The next morning, Jiao Ming and Binglian converged, and set off with Xia Feng and a few coolies. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info out of the Lord's Mansion, and on that hill, I saw that the market below had begun, and in a clearing to the south of the dock area, the people were like ants that had blown up their nests, and the noise was faintly audible. And in the bay, there are more than a dozen sailing merchant ships than yesterday.

On the way to the market, Jiao Ming hadn't forgotten what Xiao Shi had calculated yesterday, and there was one thing that had to be confirmed with Binglian: "There is a little thing to ask you." ”

"Huh?"

"When was your first involvement in the slave trade?"

"Are you trying to ask me when I was old enough to see all men?" Bing Lian easily saw through Jiao Ming's thoughts.

"Ahem...... That one...... Probably about the same. ”

"When I was a child, the coolies in the castle were simply dressed in crotch cloths, and they were covered between walks. Five or six years ago, when a large amount of cheap coarse cloth was traded from the south, the situation in the castle improved. So all I can say is that I don't know when I've seen all the men. ”

Binglian's fierce answer made Jiao Ming stunned. Then I basically confirmed my conjecture yesterday. The situation at home of the girl named Shining Scale should be similar, and she spoke so straight, she must have told Xiaoshi that this bazaar was a bird walking conference, and there was nothing to look at.

As they spoke, the group came to a wooden warehouse in the dock area, where the grain had been piled up from the manor, and Ice Lotus instructed the coolies to bring some samples and went to the market. The traded goods are all living creatures that need to eat and lazar, so this market is filled with the smell of human and animal feces and sweat, people for animals, animals for food, food for people, mixed together. Shouting and shouting rang out.

"It's too chaotic, isn't it? There's no one to keep order?"

"In the markets of the developed areas of the south, there are soldiers to maintain order, but there is also an entrance fee. And today is only a small scene, and when the autumn harvest is ripe, there will be a larger scale. Binglian obviously knew the market well, and did not wander aimlessly, but soon found a bullpen and began to talk.

The owner of the bullpen was an alien with red hair and a broken lingua franca, and after some negotiations, nothing came of it. Binglian took everyone to the next one again, this time it was smoother, the boss looked at the grain sample, and beckoned people to follow a coolie to carry the grain, and here he led the cow to the warehouse.

Jiao Ming suddenly discovered that bartering was also beneficial, and the cost of theft was extremely high. For example, the cattle and the slaves are led and retreated, and even the master whistles, and the thief is overthrown by the slave. Even food, the more you carry, the slower you run, and if you catch it, you will be killed on the spot, so there is basically no room for petty thieves to survive.

Then a deal was negotiated, and the two transactions only bought more than 30 head of cattle, which was far from the original goal. But this area of cattle trading was quickly finished, and Binglian had no choice but to go back and talk to the merchants who had collapsed.

Jiao Ming could see that Binglian was very reluctant, so he grabbed her and persuaded her: "If it's too expensive, forget it, don't be in a hurry." ”

"Their prices are reasonable. ”

"Huh?" Jiao Ming immediately thought of the word 'bargaining'.

"Now it's an off-season promotion, and we are buying a lot of them, and the counter-offer is half price, so we can't cheapen these black-hearted businessmen. "The main use of cattle is naturally spring ploughing, and now it is almost the autumn harvest, so there is nothing wrong with saying that it is out of season. As for more than thirty heads, I dare to say that it is a lot, and Jiao Ming can only say that his hair is long and his knowledge is short.

"Cattle have to be trained to plough the fields, right?"

"yes. ”

"Then we can buy some cattle that don't know how to plough the land, and it will save a lot. ”

"Almost no one buys untrained cattle, and merchants don't ship such useless things, so there are none. Binglian explained the reason.

"Why don't you place an order with a merchant?"

"What's an order?"

"We first put a small amount of grain as a deposit, and commissioned the merchants to bring enough cattle when they came next time, and then complete the transaction and deliver the remaining grain. Jiao Ming roughly explained.

"It's completely impossible, these businessmen themselves are in a precarious situation, this time they gave the so-called deposit, maybe when and for what reason these guys will die, no one can guarantee whether they come next time or not. "Binglian still knows a little more about this world, and this kind of transaction method that requires credit guarantee will not work here at all.

Jiao Ming nodded, the methods on the earth cannot be simply copied, after all, the business environment is too different. "Thirty heads will be thirty heads first, what we want to carry out is centralized breeding, many places will be different, and the process of experimental breeding with a small number of cattle is also very necessary. ”

"If that's the case, there's too much food. "These two deals only used less than half of the food.

"Let's go elsewhere, and with my eyes I might find something of value. Jiao Ming's curiosity had long been overwhelmed.

In this way, the group left the cattle trading area. The next side is the place where the horses are traded, and Jiao Ming is not interested, so he passes by. Then there are small animals, chickens, ducks, cats, dogs, pigs, but not many. Jiao Ming bought some ducks and pigs, and by the way, he also wanted to buy a dog, but was rejected by Binglian for a simple reason: she hated dogs.

"And do you like cats?"

"I don't feel it, and cats don't do anything. ”

"At least you can catch mice. ”

"Have you ever seen a mouse in the castle?"

Jiao Ming recalled, and it turned out that he had never seen a mouse: "I haven't found out, the sanitation in our castle is so good." ”

"You're mistaken, but it's just a matter of letting the coolies catch and eat it. Binglian's explanation was reasonable, but it made Jiao Ming sick.

After walking around the livestock area, I went to the slave trading area. Compared with the livestock trading area just now, it is obviously much more lively. Combined with the actual situation, Jiao Ming also guessed the reason: "It's so lively here, it's about to be harvested in autumn." "Exactly. ”

Similar to what Ice Lotus had told last night, the slaves were tied hand and foot, and they stood in rows and were picked like commodities. Some covered the bottom with a rag, and many more were wide open, with pain and numbness in their eyes, but no one felt ashamed. In the same way, no one in the shopping room felt that the naked slave should be ashamed, and everyone was accustomed to approving of it.

Jiao Ming was uncomfortable looking at such a tragic situation in the world, and sighed and said, "Let's go." I don't like it here. ”

"You have no royal power in your homeland, but you don't have slaves. I hope you can change here. Bing Lian wanted to say this sentence a long time ago, and today seeing that Jiao Ming was so disgusted with the slave trade, he felt that he could understand and help himself.

"You're exalting me too much, and you've been together for so long, even if you're an acquaintance, I won't fool you. My hometown is not an ideal country, there are still people who live like kings, and people who live like slaves. "Jiao Ming was also angry about many things when he was on Earth, but he was helpless.

"No matter how similar it is, there is a difference. Binglian did not agree with Jiao Ming's statement. "Do you know how the people around me would react if I bought a slave now and killed it on the street. ”

"I ...... I can't even imagine such a scenario. Jiao Ming was really stunned, he didn't even expect Binglian to say such a thing as murder.

"The people around will only think that this noble lady has wasted half a bag of grain. There was a hint of anger in Binglian's words. "What if in your hometown, where you call someone who looks like a king kills someone who looks like a slave in the street?"

"He's in big trouble, and he's going to die. "Needless to say, the fact that the deliberate murder on the street alone is not enough to fill in the deep background.

"Isn't that enough?"

Binglian's rhetorical question made Jiao Ming not know how to refute, but in the end he said: "You may be able to become a revolutionary." ”