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"Big Brother, isn't it just buying a servant who can work? Why do you need to buy such an expensive one? Why don't we look elsewhere? "
"Yes! Big Brother, you don't need to buy such an expensive one. Moreover, these slaves don't speak the Tang dynasty language. How are we going to order them to work in the future? "
Although he was not short of money now, Li Kunxiong still did not like to be extravagant and wasteful. He did not have a good impression of these black Africans with charcoal-like skin.
Ang Lee did not comment and fell into hesitation. Although the price was a little expensive, in the capital of the Tang dynasty, owning a Kunlun slave was a symbol of status. Many nobles did not hesitate to buy Kunlun slaves, especially the black Africans. The price was very high. It was as if the nobles would have a lot of face to order them around.
Of course, Ang Lee was not the kind of person who liked to be high-profile. Buying Kunlun slaves to show off his status was definitely not Ang Lee's style.
Seeing that his business was going to fail, the Hu merchant hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Langjuns. These Kunlun slaves have thick skin and are very hardworking. They can work for eighteen hours a day. As long as you whip them a few more times, they will naturally understand the master's meaning."
"Oh, eighteen hours? Then there are only six hours left to sleep. Won't they get sick?"
Li Feiyu felt that the Hu merchant was too good at bragging. Of course, the black people of later generations were sold to the American plantations and did work for eighteen hours a day. Moreover, it was in a hot climate and they had to do high physical labor. It could be seen that the black people's ability to endure hardships was very strong. Of course, under such circumstances, the death rate of the black people was still very high. The European colonists had committed too many blood debts during the early development of the American continent.
"No, no, these Kunlun slaves are very strong. They are born to do hard labor."
The Hu merchant naturally had to choose the best to sell in order to make this business.
"How do we know that these Kunlun slaves will be obedient? If they don't understand or run away, then wouldn't we have bought them for nothing?"
Li Kunxiong said.
When the Hu merchant heard this, he casually threw something next to the black slave and pointed at him, shouting, "Pick it up."
The black slave was at a loss. Perhaps it was due to long-term numbness that caused his reaction to be slower.
The Hu merchant did not say anything. He directly raised his whip and whipped the black slave a few times.
Hei Nu seemed to have reacted quickly. He hurriedly picked up the things beside him and handed them over to the Hu merchant.
"Langjuns, Langjuns, look! These black slaves are easy to train.......... "
The barbarian merchant had a smug look on his face, as if he had proven to Li An the value of his goods.
However, Li An wasn't used to it. After all, he was from the later world. Seeing the black people being beaten like slaves and forced to submit to the will of the barbarian merchants made Li An somewhat uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because he had lived in the later world for too long that his worldview was deeply ingrained in him. He had become a Virgin Mary!
Of course, in the Tang dynasty, the status of slaves was like this. Even if the master killed the slave, it was not against the law. However, if the slave dared to resist, it would be very tragic. This was the reality of this era. Ang Lee had to accept it even if he was not used to it.
Just now, Li An had been thinking about how he would use these black slaves if he really did buy them. Could it be that he had to learn from these Hu merchants and whip these black slaves?
Ang Lee naturally could not do such a cruel thing. Moreover, Ang Lee was the head of a family. He did not have the time to use a whip to force the black slaves to work all day long.
Ang Lee casually looked around. This Hu merchant was selling more than twenty Kunlun slaves. Moreover, they were all black Africans. In the entire mule and horse trade, there were not many Hu merchants selling black Kunlun slaves. After all, the African continent was too far away from the Tang dynasty. The transportation cost of selling black slaves was too high. In the Tang dynasty, only the wealthiest nobles would be able to spend a lot of money to buy such black Kunlun slaves.
"What's with the one lying on the ground?"
Ang Lee found a black girl lying on the ground. She looked haggard and seemed to be sick.
"Langjun, this little Kunlun slave girl is not obedient. She has been hungry for three days and has no strength. So she is lying down."
The Hu merchant quickly explained.
Ang Lee grinned. "Are you planning to sell such a disobedient Kunlun slave for ten collars of gold?"
The Hu merchant rolled his eyes and smiled. "If Langjun can buy three Kunlun slaves, this one is free."
