Rebirth of the strongest catcher

Chapter 40

When Zou Hao heard Xing Shan's encouragement, he nodded with tears in his eyes. During these years of traveling with his senior brothers, he often felt like a child.

Eighteen of them have a life no matter where they go, so no matter what they do, he will follow them.

But are those things really what he wants to do?
Zou Hao also often feels confused, if he doesn't follow these brothers, what will he do?
Perhaps these days in the frontier can help him figure out what his life should be like.

After handing over the eighteen swordsmen in the border town to the frontier government, Xing Shan and the others got three days off. During these three days, they could choose to wander around the border or visit nearby towns. In short, after three days, everyone We must gather at the post station and prepare to return to Beijing together.

Xing Shan came to the frontier for the first time, so he was naturally curious about everything here. Compared with shopping with a group of unfamiliar people, he preferred to go shopping alone, so he declined the kindness of Zhai Yi and others to accompany him. Borrowing some money directly from them, he happily left the station alone.

In order to save his life, he asked the system for help once before, which cost him all his money. But this time, for the task of escorting eighteen swordsmen from the border town to the border, he only got three thousand experience points and a bottle of corpse powder as rewards. Apart from borrowing money from Zhai Yi and others, he has no other choice.

Although Zhai Yi and the others were not stingy, they were just arresting heads and arresting the fast. They made up their efforts and borrowed him 100 taels of silver. Although it was not much, as long as he didn't waste money everywhere, it should be enough.

Xing Shan left the inn with his money, and the first stop he went to was the nearby market. Different from the markets in ordinary towns, any market located on the border would usually have traveling merchants from other countries.

Xing Shan has not been in Zhao country for a long time, so he is very curious about what people outside Zhao country look like, are they yellow-skinned and black-haired like them, or blue-eyed and white-skinned like foreigners?
Under the guidance of passers-by, Xing Shan quickly walked into a market, but to his surprise, the market did not seem to sell dead things, but fresh people.

As early as when he was in Kyoto, he had already heard that there would be a slave market in the frontier, but he did not expect that those passers-by would think that he was buying slaves, so they directly pointed him here.

Originally, Xing Shan turned around and wanted to leave, but when he heard the tinkling cries, he couldn't help but feel curious.

In the end, he did not choose to leave, but walked step by step deeper into the market as if he had been bewitched.

As a slave market, there are all kinds of slaves, old, young, male, female, strong, weak, domestic, foreign, everything.

Xing Shan looked over one by one, feeling novelty, but also deeply hurt by the despairing eyes of these slaves.

As a modern person, he really can't see these feudal dross. Although he wants to do as the Romans do, there are some things that he can't get used to.

Xing Shan watched for a while and felt that he couldn't bear it, so he wanted to turn around and leave. Unexpectedly, at this time, he heard a sound of gongs and drums coming from the center of the market, and a man brought a large group of slaves to sell there.

Xing Shan was attracted by the sound of gongs and drums, and walked there again by mistake.

The man's surname was Hu, known as Boss Hu, and he was the largest slave trader in this slave market.

There are always all kinds of strange slaves in his hands, some of which are high-quality products, and some of which are defective. People are often unexpected and unable to guess the origins of the slaves in his hands.

Someone once bought a waste from him at a high price, and someone bought a good helper at a low price from him. In short, buying a slave from him often feels unexpected.

Regardless of whether the feeling is joy or sorrow, they have accurately grasped people's curiosity and patronized his business again and again.

Over time, he became the most anticipated slave trader in this slave market.

As soon as he appeared this time, many people surrounded him, and even asked him: "Boss Hu, what kind of goods did you bring this time, please introduce it to us!"

"Yeah yeah!"

The people below agreed one after another, looking eager.

Seeing their pursuit of Boss Hu, Xing Shan became curious for a moment. He stood firmly in the crowd and looked at the slaves on the stage.

This is a group of good and bad slaves, including a strong man, a beautiful woman, a sick man, a foreigner, and even a child.

Many people's eyes fell on the strong man and the beautiful woman, and they obviously felt that those two were the most valuable.

A small number of people's eyes fell on foreigners and children, and they thought that these two were also good.

Only Xing Shan's gaze remained on the sick man, with a bit of sympathy in his eyes. The man was half-dead from illness and it looked like he didn't have much time left.

Regardless of whether he is bought or not, there will be no good results in the future.

Xing Shan immediately became entangled, wondering whether he should help him or not.

At the same time, Boss Hu said with a smile, "Everyone, you have seen what I brought this time. The base prices from left to right are 500 taels, 1000 taels, ten taels, 300 taels and 200 taels. What do you want? You can bid for whichever one you want. If no one competes with you, the deal will be made at the lowest price. If there is one, the one with the highest price will get it. Is that clear?"

Everyone nodded, and soon some people started to raise their hands to buy the strong man and the beauty.

Not long after, the foreigner and the child also started bidding.

Only the sick man was wanted by no one for the time being.

Xing Shan stood there watching for a while, and felt that he had better not meddle in other people's business.

He was about to step away, but he heard the person next to him say, "We bought that sick seedling and just used it to feed poisonous snakes."

"Ten taels of silver per person is more cost-effective than buying chicken."

"Looking at his sickly appearance, no one should rob us."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Xing Shan glanced at them speechlessly. What is wrong with speaking, he insisted on saying next to him. Now that he wants to leave, how can he be worthy of his conscience?

Xing Shan struggled for a long time, and finally retracted his steps and stood back to his original position silently.

It's only ten taels of silver. He bought this man and took him to see a doctor, which can be regarded as a meritorious deed.

Alas, if I had known that he would not watch the fun, he would have to spend money to watch the fun. What bad luck!

At the same time, Boss Hu shouted on the stage, "There is only one slave left, and the reserve price is ten taels. Who of you wants it?"

Xing Shan stood where he was, silently waiting for the two people beside him to speak. As soon as they opened their mouths, he would bid with them. No matter what, he had to save this sick man.

(End of this chapter)