my wife is the villain king shark

Chapter 28

"Qiongzhou is here, what are you doing on the bed, come down quickly." The person in charge of inspecting and delivering the goods spoke fiercely, and the slaves behind him were led by the rope and got off the boat squeezed together.

They were all dusty, their hair looked dirty, the hair was matted into strands by pomade, and they smelled sour from days of not bathing.

The spectators held their noses and retreated a little, and the officers and soldiers escorted more than [-] slaves down.The leading young general saw Jiang Chaosheng from a distance in the crowd, and when he saw Ji Xuanbing's face, his eyes darkened slightly.

As Jiang Chaosheng's confidant, he is one of the few people who knows that Ji Xuanbing is not a woman, but Ji Xuanbing has not done anything to endanger Qiongzhou, and he will not interfere with Jiang Chaosheng's feelings.

The soldiers below were escorting the slaves to their temporary residences. The cabins had been eliminated during this period, and the original soldiers lived in their own new houses. This kind of simple building with wood did not lay foundations at all. Row cabins were just right for slaves.

Lou Zhan took out a list: "City Master, this is the list of slaves that I bought on this trip. There are a total of more than 670 slaves, including 350 middle-aged slaves, [-] young slaves, and [-] old slaves. [-] cash for strong slaves, [-] cash for young slaves, and [-] cash for old slaves. Their deeds of sale are all locked in boxes, and low-ranking officials don’t carry them with them. They will be sent to your house later.”

The price of silver in Lan Country is relatively expensive, but copper coins are very cheap. One gold is equal to ten silver, and one catty of silver is one thousand renminbi, which means that one tael of silver is about one hundred renminbi.A middle-aged slave costs about 20 taels of silver, and the cheapest old slave is only six taels of silver.

People nowadays have a short lifespan, and those who can live to 60 years old are considered long-lived, and those who are over 40 years old are old people. Most slaves are not in good health, and young slaves are also weak, but there is room for growth. just die.

Among the slaves, the iron tower-like black slaves are the most expensive, usually only raised by princes and nobles, followed by those who are especially beautiful, or actors who are good at singing and dancing, which can be worth tens of thousands of dollars, but Jiang Chaosheng didn't raise slaves for pleasure, he Just to increase the population of the city, it is natural to choose cheap ordinary slaves.

The price of this slave is much lower than that of the capital, but everything in the capital is expensive, and there are often many damages during the transportation process. The price Lou Zhan bought these people is in line with the market price, not expensive and not particularly cheap.

After Ji Xuanbing listened, the calculations in his heart were crackling, and he tugged on Jiang Chaosheng's sleeve under the cover of the table: "Chaosheng, the total is 320 yuan, 3 four taels of silver, right?"

A man becomes bad when he has money, but Jiang Chaosheng is obviously a good man. Although the two are only engaged and have not yet officially married, the housekeeper of the palace has been handed over to Ji Xuanbing.Ji Xuanbing's ability to settle accounts was taught by Jiang Chaosheng.

According to Jiang Chaosheng's words: "Xuanbing's money should be clear about how it is spent and how it is earned, and keep an account in mind, so that it will not suffer a loss. Even if it is spent on me, it should be calculated. good."

Jiang Chaosheng is actually a soft-hearted person, and he will never be soft-hearted if he wants to cheat him, but Xiaoyuren is so stupid, and a sincere heart is foolishly praised. To be my investor, I will work hard not to let you suffer this loss."

After two people get married, the money will naturally be put together, but they are still married now, and the pre-marital property should be counted separately.When a woman marries in the world, the dowry brought to her husband's family is private property.Jiang Chaosheng just wanted to be a salted fish, not soft rice.Besides, he now has to support his family and protect this little mermaid, so he might not even be able to make a salted fish.

He smiled and praised Ji Xuanbing: "Your calculations are accurate. You can use the arithmetic you learned a few days ago, which shows how talented you are."

