Chapter 125: Investigation
After Bai Ling returned home, he said that he wanted to buy people, and the family was surprised.
But after Bai Ling said Duan Yulang's words, Bai Sanshu and his family looked at their children, and even if they agreed with the practice of buying people, their attitudes changed faster than Bai Ling, so that Bai Ling had to face up to the difference between himself and the locals.
On the second day, Bai Ling went to the town early in the morning to meet Duan Yulang.
The carriage of the Duan family was good, luxurious and comfortable inside, but after sitting for more than two hours, it still made Bai Ling uncomfortable.
"There are a total of three dental shops in the county, one of which is an official, and many family members or subordinates of officials whose homes have been raided from all over the country have been sold, but most of them are picked and left when it is their turn. The remaining two are private people, and if they can gain a firm foothold in the county, they naturally have the ability and backstage. Let Duan Hu follow you for a while, save them to bully you, and then bully you. "Duan Yulang still has something to do, so he can't accompany Bai Ling to buy someone.
"Thanks, I'll give you two more jars of fruit wine at the end of the year." Bai Ling has always disliked indebtedness, so he immediately made a promise.
"Dafang, it's not a loss to the person I Duan Yulang chose to cooperate, haha." Duan Yulang was overjoyed, and said before getting out of the carriage: "I have a house in the county, and when the time comes, let Duan Hu take you there, you are a girl's family, and it is not safe to go back at night." I'm not here for the past few days, and if there's a need, I just let Duan Hu do it, he still has some face in the county. ”
"Okay, see you later." Bai Ling should go down.
In the realm where life is unfamiliar, Bai Ling is not polite at all.
"White girl, where are we going?" After Duan Yulang left, Duan Hu asked.
Bai Ling thought about it for a while, not thinking that his current situation could move the family members or subordinates of those criminal ministers, and he didn't want to cause trouble.
"Two private people, who do you think is more honest in doing business, go to whichever one." For things he doesn't know, Bai Ling is very willing to listen to the opinions of others.
Duan Hu replied and drove his horse forward.
Yahang is located in the alley of a residential area, and if it weren't for the sign hanging at the door, it would be no different from an ordinary house, and there would not be many customers at the door.
As Duan Yulang said, Duan Hu had some face in Baifu County, and he was greeted warmly when he entered the tooth shop.
However, Bai Ling, the real buyer, was left out in the cold because he was dressed ordinarily.
Under Duan Hu's introduction, Ren Yazi realized that he had neglected the gold master, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Bai Ling: "I neglected the girl, and please forgive the girl." I don't know what kind of subordinate the girl wants to buy? Please rest assured that the guests introduced by the tiger master are absolutely real and the supply is clean. ”
Hearing the word source, Bai Ling couldn't help frowning.
But thinking about this era when buying and selling is legal, Bai Lingbian didn't say anything.
"I want to buy a few girls and mothers-in-law, scholars, handlebars, concierges, and a few housekeepers." After Bai Ling finished speaking, he added: "It's best to have a few more embroiderers, as long as the embroiderers are good and the character is not bad, I want as many as I want." ”
Ren Yazi didn't expect Bai Ling to be a big customer, and his attitude couldn't help but be a little more respectful, but he didn't doubt that Bai Ling couldn't get the silver.
After all, the person who could be personally introduced by Duan Hu was by no means a big talker.
"Girl, wait a minute, I'll go and hand over everyone, and the girl will pick slowly." The human tooth arched his hand, let people serve snacks and melon seeds, and went to the backyard to choose people.
Duan Hu is not a talkative person, and Bai Ling is not very comfortable in his heart, so before Ren Yazi came back, the two of them did not talk.
However, with a cup of tea, Ren Yazi brought dozens of people in, and the small hall was full.
"The two rows over there are good embroiderers, and the first few have been embroiderers before, and their character is passable." Ren Yazi introduced: "The rest of them, except for the one in the back, who was sold for less than a month, the others were sold by the main family." Rest assured, girl, none of the things I picked did anything to be sorry for the master's family, and it was sold because the master's family had an accident, so I had to sell someone, or I was a scapegoat, and there would be no trouble. ”
Bai Ling didn't understand these things, so he looked at Duan Hu, and when he saw him nodding, he knew that what Ren Yazi said could be believed.
"My family is a farmer, but I have done a little business and bought dozens of acres of land, and I need someone to take care of it. However, my family has a simple population, and there are only two requirements for my subordinates, one is loyalty, and the other is hard-working. If you want to climb up, our family can't afford it, but the coarse tea and light rice are full, and we won't beat and scold you at every turn, and we won't force you to make bed warmers. Those who wish to go back with me will stand in front of me. Bai Ling opened his mouth crisply, and said to those who were humane.
When everyone heard this, some stood up directly, some stepped back, and some hesitated for a while before making a decision.
Bai Ling was not disappointed, said hello to Renyazi, and left all those who were willing to sell their bodies.
"I took some embroidery work at home, which may not be comparable to the days when you used to be an embroiderer. If you are willing to be stable, stand up too, what I can guarantee is what I just said. Bai Ling looked in the direction of the embroiderer again.
When Bai Ling spoke to his subordinates before, many embroidery girls had already made a decision, but they made a choice without hesitation.
Seeing that only one-third of the embroidery girls stood up, Bai Ling was not disappointed, so he negotiated the price with Ren Yazi and got the deed of sale of these people.
As for going to the official mansion to pass the file, Duan Hu arranged for someone to do it.
"If there is a good embroidery girl in the future, please pay attention to it, and if you are willing to go to my house to do things, you will send it to Duan Gongzi's house, and when people arrive at my house, I will ask the Duan family's descendants to send you the silver." When leaving the tooth shop, Bai Ling said to the human tooth.
"Cheng, the white girl can rest assured that there is a good embroidery girl who will keep it for you." Renyazi promised.
After buying so many people, a carriage couldn't sit down, so they let them follow behind, and went all the way to Duan Yulang's house to settle it first.
Duan Hu was afraid that his subordinates would snub Bai Ling, so he personally sent her to the guest house, and finally asked the doubts in his heart.
"With the conditions of the White Girl's family, these subordinates will have a good life in the future, why does the White Girl say that?" Duan Hu was a little puzzled.
"Did I say something wrong?" Bai Ling smiled lightly: "Our family is a farmer, even if we have some silver now, we can't change our background." Those who want to have a great future have a better choice, and I don't want to bother to subdue those who are so ambitious, so as not to bully the master in the future. ”
Duan Hu choked, he hadn't thought about this, and he understood that Bai Ling's words made sense, so he gave up.
The subordinates bought by Bai Ling were temporarily placed in the wing room of the guest house, and they could not go out without the master's order.
Bai Ling, who was not mentally prepared, did not have the heart to speak, and after taking a nap, he went out shopping alone to investigate the consumption power of Baifu County.
Compared with Wufu Town, Baifu County is naturally more prosperous.
Whether it is the peddlers' pawns or those soft sedan cars, they are not comparable to the town.
Even the goods in the shops are much more abundant than in the town, and the prices are not quite the same.
It is not the first time for Bai Ling to come to the county, but it is the first time to go shopping alone, so that a more detailed comparison can be made.
"Shopkeeper, wrap me a copy of the rouge gouache in your shop." After Bai Ling visited a few fat powder shops, he chose one of the most famous shops, and planned to buy some of them all and go back to study them.