Zhang Nan walked into the corner and looked curiously at the man sitting in the corner, the man obviously knew that someone was watching him, but he still held his head and didn't say a word. Zhang Nan didn't bother the man holding his head and pondering, but looked at the wooden board in front of the man.

The writing on the board is also very straightforward. "Sold into slavery." A simple four words define the future life of this man who holds his head and does not say a word, if someone really comes to buy this man and then gives him slavery, then this person may not be able to turn over for the rest of his life.

Zhang Nan is not a good person, but looking at the words on the wooden board are strong and powerful, although the man is holding his head, Zhang Nan can obviously see that this man is burly, not an ordinary farmer.

"This brother." Zhang Nan asked.

“......”

"This brother?" Zhang Nan continued to ask.

“......”

"If you want to sell yourself as a slave, you can't sell it just like that." Zhang Nan saw that the man didn't pay attention to him, so he said mercilessly.

It turns out that if you want someone who doesn't want to talk to you to talk to you, you have to start with what the other person is most interested in. After listening to Zhang Nan's words, the man raised his head with a strange expression.

Zhang Nan saw that the man was finally willing to talk to him, so he said: "Do you think, whoever buys a slave is bought individually, in other words, you are alone, even if you have great ability, who will buy it." Zhang Nan said.

In fact, what Zhang Nan said was true, in the Tang Dynasty, the bigger the official, the more slaves and maids in the family.

The number of slaves and maids has become a sign of the amount of property, so among the princes and nobles, eunuchs, and wealthy families, there is a phenomenon of accumulating slaves and maids as assets, seeking prosperity, and competing for wealth.

For example, Guo Ziyi, a famous eunuch in the Tang Dynasty, recorded in history that he had "a family of 3,000, and those who came and went in and out did not know where he lived." Guo Ziyi had eight sons, seven daughters, dozens of grandchildren, and a number of wives and concubines, and there were no more than 100 people when he was full.

The emperor also often gave slaves and maids to officials, such as Tang Gaozu Li Yuan gave Wu Zetian's father 300 slaves and maids at one time. In the family of official Wei Gonggan, there were as many as 400 female slaves alone.

Therefore, even if it is a slave market, it is also a large-scale transaction, at least the transaction is also in a dozen to more than 20 people, the purchase and sale of slaves and maids to the guarantor, the establishment of market bonds, in addition to the application of the annex, there must be 5 guarantors, in order to verify and prove that the identity of the slaves and maids bought and sold is not false, but also by the slaves and maids themselves on the market bonds to sign and delineate, "the cheap is not false".

Just buy a single person, and the time spent can't even earn back the cost of work.

"Besides, if you just crouch in the corner, if someone sees you, you are a ghost, and if you look at those slave traders, who doesn't pounce on people when they see them, and who will wander around the slave market idlely?" Zhang Nan continued.

After listening to Zhang Nan's words, the man looked at Zhang Nan strangely, and Zhang Nan quickly understood the meaning in the man's eyes.

"Coincidentally, I'm the exception, so tell me about you, maybe I'll take you away." Zhang Nan said truthfully, although Zhang Nan was very uncomfortable to deal with a man who was five big and three rough, saying that I would take you away.

Although the man felt strange about the unknown person in front of him, he had to admit that the person in front of him was very right, so the man opened his mouth and said in a thick Guanzhong dialect: "This master, you have a line number, just buy it, you can eat the bitterness, and I want you to give you five times of money, even if the lord makes the forehead angry immediately, the forehead will not even frown." ”

(This master, you can do well, just buy me, I can suffer anything, as long as you give me five dollars, you let me die immediately, I won't even frown.) ）

Although the man spoke Guanzhong dialect, Zhang Nan didn't sound difficult to understand, and even had a little bit of intimacy, because Zhang Nan was an authentic Shaanxi person.

"Five-run money? Do you know what the concept of five-dollar money is? Zhang Nan had a black question mark on his face, although Zhang Nan is now a master who is not bad for money, but five yuan is a huge amount of money for such a flat-headed common people.

After hearing this, the man continued to lower his head and said, "I know that five guan money may be a bit much, but I really need five guan money." Master, as long as you give five times the money, even if you let your forehead kill your anger, you won't even be sticky. ”

(I know that five times the money may be a bit much, but I really need five times the money, sir, you just give me five times the money, even if you let me kill someone, I won't even blink an eye.) ）

After hearing this, Zhang Nan said with a smile: "I'm not here to buy a murderer, if you kill someone, won't I be an abettor?" I didn't buy you to die, if you die, I have to go to the government to cancel your account, it's very troublesome, so you still tell me why you want to sell yourself as a slave, I think you are also a good person, why do you want to sell yourself into slavery. ”

Hearing Zhang Nan's question, the man lowered his head and said in a low voice: "E-Niang is sick, she has been sick for several years, and the grass Yue has already sold everything that should be sold at home over the years, and she has borrowed a lot of land money. ”

When Zhang Nan heard this, this person was also a filial son, so Zhang Nan didn't think too much, so he said to the man: "Okay, you don't have to sell yourself here, put away your brand, I think you're not bad, you can take the money, bury your mother well, and by the way, pay back all the money you have borrowed over the years." ”

After Zhang Nan finished speaking, he took out a silver ingot from the money bag and handed it to the man.

"Master, this is not good, how can I accompany the money to take the money, I can't do it." (Sir, this is unacceptable, how can I take your money for nothing?) I can't do it. ）

As the man spoke, he pushed Zhang Nan's hand and motioned for Zhang Nan to take the money back.

"Okay, I don't lack this, I also gave you this money because of your filial piety, if you are a bad gambler to sell yourself to pay off your debts, I don't bother to pay attention to you, take it." Besides, a good man, he just entered the slave nationality, do you know that this slave registration will never turn over again, you just take it. Zhang Nan continued.

After hearing this, the man hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Master, you are really four people, but this is too much, and you can't use so much." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Nan said with a smile: "Okay, take it, and the rest of the money will go to buy some land, although I can't save any money, but it should be enough to feed people." ”