Along the way, Dumb chattered to Xia Xun about the three commodities he wanted to buy: iron, jade, and slaves.
After selling off the knowledge of iron and iron he knew, Dumb talked about jade again: "There are many types of gemstones, cat's eye, diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire and so on, but to say that the most marketable in the Central Plains, it should be jade.
In the Ming Dynasty, jade was the best in sweet yellow, and mutton fat white was ranked second, and modern people valued white and light yellow, mainly because white was rare, but it was the most expensive sweet yellow jade at that time.
Dumb and said: "This sweet yellow, and steamed chestnut, its quality is as moist as milk is the most expensive, but if the lord wants to buy the finished product, the price is also high, the villain turned around and took the lord to see the jade first, the lord's luck is so good, maybe you can choose a few pieces of good one, if it is cut out are beautiful jade, then it is developed" Xia Xun listened to it interestingly, and really gained a lot of knowledge, so he said: "Since this is the case, let's go and see how the jade is first."
Dumb shook his head again and again: "Master, jade at night, it is easier to see flaws, and women are different, there is an old saying, don't pick a woman in the candlelight, and don't pick a cloth in the candlelight, that's the truth, under the light, you can easily ignore their flaws, so if you want to buy a female slave, it's better to choose during the day" Xia Xun listened to the instructions and said: "No, no, no, what I want to buy, but it doesn't have to be a female slave, the whole slave trading field will go around."
Dumb reminded: "Master, the most profitable slave is a female slave with a beautiful appearance and a bewitching body."
Xia Xun smiled and said nothing, he just wanted all kinds of people to pick some to bring with them, men, women and children, all kinds of people, everyone was mixed together, he was not so conspicuous, who cared if he made money.
Passing a tavern, the door was open, and in it there was a bard, who had faded away in Europe in recent decades, playing the shamisen and singing: "Behold, how shameless and drunk the night is compared to the morning, and how much sin, indulgence, and unruly conduct."
On the eve of May Day, after their parents and others had gone to sleep, the young people drank cider in barrels, they danced, they gluttonously, they lured young maidens into the woods, breeches, smocks and padlocks could not stop the fire, the fire was too close to the dry wood, the worst always happened, and when the maidens came out of the woods in the sun, less than a third of the hundred people were still innocent."
Xia Xun only thought that the bard's voice was very good, but he couldn't understand what he was singing, and Dumb obviously understood, he covered his mouth and cooed happily.
But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Because of his stupid old man, of course, it was only his thoughts, and he didn't say it.
After his stupid lord entered the slave market, he didn't like to pick female slaves, but went around in the circle of male slaves, and that's it, many of these slaves were sold here because of prisoners of war and other reasons, and there were many strong laborers, but his master actually picked a blacksmith, a builder, a sailor, and an accountant who looked weak, and a black slave Oh my God, oh my Dumb was so angry at his employer's stupidity that he fainted, he genuinely thought about his employer, and if the employer bought them back and couldn't sell them for a good price, he would be sincerely ashamed of his dereliction of duty, which would ruin his good reputation in Tarbugul.
He protested to his employer in a rage, and Xia Xun agreed to help him pick a few slave girls with the greatest appreciation potential, but he was lazily reluctant to continue.
Dumb had to settle Xia Xun in a tavern, the few newly bought slaves sat under the eaves in front of the store, Dumb was not afraid that they would run away, once the fugitive slaves were caught, no one cared about them, and even if they escaped here, they could not survive, being a beggar in this kind of place was not more comfortable than a slave.
Dumb has made up his mind to pick out some of the best slave girls for his employer, and has recouped the loss of the few money-losing goods that his employer bought back on his own initiative.
Xia Xun and Liu Yujue sat in the tavern, eating local dishes and tasting local wines.
There are a variety of liquors such as pepper wine, pepper wine, and mulberry wine, but the most popular of them is of course wine.
After about half an hour, Dumb rushed back in a hurry, shouting: "Master, master, hurry up, I found two high-grade female slaves, the body is very hot, the waist swing can hook the soul of the person, the slender and strong thighs, too, the master will bring them back to the Central Plains, they will definitely be able to sell for a good price." ” Xia Xun sat down wholeheartedly and said with a smile: "Come on, take a sip of wine to moisten your throat first, it's really as good as you said."
Dumb took the wine handed over by Xia Xun, and took a sip of it like drinking water, then smacked his mouth, tasted the taste greedily, and burped: "Yes, master, it's really the best, if it weren't for the special conditions they proposed, they would have been bought by others a long time ago, and the master wouldn't have been able to grab it." ” Xia Xunqi said: "Isn't it asking for money to buy and sell slaves, what conditions did their masters propose?"