There is no shortage of elites under Jiang Chaosheng, and there is more than one person who can calculate better than Ji Xuanbing, but he has never praised someone so simple and straightforward.

Standing not far away, Lou Zhan was covered in goose bumps. He had been with Jiang Chaosheng for several months, and he knew that King An didn't like to let outsiders get close. He looked gentle and careless, but he was cold and alienated in his bones. This was the first time he was close. Watching him get along with Ji Xuanbing, it's really disgusting.

Before Lou Zhan knew that Ji Xuanbing was a man, the kind of charming feelings that arose in his heart were lightly cut off. King An treated him so differently, he couldn't even deceive himself and others.

Xiao Yuren raised the corners of her lips triumphantly. It is one thing to be proud of oneself, but another thing to be affirmed by the person he loves.He leaned over to look at the list, but found that only 3 silver was written on the last word, and the fraction of 880 four taels was erased: "Why doesn't the number on the list match?"

He is no longer an ignorant mermaid. Although there are still some uncommon characters that he has not learned, Ji Xuanbing has already recognized the basic characters. One is one, and two is two. Be clear.

Jiang Chaosheng explained for Lou Zhan: "We have made such a large order, so naturally we have to pay for it. You are like a businessman in the city. If you buy more things, even if you don't reduce the price, you will add a little more. "

Lou Zhan said: "What the lord said is that we almost took over the entire Yunzhou slave market, so we let the manager give a discount."

The slave market in Wangzhou is not that big. These slaves were bought from the largest slave market in Twelve Cities of Yunzhou, which was farther inland.

Ji Xuanbing nodded approvingly: "But I saw fruit sellers at the stall before, three yuan for one, ten yuan for three, why do you buy more and sell more expensive?"

Jiang Chaosheng said: "That's because the stall owner is bullying some people who are not good at arithmetic. If you study hard, you won't let outsiders take advantage of it."

"I will, but Chaosheng can take advantage of me as much as he wants." Of course, only Jiang Chaosheng can take advantage of him, and Ji Xuanbing has never suffered from others.

"My lord, I have to go back to work on those slaves, and I will report to you after a little tidying up?" Lou Zhan regretted that he chose this time to come here, obviously he hadn't eaten yet, but he was already full of dog food.

Jiang Chaosheng nodded: "Go back and rest, it's been a hard journey."

When Lou Zhan left, the mighty slave team disappeared along the newly built road and disappeared from the sight of the two of them. Ji Xuanbing leaned his head on Jiang Chaosheng: "Chaosheng, those human cubs look so pitiful."

Ji Xuanbing used to watch from a distance on the bottom of the sea, and he didn't have any special feelings for humans, but just now so many slaves came over, let alone those adults with cloudy eyes and numb faces, what the sharks couldn't help paying attention to was Those rather emaciated human cubs.

Some of them looked only five or six years old, and they were tiny.Moreover, these human cubs not only have black hair and black eyes, but also have red hair and yellow hair, small faces, and big eyes, which reminded him of those little mermaids on the bottom of the sea.But the little mermaids are treasures, but these human cubs are like worthless things.

Jiang Chaosheng patted Xiaoyuren's head: "Don't worry, they won't let them do any heavy work."

Ji Xuanbing said: "That's not okay, Chao Sheng, you bought them back to build a city."

"It's okay, they have to raise them and then work." Of course, Jiang Chaosheng couldn't raise this group of people for nothing. Even in ordinary families, most of the children have to help the family at a very young age. The economic development is not in place, so it is impossible Ten fingers do not touch Yangchun water.

If slaves live better than ordinary people, maybe many people will voluntarily abandon their children. No matter how pitiful Jiang Chaosheng is, he will not make such a decision unconsciously.

Jiang Chao was afraid that Ji Xuanbing would think about it, so he simply pulled the other party to change the policy: "The newly revised Qiongzhou Order will be posted on the day we get married. Xuanbing, please help me to see if there is anything that is not thoughtful. of."

