Chapter 032: Buying People
Huangsha City also has a city, and this kind of market, the more border cities, in fact, the more.
Naturally, there are all kinds of slaves sold in the human market, and the sources of slaves include barbarians from outside the border, prisoners from the interior, and some are actively or passively sold into slavery for other reasons.
Ma Shuo came here this time mainly to buy a few slaves who could help with the work. Of course, it would be better if you could meet someone with special abilities.
Ma Shuo was greeted by a fat man with a gold tooth in his mouth. Hearing that Ma Shuo was going to buy slaves from him, the fat man's face immediately put a smile on his face, and he did not despise Ma Shuo because he was dressed ordinarily.
This point is enough to show that this fat man's vision is still relatively vicious, and he does not look at people, but only looks at the surface.
"Your Excellency should be the famous boss He Caihe. In Xia Ma Shuo, it was introduced by the shopkeeper of Qianzhongfang Song. I don't know what good goods Boss He has in his hands, can you introduce them below. By the way, what I want to buy is labor that can work, and it is better to be smart. Of course, if there is literacy and hyphenation, it is also possible. Before Ma Shuo came over, he had already inquired with Song Tieshan about the affairs of the human market, and knew the identity of this fat man in the human market.
"It turned out to be a friend of Shopkeeper Song, haha, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Hearing that it was Song Tieshan who introduced him, the fat man with the golden tooth became even more enthusiastic. In fact, Song Tiefeng and the fat man with gold teeth have indeed dealt with each other, but when it comes to how iron the relationship is, it is really missing. It's just that this is enough to show that this golden-toothed fat man is indeed a character, and he is quite able to play left and right.
After being polite, the fat man with the golden tooth turned around and led Ma Shuo towards the place where the slaves were held behind.
The market for the fat man with the golden tooth is indeed not small, and there is a lot of space in the place where the slaves are placed in the back. However, the environment here is not very good, and as soon as you come in, there is a pungent smell, which makes Ma Shuo nauseous. Look at the slaves in cages, one by one in rags, unkempt, and embarrassed.
"Here are the barbarian slave areas, over there are women and children, over there are strong laborers, and over there are special skills." The fat man with the golden tooth waved his big thick hand, pointed to a few areas and directly introduced Ma Shuo.
With the introduction of the fat man with the golden tooth, Ma Shuo noticed that the barbarian slaves were very large, but they were all shackled, obviously these barbarians were still not very honest here, and without these means it was not enough to suppress them.
In the area of women and children, the situation seems to be the worst and the most lifeless. As for those strong laborers, in fact, they are no longer strong at this time, and their eyes are numb, barely alive.
There are not many slaves in the special skill area, less than ten. These people are in the best condition, the clothes on their bodies are still decent, and their expressions are not so numb.
"Do you know how to make wine?" Ma Shuo was going to find someone who could make wine, because he couldn't be in charge of wine all the time. In addition, the fact that low-alcohol sake is a high-alcohol material cannot be used for a long time, and the best thing to do is to make it yourself, otherwise it will be easy to be controlled by others.
"I, I will, I will!" As soon as Ma Shuo's words fell, he saw a man about fifty years old shouting loudly, as if he was afraid that Ma Shuo would not hear it.
"Boss He, what this person said is the truth?" Slaves of special skills, the human market generally holds their basic information.
"That's right, this guy turned out to be the owner of a small liquor store. It's just that he was unlucky, gave birth to a son of a loser, and directly lost the family business he had saved with great difficulty. Not only that, but the loser finally lost his son and his daughter-in-law and son to the gambling house. As for the guy himself, he didn't end up well in the end, and was beaten to death by the casino people and thrown into a mass grave. The golden-toothed fat man really knew about this old man, and when he saw Ma Shuo asking, he didn't hide it and told Ma Shuo directly.
"How much does this cost?" Ma Shuo asked.
"This old man, one hundred taels." The golden-toothed fat man held out a finger.
"Okay, I want this!" Ma Shuo said after thinking about it. Although a hundred taels is not cheap, if the other party can really take care of the sake brewing, it is still worth the price.
"Thank you hosts, thank you hosts! In the future, the old slave must go to the soup for his master, and he will not give up! It's just that the old slave wants to plead with his master for one thing, can he buy my poor little grandson together, my little grandson is smart. After the old man was released, he knelt in front of Ma Shuo with a plop.
"Old guy, it's good for Ma Shao to buy you, and you dare to put forward conditions!" Before Ma Shuo could speak, the golden-toothed fat man had already kicked the old man and cursed in his mouth. The fat man with the golden tooth did this, in fact, he was afraid that after the old man made additional requests, if Ma Shuo was angry and didn't want it anymore, it would lose a big business.
The sale of one hundred taels is not small. If it weren't for the special skills, or those strong laborers, it would be nice if a slave could be sold for twenty taels.
"Boss He, how much is this old man's grandson worth?" Ma Shuo didn't mean to be angry, but asked the fat man with gold teeth.
"Haha, it's not expensive, little rabbit cub, five taels of silver for Brother Ma, it's the head of this old man!" The fat guy with gold teeth said beautifully, as if he had given Ma Shuo a favor. In fact, the price of a child will not exceed ten taels.
"Okay, then thank you Boss He!" Ma Shuo arched.
"Thank you host, thank you host!" When the old man heard that Ma Shuo had really bought his grandson, he immediately kowtowed to Ma Shuo, and after a few clicks, the skin on his head was broken and blood flowed. However, the old man was unaware at this time.
"Get up! Follow first, I'll buy a few more people! Ma Shuo stopped the old man from continuing to kowtow, and then spoke.
"Master, the old slave wants to recommend someone to you, I think that person should be able to help the master do great things!" The old man retreated to Ma Shuo's side and suddenly whispered to Ma Shuo. At this time, the fat man with gold teeth was just a few steps in front of Ma Shuo, and he couldn't hear the old man's voice.
"Oh!" Suddenly hearing that the old man actually recommended other slaves to him, Ma Shuo was also stunned. However, Ma Shuo quickly came back to his senses, since the old man was staying with these people, he must have some understanding of other people.
"The guy in that corner!" The old man's voice was not loud, obviously, he was afraid that the fat man with gold teeth walking in front would hear it.
Following the old man's prompt, Ma Shuo looked towards a corner of the special skill area. Sure enough, there was still a person sitting there, and I really hadn't noticed this guy's existence before.