At the slave market in the Western Capital City of the Western Regions, as the fleets of the Ming Dynasty Logistics Support Firm continued to arrive at the slave market, the entire slave market immediately became extremely noisy and lively.

It had been deserted for nearly half a year. The well-informed slave merchants had already prepared their banknotes and were waiting here, ready to select the best goods and then sell them to various places in the Ming Dynasty and abroad, making a huge profit from them.

The slave trade was a very profitable business.

Generally speaking, there are two modes of slave trading. One is to buy slaves from other people, then resell them. This kind of slave merchants generally make profit from the middle price difference, build scale, and have fixed purchase and sales channels.

Another type is to directly set up a slave-catching team to capture slaves and then sell them. This kind of slave traders are generally active in Tianzhu and the African continent.

This kind of slave traders are those who eat at the edge of the knife. They are ruthless people. They have a group of brothers following them. They do business without capital. If they catch an adult slave, they can sell it for thirty or forty taels of silver, and the profit is quite considerable.

It is considerable, but it faces resistance from the locals.

Both types of slave merchants have their own advantages and disadvantages. The slave merchants active in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region are all the former. They do not capture slaves themselves, but purchase slaves from others and then sell them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Logistics Support Firm is everyone's main source of slaves, because the Ming Logistics Support Firm is responsible for providing logistic support services to the Ming army.

The slaves captured by the Ming army were sold by the Ming logistics firm, and a commission was given based on a certain proportion of the money obtained.

"They are all women and children, what's going on?"

"Have all the men been killed by my Ming Dynasty's cavalry?"

Seeing the women and children inside the four-wheeled carriages, the slave merchant shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Everyone is still thinking about the feast last winter.

The Ming Dynasty's army swept across the Western Region and the Hezhong area, and captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners alone. These hundreds of thousands, even if one slave is worth thirty taels of silver, that is several million taels of silver. Many people present

Each slave merchant got his own piece of cake.

"I heard that this time the Duke of Australia ordered that all men taller than a wheel be killed, so only women and children were left."

"As long as you have slaves, it's all business anyway. The higher the price, the lower the lower. It's better to make money with some than without."

"That's right~"

Many slave merchants discussed with each other, and then looked carefully among the four-wheeled carriages, hoping to find good goods.

Slave trading is not an easy job, especially when it comes to women and children. It tests your eyesight. If you buy a beautiful woman, you may be able to sell a woman for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. Then

This is something that has happened before.

There are also some good seedlings among these children. If you find those beautiful children, raise them for a few years, train them well, and send them to brothels or other places, they can also become money-making signs. In short, they are all

Something that really tests your eyesight.

"Hmm~ There are two nice cars here, you can bid on them!"

"This No. 36 car also has good stuff in it."

Slave merchant Zhou Yin carefully looked at the women and children inside the four-wheeled carriages, and silently remembered the slaves he wanted to bid for.

The method of buying and selling slaves at the Ming Dynasty Logistics Support Firm is very simple and crude, that is, it uses bidding, and all the slaves in a four-wheeled carriage are auctioned off at one time, instead of bidding on each slave.

All slave traders know this very well.

"Dang~dang~"

Along with the sound of gongs and drums, a man walked up to a high platform holding a tin trumpet.

"Everyone, everyone, I am Wang Yue of the Ming Dynasty Logistics and Support Firm, who is responsible for this slave auction. I won't go into too much nonsense. The old rules are still the same. Slaves in four-wheeled carriages bid in units, and the one with the highest price wins.

"

"This time our Great Tomorrow Army swept across the Great Yuzi Grassland of the Kazakh Khanate. Wherever it went, it was invincible and unstoppable. It also gained a lot of gains and gained a large number of women and children."

"The number of women and children in each of these four-wheeled carriages is about thirty, some one or two more, some one or two less. The starting price of each unit is 500 taels of silver."

"The auction of car No. 1 will begin below!"

Wang Yue took a tin horn and briefly introduced the rules of bidding, and then immediately asked people to pull up the No. 1 car.

"Five hundred taels!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately offered a price.

