Steward Luo of Nu City, Shanyin County, hurriedly walked into the elegant room and saw a white-robed scholar admiring the calligraphy and paintings on the wall with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but be disappointed.

He also thought that some big customer had come, but it turned out that he was useless and a scholar.

Scholars are vain-headed, and they like to pretend to be high the most, and rarely appear in the slave market, saying that it is insulting to Sven. They say that the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and he can't bear to see the miserable situation of the slaughtered animals, but he can eat meat more than anyone else.

The officials are basically scholars, and the housekeepers who buy slaves and maids naturally come. Scholars who buy slaves in person are often shy, sour, and demanding. Buy a rough maid, but fantasize about reading at night with red sleeves. I can't wait for the other party to be young and beautiful, literate and hyphenation, and it is best to be able to recite poems and play the piano and blow the flute.

Hehe, I don't want to think about it. These wonderful people all came from the confiscated official palace, and they were divided up as early as the royal city. The second-class ones were assigned to the county seat, and the second-class ones were exiled to the county seat.

With the money to buy the fire girl, I want to take away a young lady, phew!

But as a businessman, although Luo Tong was not happy, he squeezed out a flattering smile on his face, and bowed his hand and said: "Steward Luo Tong, I have seen the son." ”

Chu Fan turned around and gave a brief order: "Close the door." ”

Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, put away his contempt, and closed the door as he said.

Although this young scholar's clothes and accessories are ordinary, his momentum is calm and his eyes are confident, but they cannot be cultivated overnight. Close the door, presumably there is something important to discuss.

After the two sat down, Chu Fan got straight to the point.

"I heard that the slave trade in Lujiabao was handled by you?"

Luo Tong replied:

"Hui Gongzi, not only Lu Bo's family, but also several other big families are also handled by me. ”

Chu Fan continued:

"I want to buy a few slaves from Lujiabao, and you can help me handle it. ”

"This ......," Luo Tong mused, "under normal circumstances, if they want to sell slaves, they will discuss with us first, and then send them to the slave market for valuation and delivery. If you take the initiative to buy it, I am afraid that it will cost you more money. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, tell me what kind of market is there right now?"

When Luo Tong heard this, he knew that the other party did not know the price of slaves. I was going to say more, but the scholar glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally, and his heart seemed to be seen through, and he replied honestly:

"I don't know if the son wants to buy a male slave or a female slave? A strong laborer is ten taels of silver, and the slave market commission is twenty percent, and the deed tax of the government is also included, at least one or twelve taels are needed. If it's a slave girl, the difference is huge. The fire girl only costs eight taels of silver, and the young Peugeot and the woman will be popular, at least one hundred and sixteen taels, and it is not counted as a commission in the slave market...... If you like Childe who designated to go to Lujiabao to buy it, Lu Bo would definitely raise the price, so it was better to pick ...... in the slave market."

Chu Fan waved his hand to interrupt the conversation and said:

"I want you to go to Lujiabao to buy four slaves to come out, a strong laborer named Ah Tu, his mother-in-law Ah Hua, is currently four months pregnant. An eleven-year-old girl, Xiaocao, and her mother, an embroidered woman, is a widow......"

When Luo Tong heard this, he hurriedly turned his head to see if the door was closed, and grabbed Bai Dao:

"Childe's words, but you must not show a glimmer of wind. ”

"Why is that?"

"There used to be a general in the country, Meng Dai, have you ever heard of it?"

"I heard. ”

Chu Fan frowned, he didn't know how the slave trade was related to the Meng Dynasty, the enemy of ten thousand people.

"The Meng Dynasty was originally the son of the Marquis of Haining, and he regained his freedom only after his military exploits, and later became a general under the appreciation of the Marquis of Xiaoyao. But his mother is still a slave of the Marquis of Haining, and she can't redeem her after giving a thousand taels of silver. Xiaoyao Hou, and even King Li once came forward to beg for people, but Haining Hou refused to let go, and no one could do anything. ”

"Oh, I see. Chu Fan nodded and said:

"You are worried that once the rumor leaks, the Lu family will threaten you accordingly and offer a sky-high price. But only you know about it, and there must be a way. ”

"Childe, there must be a way. I can say that there has been a shortage of slaves recently, and I went to Lujiabao to pick them, but the price is just a little more expensive. The problem is that I don't know these four people, once the names are spoken, the Lu family will be alert, I am afraid that the lion will open his mouth. ”

Chu Fan shook his head disapprovingly and said:

"Steward Luo, I have an idea. Enter Lujiabao and walk along the Xiaoshui River embankment, there is a gardenia tree planted in front of the door of a family in the col closest to Daishan, which is the house of Ah Tu and Ah Hua. As long as you find Ah Tu, he will find Xiaocao and Xiu Po for you. I have already told him that they will be bought out in the near future. ”

"Well, it works. However, Gongzi said that Ah Hua was pregnant for four months, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to cover her body, and it will take one more person to do it. In addition, in order to prevent the Lu family from seeing the clues, it is very likely that they will have to buy one or two more slaves to cover up......"

