Ugh!
Hearing Tian Meng's words, Jia Zhen was stunned for a moment, and his expression was a little strange!
Tian Kui turned to look at him.
"What is it, Lord Jia?"
"It's fine, it's fine. Marquis Wu An, please wait a moment. I'll get someone to bring it over and let Marquis Wu An choose!”Jia Zhen's expression quickly returned to normal as he spoke.
Marquis Wu An was a young man, so he naturally liked young and beautiful women!
At that moment, Jia Zhen went down to give instructions.
Tian Meng held a cup of tea and looked around leisurely. This was a courtyard surrounded by a long corridor that led to many large rooms at the back.
Although it was Tian Kong's first time in the Official Slaves Department, he had some understanding of it.
Most of the slaves here were slaves who had committed crimes, or the descendants of sinners, or commoners who had been demoted to slaves after being defeated!
The slaves of the Official Slaves Department would not be sold to outsiders. They were either rewarded by the Emperor to his subjects or bought by the nobles. Of course, most of the slaves were arranged by the Imperial Court to do various errands.
As far as Tian Meng knew, there were as many as thirty thousand horse slaves in charge of raising horses in the northwest horse farm of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. There were also slaves who worked in various imperial court jobs. There were many official slaves in the imperial court now.
Of course, the imperial court would also exempt some slaves from being commoners every year, but whether or not they were lucky enough to be pardoned was another matter!
Very quickly!
As Tian Meng was thinking, Jia Zhen led the way back. Behind him, an old woman led a group of women in thin clothes with their heads lowered through the corridor and into the courtyard!
"Stand properly!"
Jia Zhen shouted at the group of servants.
The servants lowered their heads and stood in a row in front of Tian Meng.
"Let me tell you, the person in front of you is the Imperial Court's Marquis of Wu 'an. If Marquis Wu' an can buy him, that would be your fortune.”
Jia Zhen said to the servants with quite an imposing manner.
It was obvious that these people had all been trained after being sent here. They were all very obedient and didn't dare to resist. They all raised their heads and lowered their eyes, not daring to look at Tian Qiong.
However, they also saw Tian Qiong in front of them. Looking at him, many maids revealed a slight surprise in their eyes.
Such a young lord…
"Marquis Wu An, take a look. Is there anything that you are satisfied with?”
Jia Zhen bowed and smiled at Tian Meng.
Tian Qiong nodded slightly and looked at the nearly ten maidservants who were lined up in thin clothes.
These maidservants looked pretty good overall. The younger ones looked to be around seventeen or eighteen, and the older ones were definitely not even thirty!
However, these maidservants looked a little tanned. It was obvious that they had done a lot of work since they were young. They probably did not have a good background.
Tian Meng compared the two of them, then looked at the young woman with the fairest skin, the best figure, and the prettiest face.
Jia Zhen, who was beside him, had been paying attention to Tian Cui's expression. When he saw Tian Cui looking at the maidservant, he immediately pointed at her and said,
"Aren't you going to introduce yourself to Marquis Wuan?”
The servant girl quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to Tian Meng.
"Lord, good day. Servant's name is Linghua, from Pengcheng, 23 years old…"
Tian Meng nodded. She was a Jiangnan beauty and had a nice voice. She was the best among this group.
"Lord Jia, what is her price?"
"Replying to Marquis Wu An, the price recorded in her records is two hundred gold!”
Jia Zhen bowed and said to Tian Meng.
"So expensive?"
Tian Meng asked Jia Zhen in surprise.
Families with tens of thousands of money in Chang 'an City could afford to buy slaves. The price of this female servant was 200 gold coins, which was more than 100,000 gold coins. Moreover, this was an official office, not an outside peddler.
He knew that the slaves of the Official Slave Department were graded according to their age, appearance, talent, skills, and so on. The price of each grade was different, and the first grade was the highest.
It was only a middle-sized maid that cost more than a hundred thousand yuan. This was indeed a high price in the official slave department. Moreover, this maid did not seem to have any talent or skills.
"Hehe, this is the highest grade in our department, so the price is also the highest!”
Jia Zhen smiled awkwardly.
Young, beautiful, and with a good figure, it was naturally more expensive!
"This is the highest grade?"
Tian Meng frowned, then looked at Jia Zhen and said,
"Is there anything else?"
"There's more!"
"She stays here. Call the others up to take a look!”
Tian Meng said to Jia Zhen.
Jia Zhen hurriedly made arrangements for the old woman beside him.
Soon, another group of female servants was brought into the courtyard by the old woman.
Tian Qiong shook her head. She was not good looking.
Jia Zhen saw Tian Kui's expression and waved his hand at the old woman, telling her to call him up again.
After changing into a few female servants, Tian Meng was not satisfied. The first batch of female servants had the best looks, and the later batches of female servants also had children.
"Marquis of Wuan, there aren't many servants in the Official Slaves Department that can be sold!”
After calling out several batches of female servants, Tian Meng, to no avail, the old woman looked at Jia Zhen with a troubled expression.
Only then did Jia Zhen turn to Tian Meng with a bitter smile.
"Marquis Wu An, there aren't many slaves available for sale in the Official Slave Department, especially when your request is…"
Jia Zhen did not continue.
Tian Meng also rubbed his nose, but he looked at Jia Zhendao with some doubt.
"In this rebellion of the seven kingdoms, many people were demoted to slavery. There shouldn't be no good-looking ones in the Official Slaves Department, right?”
As he spoke, Tian Meng stared at him and tried to frown.
"Lord Jia, are you hiding it? Or are you looking down on me?"
"No, no, how could this lowly official dare to hide anything, and even less dare to look down on Marquis Wu An!”
When Jia Zhen heard Tian Kui's words, his expression changed. He hurriedly continued,
"Even if I had the courage, I wouldn't dare!”
Tian Kui looked at Jia Zhen's expression. This guy didn't seem to be faking it. He probably didn't have the guts to deceive a close official of the emperor.
"Hehe, I was joking with Lord Jia. Lord Jia, please don't mind!”
Tian Meng said to Jia Zhen with a smile.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Tian Meng's eyes caught sight of an old woman leading a few young and slim women out of the corridor not far away!
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