Purchasing the twenty people cost a total of over four hundred taels of silver.
Although these people were worth only six or seven taels each—some as little as three or five—when first sold to the traffickers, their prices skyrocketed after changing hands. When sold by the traffickers, each person cost at least twenty taels.
Among them, only the girl with the persistent fever, her younger brother, and the four who were maimed were cheaper. The rest averaged twenty-five taels each.
In consideration of Zhao Jing being a new Scholar and Chen Song being the assistant magistrate of Qingshui County, the broker gritted his teeth and offered a very favorable price, ultimately collecting a total of four hundred and twenty taels of silver.
Chen Wanqing's heart bled at spending such a large sum of money.
She had originally planned to go to the Prefecture to buy a house. Instead of a house, however, she had acquired a different kind of 'property'.