When Xiao Yuren heard the word "marriage", his ears immediately perked up, his eyes widened, and he refused to miss a word: "Let me see." In this way, he has no extra time to think about messy things.

The slaves who arrived at Qiongzhou were very dazed and confused. Among them, a little slave who looked at Ji Xuanbing was in a state of being overwhelmed by the beauty of the little mermaid. Among the crying slaves, he was too stupefied and felt a little relieved. .

As the southwest region, the twelve cities of Yunzhou are not rich. To be precise, in addition to the central area where Kyoto is located, there is also Jiangnan with many plains. The southwest area is quite poor, and the further south you go, the poorer you become.

On the one hand, there are huge mountains and forests full of insects, ants and miasma, and the mountain roads are difficult and tortuous. Although the land is vast, there are not many places where people can live and farm.The island is rich in resources, but the weather is hot all year round. In the case of poor medical environment, injuries and illnesses are easy to be infected.It is difficult for people to survive. When encountering disasters such as typhoons and tsunamis, the family fortune accumulated over the years will be wiped out overnight.

Half of the slaves in Yunzhou were captives who were defeated in the war against Lan, and the rest were exiled criminal slaves who originally came from the central region.Before buying the slaves, Lou Zhan’s men went to find out that none of them were vicious criminals. Except for the captives, most of them were ordinary slaves who committed petty crimes such as theft, and a very small number of them were really hard-working. Going down, good people who have to owe debts and sell themselves.

Black Dou belongs to a special situation. He is not a prisoner, nor has he committed a crime. He is a domestic slave, and his parents are both slaves.

Although slaves can marry, they do not have their own private property, and the children born belong to the master's property.So Heidou was a slave from birth, a serf who worked for others. If there were no accidents, he would live the same life as his parents.But when he was ten years old, the original master's family offended someone, and the family was ruined, so he and the original master's family were reduced to the slave market, waiting for the new master to buy them away.

When they were sent to the slave market, the captives huddled together in a panic and let the people who came and went pick and choose them.If they cannot be sold in the nearest market, these slaves will be transported to more prosperous and remote places.The sons and daughters of ordinary families are prone to accidents when they travel long distances, let alone unattended slaves. If they are unlucky, they may die on the way.

However, in the twelve cities of Yunzhou, most of the families had a hard time, and not many could afford slaves. Many people picked and picked and bargained, and only bought a very small number of slaves.

Until a big customer came suddenly, and most of the people in the slave market were about to leave at once. The steward of the market couldn't see his eyebrows with a smile, and he generously gave some unsold goods directly to the big customer as a bonus. Zizi emptied the slave market in Yunzhou.

The person in charge of taking them over said that the owner who bought them this time was a kind-hearted owner with a very noble status. They were lucky. They built the city and lived a good life in the future.Some people believed it, and some people were quite depressed and said that what a good life can be achieved in Jiancheng, it must be like doing hard labor, exhausted until death.

Heidou was quite happy, they were lucky, the whole family was together, unlike some families who were forced to sell to different places, and they didn't even know when their relatives died.Anyway, they are all slaves, it is best for father, mother and younger sister to be together.

When they boarded the boat and the boat was sailing on the sea, the steward who was in charge of serving the rice brought over stewed rice. Of course it was all coarse grains and not very thick, but in the eyes of Heidou, this rice was better than what they used to eat in Zhuangzi. Well, as long as the new owner is not bad and allows himself to have enough food, Black Dou will work hard.

After arriving at Qiongzhou Island, Heidou looked left and right. Qiongzhou City was not particularly grand and bustling. Except for the beach and different trees, it didn't look much more prosperous than Yunzhou City.

It wasn't until he confronted the city owner and his wife who came out together that Heidou was stunned like a child who had never seen the world.There was also a little girl in his original master's family, she was a pampered daughter, everyone praised her for being pretty, and Heidou also thought she was pretty.

