The weather was hot and dry, there was an endless stream of pedestrians and animals passing by, and dust was inevitably flying on the gravel road.
"Slave girl, you are a beautiful sister, please take a look, sir."
"Twins, real twins"
"Housewife, freshly baked, don't miss it if you pass by"
"..."
As soon as he entered the slave market, Tang Wen's eyes hidden under his hood were a little too busy.
The most eye-catching things in the market are the female slaves.
From fat to thin, everything is available.
Moreover, they looked at the boy who was shouting hard beside them.
Looking at the clothes, figures, status, and even expressions of these women, it seems that they are the ones who have the best life in the slave market.
Whenever a man they like comes in, women begin to express themselves to them frequently.
They made various movements, some exposed their legs, some raised their chests, some squatted...
With this movement, the few fabrics on his body were in danger of falling apart at any time.
Da da da.
Tang Wen continued inside.
Things have changed.
The male and female slaves inside are ordinary-looking and numb.
The clothes on his body were disheveled, and the exposed skin was full of wounds and whip marks.
This is a common slave.
"Three men and three women, the ones who are honest and able to do farm work."
"Okay! One hundred taels of silver."
"One hundred taels? You might as well grab it! Thirty taels at most"
"Oh, this man, three pairs of slaves can earn a hundred taels in just five years!"
"Haha, who are you fooling? Look at them, can they live for five years?"
"Then I'll take a step back, ninety-nine taels, hey, hey, please don't leave, eighty taels, eighty! I've really lost all my money. I haven't opened my business today, so I just want to make a friend!"
"..."
Tang Wen silently rode by on horseback. What he was selling was not an ordinary animal, but an exotic beast.
They were worth much more than the average slave.
After passing through another door, there was a faint stinking smell in his breath.
The cattle area has arrived.
"Sir, would you like to come and visit our store?"
"Master, please come this way!"
"..."
Four or five people who looked like waiters, wearing neat black turbans on a hot day, greeted Tang Wen.
The latter glanced at it and suddenly realized that these vendors selling cattle and horses were better dressed than the human traffickers outside.
"Come together, I'm in a hurry."
With the attentive help of one of the waiters, Tang Wen got off his horse.
He didn't need support, but he was satisfied with the other party's attitude.
Just like when a leader gets out of a car, he doesn't need anyone else to open the door to get out, but if you take the initiative to pull the door open and put your hand to protect your head, that's showing your attitude.
"I am a beast master, and I am knowledgeable in this profession. So be it."
Holding the horse and talking, Tang Wen came to the tea stall.
I ordered two pots of herbal tea, reached out and took out some charcoal pencils and some pieces of yellow paper.
"I have trained these ten horses and they are all for sale. If you sincerely want them, just write me a price. Here!"
Tang Wen said, pressing the rough yellow paper on the table with a clean tea bowl.
Several guys looked at each other.
They had only heard of this method.
Usually, it is the chamber of commerce representatives who do big business and don't want to hurt their harmony by bidding directly, so they bid like this.
"Everyone, my shopkeeper is in need of a good stallion. Why don't you guys give me a hand? There will be a big reward in the future!"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"That's right! I haven't even had a cup of tea, and I still reward you generously."
The other two shook their heads and laughed.
Obviously, Zhang Laosan, who spoke first, was not very particular about how he dealt with people.
Everyone hugged Tang Wen one after another, then sat down, picked up charcoal pens and paper, and quietly looked at Tang Wen.
The latter was drinking tea with a calm expression, and the scars on his face were shiny.
He seemed to be used to this kind of business situation.
The guys exchanged glances. No one knew Tang Wen. They might be from out of town.
The guys looked away: a lone beastmaster.
If you are thirty years old and above, your strength should be at the level of a martial artist.
Some of the guys are warriors and some are martial apprentices.
They didn't look much at a martial artist.
Ten horses stood in a neat row outside the tea shed.
Attracting the attention of merchants coming and going.
The guys nodded secretly. This man was not lying. The leopard-print horses in front of him were indeed tamed and docile by him.
After getting Tang Wen's permission, they walked out of the tea shed and observed the ten horses at close range.
Tang Wen discovered that these people were not only interested in the pony.
