Chapter XVIII
Liu Sheng's temper is very strange, not only does he not have entertainment in his car, but no one is allowed to eat and drink tea, the reason is to prevent the tea from spilling his account book, and the food residue attracts ants and mice to bite his books, so in the end, Zhao Liusi's pastime is a miscellaneous book.
Well, around this person, the pastime can only be reading.
The Liu family was not close to the trade union of the business, Zhao Liusi looked at the traditional Chinese characters that he didn't know, and fell asleep as expected. By the time he woke up from the carriage, there were obvious traces of water stains on the book.
"I only know that drinking tea will stain my books, but I didn't expect someone to sleep." Liu Sheng said disgustedly, but still handed Zhao Liusi a handkerchief, "Wipe it." ”
"It's not because your carriage is too comfortable...... I don't usually do that. Zhao Liusi took the handkerchief embarrassedly, wiped her saliva, and took such a nap, but it made her whole person sober up, pressed her neck, tilted her head and looked outside, "Have you arrived?" ”
"I just called you when it was almost there." Liu Sheng handed over the hat in his hand and told her, "Put the hat on, you will follow me today, don't make a noise, pretend to be my maid." ”
"Didn't you never bring a maid? So everybody thinks you're the one. Zhao Liusi ambiguously compared the jewelry, and then obtained a knife eye from Liu Sheng.
"Okay, okay, I won't say it." Zhao Liusi obediently put on her hat, Liu Sheng went down first, and then reached out to help her get off the horse.
"I didn't expect you to be quite considerate." Zhao Liusi jumped off the horse, and then looked at Liu Sheng, "But the old man helps the maidservant, it may not be very reasonable." Hee-hee. ”
"Don't make a fuss." Liu Sheng glared at her, and when Zhao Liusi saw this, he could only obediently follow him for half a step, learning from Chunxiang's ordinary appearance, walking slowly in small steps.
As soon as the two of them walked to the door, they saw a person who looked like a steward hurriedly walked in, and was relieved when he saw Liu Sheng, "Master Liu, I finally waited for you." I've got you covered. ”
"There has been something going on these days, and I didn't come to the hall." Liu Sheng said lightly, and then swept the man with a hat behind him, "What's it?" ”
Seeing this, the steward instructed the people behind him as if offering a treasure, "Lift your hat and let Liu Ye take a look." ”
The man behind stretched out his hand, Zhao Liusi realized that his hand was white and unusual, and when he lifted the hat, Zhao Liusi let out an exclamation first.
It turned out to be a handsome little guy with blonde hair and blue eyes.
This person is not very old, about twenty years old, slightly taller than Liu Sheng, thin figure, slightly curly hair, some freckles on his face, blue eyes, quite innocent.
Zhao Liusi's exclamation attracted a strange side look from the steward, but Liu Sheng's face remained unchanged, "My girl has never seen the world, so she smiled." ”
Zhao Liusi looked from afar, and saw that there were still some camels tied to the edge of the yard, and then he realized that he was indeed making a fuss.
This is the starting point of the Silk Road, and these people who beg for a living are all transporting goods to Persian food and other countries to sell, and they have seen more foreigners than the Central Plains.
"Out of the way, out of the way." The steward was dressed in silk and satin, his ten fingers were full of large gold rings inlaid with gemstones, and his chubby face was full of a kind smile, he quickly skipped Zhao Liusi, a small shrimp, and set his eyes on Liu Sheng, "You said that you wanted to find a suitable person for Miss before, and I picked this one for a long time." ”
"Look at this body, look at this look, look at this eyes, look at this tooth," the steward showed this stupid young man like a commodity, and the last sentence leaked his mouth, and he laughed at the moment, "Look at me, I am used to selling camels, we don't look at the teeth, we don't look at the teeth." ”
So this man was a camel dealer? Zhao Liusi was secretly funny in his heart, but he didn't expect him to make a cameo appearance as a human trafficker. But what happened when Liu Sheng said that he wanted to buy someone for himself? I haven't heard of it myself.
"How much." Liu Sheng coldly broke the chatter of the camel dealers.
"One hundred taels." The camel dealer simply quoted a price.
"You treat me as a mallet?" Liu Sheng looked at the camel dealer with a little unkind eyes, "An ordinary servant can buy one for three or four taels of silver." Even if it is particularly good, it is only a dozen taels of silver, and you dare to sell it for a hundred taels. ”
After Liu Sheng finished speaking, he was about to leave, and the camel dealer hurriedly followed, and he was busy complaining, "Liu Ye, Liu Ye, you wait, you wait, this is really not my random asking price, you said that it was an ordinary servant, that is a Han people, and the Fanbang people are thousands of miles away from us, I finally got a person of the right age, handsome, and innocent, do you say that the price must not rise?" ”
"Give you a stick of incense and convince me." Liu Sheng seemed to be moved by what he said and stopped.
