There are many markets between Xinzheng and Changge, large and small, dotted here and there.
Some are official markets, which naturally have "marketeers", but some are black markets, which rely on the reputation of the market leader and the hard power of the merchants.
What is hard power?
For example, the caravan of the Lao Qin people was very strong.
If you can't buy it, grab it.
Trading without a capital is still trading.
Only if you can bear the risks can you make a fortune.
The famous writer Zhou Shuren once said: I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass by this place, I will leave money to buy it.
It can be summed up in one sentence: If you want to be rich, build roads first.
If the road is not built, caravans from other places will not go here. If the road is built, caravans from other places are willing to take the easy road, and then they can rob.
Of course, you don't need to rob. You just need to form a state and collect taxes legally. This is much more civilized than robbing.
"There are many slave girls here."
He put on men's clothes and followed Li Jie as he walked through the messy market. There were wandering warriors holding swords everywhere, as well as "wanderers" showing off in restaurants.
Rap artists from all over the country are there to make fun of themselves, some even perform shirtless performances in the middle of winter, breaking rocks from their chests.
Commissioner Li was thinking about how this "chest-breaking stone" looks so good? How come it has not gone out of style for thousands of years?
Bang!
The collision between stone hammer and stone is still very thrilling.
It's not that I'm afraid of hitting people to death, but I'm afraid that after the stone hammer breaks into pieces, gravel will be thrown out and hit people.
"You can't have it if you are old."
To determine the age of slaves, it is useless to ask them themselves. Many people have no idea how old they are. The only way is to look at the teeth, whether the deciduous teeth have been replaced or not, how many have been replaced, and the degree of wear of the teeth... Comprehensive
Get up and there will be a judgment.
Whether he is five, six, seventy-eight years old, or fourteen, five, or six years old, it is always within this range.
Then again, Meiqiang herself is only eighteen years old...
Commissioner Li suddenly felt strange, as if college students had gone to the job market to recruit child laborers from primary and secondary schools.
"You have committed evil."
"A good man?"
"That's what I said."
Whether you commit evil or not depends on the era. Even when Li Jie was still working as a foreman, he once took the workers to ask for wages, but he broke into someone else's use of deaf and mute workers. In the end, he and his worker apprentice were almost hacked to death in that remote factory.
, if the policeman in the next county town hadn't been so generous, Lao Li would have been immortal forever.
The cedar on the grave will remain green forever.
Because of the appearance of Li Jie and his entourage in the population market, businessmen from more than a dozen or twenty countries were alarmed. Originally, they were all agents working there following the "philistines", but now the "bosses" behind the scenes emerged one by one.
It's freezing cold, so I can't care so much.
One look at their outfits showed that they were not ordinary people or bitches, but that these guys should all have the status of scholars.
They are well hidden, but from their outfits and the quality of their attendants, you can get a glimpse of them.
However, the evil spirit of the crocodile guards still forced this group of excited businessmen from various countries to calm down.
The look on each crocodile man's face is that he is always ready to kill someone, which is indeed very convincing.
"The general is here in person! The general can pick and choose from all my goods!"
"General, I once met the General in Biyang Country. If the General wants to find the goods this time, I will definitely contribute my best..."
…
The commotion directly caused the entire market to boil. Before, we only knew that a big shot was coming, and he was a big shot who didn't act according to common sense.
How can any normal big shot come to the population market?
It doesn't exist.
However, Commissioner Li is such a monster. Not only did he come, he also said carelessly to these businessmen from various countries with shining eyes: "Li wants to buy a young slave! I wonder if you have any good goods?"
"There is, there is, there is, there is..."
"Don't worry, General! I have three thousand slaves and three thousand maids in my family. General, you can take them all!"
"The number of slaves can be as many as the general likes!"
"In midsummer, if you can go up to the Weaver Girl for fifty years, you will be a wonderful person in the defense of the country. If the general is willing..."
"I wonder how much the general wants to gain?"
…
Busy, very lively. Human transactions in winter are inherently delicate. Sometimes due to inconvenient transportation and climate reasons, most people are just cats in their old nests and shacks, reducing their activity and conserving their energy as much as possible.
, spend this winter.
However, precisely because of the special weather season, occasionally there will be a surge in transaction volume because the price can be lowered.
Especially if there is a major disaster that year, the population is really worthless, and those in power must spare enough food to withstand possible risks in the next year.
Furthermore, those in power must first support the people around them, not slaves or common people.
Even if we clearly know that slaves and civilians are the foundation of the foundation, knowing is one thing, and being driven by profit is another.
"How much does Li want?"
