"Sister, do you want someone? Do coolies? Going to the mine? ”

Zhu Hongyu heard a crisp voice, she looked at the place where the voice came from, and saw a boy, fifteen or sixteen years old.

"How did you get sold?"

"My father and mother were all sold to a big family, and then the family was defeated, so they sold us together."

Zhu Hongyu looked at this person's face carefully, he was very healthy, it seemed that he had been a slave all along, and he had not been harmed.

"What's your name?"

"Two dogs."

"How old?"

"Sixteen this year."

"Sixteen?" Zhu Hongyu sighed, more than a year older than her body, "Okay, follow me." Stay in my house and serve. ”

Zhu Hongyu was very sure of Ergou's loyalty at once, because he was a slave since he was a child and had never been free. If you haven't seen the sun, you can stay in the dark with peace of mind, and such a family can use peace of mind.

She walked around the room, and suddenly saw a man covered in scars, Zhu Hongyu took a closer look, this man's face was extraordinary, but there was no scar.

"What, you have a crush on me?"

The corners of Zhu Hongyu's mouth rose slightly, gently caressing the man's cheek.

"Soldiers?"

The man ignored Zhu Hongyu and tilted his head to the side.

"I'm asking you!"

"So what?"

Zhu Hongyu heard him say two words, the same northern official dialect as Du Yuexiao, it seems that he is a sergeant of Yan State.

"Sold here by captivity?"

"If you know, why ask."

Zhu Hongyu turned around, just wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, it is not bad to keep this person, in fact, looking for slaves is not simply oppression, but also kindness.

Soldiers have always been righteous, and she only needs a little favor to hold them firmly in her hands.

"What's your name?"

"Chang Pingchuan."

"What a name."

"In Yan Kingdom, our family has practiced martial arts for generations and is loyal to the country. I only hate that I didn't die on the battlefield, and now I'm alive after being captured. ”

"I'll take you away today, and when it's safe, I'll let you go."

Chang Pingchuan looked at Zhu Hongyu in surprise, and hurriedly asked, "Why?" It's not good for you at all. ”

"I see that you are magnificent, and you are by no means a mortal product, so I choose to do a good deed. The tiger is trapped in a cage, it's tired, right? ”

Zhu Hongyu said, and walked out the door, Ya Po was shouting to passers-by, but no one really paid attention to her.

"Yo, Miss, have you finished reading the goods?"

"Yapo, I want four people, Chang Pingchuan, Ergou, Taro, and Ganoderma lucidum."

"Chang, Chang Pingchuan? Girl, I didn't mean ......."

"I'm going to condemn him, what's the matter, don't you do this business yet?"

"Do, of course, just ......"

Ya Po said to her mouth and swallowed, Chang Pingchuan has always been her confidant, this slave has to run away for more than 20 days a month, in order to see him, he really folded his capital.

"Okay, girl, make an offer."

Zhao Qingyu saw Zhu Hongyu and Ya Po talking about business, and stepped forward.

"Miss Zhu, have you bought it?"

Zhu Hongyu glanced at the woman beside Zhao Qingyu, her appearance was extraordinary, but under her unkempt face, she was not very outstanding. Sure enough, Zhao Qingyu's vision is unique.

"It's bought, two men and two women, I think it should be enough."

"In your yard, four people are too little, don't buy more?"

Zhu Hongyu shook her head, she didn t want to keep a slave, what if she was poor, although she had just verbally agreed with Du Yuexiao on a thirty percent share, but ...... No moths will come out.

"Ya Po, I did the math, two men and two women, twenty taels of silver."

"What!" Ya Po looked at Zhu Hongyu in disbelief, "Girl, you are too ruthless at this price, twenty taels of silver to buy at most three ......"

Zhu Hongyu smiled and said, "That's good, three for three, put Chang Pingchuan down." How? ”

Ya Po was dizzy, it was the first time she had seen such a woman who could bargain, she saw that Chang Pingchuan was a thorn, so she deliberately lowered the price.

Three people sell twenty taels, it's okay to bargain, she asked for four people, which is equivalent to buying three and getting one free. Since it opened for so long, no one has bought Chang Pingchuan, and it has been losing money if it has been left open.

"Have you thought about it? Ya Po, do I take three or four? ”

"Girl, if you can take care of my business, that is my blessing, it is inconvenient to gather today, and I will send people to your house tomorrow."

Zhu Hongyu took out twenty taels of silver tickets and handed them to Yapo.

"No need, I'll pick you up tomorrow."

Zhao Qingyu has been standing next to listen to the two bargaining, Zhu Hongyu said a few words, and even made the old Jianghu speechless, this trick is really too ruthless.

Leaving the tooth shop where people are bought and sold, Zhao Qingyu has nothing to buy.

"Miss Zhu is so powerful, I thought that there was only Ya Po in this world to kill people, but I didn't expect you to be able to slaughter Ya Po."

Zhao Gongzi laughed.

"By the way, I have something to do in the afternoon, do you want to go back with the girl, or do you have other plans?"

"Zhao Gongzi will go back first, and I'll take a look."

The two parted at the door of the tooth shop, Zhao Gongzi took a carriage back to the village, and Zhu Hongyu looked at the whole street, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart.

"Amber, let's go buy a carriage, and if we find something good on the road, buy some."

