Zhou Dinghai looked back at the ugly maid who was being tied up, then turned to Zhou Jun and asked, "Why did you buy her?"
Zhou Jun said as he walked: "Father, I see that this maid's face looks different, I'm afraid she's not a normal person."
When Zhou Dinghai heard this, he looked back again. The ugly maid's face was full of dirt and sores. It was disgusting at a glance. There was nothing extraordinary about her.
But thinking of Zhou Jun's words and deeds in the past few days, Zhou Dinghai became suspicious and simply stopped caring.
The Zhou family's father and son, Sha Shiqing's men, and the bound ugly maid all walked into the gate of the Zhongshi Municipal Office.
In the overcrowded central hall of the Municipal Office, Zhou Dinghai caught a glimpse of a clerk wearing a light green official robe. He quickly walked forward, bowed and sang: "Wu Lu Shi."
Wu Lushi, who had a goatee and was holding an official document in his hand, saw clearly that the person coming was Zhou Dinghai, and he frowned coldly.
Zhou Dinghai was shocked and said quickly: "Zhou is stupid and was blinded by the copper coins. He committed misfortune and brought everyone down."
Wu Lushi paid no attention to Zhou Dinghai, took the official document, turned around and left the central hall.
Looking at Wu Lushi's leaving figure, Zhou Dinghai had cold sweat on his forehead and his hands and feet were cold.
Zhou Jun, who was watching from the beginning to the end, could probably guess what was going on.
In Jiang Yu's case, Zhou Dinghai probably used his connections to allow officials in the municipal department to bypass some legal procedures, simplify everything, and directly approve the official deed and release the market bonds.
This method of bypassing the process may be more common in the circle of Nu Yalang, because the older the Nu Yalang is, the more assured the officials are about him.
However, something happened to Zhou Dinghai's slave order.
If something goes wrong, all the officials on the line who have handled this order will probably be held accountable.
And, more importantly, once the higher-level officials at the City Department learn about this illegal practice of bypassing the process, they will strictly investigate and prevent it from happening again. In this way, it is equivalent to blocking the convenience of other slaves.
door.
It's like a businessman trying to save trouble by going through the back door and skipping the process. As a result, the incident becomes public and the matter becomes a big deal.
After learning about it, superior leaders asked relevant departments to hold them accountable and make rectifications. No one is allowed to open a back door for any reason.
As a result, the person who committed the crime in the first place not only offended the staff, but also offended his colleagues...
Judging from this point, it is natural for these city department officials to treat Zhou Dinghai with cold eyes.
After a while, Zhou Dinghai sighed and continued to go through the procedures for buying a maid.
This was also Zhou Jun's first personal experience of the slave trade in the Tang Dynasty.
Sha Shiqing's men first took out the prepared private contract. Zhou Dinghai read it over and confirmed it was correct before handing it over to Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun looked at the content of the private contract. In addition to the transaction terms and the buyer and seller, it also specifically introduced the slave label.
It turned out that the ugly maid in front of me actually came from Dashi (Arab Empire), she was only fourteen years old, and the name on the deed was transliterated as k?yik (Turkic: wild goat).
In the description of the slave label, it is written: This servant has a terrifying appearance, with poisonous spots all over her body, mute speech and a bulging back.
After signing the private contract, the group first went to the City Hall to complete the "too lowly" procedure.
The so-called "excessively cheap" means that the seller provides a certificate to prove that the slave mark is indeed a slave and is the seller's own private property.
In the proof process, documents alone are not enough. You also need to find five guarantors with innocent identities (in border cities such as Lingzhou, the number is reduced to three). If the guarantor is Nu Yalang, then only one guarantor is required.
Just be Nuyalang, to prove Nubiao’s identity.
After the "exorbitant" procedure is completed, the next step is to sign the official deed and receive the market certificate.
By the time the market coupons were obtained and the entire transaction was finally completed, it was already past one in the afternoon.
After handing over the rope that bound the ugly maid, Sha Shiqing's men sang "Oi" to the Zhou family and his son, and left first.
