The Ten Generations of Masters Volume 1 Qianshan Story Chapter 93 Although the appearance of the slave market has been deliberately changed, Jiang Feng recognized Wan Xuanwei with obvious features in the crowd at first sight, with his indifferent round face.
In addition, there is no mistaking his copper-bell-like eyes that seem to be about to burst. At this time, he is accompanying several merchants who look like wealthy gentry. His voice is not as rough and bold as before, but a bit low-key. Occasionally, he will reveal his voice.
With a smile that made people feel a little panicked, he added a few words such as "That's right, that's right" and "Please take care of me", etc. It seemed that he was asking for help.
In view of this embarrassing scene, Jiang Feng gave up the thought of saying hello and acknowledging him. He slightly staggered his body, turned around and pulled Jiang Chengzi, who had grown to his waist, and was now disguised as a servant, and passed by the team.
Passed by and entered the first-floor exhibition hall of "Pin Yisheng".
The interior of the exhibition hall is very wide, measuring hundreds of steps per square. The floor is not tidy, and the windows are surprisingly small. Therefore, although the air is circulated, it is filled with the unique smell of sweat, mud and salted fish from the slave market.
On the left side of the exhibition hall, there are seven or eight two-foot-square large cages neatly displayed, which contain slaves of ordinary "quality", all with their hands tied, and all of them are men, ranging in age from teenagers around ten years old to those with gray hair on their temples.
Old people are all distributed among them. On one side of the black iron cage, a foot-long iron sign hangs clearly, which clearly lists the age, physical condition, time and place of capture, and preliminary identification of the slaves to be sold in the cage.
He has talents and even a chamber of commerce that guarantees the above information.
On the right side of the exhibition hall is the monk's cage. Unlike the left side, the slaves are not restrained in any way. Instead, they have special talisman seals on the cage. This large talisman is the same as the ordinary "Trapped Soul Demon Hunting Talisman"
Different, it can lock the spiritual power within a certain size space, so that the monks inside cannot use spiritual power to use skills. Judging from the information on the nameplate, the monks are all at the spiritual level, and the Dharma is also marked, mainly in the production and management category, and even unable to
Classified as useful Dharma images.
What is different from what is expected is that the slaves in the shop here are not sold individually, but are sold as a whole in "cages". In other words, anyone who wants to buy must buy slaves in cages. This strategy naturally comes from
The needs of commercial interests, because some slaves are not easy to sell, such as ordinary old men who are weak or even disabled, and monks who have awakened to the Dharma but have extremely poor skills and no skills. These slaves must be matched with slaves with some "highlights"
, sold together.
However, human and demon slaves still do not mix together. After all, customers have different preferences for the types of slaves. If you deliberately violate the wishes of customers for the sake of business interests, you will still be treated coldly. This must be why they have been operating this business for a long time.
special goods, and make appropriate adjustments based on experience gained from them.
The price of slaves has increased slightly from what the maid Zheng Keyi reported before. The unit price of ordinary mortal slaves is seventy first-level spiritual stones, while the unit price of monks below the third level of spiritual level is fifteen second-level spiritual stones, because they need to be caged.
When purchasing, the price of each cage is four second-level coins and eighty second-level coins respectively, both with certain discounts.
The use of slaves as labor was originally particularly common in the Chixia Sect and the Ancient Sword Sect among the Seven Alliances. It was also used by other sects, but it was not widespread. In the past, slaves were used for personal robbery and kidnapping, as well as their own difficulties in life. Now the Seven Alliances use slaves as labor force.
The war in the alliance was in turmoil, and the number of prisoners and robberies surged, so the number of people who became slaves doubled. Each sect took advantage of this opportunity to replenish this cheap labor force. In addition, the revitalization plan of the Northeastern part of Yufeng Sect also requires a lot of manpower.
Therefore, the price has risen sharply despite the abundant supply.
Jiang Feng originally planned to buy some mortal slaves of the demon clan.
Due to the need to refine the residual Dharma Aspects, but after the incident in Pujiang Town, he decisively gave up this idea, and he used the Phase Dividing Technique to check that the mortal monks in each cage had more than fifteen Dharma Appearances, each of which was intricate and complicated.
They are entangled together, and it is extremely difficult to separate them. In the process, weak slaves may die, and the gain outweighs the loss. It is better to work hard in Pujiang Town later, and the results will surely be better.
Jiang Feng looked around casually, then went to the second floor where the quality was better and the price per cage was higher, and he accidentally discovered an obvious problem.
Among the slaves in each cage, whether they are mortal or not, there is always one slave whose physique and health are slightly different from others. This does not mean that he is young and powerful, or that the species itself surpasses his companions, but purely refers to the degree of health.
On the surface, it is just the complexion or demeanor.
As a slave, it is very common to not have enough to eat, or to be mentally damaged. As long as there is no death or illness, it is undoubtedly necessary for the seller to find ways to reduce the cost of support. As far as the capture time is concerned, at least from the nameplate
Judging from the above, most of the slaves in each cage have similar time points, and in order to avoid collective riots, slaves who are familiar with each other will not be put together, so there is no identity difference, and there is no one who dedicates his food and water sources to
Someone else said it.
In other words, their mental state and complexion should be roughly the same.
He now had a bold guess.
There are people lurking among these slaves. Their original identity is not slaves, but spies of certain organizations or even sects. The time and place of capture were forged to blend in. This is Huiyao City, so this sect must be Chixia.
Door.
