It is not better than the street market with a clear price, and the market here is mostly a dark price, that is, the buyer and the seller compare the price in the sleeve, and if it is suitable, it will become a business, and if it is not suitable, it will be separated, and it will not hurt the harmony on the face, and it will not expose the reserve price.

The maritime merchant asked for the price, Yan Xingsheng sat on the ground and bargained, the maritime merchant bid ten taels, Yan Xingsheng waved his hand, and compared one or two in his sleeve, if the other party was unwilling, he would change the house and continue to bargain, there was always some urgency to make a move, seeing that he wanted more, he sold the goods to him ruthlessly.

In this way, he actually helped Mu Chonglan save a lot of silver.

Mu Chonglan was not idle, he took the silver and went to pick up the leak, and a maritime merchant peddled some small black seeds to her, saying that they were also spices that could be used in dishes.

Mu Chonglan recognized it at a glance, it was peppercorns, and the taste was spicy, she didn't like it very much, but she remembered that boiled water with peppercorns could prevent moths, whether it was clothes or books, it had a good effect, so she immediately bought it.

When the three of them finally came back from the maritime market, it was already sunset.

Early the next morning, Mu Chonglan was about to go out again, Yan Xingsheng had to follow out again, and after inquiring, he learned that Mu Chonglan planned to go to the slave market and buy some strong slaves to put in the restaurant that was about to open.

"There is actually a shortage of manpower over there in the rouge shop, if you can buy some clever girls and put them there, you should be able to sell more rouge gouache, and buy a few more rouge kneading ones." Mu Chonglan was counting with her fingers, she had a flower field in Qingzhou, and she could grow spices or anything by herself, but the flower slaves she originally bought had taken root in Qingzhou, and if they were easily transferred, they might be able to solve the current urgent needs, but it might cause a shortage of supplies in the later stage, and it was not very cost-effective.

What's more, rouge is the fastest thing to change color, if she transports most of the unpopular rouge gouache to Qingzhou, maybe it can also be popular, but if she transmits the color to Qingzhou, and then sends the rouge to Dadu after the rouge is prepared by Qingzhou, it will inevitably be bumpy for a long time, and maybe even after the rouge is transported, those colors are no longer popular.

Therefore, it is better to buy a few skillful teachings, and then in turn to transport the rouge here to Qingzhou, at least it will not be hoarded.

Yan Xingsheng listened to Mu Chonglan's words and thought for a while: "What kind of young lady is going to buy?" ”

"Buy a few guys, and buy a few maids who are fifteen or sixteen years old, or in their early twenties, and can be used in the house and in the rouge shop." After Mu Chonglan finished speaking, he thought for a moment and added: "If you have a mother-in-law who can make pastries, you can also buy one and put it in the restaurant." ”

Yan Xingsheng thought for a moment and said: "The young lady wants to buy a mother-in-law, a man and a maid, it is indeed a one-and-done method, after all, it is not as reassuring as the deed in your hand, but I think the young lady can still buy a younger one." ”

"Younger?"

"Yes, you can pick some eight or nine-year-old girls to buy, although this age is more expensive than other slaves, but raised since childhood is always better than those fifteen or sixteen years old, or early twenties, after all, no one knows if they have committed something before to be kicked out, if they encounter a person with unclean hands and feet, it is a trouble." After Yan Xingsheng finished speaking, seeing that Mu Chonglan didn't think so, he explained: "The young lady may think that she is just a rouge kneader, and she can't raise it from a young age, but this kind of thinking will only hinder the business from becoming bigger, if the young lady wants to do business for a long time, these details can't be ignored." ”

Mu Chonglan was a little foggy when he heard it, but he also roughly understood what Yan Xingsheng meant, nodded and agreed to buy some small ones, although you can buy two big ones if you buy a small one, but it is indeed as Yan Xingsheng said, I only know what kind of temper I have since I was a child.

It's just that unlike Yan Xingsheng, Mu Chonglan doesn't think that raising them like this can tell whether these little girls are clean with hands and feet, but thinks that this way can pick out a few special cultivators who are talented in perfumery, even if one out of ten can be perfumed with Su Chengmo, it is a profitable deal.

Yan Xingsheng saw that Mu Chonglan agreed with his idea, and proposed to buy a few fewer buddies, pick a few more eleven or twelve-year-old boys, and then teach them to read and write.

Regarding Yan Xingsheng's eloquent talk, Mu Chonglan rolled his eyes when he heard it, he was just such a rouge shop, a restaurant, and he was guilty of cultivating a shopkeeper?

But think about it, forget it, anyway, if you don't use it, you can still use it in the house, now the people in the house are all Xiao Xiantang's people, and they don't know what to eat to grow up, five big and three coarse, you can crush the plate with a plate, buy a few smart, you won't have nothing to crush the plate back, it is indeed a good idea to save money.

After reaching a consensus, Yan Xingsheng drove the carriage and took Mu Chonglan and Su Chengmo to the slave market.

The slave market is much more hidden and crowded than the maritime market, and it does not really sell the slaves so blatantly at a price, but leads mules, horses, and animals to cover up, and those people are tied to their wrists with a bell.

The trafficked slaves were more recognizable, most of them were dressed in rags, with straw stuck on their heads, and of course, some were brightly dressed, but they could still be easily distinguished from the expressions on their faces.

"I didn't expect there to be so many people here." Mu Chonglan blinked, a little unable to believe what he was seeing.

Yan Xingsheng sneered: "If it had been half a month ago, there might not have been so many people, but now that there is a disaster, there will be more." ”

"Why do you say that?" Mu Chonglan asked a little puzzled.

Yan Xingsheng opened his mouth and explained: "These individuals are the most deaf and clear-sighted, the previous one was affected by the disaster, so they took the opportunity to go to the affected place to pick up some people and come back, these slaves should be from that side." ”

Hearing this, Mu Chonglan suddenly realized that most of the people in this slave market were the affected people who broke the embankment half a month ago, and they were coaxed here by those black-hearted people who gave some favors.

Maybe some of them didn't know what was going on, and some of them knew it from the beginning, but in order to have something to eat and not starve to death, they were still willing to sell themselves into slavery and beg for a living.

Like this, people don't dare to hoard in their hands, in order to get rid of it quickly, they often keep the price very low, so at this time, there will be a lot of famous and big families out of the steward, specially come to buy a large number of low-cost slaves, which is why there are so many people here.