Outside the Dongsheng Gate of Ganyang City, a group of ferocious men kept shouting at the hungry people, "We want beautiful girls under sixteen and over ten!
Two strings of cash plus five dou of rice. The number of places is limited, so come quickly if you are interested!"
Many hungry people with daughters came forward to ask, and then brought their daughters to a fat and big-eared middle-aged woman for her to choose.
The family of those who were not selected sighed, while the family of those who were selected cried bitterly.
Sun Hao felt really sorry when he saw such a scene, but he did not interfere. Before, not to mention selling children, Sun Hao had even seen people eating their own children.
What's more, there are probably 20,000 to 30,000 starving people just outside Dongsheng Gate. Even if Sun Hao wants to be kind, how many people can he save!
At this time, a sturdy man standing next to Sun Hao whispered to him, "Master, those people are from the Red Tiger Gang. The women they buy will be sent to the brothel under the Red Tiger Gang's name."
This strong man is called Ma Wu. He is a family soldier of Sun Hao's father Sun Zhe. He has been ordered to wait for Sun Hao's arrival at Dongshengmen for the past few days.
When Sun Hao and his companions arrived outside Dongsheng Gate, before they could reveal Sun Zhe's name, Ma Wu came up with a few people and confirmed Sun Hao's identity.
However, since Sun Hao and his men had more than a hundred fully armored cavalrymen and hundreds of war horses, even with the testimony of Sun Zhe's family soldiers such as Ma Wu, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate did not dare to let them pass easily and required a pass from General Sun Lang.
So Ma Wu had no choice but to ask a family soldier to ride back to the camp of the Third Brigade of the Left Guard in the city and report the matter to Sun Zhe.
When Taishi Ci heard Ma Wu say that the women who were bought would be sent to brothels, he hesitated for a moment and said to Sun Hao, "Master, there is a war going on in the Gulu Kingdom right now, and we don't know when it will end.
We might be staying in Ganyang City for a long time, so why not buy a few maids to take care of the young master and young lady, and also help out with Madam Gao? "
Gule State was the only country in the Western Regions that bordered Liang State. It had more than 200 cities and a population of over 10 million, and was one of the five most powerful countries in the Western Regions.
In name, Gule State was still a vassal state of Liang State, and more than 80% of the population in Gule State were Liang people, but the royal family of Gule State was white people from the Western Regions.
A few months ago, the old king of Gule suddenly died. Subsequently, in order to compete for the throne, several princes, supported by their respective supporters, chose to go to war, and the outcome has not been determined until now.
It was precisely because of the civil strife in the Gule Kingdom that the tens of thousands of Ganyang troops stationed in Ganyang City were reluctant to send troops to clear out the bandits in various parts of Pizhou.
Even when many tribes of the Xiongnu Khanate invaded the border to plunder this time, the Ganyang Army did not dare to sweep away the Tartar cavalry as they did in previous years.
After learning from the four riders that the Gule Kingdom was at war and the trade routes were almost cut off, Sun Hao had to temporarily give up the idea of going to the Western Regions to make money. Fortunately, Sun Hao was not short of money now.
In addition to leaving the Four Cavalrymen to Sun Hao, his uncle Liu Dongqi also left him a full 8,000 taels of gold, which is equivalent to 80,000 strings of copper coins.
Sun Hao sighed and said to Taishi Ci, "Then buy two maids for Xiao Ni'er, and two more for Madam Gao and Sister Gao. Remember to give them more money."
The Mrs. Gao mentioned by Sun Hao is the mother of the three brothers of the Gao family, and Mrs. Gao is Gao Heng’s wife.
When they heard that Taishi Ci wanted to buy maids for the female members of the family, many hungry people who were ready to sell their daughters suddenly came over and begged Taishi Ci, Pang De and others to buy their daughters.
A group of members of the Red Tiger Gang, seeing someone trying to steal their business, wanted to cause trouble.
However, he was stopped by the fat middle-aged woman, "All of you, please be quiet. Don't you see what's going on over there?
They're just buying a few maids, and it won't hinder us. Now as long as we have money and food, we can have as many beautiful girls from outside Ganyang City as we want!"
Taishi Ci, Pang De and others quickly selected four maids aged fifteen or sixteen and gave each of them 20 strings of cash as a selling fee.
When the hungry people saw that Taishi Ci and his men only picked four maids, they stopped buying anything and flocked to the Red Tiger Gang again.
Sun Hao waited outside Dongsheng Gate for about half an hour, and then Wei Hu led a dozen of Sun Zhe's family soldiers and rode horses from the city to Dongsheng Gate.
Wei Hu showed the badge proving Sun Zhe's identity to a captain at Dongsheng Gate, and only then did Sun Hao and his companions enter Ganyang City from Dongsheng Gate.
Because of Sun Zhe, Sun Hao and his men no longer have to pay the city gate tax.
However, Sun Hao's excitement about seeing his father was immediately extinguished by Wei Hu's words.
"Master, the general has been busy with military affairs recently and I'm afraid he won't be able to find time to see you in the near future.
However, the general has already arranged an inn for you. Once the general is done with his work, he will summon you immediately."
Looking at the commander of the family soldiers with a combat power of 79 points, Sun Hao asked calmly, "Uncle Wei, does my father know about the death of my second uncle?"
Wei Hu nodded. "After Zhao Zhong met the young master outside the garrison, he sent someone to Ganyang City to report the death of the second master to the general."
“It’s good that my father knows.
I brought a lot of people and horses with me to Ganyang City this time, so there is no need to trouble my father to make the arrangements.
We'll find an inn nearby and settle down there first.
Next, I will stay in Ganyang City for a while. When my father is not busy, I will go to visit him.
There's another matter I might need to trouble Uncle Wei with. My brothers and I captured 323 Tartar heads on our journey. I wonder if Uncle Wei has any way to sell them?"
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