Chapter 96: Slave Market .5

  Good things come to those who wait.

  To achieve one's original goal, although it sometimes seems like a simple matter that can be accomplished in one step, when you actually do it, you will find that it is not so easy.

  It's just like doing research, whether it's scientific or medical, to achieve a goal and overcome a difficult hurdle, you have to go through a long process. During this time, there will be setbacks, the road will be very tortuous, and of course, there will also be gains, although these gains may not be related to one's original purpose, but many techniques and secrets are actually discovered in this unexpected process, such as Coca-Cola.

  "Hehehe, young master, please take a look. The row of female slaves we're passing by now were originally some foreign maids and seamstresses who escaped to Dashu due to war, and eventually fell into my hands." Chen Baozi slowly led the way in front, his hands constantly gesturing as he introduced Wu Yeyu to the disheveled female slaves in the cages beside him. These slaves were mostly middle-aged, although there were some young ones, but very few.

  "Haha~ Young Master, since you've just bought so many soldier slaves, they'll all need to eat and wear clothes. Although you can also buy these things from outside, to be honest, nothing beats the comfort of having them made at home. And I've tried their cooking and sewing, it's absolutely top-notch! Would you like to buy a few more? I'll give you a discount."

  Wu Yeru lowered his head and thought for a moment, although he was not very satisfied with Chen Pangzi's behavior of plucking the goose, but what he said was indeed the truth. Having bought so many slaves back, eating and dressing were all problems, it would be better to make their own at home rather than buying from outside, anyway, there was plenty of space at home, so he didn't mind buying a few skilled slaves back.

  "Yu Hu, later you take a small servant to select slaves, the kitchen maid needs 20 seamstresses and 30 others. Hmm, choose those with slightly better bodies, don't bring back any sick ones, it's best if they're not too ugly, if you think there's anything else needed, you can also appropriately select a few other slaves, finally report back to me."

  "Yes! Young master!" Yu Hu heard Wu Yeru's words and immediately straightened up to answer. Chen Pangzi, who was leading the way in front, narrowed his eyes into a slit, and his mouth curved upwards so much that his back teeth were visible. Needless to say, he must have been extremely pleased with himself. When he saw Wu Yeru turn around and glare at him, his expression only returned to normal, and he bowed slightly and said...

  "Haha, young master, please go ahead! This way..."

  As expected, Chen Pangzi led Wu Yeru around in a big circle again, and in the middle of it, they went to see another batch of pretty female slaves. Chen Pangzi started talking profusely, trying his best to persuade Wu Yeru to buy a few more to serve him in bed. However, although Wu Yeru had some thoughts about it, his body was still not fully developed, and the small hands that Xiao Tao pinched on his waist and her resentful eyes were really unbearable. In the end, Wu Yeru rejected the idea, citing his young age and saying they would discuss it later.

  "Chen Baozi, do you have the kind of slave I want or not? I feel like we've been walking around this broken tent for several rounds. Are you trying to introduce me to all the slaves in your store or what? Am I that easy to fool?! Wu Yeyu felt the pressure from his waist and had no choice but to shift Xiao Tao's attention away, so he decisively fired at Chen Baozi, the culprit."

  All that could be seen was Wu Ye's eyes narrowing as he stared at the smiling fat boss, his right foot lightly stomping on the ground.

  "Boom!" The ground shook slightly, and a small footprint about half a foot deep appeared on the originally smooth bluestone floor. Everyone was shocked, clearly not expecting that such a small kid could have such strength. Even Yu Qianshan, who had been focusing on the small booklet in his hand, was extremely surprised at this moment, with a flash of light in his eyes.

  Mr. Chen's face stiffened, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his eyes twitched slightly as he apologized to Wu Ye Yu with a mournful expression, scolding himself for being momentarily possessed by evil spirits and not taking Wu Ye Yu on a wild goose chase.

