Chapter 94 Buying People
After arriving in Guancheng, Yang Zhengshan asked Luo Shang to introduce a man named Yazi.
Ren Yazi was probably in his early forties. After learning Yang Zhengshan's identity, he immediately bowed respectfully: "Meet Mr. Yang!"
Behind people like them are people with backgrounds, involving many dark things.
But the last thing they want to offend are officials, especially some powerful military attaches.
Thousand-household defense officers like Yang Zhengshan would not be considered big shots if placed inside Guancheng, but if placed outside Guancheng, they could be killed.
Because someone in Yang Zhengshan has a knife. If he really offends him to death, who knows what he can do.
You must know that the most indispensable thing in Chongshan Town in the past was soldiers and bandits.
Yang Zhengshan didn't talk nonsense to him and said straightforwardly: "I want to buy some servants. Do you have any good candidates here?"
"I wonder what kind of servant you want, sir?"
Ren Yazi asked with a smile.
Good servants are also different.
A capable servant is a good servant, and a handsome servant is also a good servant.
He didn't know whether the servant Yang Zhengshan wanted was competent or capable.
Yang Zhengshan didn't know the nastiness in Ren Yazi's heart. He thought about it and said, "It's best to be from the same family."
He has two requirements for his servants, one is ability and the other is loyalty.
Ability cannot be forced, as long as you are not someone who likes to cheat and cheat, but loyalty is a must.
People's hearts are unpredictable. Even if he holds the slave's bond of sale, he cannot guarantee the slave's loyalty.
But if there is family ties, the slave's loyalty can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
"Family! There are several small ones here to choose from!" Ren Yazi replied.
"Take me to see it!"
Later, Ren Yazi took Yang Zhengshan and Yang Mingcheng to a dilapidated courtyard in Xicheng.
"Come here, come here!"
Ren Yazi shouted as soon as he entered the door.
In just a moment, more than twenty people came out from all over the courtyard.
From the position, it can be clearly seen that these servants belong to one family.
"Sir, there are four families here. This family's surname is Liu, and there are eight people in total. They used to be servants of the Zhang family. Later, the Zhang family moved out of Guancheng and sold them to us!"
"This family's surname is Yang. There are six people in the family. They used to be servants of Mr. Ji's family in Dusi Yamen. After Mr. Ji was imprisoned, they were sold out!"
"This family's surname is Wu. They have a family of four. They used to be servants of a merchant. Later, the merchant fell into decline and they moved back to their hometown, so they sold them to us. Old man Wu used to be a housekeeper and has some abilities!"
"Their surname is Ding, they are also servants of the Zhang family, and they have also practiced martial arts."
Following Ren Yazi's introduction, Yang Zhengshan's eyes swept over everyone's faces.
These servants were well dressed and looked good, so they probably had not been treated too harshly.
This is normal, they were all bought by the dental shop with money, and the dental shop also pointed them to make money, so naturally they cannot be left to freeze and starve.
However, their mental state was not very good. Some were panicked, some were anxious, and some looked confused.
Yang Zhengshan glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on the last family introduced by Ren Yazi.
"Your surname is Ding!"
He took a step forward and walked to a middle-aged man.
"To my lord, my surname is Ding!"
"Before following the fourth young master of the Zhang family?" Yang Zhengshan asked again.
He knew this man. When Zhang Chen bullied people on the street, he was whipped twice by Zhou Lan. This man named Ding followed Zhang Chen and reached out to catch Zhou Lan's whip.
"Yes!" The man hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"You should have acquired cultivation skills, why are you a servant?" Yang Zhengshan asked curiously.
No matter how bad the acquired warrior is, he will not sell himself into slavery.
"The villain is a son of the Zhang family!" the man replied.
Children born into a family are the children of a slave, and the children of a slave are still slaves. Unless the master is willing to repay the contract, they will remain slaves for generations to come.
He is a son of the Zhang family, which means he is a warrior trained by the Zhang family.
It is extremely rare for a servant, even if he is trained by his master, to become an acquired warrior.
This shows that this person's martial arts talent is very high, otherwise he will never reach the acquired realm. Yang Zhengshan does not believe that the Zhang family will spend a lot of resources on a servant.
"What do you think of the Zhang family?" Yang Zhengshan asked.
The man raised his head and glanced at Yang Zhengshan, "The Zhang family deserves it! But I thank the Zhang family for their upbringing!"
After Zhang Yude was brought back to Kyoto, the Zhang family's home was ransacked not long after. Many members of the Zhang family were convicted and punished, and some people with less serious crimes were driven back to their place of origin.
As for Zhang Chen, it seems that he was beheaded.
Yang Zhengshan has not paid attention to the specific situation. He has little relationship with the Zhang family, so naturally he will not care about the life and death of the Zhang family.
In response to the man's answer, Yang Zhengshan just nodded slightly.
In fact, no answer is important.
The Zhang family has fallen. No matter how loyal this person is to the Zhang family, it is impossible for him to return to the Zhang family, and there is no possibility for the Zhang family to rise again.
How domineering the Zhang family was in the past, how miserable the Zhang family is now.
"It's just your children!" Yang Zhengshan looked at the three children behind the man.
There are two boys and one girl, the eldest is about twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest is a girl, about four or five years old.
In addition to the child, there was also a woman in her thirties.
"Yes!" the man replied.
Yang Zhengshan turned to look at Ren Yazi, "How much is this one?"
