Chapter 204: Buying a Servant
The banquet in the private room of the Lancao Hall in the Inviting Moon Building did not last too long. ≥ ≥ ≥ Xiao ≥ said, www.
But whether it was Wei Changfeng, who was the east, or the guests he invited, they were very happy and harmonious.
Although everyone's identities are different, there is not much difference in age, and they can barely be regarded as Jingyun Fellow Townsmen's Association, and there is no shortage of common topics without involving interests.
Later, even Ye Qingxuan, who had always been cold and reserved, drank two glasses of the aged wine treasured by Yingyuelou, her pretty face was flushed and beautiful, and Huang Nishang was drunk and fell into Qi Yali's arms.
After the guests and hosts were happy, the four girls returned to Bixiu Peak first, and did not ask Wei Changfeng to send them off.
Dongfang Chaohui and the three of them then said goodbye, their harvest today is not small, and their depressed mood is much more relaxed.
Wei Changfeng left Zuo Yan alone.
He asked, "Senior Brother Zuo, I want to hire a cook maid, where can I hire one?"
Zuo Yan deserved to be the head snake of the land, and replied without thinking: "Senior brother, the hired person can't rest assured, I'll take you to the Fang City Tooth Store to buy it directly, the price is not expensive, the most important thing is loyalty!"
After a pause, he added: "Senior brother, you can buy ten or eight for this meal you invited today!"
The wine and food in Yingyue Tower are indeed very delicious, but the price is also staggering.
Wei Changfeng smiled: "Okay then, you take me to have a look." ”
The Fang Market of Yunhai City is in the west of the city, where there is a large open-air market and there is a road leading to the wharf.
The market is made up of rows of two- and three-story houses and a small square, surrounded by numerous shops and streets. There are also a lot of stalls directly outside. It's very different from the main street in town.
The shouts and shouts came and went. Many shopkeepers stand on the street with goods to solicit customers directly.
Weapons, weapons, elixirs, herbs, gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, Wei Changfeng seemed to be dizzying all the way.
The variety of goods here is very rich, and there are all kinds of strange items, as well as old goods, and he can't tell the history with his experience.
Zuo Yan took him skillfully through the crowd and said: "There are a lot of things in the market, but there are also many fakes, whether you can buy the real thing depends on your eyesight, and you can't find the back account if you buy a bad loss." ”
Wei Changfeng asked curiously, "Then what if it's a person from the Seven Gate Valves?"
Zuo Yan lowered his voice and replied, "Yunhaifang City was opened by the people of the Seven Gate Valve. It's also their own rules, if the top people really come over, who would dare to pit them?"
Wei Changfeng nodded in understanding.
Zuo Yan continued: "The origin of the things here is quite clean, the real black and dirty ones are in the ghost market, if senior brother is interested, I will take you there when the market opens next time." ”
"There is still a ghost market in the land of Yunhai Mountain Gate?"
Wei Changfeng was a little surprised, he was no stranger to the ghost market.
The so-called ghost market refers to the market that is only open at night, and the location is often in the middle of nowhere, and only those who know the inside story know the exact location. It is held only once in a while.
Ghost markets sell stolen goods, and the prices are often very low. But the risk of buying is also high.
In Wei Changfeng's previous life, he was a frequent visitor to the ghost market, and he often went to buy some alchemy materials.
Of course, at that time, he had masters and strong people around him as guards, and he was not afraid of being blacked out.
Zuo Yan smiled: "Of course it's not inside the mountain gate, it's about forty or fifty miles away from Yunhai City." ”
As they spoke, the two came to the tooth shop.
The so-called tooth shop is a place for trading and trading, and what Zuo Yan and Wei Changfeng are looking for is, of course, the people's market tooth shop, that is, the place where human trafficking is introduced.
There are many tooth shops in Yunhaifang City, and the business is even more prosperous, you can see a lot of men and women standing outside the house, some old and young, most of them are expressionless, and some are crying.
Most of those who have been reduced to slavery have unfortunate backgrounds, but no one will sympathize here.
Yunhai Mountain is not a paradise, the worldly qiē is everything in Yunhai City, relatively speaking, Xiacheng and Wufeng are much purer, without these messy things.
"Two guest officers, do you need a maid?
"Guest officer, the small one here is a new product that has just been delivered from Jiangnan Selling, do you want to take a look?"
"Guest officer, do you want servants?"
Wei Changfeng and Zuo Yan had just come over, and immediately three or five Yaxing guys came over, and they introduced the two of them enthusiastically, and they were foaming at the mouth.
"Go, go!"
Zuo Yan pushed them away impatiently, patted the nameplate on his waist and said, "We'll see it ourselves!"
These tooth guys are all people with transparent eyebrows, where can they not see the identities of Wei Changfeng and Zuo Yan, but they are young, so they are a little unscrupulous.
was scolded by Zuo Yan, and they were not so afraid, and stepped aside with a smile.
