Volume 1 The Story of Asama Chapter 93 The Slave Market
Although the appearance has been deliberately changed, Jiang Feng still recognized Wan Xuanwei at first sight with obvious characteristics in the crowd, that indifferent round face, coupled with the eyes like copper bells that seem to be about to crack, there is nothing wrong with it, at this time he is accompanying a few merchants who look like gentry and giants, and his voice is not as rough and bold as before, but a little low-key, and occasionally shows a smile that makes people a little flustered, inserting a few words such as "That's right, yes", "Please take care of it more", etc., it seems that he is asking for help.
In view of this embarrassing scene, Jiang Feng broke off the idea of greeting and recognizing him, his body was slightly wrong, and he turned his head and dragged Jiang Chengzi, who had grown to his waist and was now disguised as a servant, passed by this team and entered the exhibition hall on the first floor of "Pin Yisheng".
The interior of the exhibition hall is very large, a hundred steps square, the floor is not tidy, and the windows are surprisingly small, so although the air is circulating, it also exudes the smell of sweat and salted fish characteristic of the slave market.
On the left side of the exhibition hall, there are seven or eight large cages with two zhang squares, which contain ordinary "quality" slaves, all of whom are bound with their hands, and all of them are men, ranging in age from teenagers about ten years old to old men with gray temples. On one side of the black iron cage, there is a ruler-long iron sign that clearly lists the age, physical condition, time and place of capture of the slaves to be sold, as well as the talents of the preliminary identification, and even the chamber of commerce that guarantees the above information.
On the right side of the exhibition hall is the monk's cage, different from the left, the slaves are not bound in any way, instead of a special talisman seal on the cage, this large talisman, unlike the ordinary "trapped spirit hunting talisman", can lock the spiritual power in a certain size of space, so that the internal monks can not use the spiritual power to use skills, from the information on the nameplate, the monk level is at the spiritual level, and the law phase is also marked, mainly for production and operation, and even cannot be classified as a useful law phase.
What is different from the assumption is that the slaves in this shop are not sold individually, but are sold as a whole in "cages", that is, those who want to buy must buy cages of slaves, this strategy is naturally out of the needs of commercial interests, because some slaves are not easy to sell, such as the weak or even crippled mortal old men, and although the awakening of the Dharma but the skills are extremely poor and unskilled, this must be sold with some "bright spots" of slaves.
However, the human race and the demon slaves are still not mixed together, after all, for the type of slaves, the customers have their own favors, and deliberately for the sake of commercial interests against the wishes of the customer, will still be treated coldly, presumably this is also their long-term operation of such special goods, from which the experience caused by the moderate adjustment.
The price of slaves has risen slightly from the previous report of the maid Zheng Keyi. For ordinary mortal slaves, the unit price is seventy first-order spirit stones, while for monks below the spirit level three, the unit price is fifteen second-order spirit stones, because they have to be purchased in cages, the price of each cage is four second-order and eighty second-order spirit stones respectively, and there is a certain discount.
The use of slaves as labor, originally in the Seven Alliances of the Chixia Gate and the Ancient Sword Sect is particularly common, other sects also use, but not widespread, in the past, slaves were from privateering and kidnapping, but also caused by their own life difficulties, and now the Seven Alliances are in turmoil, captives and looting incidents surged, so the number of slaves has increased exponentially, most of the sects have taken this opportunity to supplement this cheap labor, plus the revitalization plan in the northeast of the Imperial Wind Sect, it also needs a lot of manpower to cooperate, therefore, the price in this supply is very abundant, or there has been a sharp rise。
Jiang Feng originally planned to buy some mortal slaves of the demon clan, and he was
Out of the need to refine the remnants of the law, but with the matter of Pujiang Town, he decisively gave up this idea, and he used the phase splitting technique to check, each of the lay monks in the cage, the law is above fifteen, every time it is intricately entangled, it is extremely difficult to peel off, in this process, the weak slave may also die, the gain outweighs the loss, it is better to work hard in Pujiang Town later, presumably the results will be better.
Jiang Feng took a look at it casually, and then went to the second floor, where the quality was better and the price per cage was higher, and he inadvertently found an obvious problem.
Every slave in a cage, whether ordinary or not, always has a slave whose constitution and health are slightly different from the others, which does not mean that he is in the prime of life, or that the type of Dharma itself surpasses his companions, but purely refers to the degree of health, which on the surface is the complexion or demeanor.
As a slave, it is very common to not have enough to eat, or to be mentally broken, and as long as there is no death or illness, it is undoubtedly necessary for the seller to find a way to reduce the cost of support. In terms of the time of capture, at least from the nameplate, most of the slaves in each cage are close in time, and in order not to riot collectively, the slaves who are familiar with each other will not be put together, so there is no difference in identity, and there is no such thing as who dedicates their food and water to others.
In other words, their mental state and complexion should be more or less the same.
He had a bold conjecture at the moment.
There are people lurking among these slaves, and their original identity is not slaves, but spies of some organizations and even sects, who are mixed in with the fake time and place of capture. This is Huiyao City, so this sect must be Chixia Gate.
The question is how to verify?
