All the way to the west, watching the sunset, Zhang Ji rode a horse and came to a barren mountain according to the news from the black market.

The mountain is indeed a barren mountain, there are no mountain people, and there are no mountain bandits, but the interior of the mountain is a cave.

Because, this is the largest city in Korea!

What is a human market?

Those who are in the market, take people as goods, and openly sell them.

Even if it is commonly known as a human tooth line.

Human trafficking has existed since ancient times, dating back to the Xia Dynasty and even the ancient times of the Yan and Huang periods, and by the Zhou Dynasty, human trafficking even appeared through official channels.

"Zhou Li: Diguan" records, "The hostage is in charge of the city's bribes, people, cattle and horses, weapons, chariots, and treasures."

"Guanzi Tuodu" also has the saying that "those who have no food (thick porridge) sell their sons", while "Han Feizi Six Antis" records that "there is a famine in the year of famine", and the people have "wives and children", which was a common phenomenon at that time. Under the severe exploitation and cruel military disasters, Wei and Han "the people were poor, the ethnic groups were scattered, and they were exiled as concubines, and they were all over the sea."

Zhang Ji came to buy slaves in the largest human market in South Korea today, and he is a beautiful female slave.

"Stop!"

Zhang Ji led the horse to walk on the mountain path, and suddenly, a loud shout came, and dozens of soldiers in red clothes and black armor suddenly came out of the surroundings.

That's the armor of the Korean army!

A handle Changge pointed at Zhang Ji in a circle, trapping him in the middle, and dozens of crossbow machines pointed at him behind them.

The first is a bearded man, with a rough appearance, and judging from the military uniform on his body, he should also be an officer with a certain status in the Korean army.

"Please show the token!"

The officer held out his left hand and asked for the token.

If you are not a Korean nobleman, you need a certain nobleman to guarantee it with a family token before you can enter.

And once Zhang Ji can't show the token, he must be an intruder with bad intentions, then his raised right hand will be waved down immediately, and those Han pawns holding crossbow machines will not hesitate to pull the trigger and shoot dozens of sharp crossbow arrows that flicker with cold light.

Don't underestimate South Korea's bows and crossbows, "the world's strongest bows and crossbows come from South Korea", although this sentence is exaggerated, it is basically true.

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States, although South Korea is the weakest, the people are poor, and they are still located in the land of the four wars, but they have still been able to survive tenaciously in the cracks of Qin, Zhao, Wei and Chu for so many years, relying on this strong bow and crossbow.

The reason why South Korea has such a powerful crossbow is because South Korea has the largest iron mine in the Warring States period - Yiyang Mine.

Sitting on a large number of iron ore resources means that South Korea has the largest strategic material reserves in the seven countries, to meet the needs of soldiers' equipment at the same time, it can also start to study how to forge sophisticated equipment, which also makes South Korea appear a large number of metal smelting bases with superb technology, including the largest arsenal in the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period - Tang Yu Sword Workshop.

"The swords and halberds of Han Shu are all from the Stygian Mountain, Tang Yu, Moyang, Hezhen, Deng Shi, Wan Feng, Long Yuan, Tai'a, all of them are cut off by land, and the water intercepts the birds and geese, and when the enemy is killed, the armor and iron curtain are strong, and the revolution is all complete."

Each of these sword workshops has at least one sword that can be called a famous sword, and there is even a Tai'a sword that is listed as one of the top ten famous swords, which is enough to prove that the forging technology of these sword workshops is superb.

Therefore, South Korea's bow and crossbow is definitely a powerful crossbow that no one in the world dares to underestimate, if it is not for the martial artists who practice horizontal hard skills and the unequaled ghosts who are born with copper skin and iron bones, even if it is a first-class master wearing two pairs of armor, it will be hit hard.

Zhang Ji glanced at the Han soldiers who surrounded him, and there was no trace of surprise and panic on his face.

The concealment skills of these Han soldiers were not very skillful, the sound of heavy breathing echoed in their ears, and the cold glow from Changge and crossbow arrows was not hidden, they obviously lacked sufficient training.

Moreover, the process of these Han soldiers from lying on their stomachs in the grass to picking up their weapons and getting up took too long, even if a third-rate martial artist reacted in time, he could use light skills to escape from the encirclement, not to mention him who had practiced the Electric Light Divine Technique.

"Iron is faith, blood is righteousness. Iron and Blood Array......" Zhang Ji took out a red token from his arms, threw it to the officer, his cold gaze fell on the officer, and said word by word, "Death-life-no-resistance!" ”

The officer's face changed suddenly, and his hand trembled when he took the token, and he almost threw the token on the ground, no longer arrogant just now. He hurriedly looked at this token carefully, the red token was delicately carved with a black iron rope fire tripod pattern, which was the token of the famous Iron Blood Alliance!

Speaking of the Iron Blood Alliance, it is a formidable organization, powerful and mysterious, with huge financial and human resources to guarantee the major gambling contracts between the seven countries, and collect half of the bet as a reward.

