Jingzhou.

It belongs to a larger state in the south of Xilu country on the Tianzhou continent, because the state is rich in red copper, so it is also called Tongzhou, Jingzhou has a special geographical location, extends in all directions, it is the transportation artery of Xilu country to other countries, and it is also an important economic place of Xilu country, and the export artery of Xilu country is in Jingzhou - Chishan, a very famous mining area.

Because of the abundance of copper ore in Chishan, most of the people here are miners in the major mining areas of Chishan to make a living, you can earn ten taels of silver per month, and you can also support your family, if you want to earn more silver taels to make life relatively comfortable, there is also a way to make money is to go to the mining area to do lifelong labor, that is, to sell yourself as a slave, so that you can earn more than ten taels of silver per month, enough to make a family live very well, but the premise is that the family must have one person willing to sacrifice themselves, in exchange for the happiness of their own family, is the so-called sacrifice of one person to be happy for the whole family。

Because mining requires a large number of laborers, an industry called labor industry was born in Chishan, Gyeongju, which made most families live a relatively prosperous life, and also attracted a large number of young men from the surrounding states and counties of Gyeongju to join the mining army.

There is a saying called: where there are many people, there will be consumption, and if there are more people who consume, business will be easy to do, and it is true that Jingzhou has become rich, and the city of Jingzhou has also become extremely prosperous.

There is a famous street in Gyeongju called Labor Street, where not only life slaves can be employed, but also ordinary miners can be employed. If the major mining areas need miners, they will directly select and recruit people here.

As a result, some business-minded people started a labor business, and they set up intermediary structures to buy and sell those who were willing to work to the major mining areas of Chishan in order to earn a higher value.

It is May, the weather is sunny, the wind is beautiful, the sun is shining on the earth, the sun is warm, there is a feeling of wanting to sleep, at noon on this day, in this noisy, bustling labor street, there are all kinds of men of all ages standing, these people are in groups of three or five, ten or eight groups, some are basking in the sun, some are dozing, and some are whispering and talking together.

Most of these people came to work as laborers, the youngest of them was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the oldest was about fifty years old.

Some of these people were born in poor families and could not live anymore, so they were willing to come to work as laborers, while some of them came specifically to work as laborers to make money.

The difference between prisoners of war and ordinary laborers is that their feet are chained so that they cannot escape, so as long as you see them chained here, almost all of them are prisoners of war.

Originally, these prisoners of war should be beheaded for their crimes, but some businessmen, through various connections, privately bought some prisoners of war and took advantage of their physical strength to force them to work as laborers, and their prices were three or four percent higher than that of ordinary laborers.

The price of prisoners of war is high because prisoners of war are all born in the military, have received special training in the army, and are young and strong people, so they are usually much stronger than the average person, and they are more efficient than the average person, so it is natural that their price is higher than that of ordinary laborers. ...,

All kinds of advantages are integrated, so that these prisoners of war have become the objects of competition for purchase in major mining areas, and every time there is a prisoner of war, the mine owners and bigwigs in the mining area come here in advance to choose some good goods.

No, the top few bigwigs in the Chishan mining area came to the scene today to select the miners.

"Let go of me! Let go of me! I want to go home! You fat man! I bet your whole family to die!"

A loud voice suddenly sounded in the noisy crowd, and with the curse there was immediately a burst of laughter around him, and the loudness of the curse was so loud that it overshadowed the sound of the whole street, and the people in the distance turned their heads to look at the place of the sound with a look of surprise, only to see a tall boy of thirteen or fourteen years old whose feet were chained by a pair of black chains.

The chain was so short that it was only about two feet wide between the feet, so short that it was impossible to take a wide step, and when walking, it could only take small steps, but could not take a single step.

The boy who was chained was roaring loudly with tears on his face at this time, his hands were clutching in the air, and his eyes showed grievances and dissatisfaction.

"Rabbit cub, let go of you, Uncle Ben bought it for a lot of money, how can I let you go, let me shut up for Uncle, and then ask to cut off your dead boy's tongue!"

Not far from the little boy is sitting an obese middle-aged man, saying that he is obese and light, it should be said that he is very obese and very obese, because he looks like a ball of meat, the neck is absolutely not, the shoulders are wide and thick, the arms are short and thick, the ten fingers are like ten garlic heads, the round head is the same as the body, it is streamlined, and the fat on the face is like a balloon that has been blown up, trembling and trembling, it seems funny, and people can't help laughing.

And his small eyes were as small as two mung beans, at this time fierce, like a wolf's eyes, actually emitted a gloomy green light, at this time saw the little boy yelling there, very impatient with those little mung bean eyes glared at the little boy fiercely, and frightened.

This short and fat man is wearing a white silk robe, you say that this person is extremely fat, and he is still wearing white clothes, which makes him even more fat, maybe he prides himself on wearing white to make people feel that he has a gentle and elegant temperament, and he feels good about himself!

Behind this profiteer stood two nine-foot-tall and meaty servants, each holding a glittering blade, standing motionless, but their eyes fixed on the restless little boy.

And the profiteer was sitting on a rattan chair that looked very comfortable, with a large umbrella on his head to block the somewhat hot sun, squinting his eyes slightly while drinking tea, and humming an unknown little song in his mouth.