Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1561, the sale of the Black Sea Trading Company
In the crowded slave market, there was a lot of excitement in front of the slave shops, and the slave traders were constantly auctioning off the slaves they had on hand.

People in Beijing and Tianjin are rich, and their spending power is also the strongest in Ming Dynasty.

The slave merchants are very clear about this, so the slaves who can come to the capital are basically high-quality goods, and ordinary goods cannot be sold or sold at all.

The elders in the capital are very picky. Even if they buy it back to be a maid, they must be pleasing to the eye, otherwise they will lose face. As for going home to be a concubine to warm the bed and give birth, the requirements are even higher.

Old Li led his son Yili to walk inside, he didn't even bother to take a look at the slave shops on both sides. The goods here are all ordinary goods, basically second-hand goods.

Their old Li's family wants to carry on the family line and spread its branches and leaves, so naturally they still want to buy first-hand original goods.

"Dad~"

Li Xi resisted very much. In fact, he didn't want to take a concubine. He and Mrs. Sun had a very deep relationship, and he didn't want to see Mrs. Sun suffer any grievances. What about my father?

Soon, Old Li and Li Xi arrived in front of a building with the logo of the Black Sea Trading Company hanging on it. Obviously, this was the directly-operated store of the Black Sea Trading Company in the capital.

The Black Sea Firm, the largest slave trading firm on the Black Sea, does all kinds of business, but its main business is slave trading, from Crimean Tatars, Ottomans, Eastern European Hungarians, Mediterranean Italians, Venetians After buying slaves in their hands, they then sold them to various places in Ming Dynasty and made huge profits from it.

Especially the sale of female white slaves is extremely profitable. When a slave is bought, a dozen taels of silver is enough, and when he turns around and sells it to Daming, he can easily sell it for four or fifty taels of silver. .

If the slave head is good-looking and tall, the price will be even higher. There have been hundreds or thousands of taels of silver. Rich families and brothels and Chuguan are willing to spend a lot of money. As long as they have good goods in hand, the silver will be rolling Come.

The slave shop of the Black Sea Trading Company is different from other slave shops. The goods sold here are all high-quality goods, and many of the slaves who come to buy slaves are also famous people.

Regardless of whether the purchased slaves are used as maids or to warm the quilt, naturally they cannot be displayed at the booth naked, otherwise, if they really give birth to a child and come out, they will be ashamed at that time.

So here, everything looks more civilized, and the slaves are all wearing nice clothes, some are wearing the clothes of Ming Dynasty, some are wearing the clothes of their respective ethnic groups, and some even specially taught piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and carried out A certain amount of education imparted the language and customs of Ming Dynasty and so on.

Of course, the Black Sea Commercial Bank has invested so much, so it is natural to pay back. The slaves here are worth hundreds of taels of silver, and some of them cost hundreds of taels of silver.

"Masters, please come inside~"

As soon as Old Li Tou and Li Xi entered the store, they were immediately greeted warmly by the waiters and brought into a private box. Good tea and water were served, and soon a person dressed as a manager walked in.

"My lord, Luo Qingyun, is one of the stewards of this shop, and I am very happy to be able to serve the two masters."

Luo Qingyun smiled all over his face, then sat down on a chair beside him, and began to ask Old Li and Li Xi about their needs in detail.

"You said he only has two sons, isn't that too few?"

"Old Wangtou next door has more than a dozen wives and concubines in his family, who have given birth to more than a dozen sons and daughters. He is a decent person. More children are more blessings."

Old Li was a straightforward person, and whenever Luo Qingyun asked him casually, he would speak up.

"Yes, yes, the old man is right~"

"My Ming people pay attention to the inheritance of incense. Naturally, the more children the better, the branches and leaves spread, the incense continues, and the family is prosperous. Only then can there be a lot of talents."

Luo Qingyun agreed with a smile.

"Many of the people who come to our store are to pass on incense to their families. Those white slaves have big buttocks to give birth to, and they are all tall. The children born here are also very strong. Now we have A lot."

"I'll take care of finding some good stuff for you to satisfy you."

"That's fine, we only need the original good ones, don't give us second-hand junk."

"Silver is not a problem, if you have good stuff, just put it on display."

Li Xi didn't speak, but Old Li spoke directly.

"Okay~"

When Luo Qingyun heard this, he immediately smiled and clapped his hands.

Immediately afterwards, a man came in with eight women, all of whom were blond and blue-eyed, and their skin was as fair as suet jade.

"Good morning, sir~"

As soon as the eight people came in, they also saluted in unison and shouted, what Daming said was very good.

"The goods of our Black Sea Trading Company are all high-quality goods. These eight people are all from Europe, these three are Slavs, these two are Italians, these two are Arabs, and this one is a Polish."

"Our firm can guarantee that they are all original goods, and they are not very old, they are all seventeen or eighteen years old. We were only fourteen or fifteen years old when we bought them. We raised them for several years and taught them our Ming language. , customs and etiquette and so on.”