"Okay, okay, Luo is in charge, you don't need to talk to me so much about the details, in short, you can act when you have the opportunity. Do the math carefully, how much silver is needed to get things done. ”

"Childe, let's count six people first, at least sixty taels. The commission is twelve taels, for a total of seventy-two taels. The price of buying a slave is slightly higher, and it costs eighty taels for a full dozen. ”

"Yes, I'll give you a hundred taels. How about the extra twenty taels for your own personal use?"

Luo Tong was overjoyed when he heard this, got up, and said, "Thank you, son." ”

Chu Fan smiled slightly and said, "You can do a few more things, and help them get rid of their slavery after they buy it back......"

Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "Gongzi is the master's family, and the matter of getting rid of slaves is not something that we can handle." It must be filed with the government and issued a document. ”

Chu Fan smiled:

"It doesn't matter. If you buy it in the name of the slave market, you can naturally get rid of the nationality in the name of the slave market. I've been busy lately. ”

Luo Tong pondered for a while, knowing that those slaves had a lot to do with the scholar in front of him, and said:

"You can do it for you. However, these people have shed their slavery and become civilians, so they have to find a place to stay. Childe has arranged for someone to pick him up?"

Chu Fan said:

"That's natural, someone will come every half a month. I simply gave another one hundred taels of silver, and bothered the manager to rent a house in the county seat for them, and the rest of the money was divided between them for food and drink, and they took care of one or two on weekdays. ”

Luo Tong nodded, and froze again. I thought, where is this to buy slaves, it is clearly to recognize relatives.

Seeing that he nodded in agreement, Chu Fan said:

"I don't have any contracts to sign with the slave market, anyway, you help me do this. However, two hundred taels of silver is a lot of money, and I don't have it with me right now. ”

Luo Tong's face changed suddenly, thinking that you have been rambling for a long time, it turned out to be a silver-like pewter spear head, playing with a spear.

Unexpectedly, Chu Fan paused for a moment and asked, "Is it okay to use twenty taels of gold instead?"

Luo Tong was ecstatic, nodding like a woodpecker and speaking incoherently.

"Yes, yes, yes...... Of course. ”

It turns out that gold is rare and rare as a listed currency, and it is rarely in circulation. The official price is one tael of gold for ten taels of silver, but in fact it can be exchanged for twelve taels. Twenty taels of gold is equivalent to two hundred and forty taels of silver, and he has earned another forty taels out of thin air, how can he not like it?

Chu Fan smiled and nodded, took out a big ingot from his arms and handed it out, and said, "This ingot of gold is twenty taels, and it will be yours to get things done." ”

Luo Tong trembled and stretched out his hand to take it, but the other party shrank back. The thing blinked and immediately became confused. If you don't give money first, how can you do it?

Chu Fan put the ingots together in his palms and rubbed them a few times.

A dense and sharp squeak was heard, and the ingots turned into a stick in an instant, and a layer of gold dust fell on the table.

Luo Tong was dumbfounded, and a chill ran down his spine.

Chu Fan pinched the upper end of the golden stick, and there was a crisp sound of "Zheng", and the head of the stick broke.

"If you mess things up, the gold will be your family's. ”

The implication is that you won't be able to enjoy it yourself.

After Chu Fan finished speaking, he casually threw the golden stick and stick head on the table, leaving Steward Luo, who was sweating profusely, and pushed the door open and left.

This was the morning of his third day out of Yangwu County.

The night before, because of a long delay in Yunxi, I arrived in Shanyin County at noon the next day. Chu Fan was not in a hurry, he found an inn to live in, washed and eaten, went shopping in the afternoon to buy gifts for Chu Ling, Li Su and others, and by the way, he visited several big families in the city with a bad reputation, and abandoned his horse at night and sneaked into Lujiabao.

He didn't really want to play a friendly match with the mage hiding in the castle for alchemy, so he didn't look for Huang Tang and went directly to the mountain recess where he used to live.

It's a pity that Uncle Cang's house is empty.

Arousing Ah Tu, only to know that the day after he left with Gardenia, Uncle Cang came back from picking herbs. Seeing that Ah Fan had fled, he immediately sneaked out of Lujiabao to look for it.

Three slaves disappeared at once, and Huang Tang led the guards to search for several days, but finally failed.

Lu Fang, the second son of the Lu family who cultivated in Laoshan Mountain, went home and is said to have brought the elixir. After the half-dead Ruber ate, he could lie down for half a month and move around again.

Chu Fan rushed back to Shanyin County in the second half of the night and went to a big house in the afternoon to turn a hundred taels of gold into a good house.

Since I didn't receive Uncle Cang, let's pick up the other people first.

Although Ah Tu Ah Hua is not good for Gardenia, after all, she is her only living relative. Xiaocao is Gardenia's best little sister, and her mother embroidered women who once sewed clothes and cloth shoes for herself, and it is rumored that the relationship with Uncle Cang is extraordinary.

But these people can't be allowed to go directly to Yangwu. First, it is not easy to settle down, and second, I am afraid that their big mouths will leak their details with Chu Ling.

What's more, the cattle ferryed by the River Styx died, and the ghost was on the road, and something would happen to Yangwu County sooner or later. You have to move out as soon as possible, and you can either build or buy a small estate outside the city.

Wait for the manor to be ready, and then pick them up.

Xiaocao is here, kicking the shuttlecock will have a companion, and the little girl will be very happy.