Dumb shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, they are free people, not other people's slaves, they are selling themselves, and the slave auction house is only taking commissions from them." ” Speaking of which, Liu Yujue saw that he was thirsty, and had already poured him another glass of wine, Dumb said thank you, sat down on the stool next to Xia Xun, took a sip of wine, and said with great interest: "That's the case, it is said that they are thieves, and they originally lived in Kuxian."
Kuxian was later Kuqa County, Xinjiang Province, and before Kuxian, it was called Qiuzi.
"Those two girls are very beautiful and very sought-after at auction, but the conditions they put forward are so harsh that many buyers have retreated. ” Xia Xun asked curiously: "What conditions did they propose?"
Dumb said: "Speaking of which, they are affectionate and righteous, when the family was in trouble, a hired man of their ranch desperately helped them to escape, and the hired man and his wife were both killed by horse thieves, leaving only a little daughter, it is said that the hired man has relatives in the sandbank, so the condition of these two beauties is that the person who bought them must be a merchant on the other side of the sandbank, or a Hu merchant who is about to sell goods to the sandbank." ” "Oh" Xia Xun's eyes moved, and he became sharp.
Dumb didn't pay any attention, and continued to talk: "They said that if they want to buy them, they must take them with the little girl who has lost her parents and the remaining loyal servant, until the little girl is sent to the home of relatives in Shazhou, as long as you agree to this condition, the price is lower, and you can sign a deed of sale."
Sir, move a little quicker, this group of sandbank merchants has just arrived, in case they have also visited the slave dealership, get ahead of you."
Before he finished speaking, Xia Xun stood up like lightning and asked quickly, "Where did they take me to see?"
Dumbfounded for a moment, he stood up and said, "The master is interested, the villain will take you to see" Xia Xun turned his head to Liu Yujue and said, "You stay here, look at the people we bought, I'll go back when I go."
"Master, master, this is it, you see, they are still on stage."
In front of a slave auction table, crowded with many slave buyers and people watching the excitement, there was a fat man standing on the stage, who was hoarsely introducing loudly in the local language: "Look at what a bewitching beauty, this snow-capped jade peak like a straight chest, snake-like waist, this slender and powerful thighs, seductive eyes, buy them, you can enjoy endless glamorous blessings, you can also make a lot of gold coins on the other hand, look at such a hot woman, or innocent virgin, rare good goods."
In the spring of March, the weather here is still relatively cold, but the two beauties on the stage are wearing very gorgeous and bewitching clothes.
They wore only a corset of breasts, revealing a snow-white and soft lower abdomen; The chest was tense, and the two towering masses continued to tremble as they walked, as if they might jump out of the cherub at any time, and the man swallowed his saliva directly.
Their lower bodies were tied in gauze skirts, and their long, slender, straight and rounded thighs loomed in the spurted gauze skirts, sometimes revealing seductive skin or moving curves.
There is a string of copper bells on their feet and ankles, and when they walk gracefully, the bells on their feet will make a pleasant sound, which is no different from the other beautiful slave girls in the auction, but it is rare that their temperament, their faces are covered with a thin veil, and their golden hair is tied behind their heads.
The slave owner shouted hoarsely, his mouth was a little dry, and he stepped aside to drink water, and immediately someone on the side of the stage played tactful and exotic music, so that the two beauties, who had only been walking up and down the stage with the fat slave owner showing off their graceful figures, danced to the music.
Their dancing was full of seduction and teasing, but there was a kind of high elegance and arrogance, which made people involuntarily yearn for conquest, and the melancholy eyes of their blue eyes from time to time were even more provocative to men, and when the snake-like rhythm of the waist twisted, many men screamed uncontrollably, and people kept rushing to the slave master to ask for the price, but after learning of the harsh conditions of the other party, they retreated stupidly.
Dumb saw Xia Xun staring intently at the stage, his mouth was still slightly open, as if he was about to drool, and couldn't help but smile proudly: "Master, these two female slaves are good, hehe, their original background must be very good, but now they have suffered, such a woman, not only does not lose the elegance and charm of everyone's ladies, but also lacks the liveliness and tameness of female slaves, this is a man's gift, once you get to the bed, hehehe, hey, ah" Xia Xun didn't speak, his eyes stared at the stage, his breathing became short, Dumb couldn't help but plan for Xia Xun very dutifully when he saw it: "It's bad, look at him like this, once these two beauties are bought, he is likely to keep them for himself to enjoy, sad about this Han guest, is he here to make money?"
Xia Xun stared at the stage tightly, suppressed his excited voice, and said word by word to Dumb: "These two women, I'm going to decide" To be continued: