All human beings watch my farming

Hui Ling told Lin Shuo that he felt that the people in the Chiyan caravan were a little strange.

"Okay, I've grown my brain." Lin Shuo smiled and asked Hui Ling, "What's so strange?"

"They said they came to Boulder City to do business,? But these days, except for Yantong who often goes out,? Others stay in the yard and rarely show up. Moreover, when we first met,? The goods of the team are flintstones, if a buyer has been found, there should be a camel beast pulling the cart in and out, but I haven't seen it."

"Maybe it didn't sell?"

"Then they should be in a hurry. If the caravan of our Squirrel Tribe can't sell the goods, the leader of the caravan will be in a hurry. Yantong is still smiling, ready to spend money to buy slaves."

"What else?" Lin Shuo asked.

Hui Ling scratched his ears: "I don't know if it's right... The Chiyan caravan always seems to help us at the right time. The first time we met in the desert was an accident, and later they helped us find a place to live. It can also be interpreted as enthusiasm, but this time it is unreasonable to take us to the slave market."

After finishing speaking, he stared at Lin Shuo eagerly, "Brother Shuo, am I right?"

Lin Shuo rubbed his hair: "Not bad."

It may be the nature of the squirrel tribe,? Huiling has always been timid and likes to hide in the corner without making a sound. Lin Shuo did not expect that his observation is very careful, and his brain is also very flexible.Thinking about it carefully, on the way the two of them headed to Boulder City, although Hui Ling cried at every turn,? But he never dragged his feet once.

He grew up very quickly by Lin Shuo's side.

"Zhi——" Xiao Pi got out of Hui Ling's clothes, with a longing expression on his face, so Lin Shuo rubbed its ears: "You are also great."

The eyes of the two little things were full of joy.

"Brother Shuo, you must have known it a long time ago, didn't you?"

"Yeah." Lin Shuo said: "You have overlooked one point. When I said that I made a lot of money in the Colosseum, Yan Tong didn't look surprised at all."

Hui Ling thought about it for a while, if it was him, he would always be surprised to see someone he knew suddenly gain so much money.Unless...he already knew!

"Then why did you agree to Yantong?" Hui Ling was puzzled.

Lin Shuo: "No matter what they want to do, at least they haven't caused any harm to us now, and we can use him, so let's follow."

"What if they have bad intentions?" Hui Ling asked.

"Do you think they are worse than me?"

Hui Ling shook his head frantically at the thought of the huge MLM empire.

"Then can they beat me?"

Remembering that the leader of the hyena tribe was composting in the latrine, Hui Ling also shook his head frantically.

"Isn't that enough?" Lin Shuo spread his hands and went back to the yard humming a song.

"I have a little donkey that I never ride. One day I rode it to the market on a whim..."

***

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, Yantong personally came to invite him, and Lin Shuo went with him to the legendary slave market.

He also took Huiling with him, put Miao Dan in his arms, and Tie Dan held hands, dragging his family to gain knowledge.

Sure enough, Yan Tong didn't say anything, he stayed in front of his yard for a while, took two people from the caravan, put on a camel beast, and said: "Let's go."

Although the courtyards on both sides are close to each other, they are separated by a high stone wall and stone houses. Lin Shuo usually does not notice the situation in the caravan.At this time, the door of the small courtyard was open. During the time when the camel camel was led out, Lin Shuo heard the sound of tinkling and clanging from inside the caravan. It may be that it was getting late, and he also saw the inside of a stone house. There was a faint red in the window, and sparks splashed from the open window.

Lin Shuo's eyes stayed on the spark, watching it wobble and land on the ground, flicker and then go out.

Yantong noticed his gaze, and said with a smile: "Oh, the harvest has been good these days, the people in the caravan drank a little wine, and they may be grilling in the house."

"What kind of barbecue can make such a big noise?" Lin Shuo asked.

Yantong rubbed her head, seemingly helpless: "The group of brats like to learn from each other after drinking too much wine, and now they are probably fighting again."

"Don't pay attention to them, they will know the pain when they wake up tomorrow."

"So that's the case." Lin Shuo resolved the doubts in his heart, smiled at Yan Tong, and thanked her.

"Let's go." He greeted Hui Ling.

The slave market is located in a very remote alley to the south of Boulder City, and it is difficult to find it unless someone guides it.

It was already dark, sporadic torches were lit on the walls of the alley, and rows of wooden cages could be seen standing on the side of the street.The dirty slaves were sitting in the cage, with their legs crossed in their hands, and a straw rope was tied around their necks. The other end of the straw rope was sunk into a small square window on the wall.The window is dark and the size of a palm, only allowing one hand to go in. There is a clay tablet next to it, engraved with the price of a slave.

The person who wants to bid puts the shell coins into the small window. After the count is correct, the straw rope will be released, and he can hold the straw rope to take the slave away.

All of this is done in the dark. It is not so much a "slave market" as a "slave black market".

"Why such a deal?" Lin Shuo asked.

"Slaves that can be sold by their masters have various problems. Buyers and sellers don't know each other's identities, which is safer, isn't it?" Yan Tong laughed.

He took out a linen face towel and handed it to Lin Shuo.Following the example of the people around them, the two put on the hoods behind the robes, and covered the lower half of their faces with face scarves, exposing only a pair of eyes.

Taking down a torch on the wall, the two walked into the alley and walked slowly on the narrow street.

The surroundings were quiet, and there were five or six pedestrians passing by the two with the same purpose.

The smell floating in the air is not pleasant, but people here have long been used to it.While walking, Yantong introduced the main points of picking slaves to Lin Shuo——

"To choose a slave, you must first look at the mouth, then the hands and feet, and finally judge their age according to the degree of wear and tear of the bones and teeth."

