When Kong Ming left Duan's mansion, he looked back at this mansion that didn't look like a wealthy family!
The Duan family has a great reputation, and its prestige in Yunxia City is also extremely high. It is indeed a powerful force that attracts much attention. However, the power of the Duan family can only achieve this.
The Duan family was able to rise because of the "Benevolent Jun" who sacrificed his life for benevolence, but the name "Benevolent Jun" also restricted the development of the Duan family. Because when anyone thinks of the descendants of the Duan family, they will equate it with the word "gentlemen", and the children of the Duan family will be firmly labeled as a landmark of Yunxia City!
No matter how prosperous the Duan family is, they cannot do without Yunxia City, and it is impossible to develop their power beyond Yunxia City. Take Duan Xingchao for example, even if he became the chief staff of the Prince's East Palace, when people talked about him, they would only say: "Oh, it turns out he is a descendant of 'Renjun'!"
As children of the Duan family, it is almost impossible to erase the traces left by "Renjun" to them. This also makes the Duan family's status high, but it is just a "mascot" kept in captivity. No matter how great its reputation is, its real power is very limited.
Of course, there must be many knowledgeable people among the descendants of the Duan family who can see this situation clearly, but unless they have extraordinary abilities, how can they make changes
For example, Duan Kaiyu, the current head of the Duan family, although Kong Ming did not have the opportunity to meet him, he could guess that he must be such a smart person. Otherwise, Duan Kaiyu would not let Duan Yuanyi take over the position of city leader, and he would use the excuse of seclusion to ignore external affairs.
After all, Duan Kaiyu is also a marshal-level strongman. He is definitely not interested in the status of "mascot", and naturally he is unwilling to show his face in front of others.
As long as he remains superficially polite to the Duan family, Kong Ming can confidently and boldly compete with other forces for supremacy. Anyway, the "mascot" of the Duan family will not affect the actual interests of all parties. Everyone is willing to put the Duan family high The offerings are on top!
After bidding farewell to the Duan family, Kong Ming still had one place to go, and that was the market in Yunxia City.
Having just settled in Yunxia City, there are a lot of things that need to be purchased in the house, including some maids and slaves. Otherwise, Mo Yue and Tie Suxin alone with less than ten servants would not be able to manage the entire Kong family.
Yunxia City is close to the border. There are many people who have been displaced due to the Sand Bandit Rebellion and sold themselves as servants. Moreover, those Sand Bandit captives captured on the border battlefield will be converted into slaves, making the number of slaves in the market sufficient and not lacking. Some have good overall qualities.
The market in Yunxia City is in Nancheng District, not too far from the DC area. Kong Ming and others walked slowly, watching the local customs of Yunxia City while heading towards the market in Nancheng District. In less than half an hour, He was already in Nanshi.
Kong Ming arranged for Mo Yue and Tie Su Xin to take several demon clan guards to purchase household accessories needed for the house, while he took Eugene, Lei Ming, Locke and others to the human traffickers' market to select maids and slaves.
The human traffickers' market in Nan City is very prosperous, occupying almost one-third of Nan City's territory. Among them, there are several large slave traders, but all of them are marked by the Yunxia City Chamber of Commerce Alliance. From this point of view, The Chamber of Commerce Alliance has also completed its monopoly on the Yunxia City market.
In addition to the slave trade house, there is also a public exhibition stand in the middle of the human traffickers' market. If there are slaves of good quality, most of them will be dragged to the stand and sold through public bidding. Of course, if you were choosing a maid, you wouldn't go to this booth, because a maid is just a servant, not a slave, and no one wants to be embarrassed in such a public place.
Kong Ming entered the largest slave trading house, selected dozens of servants including cooks, maids, gardeners, etc., paid for their deeds of sale, and asked the slave trading house to arrange for them to report to Kong's house tomorrow, and then He took Eugene and others to visit the slave market.
At this time, there was a group of slaves being auctioned on the booth in the middle of the market. They were all strong young people with stocky bodies and looked very powerful. According to the slave owner, these people are all prisoners of sand pirates, and they are all excellent labor force. Although the price is relatively expensive, you get what you pay for, so it is definitely worth selling.
Kong Ming glanced at Lei Ming, who nodded knowingly, and pushed forward with Locke, preparing to purchase these slaves.
Kong Ming likes these slaves not because they are excellent labor force, but because these slaves once had the identity of sand pirates! From them, we can more or less get some information related to Shazhou. Moreover, these slaves are all from Shazhou. As long as there are useful talents among them, they can be returned to Shazhou after proper training and become the informants of Kong Ming's intelligence network in Shazhou.
