Chapter 376 - Chapter 376: Chapter 368 Buying Slave Girls, Black Market_2 (2/2)

Just by looking at her forehead and brows, one could tell that she was an extremely beautiful woman.

After they left the courtyard, Qin Niu went to the home of Wang Furen and led the carriage out.

This carriage was taken last time they robbed the He Family.

Along with the horse pulling the carriage, the Sweaty Precious Horse, which was also grabbed in the same raid.

Later, he directly gave it to Wang Furen.

Today, they had to enter the city, but it was not suitable for Wang Wanyan to walk, so Qin Niu served as her coachman.

Green Ox was running wildly behind the carriage.

With the convenience of the carriage, it was not long before the two arrived at Black Tiger City.

When entering the city, Wang Wanyan experienced what it felt like to be a wealthy lady. No need to pay an entrance fee, no need for inspection, no need to queue.

Qin Niu just showed his identity token, and the city guards immediately lifted the horse barrier, allowing the carriage to enter through the green channel.

“Wan Yan, do you need to buy two new outfits?”

“No need, no need, I have more than enough clothes,” she repeatedly declined.

“Then let’s go buy some maid servants first! If two aren’t enough, we’ll buy four, it won’t cost much anyway.”

“Aren’t two enough? That’s plenty! Having two more people in the house means two more mouths to feed, and there will be expenses for their food, clothing, and living,” she said.

Wang Wanyan exuded thriftiness in everything she did.

Having a thrifty wife was indeed a stroke of luck.

Buying maid servants usually didn’t cost much silver money, but the subsequent expenses could be considerable.

Because once you buy someone, you have to provide for their food, clothing, and shelter.

More enlightened masters sometimes gave them pocket money every now and then, to encourage them to work more diligently.

The servants bought privately belonged to the master, who could almost control their life and death.

Many perverted male masters would abuse young and pretty maid servants. They could also beat and scold them as punishment.

Servants belonged to the lowest class of society, with no basic human rights at all.

However, some servants in large families, if they did well, could be much more overbearing than ordinary civilians.

Relying on their master’s favoritism, they would bully others using their master’s influence.

Such domineering servants would often swagger through the streets, and generally, no one dared to provoke them.

“Alright, let’s buy two first, and if that’s not enough, we can buy more later,” he said.

Qin Niu drove the carriage straight to the black market in the north of the city.

There was a chaotic and disordered market.

Various items, including slaves, could be purchased there.

If you wanted to buy normal maid servants or servant girls, you could generally only get those who were either too young or too old, or whose appearances were plain.

Because the ones who were beautiful were snatched up early by the brothels.

The owners of the dozen or so brothels in the city would stroll through the black market daily, and as soon as they found young girls who could earn big money for the brothels, they would buy them without hesitation.

Qin Niu stopped the carriage outside the black market.

After paying five wen money for the parking fee, someone specialised took care of it.

Usually, the local thugs did this job.

“Let’s go, let’s go inside!”

After storing the carriage, Qin Niu held Wang Wanyan’s hand and walked together into the black market.

Green Ox followed closely behind him.

The black market was very sensitive to the market trends because some underground transactions were dealt with there.

For instance, if the land prices recently started to plummet, the black market would definitely show this sign half a month in advance.

Many stall owners wore masks and loose clothing, as they clearly didn’t want to be recognized.

There were few hawkers calling out.

Instead, they would display their goods on the stalls, and some, to save trouble, would write the prices so customers could pick for themselves.

Shortly after entering the black market, Qin Niu was attracted by a product on a stall.

It was a dark red soft armor, suitable for both men and women.

“Blood Silkworm Soft Armor, forty thousand silver money,” they declared.

The price was frightening.

Even for a top family like the Fang Family of Black Tiger City, to take out forty thousand silver money in cash would likely be difficult.

Because the price was so expensive, there was no one lingering in front of the stall.

People with forty thousand silver money wouldn’t buy just a piece of soft armor.

They could use it to buy elixirs, cultivation techniques, which were more worthwhile.

After all, equipment was just an external possession.

“May I take a look at it?”

Qin Niu approached the stall and asked indifferently.