At this moment, Zhang Tie looked exactly like the second-generation ancestor of a wealthy family. He was wearing a shirt and sunglasses, with one arm on the door next to the cab, and one hand driving a brand-new luxury car, looking carefree. look.
Compared to Zhang Tie, that woman was not much better. Although she looked beautiful, she had thick smoky makeup on the corners of her eyes. She wore a blue denim vest that showed her identity as a tomboy, and faced Zhang Tie. One ear on this side wears no less than five earrings of different colors from top to bottom. It doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp.
The woman raised her eyebrows, and after giving Zhang Tie a provocative look, she stepped on the accelerator and rushed to the front of Zhang Tie's car.
Zhang Tie smiled brightly and pushed the accelerator under his feet to the bottom. The steam valve of the Cyrus T9 suddenly opened, and the super torque of up to 670 Nm of the turbine steam external combustion engine was completely released. Almost instantly, the red car The red rabbit was left behind...
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When Zhang Tie drove to Stargazing City, the red rabbit he was racing with on the road could no longer be seen behind his butt. Zhang Tie looked at the car's fuel gauge. It was less than 200 yuan to drive from Jinhai City to Stargazing City. During the kilometer journey, more than 90 liters of alcohol were actually consumed, leaving less than one-fifth of the alcohol in the fuel tank, and it looked like it was about to bottom out...
When he arrived at Stargazing City, Zhang Tie's first impression of the city was that it was lively and crowded. People were coming and going on the streets of the entire city. Chinese people accounted for two-thirds of the population, while non-Chinese people with various skin colors of the population accounts for one-third.
There are hotels, casinos and various entertainment venues on both sides of the street. Brothels with various attractive beauties such as "Qunfang Garden", "Lichun Garden", "Baihua Valley", "Witch Hall" and "Bliss Palace" can also be seen everywhere, and There are all kinds of grades.
The whole city was full of lights and feasting, but the streets were orderly, clean and refreshing. There was no chaos like Zhang Tie had imagined before, which made Zhang Tie secretly surprised.
It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon when Zhang Tie found the building complex in the Star Observation City that was in the background of the Paradise Lost advertisement he had just seen on the road.
The appearance of the building complex looks like a huge amusement park or theme park located in the city. At least the three words "Paradise Lost" on the tallest building in the building will make people think so. But this is not an amusement park or theme park, but the largest slave trading market in Stargazing City, which is well-known far and wide.
There are several slave trading markets like this in Stargazing City, but because Lost Paradise is the most famous and largest, Zhang Tie chose to visit here first.
Seeing Zhang Tie stop in the parking lot of Lost Paradise, he got off the car and walked towards the entrance of Lost Paradise. A group of men who were originally waiting outside Lost Paradise rushed over and surrounded Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie casually took a look, good guy, those guys surrounding him looked at their skin. There are at least four or five different races in hair and eye colors.
After surrounding Zhang Tie, those guys introduced their business one by one.
"Sir, there are a large number of beautiful virgins in our business group. Some are obedient and well-behaved, and some are hot and wild. Do you want to take a look?"
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"Sir, our Tianxing Merchant Group has just taken over a group of slaves from the Western Continent who have become slaves of the subjugated country. There are men, women, old and young. We can definitely meet your various needs and needs!"
"Marcos, a professional slave trading broker, is happy to serve you!"
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"We are Qike Company. We specialize in providing you, sir, with follow-up services after purchasing slaves. As long as you hand over the slave you purchased to us, even if it is a village girl, we can train her into a saint for you, even if it is a slave. A tiger. We can also train it into a kitten."
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"Sir, I am the Population Affairs Commissioner of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Agra in Jinyun State. If you want your slave to have a prominent and satisfactory status, just come to me. The princess status here is the cheapest. !”
Zhang Tie had never heard of the Kingdom of Agra, but this guy's words reminded Zhang Tie of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire. It seems that the Holy Golden Orchid Empire also did this kind of business before.
Zhang Tie thought that since the embassy of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire moved to Jinhai City, no one here would do such things as selling identities. Unexpectedly, there are still people who will succeed, and it seems that they can be better than others. Even the identity of the princess can be sold. It seems that this kind of self-deception has a market here.
"Can I get the identity of the queen?" Zhang Tie asked half jokingly and half teasingly.
Unexpectedly, this question made the guy who was "Population Affairs Commissioner of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Agra in Jinyun Country" excited.
"Of course, sir, of course, the Kingdom of Agra is a free and romantic country. Our king can canonize any woman as a queen. To be honest, we have more than twenty queens so far. As long as 1,200 For a gold coin, we can help you complete the queen canonization ceremony of the Kingdom of Agra for the person you designate. The queen of the Kingdom of Agra will have a jade slip and gold book, a phoenix crown and a harem, and she will also receive one month of personal guidance from our palace etiquette instructor. , for only 1,200 gold coins, you can have a queen as your slave and enjoy treatment that even the king cannot!"
Zhang Tie was stunned by such an answer. Damn it, these people really dare to do anything for money, even canonize the queen. I'll go...
"Sir, if you really want to have a mature and noble queen as your slave, I know where to find such a person. That is a real queen, not a queen bought with money!"
