There are large and small slave traders active on the southern continent, and You Gao is one of them, but his strength is not strong, and about 1,200 slaves are traded every year. Compared with those large-scale population businesses with tens of thousands of people at every turn, he is a little grasshopper with vigorous vitality and can toss very much.

Slaves came from a wide range of sources, the main of which was the "missing persons". There are too many white people in the South, and the huge base of billions determines that the rulers cannot effectively supervise everyone. Sickness, gambling debts, fights, group vendettas, blasphemers...... Many people have disappeared for some reason, they are all untouchables, the kind that live in extreme poverty. The king could not receive a few pennies from them, so naturally he did not care about the specific whereabouts of these people. The district police don't bother to ask, they are too busy to defend the rights and interests of the nobles every day, who would waste their time on a group of dirty poor ghosts?

Maybe they've drunk too much wine and are snoring in the stinking gutter; Or you may lose money at the gambling table and are hiding in some dark corner, shivering, worried that you will be found by the enemy; It's not that he doesn't follow women's morals and seduces men indiscriminately, and he doesn't dare to say anything when he has a big belly, so he has to hide in a secluded corner and wait for the child to be born.

All of them would have been the best targets for slave traders. In the case of Yu Gao, he knows exactly where to catch the best quality goods. He had a group of people under him who roamed the slums of several nearby cities. Sick, cheap, bastard, degenerate monks excommunicated...... Regardless of the evil, if you have to measure these people by a fixed moral framework, then you are the number one fool in the world. They are goods, stocks that are temporarily stored in the "population warehouse" of Yugao. They didn't know how Yugao defined himself, and they were just helping Yugao do evil for a few pennies.

Robbery, kidnapping, setting up a game in a casino to deliberately deceive fools who want to get rich, setting up a game to frame the target they like, causing the other party to encounter chaos, forced to sell property, and in the end have nothing but to become a slave...... There are even more terrible practices, which even the devil hates: they take fertile women from all over the country, force them to conceive with dirty methods, and the children are first screened after birth, and the better-looking ones are sold to the rich, and the rest is handed over to the orphanage, which has an inextricable relationship with these guys, ostensibly doing charity, compassion for orphans without parents to grow up, in fact, large-scale feeding of infants and young children, so as to reduce the cost of raising each child.

It's a big business full of knowledge.

Whether it is the royal family or the Holy See, it is all about face. The king and the pope must show justice and kindness to the people, and more or less spend money on public infrastructure, especially the public good and charity...... As a result, orphanages, nursing homes, nursing homes and other institutions have sprung up to fight for that small share of the appropriation...... But in any case, the appropriation from the king was also part of the revenue, and all things considered, the business of large-scale confinement of women, forced pregnancy and childbirth, and then buying and selling human beings was indeed very profitable. Over the centuries, a complete circular chain has been formed from the capture of "goods" to the birth and breeding, in which the slave traders have made a lot of money and are very happy.

The king and the high nobles were not fools, and the pope was not as dull as he seemed. They know it all, they just never say it.

Slave traders grow old, and they accumulate wealth as well as go through the years. When people get old, their hopes will fade, and they will regret the sins they have committed, especially in the depths of the thinking of white people in the south, the Holy Lord will always be honored, and the stories of hell and heaven are spread everywhere and deeply rooted in people's hearts...... In order to get a place to go to heaven after death, the old slave traders were willing to give money to do some good deeds, but they did not think that in fact, the king and the high nobles had been staring at them for a long time, like a big fat pig that had been raised for a long time, and it was time to slaughter and eat meat.

The king will not engage in dirty business, but he will not refuse gold coins. Of course, the dirty thing should be done by the dirty man, as long as the pigskin is peeled, it is full of thick fat and red meat. The lower classes would also rejoice in the king's wisdom and wisdom, believing him to be an outstanding representative of relieving the people from suffering, punishing evil and promoting good.

