Brother Dao of the Izumo caravan was naturally uneasy when he saw King Xi not saying a word.
At this time, it was no longer important whether the slave could be sold at a good price. The most important thing was not to let King Xi misunderstand and think that Brother Dao was dishonest and fooled him with fake things.
This is the Kingdom of Xi, and King Xi is the supreme being. The consequences of deceiving King Xi are self-evident.
Brother Dao is not worried about his life. After all, behind him is the Izumo Kingdom. It depends on the owner to beat the dog. King Xi should not kill him. However, even if the common people can be saved, if it remains in King Xi’s mind
With a bad impression, it will be difficult for him to do business in Xidu in the future.
Thinking of this, Brother Dao touched the sweat on his forehead and said with an innocent face: "Prince Xi, listen to Xiaomin, I am really not trying to deceive you. Brother Dao has always been honest and has produced fake products.
I feel deeply ashamed. Otherwise, I would have sold these slaves to Xidu at the original price, but they were lost and damaged on the way, and I would have collected all the taxes. It is a small token of appreciation from the common people. Please don’t blame King Xi, I really didn’t do it intentionally.”
Yao Yun also knew that this businessman did not deliberately lie to him. After all, the fake princess Erya in front of him was born with disguise. If you just look at the appearance, there is no problem at all. Even the second elder Wu Tong was impressed by the real noble girl Fan.
It can be seen from this that it is general.
However, this is the truth, but Yao Yun still has to have some airs, so he said casually: "Do you think Gu is the one who lacks this little gold?"
Brother Dao apologized and smiled: "No, no, Xidu produces salt and is rich. How can the common people imagine that King Xi is rich? The common people are stupid. This is just a little thought of the common people. King Xi, this caravan is not mine.
So...hehe, this is already the best of my ability, please bear with me, King Xi!"
Yao Yun waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I don't care about you, tell me, how much did you buy the slave?"
Brother Dao breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while, and said cautiously: "These slaves are all slaves in their prime, not old, weak, women or children. They are all high-quality goods. My purchase price is not cheap, and I have to take care of them. Just buy them."
It cost one hundred taels of gold."
Yao Yun nodded after hearing this and looked at Wu Tong. He saw the old man nodding his head. Yao Yun immediately understood. It seemed that the scar-faced businessman was not being cunning and was telling the truth.
Yao Yun glanced at the hundreds of slaves in the courtyard. Most of them were male slaves. There were only a few ordinary-looking female slaves. All of them were very young, around twenty years old, in their prime.
Seeing this, Yao Yun nodded: "In that case, I'll buy it. One hundred taels is too little, and I won't take advantage of you too much."
When Brother Dao heard this, he felt heartbroken and regained his energy. The one hundred taels of gold sold by these slaves was lost to his grandma's family. The five hundred slaves were indeed one hundred taels of gold, but the princess of Sun State was not. Two taels of gold.
One hundred taels of gold were wasted, and he was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.
If King Xi were more generous, wouldn't he be able to make up for some of his losses?
"Thank you, King Xi, for your understanding!"
Yao Yun nodded: "Well, Gu never likes to take advantage. In this case, Gu's offer of one hundred and one taels of gold should be regarded as giving Yun Caravan's hard-earned money. I can't let you go on this trip in vain."
Brother Dao's face suddenly froze, one tael of gold? What difference does it make? King Xi is too stingy!
"Thank you, King Xi!" Brother Dao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Yao Yun waved his hands with a generous look, looked at the fake princess Erya who was trembling with fear after "breaking the power", and then asked: "Leader Dao, this fake princess should be included in it, anyway.
You can’t sell it for the price, so don’t worry, I won’t take advantage of you and will give you one more tael of gold!”
Brother Dao wants to cry, but he doesn’t want to take advantage of me. He is worthy of being King Xi. One tael of gold is worth ten thousand taels of gold. The most important thing is that he can’t tell the truth about his sufferings!
"Your Majesty is so generous!" Brother Dao said that it was against his will, with a smile on his face, but his heart was riddled with holes and dripping with blood.
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After leaving the caravan yard, Yao Yun rushed to the slave workshop with a large number of slaves.
On the way, Wu Tong was embarrassed and asked Yao Yundao: "Your Majesty, how did you see through the fake princess?"
Yao Yun is an honest person, especially a close elder like the Second Elder Wu, and he does not hide it. He said: "Gu is born with a keen eye and can see through people's true nature. The fake princess's words, deeds, demeanor and demeanor
It is perfect, but even the sky has flaws, let alone the people, and Gu's discerning eyes saw the flaws."
Wu Tong suddenly blushed.
The bald dragon was very disdainful: "Your Majesty, please stop being so blind. You are not a born god. Where did you get your natural powers? If you are so powerful, why did you become a Qi Refiner now?"
Yao Yun felt speechless in his heart, no one believed him if he told the truth these days.
"There's nothing you can do if you don't believe me. What I tell you is the truth."
Wu Tong felt ashamed and thought to himself. No one found out that the princess was a fake. Even the merchants of Izumo Country were kept in the dark. How did the king know? Does the king really have a clairvoyance?
"Your Majesty, I believe in you. When we get to the slave workshop later, we will select slaves with talent for cultivation. If the king can defeat me, I will put aside my old face and ask for the top witchcraft [Controlling the Heaven and the Earth] for you.
The second level of witchcraft, the power of [come and go freely] must be understood by your Majesty. Are you interested in the follow-up witchcraft?"
When Yao Yun heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. Wutong was good at everything, just good face. He had begged the second elder before, but he rejected them all. Now he had to go through the iron shoes to find no place, and it took no effort at all.
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"Okay, Second Elder, let's make a plan and rely on talent alone. We may not be able to compare with an old senior like you who has amazing experience and sharp eyesight. You must give way to Rang Gu when the time comes!"
"Easy to say, your Majesty should respect the old and love the young, and let the old grow old."
While they were talking, the group walked through the busy market. When the people saw Yao Yun walking in front, they all called "King" affectionately.
One by one they came closer, but no one gathered around them. They just saluted and when they saw the king walking over, they returned to normal and seemed very easy-going and natural.
The slaves were walking on the road, looking at the unfamiliar environment with even more fear in their hearts. Their eyes were numb and ashes. Although the outside world was lively and prosperous, it had nothing to do with them. As slaves of a subjugated country, they had lost their bright future.
The fake princess Erya was also among the slaves. The people of Xidu curiously looked at this slave dressed as a "lady in gorgeous clothes" and whispered to each other, which was very lively.
Erya was petrified with fright, but next to her there was an ugly girl looking at Xidu curiously, her eyes were lively, not at all dull and numb like other slaves.
The ugly girl patted the fake princess Erya, seeming to comfort her.
After Erya felt it, she immediately became energetic, as if inspired, she bowed slightly as an ugly girl.