Chapter 21 Slave

After looking around twice, Tang Sufan stood at the door and thought deeply. Looking at the structure of the entire dilapidated restaurant, he carefully planned in his mind how to open this tavern.

Bar counter, um, put it here~

Lighting area, stage area~

Then pole dancing, uh, forget it, this is the Tang Dynasty, it’s immoral~

Tang Sufan's face was almost turned into a bitter melon. After all, no matter how good the idea was, many problems could not be realized due to technical problems, such as lighting and music~

It seems that the idea of ​​opening a specialty tavern is too naive~

Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time. Do the basics first, then go back and draw the drawings and think about it.

"By the way, Liu Xiao, where can I recruit workers?"

After all, the most important thing right now is, of course, someone to do the work.

"Master Tang, if you want to recruit some long-term handymen for the tavern, why not go to the West Market and buy a few slaves?"

slave?!

Tang Sufan frowned. It was indeed legal to buy and sell slaves in the Tang Dynasty. Although he didn't like this very much, he couldn't help it. This was the current social environment.

The buying and selling of slaves began in the Xia Dynasty. Not only did slaves have extremely low social status, but they also had no personal freedom at all. They were the free property of slave owners and could be given away, bought and sold, beaten, scolded, or even killed at will.

Moreover, the current sale and purchase of slaves is protected by the imperial court and has relevant legal systems.

It is recorded in "The Laws of the Tang Dynasty": All the slaves, horses, cattle, camels, mules and donkeys purchased have exceeded the price... After the certificate is established, those who have old illnesses will hear their regrets within three days, and those who are not sick will be punished according to the law.

Slaves, in this era, were nothing more than commodities in human form.

Tang Sufan suddenly had complicated thoughts, and his brows slowly straightened: "Okay, let's go to the West Market and buy some slaves who are quick and agile."

So the two of them took a carriage and traveled from the East Market to the West Market.

Only this time, Tang Sufan did not pull away from the carriage and pose like a coquettish woman.

Tang Sufan was lying boredly in the carriage, resting his face on his palms, not knowing what he was thinking.

While shaking, I slowly became a little sleepy.

……………………

"Herodus~!"

The war horse pulling the cart neighed, and Liu Xiao called to Tang Sufan inside.

"Master Tang, we can only stay here. If we want to choose slaves, we need to go in."

The carriage stopped for a moment, and Tang Sufan, who was shaking so hard that he was holding his face, suddenly lost his sleepiness and quickly climbed out of the carriage.

Tang Sufan glanced at the place where Yaxing sold slaves. He had already arrived at the West Market, and he was also a simple market in his heart.

"Let's go, Liu Xiao, go in and have a look..."

Liu Xiao slowly walked in behind Tang Sufan, who was wearing a white brocade robe.

At this time, a very discerning steward quickly brought two boys over to greet him.

The steward looked like a typical fat shopkeeper from TV in his previous life. He took one look at Tang Sufan's attire and followed behind him a hunky-backed guard with a sinister look on his face. He knew in his heart that this young man might be a big customer.

He walked over quickly, nodded and bowed and said to Tang Sufan: "How many slaves does this young master want to buy?"

Tang Sufan nodded indifferently.

"I wonder if the master wants a maid or a servant?"

Tang Sufan thought for a while and said, "Take me to see them first. I will choose the ones I like."

So the steward rolled his eyes, not knowing what he was planning in his heart. He stretched out his hand and said politely to Tang Sufan: "Okay, sir, please."

Tang Sufan looked around, and his handsome brows suddenly wrinkled.

Although it has been more than half a year since he traveled to Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, this is the first time he has come to this kind of place where slaves are bought and sold.

This city street is full of slaves and slave sellers.

Most of those slaves were in ragged clothes and had empty eyes.

Some were tied up with ropes, and some were even locked up in cages.

In this season, which is approaching the beginning of winter, the weather has already cooled down. Their huddled bodies are tightly wrapped in the only coverings they have, ignoring the eyes of others looking at them, trying to find some self-comfort in this cold fate.

of warmth.

This time, Tang Sufan once again felt the naked cruelty and exploitation of class levels in modern and ancient times.

The last time he woke up in the snow, it was the middle of winter, and the snow was full of hungry people and refugees...

But this time, Tang Sufan realized even more profoundly, the hollow and numb eyes, the corpse-like bodies, and the uncontrollable numbness that spread all over Tang Sufan's hands and feet.

Although most people will know and understand it in history textbooks, they also think they have some understanding of the appearance of ancient times.

But there are some things that you will never understand unless you have experienced them.

Only by truly seeing and experiencing all of this can we realize how profound and thought-provoking everything we see is.

Before he traveled through time, he also thought that the original costume drama would be somewhat consistent with the real ancient times.

Only when he actually comes here will he realize that the so-called glamorous romance and heroic ancient meanings are really rare, but the dark black and white of the bottom of society is the main theme of this year, and it is also the most unforgettable.

Tang Sufan frowned and slowly walked through the streets where slaves were bought and sold.

It was as if the purpose of buying a few workers to work in the first place had been forgotten, but he was looking at everything with an indifferent expression and a frown.

After a while, Liu Xiao saw that he just couldn't choose, so he reminded him: "Master Tang, don't you have someone you like?"

Liu Xiao was born in this era, and he has long been accustomed to these things.

Tang Sufan was suddenly startled by Liu Xiao's reminder. After he came to his senses, he smiled bitterly in his heart. Why was he so compassionate here?

Do I have the ability to change anything? Do I have the destiny to change anything?

Even if he is a so-called ‘traveler’, he is still just a ‘traveler’.

In this imperial society, is it necessary for him, a time-traveler, to overthrow the imperial power and reform the society? This is not about writing a cool article, but what do you want to do?

He is also a human being, and he is still a young man whose hand strength cannot even match that of fifty-year-old Uncle Shuan.

He would die just as well if he was hit with a knife, and he would die just as well if he took some poison. Moreover, his heart simply could not bear the so-called huge ideal of saving the world.

In this life, I can only... do what I can do...

Tang Sufan glanced at it, and his heart was influenced by the excellent idea of ​​​​prioritizing the old, weak, sick and disabled in his previous life. The first thing he looked at was the elderly, or women and children.

As he glanced around, an old man suddenly attracted Tang Sufan's attention.

In a corner, huddled up was a skinny old man wearing gray linen and coarse cloth.

This old man gave him a very familiar feeling, but if he really knew him, he really couldn't remember him.

He was hunched over, unkempt, and his left foot had a strange shape, as if he was lame.

Tang Sufan walked two steps and smelled a strange smell, as if he hadn't washed his body for too long.

The man seemed to finally realize that someone was approaching, and a pair of timid and cloudy eyes looked out from between the white hair like weeds.

The face covered with wrinkles and dirt showed a look of vicissitudes of life and hopelessness. Severe coughing sounds occasionally came out from the chapped lips, and the body shivered violently...
Chapter completed!