"Kun Xiong, pay up! Thirty collars of gold. "
Ang Lee felt that it was necessary to buy these black slaves. Of course, other than working, he had a more important role to play.
"Big Brother, you really want to buy?"
"Of course. It is not easy to transport goods for thousands of miles. Aren't these unscrupulous merchants after profits? We just have to satisfy them. "
Ang Lee let Kun Xiong pay and walked towards the black slaves to choose.
The little black girl was free, so naturally, he had to accept her. As for the remaining black slaves, Ang Lee had the right to choose. The Hu merchant did not care that Ang Lee called him an unscrupulous merchant. He enthusiastically recommended the best Kunlun slaves to Ang Lee.
After all, it was not his first time in Chang 'an City. He knew that the Tang dynasty was powerful and the people were imposing. It was normal for them to despise the Hu merchant. In order to make more money, the Hu merchant would not care too much. Of course, he did not dare to care too much for fear of being beaten.
"Let me ask you. Does this little black girl have any relatives here?"
Ang Lee felt that the twenty black slaves in front of him were likely to be related by blood. If he could buy a family, it would be a good choice. Anyway, Ang Lee's main purpose was not to show off and ask for manual labor. Whether the Kunlun slaves were as strong as bulls was not important at all.
"Yes, yes, yes. The three Kunlun slaves taking care of her are her family. They should be siblings."
The Hu merchant hurriedly replied.
Ang Lee looked and saw that there were indeed three young black slaves beside the little black girl. The age difference between the three was relatively large. The oldest was about 30 or 40 years old, the youngest was only about 12 years old, and the last one had just reached adulthood, about the same age as Ang Lee.
"Okay, it's the family of four."
Li An very straightforwardly chose four Kunlun slaves, while Li Kunxiong also handed over the thirty gold pieces he retrieved from the nearby store to the barbarian merchant.
The Hu merchant was naturally very happy that he had made another business deal. He held the gold pieces in his arms and enthusiastically chatted with Ang Lee.
Of course, he was a merchant. He could only talk about business and what he had seen and heard along the way. The journey from the Tang dynasty to the African continent was more than ten thousand miles. Naturally, he would pass through many countries along the way. There were also all kinds of strange customs, many of which were very interesting and worth talking about.
However, Ang Lee was from the future, so he was very familiar with the situation of the Silk Road. Along the way, he would pass through various geographical environments such as deserts and snowy mountains. He would also pass through many countries.
However, Ang Lee would never have thought that many of the situations described by the Hu merchant were things he had never heard of. Many civilized countries and customs were so unfamiliar that Ang Lee was quite surprised.
These civilizations had disappeared for no reason. There were no records of them in the history books of the future. If there were records, Ang Lee would have known about it.
Of course, Ang Lee knew that after the Tang dynasty, there would be a huge empire called the Mongol Empire. The Mongols were very cruel, especially when they went on a western expedition. They destroyed too many countries and went all the way to the hinterland of Europe. Wherever the Mongol army passed, a large number of civilizations were completely wiped out. There was not even a trace left behind.
The Mongol army went on expeditions everywhere and destroyed a large number of civilizations. It was a huge disaster in the history of human civilization and caused great losses to the world's civilization. Later generations only worshipped the strong. When people worshipped the great heroes who shot condors with their bows, they might completely ignore the great heroes who killed everywhere and destroyed civilizations.
Great figures in history were sometimes like this. Qin Shihuang had unified the six states and built the Great Wall, making many historical achievements that were beneficial to the later generations. However, he had slaughtered a large number of soldiers of the six states, and the Great Wall had buried too many innocent people. Who would care about this? In fact, a single sentence could not obscure the merits of Qin Shihuang's crimes.
Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty, Li Shimin, killed his brother from the same father and mother. In order to eliminate the root of the problem, he even killed all of his brother's descendants. He could be said to be extremely cruel. However, later generations only remembered Zhenguan's ambition and were not willing to understand too much about the bloodshed of the Xuanwu Gate. They even pushed Li Shimin to the position of the most outstanding emperor of Hua Xia.
Letting an emperor who killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate be the most outstanding emperor in Hua Xia's history. This was enough to show that later generations valued Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty and did not care about what he did to his family.
