But strangely enough, there were not only servants following the carriage, but also a large number of thugs accompanying them, and a long line of prisoner wagons behind it.

The carriage came to a regular stop as soon as it entered the schoolyard, and four richly dressed men came down from inside. After stepping on the footstool and getting out of the car, he walked straight to Liu Haojia.

General Sun Shen accompanied Liu Haojia to greet him and introduced several people to him. If it was on weekdays, these four stewards would not have their eyelids pinched when they saw Liu Haojia's general flag! But today it was very strange, not to mention the smiles on their faces, and they actually took the lead in giving gifts to Liu Haojia, which frightened these gang leaders a lot!

They also thought that Liu Haojia had some great power behind him, so these stewards who were usually above the top would do this! You must know that the people behind them are all from the prince and are extremely powerful! Now seeing that they are asking for Liu Haojia, these leaders all pricked up their ears to listen to their conversation.

At this time, I only heard General Sun pointed to a team of about 20 people and said: "A few, look at this group of people first, this group of people is enough to kill the head, they are all good goods!" And these people are all traitors on weekdays, they have constant oil and water all day long, and their bodies are very strong, and one person is worth two taels, forty taels! ”

A fat steward said, "Forty taels? Why don't you grab it? Lao Tzu only spent ten taels of silver to buy a young and beautiful lady! It's too expensive! ”

This person in charge really didn't lie, a person in the Ming Dynasty was really worthless! In the thirty-sixth chapter of the late Ming Dynasty novelist Xi Zhousheng said in the thirty-sixth chapter of the long vernacular novel "The Legend of Marriage in the Awakening World" that a tailor named Shen Shanle made clothes for others and broke them, and there was no choice but to sell his eleven-year-old daughter Sister Xi to repay others' silver!

The Shen family "asked for seven taels of silver", who knew that "I received a few families, and the one who came out of four taels was the best one", because later the good woman Mrs. Chao "saw it, first out of four taels, and added five taels", it was already a good price, it seemed that you could buy an ordinary maid for four taels of silver at that time.

Of course, here we are talking about a young maid, who is not able to do heavy work, and has no skills, and has to raise her slowly. But for some scheming masters, they intend to cultivate the skills of the maids in their usual calling, such as some needlework is good, and some are good at stove work, so when they grow up, with this skill, they can sell it at a good price! The master has not only been calling for so many years in vain, but he can also make another profit!

In the fifty-fifth chapter, he talked about finding a whole stove outside the staff - a girl who can cook. Haidai Gate in the cloth seller Ran has a maid, age eighteen years old, feet are not very big, white, fine skin and tender meat, after interviews, technical assessment and other procedures, is very satisfied, and finally after bargaining, twenty-four taels of silver plus one or two introduction fees to deal with.

It can be seen that buying a maid in the Ming Dynasty, according to the age and technical level, the price is between three or four taels of silver and twenty-five taels! The tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty was calculated using the price of rice as a benchmark, and it was concluded that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to the current RMB of 500 yuan. In other words, to buy a maid in the Ming Dynasty, the minimum cost is four taels of silver and two thousand yuan!

Of course, the buyer here refers to the maid who does not stand out, and if it is outstanding, it is not this price! Especially the Yangzhou thin horse that prevailed in the Ming Dynasty is sky-high!

So General Sun immediately said: "You said that you are a little girl, you can't do anything, and you have to spend money to raise it, so it is naturally cheaper!" And what this official sells you is a sturdy man who can work, and he can contribute if he is put in the well! If you use it well, I'm afraid it can be used for thirty or forty years, and forty taels is not expensive at all! ”

A steward with a rat's whisker sneered and said, "Thirty or forty years? Are you a good man for us? They can live for three years, all of them are ancestors who accumulate virtue! ”

General Sun Shen smiled and said: "If you buy it back, it will be your own belongings, and I don't believe that you will use it to death!" ”

Seeing that Sun Ginseng was not on the set, a few stewards made up their minds at each other, and the fat steward said: "Forty taels is a little expensive, but if they are all strong men as Lord Sun said, it is also acceptable!" ”

A knife-faced steward also said: "That's nature, there will never be enough manpower in this mine!" Let's not talk about anything else, let's go see the people first! ”

Surrounded by a group of thugs, several men then went straight to the prisoners who had been classified as death row prisoners. When they came closer, they touched and pinched these people, and some pulled out the rags from the gag and looked at the teeth carefully!

Although some of these criminals are fierce, they have already relented after being hungry for two days, and they have no strength to resist! On the contrary, as soon as there was a movement, they were beaten by those thugs, and they wailed and did not dare to move!

Listening to the screams of these people being beaten, the shopkeeper with a pair of thin eyes stomped his feet again and again and said, "Lighter, lighter!" It's all your own belongings, how to do things if it's broken! Just teach them a lesson! ”

At this time, the gang leaders who were standing aside knew that these people had been sold to Xishan Coal Mine! These leaders couldn't help but be shocked one by one! They really know about the coal mines in Xishan, and the people who enter it basically don't want to come back alive! And it can't be said that even they have sold people to the Xishan Coal Mine, so they naturally know these things clearly!

When they thought of these acquaintances in front of them, who were going to work hard in the dark mines, and finally died silently in the mines, they felt miserable in their hearts! So their eyes when they looked at Liu Haojia were already full of fear!

After the fat steward inspected the prisoner, he turned around and said, "Old Sun, this person is a strong man, but you also know that the work in the mine is tiring, and it will be over in a few years, so is the price a little lower?" ”

As an official, General Sun did not have the consciousness of an official, but bargained with the four stewards like a businessman. He said loudly: "You four brothers are too dark-hearted! You can't buy such a strong man in the market! And you only use this kind of person, no one cares when he dies, why do you still talk to me about the price? ”

The steward with a pair of provocative ears stepped forward and said, "Old Sun, that's not what you said!" This kind of person buys it back is his own belongings, and he always has to use it carefully, so the food and medicine must keep up in order to use it for a few more years, and the cost is not small, and it will be cheaper if it can be cheaper! ”

The other four bowed down and bargained, asking for a price reduction, but Sun Ginseng was unmoved, and he insisted on forty taels of silver and never let go! There is also a threat: "I know that there are not only four of you in the Xishan Mine, and I will find someone else if the price is lowered!" ”