Zuo Yan said a little helplessly: "Those of us disciples in the lower city, they don't pay much attention to it, if it is replaced by a disciple of Wufeng, then we have to kneel and lick it!"
Wei Changfeng smiled and didn't take it to heart.
At this time, he suddenly heard a mournful sobbing sound next to him, and couldn't help but turn his head to look over.
I saw a tall and sturdy woman pulling an unkempt young woman at the door of a dental shop about ten steps away, and was bargaining with a middle-aged businessman.
Next to the young woman was a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, who was handsome but frightened, and clung to the corner of the former's coat and sobbed, and tears fell like pearls with broken threads.
The young woman's face was covered with blood, and her eyes showed a look of sadness and indignation, and she reached out and hugged the girl tightly, as if she was afraid that she would leave her.
Seeing this scene, I don't know why, a trace of compassion suddenly swelled up in Wei Changfeng's heart.
"Senior Brother Wei, I'll go over and ask first"
Zuo Yan noticed his expression and said very smartly: "Inquire about what's going on." ”
Wei Changfeng nodded.
Zuo Yan immediately rushed over and talked to the woman who looked very fierce.
He came back soon and said to Wei Changfeng: "That pair is a mother and daughter, an outer room raised by a big family, the husband died and was driven out by the wife, and he wanted to sell it to human traffickers. ”
Wei Changfeng suddenly understood where his compassion came from, and what happened to the other party reminded him of his predecessor, but he was luckier than them.
He thought for a moment, walked over and asked the stout woman, "How much does it cost to buy the two of them?"
Wei Changfeng rented the Surprise Courtyard and needed one or two servants to cook and clean up, but since he met the mother and daughter, it was a bit of fate, so he decided to buy both of them.
The sturdy woman's face was full of flesh and looked unkind, but when she saw Wei Changfeng, she also put on a smile and said, "This young master, you are a high-ranking disciple in the sect, and these two sluts are not worthy of your identity." ”
Her eyes rolled as she spoke, revealing a cunning energy.
The tooth merchant who was talking to her nodded and stepped aside.
Although his business was disturbed, the disciples of the outer sect of Yunhai Sect were not something that he could easily offend as a small businessman with a humble status.
On the contrary, the righteous lord is more confident.
Zuo Yan, who came over with Wei Changfeng, snorted coldly and scolded: "Senior Brother Wei asks you as much as you want, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
The sturdy woman smiled, but she grabbed the young woman's hand even harder.
Wei Changfeng frowned and said, "According to the market price, I will give you a lot of one penny of silver, and I will give you another twenty taels of silver as a hardship fee." ”
The other party was obviously also a servant butler and the like, and was ordered by his master to sell the poor mother and daughter.
Such a character may be a fox and a fake tiger, but he often sees money.
Hearing Wei Changfeng's promise, the sturdy woman's eyes lit up.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "These two sluts, the small one costs two hundred taels."
"What?"
Zuo Yan was angry on the spot: "Two hundred taels?
In the tooth shop, a similar girl is enough for a few dozen taels of silver at most, and two hundred taels is definitely a lion's mouth!
The sturdy woman was also very tough, and she said with a stalk around her neck: "My housewife wants this price, and the big one is included!"
The girl stopped crying and looked at Wei Changfeng with frightened eyes.
At least in her eyes, Wei Changfeng is not a bad person.
But her mother's face was as dead as ashes, and her expression was more sad than dead.
"Okay"
Zuo Yan still wanted to quarrel with her, but was stopped by Wei Changfeng: "I bought two hundred taels, and the money I promised you is indispensable, let's make a deal!"
The sturdy woman seemed to be a little reluctant, but after all, she couldn't match the benefit fee of twenty taels of silver, and finally took out the intermediary of the deed and sold the mother and daughter to Wei Changfeng for two hundred taels of silver.
According to the regulations, the purchase and sale of human beings must be witnessed by intermediaries, and this is what the people's market is doing.
After completing the formalities and getting the contract, the transaction between the two parties is truly completed.
"It's too expensive," Zuo Yan muttered, as if it was the money in his pocket.
Wei Changfeng didn't care how much he suffered, with his current strength, if he was short of money, as long as he opened the furnace and refined a few high-grade pills, it would not be a problem at all to cash out and sell silver.
"This Friend"
Just as Wei Changfeng was about to take people away, he was suddenly stopped by a man in brocade clothes.
The middle-aged man had a fat brain, his belly was bulging and he was about to tear his coat, he wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, and said breathlessly: "Transfer them to me, and I will give you double the price!"
The fat man pointed to the mother and daughter who were following behind Wei Changfeng.
His eyes were fixed on the girl, and there was a lustful look in his small eyes, as if he had seen some treasure.
"How?"
(To be continued......) R527