Chapter 104: The Desolate World, The Joyful World (Part 2)
After all the female relatives were ready, a government official pushed out a gray-haired old woman and stood in front of the onlookers.
At this time, a clerk holding a big red vermilion pen in his right hand and a notepad in his left hand slowly walked up to the old woman, glanced at the onlookers, and said: "Qin Yue family, fifty coins, does anyone want to buy it?"
In fact, this auction is not the regular auction that Gongliang saw in his previous life, but should be called "selling, shouting, and drinking."
Like all auctions, this form of selling puts the worst products first, so that no one will lose the auction and end up with them.
The white-haired old woman looks about seventy, but is actually only over fifty. She lives a hard life, and God has unfairly carved countless vicissitudes of life into her body.
Usually no one buys an old woman like her, because one more person in the family means more food rations. People buy her back to share the burden of the family, not to buy an ancestor to serve at home - don't say that people are cold and heartless
, it’s just the helplessness of this world.
Occasionally, kind-hearted people sympathize with people like the old woman and buy them.
After all, they don’t have much money, and even though an old woman like the old woman is old, she can still do some sewing and sweeping.
Speaking of which, there are still many kind-hearted people in this world, but sometimes we don’t meet them.
Fortunately, the white-haired old woman met her.
A strong man emerged from the crowd, ran to the back to pay, then came to pick up the old woman, and left the noisy place.
The hawking continues.
"Lin, seventy articles."
"One hundred articles for Gongjishi."
"Ju Mu's one hundred and twenty articles."
"Lai's one hundred and fifty articles."
"Two Hundred Essays on the Shentu Family."
"Yu's two hundred and thirty essays."
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The female family members were sold out one by one. If there were more than one person wanting some, they would be asked to bid, and the price would be higher. Gong Liang looked around and found that among the family members being sold, there were no men, whether they were adults or minors.
Not even adult boys. After asking around, I found out that men are prohibited from buying and selling.
According to the laws of Bactria, men who were not registered as slaves and were taller than a wheel would be sent to mines, forest farms, and wilderness to mine, log, and open up wasteland for farming.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will work until he dies.
Boys who are below the wheel and above the calf will be sent to the border areas to do lowly labor. When they grow up, they will be sent to death camps. Those who have survived a hundred battles can escape from the camp. Unfortunately, since the founding of Daxia, there has been no
This happens.
Babies below the calf who are still ignorant or in infancy will be sent to dental clinics and sold to infertile couples.
But no matter where it is sold, this ignorant or infancy baby will be recorded in the record. A slave for a while, a slave for life. Unless the Great Xia is destroyed, there will be no chance of advancement.
Don't say that the law is ruthless and cruel. In this world where the jungle is strong and the strong eats the strong, that's how it is.
"Shang Mou's ten taels of silver."
"Fifteen taels of silver from the fifth clan."
"Dang's twenty taels."
"Shashi twenty-five taels."
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As the sale progressed to the end, the price became higher, and the women became more and more graceful and beautiful. There were many people bidding, and the price kept rising.
Finally it was the turn of the three sisters that Gong Liang had just seen. The Yamen officer stepped forward and grabbed the youngest girl by the collar and pulled her out. But the little girl cried and hugged the two sisters tightly and refused to let go.
The three sisters hugged each other and burst into tears. The tears blurred their eyes, wet their faces, soaked through their thin clothes, and made their hearts, livers, spleens, lungs and kidneys tangle together.
After all, the yamen servant was not a hard-hearted person. He let go of his hand and turned to look at the clerk, "This..."
Before the official spoke, someone from the crowd said, "Sir, why don't we sell the three sisters together? Firstly, we can save trouble, and secondly, we can fulfill their responsibilities as sisters."
Literary officials don't care about this. It's better to hawk together to save him from wasting his saliva.
"Then let's go together, Yan's three sisters, one hundred taels."
Speaking of which, the Yan sisters are all outstanding in appearance, delicate and lovely, and are rare beauties.
But here, at this moment, the more beautiful a person is, the worse their fate will be.
"One hundred and fifty taels." Just as the clerk finished speaking, a fat-headed, big-eared, landlord-looking man shouted loudly.
A thin middle-aged man next to him sneered disdainfully and shouted: "Two hundred taels."
"Two hundred and fifty taels."
"Three hundred taels."
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"Eight hundred taels."
The price of Yan's three sisters kept rising again and again, and it reached eight hundred taels in a blink of an eye. The people who had just been discussing how to collect the money looked at each other. Although they had asked many people to collect the money together, it was only one hundred taels. But this civil servant
Asking for a hundred taels as soon as you open your mouth means that you will lose their chance by opening your mouth.
When everyone heard that someone actually paid eight hundred taels for three young ladies, they couldn't help but turn their heads and look, wanting to see who it was that was so heroic?
As soon as he turned around, he saw a fat man sitting on a sedan chair carried by eight sturdy men. While chewing fruits, he looked at Yan's three concubines with greed in his eyes.
"Marquis Linjiang!"
"I heard that Yushi Zhongcheng once visited Linjiang Marquis and said that he was extravagant and extravagant. He used food and clothing to serve as a chariot, and he also favored rare treasures for his family. He also secretly took the talents of the late emperor and used them as entertainment, and built caves and rooms.
All around, several other people were drinking and drinking. Now the Yan family's three sisters are in dire straits. If they fall into his hands, they may not be able to survive but die."
"No."
"I heard that he took pleasure in torturing girls. He killed countless people in a year and was not afraid of God's punishment."
"Hush, be careful not to let him hear you."
Linjiang Marquis, however, ignored what others said and waved his hand when he saw that no one raised the price. A middle-aged Confucian with a goatee came forward, separated the crowd, and went to pay for the meal.
"One thousand taels."
Suddenly, a loud shout came.
When everyone heard the words, they turned their heads and saw a woman with white powder on her face and extremely alluring lips, sitting on a sedan carried by four strong men, holding a round fan and shaking the breeze. On both sides of her, stood on the left and right.
There is a charming maid, a strong old woman, and a guard.
As her fan swayed, a rich fragrance floated around, making people sneeze.
Migu seemed to have smelled it too. His little face twisted into a knot, and he wrinkled his nose and said to Daddy in a nonchalant manner: "Daddy, it stinks."
When Marquis Linjiang saw her, he frowned slightly and said, "Hu Meizi, you have come to harm another innocent girl again."
The woman held up a fan and covered her pretty red lips, giggling and saying: "Hey, look at what you said, Mr. Hou, how can the slave family harm others casually? Entering my Wanhua Building is better than going to the Marquis's house to die!"
Marquis Linjiang looked at her with a cold face, his eyes were ferocious, like a man-eating beast.
The woman looked at him unwillingly.
There seemed to be sparks flying and thunder and lightning flashing in the two pairs of eyes.
For a moment, Marquis Linjiang seemed to be worried about something. He waved his hand indifferently, and the eight sedan chairs immediately turned around and went out.