All the way to the west, watching the sunset, Zhang Ji rode a horse and arrived at the foot of a barren mountain based on the information he got from the black market.

The mountain is indeed a barren mountain, with no mountain residents or bandits, but there is a unique cave inside the mountain.

Because this is the largest human city in South Korea!

What is the human market?

Those who trade with people use people as goods and openly sell them to the world.

It is also known as the human teeth.

Human trading has existed since ancient times, and can be traced back to the ancient times of the Xia Dynasty and even the Yan and Huang Dynasties. By the Zhou Dynasty, official channels for human trading even appeared.

"Zhou Li·Di Guan" records, "The hostage held the market's goods, bribes, people, cattle and horses, weapons, chariots, and rare things."

"Guanzi·Kudu" also has a saying that "people who have no food (thick porridge) sell their sons", while "Han Feizi·Six Antis" records that "the sky is hungry and the years are famine", the people have to "marry their wives and sell their children"

This was a common phenomenon at that time. Under severe exploitation and brutal war disasters, "the people of Wei and Han were in dire straits, their races were separated, and they were exiled as concubines, all over the sea."

Zhang Ji came to South Korea's largest human market today to buy a slave, and it was a beautiful female slave.

"He who comes is stopped!"

Zhang Ji was walking on the mountain path while leading his horse. Suddenly, a loud shout came out, and dozens of soldiers in red clothes and black armor suddenly appeared from all around.

That’s the armor of the Korean army!

A long weapon formed a circle and pointed at Zhang Ji, trapping him in the middle. Behind them, there were dozens of crossbows pointing at him.

The leader was a tall man with a beard and a rough appearance. Judging from the military uniform on his body, he should be an officer with a certain status in the Korean army.

"Please show the guest your token!"

The officer stretched out his left hand and asked for the token.

Not everyone is eligible to visit this city. If you are not a Korean noble, you need a certain noble family to vouch for your family token before you can enter.

Once Zhang Ji fails to show his token, it must be an intruder with evil intentions. Then his raised right hand will be immediately waved down, and the Korean soldiers holding crossbows will pull the trigger without hesitation and shoot dozens of flickering arrows.

A sharp crossbow arrow with a cold glow.

Don’t underestimate Korea’s crossbows. “All the best bows and crossbows in the world come from Korea.” Although this sentence may be exaggerated, it is basically true.

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, although South Korea was the weakest, with a poor people and a poor country, and was located in the land of four wars, they were still able to survive tenaciously in the cracks between Qin, Zhao, Wei and Chu for so many years, relying on this powerful bow and crossbow.

The reason why South Korea has such powerful crossbows is because South Korea has the largest iron mine during the Warring States Period - Yiyang Mine.

Sitting on a large amount of iron ore resources means that South Korea has the largest strategic material reserves among the seven countries. While meeting the equipment needs of soldiers, it can also start to study how to forge sophisticated equipment. This has also led to the emergence of a large number of highly skilled metal smelters in South Korea.

The base includes Tangxi Jianfang, the largest arsenal in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

"The swords and halberds of Han soldiers all came from Mingshan, Tangxi, Moyang, Hezhen, Dengshi, Wanfeng, Longyuan, and Tai'a. They all cut off cattle and horses on land and swans on water. When the enemy was in sight, they cut them down and used strong armor.

The Iron Curtain, the leather curtain, the leather curtain, everything is complete."

Each of these sword workshops has produced at least one sword that can be called a famous sword, and there is even a Tai'a sword that is included in the top ten famous swords. This is enough to prove the superb level of the forging technology of these sword workshops.

Therefore, Korean crossbows are definitely powerful crossbows that no one in the world dares to underestimate. If you are not a warrior who practices hard skills and a person like Wushuang ghost who is born with copper skin and iron bones, even a first-class master wearing two pairs of armor

, will also be severely damaged.

Zhang Ji glanced at the Korean soldiers who surrounded him, with no trace of surprise or panic on his face.

The concealment skills of these Korean soldiers were not very good. The sound of heavy breathing echoed in their ears, and the cold light from the Changge and crossbow arrows was not covered up. They obviously lacked sufficient training.

Moreover, it took too long for these Korean soldiers to go from lying down in the grass to picking up their weapons and standing up. Even a third-rate warrior who reacted in time could use Qinggong to escape from the encirclement, let alone one who had practiced the Lightning God.

He who practices magic.

"Iron is faith, blood is righteousness. The formation of iron and blood..." Zhang Ji took out a red token from his arms and threw it to the officer. His cold eyes fell on the officer and said word by word, "Death -

- life - without - hindrance!"

The officer's expression suddenly changed. His hands trembled when he took the token, and he almost threw it to the ground. He was no longer as arrogant as before. He quickly looked at the token carefully. The red token was exquisitely engraved with black inscriptions.

The iron rope and fire cauldron pattern is the token of the famous Iron Blood Alliance!

Speaking of the Iron Blood Alliance, it is a formidable organization, powerful and mysterious. It uses its huge financial resources and manpower to guarantee major bets between the seven countries, and collects half of the bets as reward.

