." Liu Meiniang got straight to the point.

"The human hand that does the work?" Du Sanniang thought she had misheard.

"Well, we have a few Zhuangzi that need some manpower." Xue Wuyi added.

"Oh, this Sanniang understands. Sanniang will go find someone, wait a minute, please take a look at the two of you. Du Sanniang is also a discerning person, don't ask much, and go down to find someone after speaking.

After a while, Du Sanniang came in and invited Liu Meiniang and Zhang Jihan to go out, and asked them to pick people in the yard.

Liu Meiniang was startled when she went out, the yard was full of people, men, women and children, but on the whole, the age group was still relatively concentrated in the past.

And there are mostly men. It seems that this Du Sanniang is really a sincere businessman.

"Little lady, everyone who meets your conditions is here. They are all people who have worked before, and they are very nimble with their hands and feet. Guaranteed not to delay you. Du Sanniang pointed to the people in the courtyard and said. also introduced a few people to Liu Meiniang from time to time that she thought were better and could be hired, and Liu Meiniang nodded from time to time.

After Du Sanniang finished speaking, she walked to the bottom of the steps and began to look at them one by one.

Although Liu Meiniang couldn't bear it in her heart, she knew that if she didn't buy it, someone else would buy it, and she might not necessarily meet an employer like theirs. Liu Meiniang simply didn't bother when she thought of this.

"How is Mei Niang?" Xue Wuyi also watched from the sidelines, giving some advice from time to time, but he didn't interfere with Liu Meiniang's decision.

After Liu Meiniang turned around twice, she picked out eight or nine people, two women, and the rest were men.

"The little lady has a good eye, these people are the best we have here, they are down-to-earth and honest, do you want these people, little lady?" When Du Sanniang saw that Liu Meiniang was so generous, she couldn't close her mouth when she smiled.

"Well, all of them." Liu Meiniang replied, but Liu Meiniang always felt that there might not be enough manpower. It turned around again, and then another person was pulled out at the back.

That person is tall and big, and he looks very vicious, Du Sanniang was stunned, she didn't expect Liu Meiniang to pick him.

"Little lady, are you sure you want this person?" Du Sanniang asked.

"What's wrong?" Liu Meiniang asked Du Sanniang, is it possible that there are any questions?

"Don't hide from the little lady, this person is a Beirong person, called Gao Yong, tall and big, looks very terrifying, infinite power, but also very edible, a bucket of rice to eat, so no one has been buying, I think the little lady is also sincere to buy people, I Du Sanniang will never harm the guests, this person's situation I also made clear, if the little lady wants to buy, Sanniang is naturally grateful, the little lady does not buy, Sanniang will not force it." Du Sanniang explained beside Liu Meiniang.

"So he hasn't had enough to eat with you?" Liu Meiniang asked.

"Oh, little lady, my business is not good, he eats a bucket of rice at a time, I ...... I just had to tell him not to starve to death. Du Sanniang shook the handkerchief in her hand,

Liu Meiniang nodded in agreement after listening to Du Sanniang's words, if a Gao Yong eats a bucket of rice at a time, it is true that ordinary people can't afford it. However, Liu Meiniang just heard Du Sanniang say the word Beirong, so she paid special attention to this person.

Beirong people, as long as Beirong people are mentioned, Liu Meiniang thinks of Zhang Jilin, the husband she has never met.

Although she has no feelings, when she encounters something related to Zhang Jilin, Liu Meiniang still wants to find out.

Xue Wuyi, who was standing on the steps, had an obscure look in his eyes, he found someone to check on Liu Meiniang, and knew that Liu Meiniang's husband died on the battlefield in Beirong because he joined the army.

So when he heard that Gao Yong was from Beirong, Xue Wuyi also paid attention.

Two years ago, he also went to Beirong because of business, at that time there was peace between Beirong and Daqi, and it was still in a state of truce, Beirong people were indeed born strong, Xue Wuyi thought that he was already tall, and when he went to Beirong, he found that he was still not as strong as Beirong people, and on Beirong Street, any person could be taller than him.

Moreover, the Beirong people have a wild personality, some like uncivilized barbarians, so the Daqi people also call the Beirong people the Northern Barbarians, interesting people, the Beirong people call themselves Darong, and the Great Qi is called the Eastern Qi.

Zhang Jihan's most intuitive feeling when he went to Beirong was that the people there were belligerent, and he lived in an inn for three or five days, and he could meet Beirong people fighting almost every day.

And the innkeeper is no longer surprised.

After Xue Wuyi returned to the capital, he swore that he would not go to Beirong if he could not go to Beirong in the future, the people there were too barbaric, so he also admired the soldiers who attacked Beirong.

"What can you do?" Liu Meiniang walked up to Gao Yong and asked.

"I'm strong, I'm ...... It is possible to move things. Gao Yong stammered and said that someone bought him before, and as soon as he heard that he ate too much, he didn't want him, so he stayed in Yaxing, couldn't eat enough every day, and had to do a lot of work. He also thought about escaping, but his deed of sale is here, and every time he escapes, he will be chased back, and then he will be beaten badly, Gao Yong ran a few times at first, and then he really couldn't stand the beating, and he didn't dare to run away, so he obediently stayed in the tooth shop to work.

Liu Meiniang noticed that it was already winter, and Gao Yong was only wearing a thin coat, and his hands were full of scars.

"But I'm good at eating, but if you buy me, I'll eat less."

It can be seen that Gao Yong wants to leave Yaxing, and Gao Yong doesn't know whether Liu Meiniang is a bad person or a good person, but he just thinks that the woman in front of him is good-looking and soft-spoken. Gao Yong felt that if he was bought by this woman, he would definitely be better off than he was in the dental shop.

"Well, do you want to come with me?" Liu Meiniang asked.

"Yes!" Gao Yong immediately replied.

"Sanniang, I want this person too." Liu Meiniang pointed at Gao Yong.

Du Sanniang heard that Liu Meiniang really bought Gao Yong, and she couldn't stop smiling.

"The little lady is simply our lucky star. I'll take their deeds of sale. Du Sanniang covered her mouth, twisted her waist and left,

The people who were selected by Liu Meiniang stood in the courtyard waiting to go with their new owners, but everyone had a smile on their faces, and they were very happy that they had someone to buy.

"It's their deed of sale." After a while, Du Sanniang came over with a pile of paper.

"Little lady, this thing can be put away, you can't let them take it themselves, they sign a death deed, as long as the deed of sale is with you. And they did not dare to flee. ”

Du Sanniang kindly reminded Liu Meiniang.

"I see, thank you, it's a lot of silver." Liu Meiniang asked.

"Seven taels of silver for men, four taels for women, I won't ask you for that Gao Yong, three taels of silver will be sold to you." It was sixty taels of silver. Can the little lady bring enough silver? Du Sanniang asked.

"Here you go." Liu Meiniang took out a silver ticket of fifty taels and twenty taels of broken silver.