It is to focus on the reproductive organs of the medium-sized exotic beast King Ma.
The foal is raised from an early age and will be very loyal to its owner when it grows up.
As for stallions of medium exotic beasts, they are expensive to breed once.
The most common way is to cross them with female donkeys to produce hybrid mules with strong skin and endurance.
Once the mixed-blood mule is cultivated, it is equivalent to a lower-level alien beast, and its personality is more docile than the alien beast.
It can be said that a medium stallion is more than just a mount.
Especially the tamed medium-sized exotic beasts, which are a steady stream of money.
When Tang Wen drank his third bowl of tea, three people who looked like shopkeepers came from the store one after another.
The guys came forward and reported:
"You tamed it without castration? Oops! It turns out you are a master animal tamer!"
A certain experienced shopkeeper, the first thing he did when he arrived was to bend down and look at the eggs.
It was found that the double dan tool was there.
It is a stallion that can breed and lay golden eggs.
I was suddenly surprised and happy.
Tang Wen had no expression on his face and nodded slightly at him.
He had already guessed that the horse would be more valuable if it had not been gelded.
At this time, when the shopkeeper said it, he became more confident.
It's not that the shopkeeper is stupid, he immediately missed the bottom when he came up.
Mainly, the shopkeeper never imagined that someone who could tame a medium-sized exotic beast would be doing business with exotic beasts for the first time!
Plus, the main competitors are here.
Everyone is a connoisseur.
There is no need to lie to anyone.
Even if he slaps his thigh and finds a lot of faults when he comes, someone still has to believe him!
The three shopkeepers started bidding.
As Tang Wen expected, these three mainly focused on stallions and foals.
Next is the medium exotic mare.
Round after round of bidding.
Make a lot of noise.
In the end, the owner of the Sihai Beast Farm took away the stallions and mares of medium exotic beasts. One of the other two houses took away the foals, and the other three took over all the low-level horses.
An hour later, each family carefully inspected the horses in front of Tang Wen.
Tang Wen harvested 17,800 taels of silver.
It was really hard to get cash in cash, so a few zoos gave us banknotes from Sihai Trading Company.
Tang Wen took them and went to Sihai Bank to change the authentic banknotes.
Money and goods are cleared.
Tang Wen was ready to leave.
A shopkeeper said:
"Hey, master, we stayed and did some business, so we have gotten to know each other. You have come a long way, why don't you stay for a quick meal before leaving?"
With so much money in his pocket, Tang Wen always wanted to be a bad guy.
Declining their kindness, he went straight to Sihai Inn.
I asked for a "C" room.
To prevent himself from being recognized, he placed Sand Wolf and Blood Raven together in the wild.
Living alone in a house with a courtyard is a waste.
Besides, the condition of the C-shaped room in Sihai Inn is also good.
It is forty or fifty square meters in size, with a living room outside and a bedroom inside.
Twenty taels of silver a day, and only one maid to serve him.
The beauty of this maid can only be said to be very suitable for being a maid.
Tang Wen didn't ask her to serve him, so he washed himself and had a meal.
He came to the lobby of Sihai Inn and found the shopkeeper on duty today.
"Sir, what do you want from me?"
An indistinguishable voice sounded.
She looked like a handsome man, but men's clothing couldn't hide her original curves.
It's the beautiful shopkeeper Li.
Tang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, it would have been better if it wasn't Shopkeeper Zhang.
Facing an extraordinary strong man, he really had no confidence in his disguise.
Explain your purpose in a few words.
Shopkeeper Li: "If you want to experience the ultimate darkness, are you prepared for the money?"
Tang Wen carefully took out a stack of banknotes wrapped in brown paper.
Shopkeeper Li, whose nails were trimmed short and neatly, took it and nodded: "When do you want to experience it?"
"The sooner the better, even tonight."
"Tonight?" Shopkeeper Li narrowed his eyes and counted on his fingers: "Then tonight. Come find me at ten o'clock in the evening."
With that said, Shopkeeper Li took off the black token from his waist and threw it to Tang Wen.
As soon as he started, Tang Wen keenly figured out the words "four seas" and "extraordinary".
(End of chapter)