You Gao didn't know what was going on, at least not now. He only knew that the benefits of human trafficking were great, such as now, when the beautiful Countess of Elpsso had her maid bring her a large money bag, and he untied the tether of the seal and poured out a large pile of glittering gold pounds on the tray.

"I'm looking forward to our next collaboration." Elizabeth's smile was so charming, and for the first time in his life, he felt that a woman was far more important than the gold pound, and he lost his mind for a moment.

This feeling lasted less than five seconds, and Yugao woke up from a wonderful and unrealistic fantasy. He looked down and smiled self-deprecatingly, the difference in identity was too great for the slave trader and the countess to be equated, but that didn't prevent You Gao from keeping this beautiful picture in his mind forever.

"I'll get you more goods as soon as I can." Holding the heavy money bag, You Gao bent down and saluted. Even if you can't get your hands on it, it's good to see this beautiful woman more. What's more, she is also one of the best customers she has met so far, with clear accounts, one-time payment, and no messy strings attached.

Looking at You Gao, who looked respectful, Elizabeth chuckled and asked, "Are you married?" ”

You Gao didn't understand why she asked such a question, and nodded slightly: "I have two children. ”

Elizabeth snapped her fingers, and a maid came out of the inner hall and walked straight up to Yougao. She carried a tray with a delicate burlap bag in her hand. Puzzled, Yu Gao opened it and found that it was filled with white sugar.

"This is my gift to your wife and children." Elizabeth has a refined demeanor and a pleasant voice.

"This ...... It's too precious. You Gao suddenly felt his heart beat faster, it was not that he had not seen a big scene, but this gift made him feel very sudden, and he also had some special thoughts, which caused his thinking to become a little confused in a short period of time, and he stammered when he spoke: "Your Excellency...... My lord...... You're so polite. ”

Sugarcane has been cultivated in the south of the continent since a very early age, and strictly speaking, there is no shortage of sugar. The Five Kingdoms saw a business opportunity, and the king joined forces with the Pope to control the trade in all sugar commodities. For hundreds of years, the price of sugar has remained high, especially when refined white sugar, which doubles in price compared to crude sugar cubes in both appearance and taste. In general, it was only available to wealthy families, and the common people at the bottom mostly used crude brown sugar.

People even use white sugar as a standard for evaluating someone's net worth———— he can smear bread with syrup every day, white, not red, he is a real rich man.

There was no shortage of sugar, but he knew the value of such a large packet of white sugar...... At market price, it is equivalent to two full-grown able-bodied slaves.

"It's a gift." Elizabeth smiled and repeated the words in between, her tone full of seduction: "I look forward to the next collaboration." ”

……

A few days later, on the sea north of the town of Ep.

It's late at night, the stars and the moon are blocked by heavy clouds, and it's hard to see far off in the pitch-black sea. Fortunately, there was no wind, the sea was calm, and no one saw the huge sea ship as tall as a mountain quietly moored near the shore, and a large ship with a similar appearance, but several times smaller in appearance, slowly approached from the south.

The ship bears its previous name, also called "Obsidian".

It's not that Elizabeth is too lazy to change the name of the ship, but to register it in the name of the old ship, whether it is new or purchased, the procedure is much simpler than registering a new ship. According to the laws of the Saxon kingdom, the same nobleman could own several ships of the same name. In the case of the Obsidian, for example, Countess Elpsel can have up to five ships, named after Numbers 1 to 5.

This is a new ship, named "Obsidian II".

Wearing a triangular captain's hat, Stewart stood on deck with his feet spread apart to keep his body steady and not lose his balance in the bumps.

He remained on his guard, his hands hanging naturally. The trousers were modified, there was a pouch on each side of each leg, and the two pistols inserted in it were loaded. Stewart trained hard at drawing a gun and shooting, and at a distance of twenty meters, he could blow the heads of two targets in a second.