Commissioner Li chuckled and waved, and a crocodile man came out holding a box. Li Jie hooked his fingers. After the box was opened, everyone onlookers in the market screamed in surprise.
"Oh-"
"oh--"
No way, the colorful glass marbles are quite beautiful in the sun.
If it is opaque glass, it is actually meaningless. Businessmen from all over the world have seen quite a lot of it, which is a gem-type object. There are also old people from Chu who have made glass plates, but they cannot be mass-produced. The molding depends on God's face.
But the colorful, transparent glass marbles with bubbles inside are different, they look very cool.
After some businessmen saw a box of glass marbles, they thought about how to get a crown with several large hanging glass beads inlaid on it. This must look very cool!
"How about Li using the Pearl of the East China Sea as reward?"
"good!"
"good!"
"good!"
"color!"
"color--"
Excited, very excited. Seeing such a rich man like Li Jie, these businessmen almost went crazy, thinking that this was a God-given opportunity.
I can actually make such a big order in winter, so I won’t have to worry about food and drink next year.
Some businessmen whose lord in their hometown is about to die are thinking that if they buy dozens of "Pearls of the East China Sea", how can they be buried without dignity?
He is definitely the most arrogant man in the whole country!
Meiqiang, who was standing aside, was speechless. She knew that when her husband was cheating on others, he was always very calm and very skillful.
The "bird barbarians" in the Jiangbei areas were deceived in this way at the beginning. A large amount of materials were exchanged from Li Jie, all of which were stone tools.
Looking back, Shang Xiaomei and her brother were still reluctant. They felt that the stone tools they had worked so hard to process were actually traded to the Yi people. The stone axes and stone spears included were very useful.
Now?
My uncle said that barbarians are barbarians.
Others don't know the value of glass marbles, but Meiqiang knows it, otherwise she would use glass marbles as decorations. In fact, let alone decoration, there is not even half a piece of glass on her scabbard, which is so simple.
There is no pretentiousness, but the essence is fully displayed.
"Li will eat as much goods as you have, and there will be no limit. This is Li's way of doing things."
Commissioner Li didn't care whether the people around him understood or not. He raised his index finger and emphasized again, "Remember! There is no ceiling limit!"
"color--"
"color--"
"color--"
In fact, these people just don't know how to speak. Can't they just say "The General is awesome" and that's it?
Country bastard.
Commissioner Li's high-profile purchase of slaves was obviously impossible to hide from the spies from other countries around him.
Even Zheng Guoren himself was shocked by Commissioner Li's cunning move.
"'Pearl of the East China Sea', redeem slaves?!"
"Exactly! Your Majesty, we have thousands of slaves at home, why not choose some young ones to sell to Wu Jie?"
"I heard it's the colorful pearl of the East China Sea?"
"The little man saw with his own eyes that there was a crocodile man holding a brocade box, and the box was full of colorful pearls!"
"Oh! Such a treasure..."
After hesitating for a moment, the master immediately said, "Quickly contact your relatives, count the slaves and guests in the clan, and gather all the young people!"
"Hi!"
Commissioner Li was in Changge, but the movement shook Xinzheng.
Not to mention ordinary nobles, even super rich people like Zheng Chengzi were shocked and confused: "The colorful pearl of the East China Sea as a reward?"
"Master, I saw it with my own eyes."
The guest bowed and saluted, and said, "Master, you must know that in addition to the colorful pearls of the East China Sea, Jiangyinzi also has Wu Brocade, Chixia, and white sand and linen cloth. This time, regardless of whether Jiangyinzi is good or evil, as far as the Master is concerned, Jiangyinzi is
It’s a big deal!”
"Um!"
Zheng Chengzi nodded and pondered for a while. He planned to curry favor with Li Jie and it would be best to imprison Zheng Shuang in Gusu.
With Zheng Shuang's physical condition, he should be fine if he lives for more than ten or twenty years.
Considering the living environment in Suzhou, it should be no problem to continue it for another ten or eight years.
Thinking about it this way, thirty years later, Zheng Guo won’t be in their family’s final say?
Compared with power, loyalty is nothing!
"Do you know when the Qin people entered the capital?"
"We have arrived in Wanyi."
"I heard that Zi Che Bai Buti went to Huaizhong City and was very popular with Wu Jie. I think Zi Che Bai Butui must have some ulterior deal with Wu Jie."
After Zheng Chengzi finished speaking, he said, "It's good to entertain the people of Qin, so don't treat them lightly."
"Hi!"
At this time, Zuo Quma Ziche, who was resting in Wanqiu, looked confused.
Ouch, shit, when did the people of Zheng become so polite to the people of Qin?