Back at the hotel, Chu Tianjiang settled the others before going to find Stewart.

Stewart had just finished bathing, and two maids were wiping off the water from his body with towels and serving him to get dressed, while the food on the desk had not been touched. It seems that Stewart has just returned after a day of running around, and he is exhausted.

"How's it going, are you having fun?"

"It's okay, I spent a day at the pyramid mall and bought a lot of things."

"It's not cheap." Stewart waved his hand, and the two maids immediately left in amusement. "You've just come back, have you had dinner?"

"If you eat outside, you can eat first."

"It's okay, talk while eating." Stewart went to the table and sat down, and waited for Chu Tianjiang to come over and sit down before he said, "I went to the vehicle trading market for an afternoon, and ordered more than a hundred books that are in good condition, but it is not enough, and I will not know until I have been to the slave trading market tomorrow." ”

"There's a slave market here?"

"It's in the suburbs, and it's illegal, it's just that no one cares." Stewart sighed and said, "I've got some news, I'm afraid we don't have enough money." ”

"Not enough?"

Stewart nodded and said, "In the more than ten days since I left, there have been two wars in the vicinity, one is that the white group has defeated the Latin American group in Sechlet, and the other is that there is a scuffle between three small separatist forces in the north for the only water source. During this time, a large number of slaves were transported to Las Vegas every day, mainly women and children. If you follow your request, the funds we have prepared will definitely not be enough. ”

"These slaves were all prisoners of war?"

"To be precise, civilians, if they are officers and soldiers in the legion, if they do not escape in time, they will also be executed, or they will be castrated."

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Why do you want to do this?" ”

"Men have ambitions, and if they weren't men, they wouldn't have ambitions, or they wouldn't have that much ambition." Stewart sighed and said, "In addition, there is a great demand for 'clean-up people' in the market, and some powerful people also specialize in buying clean-up teenagers. ”

"!"

"Two large-scale wars will produce at least a hundred thousand, and perhaps more, slaves. Of course, most of the slaves would be sent to Salt Lake City. ”

"For what?"

"Salt Lake City was the largest slave trading center in the Western Region, and it was dominated by labor slave trade. Because the white syndicate in Las Vegas did not openly support the slave trade, the main people who were sold here were some high-quality entertainment slaves, and the number was naturally not very large. ”

"How many?"

"In my experience, highly qualified entertaining slaves make up only one-twentieth of the total."

"If there are 100,000 slaves in total, does that mean there are 5,000?"

Stewart nodded and said, "These slaves will not be traded on the same day, they will be divided into more than ten batches, or even dozens of batches. ”

"For what?"

"Maintain the heat of the slave trade market."

"This ......"

"The slave trader is actually the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Like the Houston Chamber of Commerce, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is dependent on local separatist forces. To put it simply, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce has to look at the white group's face and act in the interests of the white group. Although the Las Vegas white syndicate did not openly support the slave trade, it still collected high trade taxes through the Chamber of Commerce. In order to obtain more profits, the Chamber of Commerce will definitely find ways to increase the selling price of slaves. Every day, caravans come to Las Vegas, and most of them buy slaves. If all the slaves were sold in one day, not only would they not be able to sell for a good price, but the caravan would not arrive in time. Often, caravans don't come to Las Vegas, and white groups don't want to profit from trade. In addition, selling in batches can allow some large caravans, especially those that buy slaves to live in, to stay in Las Vegas for more time, and the caravans stay in Las Vegas and consume every day, which will also make Las Vegas more prosperous, so that Las Vegas's hotels, hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, etc. can get more income, and also allow Las Vegas civilians to have more job opportunities, and can also attract more free mercenaries and mercenaries, which can make the white group profitable. ”

After Stewart finished speaking, Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "It seems that this is still a science. ”

"It's really a science, and it's very profound."

"So, have you ever thought that the Las Vegas white group would deliberately start a war in order to make a profit?"

Stewart was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Without war, the vast majority of separatist forces cannot survive, and large-scale separatist forces are no exception. I don't know exactly what happened east of the Mississippi River, but west of the Mississippi River, there was a very clear pattern of warfare between the forces of separation. ”

"What pattern?"

"When slave resources are exhausted, war breaks out."

"This ......"

