Chapter 59: Spending money to buy your own slaves
"Hey, this man, choose me!
"Dear beautiful lady, what do you think of me?"
"Wow, this lord, do you lack a housekeeper in your house?"
Just as Li Yunyang glanced at the pretty faces on the stage with a pair of kind eyes, he only heard the voice of a person behind him from time to time, which made him feel a little weird.
The people in this whole market either bow their heads and say nothing, or simply lie down and lean on, and there is really no one who will sell themselves......
Retracting his upright eyes, Li Yunyang couldn't help but look behind him, only to see a fat big fat man, tied to a rope with everyone, but the difference is that when all the people around him lowered their heads and were silent, only he yelled at the old men and ladies who came and went as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and the meaning was nothing more than to let them buy themselves.
"What is this person doing?" Li Yunyang pointed at the fat man and asked the fat boss who was still standing behind him.
"This one, I just sent it from somewhere else last night, and I heard that it can't be sold, but it's no wonder, such a big guy, others don't know what to do when they buy it, and it looks like the one with a lot of food. The boss looked at the excited fat man with disdain, obviously he didn't like the fat man either, and nodded to a soldier not far away, who understood, picked up the whip in his hand and gave the fat man a beating. "Shut up!"
"Oh?" After listening to the boss's narration, Li Yunyang became a little interested, walked in front of the fat man, and looked at it carefully.
"I'm very interested in knowing, why do you have to sell yourself?" Looking at the fat man's complexion, thinking that he used to be a rich and noble family, with fine skin and tender meat, Li Yunyang asked with interest.
"Oops...... I don't want to, sir, I've been transferred to eight places, and this time no one wants me, they have already decided to give up on me and let me starve to death!" The fat man rubbed the place on his shoulder where he had just been whipped by the whip, his expression was extremely painful, looking at the bright red bars on his body, it was obvious that he had been whipped today.
"I said this master, don't worry, it's definitely a wise choice to buy me, don't look like I seem to be very edible, in fact, I can save food!"
"Really, how many people have you said this?" Li Yunyang simply squatted down, his eyes full of banter.
"There are a lot, but none of them want to believe me!" The fat man was not confident enough, and his voice couldn't help but be a lot softer.
"Originally, my specialty is not food, if it weren't for the conspiracy of these bitches to betray me, I would have been one of the richest people in Buduffi City by this time!"
"To be honest, I don't believe it either. I didn't expect that there would be surprises in the slave trading market, and Li Yunyang quickly lost interest.
"Believe it or not, won't you know if you buy me back...... Making money is my forte, and I promise that as long as you dare to use me, you will ...... within a year."
"Oh don't, this handsome old man, what's the good for me to lie to you? If I lie to you, won't you have to kill me then!" Seeing Li Yunyang stand up, the fat man was in a hurry, he really wanted to rush up and hug Li Yunyang's thigh, but he was tied up by a group of people, let alone rushing up, he couldn't even take a step. "Master, in fact, I can carry water and chop firewood for farming......! The groom is okay too!"
Looking at these girls whose eyes were full of numbness and fear, it was expected that their experience was also extremely cruel, maybe they were still young ladies from a large family a few days ago, or they were forced to be taken by their parents to pay off their debts because they couldn't pay taxes, Li Yunyang was really in no mood to look any further, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but buy them all, but the fact was that the money on him could only buy seven at most.
The price of a female slave is only sixty gold coins, which made Li Yunyang a little surprised, he didn't expect the population to be so worthless in this world!
But Li Yunyang forgot to calculate an account, in fact, an ordinary peasant family can only harvest an average of 240 catties of rice and 160 catties of giant root fruit a year, and the market price of grain is too high, and it will be sold for 20 silver coins per catty, so if the family does not eat or drink, there are only 80 gold coins!
If you want to calculate the details, you have to pay 50 catties of grain a year just to pay taxes, and if a family only eats 300 catties of staple food a year, this is only 50 catties of surplus grain, that is, only a deposit of ten gold coins.
This is also counting some expenses on weekdays, and the real savings in a year must be five gold coins, then it can be regarded as an eye-opener, and there is no drought or flood!
Mechanically picked five young female slaves who looked a little delicate, Li Yunyang secretly scolded the profiteers, these little girls are all dirty faces, how can people pick? This is a human being, not an animal, and even this little packaging fee is reluctant to pay, what a pick!
Yang Yang handed over a full three hundred gold coins to this treacherous boss, Li Yunyang snorted coldly in his heart, and even hoped that he would be honored to be one of these people in the near future!
After paying the money, Li Yunyang walked over and looked at the five female slaves who had been forcibly taken down, only to see that in addition to the inexplicable fear in their eyes, there was actually a trace of nameless anger!
Seeing that they were removed from the iron rings around their necks, and then their hands were tied with ropes, Li Yunyang could somewhat understand what such eyes represented, comparing his heart to his heart, if he stood in their position at the moment, then what kind of expression should he have?
Then, in the astonishment of the audience, Li Yunyang personally unloaded all the ropes of these five people! This is not some pity for the jade, in fact, Li Yunyang just wants to sue them, from now on, you are no longer slaves!
Seeing that the five pairs of eyes full of hostility began to slowly become confused, and Mu Ne's face gradually became confused, Li Yunyang put on a sincere expression as much as possible, smiled at them, and nodded lightly, signaling them not to be afraid.
"Let's go. Li Yunyang believed that they could read what he meant, and after speaking, he took the lead in the front.
"Master, handsome master, look at me again, you see, in fact, folding quilts and laundry cooking, I am also very good at this!" The fat man who was tied in the middle saw the scene when Li Yunyang untied the female slaves, and his heart was even more itchy, looking at Li Yunyang finally came over, where was he willing to let go of this last opportunity, the fat man made an extremely pitiful expression as much as possible, but unfortunately the fat on his face was also squeezed into folds, where can he see any expression......
Li Yunyang had actually gone too far, but in the end he stopped, turned his head and looked at the fat man, which made the fat man so excited, and the wrinkles on his face became even more concave.
"Especially cooking, no, especially roast meat!"
"Boss, how much is this?" Li Yunyang didn't pay attention to what the fat man said, turned around and asked the boss not far away.
"Well, it was supposed to cost fifty gold coins, if you want it...... It's just thirty gold coins!" Looking at the defective goods, the fat boss hesitated again and again, and finally offered this price.
"Thirty?" Li Yunyang twisted his brows, a little unhappy, and turned his body back again. "It's too expensive!"
"No! not expensive......! I'll give out ten gold coins myself!" Seeing that Li Yunyang was about to leave again, the dead fat man finally became anxious, gritted his teeth, and took out the mezzanine from the worn-out shoes, and poured out the only ten gold coins left......
Li Yunyang was speechless in this scene, and even the fat boss was stunned for a moment, this ...... What kind of business is this! The slave pays for himself for his master?
"Okay, you dead fat man, you dare to hide gold coins privately!" The fat boss who reacted stared at the ten gold coins on the ground with his eyes, scolded angrily and rushed over.
"Okay, this person, I bought it!" "Don't shout early or late, but when the fat boss bent down hard to pick up the money, Li Yunyang shouted, and then slowly went over to pick up the ten gold coins, and when he got up, he didn't forget to whisper in the ear of the dead fat man:
"If you can't earn back these twenty gold coins, Lao Tzu will make you into a dish!"