Chapter 93 Slave Market
The first volume of the tenth generation leader, Story of Qianshan, Chapter 93 Although the appearance of the slave market has been deliberately changed, Jiang Feng still recognized Wan Xuanwei, who was obviously characterized by the crowd at first sight. His indifferent round face and his eyes that seemed to be about to be cracked like a copper bell, would not be wrong. At this time, he was accompanying several merchants who looked like gentry and giants. His voice was not as rough as before, but rather a bit low-key. Occasionally, he would show a smile that made people feel a little nervous, and he would say a few words, "That's right, right", "Please take care of you more", etc. It seems that he has something to ask for.
In view of this embarrassing scene, Jiang Feng broke the idea of greeting him and recognizing him. His body was slightly wrong. He turned his head and pulled his head and had grown to his waist. Now he disguised as a servant, passing by the team and entering the first floor exhibition hall of "Pin Yisheng".
The interior of the exhibition hall is very wide, and it is estimated to be square in a hundred steps. The ground is not neat and the windows are surprisingly small. Therefore, although the air is circulating, it also exudes the unique smell of sweat mud and salted fish in the slave market.
On the left side of the exhibition hall, seven or eight large cages of two meters square are neatly displayed, containing ordinary "quality" slaves, all tied with their hands, and are all male, ranging from teenagers about ten years old to gray-haired old men. On one side of the black iron cage, there are bright iron signs hanging from foot-length, which clearly list the age, physical condition, capture time and place of slaves to be sold in the cage, as well as the talents they have been initially identified, and even the chamber of commerce that guarantees the above information.
On the right side of the exhibition hall is a cage of monks. Unlike the left side, the slaves are not bound by any restrictions and replaced by special talisman seals on the cage. This large talisman, unlike the ordinary "Spiritual Hunting Demon Talisman", can lock in spiritual power in a certain size space, making it impossible for the monks inside to use their spiritual power to use their skills. Judging from the information on the nameplate, the level of monks is at the spiritual level, and the Dharma image is also marked, mainly in production and operation categories, and it cannot even be classified as useful Dharma image.
Unlike the idea, the slaves in this store are not sold alone, but are sold as a whole in a "cage". That is to say, anyone who wants to buy must buy a slave in a cage. This strategy is naturally due to the needs of commercial interests, because some slaves are not easy to sell, such as ordinary old men who are weak or even incomplete, and monks who have aroused Dharma appearance but have extremely poor skills and no skills. These must be sold together with slaves with some "highlights and strengths".
However, the human race and the demon race slaves still did not get together. After all, customers have their own preferences for the types of slaves. If they deliberately violate the customer's wishes for commercial interests, they will still be treated coldly. I believe this is also a moderate adjustment caused by their long-term operation of such special goods and learning from them.
The price of slaves increased slightly from what the maid Zheng Keyi reported before. The unit price of ordinary ordinary slaves is seventy first-level spirit stones, while the unit price of monks below the third level of the spirit level is fifteen second-level spirit stones. Because they have to be purchased in cages, the prices of each cage are four second-level and eighty second-level, respectively, and there are certain discounts.
The use of slaves as labor was originally very common in the Chixia Gate and the Gujian Gate in the Seventh Alliance. Other sects also used it, but it was not widely used. In the past, slaves were selfish and kidnapped, and were also caused by their own difficulties in life. Now, the wars in the Seventh Alliance have caused chaos, and captives and robberies have increased, so the number of people who have become slaves has increased exponentially. Most of the sects have taken this opportunity to supplement this cheap labor. In addition, the revitalization plan of the northeast of the Yufeng Sect also requires a large amount of manpower to cooperate. Therefore, the price has risen sharply under the circumstances of a very rich supply.
Jiang Feng originally planned to buy some ordinary slaves of the demon clan, but before
For the need to refine the residual magic phase, but with the matter of Pujiang Town, he decisively gave up this idea, and he used the phase separation technique to check that the ordinary monks in each cage had fifteen kinds of magic phases. They were often entangled in complexity and were extremely difficult to peel off. In this process, weak slaves may die, and the gains are not worth the effort. It is better to work hard in Pujiang Town later, and it is believed that the results will be better.
Jiang Feng took a random look around and went to the second floor where the quality is better and the price of each cage is higher, and accidentally discovered a very obvious problem.
Whether or not the slaves in each cage are ordinary or not, there is always a slave's physique and health degree, which is slightly different from others. This does not mean that he is young and strong, or that the type of character itself exceeds his companions, but purely refers to the degree of health. On the surface, it is the complexion or expression.
As a slave, it is very common to not be full or mentally damaged. As long as there is no death or illness, it is undoubtedly necessary for sellers to find ways to reduce the cost of support. From the perspective of capturing time, at least from the nameplate, most of the slaves in each cage have similar time points, and in order not to riot collectively, familiar slaves will not be put together, and there is no identity difference, and there is no saying that anyone will dedicate their food and water to others.
In other words, their mental state and complexion should be roughly the same.
He had a bold guess at this moment.
Some people lurked among these slaves. Their original identities were not slaves, but spies from certain organizations and even sects. They were forged to capture time and place and mixed in. This is Huiyao City, so this sect must be Chixia Sect.
How to verify the problem?