  In this process, the small peach originally pinched Wu Yeru's waist meat with a small hand also opened up, and the eyes were filled with thick surprise looking at the small pit on the ground that was trampled by Wu Yeru. One small hand covered his mouth, unable to speak. Wu Yeru saw this situation slightly pleased, hurriedly let Chen Laoban who was still scolding himself stop, took himself to choose slaves.

  This time, they didn't delay any further. As soon as they turned two corners, they stopped in front of a row of cages. Inside the cages were more than twenty children, with the oldest being around Wu Ye's age and the youngest only five or six years old. They were huddled together, their bodies bearing many scars from whiplashes, their faces stained with tears, and most of them had fearful expressions in their eyes. Some, however, looked calm, as if they had already gotten used to the environment inside the cages. There were over ten such cages lined up side by side.

  Seeing this, Wu Yeru's eyebrows slightly furrowed, very unaccustomed to seeing these children of similar size to herself suffering such a fate. Little Tao by her side already had eyes full of mist, tightly hugging Wu Yeru's arm, and with a turn of her little head, she buried it in Wu Yeru's chest, clearly not wanting to see this scene.

  At this time, Old Chen said in a timely manner: "Young master, you see, these are the young slaves you're looking for. The boys and girls are separated, the boys are on this side, and the girls are on the opposite side. Young master, please choose as you like, and we'll give you a discount after you've finished selecting."

  After listening to his words, Wu Yeru nodded to indicate that he understood and patted the slightly trembling Xiaotao before starting to throw detection techniques at these children one by one, preparing to select a few with good qualifications for cultivation. Although Wu Yeru had several moments where he wanted to buy all of these children, even if their qualifications weren't very good, he could still give them a relatively free life; those without great prospects in cultivation could also learn a trade.

  However, Wu Yeru still endured and made an effort to drive this idea out of his mind. It wasn't that he was heartless, but even if he did do something, it would be pointless. Not to mention anything else, just the hundreds of children in front of him now - even if he didn't care about spending money to buy them, this was merely a single slave tent.

  Wu Yeru previously saw clearly, there are at least a few hundred such tent shops like Chen Pangzi's on the square. Is it possible for Wu Yeru to buy them all? Not to mention whether Wu Yeru has that much money, even if he does, what's the point of buying them all? The consequence will definitely be more slaves being transported to Linbo City, and there is no other reason, just because the little slaves here are easy to sell.

  This is just a small Linbo City, even in the southern border state, this Linbo City can't be considered a big city, and compared to other cities of the Great Xia Empire, it's only mediocre. Compared to that, the little money Wu Yeyu has on hand really isn't enough to spend, even if he steeled himself to buy all the slaves in front of him, just to get rid of them, this would be nothing but a drop in the bucket.

  It all boils down to a systemic problem, wanting to change these things can only start from the top, at least in this pyramid-shaped power structure where those at the top hold absolute power, it is absolutely true that might makes right, and the truth only exists within the range of cannons, having an effect similar to "the pen is mightier than the sword".

  Having cleared his mind, Wu Ye Yu applied the detective technique to the children in the cage. According to the system's evaluation, any slave with a talent value exceeding 85 would be recognized by the system as having reached the task completion standard. These qualified children would all be pointed out by Wu Ye Yu for Chen Laoban to see, and he would take them out of the cage. Those with talent values below 85 could only be ignored by Wu Ye Yu.

  "Wow! The quality of these kids is really poor, isn't it? I've seen three batches already, 70 or 80 kids in total, and only two of them meet the standards. Most of their qualities are below 60... Hmm, this kid's quality is actually only 30...... It looks like this kid will only be able to learn a trade in the future, sigh~!"

  Wu Ye Yu clung to the railing, carefully examining each one, while Chen Pangzi followed closely behind, paying attention to Wu Ye Yu's expression at all times. It seemed that he could guess what kind of discerning method this little guy in front of him would use to distinguish his qualifications. Although he couldn't see anything himself, it didn't prevent Chen from mixing and mingling for so many years, cultivating a skill of observing words and expressions, roughly able to tell something from Wu Ye Yu's face.

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