A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 292 The Daughter of General Longxiang
On the auction stage as tall as one person.

A row of female slaves sat or stood with expressionless faces, allowing the crowd to watch and discuss.

The onlookers commented on them unscrupulously.

A fat man dressed in silk pushed a young woman to the center of the stage. The woman looked numb and bowed her head in silence, but she was wearing a long silk skirt.

The fat man picked up the whip and flicked it in the air, the woman trembled a few times.

"laugh."

"Don't cry for Jesus,"

The fat man pressed the whip against the woman's chin, and raised her face, "Smile, if you can't sell it, go back and eat the whip, and give me a brighter smile."

The woman's chin was picked up by the whip, and she showed her face to the people below. It was a clean face with delicate and beautiful features.

Fatty showed his product to everyone, and said loudly proudly, "Everyone, this is the first slave auctioned today, from Xiazhou. She was originally the daughter of a leader of the Buluoji Thousand People Tribe, and she hasn't married yet. People, let alone have children, I guarantee that they will still be perfect."

"Her father was once a traitor in Liang Shidu, and was named General Long Xiang, but was later accused of treason and executed, and his wife and daughter were deprived of their identity,"

"Look, she is only 15 years old. Although she is the daughter of a mountain beard chief, she can speak fluent Chinese, read and write, and sing with a good voice like an oriole."

"Everyone, such a good thing is rare, so don't miss it."

The fat man tried his best to show and sell.

This is a part of the cattle and horse market in the border city of Baicheng. This area not only buys and sells cattle, horses, llamas and livestock, but also sells people.Slave traders one by one drove a group of tied slaves to stand or squat there to sell and show to the guests. After some bargaining, a deal could be concluded, and the city official was invited to sign a contract to complete it.

And in the center of this area is this wooden platform.

This is a rather special auction table.

Trade in the fresh format of an auction.

The woman's youthful beauty, and her status, attracted many buyers.

"You say it's still perfect, how do we know?"

"With so many clothes on, I can't see clearly from below."

"Whether there are scars on the body, if there are scars, it is worthless."

"Take it off, so you can see clearly."

Some people even asked to be able to touch the inspection.

The fat man smiled and said, "This is a high-end product, not the kind of cheap one. His father used to be General Longxiang."

The atmosphere at the scene became more and more lively, and there were more and more onlookers.

Wu Huaiyu also came with the Fan sisters. He was wearing casual clothes, and the Fan sisters were also wearing dark fences to cover their bodies. There were guards by their side. It looked like a noble client.

"Ah Lang, this girl looks good, let's buy it." Fan Wuniang looked at the maidservant on the stage and thought she was pretty good.

As the atmosphere became more intense, Fatty also began to quote the reserve price for the auction.

"The auction starts at [-] yuan, start bidding."

This price is very high. After all, the average servant girl may only cost about ten thousand yuan, and there are even five or six thousand yuan, which is probably worth two grass horses.

One hundred thousand can buy ten ordinary servant girls.

However, the woman's appearance and figure, coupled with her identity, still attracted many people. Sure enough, someone shouted loudly, whether the identity of this woman is true, whether it is perfect, etc., if it is, he will bid, if it is not bought, what will happen then? manage?
"I guarantee that everything I say is true. If there is any falsehood, it will be ten years old."

As soon as this sentence came out, someone bid immediately.

Many people shouted hoarsely, and the veins on their necks were exposed. Compared with the traditional way of auction, this kind of auction is still very different.

In the cattle and horse market, the traditional bargaining of buying and selling is often to put a piece of cloth directly on the hands of two people, and make gestures under the cloth with their hands, silently.

Or draw directly in the sleeve.

It is indeed new to set up an auction and bid like this, but it is said that this method is more popular among the Sogdians, and it came from the far west.

If the auctioned goods are good, and the auctioneer's eloquence is good, it can greatly stimulate the atmosphere. Sometimes the atmosphere will come together, and the competition will be overwhelming.