The question is how to verify?
In fact, Jiang Feng still wants to buy slaves. The Qianshan Sect is weak and cannot force all mortals to gather in one place, not only because tradition does not allow it, but also because of livelihood considerations. Without a large spiritual vein, it cannot provide so many jobs.
For ordinary people to gather together abruptly, it will only allow them to escape secretly and make the Qianshan Sect become an empty sect.
The use of slaves is much simpler and cruder. They are given a special label, which restricts migration and freedom. The poor living conditions and poor living conditions are reasonable. As long as certain conditions for release are promised, they will probably be better than ordinary free mortals.
Use it and be more loyal.
After a brief discussion with the clerk in the shop, Jiang Feng spent forty second-level coins to buy ten cages of the most common mortal slaves. Since it was not a small order, Jiang Feng also met with a higher-level steward in red, and begged for it.
Forty sets of ordinary new clothes, this additional service is a bonus. On top of the twenty-five cages, cleaning and simple supply services are also provided, so that the death rate of slaves during transportation will be lower.
However, Jiang Feng refused. He did not want to purchase so many slaves. These slaves were enough for use in Dayi County and Donghu County. He planned to allocate more than half of them to Zheng Keyi and Jiang Hai, while the other half was sent to Zhang Sixi as a slave.
He was his assistant in conducting business. He could see that although Zhang Sixi was a soft-headed slave who liked to cater to his superiors, he still had business skills. Otherwise, he would probably be completely abandoned after he made a big mistake. The reason why he was
Dou Jinqiu personally financed twenty second-level pieces as capital, presumably because of his ability, and used it as a casual move to make Dou Jinqiu's initial friendship with Jiang Feng and even the Qianshan Sect.
But first, the spies must be distinguished. Once they are on the road, the slaves they purchased will naturally not be provided with inferior food. Within a few days, they will not be able to distinguish their origins. He secretly gave Jiang Chengzi a few words and asked him to go.
The slaves were numbered. Whenever they identified suspected spies, they would do something with the number on the nameplate, and the clothes they had changed into were secretly sorted out and not thrown away.
The transportation of slaves must be handled by the six major chambers of commerce designated by Chixiamen. Four of them are local households of Chixiamen, and the other two, one is from Yanqiling and the other is from Lingyun Mountain. This kind of business is not very profitable.
, but being able to participate in it is enough to prove that the closeness between the Chamber of Commerce and the master Chixiamen can have immeasurable potential influence. Just as Jiang Feng expected, the Changning Chamber of Commerce was not among them.
Fengmao Chamber of Commerce.
In the end, Jiang Feng chose a local family from the Chixia Sect. Compared with the other two chambers of commerce that collapsed after the sect was destroyed, Jiang Feng estimated that this family's appearance would not be too ugly, and they would probably not do anything excessive on the road.
The target location is Ansai City, southeast of the Yufeng Sect. He plans to pass through Dayi County and then directly settle the bill with the Chamber of Commerce in Dayi County. This will have a higher insurance factor. If he reports to the Qianshan Sect, he may be targeted by interested people. Fortunately,
At this time, there were brokers doing this kind of business everywhere. On the surface, there was no special person watching over him.
Because the reported distance was not close, Jiang Feng spent a total of ten second-level coins on transportation costs plus the necessary food supplies provided by the caravan. In addition to ten second-level coins for the high population tax, Jiang Feng spent a total of sixty
It took two steps to take these slaves away from Huiyao City.
Not everyone can do the slave business. I sighed in my heart. The price is not cheaper than hiring someone from the Asayama Sect. What everyone expects is just to reduce the cost in the subsequent use process.
The reason why we choose the demon race instead of the human race is that the mortal demon race has a longer lifespan than the mortal race and is more resistant to diseases. In the long run, the benefits are greater.
However, there may be ten spies among these sixty people.
The manager of the caravan looks like a shopkeeper who often travels for business. Together with his eight strong men, he manages the entire caravan in an orderly manner. Jiang Feng hardly needs to worry about anything. The caravan goes all the way west, and then passes through the northeastern part of Qianshan and enters the Imperial Palace.
Feng Zong arrived at Ansai City, the target location designated by Jiang Feng.
The official road at Chixiamen was in good condition, but after passing through Huangshui City, the road became much more rugged and difficult to walk, just as bumpy as when he came. However, along the way, Jiang Feng saw many monks and lay teams building roads.
It must be that Chixia Sect has started to manage the newly acquired land and strives to integrate it quickly. This crisp and resolute attitude is admirable, and the impression of Zeng Baoxian, the leader of Chixia Sect, has improved a lot.
These are the "outstanding people" mentioned in the book. Jiang Feng secretly thought in his heart that the Chixia Sect must be one of the strongest obstacles to the Qianshan Sect's future development eastward.
Catching up head on, searching high and low, the passion can't help but arise in my heart.
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The next evening.
The convoy that had been traveling all day stopped for a rest in Langgu Town, a small town on the western border of Chixiamen. Jiang Feng found an excuse to buy specialties and left the convoy alone, leaving only his shadow on guard, and entered a fairly neat inn.
After careful inspection and no one was following him, he took out a pile of tattered clothes that he had deliberately collected before. Holding his breath to resist the discomfort of the stench, he randomly selected one piece from it and carefully arranged it.
In the spiritual formation, he painfully took out a first-level magic weapon used for divination of losses, silently recited the mantra in his heart, and used the skill of borrowing objects and transforming into shadows: