After walking for a while, Zhao Ziliang and others passed a slave market and suddenly heard a female voice: "Master, save the little girl and her daughter, Master."
This is Chinese language.
In this foreign country thousands of miles away, he actually heard Chinese language.
Zhao Ziliang paused when he heard this voice.
He turned around and saw two people in a wooden cage at the front of the street slave market.
Two women, one in her thirties and the other fourteen or fifteen years old, both were in ragged clothes and looked haggard.
They were looking at themselves with extremely longing eyes.
Zhao Ziliang hesitated for a moment.
Although because of Pan Zhujunxiu's death, he really had no interest in other women during this period, and he didn't even bother to look at them, but the two women who were installed in the wooden cage were finally They are his compatriots, and he cannot bear to see the mother and daughter living in a foreign country and becoming slaves of a foreign country, with their life and death in the hands of others.
When he walked to the cage, before he could ask, a Sogdian slave trader dressed in fine clothes hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "This man has taken a fancy to the two women in the cage.
You see, they are a couple."
Mother and daughter, the mother is less than 30 years old, so she still has her charm, but the daughter is only 14, so she is a flower in bud."
Zhao Ziliang could not understand the Sogdian language, so he raised his palms without looking at the Sogdian slave trader and shouted: "That's enough, Balu, tell him to shut up and wait until I ask him clearly."
"No" Balu quickly agreed and said a few words to the Sogdian slave merchant in Sogdian.
The Sogdian slave merchant smiled and took two steps back without saying a word.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the mother and daughter in the cage and asked: "Madam, who are the names of mother and daughter, and where are they from?"
When the older woman heard Zhao Ziliang's question, she seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and immediately said: "Master, my family's surname is Chen Qingying, this is my daughter Wang Zhiyun, my mother and daughter are from Lingzhou, their home is in a border town, there is a room Clothing store, six months ago the northern Turks went south and attacked the border town where the slave family was located, killing All the people in the city were killed, and the husband of the slave family was not spared.
Seeing that the slave mother and daughter were still pretty, the Turks took the slave mother and daughter to Mobei, resold them several times, and traveled for half a year to this place in the Western Regions.
Master, please save my mother and daughter and take the slave mother and daughter back to the Tang Dynasty.
The slave family is willing to work as a cow or a horse to repay the master."
Zhao Ziliang heard this and asked: "Is there anyone else in your husband's family or your natal family?"
Chen Qingying shook her head and said: "Both of my parents died when I was young.
My mother-in-law bought me home as a child bride for my husband.
When I grew up, I married my husband.
Later, my mother-in-law died of illness.
My husband and I were the only ones left in the family.
Fortunately, my daughter was left.
Zhiyun".
"I'm afraid your home in the border town will also be burned down by the Turks.
Even if you return to the Tang Dynasty, where can you go?"
Zhao Ziliang said with some hesitation.
If he bought the mother and daughter, they would obviously be a burden.
There are no relatives left in her mother's family.
They are helpless.
They can't just follow him wherever they go.
After hearing what Zhao Ziliang said, Chen Qingying became anxious.
She quickly grabbed Zhao Ziliang's sleeve from inside the cage, fearing that he would leave, and begged: "Master, please take us back to the Tang Dynasty.
As long as we can return to the Tang Dynasty, Tang, no matter what you do, it is ten thousand times better than living in this foreign country and being treated as a plaything."
Zhao Zi's conscience was shocked.
Yes, a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse.
The Chinese people have a tradition of returning to their roots after falling leaves since ancient times.
No matter how well they live outside, they must return to their hometown and be buried when they grow old or die.
Hometown, this is a brand that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Sighing, Zhao Ziliang said to Chen Qingying: "Okay, I will buy you, but we have to make an agreement first.
When we enter the territory of Datang, you mother and daughter will have to leave on your own."
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Chen Qingying cried with joy when she heard this, and promised repeatedly: "Noononuo, the slave mother and daughter will never cause trouble to the young master."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the Sogdian slave merchant and waved to Balu.
Balu stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Sir."
"I want these two women, how much do you want them to cost?"
Upon hearing this, Balu immediately negotiated with the Sogdian slave merchants.
He was indeed a Sogdian merchant who had been traveling in the Sogdian land of Zhaowujiu for a long time.
He could speak Sogdian, Chinese, Dashi language and Latin. .
He was also a thorough businessman.
He did not directly ask for a price, but bargained with the Sogdian slave merchant.
"Sir, the villain has negotiated with him.
He wants eight hundred strings of copper coins."
Deeply influenced by the economy and culture of the Tang Dynasty, the Sogdians of the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Central Asia basically use square-hole copper coins as their transaction currency.
Since square-hole copper coins were minted and circulated in the Tang Dynasty, many copper coins flowed into various parts of Central Asia and were quickly imitated by the Sogdians in Central Asia.
There are generally two types of copper coins used by the Sogdians.
One is Kaiyuan Tongbao in Chinese on the front and Kaiyuan Tongbao in Chinese on the back.
Sogdian script, clan emblem or plain back; the other type is more numerous, with the Sogdian royal emblem and clan logo on the front, and the king's name and title in Sogdian script on the back.
Copper coins are only the most basic transaction currency.
If you are engaged in business transactions and the number of coins is large, it will be very inconvenient to trade with copper coins.
Gold and silver must be used.
For this purpose, the Tang Dynasty also established an exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper as 1: 10:10000.
“Is it the lowest price?”
"Yes" Zhao Ziliang remembered that he did not bring so many copper coins, and frowned: "I don't bring so many copper coins, you ask him if you can trade with gold and silver?"
Balu asked the Sogdian slave merchant again, and soon received the answer, "Sir, he said that he can trade in gold and silver."