The price kept rising, and soon reached 20 yuan.

The monk and maid wanted to buy it back, but Huaiyu was too expensive.

He didn't care about the identity of the daughter of General Long Xiang or the tribal leader. After all, in troubled times, if she was said to be the daughter of the emperor, she was also the daughter of the emperor. Unless she was the daughter of Yang Guang, she was the daughter of the real emperor.

Even the arrival of Liang Shidu's daughter couldn't impress him.

For 20 yuan, you can buy ten good horses, or even two thousand acres of dry land in Yanzhou, just buy a maid, which is too expensive.

The price rose rapidly, and many bidders had to withdraw from the auction.

In the end, the few people who were still asking for the price looked at the clothes and accessories, and they were probably the stewards of a rich and powerful family, or the stewards of a large business group. They liked the status and beauty of this woman, and they would definitely get more money if they bought it. .

It has to be said that this kind of auction method is very novel, and it can even make people overwhelmed.

If the atmosphere is enhanced, and the auctioneer deliberately provokes it, ordinary people really can't lose face on this occasion.

Eventually, the price stopped when it reached 23.

Several other bidders bowed their hands to the old man in fur and said they would give it up to him.

The old man in Qiu Yi, Huaiyu, knew that Doulu Huairang was a steward, as expected of Doulu's family, he spent a lot of money, but he didn't know whether this maid was bought by Doulu Huai for his own use, for his father, or as a gift.

The old man made a request before the auction was set, to send a maid to inspect the goods in person.

The so-called inspection of the goods naturally means taking them to the back room to check the inside and outside of the clothes carefully. If there are no scars or diseases, it must be perfect.

If it's right, he pays.

The auctioneer was also very happy, and immediately agreed, and even gave a leaflet, which wrote the detailed identity of the woman, what was the name of the father, what was the name of the mother, what was the name of the tribe, she had everything, and when she was sold , which masters there have been, all have information.

The maid of Doulu's house took the woman into the house for inspection, and after a while she came out and nodded to the old man, saying that it was indeed as the clapper said, so the steward of Doulu's house happily paid the money.

230 pennies.

It is impossible to pay such a large amount of copper coins, so the transaction was made with silk, at the rate of [-] yuan for a piece of silk, and both parties were very satisfied.

And the onlookers were still inquiring about the origin of this wealthy old man, and they heard that he was from the Lu Huairang family of Sima Dou, the governor of Lingzhou, so they all groaned, thinking it was not surprising.

Then the auction continued, and the fat man brought out another maid.

This time, his identity was not that great, but he was still quite young and beautiful. The fat man even tore off the robe from the maidservant at the request of everyone.

So the maid was caught off guard and showed her naked body on the stage.

There was an uproar below.

Many people began to comment on the maidservant's body, some thought it was a little thinner, some thought her legs were not long enough, and some thought it was too dark.

The fat man also opened the woman's mouth to let everyone see the woman's teeth.

It's really the same as when selling animals, opening the mouth to see a few pairs of teeth, fur, and hooves.

Without her identity, this maid is much cheaper. Although she can sing and even sang a section in public, it is indeed okay, but in the end it was only sold for [-] yuan.

At the end of the auction, the more they sold, the cheaper they got, and they even started selling in packages. Two or even four or six of them were auctioned together, and the price fell back to normal.

There are about 25 young and skilled maidservants, and [-] young ones who are not capable but are over [-]. Those who have given birth to children are cheaper. If they are over [-] and look older It's even cheaper, the cheapest one is only [-], and if you buy a few more at a time, it can even cost about [-].

Compared with Fan Hu slaves, there are also Han slaves for sale here, but the price is much more expensive.

Under the same conditions, it will cost about two thousand dollars more.

Most of these Han slaves were captured and taken as slaves by Turks, Shanhu, and Dangxiang people in the past, and some became slaves because of debts and other problems.

