The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 297 Light and Darkness

It was only later that Fang Qingqing realized that her thinking was wrong and she should buy some suitable servants.

As a modern person, she has the idea that everyone is equal in her bones, but people are legal and free in this society.

Like now, because old Li's family is so busy, there are no servants in Li's mansion.

But no matter what, porters, servants, maids, maids and servants are indispensable.

With Li Xiuping's development in the court, more will be needed in the future, and this step must be taken out.

After making up his mind, Fang Qingqing and Li Xiuping went to Renshi, which is where people are bought and sold.

Of course, it will not be directly stated to the outside world that I can buy and sell people here, all of which are covered by the mule market, bull market, etc.

But what it actually does, many people know.

It was also after Fang Qingqing raised that question that Li Xiuping asked people to find out.

He originally intended to hire someone to serve his parents, but his wife's idea happened to coincide with his, so the two quickly acted while he was free.

This human city should have been regarded as a dark area in the capital. How could someone like Master Li, who looks upright and upright, be familiar with this kind of place?

Fang Qingqing was very puzzled, but Li Xiuping just smiled lightly.

"Don't Master Li need to eat and drink? You're just a common man."

In fact, if he wanted to do things for the common people, the first thing he should investigate and understand was the people's livelihood. He probably knew more about the big and small things about the capital than anyone in his family.

Whenever a disaster occurs in the suburbs of Beijing, even a little farther away, there will be many refugees in the capital, most of whom are refugees.

Under such circumstances, it is normal to sell yourself in order to have a meal and to survive.

There are also locals in the capital who, if something goes wrong at home, will sell themselves by putting straw signs on their heads.

It's just that Li Xiuping only asked people to inquire about the situation, and then came here privately with Fang Qingqing, and he didn't know until he actually saw it——

What he saw in the book was indeed very different from the reality. Many things were too good in his imagination.

The situation in the market is very chaotic, and those who are about to be sold are kneeling under the eaves on both sides.

Li Xiuping and Qingqing walked all the way and saw that there were two entire rows full of people kneeling, and even those who were very weak were lying there.

They are dirty and smelly, and they are all skinny, with pale faces and dry lips.

Looking at each one, I didn't know what kind of suffering I had suffered before.

Looking at Li Xiuping only felt his eyes hurt, he couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Brother, has the city always been so lively with so many people?"

There are many people kneeling there who need to be sold, but there seem to be very few buyers.

The person who was asked happened to be a private tooth, and he was used to this kind of work, so it was no surprise.

He just grinned and showed his yellow teeth, and said: "Not many places were hit by disasters last year, and many ordinary people couldn't make it through, so they could only think of running outside.

In order for the family members to survive, they had to be sold.

I am a kind-hearted person, and I can't see so many people begging, so I spent some money to buy them all, hoping that they will meet good people. "

No matter how nice the words are, it cannot conceal the fact that he is a second-hand trafficker.

Fang Qingqing was a little uncomfortable, and more sad, her compassion was extremely ridiculous in the face of the facts.

In fact, didn't the Fang family sell the original owner for only eight taels of silver back then?
Originally, Li Xiuping wanted to continue to understand the situation with Private Ya, but when he saw the young daughter-in-law's complexion|look|wrong, he immediately approached and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Fang Qingqing came back to her senses, with a smile on her face.

In fact, she already felt that her smile was a bit forced, but after all, it was not easy to ask too many questions outside, so Li Xiuping continued to communicate with Private Ya instead.

"Xiao Langjun, do you want to buy someone? Don't worry, it's not the first time I, Wang Mazi, have worked in this area. We are all honest countrymen, and it's enough for me to eat, and I won't cause trouble to the Langjun's house. "

"The price is not expensive, five taels a piece. You can take a look at it, Mr. Xiaolang, usually this kind of strong man who can work costs at least ten taels.

If it weren't for the fact that I have received too much recently, I would not be able to bear it, and I, Wang Mazi, would not be in a loss-making business. "

It seemed that he was really eager to solicit business, seeing Li Xiuping groaning silently, he offered to drop a tael of silver.

Fang Qingqing was already about to give up. This private tooth is obviously a veteran, and it seems that the people in his hands may not be bought by him with money.

However, those people around her who seemed to have knelt numb and had no light in their eyes made her heart ache unbearably. Maybe for these people, living is just a luxury.

For the first time, Fang Qingqing hated this unreliable system. Now that she has come to the ancient world, why can't she be given an identity that can call the wind and rain?

Such as tax relief, opening warehouses to release grain or giving porridge to the poor, at least it can make many people less hungry.

But she also deeply understands that these are inevitable social reality problems, and they cannot be changed by the small actions of any noble person.

Fang Qingqing knew Li Xiuping's plans and ideals. At this moment, she hoped that Xianggong could realize his ideals as soon as possible and use his power to do things for more people.

So even though he felt that it was wrong to do things like this, but the circumstances forced him to do so, in the end Li Xiufang and Qingqing still chose two families.

Neatly bought two families of eight together, with different sizes and prices, costing a total of 15 taels.

There are eight people, 15 taels, Fang Qingqing wants to cry and laugh at the same time.

In such a comparison, when the Li family gave eight taels of silver to the old Fang's family, it was really "benevolent and righteous".

Li Xiuping got to know the situation of these two families a little bit, basically because something happened to the disaster-stricken family, so they couldn't live in their hometown anymore.

Begging all the way to the capital, but can't do other jobs, so he can only sell himself as a slave in the hope of living.

The reason why these two families were selected was because they had two characteristics that Li Xiuping valued very much.

One is that his wife fell ill and the family became more and more dilapidated, but the man did not give up, even if he was begging, he took his wife along the way.

As for another couple, they have a son and a daughter, and their family was too poor to live on before, and they didn't think of selling the girl in the family.

Fang Qingqing tried her best to buy this, and she felt a little bit offended, so she suddenly became very kind.

Knowing that they were going to buy people, old man Li Shi felt that it was a waste, and the family was not too busy.

But Saburo said that in the future he will be an official, and his family needs servants to support him.

It was hard for the elders to object any more, and when they heard how much it cost and saw the tragic situation of those people, Shi, who was soft-hearted at the time, burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)