The five sailors were like a great enemy, their hooked cables clutched in their hands, and their faces were palpable with nervousness and fear.

The sailor closest to Stewart wiped his sweat and whispered, "Captain, they ...... Is it the giants of the north? ”

Stewart looked at him as if he were the middle finger of his right hand inadvertently touching the handle of the pistol. He smiled calmly in the dark: "What's so strange about this. I told you before we set off that this mission was special, and everyone knew that we were doing business with giants. ”

The Obsidian II was a fast sailing ship with only six crew members, including Stewart.

Because it was a tailwind, it only took four days to get here from Dorset. The slaves were given a special potion from the moment they boarded the ship, and they were to spend the next week softening and weak. This was not a secret invention of the Holy See, but a solitary venture of slave traders during a long period of business. Only the most obedient slaves are good slaves, especially in long-distance trafficking, and as long as they are honest and quiet, and do not cry or make a fuss, the traffickers are actually willing to provide adequate water and food. In this way, it is convenient for everyone.

Trading with the giants of the north is a sin, but not all whites think so.

Spending a lot of money to hire five selected sailors to sail out to sea was, in Stewart's opinion, the most secretive of things.

The golden pound is such a shining sun that it can convert the faithful, and make the poor willing to throw themselves into the devil and sell their souls.

Throwing the cable over the side of the ship, watching the distance between the two boats gradually shrink, several iron hooks stretched out from the opposite boat, and then erected foldable wooden planks to build an improvised bridge...... At night, giants as tall as iron towers crossed the side of the ship to the deck of the "Obsidian II".

More than twenty people, their topless bodies, their swollen muscles as hard as rocks. Straps made of animal skins slung across the shoulder, holding long knives and steel axes. Some of them were bareheaded, some had long hair tied up behind their heads, and some had short shaved hair like Caucasian men, except for differences in height and skin color.

The exception is the Pig Humans, whose fangs look terrifying, resembling legendary man-eating monsters.

The five sailors shrank back step by step, with Stewart as the core. Although they gritted their teeth and accepted this job for the sake of gold pounds, when they saw the northern giants, they somewhat regretted it, and at the same time, they were suppressed by a strong fear and could hardly even wear their breath.

The tall red nose walked up to Stewart, stretched out his hands, and gently pressed his shoulders.

This is the way to greet each other that is considered the most appropriate and most representative of intimacy. Because of the height difference, it is not convenient to shake hands and hug.

"Long time no see." The greeting from the red nose was formal.

"You're more handsome than ever." Stewart raised his finger and gestured to the fangs of the red nose and said half-jokingly, "Especially this tooth." ”

Red Nose was stunned for a few seconds, then looked up and burst into a hearty laugh.

"You guy......" He patted Stewart on the shoulder hard, "Let's get down to business first, let me see the goods you brought this time." ”

Stewart turned around, glanced at the sailors standing behind him, and shook his head at them: "Open the cabin and put everyone on deck." ”

When the first trafficker walked out of the cabin, he was almost stunned.

"Oh my God! Be...... It's the giants of the North! ”

"They're going to eat us."

"No, no, let me get out of here, I don't die with giants, they will devour my soul."

"Holy Lord, be merciful, save us......"

The cacophony of arguments quickly turned into screams, and the voices of hundreds of people were mixed together, making people feel their scalps tingle when they listened to it.

"Shut up!" Red Nose swept the audience with a messy gaze, let out a clear English roar, and at the same time he pulled out his bright saber: "Whoever dares to talk nonsense again, Lao Tzu will chop off his head!" ”

"Does he speak our language?"

"It's amazing, a monster that can talk to people?"

"He must be possessed by a demon, I heard the priest in the church say that this is the case, only a giant controlled by the devil will do this, he will eat us, gouge out our hearts and sacrifice to the devil."

Threats and intimidation have no effect, and Red Nose is not good at communicating verbally.

He chose a more direct approach.