Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 904, buy a woman
Here in the slave market in the western capital of the Western Regions, as the convoys of the Daming Logistics Support Firm continued to arrive at the slave market, the entire slave market immediately became extremely noisy and lively.

It was almost deserted for nearly half a year, and the well-informed slave merchants had already prepared bank notes and waited here early, preparing to select good goods, and then sell them to various places in and outside of Daming to make a lot of money.

The slave trade was a very profitable business.

Generally speaking, there are two modes of slave trading. One is to buy slaves from other people, and then resell them. This kind of slave merchants generally earns the middle price difference, scales, and has fixed purchase and sales channels.

There is also a kind of direct slave hunting team to capture slaves and then sell them. This kind of slave traders are generally active in Tianzhu and the African continent.

This kind of slave merchants are those who eat on the edge of a knife. They are all ruthless people. They are followed by a group of brothers. They do business without capital. If they catch an adult slave, they can sell it for thirty or forty taels of silver, and the profit is quite high. It is impressive, but it is facing resistance from the locals.

Both types of slave traders have their own advantages and disadvantages. The slave traders who are active in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region are all the former. They don't capture slaves themselves, but buy slaves from others, and then sell them to various places in Ming Dynasty.

The Daming Logistical Support Firm is the main source of slaves for everyone, because the Daming Logistical Support Firm is responsible for providing logistical support services for the Ming army.

The slaves captured by the Ming army are all sold by the Daming logistics support firm, and a certain percentage of the money obtained is given as a commission.

"It's all women and children, what's going on?"

"Could it be that all the men were killed by my Da Ming's cavalry?"

Seeing the women and children in the four-wheeled carriages, the slave trader shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Everyone is still thinking about the feast of last winter.

The Great Tomorrow Army swept across the Western Regions and the Hezhong region. There were more than [-] prisoners captured alone. Even if a slave counted as thirty taels of silver, that would be several million taels of silver. Many people present The slave merchants all got their own piece of the pie.

"I heard that this time the Duke of Australia ordered all the men taller than the wheel to be killed, so only women and children are left."

"It's fine if you have slaves. Anyway, it's all about buying and selling. Highs come and go, and lows come and go. It's better to earn some money than none."

"Yes~"

Many slave traders were discussing with each other, and then they looked carefully among the four-wheeled carriages, trying to find good goods from them.

Slave trading is not an easy job, especially when it comes to women and children, it is very eye-catching. If you buy a beautiful woman, maybe a woman can be sold for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. It has also happened.

There are also some good seedlings among these children. If you find those children with beautiful embryos, raise them for a few years, and then cultivate them well, and send them to brothels and Chu halls, they can also become a signboard for making money. A very eye-catching thing.

"Well~ There are two good cars in this car, you can bid!"

"This No. [-] car also has good stuff in it."

The slave trader Zhou Yin carefully looked at the women and children in the four-wheeled carriages, and silently remembered the slaves he wanted to bid for in his heart.

The way of buying and selling slaves at the Daming Logistics Support Firm is very simple and rude, that is, it is carried out by auction, and all the slaves in a four-wheeled carriage are auctioned off at once, not slaves are auctioned one by one.

This point, all slave traders are very clear.

"Clang~clang~"

With the sound of beating gongs and drums, I saw a person walking up to a high platform with a tin horn.

"Everyone, everyone, I, Wang Yue, the logistics support firm of the Ming Dynasty, is in charge of this slave auction, so I won't talk nonsense, it is still the old rule, the slaves of the four-wheeled carriages bid for the unit, and the highest bidder wins. "

"This time, our Da Ming army swept across the Dayuz grassland of the Kazakh Khanate. Wherever it went, it was invincible and unstoppable. It also gained a lot, and gained a large number of women and children."

"The number of women and children in each of these four-wheeled carriages is about [-] people, some are one or two more, some are one or two less, and the starting price of each unit is five hundred taels of silver."

"The auction of the No. [-] car will be held next!"

Holding the tin horn, Wang Yue briefly introduced the rules of the bidding, and then immediately ordered the No. [-] car to be pulled up.

"Five hundred taels!"

As soon as his words fell, someone immediately asked for a price.

"Five hundred and fifty taels~"

"Five hundred and sixty taels~"

"Five hundred and seventy taels~"

With the sound of one after another, the slave traders who fancy the No. [-] car began to bid one after another, and the price broke through six hundred taels of silver in a blink of an eye.

