In the bustling slave market, every slave shop is bustling with activity, and slave merchants are constantly auctioning off the slaves they have on hand.
People in the Beijing-Tianjin area are wealthy and have the strongest spending power in the Ming Dynasty.
Slave merchants are very aware of this, so the slaves that can come to the capital are basically of high quality, and ordinary goods cannot be obtained or sold at all.
The big men in the capital are very picky. Even if they buy them back to be maids, they must be pleasing to their eyes, otherwise they will lose their appearance. As for those who want to go home as concubines to warm their beds and give birth to babies, the requirements are even higher.
Lao Li Tou took his son interest and walked inside. He didn't even bother to look at the slave shops on both sides. The goods here were all ordinary goods, and most of them were second-hand goods.
The old Li family wanted to continue the family lineage and spread its branches, so naturally they had to buy first-hand original products.
"Dad~"
Li Xi resisted very much. He actually didn't want to take a concubine. He had a deep relationship with Sun and didn't want to see Sun suffer any injustice. However, he didn't dare to go against what Old Li Tou said.
Where is my father?
Soon, Old Li Tou and Li Xi came to a building with the logo of Black Sea Trading Company hanging on it. Obviously, this was the direct-operated store of Black Sea Trading Company in the capital.
The Black Sea Trading Company, the largest slave trading firm on the Black Sea, does all kinds of business, but its main business is buying and selling slaves, from Crimean Tatars, Ottomans, Eastern European Hungarians, Mediterranean Italians, Venetians
They bought slaves and then sold them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty, making huge profits from them.
Especially the sale of female white slaves is extremely profitable. A dozen taels of silver is enough to buy a slave. If it is sold to the Ming Dynasty, it can be sold for forty or fifty taels of silver.
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If the slave is good-looking and tall, the price will be even higher. Hundreds or thousands of taels of silver are also available. Rich families and brothels are willing to spend a lot of money. As long as they have good goods in their hands, the money will roll in.
Come.
The slave shop of the Black Sea Trading Company is different from other slave shops. The goods sold here are all of the highest quality, and many of the people who come to buy slaves are respectable people.
Regardless of whether the purchased slave is used as a maid or to warm the bed, naturally it cannot be displayed naked on the exhibition stand. Otherwise, if a child is born, it will be humiliated.
So here, everything looks much more civilized, and the slaves are all wearing nice clothes, some are wearing the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, and some are wearing the clothes of their respective ethnic groups, and some are even taught music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and have
A certain amount of education taught them the language, customs and habits of the Ming Dynasty, etc.
Of course, Black Sea Commercial Bank has invested so much, so it naturally has to pay back. Every slave here is worth hundreds of taels of silver, some of them are worth hundreds of taels of silver, and the top ones are worth thousands of taels of silver.
"Two gentlemen, please come in~"
As soon as Lao Li Tou and Li Xi entered the store, they were immediately warmly received by the waiters and taken into a private box. Good tea and water were served. Soon, people dressed as stewards came in.
"I, Luo Qingyun, am one of the stewards of our store. I am very happy to serve you two gentlemen."
With a smile on his face, Luo Qingyun immediately sat down on a chair nearby and began to ask Lao Li Tou and Li Xi their needs in detail.
"You said he only has two sons. Isn't that too few?"
"Lao Wangtou next door has more than a dozen wives and concubines at home, and he has given birth to more than a dozen sons and daughters. This is a decent thing. Having more children means more blessings, how wonderful it is."
Lao Li Tou was a straightforward person, and he would tell Luo Qingyun if he asked him casually.
"Yes, yes, the old gentleman is right~"
"We, the Ming Dynasty, pay attention to the inheritance of incense. The more children, the better. The leaves will bloom, the incense will spread, and the family will be prosperous. Only in this way can we have a large number of talents."
Luo Qingyun agreed with a smile.
"Many of the people who come to our store come here to pass on the incense to their families. Those white slaves have big butts that are easy to give birth to, and they are all tall. The children born from them are also very strong. Now we have some in the capital.
It’s a lot.”
"I'll look for some good stuff for you and make you satisfied."
"Okay, we only want good original goods, don't give us second-hand junk."
"Money is not a problem. If you have good stuff, just show it off."
Li Xi didn't say anything, but Old Li Tou spoke directly.
"Okay~"
When Luo Qingyun heard this, he immediately smiled and clapped his hands.
Immediately afterwards, a waiter came in with eight women. Each of these eight people had blond hair and blue eyes, and their skin was as fair as mutton-fat jade. The most important thing was that their facial features were not bad, and they were not too old at first glance.
"Hello, sir~"
As soon as the eight people came in, they saluted and shouted in unison, Daming's words were very good.
"The goods of our Black Sea Trading Company are all of the highest quality. These eight people are all from Europe. These three are Slavs, these two are Italians, these two are Arabs, and this one is Polish."
"Our firm can guarantee that they are all original goods, and they are not very old. They are all 17 or 18 years old. We were only 14 or 15 years old when we bought them. We have raised them for several years and taught them our Ming language.
