Qiao Wu looked at Old Ghost Huang, then at Zheng Peng, hesitated for a moment, and then raised two fingers: "Two hundred." ”

"Crazy, Old Five, these few will cost 200 yuan, and they will be falsely accused of Zheng Gongzi?" Before Zheng Peng could say anything, the old ghost Huang on the side couldn't help but scream first.

A handsome little maidservant, twenty times is about to reach the sky, here two old and one young plus a strong man, open your mouth to 200 times, an average of 50 times, it's just a money grab.

Qiao Wu hurriedly explained: "Master Jian, it's your friend, how dare you open your mouth indiscriminately, the main thing is that Qingzhuang is valuable, he has been on the battlefield as a personal guard, and he has a spear in one hand to make the furnace perfect, and he can also pull a three-stone strong bow, otherwise, in addition to this Qingzhuang, the other three fifty guan will be pulled away." ”

"How much?" Old Ghost Huang's eyes widened, and he said with some surprise: "Can you pull the three-stone bow?" ”

Qiao Wu didn't speak, but nodded with a serious face.

"Two hundred is two hundred, I want it." Zheng Peng responded in one bite.

Thirty catties is one jun, four jun is one stone, so that one stone has one hundred and twenty catties, three stones is three hundred and sixty catties, and those who can pull three stone strong bows are definitely fierce people, you know, the archers who can pull a stone strong bow are already considered elite, and it costs a lot to train an elite archer.

Even if he met a treasure, Zheng Peng bought it without hesitation.

There is a martial artist by his side who is good as a bodyguard.

In fact, after this young man came in, Zheng Peng took a fancy to his strong physique, cold temperament and straight standing posture like a benchmark at first sight.

Qiao Wu didn't expect Zheng Peng to be so refreshing, and said happily when he heard the words: "Zheng Gongzi is a person who does big things, and Qiao is suited." ”

The old ghost Huang on the side glanced at Zheng Peng in surprise, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: I thought that Zheng Peng was a down-and-out poor man, but I didn't expect people to turn around and enter Guo's mansion, and when they opened their mouths, they took out 200 yuan to buy slaves.

After negotiating the price of a family of four, Qiao Wu led Zheng Peng to the backyard again, and as soon as he arrived in the backyard, Zheng Peng was shocked again: people, all people, in the open space of the backyard, there were rows of young men and women, not to mention hundreds of people, like goods for everyone to choose.

In the eyes of the Tang people, slaves are goods like livestock.

"Zheng Gongzi, just pick it" Qiao Wu said confidently: "These are all family slaves, Qiao Mou let Lang Zhong see it, there is no illness or pain, and he is absolutely obedient." ”

Zheng Peng nodded, didn't bother to pick, turned to the middle-aged man behind him and said, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

Although the money has not been handed over, and the vouchers have not been set up at the city order, after Qiao Wuyi gave an order, the family of four already regarded Zheng Peng as the new owner, and followed behind when they went to the backyard to pick people.

As soon as the new master greeted him, the middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "If you go back to Gongzi, the little one is called Chen San, which is the name given by the previous master, and I also ask Gongzi to give the name." ”

The family slaves are all given names by the master, and if they are lucky, they will be given the same surname as the master, and the random ones will be called Ah San Ah Si or something, it should be the former master's surname Chen, and the middle-aged man will be arranged to be the third housekeeper, which is referred to as Chen San.

"Name-giving? It's okay, you will be called Zheng Fu in the future, by the way, this is Lu Shu, you are the same as her, just call me young master. ”

"Yes, young master." Zheng Fu, who received the new name, was overjoyed and obeyed Zheng Pengyan.

For a slave, it is an honor to be able to share the same surname as the master, which is a sign that he is regarded as his own person.

Zheng Peng pointed to the slaves standing in the backyard and asked, "These slaves, there should be many acquaintances, right?" ”

Zheng Fu's family is from the family of the criminal official surnamed Chen, I heard Qiao Wu say that there are more than 1,000 private slaves who have become official slaves, and he bought a lot of them first, if he guessed correctly, there are many of Zheng Fu's former colleagues here. ”

"Back to the young master's words, there are a lot."

"Very good, I need twenty people, you can pick them, find some diligent and obedient ones." Zheng Peng commanded.

Zheng Fu used to be a third-housekeeper, he has experience in managing people, and his eye for picking people is definitely better than himself, and many of these slaves are those he knows, and it is most suitable for him to do this.

Buying a slave is to reduce his burden, Zheng Peng thinks he is a person who can be lazy, and immediately threw the errand to Zheng Fu.

Zheng Fu is also a very safe person, after carefully asking Zheng Peng about the requirements for the work, he began to pick people, Zheng Peng noticed that some people he quickly picked out, some he would ask a few words, and sometimes let others stretch out their hands to observe and then decide whether to use it, less than two quarters of an hour of effort, twenty people picked up.