"Five hundred and fifty taels~"

"Five hundred and sixty taels~"

"Five hundred and seventy taels~"

As the voices sounded, the slave merchants who were interested in Car No. 1 began to bid one after another. In the blink of an eye, the price had exceeded six hundred taels of silver.

"Six hundred and thirty taels of silver, is there anything higher?"

"Everyone can see clearly that the women in this car are quite good. Some of the goods are quite good. You can make a small profit by changing hands."

Wang Yue looked at everyone, smiled and said.

This time, they were all women and children, and everyone was not very enthusiastic about bidding. If there were a car full of adult slaves, it would not be like this. Everyone would rush to bid.

"Six hundred and forty taels~"

As soon as Wang Yue finished speaking, someone gritted their teeth and raised their hands.

"Okay, six hundred and forty taels of silver, is there any higher?"

Wang Yue immediately said with a smile.

When the slave merchants below heard this, they immediately shook their heads. There were only about thirty slaves, all of whom were children and women, and they had already received six hundred and forty taels of silver. Calculating, it was almost more than twenty taels of silver each. This price was already

Very high.

Slave merchants like them have to transport them back, eat, drink, eat, drink, eat, drink, etc. along the way. If they are resold, if they don't double the profit, they won't make any profit at all.

"Six hundred and forty taels of silver sold!"

Seeing that no one bid again, Wang Yue immediately smiled and waved.

Soon, the bidding for the second car started, and after it reached more than 600 taels of silver, very few people bid again. Everyone was very accurate in their calculations.

"The auction below is for car No. 36. I think many people are already ready to take action. They have already seen that there are some beautiful things in No. 36."

"No more nonsense, let's shoot for five hundred taels."

Wang Yue looked at the newly pulled up car No. 36, smiled and introduced it.

Hearing Wang Yue's words, many slave merchants looked over and saw several graceful, beautiful, and fair-skinned girls in Car No. 36, who were very young and beautiful.

Goods, they are definitely super popular goods.

"This will cost you a lot of money."

Zhou Yin, who had been staring at car No. 36, looked at the fiery gazes of his colleagues around him, and immediately frowned helplessly. The beauties in Car No. 36 were definitely extremely popular.

There is no whitewashing, and the clothes he wears are very ordinary, and they can already make people feel stunning. As long as they put on a little makeup and put on beautiful clothes, there is absolutely no problem in selling them for thousands of taels of silver.

Rich people here in the Beijing-Tianjin area now really like to buy some Western Beauty bed warmers. They don’t have to worry about selling good products. No matter how expensive the price is, there are always people who want them.

"Six hundred taels~"

"Seven hundred taels~"

"Eight hundred taels~"

As soon as Wang Yue finished speaking, the slave merchants immediately began to bid one after another, their eyes lit up, and the prices continued to rise.

"One thousand five hundred taels~"

Zhou Yin gritted his teeth and directly quoted a high price of 1,500 taels of silver. The slave merchants who were bidding were stunned for a moment and calmed down a lot in an instant.

"One thousand six hundred taels~"

But soon someone else followed suit and bid. There are still many people who know the goods, and some people come here specifically for this kind of top-quality goods. They have special channels to sell them at a higher price, or to realize more value.

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"One thousand, seven hundred taels~"

"One thousand eight hundred taels~"

There were many people following the price, which made Zhou Yin immediately shake his head helplessly and had to choose to give up the No. 36 car.

"Two thousand taels of silver~"

Wang Yue was smiling all over his face. This car could be used as several cars. The most important thing was the beauties in car No. 36. Scarce resources are always valuable.

The bidding here in the slave market is very hot. Slave merchants gather together and constantly raise their hands to bid. There are also many people here who are full and have nothing to do to watch the excitement.

Each of them looked at the women in the car with bright eyes, discussing with each other, and the discussion kept going on.

Just as the bidding was in full swing, a special group of people came to the slave market.

Li Guaizi led a dozen familiar people to the slave market.

“It’s so lively~”

"Isn't that right? Every time there is a war, this slave market is the busiest."

"I heard that many women and children were caught this time. This time, each of us can buy a woman to keep warm in bed."

Around Li Guaizi, everyone was talking in various directions.
To be continued...