In the past, Prince Kang of Wei relied on many soldiers to violate the bet guaranteed by the Iron-Blooded Alliance. As a result, his head was hanged on the city wall in public within three days. This shows the strength of the Iron-Blooded Alliance.

From then on, whenever a nobleman gambled in the Seven Kingdoms, he would definitely ask the Iron Blood Alliance to come and act as a guarantee.

"It turns out that the young master is the distinguished guest introduced by the leader of the Iron Blood Alliance. How disrespectful." The officer immediately put on a flattering smile and waved his hand to scold the Korean soldiers, "Still not retreating! Don't disturb the distinguished guest!"

"Young Master, watch your steps. Come here, please." The officer's face was full of flattery, like a pug that saw its master. Then he put on a ferocious face and looked at the reins in Zhang Ji's hand. He said sternly, "Everyone is here."

Are you blind? How can you let your distinguished guest lead the horse himself?"

Zhang Ji secretly shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

He was not lamenting the officer's attitude of being arrogant but respectful, but he was lamenting the strength of the net.

Huh, where do you think the token in his hand and the information about this city came from?

Don't ask, just ask. All the killers in Luowang are talented and well-spoken. They just knelt on the ground and begged him to accept the Iron Blood Alliance token and this information.

However, who would have thought that the Iron Blood Alliance spread across the seven countries is actually just a subsidiary organization under Luo Wang, an organization responsible for making money for Luo Wang. But just such a branch has made Ye Mu, the largest mainland in South Korea,

The killer organization had no choice but to retreat.

Zhang Ji followed the officer, avoided the trap secretly arranged by the Korean soldiers, and came to a cave.

Walking into the cave, the passage inside was not as dark and narrow as Zhang Ji imagined. Instead, it was brightly lit and very spacious.

There is a torch lit every few steps on the stone walls on both sides, and next to each torch is a tightly closed heavy wooden door. Inside the wooden door are the slaves stored in this city, and it is impossible to see from the outside.

The missing sight.

By the light of the fire, Zhang Ji raised his head and looked above his head. The light of the torch could not touch the top of the passage. He could only vaguely see a dark rock wall. It seemed that the zenith here was formed by a natural mountain wall rather than an artificial one.

cut.

Zhang Ji, led by the officer, walked for a long time through the intricate mountain roads and finally arrived in front of a towering bronze gate.

"The person I want is inside?"

Zhang Ji's voice was a little cold. It wasn't that he wanted to imitate some Guigu boss who was all about his senior brothers and pretend to be cold, but it was because he really couldn't have any good impressions of these human traffickers.

In fact, it's not like he hasn't thought about simply pulling the net into the water and taking advantage of South Korea's largest human market.

But he knew that this would only be counterproductive.

Because slaves have no "section".

"Jie" was a pass during the Warring States Period, and later became known as Luyin in the secular world.

Initially, people cut a section of bamboo with knots and cut it into two, taking half of each piece as a token. This is the origin of "section".

"The Rites of Zhou" records: "The gates are marked with talisman festivals, the goods are bought with seal festivals, and the roads are used with banners, all in order to return to the festival. Anyone who understands the world must have festivals...those who do not have festivals will have some failures."

That is to say, talisman knots are used to enter and exit gates, seal knots are used to transport goods, and jing knots are used to pass through roads. These festivals must be returned when they are valid. People traveling outside must hold festivals. Those who do not have festivals cannot be inspected.

pass.

Moreover, the slaves who could be imprisoned in the human market had already been registered as slaves in their household registration.

Once a slave, always a slave.

Not only do they have to face the pursuit of these people, but they will also be hunted down by the government. Protecting the rights and interests of slave owners is also stipulated by the laws of various countries, not to mention that the people who compiled these laws are themselves slave owners. Likewise, support the compilation of these laws.

They are the seven largest slave owners in the world today, that is, the kings of the seven countries.

Therefore, the slaves could only find a deserted place to hide in hiding and live a life of fear, hunger, and lack of clothing. If they were not careful, they would lose their lives. This kind of life was worse than being imprisoned in the human market.

This is why Liu Bang encouraged people who could not afford to raise children in the early Han Dynasty to sell their sons and daughters to wealthy families.

At least they can survive!

Therefore, Zhang Ji obviously hated the market but could not do anything. No wonder he spoke so coldly.

When the officer saw a look of impatience on Zhang Ji's face, he thought it was because Zhang Ji was impatient and didn't dare to make any excuses. He said with a flattering smile: "That's right. Sir, please wait a moment."

"Open the door!"

Following the officer's order, the two Korean soldiers stationed in front of the door worked together to grab a bronze pole, groaned, and pulled hard.

Only the sound of clicking came from all directions, which was the sound of the teeth interlocking when the gears were running. After a while, the towering bronze gate slowly rose.

Behind the towering bronze gate is an extremely spacious secret room.

However, although it is said to be a secret room, the walls and ceiling of this secret room actually show the appearance of the original mountain wall, and a faint aqua blue light and shadow is reflected in the air.

Everyone slowly stepped forward, and a blue transparent water tank almost as high as the bronze gate came into view. A dark shadow could be vaguely seen in the water tank, swimming nimbly like a fish in the water.
Chapter completed!