The camel dealer ran in front of him, and when he finally stopped him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said breathlessly, "Master Liu, you often do business, and you also know that if you can come to us through the desert, where are there serious people?" ”
He looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Those people are either ruffians or hooligans, or they are desperate gamblers. ”
Liu Sheng moved slightly, and suddenly said to Zhao Liusi, who was listening to his attention, "You take this person to my room first." ”
Zhao Liusi saw him pointing his finger at the blonde brother, knowing that he wanted to break himself away, he reluctantly opened his mouth at the moment, "I came here for the first time, where do I know where your room is." ”
"Your long mouth is an ornament." Liu Sheng had a very old man's posture at this time, and rebuked mercilessly in front of others, "I don't know, I won't ask." ”
"I," Zhao Liusi still wanted to speak, but she felt that the hem of her sleeve was being pulled, and as soon as she looked up, she saw that the little brother with blond hair and blue eyes was smiling at her, and pointed inside, and said in a not very pure official dialect, "Let's go in, I'll help you ask." ”
"Do you speak Chinese?" Zhao Liusi was a little surprised and looked at her curiously.
"Not really. Ma can not only speak official dialect, but also write Chinese characters. The camel dealer seized the opportunity and hurriedly promoted it, "Maen, you go to Liu Ye's study with this sister first, and write a word for Liu Ye to take a look." ”
"Hey." The young man named Ma En happily showed a mouthful of big white teeth, and when Zhao Liusi saw this, he couldn't rub it any longer, so he could only follow him into the door.
"You guys, follow and lead the way." Of course, Liu Sheng would not really let Zhao Liusi stay alone with a strange man, even if it was his lair, so he immediately ordered the two guards around him to follow to protect him.
"Yes."
After waiting for everything to be arranged, he glanced at the camel dealer coldly, and then said expressionlessly, "Tell me, what is the origin of this kid." ”
"He is a good citizen, I heard that he is still a small nobleman in them, so he can speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and understand some of our etiquette here." The camel dealer said triumphantly, "What do you think, what kind of person is our young lady, and how face-saving it is to take such a person out." ”
"Since you are a nobleman, why did you go to great lengths to cross the desert to come to us?" Liu Sheng is not a fool, he does business, has dealt with those nobles, and knows that no matter what color of the person, the higher the status, the more he will spare his life. will send his subordinates to cross the desert to make a fortune, but he will never risk himself.
"The house is in trouble. I heard that I offended some big nobles, and the whole family died. He was arranged by his father to escape in the caravan, and he could not go back to his home, so he had to go all the way east. The camel dealer could not be fooled, so he could only tell the truth, "His servant died in the desert to protect him, and he hid in my cattle heap and stole my fodder, and he was discovered." We originally wanted to leave him behind, but we felt that it was too much of a loss, and seeing that he looked good, we wanted to bring him back and sell him, which not only saved his life, but also made up for some losses. ”
"I can't sell it." Liu Sheng said indifferently, looking knowledgeable.
"How can it not be sold, how good a clean boy is." The camel dealer was still full of momentum before, and was stared at by Liu Sheng, so he could only gradually lower his voice, and said with a little grievance, "Alas, our people here, if you buy a Fanbang person, you want to be majestic, so the best sales are Kunlun slaves, and the best black and tall strong." The second is that the body is strong and can work, which is also good. But who knew that this kid had been spoiled since he was a child, he couldn't do anything, and he ate a lot. I originally wanted to raise him fat and sell it black, but who knew that he had eaten it for a few months, and he had grown a lot taller, but he couldn't get fat like a hemp pole. ”
Liu Sheng hugged his arms and looked at him with a smile, "Then such a money-losing goods, you will come to trap me?" ”
"Where is this pit for you." The camel dealer shouted again and again, "This little white face is good-looking, quiet and quiet, and well-behaved, the most suitable thing is to be a male pet." It's a pity that none of our women here like his eyes and hair, and would rather buy a down-and-out scholar and a down-and-out nobleman at a high price than buy this rice bucket at a discount. I heard that Master Liu, you want to find a lady like that, thinking that this is not a ready-made deal? This is not relied on, let's find a net worth here again, and there is also a broken relationship, where is this kind of person convenient? If you like it, just stay by your side, if you don't want it one day, just dispose of it, he doesn't have a household registration on our side, so he can't be considered a person. ”
"The goods are good, but you are not sincere," Liu Sheng shook his head, looking reluctant, "I don't want to do business with people like you." ”
"Oh, Uncle Liu, it's me who was wrong, it's me who has made my heart confused, and I dare to play tricks in front of the true god, just forgive me." Seeing this, the camel dealer quickly admitted his mistake, but he still didn't want to lower the price, "But if you think about it, I quoted the price higher for the sake of Miss." What kind of person do you say our young lady is, she wants to be like ordinary people, what kind of things do you use, so much money? ”
"There is some truth in what you say," Liu Sheng nodded, and then said indifferently, "Then the price is fifty taels." If you want to sell it, go to the account office and pay the money, or if you don't want to sell it, take the people home yourself. ”
"I sell," the camel dealer calculated, gritting his teeth, and almost crying, "I can't sell it." ”