Fourteen men and six women, all of whom are young and strong, Zheng Peng is also satisfied with the people he picked.

Delicate things like ingredients, women are more suitable, there are men and women, and if they are married well, they can increase the loyalty of slaves, and having children and growing up to be laborers is a surefire business.

Of course, if they behave well, Zheng Peng doesn't mind giving them a naturalization.

These domestic slaves who are in the prime of life are not cheap, and it cost Zheng Peng a total of 400 yuan for twenty people, which is the result of Qiao Wu's concession.

The money really didn't have to be spent, and after a while, 600 guan was spent.

The copper coin was too heavy and inconvenient to carry, Zheng Peng only brought a hundred yuan, and discussed it with Qiao Wu, and the result was that Zheng Peng paid one hundred yuan as a deposit, first took Zheng Fu's family back, and the remaining twenty slaves, and then sent it to Zheng Peng after Qiao Wu finished the delivery of the vouchers, and then took the remaining five hundred yuan after all the slaves were delivered, as for the cost of the vouchers, Zheng Peng and Qiao Wuyi paid half of them.

Although some taxes and fees must be paid, the advantage is that there will be no disputes in the future, even if there are slaves who escape, the government can also check and return them to the master.

It is a bit troublesome to set up a ticket, you need to verify the identity and register the appearance characteristics of the slave, and a large number of slave officials are purchased at once, and the government also has to investigate the background and purpose of the buyer.

In this way, Zheng Peng also has a small house with three bedrooms and one living room, and so many people don't know how to settle it at once, so he just takes advantage of the gap in the license procedures to deal with the problems of the workshop and accommodation.

On the way back, looking at the Zheng Fu family of four with a somewhat complicated expression, Zheng Peng was happy but also a little worried: there are twenty-four more laborers, but there are also twenty-four more mouths for eating.

Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it, anyway, with Zheng Fu as a housekeeper, I can push it when I can.

When he went back, there were four more people, a carriage couldn't sit down, the road was not far, Zheng Peng didn't bother to hire a car, he and Lu Shu sat in the carriage, let the woman take the little girl to sit in the carriage, Zheng Fu and his son ran behind the carriage.

It's really a fierce man, on the way home, Zheng Peng was afraid that there would not be enough food, so he bought two bags of grain, and wanted to put it in the carriage, but he didn't expect the young man to say a word, about sixty catties of a bag of grain, he sandwiched one hand under his armpit, followed by a flying walk, walked faster than his son Zheng Fu, and didn't see any signs of tiredness.

Zheng Peng hadn't seen him pull a three-stone strong bow yet, just looking at his hand, he knew that the one hundred and fifty pieces were not in vain.

Qiao Wu said that in addition to him, the remaining three fifty guan can be taken away, that is to say, he is worth one hundred and fifty guan, at this price, he can buy ten handmaidens or three to five beautiful female slaves, isn't it powerful?

After returning home, Zheng Peng began to arrange: Zheng Fu and his wife were placed in a side room, Lu Shu and the little girl slept in the room next to him for convenience, and as for the young man who was 1.8 meters tall, he cleaned up a piece of land in the firewood room next to the yard, which was also convenient for him to take care of the home.

After the settlement, Zheng Peng gathered the people and began to give the first lecture on becoming the head of the family.

"Okay, I believe you all know, now that I am your new master, what master, Xiao Langjun will not be called, just follow Lu Shu to call me young master."

"Yes, young master." Zheng Fu and the others shouted respectfully together.

Zheng Peng introduced Lu Shu, and then named them, the middle-aged man is called Zheng Fu, the female is called Zheng, the young man is called Ah Yong, and the youngest little girl is called Xiaoyin.

Ah Yong and Xiaoyin are just names, without surnames, Zheng Peng doesn't want to give surnames too easily, otherwise he won't be able to show the sense of honor of giving surnames.

After giving the name, Zheng Peng said with a serious face: "Okay, Young Master Ben doesn't want to say too much, just emphasise, Young Master Ben has clear rewards and punishments, and if you do well, you will be rewarded; If you don't do well, you will be punished, as long as you keep your duty and ensure that you can eat and clothe, if you do well, let alone getting married, it is not impossible to get rid of your lowly status. ”

Get out of the lowly status?

As soon as he heard these three words, not only Zheng Fu and his wife, Ah Jun, but also the youngest Xiaoyin, their eyes lit up.

Who is willing to be a slave to be slaughtered all his life? It's just that I don't have this idea, but having a child is also a great joy to be free.

Just a simple sentence, Zheng Fu's family immediately fell to Zheng Peng.

Zheng Peng was about to arrange for four people to work, when there was a sudden "bang", "bang", "bang" outside the door... The sound of a violent knock on the door, followed by a "Peng" sound, as if the door was forcibly knocked to the ground, before I could ask, I heard someone shouting loudly: "Zheng Peng, where is Zheng Peng?" Come out quickly and die. ”