As the voice sounded, a man in his fifties with brown hair, brown eyes, a half-bald head, and a pair of big eyeballs, a wretched man with a hint of shrewdness pushed past the crowd surrounding Zhang Tie and came over. , first bowed slightly to Zhang Tie, then straightened up, "Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Da Vinci, a slave trading agent in Stargazing City, I am happy to serve you!"
Looking at this guy, Zhang Tie was truly surprised, "You said you can buy a real queen here?"
"Of course, sir, two months ago, there was a war on the Mianokhi Peninsula. The army of the Taton Alliance defeated the army of the Kingdom of Misa and captured the capital of the Kingdom of Misa. This was a brewing war. A family revenge war that lasted for more than a hundred years. According to the rules of the Mianoki Peninsula family revenge war, all the royal members of the Misa Kingdom were sold as slaves by Mr. Bailey, the chairman of the Taton Alliance. The former Misa Kingdom Queen, you are in Stargazing City. If you want to buy a real queen to be your slave, I can arrange a special auction for you!"
Da Vinci said in a confident tone that was completely different from his wretched appearance.
Zhang Tie looked at this guy seriously and saw that this guy had just found the opportunity to interrupt. As soon as he attracted his attention in one fell swoop, Zhang Tie knew that this guy was more powerful than the people around him, because this guy was so good at seizing the opportunity.
"I like the name Da Vinci. So, lead the way. I want to see the Lost Paradise first!"
Hear Zhang Tie say this. A smile appeared on Da Vinci's face. He turned to those around him and saluted elegantly, "Everyone, this gentleman has decided to hire me as his slave trading agent. What kind of services can you provide?" , I know very well that if this gentleman needs it, I will bring him to you!"
When Da Vinci said this, everyone around him dispersed.
"Sir, please, I will take you to see Paradise Lost first!"
Da Vinci made a gesture, then bowed his waist slightly, with a flattering smile on his face, and led Zhang Tie towards the entrance of the Lost Paradise.
"What's going on in the Kingdom of Agra? How can you even sell the identity of the queen?" Zhang Tie asked Da Vinci.
Before speaking, Da Vinci looked back at the guy who claimed to be the Population Affairs Commissioner of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Agra in Jinyun Kingdom. Seeing that the man could no longer hear what was being said, he lowered his voice and said, "Sir, those are a group of swindlers. They used to be the swindlers who manufactured and sold various fake documents in Stargazing City. After those swindlers made a little fortune, , they found a desolate island with an area of only one or two square kilometers on the sea thousands of kilometers away from the mainland. Then they established the Kingdom of Agra on the island! "
"There are only a few hundred people living in the entire Kingdom of Agra, and they are all scammers who produce and sell fake documents, as well as their family members and apprentices!"
"The palace there. It's just a small castle, a thatched hut somewhere, with a sign saying it's the National University of the Kingdom of Agra, the Military Department of the Kingdom of Agra and other bluffing institutions. Even if they only have a canoe, they can attack Agra." The signature of the Kingdom's Navy is that just by raising two dogs, the Kingdom of Agra's Special Operations Command was established. The rank of this special operations commander is an admiral. Excluding the attire, you can buy it with ten gold coins. That's it. You see, anywhere, as long as you can think of a position and identity, they can create it for you, and it is guaranteed to be true."
Two dogs? Special Operations Command? Zhang Tie was so shocked that his speech was distorted and his eyes were squinting. He had fabricated false certificates and got into this situation. It was simply unprecedented and unprecedented. Those guys are also a weird bunch.
In just two sentences, Leonardo da Vinci took Zhang Tie to the Lost Paradise. The entrance to the Lost Paradise was a place similar to a hotel lobby, where many people came in and out.
Da Vinci probably came in and out of here often, so after the two of them entered, a female staff member from Paradise Lost took the initiative to greet him. She ignored Da Vinci and spoke directly to Zhang Tie.
"Sir, if you want to enter the Lost Paradise, you need to show your identity certificate and proof of financial purchase with a minimum of 500 gold coins!"
Zhang Tie didn't say anything, and directly took out his family disc card and the gold ticket worth 20,000 gold coins.
As soon as he saw the two things Zhang Tie brought out, the smile on the staff member's face immediately became more than ten points enthusiastic, "Sir, do you want us to arrange a professional shopping guide for you?"
"No need, I already have an agent!"
Da Vinci was also slightly surprised when he looked at the two things Zhang Tie took out, and once again deeply touched Zhang Tie's chest and saluted, "Please forgive me for my previous rudeness. I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang, you are from Huaiyuantang. Huaiyuan We are a great family and it is an honor to serve you today!"
This was also the first time Zhang Tie felt the intimidating power of Huaiyuantang’s family cards in Huaiyuan County. When surrounded by people from Huaiyuantang, Huaiyuantang’s identity was of little use, but in the entire Huaiyuan County, Huaiyuantang ruled However, the status of the family is also a level higher than that of ordinary people, and they are a bit like royal relatives.
After confirming Zhang Tie's identity and financial resources, Zhang Tie and Da Vinci entered the Lost Paradise together.