, customs, etiquette, etc.”:.
“After buying this, I don’t have to worry about communication issues.”
"In addition, we are also providing some education on how to serve men. You will be satisfied with the custody."
Luo Qingyun introduced it seriously. If slaves want to be sold at a high price, they need to go through a lot of packaging to improve the quality of the goods.
"Hmm~"
Lao Li nodded with satisfaction and looked at it carefully.
"Turn around~"
Luo Qingyun was also very understanding, and randomly ordered these eight people to turn sideways first. All eight of them raised their heads slightly and raised their chests, highlighting their proud places. This made Li Xi, who was originally very Buddhist, couldn't help but look carefully.
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Then he turned around, exposing his perfect back, while Lao Li looked at his butt.
"Well, not bad, not bad, big butt, easy to give birth to~"
Lao Litou nodded with satisfaction. Compared to the Ming Dynasty, this white slave has a much bigger butt, and it looks like he is fertile.
"Mr. Li, are you satisfied?"
Luo Qingyun looked at Li Xi and saw that Li Xi's eyes were straight, and then he smiled knowingly.
"Um, it's okay, it's okay~"
Li Xi's face turned red and he replied awkwardly.
"These Italians are still sisters. If we buy them back together, we can give them a proper discount. It only costs four hundred taels of silver."
"Four hundred taels of silver?"
"This is really not cheap. You can buy it for a few dozen taels of silver out there."
Li Xi also said after hearing this.
"Of course it's not cheap. The goods in our Black Sea Trading Company are all good goods, and these good goods are naturally not cheap. Although the goods outside are cheap, the goods are cheap but not good. They are all second-hand, and many of them are people who have given birth to children."
"I think Mr. Li is also a person of status. This is to expand the family branches. He must not look down on those things."
Luo Qingyun readily admitted.
Black Sea Trading Company is expensive, but our goods are good.
Many of them are little girls when they are bought. The Black Sea Trading Company keeps them for several years before selling them. It is normal for them to be multiplied by more than ten times. The profits here are extremely astonishing.
When I bought it, it cost more than a dozen taels of silver. It only cost a few silver to raise it for several years. The food was very cheap. It also didn’t cost much to hire people to teach the language, etiquette, customs, etc. of the Ming Dynasty.
But this time it changed hands, it was all for one hundred taels or two hundred taels of silver. The profit in this was very large.
The reason why Black Sea Trading Company's stock has been soaring is inseparable from the transactions of Black Sea Trading Company. Black Sea Trading Company quickly became one of the largest slave trading houses in the Ming Dynasty, and its popularity has even overshadowed Ningguo, which started as a slave.
King Ning.
"Five hundred taels of silver, including this~"
Li Xi thought it was expensive, but Old Li Tou pointed at a slave and said.
"Five hundred taels is too little. I started with two hundred taels of silver, so I'll add another fifty taels."
When Luo Qingyun heard this, he immediately seemed very embarrassed.
"If you don't sell it, let's go to Ningguo Trading Company to have a look."
When Lao Litou heard this, he immediately stood up and prepared to go to the slave trading house in Ningguo.
The slave trading house of Ningguo is also famous in the Ming Dynasty. From high-end goods to low-end goods, the slave resources in the hands of Ningguo Trading House are also extremely rich. Relying on the slave trade, King Ning is also the richest among many overseas vassals.
"Sell~sell~"
When Luo Qingyun heard this, he quickly stood up and shouted.
By selling three slaves for 500 taels of silver, this firm could make a huge profit, and its own commission would also be quite large.
However, he still pretended to be embarrassed and said: "We really don't make any money from this transaction, so we just treat it as a friend. If you still need it in the future, you can come to me Luo Qingyun directly, and I will give you a cheaper price then."
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"Who believes you? It's just three women. They were sold for five hundred taels of silver. You don't know how much you made."
When Lao Li heard this, he immediately looked in disbelief.
Then he looked at Li Xi and said, "Pay the money and leave."
"Or do you want to continue taking a look."
"Oh, okay, okay~"
As soon as Li Xi heard this, he immediately took out the banknotes from his pocket. He took out five banknotes worth one hundred taels each without even blinking.
"Thank you~Thank you~"
"I wish Mr. Li hundreds of sons and grandsons, and may he have a son soon~"
Luo Qingyun held the banknote in his hand, smiled broadly, and sent his blessings repeatedly.
Immediately, he also ordered someone to bring three slave deeds, handed them to Li Xi respectfully and said: "This is the slave deed. Please keep it. Don't lose these things, otherwise it will be troublesome for the government to investigate."
Then he said to the three slaves Li Xi bought: "You three will be members of Mr. Li's family from now on. Serve Mr. Li well, so that you can live a good life."
"Yes~"
"I've seen the old man ~ I've met the old man"
When the three of them heard this, they also bowed obediently. We provide you with the fastest update of Ming Zhenhai King, Chapter 1562, Black Sea Trading Company's transactions for free reading.:.