"Six hundred and thirty taels of silver, is there anything higher?"

"Everyone can see clearly that the women in this car are pretty good, and some of them are quite good, and they can make a small profit as soon as they change hands."

Wang Yue looked at the crowd, smiled and said.

This time it was all women and children, and everyone's enthusiasm for bidding was not very high. If there were a carload of adult slaves, it would not be like this, and everyone would scramble to get down.

"Six hundred and forty taels~"

As soon as Wang Yue's words fell, someone immediately gritted their teeth and raised their hands.

"Okay, six hundred and forty taels of silver, is there any higher?"

Wang Yue said with a smile immediately.

When the slave traders below heard this, they immediately shook their heads. There were only about [-] slaves, all of whom were children and women, and they had reached six hundred and forty taels of silver. Very high.

These slave merchants have to transport them back, eat, drink, scatter, etc. along the way. If they resell them, if they don't double the profit, they won't make much money.

"Six hundred and forty taels of silver!"

Seeing that no one bid anymore, Wang Yue immediately smiled and waved.

Soon, the bidding for the second car began, and after reaching more than [-] taels, there were very few bids. Everyone calculated very accurately.

"The next auction is the No. [-] car. I think many people are already ready to move. They have already seen some beautiful things in No. [-]."

"Not much nonsense, five hundred and two starts."

Wang Yue looked at the newly pulled No. [-] car and introduced it with a smile.

Hearing Wang Yue's words, many slave traders looked over in unison, and saw a few graceful, beautiful-looking, fair-skinned girls in the No. [-] car, very young and beautiful, such Goods, that is definitely a super-sought-for thing.

"It will cost more money now."

Zhou Yin, who had been staring at the No. [-] car, looked at the fiery gazes of his colleagues around him, and immediately frowned helplessly. The beauties in the No. [-] car were definitely in high demand.

There is no whitewashing, and the clothes are very ordinary, which can already make people feel amazing. As long as you put on a little makeup and put on beautiful clothes, there is absolutely no problem in selling them for thousands of taels of silver.

The wealthy people in the Beijing-Tianjin area now like to buy some beauties from the Western Regions to warm their beds. Good ones are easy to sell, no matter how expensive they are.

"Six hundred taels~"

"Seven hundred taels~"

"Eight hundred taels~"

As soon as Wang Yue's words fell, the slave traders immediately began to bid one after another, their eyes lit up, and the price rose slowly.

"One thousand five hundred taels~"

Zhou Yin gritted his teeth and directly quoted a high price of [-] taels of silver, which also caught the slave traders who were bidding for a moment and calmed down a lot in an instant.

"One thousand six hundred taels~"

But soon someone followed suit. There are still many people who know the goods, and some people come here specifically for this top-level goods. They have special channels to sell higher prices or realize more value. .

"One thousand seven hundred taels~"

"One thousand eight hundred taels~"

There were quite a few people following the price, which made Zhou Yin shake his head helplessly, and had to choose to give up the No. [-] car.

"Two thousand taels of silver~"

Wang Yue's face is full of smiles, this car can be used as several cars, the most important thing is the beauties in the No. [-] car, scarce resources are valuable at any time.

Here in the slave market, the auction was very hot. Slave traders gathered together and kept raising their hands to bid. There were also many people who were full and had nothing to do to watch the excitement.

They also looked at the women in the car with bright eyes, discussing with each other, and the heated discussions continued.

While the auction was in full swing, a group of special people came to the slave market.

Li Guaizi brought a dozen or so familiar people to the slave market.

"It's so lively~"

"Isn't it? Every time there is a war, this slave market is the busiest."

"I heard that many women and children were caught this time. This time, each of us can buy a woman to go back and warm the bed."

Beside Li Guaizi, everyone chatted in unison.

That's right, Li Guaizi and the others came to this slave market to buy women.

The dozen or so people around Li Guaizi were all bachelors, and they all spontaneously immigrated from Lin County, Henan Province to the Western Regions.

Lin County in Henan Province (as mentioned earlier, it is the county where the Hongqi Canal is located, where water resources are extremely scarce) has been an extremely poor place since ancient times, a place where there is poverty among the poor, and there is no place to drink water.

In such a place, it is conceivable that only the daughters of Lin County have been married, and no daughters from other counties have ever married into Lin County.