In fact, Jiang Feng still wanted to buy slaves. The people of the Asan Mountain Sect were weak and could not force all ordinary people to gather together. This was not only because it was not allowed in tradition, but also because of livelihood considerations. Without large spiritual veins, it would not be possible to provide so much work for ordinary people. If they gathered together bluntly, they would only let them, who were struggling to escape secretly, making the Asan Mountain Sect an empty gate.
Using slaves is much simpler and more crude, and is labeled as a special label, restricting migration and freedom. It is reasonable to have a simple life and poor living conditions. As long as a certain condition for release is promised, they will most likely be more useful and more loyal than ordinary people.
After a brief discussion with the shop's staff, Jiang Feng spent forty second-level and bought the most ordinary ordinary slaves in ten cages. Because it was not a small order, Jiang Feng also met a more advanced red-clothed steward and asked for forty sets of ordinary new clothes for this purpose. This additional service is a bonus, above the twenty-five cages, and also provides cleaning and simple supply services, so that the mortality rate of slaves will be lower during the transportation process.
However, Jiang Feng refused. He didn't want to buy so many. These slaves were enough to be used in Dayi County and Donghu County. He planned to allocate most of them to Zheng Keyi and Jiang Hai, while the other half was sent to Zhang Sixi as his assistant to conduct business. He could see that although Zhang Sixi was a cordyceps slave who liked to cater to his superiors, he was still a business skill. Otherwise, after he made a big mistake, he would probably be completely abandoned. The reason why Dou Jinqiu personally funded twenty second-level pieces as capital was probably because of his ability. He used it as a step of leisure chess with Dou Jinqiu and Jiang Feng and even the Asanyama Sect.
But first of all, the spies must be distinguished. Once they set out on the road, the slaves they purchased naturally would not provide inferior food. They would not be able to distinguish their origins within a few days. I secretly told Jiang Chengzi a few words to ask him to number the slaves. Any suspected spies he identified were tampered with the number on the nameplate, and the clothes he had changed were secretly sorted out and not thrown away.
The transport of slaves must be handed over to the six major chambers of commerce designated by Chixiamen. Four of them are local households of Chixiamen, while the other two, one from Yanqiling and the other from Lingyun Mountain. This kind of business is not profitable, but being able to participate in it is enough to prove that the potential impact of the chamber of commerce and its owner Chixiamen is immeasurable. As Jiang Feng expected, the Changning Chamber of commerce was not included.
Fengmao Chamber of Commerce.
In the end, Jiang Feng chose a local Chixia Sect household. Compared with the other two chambers of commerce that fell with the wind after the destruction of the sect, Jiang Feng estimated that the food appearance of this family would not be too ugly, and most of them would not do excessive things on the way.
The target location is Ansai City, southeast of Yufeng Sect. He plans to go through Dayi County and then directly settle the bill with the Chamber of Commerce in Dayi County, so that the insurance coefficient is higher. If he reports to the Asayama Sect, he may be targeted by those who are interested. Fortunately, at this time, brokers doing this kind of business are everywhere. On the surface, there are no special people staring at him.
Because the registration distance is not close, the transportation costs and the necessary food supply provided by the caravan have paid a total of ten second-level expenses, plus the high population tax of ten second-levels, Jiang Feng spent a total of sixty second-levels to take these slaves away from Huiyao City.
Not everyone can do the slave business. I sighed in my heart that this price is not cheaper than hiring people from Asayama Sect. What everyone expects is to reduce the cost during the subsequent use. The reason why I chose the demon clan instead of the human clan is that the demon clan has a longer lifespan than the ordinary human clan and has a higher resistance to diseases. In the long run, the benefits are greater.
However, among these sixty people, there may be ten spies hidden.
The caravan manager was obviously a shopkeeper who often traveled to business. With the eight strong men under him, he managed the entire fleet in an orderly manner. Jiang Feng had almost no need to worry about anything. The convoy went westward and then entered the Yufeng Sect and arrived at Ansai City, the target location designated by Jiang Feng.
The official road of Chixia Gate is in good condition, but after passing Huangshui City, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, just as bumpy as when he came. However, along the way, Jiang Feng saw many road-building monks and ordinary teams. It must be that Chixia Gate had already begun to manage the newly acquired land and strive to integrate quickly. This sharp and decisive attitude makes people admire, and his impression of Zeng Baoxian, the head of Chixia Gate, has improved a lot.
This is what the book calls "aredevil". Jiang Feng thought in his heart that Chixia Gate must be one of the strongest obstacles to the future development of the Asanyama Sect.
Catching up and searching up and down, passion arose.
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The next evening.
After walking for a whole day, he camped in Langgu Town, a small town on the western border of Chixiamen. Jiang Feng made an excuse to buy specialties and left the convoy alone, leaving only a shadow alert, and entered a relatively neat inn.
He carefully investigated and no one followed him. He took out a pile of ragged clothes he had deliberately collected from the storage bag, held his breath and endured the discomfort of the stench, and randomly selected one from it, carefully arranged the unfamiliar spiritual array, and took out a first-level magic weapon for divination and loss in pain. He silently recited the mantra in his mind, and used the skill of borrowing objects and transforming shadows:
"The origin of this dress!"
Chapter completed!