Lei Ming is quite talented in gathering intelligence, but the situation in Shazhou is special. He has been unable to find any capable manpower there, so he can only collect information through caravans. Now Shazhou and Liangzhou are on war alert, and commercial ties are interrupted. , basically losing the source of information. If he didn't make decisions on these Sha Pirate slaves, Kong Ming would really be blind to Shazhou's intelligence.
The price of these sand pirate slaves is not low, each one is more than dozens of gold coins, but such a small amount of money is nothing to Kong Ming, so he naturally negotiates the price quickly and buys all the sand pirate slaves. Come down. Kong Ming and others were escorting the slaves and were about to return when they saw a loud noise from the crowd around them, and then a relatively large iron cage was pushed onto the booth.
Kong Ming looked back and couldn't help but be startled, because the person imprisoned in the iron cage was actually a tall orc with the head of a tiger and the body of a human body!
This kind of half-orc is not a humanoid monster, but a hybrid of orcs and humans. They are among the unnaturalized barbarians, and most of them live scattered in the southwestern barbarian states.
Half-orcs can be considered a relatively powerful race. They are mixed-bloods. In addition to the strong body of the orcs, they also have human wisdom. They have a very high reputation in the barbarian state, and the barbarian king The orc army under his command can be regarded as the ace army of Manzhou.
The border between Manzhou and Wuwan County has been plagued by wars for many years. The Cao family's cavalry in Karasuma County is famous all over the world, and the barbarian orc army is one of the few military branches that can compete with the Cao family's cavalry, which shows the strength of these orcs.
There are also strong and weak bloodlines among half-orcs. Those with tiger heads and human bodies are called tigers. They are definitely the most powerful and powerful race among half-orcs. They are the upper class among half-orcs and are extremely rare in ordinary times.
Generally speaking, it is rare to see Orcs in Izumo County, let alone Khajiit, but this time a Khajiit was pushed into the slave market, which is really a rare thing. However, this tiger man was locked in a cage and pushed onto the stage, which shows that he has not been completely tamed. If you are really interested in him, you must at least have the strength to subdue him.
At this time, according to the introduction of the slave owner, this tiger man was also captured on the border battlefield of Izumo County. As for why a tiger man joined the sand bandits, no one knew the reason. But rare goods can be found. If such a Khajiit slave is placed on the market, even if it has not yet been domesticated, the price will never be low.
Sure enough, the slave owner offered a base price of three hundred gold coins. If anyone is interested in this tiger man, the one with the highest price will naturally get it.
Ordinary slaves are definitely not worth the price of three hundred gold coins, but this tiger slave is different. If you really buy it, even if it is just to carry a sedan, drive a carriage, or walk outside, it will be very tight. Many people are very worried. Interested bids, and the price quickly rose to five hundred gold coins.
Kong Ming was also very interested in this Khajiit slave. When he was about to join the bidding, an arrogant voice suddenly sounded outside the crowd: "A Khajiit slave actually appeared in the market? This is really a rare thing. With this Isn't it more majestic than anything else to be a tiger man guarding the door? One thousand gold coins! This young tiger man wants it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd split to both sides. Four healthy servants walked in front with their heads held high, forcing the crowded crowd to both sides to make way for a passage.
Seeing these four healthy servants, Kong Ming couldn't help but frown slightly, because these four healthy servants all have Yuan practitioner cultivation. Although they are only entry-level practitioners, they play the role of servants. It can be seen that their masters, It should have some power.
As the crowd parted, a young man dressed with oily hair and pink face walked in calmly, holding a birdcage in his left hand and shaking a folding fan in his right hand.
It is already late autumn, and the young master is still shaking a folding fan in his hand. Is there any other reason other than being elegant? As for the birdcage held by the young master, it was not an ordinary thrush or parrot, but a strange bird with a black body and a long pointed beak.
Eugene took a step forward, leaned into Kong Ming's ear and said: "The second-level monster carrion-eating sculpture, this kid has very unique taste. He keeps this kind of monster that likes to eat carrion as a pet, and he is not afraid of getting involved. unlucky!"
Kong Ming smiled slightly and said: "If someone has the ability, means, and is extremely confident, what's so great about raising a second-level monster as a pet? Maybe this kind of unconventional effect is what they want?"
How sophisticated are Kong Ming, Eugene and others? As soon as the young master appeared, they could see that he had the cultivation of an intermediate elemental master, which was considered good among young people. He was indeed qualified to keep a second-level magic beast as a pet.
However, looking at his style and arrogant behavior, I am afraid that this young master's mental state is very limited, and he is more like a playboy!
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