There is a popular saying in Star Observation City, if you have not been to Lost Paradise, you have never been to Star Observation City. After actually entering the Lost Paradise, Zhang Tie realized that this sentence was not false at all.
Before coming here, Zhang Tie's impression of buying slaves was still that of a group of slaves in ragged clothes, yellow faces, skinny bodies, and scarred bodies, standing in a horse pen-like place with dazed and frightened faces, waiting for him to choose, and he entered the lost state. After entering the paradise, Zhang Tie realized how wrong his imagination was.
The Lost Paradise shown in Zhang Tie's eyes is a town full of festive atmosphere. Crowds of people were coming and going on the streets of the town, and there were happy people everywhere.
Among the happy crowd, there were clowns wearing makeup, walking on stilts and riding unicycles performing various shows...
There is a band playing cheerful music on the street...
There are girls in beautiful clothes laughing and playing in groups on the street...
There are soldiers parading in the streets in neat formations...
There is a driver driving a carriage...
There was a beautiful female clerk in a coffee shop who was walking out of the shop with coffee and delivered it to the table outside the coffee shop. Then she was grabbed by the rude customer...
And the blacksmith. Watchmakers are hammering away in their respective shops...
The young woman sitting on the carriage was ogling the people on the street...
There are also reckless men performing on the street wielding a sword weighing 100 kilograms...
There are also children rolling hoops on the street...
The entire town has a population of all colors, races, men, women, old and young, all professions...
This was the first crowd that Zhang Tie saw after seeing Paradise Lost.
Zhang Tie was slightly confused and looked at Da Vinci. "Isn't it said that this is the largest slave trading market? Where are the slaves?"
Da Vinci pointed at the people Zhang Tie saw, "All these, all these, these people you see seem to be living in a small town, those beautiful girls, those clowns, those soldiers. Coachmen, blacksmiths , the musicians on the street, the waitresses in the coffee shops, including the boss who is counting the books, and the tailors in the tailor shop are all slaves. Notice that the slaves here have a small enamel badge on their chest. The number is their selling price!”
Zhang Tie looked at it carefully. Sure enough, except for the old man who was holding the female clerk's hand in the coffee shop, everyone in the crowd had an enamel badge on their chest.
The clown performing on stilts in front of him also wore an enamel badge with a number on it - 65!
"Slaves are commodities, and commodities need to be packaged. This is how they appear in front of buyers after being packaged!" Da Vinci explained, "The slave trade in this era has formed a huge industrial chain. The slave trade has lasted for thousands of years. The accumulation of experience has allowed the business groups that make up this industrial chain to know how to maximize the value of these slaves!"
"Look at that clown!" Da Vinci pointed at the clown Zhang Tie had just seen, "That is a young man who is not very old and has no other specialties. His original value is 50 gold coins. Under strict management and Under the training mechanism, as long as it costs one or two gold coins to let him master some clown skills and turn him into a clown, his worth will become 65 gold coins!"
"And the waitress in the cafe. If she was in a brothel, the man drinking coffee might only be willing to spend dozens of gold coins on her, but here, the man might be willing to pay for such a beautiful coffee. The waitress in the store spent hundreds of gold coins! The same product, in different packaging, is placed in different grade stores, and the price is different, and the same goes for slaves!"
Zhang Tie looked at the slave market in front of him, which was not a slave market, and felt extremely shocked. This was not selling slaves, it was simply selling the most secret and dark desires deep in a person's heart. For some people, as long as they have money, they can really buy everything here.
Outside, those rich people can't do whatever they want no matter how much money they spend, because those beautiful girls on the street outside can't be bought with money, but it's different here. The beautiful girls on the street here , you can buy it by paying for it.
Spending money to buy girls on the street or waitresses in coffee shops brings excitement and psychological feelings that are absolutely incomparable to any other consumption method, and cannot be compared to the slave trade in my impression. of.
Paradise Lost is a super self-selected supermarket that buys and sells slaves!
Looking at those slaves, Zhang Tie felt a little sad, but after thinking about it, Zhang Tie recovered.
Because in any case, maybe not every place where slaves are bought and sold is like this, but this place is better than locking people in dirty and dark places like horse pens and cowsheds and letting them choose.
"If you want to buy a woman, you can just look around on the street. If you are not satisfied with the woman on the street, you can also go into the house. You can go into every house you see. Some women like to stay at home and are more at home. , this can satisfy the desire of some guests to explore, and some talented women will perform songs and dances in operas and dances in the town..." When talking about women, the obscene expression on Da Vinci's face suddenly came to life. Showed.
"How much does a woman here cost?" Zhang Tie asked.
"You can buy an ordinary woman for only fifty to seventy gold coins. Those with a little bit of beauty or talent are more expensive, and the more special ones are even more expensive. The stunning beauties here have sold for more than 60,000 The sky-high price of gold coins!”
"I don't want any stunning beauties. It doesn't matter to me whether they are beautiful or not. What I need is loyalty and obedience, and I can do some ordinary work!" Zhang Tie slightly thought about the one he wanted on Qianlong Island. He estimated the size of the castle and said, "I need about thirty women like this."