Chapter 204 The difficulty increases
Old Han's eyes twitched slightly when he heard this, but he still wore a friendly smile as he said slowly, "So you are here to look for the 'Slave Market'."
"Slave market?"
Cheng Sinian repeated the word in a young voice. Although he didn't show it on his face, he felt a little disgusted in his heart.
"Yeah," Name said from the side, "It's just like slaves in ancient times. Once you buy it, it's yours. You can do with it as you please."
"That's why it's called 'Slave City'."
"What? You don't even know this?" Mingzi frowned again. "If you don't know, why did you come all the way to the Slave Market? Can't we hire people in the base?"
Hearing this, Cheng Sinian smiled again. "I know you can buy people, but I've never heard of the name 'slave market'. It's my first time hearing it, so I'm a little confused."
"And I'm a little worried...at this price..."
Old Han looked at Cheng Sinian, who looked short of money, and couldn't help but look at the four people's clean clothes and fair and delicate faces.
This doesn't look like... it doesn't look like there is no crystal core?
Cheng Sinian noticed Old Han's scrutiny and tugged at the hem of his clothes awkwardly. "Brother Han, don't be fooled by our fancy clothes. We're all big spenders. Once we get the crystal cores, they're gone. We don't have much left..."
Seeing this, Old Han showed a hint of realization on his face. "That's not a big problem. As long as you don't want to buy high-end goods, it shouldn't cost much."
"High-end stuff? Is there any difference between it and regular stuff?"
"That's a huge difference." Mingzi grinned, a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "It's a high-end product. I'm afraid you can afford it, but you can't afford to maintain it!"
"What do you mean, Brother Ming?" Cheng Sinian raised an eyebrow. "Since he's a slave, he should eat whatever his master eats. How can he still say he can't afford to support him? Does he have the right to choose?"
Mingzi rolled her eyes impatiently. "It seems you guys really don't understand the market and rules at all. Old Han, explain it to them systematically. I'm too lazy to explain these troublesome things."
"Okay." Old Han still had that friendly look on his face. He didn't care at all about Mingzi's impatient attitude and bossy attitude. He smiled and explained to Cheng Sinian, "Little brother, when we say 'high-end goods', we don't just mean those beautiful vases. Most of the high-end goods refer to those with very powerful aliens or mutants."
"You know, people like those who are different or mutants definitely have enough means to survive, so it's almost impossible for them to voluntarily sell themselves into slavery. They were either abducted by traffickers or sold by family or friends."
"Since it's not voluntary, it's definitely hard to control. If you want them to obey, you'll have to use some tricks."
Cheng Sinian pursed his lips when he heard this. "So... you mean... there's a way to control them?"
"You are a teachable young man." Old Han continued to smile. "Although high-end goods are more expensive than low-end goods, they are not so expensive that ordinary people cannot afford them. But if you want to keep controlling them, you must keep buying medicine from the sellers. So what Mingzi meant just now is that even if you can afford to buy people, you may not be able to afford to buy medicine all the time."
“There’s actually such a medicine?”
Cheng Sinian's eyes flickered, and Qiao Yu's expression darkened.
It seemed that ever since they discovered the Chinese medicine used by the soldiers on Mingxia Mountain, things had gradually developed in an uncontrollable direction.
In her previous life, she had never heard of these medicines.
Even if these medicines originated in City G in the past, given the close exchanges between City G and City B, there is no reason why no news about them would be heard in City B.
What's more, in her previous life, she stayed in City B until the fourth year of the apocalypse. If it really existed, it would be impossible for her to be completely unaware of it.
The current situation only proves that this medicine has never been developed in the previous life.
She knew that some of the things she did after her rebirth might have changed the predetermined trajectory, so it would have some impact. But she didn't expect it to have such an impact.
This feeling of unknown was very bad for Qiao Yu.
If many things are out of her control, then will Han Ming... also be completely out of her control?
While Qiao Yu's thoughts were turning in circles, Cheng Sinian was still communicating with Old Han.
Old Han looked at Cheng Sinian's surprised expression, and his smile deepened. "Of course. Otherwise, how can buyers feel confident purchasing those high-end goods?"
"That's right." Cheng Sinian smiled. "Thank you so much, Brother Han and Brother Ming, otherwise we would still be like headless flies."
Mingzi heard this and a smile flashed across her face. She immediately said, "Okay, okay."
Old Han didn't say anything, but just smiled and nodded slightly.
Seeing that the two men looked relatively calm, Cheng Sinian continued to ask, "Brother Han, Brother Ming, you just mentioned that there are many black markets. Could you please tell us more specifically which ones they are? And where is the slave market?"
"actually……"
When Old Han heard this, he smiled and was about to open his mouth, but was interrupted by Mingzi.
"There aren't that many black markets, actually. There are only four."
Cheng Sinian glanced at Old Han and found that even though he was interrupted, he did not look angry or dissatisfied. He just smiled and kept his mouth shut.
Cheng Sinian thought to himself that it seemed that Mingzi had a very high status here.
Or rather...
Cheng Sinian glanced at the house behind them.
Mingzi's status among this group of people is quite high.
Mingzi didn't notice Cheng Sinian's inquiring gaze and continued to introduce them to the East Black Market. "The East Black Market mainly sells food and drinks. The West Black Market sells daily necessities. The South Black Market..." Mingzi pointed to the sign she had just shown Cheng Sinian. "Yes, that's it. The one closest to us is the South Market."
"South Market mainly sells weapons, used cars, and the like."
"As for the slave market you're looking for, it's in the innermost North Black Market."
"The innermost part?" Cheng Sinian frowned. "Is it very far from here?"
Mingzi frowned and thought for a moment, "From a distance perspective, it's definitely not that close. If we go through South City, we'll probably have to walk about two kilometers."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Sinian frowned even more tightly. Is this place so big?
The southern black market looked quite large, but I didn't expect it would take another two kilometers to get through.
Then if they want to find Lao Hei... wouldn't it be even more difficult?
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