At the very least, the Tang Empire had achieved great results during Li Longji's reign. The lives of the common people became more comfortable.
To the common people, it was fine as long as they could live a good life. They would praise the emperor for being wise and powerful. However, Li Shimin killing his brother and nephew was just the emperor's own family matter. What did this have to do with the common people?
In other words, the common people cared more about how they lived their lives. The scholars of later generations cared more about the overall situation and how great a historical figure's achievements were. As for the small details, only nationalistic youths would not let go.
Although he had spent 30 gold taels, Ang Lee felt that it was very worth it to be able to obtain so much information from the Hu merchant. He felt very comfortable spending this money.
After that, the Hu merchant introduced Ang Lee to many good sellers and personally guided Ang Lee to them.
The most favorite servants of the nobles of the Tang dynasty were undoubtedly the Kunlun slaves and Xinluo maids. The maids of Xinluo were all professionally trained. Their ability to serve their masters was very good. Just like the Filipino maids of later generations, they were servants who specialized in serving people.
Although the emperor had already rewarded ten 'beauties', Ang Lee's mansion was so big that it was definitely not enough. It was a good choice to buy four more Xinluo maids to enrich it.
The price of Xinluo maids was about the same as the Kunlun slaves. However, it was much lower than the black Kunlun slaves. After all, Xinluo was not too far from the Tang dynasty. The transportation cost was much lower than the black African slaves.
Of course, in addition to the Kunlun slaves and Xinluo maids, Ang Lee also needed a housekeeper who could manage these people. The job of a housekeeper was extremely important. Without a housekeeper, all the orders would have to be issued by himself. It would be very troublesome.
Of course, it would be most suitable to choose a housekeeper from the ordinary servants. However, Ang Lee did not have such a trusted servant. In fact, for so many years, he had not considered preparing any servants at all. As for those brothers who had followed him through life and death, of course, he could not let them be servants.
However, if he directly found a clever person to be a housekeeper, the risk would be too great. If this person was unreliable and stole all the belongings in his house, wouldn't it be troublesome?
At this time, the housekeeper was similar to the celebrity agents of later generations. If the housekeeper was unreliable and transferred the master's belongings, seduced the master's first wife, or even colluded with the master's first wife to murder the master, wouldn't that be terrible?
Therefore, the most important ability of the so-called housekeeper was loyalty. Only a loyal person was a qualified housekeeper. Only a loyal person could take care of a big house for the master and make the master feel at ease.
In addition to selling slaves and livestock, the mule and horse company also had some people who sold themselves. Some of these people who sold themselves had their families in trouble and needed to sell themselves to save their families. Some of them were orphan servants adopted by large families. After the disaster of large families, they were homeless and became stray dogs. They could only find a new master as soon as possible. Otherwise, they could only become beggars and beg on the streets.
In addition to the mule and horse company and slaves, there were also a small number of snack shops and forage shops. After all, whether it was people or livestock, they all needed to eat.
Without these, it would be too inconvenient to go to other shops to buy food. In other words, these very few snack shops and forage shops were specially prepared for the merchants and slaves of the mule and horse company, not for the customers who came to shop. After all, if ordinary people wanted to eat snacks, they would not go to the mule and horse company to buy. After all, the smell here was not very good. It affected the mood of eating and there was not much choice.
"Be merciful and give me a steamed bun!"
"Go go go, I'd rather give it to a dog than give it to trash like you."
"Good luck, give me a steamed bun!"
"Scram scram scram, I get annoyed when I see you. Scram."
As Ang Lee walked, he saw a pitiful middle-aged man begging for some food from the snack shop. It was obvious that this person had not eaten for a long time.
The indifference of the merchant made Ang Lee see the hypocrisy of the world. However, this kind of small merchant's life should not be rich. Naturally, he would not be so kind and give others for free.
"Yo yo yo, isn't this Housekeeper Zhao of the Zhao Mansion? What's wrong with you? You look like a stray dog. Where did your usual carefree attitude go? "
An old man who looked like a housekeeper bought a mule from the mule and horse company. He let his subordinates lead the mule and swaggered over, mocking the pitiful man.
"Housekeeper Zhou, long time no see. My stomach is very hungry, give me something to eat! Hehe. "
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