In the past, Kang, the prince of the country, violated the gambling contract guaranteed by the Iron Blood Alliance with many armor soldiers, and was beheaded within three days and hung on the city wall to show the public, which shows the strength of the Iron Blood Alliance.

Since then, whenever there is a nobleman gambling among the seven countries, he will inevitably ask the Iron and Blood Alliance to come to the door as a guarantee.

"It turns out that Gongzi is the distinguished guest introduced by the leader of the Iron Blood Alliance, which is really disrespectful." The officer immediately put on a flattering smile, waved his hand and scolded the Han sergeant, "Don't retreat yet!" Don't disturb your guests! ”

"Childe be careful of your step, come, please come here." The officer's face was full of flattery, like a pug that saw its master, and then changed to a vicious face to look at the reins in Zhang Ji's hand, and said sharply, "Are they all blind!" How can you let the distinguished guest lead the horse himself! ”

Zhang Ji shook his head secretly, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He was not lamented by the officer's condescending attitude, but by the strength of the net.

Heh, where do you think the token in his hand and the information about this human city came from?

Don't ask, ask is that the killers of the net are all talents, and they speak well, so they just knelt on the ground and begged him to accept the Iron Blood Alliance token and this information.

However, who would have thought that the Iron Blood Alliance, which was spread across the Seven Kingdoms, was actually just an affiliated organization under the command of Luo Wang, an organization responsible for making money for Luo Wang. And such a branch has made Nightfall, the largest homegrown killer organization in South Korea, have to retreat.

Zhang Ji followed the officer, avoided the trap secretly arranged by these Han soldiers, and came to the outside of a cave.

Walking into the cave, the passage inside is not as dark and narrow as Zhang Ji imagined, but brightly lit and very spacious.

Torches were lit every few steps on the stone walls on either side, and beside each torch was a heavy wooden door that was tightly closed, and inside the wooden door held the slaves stored in the human market, which could not be seen from the outside.

By the light of the fire, Zhang Ji raised his head to look overhead, and the light of the torches could not reach the top of the passage, and he could only faintly see a black and pressed rock wall, as if the zenith here was formed by a natural mountain wall, not artificially excavated.

Zhang Ji walked for a long time in this intricate mountain road under the leadership of the officer, and finally arrived in front of a majestic bronze gate.

"The person I want, right in there?"

Zhang Ji's voice was a little cold, not that he wanted to learn from a certain Guigu forced king who was full of senior brothers to pretend to be cold, but that he really couldn't have any good feelings for these human trafficking guys.

In fact, he didn't think about simply pulling the net into the water and serving the largest human market in South Korea.

But he knew it would backfire.

Because there were no "knots" for the slaves.

"Festival" is a pass in the Warring States period, and it is called Lu Yin in the later world.

Originally, people cut a section of knotted bamboo into two parts, and each took half as a token, which is the origin of "knot".

"Zhou Li" recorded: "The gate is closed with the Fu Festival, the goods are bribed with the Seal Festival, and the road is used with the Jing Festival, all of which are expected to return to the Festival." Whoever is in the world will have a temperance...... "It means that the entrance and exit gates should be used to use the seal section, the transportation of goods should be used to use the seal section, and the passage road should be used to use the festival, and these sections must be returned when the validity period is reached. Anyone who passes outside must hold a knot, and those who do not have a knot will not be able to pass the inspection.

Moreover, the slaves who can be locked up in the human market have already been registered as slaves.

Once a slave, a slave for life.

Not only will they have to face the pursuit of these people, but they will also be hunted down by the government. The protection of the rights and interests of slave owners is also stipulated in the laws of various countries, not to mention that the people who compile these laws are themselves slave owners. In the same way, the proponents of the compilation of these laws are the seven greatest slave owners of the present day, the kings of the seven kingdoms.

Therefore, the slaves could only find a deserted place to hide and shrink their heads, living a life of fear, lack of food, and lack of clothing, and if they were not careful, they would lose their lives, and such a life was not as good as the days of being imprisoned in the human market, which was also the reason why Liu Bang encouraged the people who could not afford to raise children to sell their children to large families in the early Han Dynasty.

At least they can live!

Therefore, Zhang Ji is obviously full of disgust with the human market, but he can't do anything, so it's no wonder that he speaks so coldly.

Seeing a trace of impatience on Zhang Ji's face, the officer thought that Zhang Ji was in a hurry, and he didn't dare to sell anything, so he smiled and said, "Exactly, please wait, my lord." ”

"Open the door!"

With the officer's order, the two Han soldiers stationed in front of the door grabbed a bronze rod together, snorted, and pulled it hard.

I only heard the clatter sound coming from all directions, it was the sound of the teeth interlocking when the gears were running, and before long, the majestic bronze gate slowly rose.

Behind the majestic bronze gate, there was an incomparably spacious secret room.

However, although it is a secret room, in fact, the walls and ceiling of this secret room show the appearance of a primitive mountain wall, and a faint aqua blue light and shadow are refracted in the air.

Everyone slowly stepped forward, and a turquoise transparent water tank almost as high as the bronze gate came into view, and a black shadow could be faintly seen in the water tank, swimming flexibly like a fish swimming in the water.

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