Now, Peng Yu had the chance to see the real Kunlun slaves. He carefully sized up their physical characteristics.
He realized that these people were about the same height as him. They had strong muscles and curly hair. They were no different from the black men he had seen in university in his later life.
Therefore, he concluded that these ships should have come from Africa in the future. However, could the ships of this era really travel that far?
"This is a Kunlun slave?" He asked Xiao Fan curiously.
" Yes, they've just been shipped over from overseas. Look at their muscles. They're much stronger than us Central Plainsmen." Xiao Fan nodded.
" Moreover, they were transported down from the ship and will be transported to Chang 'an in two days. The price will be even more expensive. Young Master, if you want to buy them, hurry up. There won't be such good goods in two days." Xiao Fan added.
Peng Yu smiled and didn't say anything.'Isn't your words the same as those real estate agents in the future who said that property prices would rise in two days? There's nothing new about it.'
"Will they do the work of our Great Tang?”Peng Yu was still a little hesitant. Wouldn't it be a waste if she didn't know how to work after buying it?
"Don't worry, Young Master. We've already trained them. Not only do they know how to farm, but they also know how to cook." Little Fan spoke with assurance.
Peng Yu rolled her eyes. They were exaggerating. How dare they cook? Would they dare to eat their food?
Peng Yu took a closer look at two of them. They were tall and looked more energetic. Thinking that the warehouse still lacked two people to move goods, he pointed at two of them and said to Peng Yong,
"Brother, test their strength."
Peng Yong looked around and pointed at a large rock in the distance. He said to Xiao Fan,""Let them move that stone."
Xiao Fan glanced at the stone, walked over, and slapped the two slaves. He roared,""Go and bring that stone over."
The slave walked over with a calm expression. He exerted a little strength with his hands and lifted the stone up. He walked in front of Peng Yu.
Peng Yong nodded. The other slave also bent down to pick up the stone and moved it to its original place.
"Not bad. Can they speak the Tang language?”Peng Yu nodded and said to Xiao Fan.
"Of course. Come, tell me about it." When Xiao Fan saw that the business was about to be closed, he became excited.
"Young Master, my name is Big Black." The leader of the slaves said weakly. His accent was a little stiff.
"Young Master, my name is Xiao Hei." Another Kunlun slave said.
"Are you two brothers?" Peng Yu was also rendered speechless by these two people. What kind of lousy names were these? Those who didn't know better would think that they were Xiong Da and Xiong Er.
Big Black nodded in agreement. Peng Yu was satisfied that he could understand Chinese.
He asked Little Fan about the price. It was 20 strings, which made Peng Yu's heart ache a little. After all, he was still relying on the money from the storytellers and the Wang and Lu families selling soda noodles in Luoyang. He had also spent a lot on the courtyard.
However, he still gritted his teeth and bought it. After all, these were two tall and strong men who could do a lot of things.
Although he had learned from the modern world that everyone was equal, he was a little conflicted after coming to this slave market. However, he was currently in dire need of manpower.
" Young Master, don't you need a servant girl or something? I know a place where the girls are proficient in needlework and their looks are not ordinary." After getting the money, Xiao Fan introduced the money to Peng Yu with a smile.
"Alright, let's go and take a look." Peng Yu thought that her family needed a few maids to help her mother with the housework, so she could go and take a look.
They had only taken a few steps when they heard the intense cries of a young girl from afar.
Peng Yu could not help but frown as she strode towards the source of the crying.
As she walked closer, Peng Yu's frown deepened. In front of a stall, two girls were holding their heads in pain. A woman beside them was whipping the two girls with a whip.
In between the lashes, a few men were laughing as they stretched out their hands and pinched the faces of the two girls. Their expressions were frivolous.
"Who are they?" Peng Yu suppressed her anger and asked Xiao Fan.
"They are new goods that have only been on the market for two to three days. I'm being trained, can't you see?”Little Fan stared at the two girls and said to Peng Yu.
"Training with whips?" Peng Yu couldn't believe it. A living person was being whipped like a horse?
"Then what do you say? The leather whip was already a light punishment. When these slaves were first captured, they wanted to escape at any time. If they were not given a harsh punishment, they would not remember. Especially these little chicks. Only by beating them into submission would they obediently listen to you.”Xiao Fan said expressionlessly, as if he was talking about a puppy or a calf, not a living person.
Peng Yu sucked in a breath of cold air. This slavery system was too cruel. Not to mention human rights, there was no guarantee of personal safety.
In fact, this was also Peng Yu's first time encountering such a system. In feudal times, slaves were the goods of their masters, and the masters could do whatever they wanted with their slaves.
The casual treatment here meant that if you wanted to cut him twice, you could cut him twice. If you want to slap her twice, then slap her twice. As long as you like it.
You can also give these slaves to others or resell them to others, just like how we publish a reselling notice on the second-hand market app.
When Peng Yu was in modern society, her impression of the Tang Dynasty was mostly obtained from books. It was said that the Tang Dynasty was the most developed and advanced dynasty in the ancient history of China.
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