Cao Ang sat next to his grandfather Cao Song, and Xiao Yi stood behind him. As for Cao Ren, he quietly slipped to an inconspicuous corner.

The more Cao Song saw Cao Ang, the more he was happy, and he introduced the situation of the people around him for the first time. As the leader of the Cao clan, Cao Song knew the situation of the well-known gentry in Qiao County. This understanding was not only an understanding of their own behavior, but also an understanding of the background of the forces behind them!

This is a very rare opportunity for Cao Ang. He is only ten years old now. If nothing unexpected happens, he will spend the long years in Qiao County. Cao Ang concentrates his attention and strives to concentrate all his attention. Not only listens to his grandfather's explanation carefully, but also expresses his opinions from time to time, concise and concise. The more Cao Song listens, the more satisfied he is, and the more he explains it carefully:

"The one with very thick and black hair is called Wensheng. It is said to be from Xiangyi, Chenliu. Although he is a little talented, he is a businessman. This guy is very stingy. He always has to compare and bargain after buying things, but the business shop is very big. But all his business is to hide his true identity. In fact, he is a big private salt dealer!"

"The one with a scar on his face is Du Lang, and he is the uncle brother of Du Yuan, the Yellow Turban Thief who wandered to our Qiao County. Du Lang handled the people in the government properly, so he was not wanted. This guy specialized in incapacity and was responsible for selling the stolen goods that Du Yuan robbed!"

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The more Cao Ang heard it, the more shocked he was. He was not frightened by the background and identity of the people present, but was shocked by the energy of his grandfather's intelligence website. It was clearly in the late Han Dynasty, but his grandfather's intelligence system could obtain such detailed information, which was almost comparable to the KGB and the CIA!

Seeing the shock in Cao Ang's heart, Cao Song was like a child boasting about his toys, and he became happier.

Just when he introduced the identities of the people in the venue, a middle-aged man stood on the newly built platform in the inn and bowed to all directions. Anyone who passed by business in Qiao County knew that this person was named Liu Le, and he was the best-reputable man in Qiao County (i.e., broker). He has never had a fraud case in his more than 20 years of experience.

Liu Le smiled and said to everyone: "Hello everyone, everyone, I am the protagonist of this sales event. Liu Le, entrusted by the seller, hosted this sales (auction) meeting for everyone. Because the goods are good, the servants sold this time specially held such an event, and the price is higher.

Before the sale, I explained to everyone the basic situation of these slaves. They were all in good health and had no serious illness or frequent epidemics. Many of them had to sell themselves as slaves because of the war and their families were destroyed. In other words, there was relatively few chances of fugitive slaves among these people. Their contracts for selling were verified by the government and were accurate and effective. Everyone can rest assured. Okay, now we are invited to our first batch of sell-offs, ten strong slaves!"

With his words, ten men in their twenties walked onto the platform. Although they were a little thin due to hunger, they were generally healthy. In order to confirm their physical strength, Liu Le ordered people to bring in a few stone locks and let the ten men lift them in turn.

Liu Le shouted on the high platform: "In this world, although our court has successfully quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there are still Yellow Turban Remnants and bandits in various places. Buy more young and strong male servants at home, and you can do some heavy work on weekdays. Once thieves attack, they can climb to the courtyard wall and defend their homes. These ten men have been selling for ten years and the starting price is 10 gold!"

Before Liu Le finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "Fifteen Hardware!"

There was a burst of laughter in the audience, and someone shouted loudly: "Old Wang, you are too stingy. You only add hardware. I will pay thirty gold!"

"Fifty gold!" Dulang shouted loudly. No one raised the price any more this time, and the selling scene suddenly became cold.

Liu Le said loudly: "Okay! Someone has offered fifty gold. I'll say it again. These people have been selling their bodies for ten years. Ten years later, they are all thirty or forty years old. Where can they go? Are they still going to be slaves for everyone? In this world, it's hard to find such a young man!"

After Liu Le said this, someone in the audience was moved, and someone in the corner shouted loudly: "Sixty gold!"

Then someone was not willing to be outdone and hurriedly said, "Eighty gold!"

The price of 80 gold is already quite high. Now in troubled times, many hungry people are willing to follow him if they give them stutters. If it weren't for the fact that these people were young and strong and had the government guaranteed them, how could they have raised such a high price?

Liu Le shouted loudly: "Eighty gold once, eighty gold twice, eighty gold three times, the deal is completed! Congratulations to the gentleman, he has obtained ten strong servants. Ask him to go to the side room to deliver the payment, where there are people from the government who have settled the transfer for you."

The businessman Liu De who bought slaves stood up, bowed to everyone, and said with a smile: "I'm here to do some food business, and I'll take care of you in the future."

At this time, Liu Le shouted loudly: "The next are five strong servants, who have been in charge for thirty years. They have joined the army to fight and made military achievements, but because the government is unable to pay military salaries, they have to be left among the people. The starting price is 90 gold!"

With his explanation, five strong men came up from the audience, all naked. Three or four of them had signs of knife slashing and arrow wounds. According to the price of ninety gold, each person needs six jin of money a year, which is much more expensive than those who just came. However, in this chaotic era, there is a little more hope of having five trained soldiers serving themselves and saving their property.