After taking the rope, Zhou Jun looked at the ugly maid who was covered in sores and dirt, and stretched out his hand to loosen the knot tied around her wrist a little.
Facing Zhou Jun's extended hand, the ugly maid quickly ducked back, raised her head, and stared at the former fiercely, like a female leopard on the edge of rage.
Zhou Jun took back his hand and looked at the ugly maid, only to realize that her eyes were actually a pair of rare amber eyes, which looked like a bright and bright full moon embedded in the light gray sky. They were deep and crystal clear inside.
It seems like it can suck people's eyes in...
Zhou Dinghai shouted twice before Zhou Jun came back to his senses.
Zhou Dinghai said: "Let's go and do business."
Zhou Jun: "Business?"
Zhou Dinghai slapped Zhou Jun hard on the back and said, "Official post, you kid, haven't you forgotten it?"
Following Zhou Dinghai, Zhou Jun led the ugly maid and walked along the corridor of the Municipal Office towards the Shuce Pavilion.
When he arrived at the pavilion gate, Zhou Dinghai saw another official whom he was familiar with in the past, and was about to salute and say hello.
The official held his head high, as if he hadn't seen him, and walked straight forward.
Zhou Dinghai's face was dull and he quickly covered his face and stepped into the pavilion.
Zhou Jung, who was holding the ugly maid, was about to enter, but the city guard in front of the pavilion stopped him with his hand.
The city guard first looked at the ugly maid with disgust, and then pointed to the railing next to the door.
Zhou Jun had no choice but to hang the rope holding the ugly maid on the slave rail, and received a number plate from the city guard.
In the Department of Registration, since Zhou Dinghai had prepared all the materials in advance, the process of changing the holder of Nu Yalang's official sticker did not take too long.
In just half an hour, the original official sticker was taken back, and Zhou Jun received a certificate that looked like a temporary qualification certificate.
It states that after one month, the new sticker holder will receive the new official sticker based on this certificate. During this period, this expired certificate can also prove the slave's teething qualifications and so on.
After leaving the pavilion, Zhou Jun returned the number plate to the city guard and took back the ugly maid from the slave bar.
Zhou Dinghai looked at the temporary certificate of Nu Yalang in Zhou Jun's hand, smiled to himself and said: "We, father and son, go to the market hall and have a look, maybe we can make your first sale."
The so-called market hall is actually an open space in the city center used for business meetings.
Dozens of shops are crowded in the open space.
Among these shops, the largest ones are wine shops and tea shops.
This wine shop is naturally a place that sells wine, and this Tujia is actually a teahouse, but the official name "tea" did not appear until the end of the middle Tang Dynasty.
Zhou Dinghai took Zhou Jun into a wine shop. The owner was a Uighur and seemed to be quite familiar with Zhou Dinghai.
The first thing the boss said when he saw Zhou Dinghai was: "If an eagle flies too low, it will be pecked blind by chickens."
Zhou Dinghai shook his head and said: "Don't be ridiculous, I came here to ask if there is a suitable slave?"
The owner of the wine shop said in blunt Mandarin: "For you, no."
Zhou Dinghai frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Wine shop owner: "What you did made some people very unhappy."
The owner of the wine shop stretched out his hand and made a circle: "This place is so big, everyone knows it."
Zhou Dinghai gritted his teeth and continued: "I don't do it anymore, now my son is working as a slave."
The wine shop owner waved his hand: "In my shop, no one will ask Xin Yalang to make an order."
Zhou Dinghai: "But I can help my son and take care of the slave order together..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Dinghai was kicked out by the owner of the restaurant.
Unwilling to give up, Zhou Dinghai tried several more, but the result was the same. He was "invited" without exception.
Zhou Dinghai left the gate of Zhongshi feeling disheartened.
He mounted his horse and rode towards the west.
Zhou Jun quickly shouted: "Father, the direction of home is not over there."
Zhou Dinghai: "Tell your mother, I plan to have some wine tonight and won't go home for dinner."
After saying that, Zhou Dinghai rode away without looking back.
Looking at the direction Zhou Dinghai was leaving, Zhou Jun sighed softly.
This chapter has been completed!