But seeing the new city lord and the city lord's wife, Heidou felt that the eldest lady was a dusty fire girl. If there were not many ordinary people in the streets and alleys, Heidou would almost think that he was sold to a fairy.

When I arrived at the place where I lived, I had another full meal, took a shower and changed into new clothes.Heidou suspected that he was dreaming. Although there were patches on the clothes and they looked like old clothes, the clothes were neat and clean.

The castellan and the future castellan's wife did not appear, but the steward set new rules for the slaves, and Heidou also listened to the praiseworthy love story of the castellan and the castellan's wife.

"Ten days will be the big wedding of the city lord. During this time, the city will be very busy. The lord is kind enough to allow you to rest and rest after a long day of travel. Get up and work hard. If you do well, you won't suffer. Stealing rape We will sell those who are slippery, and by then you will not be able to find such a good master with a lantern!"

Some people listened to what the steward said, while others didn't take it seriously.There are no good masters who are kind and kind in the world, but they definitely don't want to be sold out in a short time.No matter what plan he made, he said that he would perform well.

The cabin is not big, and there are about [-] people in one room, but the management is very considerate. If it is a family of several people who have known each other for a long time, they can live together. Men and women must be separated for now. Six-year-old children, even boys, can stay with their female relatives.

Hei Lang was ten years old, and he lived with his father in a group of men's houses, while his mother took two younger sisters and a group of women with children in one room.

In the first few days, the work was very light and easy, and the black beans did not do much. They were all simple pasting boxes, and the labor was a little harder. They had to participate in road construction and move stones and wood, but the food on the two sides was different. Adults can eat full dry food pancakes, and can eat three meals a day.Of course, the slaves still did not get paid for their work.But for some slaves who couldn't eat enough in the past, this kind of life is already very satisfying.

When he opened and closed his eyes, all kinds of red ribbons and lanterns were hung on the big trees on both sides of the road. Heidou knew that this was the city lord and his wife who were about to get married.

Two days before the two got married, the new Zhoucheng Order was promulgated, and a lot of dense lists were posted on the bulletin board outside the government office, and many people crowded there to read.

In front of the wooden houses where the slaves lived, some of them were also posted, mainly about their rules.

Because except for the official slaves assigned by the big family, the slaves are almost illiterate, and there are special stewards who come out to explain it.

"Your daily labor will be credited with contribution points. You will get ten contribution points a day when you complete the work. If you do well, you will get additional contribution points. Four contribution points will be deducted for food and clothing every day. The contribution points for those under the age of 16 will be halved. "Knowing that the arithmetic of these slaves may not be good enough, the manager said concisely, "Do it well, at most ten years, you can get out of slavery and get free. If you are lucky, you can do it in five or six years." , if you can do something that will make a big contribution to Qiongzhou City, it will be even faster."

All the slaves were boiling, and even Heidou's father was so excited that his hands hurt.No one was able to sleep well that night, and everyone was discussing the matter before the lights were turned off.

"Are you telling the truth, you can get out of slavery in a maximum of ten years?"

"Ten years is too long, maybe it's just fooling us, just find an excuse at that time, put the contribution point on hold and refuse to give it, and never get the [-] contribution point."

They have lived for so long, and they have never heard of such a good thing, one or two is fine, that kind of lucky house slave, the master is benevolent, it is possible to return the deed of prostitution, but with so many people, how is it possible .

"Yes, and some of us have brand marks on our bodies. Even if we say that we have recovered, what should we do with the brand marks, and then we will find an excuse to arrest us..."

"What's the noise at night, go to bed quickly, you have to get up early to work tomorrow, don't you want your contribution?" The steward's irritable voice sounded, and the cabin became quiet again.

Heidou originally wanted to speak, but swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.He believed this to be true, after all the city lord and his wife were so good-looking, they would definitely not lie!

The emaciated Heidou didn't know at this time that he would be the first person to enjoy the Qiongzhou New Order. It didn't take ten or eight years, but in less than a year, he was freed from slavery, and even brought his whole family over. body.

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