In fact, Jiang Feng still wanted to buy the slaves, and the people of the Qianshan Sect were weak, and they couldn't force all the ordinary people to gather in one place, not only because it was not allowed by tradition, but also because of livelihood considerations. Without a large spiritual vein, it will not be able to provide so many jobs for ordinary people, and gathering them bluntly will only make them secretly escape in a difficult life, and make the Asa Mountain Sect an empty door.
The use of slaves was much simpler and more crude, with special labels that restricted movement and freedom, and the harsh conditions of existence were reasonable, and as long as certain conditions of release were promised, they would probably be better used and more loyal than ordinary free and ordinary people.
After a brief discussion with the guys in the store, Jiang Feng spent forty second-order coins to buy ten cages of the most ordinary mortal slaves, because it was not a small order, Jiang Feng also saw a more advanced red-clothed steward, for which he asked for forty sets of ordinary new clothes, this additional service is a bonus, on top of twenty-five cages, cleaning and simple supply services are also given, so that the mortality rate of slaves in the process of transportation will be lower.
However, Jiang Feng refused, he didn't want to buy so much. These slaves are enough to be used in Dayi County and Donghu County, and he intends to allocate more than half of them to Zheng Keyi and Jiang Hai for disposal, and the other half will be sent to Zhang Sixi, as his assistant in business, he can see that although Zhang Sixi is a soft-boned slave who likes to cater to his superiors, he is still a man with management skills, otherwise after he makes a big mistake, most of them will be completely abandoned, and the reason why Dou Jinqiu personally funded twenty second-order pieces as capital must also be because of his ability to be exalted and used as a step Dou Jinqiu and Jiang Feng and even the Qianshan Sect have initially made good idle chess。
But first of all, it is necessary to distinguish between the spies, once on the road, the slaves purchased by themselves will naturally not be provided with inferior diets, and within a few days, it will be impossible to distinguish their origins
。 secretly instructed Jiang Chengzi a few words and asked him to number the slaves, but all the suspected spies identified by himself did something on the nameplate, and the clothes that were changed were also secretly sorted out and not thrown away.
The transportation of slaves must be handled by the six major chambers of commerce designated by Chixiamen, four of which are local households of Chixiamen, and the other two, one is from Yanqiling and one is from Lingyun Mountain, this kind of business is not very profitable, but it can participate in it, which is enough to prove that the relationship between the chamber of commerce and the master Chixiamen can bring immeasurable potential impact, just as Jiang Feng expected, the Changning Chamber of Commerce is not among them.
Fengmao Chamber of Commerce.
In the end, Jiang Feng chose a local household of Chixiamen, compared to the other two chambers of commerce that fell with the wind after the collapse of the sect, Jiang Feng estimated that the appearance of this family would not be too ugly, and most of the people on the road would not make excessive moves.
The target location is set in Ansai City, southeast of the Imperial Wind Sect, he plans to pass through Dayi County, and then settle accounts directly with the Chamber of Commerce in Dayi County, so that the insurance coefficient is higher, if he reports to the Asagama Sect, he may be targeted by someone with a heart, but fortunately, at this time, brokers who do this kind of business are everywhere, and on the surface, there are no special people to keep an eye on him.
Because the reported distance was not close, the transportation cost plus the necessary food supply provided by the caravan, a total of ten second-order fees were paid, plus ten second-order high taxes, Jiang Feng spent a total of sixty second-order to take these slaves out of Huiyao City.
The slave business is not something that everyone can do, and I sighed in my heart, this price is not cheaper than hiring someone from the Asa Mountain Sect, and what everyone is looking forward to is nothing more than reducing the cost in the subsequent use process. The reason why the demon race was chosen instead of the human race is that the mortal demon race has a longer lifespan than the ordinary human race, and its resistance to diseases is also higher, and in the long run, the benefits are greater.
However, among these sixty people, there may be ten spies.
The steward of the caravan looked like a shopkeeper who often ran merchants, plus the eight strong men under his command, managed the entire convoy in an orderly manner, Jiang Feng hardly had to worry about anything, and the convoy went all the way to the west, and then through the northeastern part of the shallow mountain, entering the Imperial Wind Sect and arriving at the target location designated by Jiang Feng, Ansai City.
The official road of Chixiamen is in good condition, but after passing through Huangshui City, the road is much more rugged and difficult to walk, as bumpy as when I came. However, along the way, Jiang Feng saw a lot of monks and laymen who were building roads, presumably because Chixiamen had already started to operate the newly acquired land, striving for rapid integration, this kind of neat and resolute attitude made people admire, and the perception of Zeng Baoxian, the head of Chixiamen, had improved a lot.
This is the "human master" mentioned in the book, Jiang Feng secretly said in his heart, Chixia Gate must be one of the strongest obstacles to the future development of the Asshan Sect to the east.
Catching up, seeking up and down, passion can't help but arise.
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The next evening.
After a whole day of marching in the convoy, and camping in Langgu Town, a small town on the western border of Chixiamen, Jiang Feng found an excuse to buy special products, and broke away from the convoy alone, leaving only the shadow on guard, and entered a fairly neat inn.
Carefully probing and no one was following him, he took out a pile of tattered clothes that he had deliberately collected before from the storage bag, held his breath to endure the discomfort of the foul smell, selected one of them at random, and carefully arranged the unfamiliar spirit array, and took out a first-order magic weapon for divination loss painfully, silently recited the mantra in his heart, and used the borrowing and turning shadow skill:
"The origin of this dress!"