Chapter 11. The Slums
Ashful house, stinky garbage, dirty and messy floors - this is a messy and dirty place.
There are places where the lower nine civilians gather in every prosperous city, even in a peaceful and prosperous era. These places are often places where beggars who cannot eat enough and cannot wear warm clothes gather.
However, today, a precious carriage with a lightly covered mantle in this dilapidated land came from this dilapidated land, which made people look attractive. A beggar who had come to the aristocratic land of the capital to ask for food and recognized it at a glance: "This must be the carriage of a great official in the capital, and it is most precious. Could it be that there are few servants in the family and they are here to select servants?"
This is a common slum, a beggar's nest, and it is also a market for slave traders. Some wealthy housekeepers often come here to select some slaves and go back. Many civilians and beggars who really can't survive sometimes also sneak into the slave market to try to make a living. So when they see such a precious carriage, the civilian beggars here are quite happy.
But what they didn't expect was that a girl in green clothes came down from the carriage. She looked a little pale, had a slender figure, and was as charming as a green lotus. This was the first time she saw such a rich lady who came to choose a slave in person.
"Miss, be careful." A man in a brown-red brocade dress under the carriage, with a long waist and a white teeth grinning, and he was neatly tidy, and he could see a bit handsome. The man quickly supported Qiao Dieche who was about to get off the carriage under the carriage. Looking at the dirty scene in front of him, he frowned and said, "Why, Miss, just look in the car! There are mixed here, who knows who there are."
This is the first time Qiao Dieche has come to the ancient version of the civilian territory, the slave market! Seeing the lives of these people, Qiao Dieche feels like she has come to a slum that she has seen on TV. Looking at these scenes, anyone with some human nature will inevitably feel compassion, and Qiao Dieche is no exception.
But when she felt compassion, she also warned herself fiercely that although she was born rich, she was just a weak woman. When we were in school, textbooks always taught us to be loving, but forgot to tell us that kindness without sharp teeth will also bring us disaster.
Because in the eyes of these hungry beggars on both sides, they obviously have a desire for wealth and a desire for women. A beautiful lady born with noble birth looks at a common beggar with pity. But those civilian beggars who are humble born with noble births mostly have a desire to look at a piece of fat.
This is the essential difference between men and women's thinking, and it is also a class opposition between the noble and the humble.
Qiao Dieche looked behind the carriage and nodded secretly. Fortunately, Banxia brought many guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"No, Beiyi, there is no one I'm looking for on both sides."
Qiao Dieche observed for a long time but couldn't find Xue Li, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. She had searched all over the capital, but why couldn't she find it? She remembered that she was the first person in her previous life who was 18 years old to seek brides and was chosen by Xue Li who was hiding downstairs. Could it be that she had to wait until she was 18 years old to show up? Xue Li could not find one day, but she could not avenge her revenge for a day. She could not do anything else with her sick body...
Qiao Dieche, who had been looking at the beggar's nest for a long time, could only accompany Beiyi to the slave trading market, and also select some slaves for the restaurant. When he was just in the adaptation period, he was tortured by this ghost body and could not do anything. After picking Beiyi on the street, she couldn't wait to open a restaurant to find out the news everywhere. In this way, Beiyi used many people as shopkeepers, bodyguards, and a friend to inquire about the news... Qiao Dieche suddenly remembered that it seemed that Beiyi was really not easy, so today Qiao Dieche also planned to choose more people who could be used.
It’s impossible that the damn Xue Li can’t be found in one day, so she will hold her side of the body and do nothing! Life has to continue, and life has to continue. She needs to find more helpers for herself as soon as possible, and also be prepared for the future.
Zirong came out of the carriage with a smile and sat up and said, "Stop talking, don't talk, look, there are so many dark-skinned people in front, are they Kunlun slaves?"
Qiao Dieche and his group looked from a distance, but saw that there was obviously a trading place for human trafficking in the distance. On that site, there were black slaves kneeling on the ground, which was what the people here called Kunlun slaves. Next to them, there were some housekeepers and housekeepers who came out of wealthy families, who were choosing the slaves they wanted.
"Hehe, this is Kunlun slave? It's so dark! How could there be such a person in the world? He looks so ugly." The cute and silly Zirong spoke without any hesitation.
When Qiao Dieche saw a person being traded like a livestock for the first time, he couldn't help but feel suffocated and felt a little uncomfortable. Although she had learned enough to be corrupt in the past two years, it was from the 21st century after all! This phenomenon of population trading has never stopped since ancient times. The difference is that modern times are illegal, while ancient times are legal.
"These Kunlun slaves are generally ugly, and they affect the overall image of the family and few people buy them. But I think that in addition to being ugly, these black slaves are very good at playing. Let's go and take a look."
Bei Yi shouted, Qiao Dieche, Banxia, and Zirong all got off the carriage and went there. But they saw a lot of slaves lined up in front of them. In addition to the black slaves, there were many men, women, young and old, some were well-dressed, like slaves sold by wealthy families, and some were ragged, looking like they had just become slaves. In short, except for the black slaves' faces that were too dark and could not see clearly, the rest of the people looked all over, and they were obviously not full.
Qiao Dieche sighed inwardly, and a sudden urge to buy all these people up. But just as this thought came together, it was forced to suppress it by himself. He came from ancient times, and the flood of sympathy would only bring disaster to him. These slaves in front of him were just the tip of the iceberg of feudal society that can cannibalize people...
At this moment, a bald black slave with a big and thick appearance suddenly jumped out and knelt in front of the person who was looking at him, kowtowing while talking in his mouth. At this moment, a middle-aged and old pious woman next to her suddenly threw out a whip and beat the black slave hard, causing the black slave to bleed on the back with a whip.
"I'll make you restless--I'll kill you--"
Although the old pious woman was fierce, she only dared to curl up with the tall black slave. She held a female black slave with long hair but seemed to be dying at her hand. She cried and said while crying, looking extremely pitiful.
"Hehe, what are these Kunlun slaves saying? I can't understand a word." Zi Rong, who was very curious about the black slaves, looked at them excitedly.
Qiao Dieche heard what the tall black slave said with a sharp ear. He actually spoke in English? Although she didn't speak English very well, she vaguely understood what she said, "My daughter is about to die, please save her..." and so on. It seems that the relationship between this black man and woman is father and daughter.
Next, the tall black slave seemed to find it useless to pray for human traffickers, so he simply set his sights on the people who came to buy slaves. Moreover, he showed his ability to the crowd very cleverly, and actually avoided the whipping of human traffickers, went nearby to find a stone that was bigger than him, and raised it with one hand easily.
"Wow! Not bad! It's such a big deal!", "Even Kunlun slaves are so ugly, and they can't be seen when they are in the master's house!", "But he seems to be dragging his back with a female slave..."
Chapter completed!