Traveling back to ancient times to make money and raise children is also free

The next day, Boss Huang sent a message saying that the servants who had been sold had arrived in the town and asked us to go over and take a look.

The servant who brought the message from Boss Huang was waiting at the door. I hurriedly called Liu Niang, and the two of us followed Xiao Si to Boss Huang's house.

Looking at it this way, the yard was full of people, men and women, old and young. Everyone's eyes were filled with confusion about the future, and some were sad about not being able to control their own destiny.

Some of them are families. If they are sold like this, the family may be separated and go their separate ways, and no one knows where they will go. Some people may never see each other again in their lifetime.

Boss Huang and a tall and thin man were standing at the entrance of the main hall talking. When they saw us, they came over and said, "Let me introduce you to my cousin. Others call him Thin Man. His last name is Yang."

Boss Yang hurriedly asked someone to bring stools and asked us to sit down. "I heard from my cousin that you want to buy a few servants. All of them are good in this batch. Please choose carefully."

He also asked everyone in the yard to stand up and line up in rows.

Liu Niang asked them to stretch out their hands and looked at them one by one. They had been doing needlework for too long, so there were some thin calluses on their thumbs and index fingers. These were the marks left by sharpening needles for a long time.

Soon, six women were called out by Liu Niang and stood aside, indicating to me that these were the ones she wanted to choose.

I looked at the people Liu Niang picked. They had clear eyes and clean clothes, which was pretty good. "Boss Yang, how much are these people?"

"You have a really good eye. These guys are all experts in making gold thread. I don't want more, 30 taels of silver will do!"

"30 taels? Even if you give me ten more, they're not worth it. If you're sincere about selling, you can offer a better price. Of course, if you're not sincere, that's fine. Twelve years is already the highest price." At this moment, Liu Niang's former aura as the mistress of the house suddenly emerged.

"That's too little. At this price, I'll be losing money." Boss Yang shook his head repeatedly.

"It's a loss. How much is the price of an embroiderer outside now? We are just too busy to handle it all at once, so we are just looking for some people to make clothes. If we can't buy, we can recruit more."

The six people standing by seemed to have been touched by Liu Niang's words about making clothes. Three of them had their eyes light up. They immediately knelt down and knocked their heads on the ground. One of the women in blue clothes spoke first, "Please buy our family! I have two daughters who can also make clothes. I will definitely not let you down." After saying that, another woman knocked her head heavily on the ground.

The other two women also said that some of their family members were in the kitchen, some could drive a carriage...

The three women behind reacted and two more began to plead.

Boss Yang asked me tentatively, "These things are all very good, why don't you buy them all together and I'll give you a discount."

I thought to myself, if the workshop in the mansion is officially opened, it will need more people than the ones here. It might not be a bad idea to buy some back.

"How many people are there in these families? Come out and see."

When the women heard this, they were overjoyed and hurriedly called their family members over. Wow, when they called them over, they saw that there were more than 30 people, including the six women. Among them were four elderly people, 11 middle-aged people, three young people between the ages of 20 and 30, five girls between the ages of ten and sixteen or seventeen, seven boys of the same age, and a little girl under ten years old.

I was silent, thinking carefully about where we should be placed.

As for women, they can settle down in the workshop, and the rest is the chores of the gate. If that doesn't work, I will buy some of the mountain behind. Then, you can ask them to open up the wasteland and plant a large orchard.

When the sweet potatoes are ripe, the workshop will need a few more people. It is better to find buyers than to find them at short notice.

There is also a shop where you can exchange apricot blossoms, and go with Liu Niang to embroider them.

By this calculation, these people can be persuaded, and the only remaining issue is the price.

"Boss Yang, please give me a real price. How much do you want? If the price is too high, I don't want it."

"This number is one hundred taels. No bargaining."

"That's a bit over the top. Look at these. They're old, disabled, and small. They're not worth the price anyway. How about this, 80."

"No, it's too little. You have to let me make some profit, you can't let me lose money." Boss Yang refused with a frustrated look, looking like he had suffered a huge loss.

"Okay, I'll give you a little more, 85 taels, that's a good price. You may not be able to get this price elsewhere."

"90, 90, deal."

"Okay, 90 is 90."

Well, this price was about right. I paid the money, and Boss Yang accompanied me to the government office to get the deeds of all these people.

The weather in early June was already very hot. Seeing that it was getting late, I took this group of people to the street to buy some rice, flour, vegetables, and 15 quilts. I asked Su Lai to take them to the side of the mansion to settle down first.

We'll talk about the rest tomorrow.