This has also led to the current Lin County people, who can immigrate, basically emigrate, and even emigrate privately.

The dozen or so fellow villagers around Li Guaizi were all in their twenties, but all of them were bachelors, and they couldn't even get a wife when they were in Lin County.

After immigrating to the Western Regions, he learned about the slave market from other people, and also knew that there were women buying it in the slave market, so they all moved their minds, and everyone came to the slave market together, planning to spend money to buy a woman. go back.

This is more or less a woman who warms the bed, washes and cooks for herself, and carries on the family line for herself. It won't be like in Lin County, where she can't even get a wife and can only be a bachelor for the rest of her life.

"Brother Kidnap, it looks like it costs a lot of money."

"Look, it's just a few hundred taels of silver. How can we have so much silver?"

Beside Li Guaizi, Shorty Zhang from the same village said with a guilty conscience when he heard the slave traders' shouting prices.

"Afraid of a ball~"

"I've already found out that those of us who immigrated to the Western Regions are supported by the imperial court in all aspects. The same is true for asking for a daughter-in-law and buying a woman."

"The chief envoy of the Western Regions has a regulation. When a bachelor buys a woman, he only needs to pay [-]% of the price, and the remaining [-]% will be paid by the chief envoy of the Western Regions. It is a benefit."

"Wang Ergou, who came here before us, bought a beautiful lady from the Western Regions for two taels of silver, and now she has a baby."

Li Guaizi looked at Shorty Zhang beside him and said.

"Then I'm relieved~"

Shorty Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

"Let's go, talk to their leaders~"

Li Guaizi brought a dozen of his fellow countrymen to Wang Yue's side, and when Wang Yue's side finished auctioning a car, he said, "This steward, our dozen or so brothers are all bachelors. , I want to come to you to buy a woman to go back and warm the bed, I don't know if it's okay?"

Wang Yue was drinking tea, moistening his throat. After shouting for more than an hour, his throat was about to smoke.

Hearing Li Guaizi's words, he quickly looked over, smiled and said, "Of course, they are all our own brothers, not to mention that the chief envoy has already issued an order to give priority to the brothers who immigrated to the Western Regions." start a family."

"How about this, there are more than [-] carts left, you can choose whatever you want, each person can pick up to two, and each will be charged at twenty taels of silver, is that okay?"

"Thank you steward, thank you steward~"

When Li Guaizi and the others heard this, they couldn't help but look at the remaining [-] or so cars with bright eyes, and thanked them repeatedly.

"Thank you, women. There are plenty in the Western Regions. The imperial court also encourages everyone to marry more wives, take in more concubines, and have more children. This way, my Ming Dynasty's rule in the Western Regions will be more stable."

Wang Yue smiled and shook his head and said.

"We went to pick~"

Li Guaizi and the others smiled, and then one by one quickly walked towards the four-wheeled carriages, their eyes began to shine brightly, and they carefully picked around inside.

"Twenty taels of silver for one, two at most, I have bad legs and feet, so I bought two women back, so they can still help with housework."

Li Guaizi looked around inside the four-wheeled carriage with bright eyes.

"Haha, you dwarf, you are only three feet two, but you choose two women who are taller than yourself, can you do it, be careful when you get on the bed and get kicked off."

"That's right~"

Here, many slave traders were also idle. When they saw Shorty Zhang pick out two women who were taller than him, everyone couldn't help laughing.

"What do you know? I am short, so I only choose tall ones, so that the children born in the future will not be as short as me and be laughed at by others."

Shorty Zhang heard everyone's ridicule, but smiled back.

"I'll go, it makes sense, but I'm speechless."

"Yes, yes, women from the Western Regions are still in good shape. They are generally tall, taller than our Han women. The children born in the future will definitely be taller."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help nodding their heads.

"Brother, do you know how to choose? When choosing a woman, you must have a protruding back, a big top, a big butt, and a small waist. Believe me, you can't go wrong. You can't do it. Buy it." I’m sure I’ll regret it when I go back.”

"That's right, brother, we are all experienced people. You must be a young chicken with no experience. You can't just look at your face."

"That's good, warming the bed is the best~"

"Brother, did you pick him back to farm the land? This man is tall and big, and you are not as big as her. Are you sure you picked him back to be a wife?"

"Choose this one. This one is a good one. If we sell it to the capital, it will cost you several hundred taels of silver to ride a horse. It will be cheaper for you. Twenty taels of silver can buy you such a beautiful lady."

