Chapter 489 Juanjuan and Si Jinchen Extra 17
The two looked at each other and decided to ask these coolies about their situation first.
As soon as the ship docked, many people noticed that they had Asian faces.
Some merchants smelled the scent of money and surrounded them as soon as they got off the boat: "Friends, where are you from?"
"Are you here for tourism or business?"
"Would you like to stay in a hotel? Our hotel is not far away."
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Surrounded by them, no one knew how to respond and could only shout, "Stop!"
"We are from the East and want to come to your country to do business. I want to buy things I have never seen before and also want to buy goods that are in short supply."
"Of course, I also brought our country's specialties and some local features, such as silk, porcelain, tea, handicrafts, etc."
"If you're interested in these products, you can come to the ship tomorrow to talk. Bring your products and prices. I think we can all make a lot of money."
The surrounding businessmen immediately laughed. They were really interesting Oriental people.
After hearing this, they stopped gathering around and went back to sort out the goods they could sell.
Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to leave the dock and walked towards some coolies: "Can you understand what we are saying?"
"Yes." A coolie looked at the two of them with some surprise in his eyes.
"Do you want to go back to your country?" Tuantuan looked at him and asked.
The man's eyes instantly turned red when he heard this. He nodded vigorously and answered with a choked voice: "Yes, I dream about it."
"We heard the war was going on, and then we heard it was over. If I were still in China, I would definitely go and serve my country, but we can't go back."
"We could only get some news from foreigners, but it took a long time for this news to reach us."
"What are you doing? Why are you dawdling? Do you still want to eat?" A foreigner came out with a big belly, a top hat on his head and a whip in his hand.
Yuanyuan looked at the man who came out: "You are the master of these coolies."
The man looked them up and down and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I don't really want to do anything, I just want to ask, are you selling these labors?" Yuanyuan looked at him with a smile.
The man rolled his eyes and smiled: "It's not impossible for you to buy them, but the price is not cheap."
"Then tell me your price." Yuanyuan was very calm.
"I bought them for a hundred silver dollars. They've been eating and drinking at my expense for years, so they must have spent a lot of money."
"And the wages I pay them every month also need to be taken into account."
The man talked a lot, explaining everything he had and didn't have, just wanting more money.
Tuan Tuan was getting a little annoyed by what he was saying and interrupted him directly: "Just tell us how much you want. If it's suitable, we'll buy it. If it's not suitable, we'll find someone else to buy it from."
"You're not the only one with coolies here."
The man originally wanted to blackmail them because he saw that the two men were young, but he didn't expect that they were so confident.
These laborers wouldn't lose out by selling themselves, and they might even make a killing: "Ten gold coins per person."
"How dare you say that!" Tuantuan was so angry that he laughed. You turned around and prepared to pull Yuanyuan away.
"You'll get the same price anywhere else, and they may not be able to sell it to you anywhere else." The man shouted behind them.
Yuanyuan turned to look at Tuantuan: "Really not buying them?"
"Although ten gold coins are not a lot for us, sometimes if you give it too readily, it will make people remember it." Tuantuan pulled him back to the cabin.
Juanjuan has already figured out the basic situation of this country, and many things are similar to Ali's country.
The core things are not that easy to find out, but they can go to the bookstore and buy a lot of books.
The variety of books here is quite comprehensive.
Tuan Tuan Yuanyuan simply went to the bookstore to buy books, and bought a lot of all kinds of books.
The next day, many merchants came on the ship and brought their goods.
Manman and Liu Yueya respectively received the merchants who came up, and behind them were various goods.
As soon as these merchants got on board, they never took their eyes off the goods.
The main reason is that these things are so exquisite, if you can buy them, you will definitely get a high price.
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan visited all the places that sold books in the city and bought all the books they had never seen before or that they thought were useful.
But the bookstore owner's mouth was stretched from ear to ear and never closed.
They also thoughtfully asked someone to help them send all the books back to the ship.
Tuantuan took the opportunity to inquire about the coolies at the dock.
The bookstore owner pursed his lips and said, "He's just a scoundrel. He sold a laborer to you for ten gold coins. He must be crazy because of poverty!"
"I think you can give him five gold coins at most, but this man is very difficult to deal with. Seeing that you are from the East, you may also want to blackmail him."
"If you don't need it, then don't buy it. Buying slaves from us is many times cheaper than buying the laborers he has."
"Thank you." Tuantuan thanked with a smile.
After the two came out and were about to get on the boat, they were stopped by a man.
"Do you still want these laborers?" he asked directly.
"We can't afford such a high price. I heard that slaves of other races are cheaper." Tuantuan looked at the man in front of him with a smile.
The man's face changed drastically and he cursed in his heart: That damn bastard is gossiping in front of these Orientals.
"How can it be the same? There will be no communication barriers with these people you buy. They are from your country, so it will be much easier for them to use." The man smiled again.
Yuanyuan switched between several languages: "Do you think we have a communication barrier?"
The man's face froze. He hadn't expected these Orientals to know so many languages. "Five gold coins, that's the minimum."
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan exchanged a glance and nodded. "Alright, bring all the people here, along with the contract they signed. We'll hand over the money and the people."
"Okay, I'll bring the person to you in a moment." The man said and left with a big belly.
These laborers have lost their physical strength and health, and he has long wanted to replace them.
He hadn't expected that he could make some money before replacing it.
Come to think of it, he was in a good mood and brought all these laborers here.
Tuan Tuan counted nearly two hundred people in total, but that wasn't too many considering the number of ships they had.
While he was paying, Yuanyuan was checking the workers' contracts and some signed documents.
Only after making sure there was no problem did she give all the money to the man.
The man smiled, took the money and turned away.
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