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The most lively and famous "Grand Market" on the Arjo Grassland is indeed well-deserved.

It was only around ten o'clock that the grassland where the big market was located was already blocked by herdsmen and small tribes using various makeshift tents and horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts.

The markets on the grasslands of the Northern Dynasties were different from those in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.

Goods, stalls, cattle and carriages were scattered everywhere, and there was no particular care or order in the arrangement.

Those who come early and have the strength in numbers can occupy the best and most conspicuous positions at the entrance to the market.

Just like this, Xie Zhao, Ling or Han Changsheng followed Princess Yuwenjia of Yuwenbu to the big market, and what they saw were rows of very eye-catching wooden cages.

What was locked in that cage was not livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle, and sheep, but living people.

——Or a slave.

The cages are not big, each cage is only one meter square, but they are very crowded with two large living people.

Most of the slaves inside looked like people from the Northern Dynasties.

All of them were disheveled and kept their heads down, barely daring to raise their heads to look at the passing pedestrians and guests.

They were in ragged clothes and very thinly dressed.

Now that autumn has entered in the North, the weather here in the morning and evening is already a bit cold.However, the slaves were not fully clothed, and most of them had scars, redness, and swelling on their bodies.

Han Changsheng showed an unbearable look on his face, turned to look at Yuwenjia, and asked:

"Princess, what did they do, and why are they being treated so badly?"

Yuwenjia was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and said:
"It's not enough to commit crimes. In fact, most of the slaves in the big market are the spoils of war between small tribes fighting for pasture. A small number are slaves born after slaves."

Han Changsheng sighed slightly when he heard this.

"Since they are slaves, if they want to come to the master's house to buy them, they will have to work with them. This is such a severe beating. Doesn't it mean that they need to be treated with medicine to recuperate."

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said this time, Yu Wenjia burst out laughing.

Han Changsheng frowned and muttered dissatisfiedly:

"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?"

Yuwenjia laughed so hard that tears almost flowed out, and she had no time to answer him.

So Xie Zhao sighed softly, took over the words and said:

"The men of Hanyong in the Northern Dynasties were brave and always aggressive and fierce.

Since most of the slaves were captured in defeat, they must still be full of blood.If we don't beat them harder and make these people afraid, how can they be bought and sold and serve their employers with low eyebrows and submissiveness?
As for injuries, I guess the seller won't spend money on medication.

If you can survive it, forget it. If you can't survive it, just bury it. They got it for free. "

Han Changsheng was speechless.

"This is so cruel."

Most of the slaves were tortured in order to polish off their pride.

Some of them were particularly strong, and even had their leg bones broken or their pipa bones pierced.

Ling or frowned slightly.

He glanced sideways, looking at the slaves in the rows of cages who were as silent as death.

It was found that most of them had already accepted their fate, bowing their heads and waiting silently for the outcome of their life or death.

Yu Wenjia wondered: "What's cruel about this? Natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is a truth that has been passed down on the grassland since ancient times.

Who made them follow the wrong family leader in the past, and who made their tribe unable to protect their people?

The materials on the grassland, including cattle, horses, gold and silver, have only belonged to the most powerful tribes and the bravest heroes since ancient times!
As for the weak, they can only become the cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs of the strong. "

Han Changsheng opened his eyes wide in shock. "You are the princess of a tribe, how can you think so?

The people and slaves of the Northern Dynasties around here are also your subjects. "

Although they were far away in Tianchen in the Southern Dynasty, they had heard about the Hanyong people in the Northern Dynasty who ignored human life and had strict hierarchical tribal customs.

But I didn't expect that even a 17-year-old girl from Hanyong would treat the life and death of others with such indifference.

Tianchen in the Southern Dynasty is the land of etiquette in the world.

Although it is believed that the imperial power is given by heaven, and everyone should be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, there is also a warning saying from a certain emperor in the past that "water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it" circulated in the royal family.

Yuwenjia frowned, raised his head proudly and said, "Why shouldn't I think like this? This is the way of survival in the grasslands and the way of survival in the Northern Dynasties.

When you come to Ruian, Zhongzhou, how can you understand that life in the barren grassland of our Northern Dynasties is not easy, and if you want to survive, you have to rely on your own strong hands to snatch it. "

Ling You also frowned and said: "Princess, the strong men in the green forest plunder the people to survive, but the strong men in the country plunder the people out of benevolence.

The Yuwen tribe is the head of Hanyong's 36 tribes, and the princess is even more distinguished.Words and deeds can lead someone to do good, or they can condone someone's evil. "

Yuwenjia looked at him strangely and said doubtfully:
"Your Majesty, Jia'er doesn't understand. The 36 Hanyong series have been like this for thousands of years.

If you want property, population, cattle and sheep, you naturally have to rely on grabbing land and looting nearby tribes.

Isn't this the case even for your tribe's lacquer carving department? "

If this is the case, what's the difference?

Ling Yu paused slightly, unable to continue.

The identity he was currently assuming was that of the prince's son of the Lacquer Sculpture Department. He really had no position to point fingers at the Hanyong tribe next to him, so he had no choice but to keep silent and turn his head.

But Yu Wenjia himself nodded suddenly and said:

"Yes, I remembered that the prince did not grow up in the Northern Dynasty. He has seen too much luxury of the Ruian Dynasty in Zhongzhou, so he does not know the customs and difficulties on the grassland."

She smiled, shook her head and said, "I'm not afraid of the prince's jokes. The common people on the grassland may kill you to death for a strong, sturdy and valuable horse. Here, the strong have everything."

Unexpectedly, Han Changsheng made a mistake. He said stubbornly:
"There is no such truth. The strong man of a country should be the hero who protects the people of the country. How can he compete with the people for profit, kill the people, and treat them like cattle and horses?"

The little girl was unconvinced and said: "Why not? If they don't dare to seize it, it only means that they are not strong at all!
But because I am afraid of the other party, I am worried that I will lose because of my lack of strength. "

Han Changsheng took a step forward and said seriously:
"This is inappropriate, Princess! I wonder if you have ever heard of the reputation of the best sword in the world, the Thousand Years Sword Immortal?"

Yuwenjia was speechless for a moment.

Just listen to Han Changsheng say sonorously and forcefully:

"Everyone in the world knows that the three peerless masters of the Immortal Mysterious Realm, the 'Thousand Years Sword Immortal' and the 'Priest of the Shentai Palace' from the Shentai Palace, and the 'Qiankun Sword Immortal' from the Fuji City, are the top three in the world. Talent of the world!
The three of them all have talents in the world and can conquer mountains and seas, but they are all heroes among the people who protect one side.

——Especially the 'Thousand-year-old Sword Immortal' who was honored as the eldest princess of the dynasty.

She was a chivalrous and benevolent person who guarded the territory of the Southern Dynasties. She collaborated with the Shentai Palace and the Xie family in Xunyang to establish a support department to help the elderly and children who had been displaced due to natural disasters and man-made disasters;

Academies were also set up in many places in the south of the Yangtze River to accept poor students who were in poverty and wanted to study.

And this is the character of a strong man in a country!It is by no means the same as those who take by force and plunder. "

Yu Wenjia was shocked by his voice and appearance.

The person Han Changsheng spoke of made her unable to refute him for a moment.

"You, me, me, you are brave!"

Han Changsheng frowned, still waiting to speak.

Then I heard Xie Zhao say "tsk", then he took over the topic and said:
"No! I think the princess is right. Han Changsheng, you simply don't know what to say, you are so bold."