As soon as Liu Le finished speaking, Wen Sheng shouted loudly: "One hundred and forty gold!"

He raised the price by fifty gold at once, fully demonstrating his determination to win. As a private salt dealer, Wen Sheng could mobilize a lot of money and naturally valued his life safety. However, he did not have military experience and could not get the opportunity to select private soldiers. Therefore, Wen Sheng was determined to win these five people, hoping to train them to create a reliable guard.

When Wen Sheng spoke, no one in Qiao County was here to raise the price. Liu Le knew that the deal was probably the price, so he shouted loudly: "One hundred and forty gold once, one hundred and forty gold twice..."

"One hundred and fifty gold!" Dulang shouted loudly.

Everyone looked at Du Lang, not knowing why he was unable to get along with Wen Sheng, Du Lang just smiled bitterly. According to the information, a large number of goods will pass through Qiao County in a few days in Wen Sheng. His brother Du Yuan has already set his sights on this batch of goods. Although the five people Wen Sheng bought were few, they had military experience. If Wen Sheng rectified the escort team, Du Yuan's difficulties in taking them off would increase exponentially. After all, many of the people under Du Yuan's command were farmers who were digging food not long ago!

The price increase of fifty gold at once was already very painful for Wen Sheng, and the price added by ten gold or even more was extremely distressed for him. At this critical moment, Wen Sheng made the old habit of picking up cheap goods, and felt that there might be good and cheap goods in the future, so he stopped increasing the price.

Liu Le shouted loudly: "One hundred and fifty gold for the first time, one hundred and fifty gold for the second time, one hundred and fifty gold for the third time, the deal was completed! Congratulations to Du Langjun, who obtained five strong servants. Next were ten tenants who were willing to sell themselves as servants. Each of them had about three or four people, all of whom were honest. If they had not had the flood and had no money to pay the rent in their hometown, they would not have left their hometown and came to our Qiao County. These people were all good crops and were definitely not new. Ten families had a starting price of fifty gold."

This time, Cao Song was moved for the first time and shouted loudly: "One hundred gold! There are similar things, I will accept them all!"

Cao Song's status is here, and he has also raised fifty gold, so no one has competed with him. Liu Le quickly bowed and said with a smile: "Mr. Cao Gong is interested. These tenants have entered the Cao family, but they have really accumulated virtue! There are about twenty households next. Since Mr. Cao is interested, thirty households have paid a total of 270 gold. I wonder what Mr. Cao thinks?"

Liu Le took the initiative to lower the price, but Cao Song said with a smile: "How can I take advantage of you and cause you to suffer losses. I am not ignorant of it. The higher the seller, the higher your commission. Just like this, it's still 300 gold! But you have to ensure their quality and don't just use any nonsense to make up for the numbers!"

Liu Le quickly agreed. Ling Yue, who had been following them in the attic, whispered: "This old guy is very majestic in Qiao County. No one dares to raise his price with him. Lingshan, go and ask who this person is?"

Lingshan nodded, glanced down from the gap in the attic, and said in surprise: "That person is Cao Song. I thought you know the senior sister! I also know the young man next to that person. He and two servants just now wanted to follow us! Later, he was tactful and didn't follow us, so he probably didn't see through our traces."

"Since that's the case, junior sister, please send an order. At least three of us are mixed in among these thirty households. Anyway, these tenants are gathered along the way, and they don't know each other's background." Ling Yue whispered: "Pick a few stable people, lurk for a long time, and take the opportunity to set up a branch in Cao Song's farm!"

Lingshan took the order and hurried out to make arrangements. Lingyue continued to look downstairs. At this time, Liu Le began to sell six little maids because they were still young, the older one was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger one was only seven or eight years old. There was no way to see any appearance, and they looked extremely immature.

In fact, Liu Le and others didn't know that the parents of these six little girls were all core disciples of the Moon Worship Sect. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban soldiers not only resisted the court, but also killed pagans from all over the country. The parents of these little maids were all gloriously killed in battle in order to maintain the Taoist tradition. The six children lived to this time, and this time they voluntarily sold themselves as slaves, just wanting to survive in this chaotic world.

Liu Le shouted loudly: "These six little maids are all dead contracts, each of whom is only used as hardware. Who is interested?"

Everyone here basically had no interest in the small loli with an average figure, and no one was calling for the price. Liu Le also knew that they were not attractive and was about to auction the next one. At this time, Cao Ang raised his little hand and called out, "I want two, ten gold!"

Liu Le was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "This young man is asking for ten golds, is it still so high? The deal is completed!"

Cao Ang then took Lao Zhao forward and asked him to help select two more loyal maids from them. At this time, Wensheng shouted: "Liu Le, since those four have failed to sell, I will pay the fifteenth money and all of them belong to me, how about it?"

Seeing that the people around him had no idea of ​​raising prices, Liu Le agreed to know that Wen Sheng had made the habit of finding a bargain again. In this way, the two maids sold to Cao Ang also reduced from ten gold to seven gold.

Cao Ang walked into the wing with the ten gold rewarded by his grandfather and soon obtained the contracts of two maids from the officials. Under the persuasion of the minor official, Cao Ang also paid another deposit of tax. From then on, if the two maids fled, the Qiao County government would send people to capture them and escort them back to Cao's mansion.
Chapter completed!