In the borderlands, the imperial court did not prohibit these people from buying and selling. Although the imperial court would also pay to buy some, it was a drop in the bucket, and generally they were redeemed from the Turkic Khanate. In fact, it meant paying ransom to redeem people, even in disguise. The meaning of tribute.

Seeing being brought onto the stage to stand there for others to comment on, and even being stripped of her fig leaf, and sold without dignity, Huaiyu felt quite complicated.

But in this era, most people are already numb.

"Buy all the Han Chinese slaves in today's market, and don't let them suffer the same crime." Huaiyu sighed, feeling very frustrated. Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains has been in constant war, but the Turks have taken the opportunity to invade frequently. , how many people were taken away as slaves and handmaids.

"Buy them all?" The monk and maidservant were puzzled.

"Buy them all, anyway, we still need a lot of people in our village, and they are quite pitiful."

Whether they were sold as slaves because of war, famine, plunder or debt repayment, they are all Han Chinese after all.

Huaiyu can't say that they bought everything and released it, which is unrealistic.

But buying it and placing it in his own village is something he can do. At least he can have a stable life by exchanging labor for food and clothing.

The maidservant thought for a while, "Then I'll talk to them, we can buy so much at a time, we can ask for a good price."

Huaiyu was a little impatient, "Okay, you guys talk, I'll go to other places first."

He left straight away and went to the Municipal Administration in the center of the market. This is the center of the whole market and the only three-story building where he can observe the whole market from a commanding height.

There is even a bell and drum tower on the top of the building. The morning bell and the evening drum, the market opens and closes.

The city order is from the Wu family, Wu Shikai, who is Huaiyu's uncle in terms of seniority, Wu Shikai and Wu Shike are cousins ​​of his grandfather, they are relatively close, they are only in their 40s, and originally they were only farming in their hometown. Chang'an, now comes to Yanzhou with Huaiyu.

He also went through the business before, and now he has this city order, which can be regarded as a nine-rank job.

Samurai Kai handed over a statistics to Huaiyu, and said excitedly, "Our border city of Baicheng is very prosperous now. Since the opening of the market, the number of horses traded in the official market has reached 93, while the private market has traded horses, mules and cattle. Sheep is equivalent to more than 9000 guan, and the trade volume of skins, fluff, slaves, and medicinal materials is also very large.”

The mutual market in the border market is divided into official market and private market. The official market is the transaction between the government and the Fanhu, and the private transaction is naturally the private transaction with the Fanhu.

In a short period of time, there are nearly [-] horses in the official market, which is a large amount.

The volume of the private market is larger, and the rising momentum is stronger.

"Recently, some Turkic traders came from Fengsheng. They only drove dozens of horses this time. They were obviously here to test. They felt very satisfied after the transaction. They said they would bring more cattle and horses when they turned around. Those people are Yu She. There are a lot of people who want to trade.”

Huaiyu said, "So what about Yu Sheshe's people, even if people from Jieli Khan come, as long as they come to trade in the exchange market, we welcome them."

After the alliance between Baima and Weiqiao, both sides reaffirmed the covenant. Datang did not impose a border trade blockade on Turks, and Wu Huaiyu, the governor, also supported economic and trade. Confrontation is confrontation, and business is business, as long as they don’t smuggle weapons to them. Armaments and ironware, then trade with them in the border market, in fact, after all, the Tang Dynasty will benefit more.

Blindly engage in a blockade, kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, and the Turks will go south to plunder if they are in a hurry. Now is not the time to start fighting.

The border market trade does not need to worry about capital enemies, because the border market is not the eight major Shanxi merchants, the eight major Shanxi merchants are traitors and traitors, not only smuggling food and weapons for Houjin, but even collecting intelligence for them.

And if it's just an ordinary mutual market, the trade of cattle, horses, sheep, mule fur, medicinal materials, salt, tea, needlework, cloth, porcelain, etc., both officials and privates of Datang will make more money.

　Happy Friday everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)