"If the grade is too young, you can't take it. It's a waste of food. If you don't grow up, your money will be wasted. It's the same for those who are too old. There are also some who are sick, can't do much work, and will infect other slaves. You must distinguish carefully. .”

"Some slaves looked healthy, but they found something wrong after buying them back. At this time, they couldn't find a seller, so they could only admit that they were unlucky."

"There are also some slaves who seem to be dying, but they can be thrown into the animal stables and raised, and they will be fine in a few days. Some businessmen will buy the latter kind of slaves specially in order to save money, and they are called raising camels. Let me show you, use some herbal medicine, and if it is cured, you will make money."

"Is it okay?"

"Then throw it to the camel beast as feed."

"Camel beasts still eat meat?" Lin Shuo asked.

With a broad back and thick limbs, covered with a hard hide, this beast looks like a cross between a rhinoceros and an elephant, but is a size larger than both animals.Because of its docile personality and hard work, people in the desert regard it as a means of transportation and important property. One camel can be exchanged for two ordinary slaves.Lin Shuo always thought that camels, like elephants, eat grass.

Yantong corrected his mistake: "Camel beasts eat everything. Animals domesticated by humans, in order to survive, as long as there is food, they can swallow it. It's the same as the slaves here."

Lin Shuo thought of those people locked in cages in the Colosseum, he suddenly asked: "You seem to know slaves very well."

Yantong smiled and said: "Our caravan usually sells a little more goods, but sometimes we also do slave business, of course we need to know more about it."

"Oh." Lin Shuo asked curiously: "These slaves look different from barbarian slaves. How did they come here?"

Yantong replied: "Some were prisoners of the defeated city, where the city was defeated, and were taken away as slaves by the victorious side; Some offend the city lord or other consuls, and if they fail to pay the money, they will be sold as slaves..."

"Also, the children of slaves are all slaves, whether they are born with slaves, or with civilians, nobles, or even consuls or city owners..."

Lin Shuo saw the slave child curled up in the cage, which looked somewhat similar to the African refugees he had seen in the newspapers before. They were skinny, staring at the ground, and their eyes were dull.

Yantong glanced at Lin Shuo, fearing that he might want to buy the child, so she opened her mouth to persuade him.As soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Shuo went straight over and fanned the wind with his hands: "I understand. Don't you want to buy slaves? Buy them quickly, I won't waste your time."

Yantong covered the look in his eyes, picked out a few slaves according to the method he said before, and held them in his hands with ropes.

At this time, they had almost reached the end of the alley, and Lin Shuo's hands were still empty.

Yantong asked: "Aren't you going to buy it?"

Lin Shuo was troubled: "I don't seem to know how to pick slaves...how about you help me pick a few?"

Yan Tong paused: "Aren't you afraid that I might have a problem with my choice?"

"It's better than choosing one by myself... I'll admit it if there's a problem. How about it?"

"...Okay." Yan Tong agreed.

"How many people do you want?"

"Four."

Officials from the City Lord's Mansion said before that four slaves were the minimum standard for entering the second half of the auction.

Yantong seemed to have gained previous experience, so he barely stayed in the alley for too long, and quickly picked out the four middle-aged slaves and handed them over to Lin Shuo.

"Thank you." Lin Shuo smiled and took the straw rope without even looking carefully.

"It's getting late, shall we go?" He asked Yantong.

"Let's go." Glancing behind him, Yantong left this dark alley and walked into the clean and bright moonlight.

He thought in his heart, did Lin Shuo do it on purpose, or did he not realize that he was using him?

Hui Ling also scratched his heart and lungs, wanting to know this question.

He was timid, seeing the horrors of the slave black market, and imagining that his own people might also be treated in the same way, he almost finished the second half of the journey with his eyes closed.

When the two returned to the courtyard, Hui Ling couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Brother Shuo, you know that Yan Tong has a problem, why do you want him to help us choose slaves?"

Lin Shuo let go of the straw rope, and asked the slave, "Where do you want to sleep? In the yard? Or there is another empty room over there."

The four slaves looked at each other, and one of them was bold enough to say, "The previous master asked us to sleep in the animal stable."

"I don't have a stable here, you can choose it yourself. You can go to the auction with me at noon tomorrow."

"Good night."

The slaves stood in the yard in astonishment, listening with pricked ears, and found that Lin Shuo had really gone back with Hui Ling, and closed the door, as if he didn't care what they were doing outside.

The slave who spoke just now winked, sat down at the base of the wall with his back against the stone wall, and closed his eyes.

After a while, he saw that there was no movement from the stone house, and it was obvious that Lin Shuo was already fast asleep, so he pressed his hand on the wall, quickly climbed up the wall, and jumped into the opposite yard.

There was a man standing there, as if he had been waiting for a long time, he was not surprised to see the slave appearing, and handed him a package of things: "According to circumstances."

The slave put it away and turned back to the other side of the wall.

He divided the contents of the parcel among his three companions and hid them under his tattered robes.

"Everything is ready, just wait for tomorrow's auction..."

In the stone house, Hui Ling was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep.

He looked at the moonlight coming through the window, and ran to Lin Shuo's room with Xiaopi.

"Please, Brother Shuo, I really can't figure it out, just tell me!"

Lin Shuo smiled and asked Hui Ling, "Have you ever heard a word?"

"Ok?"

"As long as you do the revolution, we will be good friends."

The question marks on Hui Ling's head were about to appear, Lin Shuo rubbed his head, and said, "Okay, you will go to the auction tomorrow, and put on your belt when the time comes, and follow my orders."

"Oh."