After Zhang Ben left, the demon discussed with Zhao Laosan, "I got the silver from the sale of the Yunjing book, and I will put it there for you." I hung up the headscarf and a Fumai Pill at the auction house again, mainly because we were too short of money. ”

Zhao Laosan said: "You decide." ”

The demon continued: "Uncle, you continue to stay. I went to the pier in the afternoon to check the status of the ship's flights, and we took the bus back to Surabaya City. ”

The demon went to the nearby room to check the copying situation.

Afternoon. The demon goes to the largest pier first. This pier is a shared dock for passengers and freight. I first asked if there was a boat to go directly to Surabaya City, and I learned that there were passenger ships and cargo ships. Passenger ships are divided into three classes, the first-class ship to Surabaya City for 8 days, 2 shifts per day, and the second-class ship to Surabaya City for 10 days, one shift in two days, and leave when it is full, or you can rent a boat and negotiate the price according to the situation. The luxury boat arrives in 12 days, 1 flight per day, and each ship can only carry a maximum of 4 passengers. It is the fastest to go with the cargo ship, which can be reached in 4 or 5 days, but the food and sleep are very poor.

The demon asked, "Why is there such a big difference in arrival time?"

The customer service replied: "Safety first, the lives of rich people are expensive." Therefore, when the weather is bad, the boat docks at the pier to rest, and in places where it is easy to encounter pirate attacks, the passenger ship docks at the pier and waits for several boats to assemble and go together during the day, so it takes a long time. ”

The demon went to see the unloading dock again, and when he walked to the crossing, he saw a woman, with a man, a woman and two children, sitting on the ground begging, surrounded by a few people. The demon curiously asked the people around him, what is the situation with this woman? An insider said that this woman's husband was originally a sailor, but he died at the hands of water thieves, and this woman has no survival skills, so she can only beg. The demon took a closer look at the three of them, then went to the place where the steamed buns were sold and bought a few steamed buns, and came back and handed them to the woman and the two children. The woman and the child took the steamed bun and devoured it.

The demon said in his heart, "It's really begging, I've been hungry for days." Give them money, and the money is either robbed or quickly used up. What should I do if I don't teach a man to fish than I can teach him to fish? "The demon has read the book and knows that to save people is to save them to the end.

The demon went and bought thirty steamed buns for the woman and the child. The demon asked the woman, "Where do you live, why don't you go back to your hometown?" The woman replied, "Even if you go back to your hometown, you will starve to death if you don't have a house or land, so you might as well be here." Sometimes to well-wishers. You can also enjoy food. ”

The demon thought to himself: "If you want to survive without land and houses in the countryside, it is more difficult than in the city." In the city, there are many wealthy people, and it is easier to do odd jobs than in the countryside. ”

"Why don't you find something to do?" the demon asked.

"People only want me, not children. I have to go. What about the two children? They will soon be deceived and sold. ”

The demon understood: "This woman is willing to be hired, but no one wants to hire a child who is incapable of working and needs to be taken care of by her mother, and the mother is unwilling to sell the child, and she is worried about the child and will not be able to do her job, so the mother and the employer cannot get along." ”

The demon gave the woman 1 tael of silver, and she couldn't give more, and if she gave too much, she would be robbed. The demon decided to come back tomorrow.

There is a difference between a hired and a servant:

Employment: The two parties negotiate how much work to do and how much to get paid. The employed person has personal freedom.

Servant: No pay, only reward. There is no personal freedom, which can be redeemed. But the master has no power over the servants. Servants can't run, because the master pays in advance, so the government and the people help catch the fleeing servants, because there is a reward.

Both can own private property.

It is not right to say that the master appropriates the value of the servant's labor without compensation. The master bought out the value of the servant's labor after a lump sum payment, but the servant may not have received the money, but the family took it. You can say that this money is not equal to the value of the servant's labor, as long as it is not forced by the other party, but a transaction that you are willing to make, then there is no way, at most it can only be said that the master takes advantage of the servant's danger. But the master has no obligation to help the servant, and the master can not buy it.

For example, in a famine year, some parents really can't support their children, so they have to sell their children. In this way, the child also has a chance to live, and he can survive for a while with a little income, and whether he can survive until the second year depends on his luck. There's no way around it.

There are also selling one's body to bury one's father, and selling one's body to bury one's husband. The "selling" here refers to getting a lump sum of income to do an urgent matter, and to pay it off by yourself as a servant to the buyer. Generally speaking, the servant will negotiate with the master how many years of service or after the servant's family has money, and how much money can be redeemed.

There are also some rich families who buy scholars and maids for their young masters and young ladies to serve, and the scholars and maids are also servants.

There are also many more successful servants in history.

"Old Tang Book, Volume 58, Biography VIII":

The princess sent the maid Ma Sanbao to say that with the benefits, Pan Ren attacked Ju County and fell into it. Sanbao also said that the group of thieves Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili, etc., each led thousands of people to the meeting. Shi Jingshi stayed behind and frequently sent troops to fight for the princess, and Sanbao and Pan Ren repeatedly frustrated their fronts. The princess swept the land to Xuan, martial arts, and Shiping, all of which were lowered.

