and i digress...

Not sure which sub to put this on

Was reading "The Odyssey" and early on in the novel Homer wrote about a man buying a person for 20 oxen. At first I was thinking about how stupid that was to not use money for that transaction (and obviously slave trade= terrible) but then I started thinking about how back then most people were farmers and 20 oxen means a good number of teams to draw farm equipment and getting the work done a lot faster. But if you are in the slave trade your primary source of income would be in the selling of slaves. I guess they could liquidate their assets at any time in exchange for other services, money, or even more slaves. But it wouldn't really make sense to just be constantly flipping for more oxen cause in the end you would just have to find a way to store, feed, and protect an ever expanding oxen herd. I guess one could go the organized crime route and have a few safe houses/properties to graze/store your oxen so even if one house gets raided you still have the majority of your wealth protected. But that would mean paying a bunch of dudes/families to watch over the oxen and they probably won't accept oxen for pay. I'm hungry but I want to figure out this ox thing. *Hits bowl to push off munchies and for inspiration* score I made jello earlier. Of course I'm on here instead of reading again. I guess it should just sorta end so I can get back to reading. Now where was I?