Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

It was time to start selecting people. Liu turned to look at Ma Shan, and seeing her eldest daughter-in-law shaking her head, she had no choice but to start selecting people with the accompaniment of Gu Dahua's family.

When Liu stood up and walked forward, Ma Shan, thinking she was smart, quietly took a step back and held Zhou Banxia, ​​who always lagged half a step behind her mother-in-law.

"No wonder you told me that if you want to buy someone, you still need to find an official agent. I thought I might have to go to a few more places, but I only had one place to get it done!"

"Yes."

"Where do so many people come from to be sold? They are not criminal slaves. I was scared when I saw so many of them coming in just now."

Zhou Banxia was not surprised to hear Ma Shan's whisper.

In fact, this official dental clinic in the county town was not so bad. Zhou Banxia recalled the shocking scene he witnessed for the first time in the dental clinic in the provincial capital.

She knew that human trafficking was rampant in ancient times. After all, she had personal experience of it. As long as the head of the household or grandparents or parents put their fingerprints on the person, they could sell him or her.

The two sisters, Xiao Banxia and Xiao Xia, were sold by their grandmother after she put her handprint on them. There was no need for their parents' consent and it was not considered illegal to sell them secretly.

But knowing is one thing, and seeing the scene directly is another. That kind of shocking feeling cannot be experienced through memory or imagination.

It was also this sense of shock that made her realize firsthand what filial piety means. He sold his child without any hesitation. He was even worse than a pig. Pigs were fattened up before being killed. At least they were well fed and watered before they died. But this person had grandparents and parents to support him, but he met an unkind person. He didn't even have the power over life and death in his own hands.

Originally, she felt quite guilty about this kind of human trafficking, but seeing so many eyes full of hope that she would be bought so that she could have food and clothing and no longer suffer from hunger and cold, she became keen on buying people. It is estimated that this Zhao Yapo also knew that she loved to buy people and brought more people with her.

"...these two families are the children of the wealthy families in Nanlin County. They were released because their masters moved to the capital and could not bring too many people with them. The women do the cleaning and sewing, and the men drive the carts and run errands."

Liu nodded slightly to show that she understood and moved on to the next house.

"This family was originally the servants of Mr. Lin. The women cleaned, sewed, cooked, and made tea. The men were literate and could do accounting. They used to run errands for Mr. Lin, the housekeeper, to do shopping.

The only problem is that they have a child who is over four years old and they cannot be sold separately, so they have not found a good family until now. They are not bad people.

Of course, let’s be honest, I dare not bring people with bad character to your house…”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Banxia deliberately glanced at the family of six standing together. She didn't know whether her mother-in-law would like it, but she still squeezed Ma Shan's hand.

Can’t have it?
Yes.

This couple knows so much. They seem to attach great importance to keeping their children together, but they still stay in the dental clinic in this county. Either the dental clinic owes them a favor, or there must be some connection between them.

This kind of person cannot be a stubborn servant. It is better to have an honest person who knows nothing and slowly train him than to have a clever person with a simple face and a sweet mouth.

Ma Shan blinked knowingly. She also felt that this family was not good. The girl's eyes were too dishonest. Why did she keep looking at San Ya?
Maybe she is up to some evil idea to serve San Ya so that she can seduce Liu Lang later. Look at that ghostly look. No matter how fair her face is, can she be prettier than San Ya!

Zhou Banxia didn't know that her good sister-in-law's inner drama was so rich that it could fill a whole book, and she didn't know that her good mother-in-law also felt the same as her eldest daughter-in-law.

After Liu and Zhao Yapo finished their sales pitch and brought in the people, she began to screen them. She first asked everyone to stretch out their hands with their palms facing up, and then she picked out those with thick calluses on their hands.

Sometimes she would ask the selected servants a few questions, sometimes she would stare at them in silence and walk around. About half an hour had passed, and there were fewer servants after Liu's selection, and it was really difficult to choose.

She said frankly that she bought people this time mainly to work on the farm under the name of her eldest daughter-in-law, not to serve the master in the house.

Because the farm there is remote, the conditions are not very good, and it is difficult to find long-term workers, people who go there must be honest and hardworking. Everyone must get up at the hour of Mao in the morning and rest at the hour of Hai.

As for food, everyone can be guaranteed to have enough to eat, but the work is hard. In winter, you have to break ice and move heavy objects. Except for a half-hour break at noon, you basically cannot stop. If you don't want to go there, you can step back.

As soon as these words were spoken, many people stepped back. Coincidentally, among the people left standing still was the family of five that Liu wanted to find for her eldest daughter-in-law.

There are still many people in this era who are honest, hardworking and conscientious. Maybe it's because Mrs. Zhao spoke too highly of the Gu family, which made people feel disappointed for a moment.

Some of those who reacted quickly stepped back and then quickly took two steps forward to stand still. Some men even stepped forward and did not forget to look back and signal their wives and children to come forward quickly.

Zhou Banxia was secretly happy watching the fun. When Ma Shan picked out a room with five people, and Liu also left a room with three people, the house was considered sold.

After the people were decided, Mrs. Zhao did not take the group away immediately. When it came to negotiating the price and signing the contract, the total amount of money for the two families of eight was fifty-five taels of silver.

To sum up according to what Zhao Yapo said, in order to get more business next time, the price for young and weak children is half.
Liu knew without any calculation that the other party's price was not high. Although it depended on whether the man was strong and the woman was pretty, and the price would follow the market, it was acceptable.

She knew the price her daughter-in-law paid for buying people in the capital and other places. The price was definitely different from the price her daughter-in-law paid when she bought people in large quantities, so she simply paid in cash.

Signing a contract and paying cash does not mean that the transaction is over. It still needs to be stamped with an official seal and registered in the county government to become an official deed.

This shows how formal the transactions of the official yamen are. It is not possible to buy someone without an official deed. Mrs. Zhao is worried that any problems in the future will be blamed on her.

The official teeth originally belonged to the government, and there were only a few official contracts for the human trafficking. The buyer did not need to smooth the relationship, Zhao Ya Po could do it herself.

The contract was signed in the afternoon, so there was no need for Gu Dahua to show up. They could just send a servant to accompany Zhao Yapo to the county government office and get the official deed back.

It's very fast.

In addition, Gu's residence was not very far from the county government office. Not to mention taking a carriage, even walking would only take a quarter of an hour, and even less if you walked faster.

Here, Liu and Ma Shan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were still arguing, one saying that since I was buying the person, I should pay for it, while the other said that I should take the money back to the village first and talk about it later. The official deed arrived first.

Of course, Zhou Banxia didn't know it would happen so quickly. When Liu and Ma Shan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were pushing and shoving the fifty-five taels of silver, she slipped away.

From the front yard to the main yard, and then slipping back to the yard where she and her husband lived, she realized that Gu Wenxuan really kept his word this time.

——Since she went to the front yard, he didn't leave the house at all. Instead, he stayed in the study and studied hard. He didn't even notice her coming back.

No, I still don't believe that she was accompanying me in the study. Don't blink your eyes. What are you doing? Don't you recognize me?
"You came back so soon. Didn't you see your cousin?" (End of this chapter)