"Okay sister!"

The two of them had walked about a mile through the market, when suddenly Suzaku Street widened, and it turned out to be an intersection, and this intersection was usually a place where mules and horses were sold.

Zhu Hongyu has never picked a horse, but when she was in school, her teacher once said that the teeth of all kinds of animals can determine their age, and generally the more the degree of wear and tear of the back molars, the older the age.

As the two walked, they saw a "super horse dealer" with dozens of horses tied to the intersection and a car shop on the side. Specializing in the production of all kinds of carriages.

"That's it, let's take a look."

Zhu Hongyu led her sister into the store, and saw all kinds of foals, everything.

Generally speaking, purebred and rare horses are hundreds of taels or thousands of taels. But Zhu Hongyu just wanted to buy a means of transportation, and the too good horse stayed at home, which was inconsistent with her current social status, which only added to her troubles.

"Boss, how do you sell this horse?"

"The two young ladies are auspicious." As soon as Zhu Hongyu asked, a man with a beard walked over and was very polite.

"What's the price?"

"We have a dozen taels of horses here, some of them are hundreds of taels, and some of them are worth thousands of taels. What kind of lady likes? ”

"The pony pulling the goods, it doesn't have to be too good."

"Why don't you buy a mule?" The boss thought about it and suggested very politely.

"Mules?"

Zhu Hongyu remembered that the breed of a hybrid between a horse and a donkey was called a mule, which was much cheaper than a horse, and had the advantages of both a horse and a donkey.

Now I don't have much spare money, so it's better to buy a mule, it's convenient to work, and it's not a shame to pull it out.

"Okay, then mule."

The boss took the two to the mule area, the mules were shorter than the horses, but they were strong, and the mules were very clean.

"Girl, shall I pick one for you?"

"Okay."

The boss pulled out a mule and dragged it to Zhu Hongyu.

"How's this one?"

Zhu Hongyu raised her head and looked at the mule's hairy cheeks and well-behaved ears with great affection.

But...... Vermilion opened the mule's mouth and glanced at the back molars.

"Boss, be honest in business, this old mule is going to be in the ground, and you will sell it to me?"

The boss's face was red and white, and he hurriedly pulled the mule away.

"Girl, I was blind just now, can you look at this horse again?"

Zhu Hongyu looked at the mule, which was much more energetic than the one just now, and then pinched his mouth, and the lines of the back molars were clearly visible. The mule was certainly not very old.

"How much?"

"Six taels of silver."

"Hey, what kind of world, why are mules so expensive?"

The boss looked at Zhu Hongyu and smiled.

"Girl, you are also an expert, how can I pit you, now there is a famine, not as good as in the past. In this way, I count you cheaper, five taels or six dollars, but it really can't be cheaper. ”

Zhu Hongyu took out a few taels of silver from her purse and handed them to the boss. The boss smiled at the sight.

"Girl, how is this mule going? If it is nearby, it can be delivered to you. ”

"Take it to the car shop next to me to set up a car, just one or two cars, and we'll come over after we finish shopping."

"Okay, girl, go slowly!"

There is a lot of horse manure in the place where horses are sold, and the smell is really bad, after paying, Zhu Hongyu hurriedly pulled her sister out of the horse market.

There are still many places to visit in the bazaar, Zhu Hongyu originally wanted to let her sister go out to earn it herself, but thinking of the tooth shop just now, she was really afraid that her sister would be abducted.

"Amber, do you have anything you'd like to buy? I'm pretty much done. ”

Amber took Vermilion's hand and walked north, until a cloth shop stopped.

"Sister, we don't have enough clothes to change now, we can't change them, so it's better to make another set of cheap ones."

"Of course you need to do a change of clothes, but you don't have to be cheap."

Amber's cloth shop is the largest cloth shop in Yunmeng Town, and as soon as you enter the door, you can see high shelves on the left and right sides, and cloth on the shelves. The counters are wide and long, and are specially designed for cutting fabrics. There is no business in the shop for the time being, probably because it is early in the morning, and ancient people liked to go to cut cloth in the afternoon.

Walking in the door, the boss of the business looked at Zhu Hongyu and Zhu Amber, and saw that the fabric they were wearing was mid-range, thinking that they were also well-off.

"Two girls come over to cut cloth?"

"Let's see." Zhu Hongyu walked to the counter and looked at the pieces of fabrics with different prices.

Cheap, dozens of dollars a penny. Expensive, thousands of taels. However, these thousands of taels were specially protected, leaving only a note of "one thousand five hundred taels of Suzhou embroidered silk".

"Boss, what kind of fabric is suitable for this season?"

"Generally speaking, Asara is the best, and Azabu is second. It's just that Aya Luo is not resistant to washing, and linen cloth is the best. ”

Zhu Hongyu walked to the linen counter and saw that the price of the linen inside was more than 600 wen a horse, and a horse was 33 meters. Calculate that one meter is only a few dozen yuan.

"Is there any cotton?"

"Cotton?" The boss frowned, "Cotton cloth is easy to wrinkle, it is not easy to take care of, it is all worn by poor people, and the young lady can change it to some better fabrics." ”

"Because linen cloth does not absorb sweat and is uncomfortable to wear, it is still cotton cloth comfortable."

"Sister, let's buy linen, linen looks good."