"Yeah, I want to immigrate to the Western Regions because of it, and I'll pick two best ones to go back. The tigress at home has long been tired of watching."

Numerous slave traders watched Li Guaizi and others pick and choose, laughing and discussing while watching the excitement, and at the same time giving some pointers.

As for Li Guaizi and the others, they were all blushing.

To be honest, they really don’t have much experience, they are all pure young girls, and the slave traders around them are all veteran flower pickers, and all of them have sharp eyes, and they can see roughly at a glance. come out.

Li Guaizi circled around the huge four-wheeled carriage, looking around inside.

"This, and this~"

Li Guaizi chose again and again, he also followed the advice of the slave traders around him, pointed to the two women in the carriage and said.

"Good~"

Beside, the clerk of the Daming Logistics Support Firm heard this, nodded slightly, opened the four-wheeled carriage, and began to bring out the two women that Li Guaizi was pointing at.

"Mom~Mom~"

One of the women had a child beside her, only five years old, a little girl. When she saw her mother being brought out, she couldn't help crying and hugged her mother tightly.

"Please, please allow me to take my baby."

Mayila looked at her daughter who was holding her, and then at the Ming people around her. Even though she couldn't understand what they were talking about, she still knew that she was treated as a slave and bought by the cripple in front of her.

She immediately knelt down beside Li Guaizi and begged bitterly.

"what did she say?"

Li Guaizi looked at Mayila, then at the little girl holding her and asked.

"She said she hoped you could buy it with her daughter."

Someone who understands Kazakh next to him translated.

"Please, please, please allow me to take my daughter with me, and I will report you well."

Mayila hugged her daughter and begged bitterly.

"How much silver does this little girl want? Let's buy it together and forget it. It looks so pitiful."

Li Guaizi looked at Mayila, then at the child in her arms and said.

"Are you sure?"

"She is still very young, so I bought it back, but she can only eat and not do much work."

"That's right, it's a burden to buy back."

"But it's really pathetic."

When the people next to him heard it, they immediately said.

Here, someone also asked Wang Yue for instructions.

"Forget it, it's just a little girl, no money, it's a gift."

Wang Yue looked over here and said.

In fact, in the process of slave trading, mothers were generally allowed to take their children with them. The children who were no taller than the wheels were still very young. If it was not necessary, they would generally not be separated, which was considered a kind of benevolence.

"Thank you~thank you~"

Li Guaizi soon found out the result, thanked him again and again, and then went through the relevant procedures, and after paying the part of the money he wanted to pay, the two women from the Western Regions with a child were considered Li Guaizi's personal slaves up.

"You two, come with me."

Li Guaizi pointed to the two women he bought and said.

Mayila looked at each other with her woman in her arms and Elena beside her. Although she couldn't understand Li Guaizi's words, she could understand what he meant.

The two of them watched Li Guaizi limping and limping towards an open space. In this open space, Li Guaizi's fellow villagers had bought their wives and were waiting to go back together.

The two hesitated for a moment, but still had to follow.

As women they have little choice of path.

What's more, this has been the case on the grassland since ancient times. The war on the grassland is extremely cruel, and it is common for a woman to die her husband.

Sometimes the husband may not be dead, but the woman is kidnapped and has to be another man's wife. This is very natural and common.

The Daming people swept across the Dayuzi grassland, killed their men, and arrested them. This is the same as what happened on the grassland in the past, and there is no difference.

So it was nothing to them to be Li Guaizi's wife, and they naturally accepted this. Women on the grasslands are different from women in the Central Plains.

They don't pay much attention to chastity, they only obey the strong, and this has been the case on the grassland since ancient times.

"Brother Kidnap~"

Shorty Zhang walked over with two women who were much taller than him, his face full of excitement.

He has always been ashamed of his height. He didn't know how many times he was bullied and ridiculed since he was a child. In his dreams, he wanted to marry a tall woman as his wife. If you are short, you won't be bullied and ridiculed.

Now this wish has come true, and there are two of them at once, which makes him laugh from ear to ear. It is really right for this immigrant to come to the Western Regions.

"Haha, you can do it, kid. I picked two tall ones, and the children born after that will definitely be tall too."

Li Guaizi looked at the two women behind Shorty Zhang, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Haha, that is, must~"

　I'm too lazy to score, just [-] words in one chapter~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)