Zhao Ziliang nodded: "Okay, Chu Ge, pay."
At this moment, a loud shout came: "Wait a minute, I want these two Tang Dynasty women."
When everyone saw it, Zhao Ziliang's expression immediately changed.
The person who made the noise was none other than Qu Le, the young prince of the Stone Kingdom.
He and a dozen saber warriors and two civil servants walked in through the crowd.
Amid everyone's blank stares, Ku Le walked to the cage and lifted up Chen Qingying's chin.
His eyes were full of lust, and he laughed and said: "It is true that the women of the Tang Dynasty have fine skin and tender flesh.
They are better than us Sogdians."
Women’s skin is much more delicate and feels extremely smooth to the touch.
Good, very good.”
One of the warriors brought by Küler shouted at the Sogdian slave merchant: "Why are you still standing there?
The little prince wants to buy these two women.
Send them to the little prince's house immediately.
Your money is indispensable."
The Sogdian slave merchant was overjoyed when he heard this.
He nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, I will send someone to deliver them to the little prince's house right now."
The light in Zhao Ziliang's eyes flickered uncertainly.
When the Sogdian slave merchant called a few strong men to take Chen Qingying and her daughter out of the cage, he finally spoke: "Wait a minute, shopkeeper, these two women seem to be the same ones."
The young master bought it first.
We have already negotiated the deal.
If you want to go back on your word, it won’t cost you.
Young Master, I heard that you Sogdian businessmen always pay attention to integrity.
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Are you a special case?"
When the Sogdian slave merchant heard this, his face suddenly fell, and he quickly said to Zhao Ziliang: "This guest from the Tang Dynasty, I'm really sorry.
It's not that I don't want to sell this mother and daughter to you.
You have also seen it.
The prince wants to buy them, but the villain really doesn’t dare to offend the little prince.
The guest has come from afar, so it’s better not to argue with the little prince.
They are just two women, so why should we hurt the harmony?”
Zhao Ziliang was furious and grabbed the Sogdian slave merchant by the collar: "These two women, I have bought the goods today and our deal has been concluded.
How dare you not give me the goods?"
The Sogdian merchant was shocked.
When he saw the Tang Dynasty man in front of him, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, with a sword hanging on his waist, and with so many followers around him, he knew that this person must have an extraordinary status.
He did not dare to offend him.
He said with a pale face: "No, no, no, this guy Guests of the Tang Dynasty, if you have something to say, please speak it up, but don’t do anything, don’t do anything.”
At this time, a civil servant next to Qu Le, the little prince of Shiguo, spoke.
He said in Chinese: "Hey, General Zhao, you just said that you had completed the transaction with him, but the lower official saw that he has not collected your money yet. , since he did not receive the money, the transaction was not concluded, which means that he has the right to regret at any time.
Isn't it too much for you to force him to sell those two women to you, even if you are from Datang?
Envoy, this is our country of Shi, so General Zhao please respect yourself."
Balu was also anxious at this time, and quickly stepped forward to persuade Zhao Ziliang: "Young master, in my opinion, let's forget it.
They are just two women.
We are not familiar with the place here, so it is best not to have any contact with the local forces.
If a conflict occurs, it will be difficult to get out of trouble, and the general also has a mission, so completing the mission is the most important thing."
Zhao Ziliang glanced at Balu, then turned to look at Qu Le, the young prince of Shi Kingdom, and said seriously: "Prince Qu Le, our Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, and all its people are extremely noble, but you are here to treat me, the people of Tang Dynasty."
Selling them as goods on the street is an act of extreme contempt for our country.
This is an act that violates the dignity of our country.
This is a provocation.
Is Shi Guo ready to go to war with our country?"
After hearing what Zhao Ziliang said, Prince Qu Le and the two officials around him changed their faces.
They never thought that Zhao Ziliang would escalate this matter to a serious diplomatic dispute.
The official from the Shi Kingdom on the left said quickly: "General Zhao said It’s too serious, it’s just two women.
Our country has absolutely no intention to despise or provoke the Tang Dynasty.
This is just a private behavior of private businessmen."
Zhao Ziliang shouted: "It's just two women, what would you do if your wife and daughter were trafficked to another country?"
The official was speechless: "This".
Zhao Ziliang pointed at Prince Qu Le and two officials of Shiguo: "I tell you, any of our people of the Tang Dynasty are protected by our Datang at any time and anywhere.
Harming my people of the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to attacking me."
The Tang Dynasty declared war, I would like to ask your king if he has decided to go to war with our country, huh."
After saying that, he waved to Chu Ge and others behind him: "Let's go."
The expressions of Qu Le and others changed greatly.
Another official knew that if Zhao Ziliang was allowed to enter the palace and find King Mohe Tutun, the king would definitely hit Qu Le with a slap on his face.
He immediately stopped Zhao Ziliang and said anxiously: "General Zhao, please be patient."
"Let's go, go slowly.
This is just a small matter, why bother to alarm the king?
Since General Zhao has taken a fancy to these two women, His Highness the Prince naturally wants to be beautiful, isn't it?"
After saying that, he tugged on Qu Le's clothes.
Although Qu Le was unwilling to give in, he didn't want to make trouble with the king because of this matter.
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It would not end well by then.
He could only swallow his anger and salute Zhao Ziliang with his chest: "Since they are Citizens of the Tang Dynasty, I naturally cannot allow them to be humiliated in our country, so I will ask the slave merchants to hand them over to General Zhao to be taken away."
"Who is that?
Didn't you hear?
Hand them over to General Zhao quickly, otherwise I, the prince, will hold you accountable."
The slave merchant was so frightened that he couldn't say anything about this.
He immediately nodded and agreed, fearing that he would get into trouble if he agreed too slowly.
"Yes, yes, I will open the cage now," he said: