Well, builders can sell for a really high price, so they start building a lot of houses.

建造商能以高价将房屋卖出,所以他们广建新房

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I mean, the equivalent of a healthy teenage male slave, if you could sell him for $1000.00 in 1860 it's about the same price of a good Toyota Camry today.

我的意思是,一个健康的十几岁的男性奴隶的价值,假如你在1860年把他卖到一千美金的话,那么在今天就大约相当于,一辆不错的丰田佳美汽车的价格

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