"After you buy it back, you don't have to worry about communication and communication."

"In addition, we are also carrying out some education in serving men. Keeping them will satisfy you."

Luo Qingyun introduced it solemnly. If slaves want to sell at a high price, they need to go through a lot of packaging to improve the quality of the goods.

"Hmm~"

Old Li nodded in satisfaction, and looked carefully at random.

"Turn around~"

Luo Qingyun also understood it very well, and randomly ordered these eight people to turn sideways first, and the eight people raised their heads slightly and raised their chests, highlighting their proud places, which made Li Xi, who was originally very Buddhist, couldn't help but look carefully .

Then he turned around, revealing his perfect back, while Old Li was looking at his butt.

"Well, not bad, not bad, big butt, so fertile~"

Old Li nodded in satisfaction, this white slave has a much bigger buttocks than the people of Ming Dynasty, so he looks good to give birth to.

"Mr. Li, are you satisfied?"

Luo Qingyun looked at Li Xi, saw that Li Xi's eyes were straightened, and then smiled knowingly.

"Uh, it's okay, it's okay~"

Li Xi blushed and replied in embarrassment.

"These Italians are still sisters. If we buy them together, we can give you a reasonable discount. It only costs four hundred taels of silver."

"Four hundred taels of silver?"

"It's really not cheap. You can buy it for a few dozen taels of silver outside."

Li Xi said the same thing when he heard it.

"Of course it's not cheap. The goods of our Black Sea Trading Company are all good goods, and the good goods are naturally not cheap. Although the goods outside are cheap, there are no good goods that are cheap. They are all second-hand, and many of them have given birth to children."

"I think Mr. Li is also a person of status, and this is to spread branches and leaves for the family. He must look down on those things."

Luo Qingyun readily admitted.

Black Sea Trading Company is expensive, but our goods are good.

Many of them were little girls when they bought them. The Black Sea Commercial Bank will raise them for a few years before selling them. It is normal for them to increase by more than ten times, and the profits here are extremely astonishing.

When I bought it, a dozen or so taels of silver was enough, and it didn’t cost much to raise it for a few years. The food was very cheap, and it didn’t cost much to hire someone to teach Daming the language, etiquette, customs, etc.

But this change of hands is casually one hundred taels or two hundred taels of silver, and the profit in this is very large.

The reason why the stocks of the Black Sea Trading Company can soar all the way is also inseparable from these transactions of the Black Sea Trading Company. The Black Sea Trading Company quickly became one of the largest slave trading houses in Ming Dynasty, and the limelight has even overshadowed Ning Guo, who started out as a slave. King Ning.

"Five hundred taels of silver, including this~"

Li Xi thought it was expensive, but Old Li pointed to a slave and said.

"Five hundred taels is too little. Any one of mine starts with two hundred taels of silver, and I will add another fifty taels of silver."

When Luo Qingyun heard this, he immediately seemed very embarrassed.

"If you don't sell it, let's go to Ningguo Commercial Bank to have a look."

As soon as Old Li heard this, he immediately got up and prepared to go to the slave trading firm in Ningguo.

The slave trading firm in Ningguo is also well-known in Ming Dynasty. From high-end goods to low-end goods, the slave resources in the hands of Ningguo Trading Firm are also extremely rich. Relying on the slave trade, King Ning is also the richest among the many vassal lords overseas.

"Sell~sell~"

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingyun quickly got up and shouted.

The three slaves were sold for five hundred taels of silver, and this firm could make a lot of money, and its own commission was also quite a lot.

However, he still pretended to be very embarrassed and said: "We really don't make any money from this business, so we just treat it as a friend. If you still need it in the future, you can come to me directly, Luo Qingyun, and then I will give you a cheap price." Some."

"Who would believe you? It's just three women, selling for five hundred taels of silver, you don't know how much you have earned."

When Lao Li heard it, he immediately expressed disbelief.

Then he looked at Li Xi and said, "Pay and leave."

"Or do you want to continue to take a look."

"Oh, good, good~"

As soon as Li Xi heard this, he immediately took out the bank notes from his bosom, one hundred taels of silver each, and took out five at once, without even blinking his eyes.

"Thank you~thank you~"

"I wish Mr. Li hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren, and give birth to a precious son soon~"

Luo Qingyun held the bank note in his hand, smiled all over his face, and sent his blessings again and again.

Immediately, he also ordered someone to bring three slave contracts, handed them to Li Xi respectfully, and said, "This is the slave contract, please keep it well. Don't throw these away, or it will be troublesome for the government to investigate."

Then he said to the three slaves that Li Xi had bought: "The three of you will be members of Mr. Li's family in the future. Take good care of Mr. Li, so that you can live a good life."

"Yes~"

"I have seen the old man~ I have seen the old man"

When the three of them heard this, they saluted obediently.

(End of this chapter)