Ma Sanbao, at the beginning of the Pingjing City, worshiped the prince's prison rate. Don't betray Hu Liu Bazhen in Beishan, break it. From Pingxue Rengao, moved to the left of General Xiaowei. Fu from Chai Shao to Tugu Hun in Minzhou, the vanguard into battle, beheaded its name king, thousands of men and women before and after, and sealed the new county duke. Tasting Xing Sizhu, Gao Zu Gu said to the Three Treasures: "It is the place where you build heroes, Wei Qing is not evil!" Zhenguan died in the third year. Taizong abolished the dynasty for it and said loyalty.

Ma Sanbao was originally a boy of Chai Shao's family, that is, a servant, a capable servant.

The demon was in a bad mood, because the demon remembered that when he was a child, he was not in the mood to go any further, and returned to the inn sullenly.

Until the evening, Zhang Ben came again and brought a 20-year-old young man. The four of them sat down in greetings, and Zhang Ben introduced the young man: "Li Yufeng, a second-level pharmacist." Demons, just like you, study in the academy. Demon is also a second-level forger. You are all reading people and talking. ”

Zhang Ben continued: "A friend of mine's son, a native of Yangcheng, runs a pharmacy at home, and knows the black market, better than me. ”

The demon said, "Long Yang." My name is Cai Youyou. Learn to forge at the Surabaya City School. "Although I haven't signed up yet, the demon has already regarded himself as a member of the Surabaya City Academy.

Zhao Laosan said: "Long admiration." My name is Zhao Laoshi. "Actually, it's not honest at all.

The demon said, "You're welcome." Ask directly, where is the black market, when it will open, and is there any restriction on people entering and leaving?"

"The black market is in an abandoned horse farm in the south-west of Yangcheng, surrounded by walls. There are a lot of stalls inside. Open on the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, and 28th of each month. It starts in the morning and goes into the evening, but usually there is no one at night. Anyone can enter, everyone will pay 100 taels when they go in, and 200 taels if they enter twice, regardless of whether they are buyers or sellers. No hands are allowed in the black market, no trick-or-treating, there are people to mediate, and there are masters in charge. But it doesn't matter if you get out of the black market. ”

"Have you been there, what's in there?" the demon asked curiously.

"I've been there 3 times. There are all kinds of things and there are nothing, it's all a matter of luck. Because these things are either unknown or forbidden by the government, and some things are secretly sold by disciples of famous sects. So the price of things is generally cheaper, because I can only understand potions and the like. I only care about potions. Drugs are relatively cheap, and the price of finished medicines is close to that of auction houses, and sometimes tools are used to make pills. Li Yufeng said.

"How's the danger?" the demon continued.

"There was nothing going on in the field. No one dared to do it, but it was hard to say when it came back. So the way to deal with it is that there are many people or there are masters, or if you find something wrong, run quickly. Because it is not far from the city, you can return to the city soon, and the risk can be controlled. Li Yufeng replied.

"Do you know about underground auction houses?" the demon asked.

"I've been there once, just to see the excitement. Everything there is tens of thousands of taels. If someone finds something good at the auction house, they may be followed and robbed when they leave the auction house. But there's nothing wrong with being a spectator. After all, if you can't grab something, and you provoke the enemy, a fool will do it. Li Yufeng said.

"Tomorrow is the 13th, and the black market will open. I can take you there. I want to go myself, so find more company and be safer. Li Yufeng said with a smile.

The demon was originally very interested in the potion, so he asked Li Yufeng about it, and when he heard that he wanted to learn this and that, his head became big. "Forget it. I still learn how to forge and calculate, a person's energy and time are limited, and greed is not enough to chew on. ”

The four of them chatted for a while, and they made an appointment where to meet and separated.

The next day, the demon and Zhao Laosan checked the equipment on their bodies, the demon did not bring a spirit hammer, the spirit hammer was too big and too conspicuous, but he brought 20 more flying cones and a dagger, and Zhao Laosan brought a short sword and a dagger, all of which were covered with clothes.

The demon and Zhao Laosan came to the agreed place and found that Zhang Ben and Li Yufeng had arrived. There is also a little girl about 13 years old next to Li Yufeng. Li Yufeng introduced that it was his sister, named Li Yuhe. I heard that he was going to the black market, and I pestered him to come, so I had to take it with me. The little girl looked at the demon, Zhao Laosan paused, nodded, and smiled shyly. The demon and Zhao Laosan also smiled at her.

The demon found Li Yufeng, Li Yuhe was carrying a big leather bag behind his back, and the bag could be tied with a rope, so he asked curiously: "What are you doing with a big backpack?"

Li Yufeng explained: "Because we buy medicinal herbs one by one, we have to find a skin to carry on our back. ”

The demon thought to himself, "Put my spirit hammer in the skin, and it won't be so conspicuous." ”

The five demons came to the gate of the black market smoothly, and each paid 100 taels of silver and went in. At first, the five of them were still together, but in the end they found that it was better to take what they needed and walk separately, and it was agreed that the people who had finished buying things would wait at the door, and then go out together after everyone gathered, because it was safe in the black market.