Ren Yazi heard this and immediately smiled and said, "My Lord, this person is a post-natal warrior, and the price is much more expensive than others!"
"Five hundred taels!"
"..."
Yang Zhengshan glanced at him and was a little speechless.
This is really an exorbitant price.
It's not that post-natal warriors are not valuable, but the servants of post-natal warriors are really useless.
If it is a warrior trained by oneself, it is naturally a good thing. But this kind of warrior bought halfway should not be liked by many people.
The reason is very simple, it is impossible to determine the loyalty.
Ordinary servants, even if they are unfaithful, the harm is limited.
But warriors are different. If they are resentful, it will be the destruction of the family.
"Two hundred taels, no more!"
Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to talk nonsense and started to cut from the calf.
"This, sir, this is too low!" Ren Yazi said with some embarrassment.
"I'm talking about the family that paid 100 taels, not just him. If you think it's inappropriate, forget it!" Yang Zhengshan pointed at the five people from the Ding family and said.
Seeing that the trafficker was still hesitating, he said, "You plan to keep them for another New Year!"
Although it was his first time buying a person, it didn't mean that he didn't know anything.
When was the Zhang family raided?
Last September, it has been four months since then!
How could the traffickers not be anxious if they haven't sold this family for four months?
It costs money to support so many people, and the longer it takes, the more it costs.
As for why the Ding family is so difficult to sell, it's not difficult to understand.
One is that the man is a post-natal warrior, and ordinary people can't control him.
The second is that they are from the Zhang family. Although the Zhang family has collapsed now, there are still many people who are very taboo about the Zhang family.
"Sir, sir, add another fifty taels, two hundred and fifty taels, just consider it as a good relationship between me and you!" The trafficker said with a flattering face.
Yang Zhengshan did not speak, but looked at the family surnamed Wu next to him.
"I want them too, give me a fair price!"
The Wu family has an old couple in their forties. The man has been a housekeeper. Although he is only a housekeeper for a merchant, he should have some ability.
In addition, there are two half-grown boys who can be assigned jobs directly. Unlike the three children of the Ding family, they are too young and need to be raised for several years before they can be used.
The trafficker thought about it and said, "Sir, how about three hundred taels?"
Yang Zhengshan thought about it, nodded, and agreed to the price.
Only fifty taels of silver for a family of four?
That's right, now the servant market in Guancheng is that people are cheaper than animals.
A young and pretty girl is only more than twenty taels of silver, and some older servants are only worth a few taels of silver.
"Find me four more than ten-year-old maids, obedient and honest, don't bring me some messy people!" Yang Zhengshan said.
"Yes, yes, wait a moment, sir!"
About an hour later, Yang Zhengshan took the indenture and left Guancheng with a group of servants.
On the way, they also went to Linguanbao to take a look, mainly because Yang Zhengshan wanted to buy a batch of cotton-padded clothes for servants from Linguanbao.
During this period, the needlework workshop of Linguanbao has gained a lot of fame in Guancheng with its low prices. Many wealthy families know that they can buy cheap coarse cotton-padded clothes from Luo's Cloth Shop.
These cotton-padded clothes are naturally not worn by the masters, but for the servants at home.
It's the New Year, and the servants at home have to wear new clothes to show the kindness of the masters.
So the period before the New Year is the busiest time for the needlework workshop of Linguanbao.
And now the needlework workshop is no longer limited to orders, they will also sew some coarse cotton-padded clothes and sell them in Luoshang's cloth shop.
However, Yang Zhengshan still customized a batch of coarse cotton-padded clothes from the needlework workshop, because there are no children's clothes in the inventory of the needlework workshop.
It was already evening when they returned to Yinghebao.
It was late, so Yang Zhengshan did not immediately arrange for these servants to work, but just let them live in the back room temporarily.
The next morning, he gathered everyone together.
Everyone in the Yang family looked at this group of servants with different expressions.
Needless to say, Yang Mingcheng had always been with Yang Zhengshan and had accepted this fact.
Wang's face was a little strange, especially when she looked at the teenage girls.
What does Dad mean by this?
Why did you buy so many little girls?
Yang Minghao also looked at Yang Zhengshan with strange eyes.
But he was not thinking about the girls, but whether his father would arrange a servant for him.
When he thought that he was also a young master with a servant, Yang Minghao's chest could not help but stand up a little.
"What's your name?"
Yang Zhengshan asked the man surnamed Ding.
"To answer the master, my name was Ding Qiu before!" Ding Qiu said respectfully.
"My name was Ding Qiu before! I'll call you Ding Qiu from now on!"
"What about you!"
Yang Zhengshan looked at the man surnamed Wu again.
"My name is Wu Hai!" Wu Hai replied.
"Please introduce yourselves!" Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to ask them one by one, so he just let them speak.
Wu Hai and Ding Qiu got to know each other, and Wu Hai pulled his wife first.
"Master, my humble servant's surname is Li. I used to be a cook and managed the kitchen!"
"Master, my name is Wu Da, I'm sixteen this year, and I used to run errands for the master!"
"The boy is Wu Er, fifteen years old, and used to be a doorman!"
After the Ding family introduced themselves, it was the Ding family's turn.
"My humble servant's surname is Song, and I used to be a maid in the Zhang family."
"The boy is Ding Cheng, twelve years old!"
"The boy is Ding Lu, nine years old!"
There was only one little girl left, looking at Ding Qiu and Song with a blank face.
