The women who were unable to decide their own fate were patted away one by one by the people in the audience.
Beautiful female slaves are auctioned for high prices; those with average looks are often priced much lower.
After the female slaves were auctioned off, it was the turn of the adult male slaves, and the buyers in the audience left one after another. Compared with the crowded situation before, the number of buyers was reduced by more than half.
Most of those who stayed to bid for adult male slaves were from various prefectures that needed labor.
Su Yin took a quick look and found that many housekeepers were mixed in with the crowd.
Slave trader Lao Luo was not surprised at all when he saw that nearly half of the people in the audience were missing, as it was always the same.
"Everyone, the adult slaves we brought to you this time are of better quality than the last two times."
"Come, let everyone have a look first."
As he spoke, Lao Luo asked his men to open the best iron cage, and then they waved whips to drive the people out of the cage.
Adult men in ragged clothes were driven onto the stage like animals.
"Come, show us your muscles and your strength."
The slaves stood in a row, obediently raised their arms to show their muscles to the buyers below the stage.
"This batch of slaves is good."
"It's pretty good, better than the last batch. The last batch was just a bunch of skin and bones, and they all looked sick."
"It was cheap last time. I'm afraid the goods this time won't be cheap."
The people below were talking, and Lao Luo on the stage started to quote prices after the slaves finished their presentation.
"The starting price for each slave is ten taels. The highest bidder wins. You can bid now."
As soon as Lao Luo finished speaking, someone in the audience raised the price.
"I'll give you fifteen taels."
"I'll give you twenty taels."
As the people below were shouting enthusiastically, a man standing in the corner shouted loudly: "There are ten people on the stage, I'll take care of them all, thirty taels per person."
As soon as this price was announced, other bidders stopped bidding.
Everyone knew that raising the price any higher would be too high. There were plenty of slaves being sent later, so there was no need to fight to the death. Not to mention that this kind of person could attract ten buyers at once, all of whom had backgrounds and were not people they could afford to offend.
Lao Luo originally thought that this batch was of high quality and could be sold at a high price, but he didn't expect that a Cheng Yaojin would appear and ruin his plan.
It was impossible for Lao Luo to offend such a customer, so he asked his subordinates to take over with a smile on his face.
Su Yin did not participate in the whole process, but paid close attention to the people around him and the auction prices, and had a general idea of what kind of slaves corresponded to what kind of prices.
Purchasing this kind of slaves is completely different from purchasing human children.
Those kind of boys were sold by wealthy families, or their families were raided and they were sent to the Music Bureau to be slaves.
Slave traders plundered these slaves from various channels. Some of these slaves were sold by their families, some were kidnapped, and some were captured on the way to escape. In short, there are all kinds of them.
Batches of adult male slaves were pushed onto the stage and bought one after another, but the person she had been waiting for never got her turn.
Nangong Jingzhi said: "Don't worry, it will be your turn soon."
"Um."
Just as they finished speaking, another group of slaves were driven onto the stage, among them was Yang Fu.
When the people in the audience saw this group of slaves, they booed.
"Lao Luo, these people look half dead. They died within two days of working after I bought them. It's a huge loss."
"Of course you are. You have the nerve to bring it up in this condition."
"Look at that man, he's just skin and bones. I don't think he'll die in the blink of an eye."
The man in the audience pointed at a slave on the stage, and that slave was none other than Yang Fu, who was so thin that he looked unrecognizable.
Despite being booed by the audience, Lao Luo still had a smile on his face. "How could I, Lao Luo, be that kind of person? If you don't believe me, I'll ask him to perform a one-handed handstand for you."
Lao Luo turned around, with a cold face, and ordered Yang Fu: "Hurry up, perform a one-handed handstand for the men in the audience."
Yang Fu was in a daze and seemed not to have heard what the other person said, or he had lost all life at all and had already blocked out all the sounds around him.
When the people in the audience saw that the slave didn't move, they all started to mock him.
"Hahaha, Lao Luo, you're no good. People don't listen to you."
"Oh, don't be soulless."
"I think that man is dying."
Lao Luo couldn't show displeasure or lose his temper to the people in the audience, but he had no such scruples towards these slaves. He simply whipped Yang Fu's thin body.
Yang Fu felt pain and woke up as if from a dream. He subconsciously raised his hand to block it.
The more he blocked, the harder the other party whipped him.
Nangong Jingzhi lowered his voice and reminded, "Hold on, don't let these vampires know that you have a relationship with the person on the stage, otherwise, they will offer you a sky-high price."
Seeing her worry, Nangong Jingzhi comforted her: "Don't worry, he will be fine. These people will not kill people easily. Killing people will make less money, so don't worry."
"I see."
Su Yin naturally understood this truth, but looking at the man on the stage who was beaten and curled up with his head in his hands, it would be a lie to say that she didn't feel sad.
The body was so thin that it looked like bones were falling off. A whip would be no different from hitting the bones.
After Lao Luo whipped Yang Fu a few times, he stopped, kicked the curled-up Yang Fu, and ordered, "Hurry up and perform a one-handed handstand for the distinguished guests in the audience."
There was finally a change on Yang Fu's dull face. He stood up slowly and performed a handstand with great effort. His hungry body was simply unable to support him in completing such a difficult performance. As soon as he supported himself on the stage with one hand, he fell heavily to the ground before he could even lift his legs.
There was an immediate booing from the audience.
Someone said, "Okay, okay, Lao Luo, stop making trouble. Just tell me how these people sell it and the price. If it's suitable, I will buy one and bring it back to work for me."
Others followed suit.
Most of the people who can stay here now have stayed for more than an hour. Such a long time has made many people impatient.
Lao Luo knew this truth very well, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Yang Fu who was lying on the ground. He opened his mouth and made an offer directly, "These slaves, I will give you the most favorable price, the starting price for each one is two taels of silver."
He first pushed the most presentable person among the group to the front.
The people in the audience had already picked and chosen this group of people and knew which ones were worth buying and which ones were not.
"I'll give you three taels."
"I'll give you 4 taels, no more."
"I'll give you five taels."
When the price reached five taels, no one else bid anymore. Lao Luo looked at the price with a painful expression on his face, "Congratulations to this distinguished guest."
His face was in pain, but his heart was filled with joy.
These people are basically in a no-cost business, they are recruited from the refugee population, they don't ask for a penny, just need to be given a meal.
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