"Take, for example, the two wars. One hundred thousand slaves, probably enough to sustain a month's trade needs, and almost twenty days have passed. That is, in a little more than ten days, there will definitely be another war, and it is quite possible that it will be a war of mass annihilation. ”

Chu Tianjiang sighed secretly and said, "How much more money do you need?" ”

"It depends." After a slight pause, Stewart said, "After the war, before most of the caravans have received news, some of the slave traders who mainly sell slaves will buy the slaves that were sold for the first few days. When the caravan arrives in Las Vegas, these scalpers will take out the slaves they have bought and sell them. In order to attract caravans, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce would initially sell some high-quality slaves on the same day and make some news. Since the caravan has not yet arrived, the price of these slaves will not be too high. After the reseller changes hands, the selling price will definitely increase significantly. Of course, we did arrive a little late, and the number of recreational slaves sold in the next few days would not exceed two thousand, perhaps only fifteen hundred, while the slaves in the hands of the resale merchants should be about five hundred. If it is calculated according to 2,000 people, and the quality is relatively good, it will take about 10,000 ounces of gold. ”

"It's not a lot."

"Not much, of course, and the point is, it's only a small part." Stewart sighed and said, "A bus that can carry thirty people will need at least twenty thousand ounces of gold, and a minibus that can carry twenty people will also need ten thousand ounces of gold." If you buy 2,000 slaves, you need at least 60 buses, or 100 minibuses, and that's more than a million ounces of gold. ”

"This ......"

"It's a relatively small amount of money. Ten days from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City, a bus needs 1,000 liters of diesel and a minibus needs 800 liters of diesel, for a total of 80,000 to 100,000 liters of diesel, and that requires about 300,000 ounces of gold. At least one, preferably two, tanker trucks are required to transport this fuel, and it is best to double the fuel for safety reasons. Counting the tankers, a total of about one million ounces of gold is required. In addition, more than 2,000 people consumed food in ten days required about 100,000 ounces of gold. Stewart shook his head with a wry smile and said, "And that's not even counting the convoys. By standard, a caravan transporting two thousand recreational slaves would require at least one thousand-man escort, and two hundred thousand ounces of gold would be required for a commission to Salt Lake City. If you include the Escort vehicles, fuel consumption, daily provisions, etc., a total of about three million ounces of gold is required. ”

"How much is it?"

"Six million to seven million ounces of gold."

"How many diamonds like the one I gave you?"

"At least seven hundred. If there are bigger diamonds, they can be a little less. ”

Damn it! Chu Tianjiang cursed secretly and said, "According to what you say, even if you send all these slaves to Houston, you may not be able to make money. ”

"That's wrong."

"Really?"

Stewart smiled and said, "An entertainment slave is not a labor slave, a high-quality entertainment slave, especially a young, beautiful, tamed female entertainment slave, the price is difficult to determine, but it is definitely not low. In Houston, it is not surprising that such a high-quality entertainment slave could sell for a high price of 10,000 ounces of gold. If you are lucky, you can sell higher if you meet some special buyers. Even an entertaining slave of average quality, sold to a nightclub or domestication yard, can sell for a high price of more than a thousand ounces of gold. Two thousand entertainment slaves, as long as half of them make it to Houston alive, even if their quality is average, they can make a sure profit. ”

"It's a pity that I didn't plan on letting them go to Houston."

"That's the problem, you're losing money, not making money."

Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "It's my business to lose money or not, anyway, I will give you enough benefits." As for funding, I'll figure it out. ”

"By tomorrow night at the latest."

"In such a hurry?"

Stewart nodded and said, "I've already used two-thirds of my money to order those vehicles, and I'm afraid the rest is only enough to buy the slaves who will be traded tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I'll get it to you tomorrow night."

"You don't go to the slave market?"

"This ......"

"If there's something, that's fine, but I suggest you go too."

"Stewart, I trust you absolutely."

"I know that if you didn't trust me, you wouldn't have entrusted me with such a large amount of money. It's just that I think you should check it out. Stewart sighed and said, "After all, it's not just us who will buy slaves tomorrow, there are other merchants. You also know that I can't let go of this person, and sometimes I may not be willing to pay a high price, and if you are not satisfied......"

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow."

At this time, Chu Tianjiang thought of what was beginning to happen.