Early the next morning, under the arrangement of old Morley, the departing man was ready to go, and as he was leaving, Shelley stopped him.

"What else does the princess command?"

"Well, I've heard that there's an underground trade in filthy slaves in Canterlot, so you can help me keep an eye on it this time."

The three people that Shelley brought out of the royal capital were gifted by the king. After all, it was her father who was really reluctant in his heart, so he chose Owen as a protective slave for her, and Momo and Nika were incidental.

Now she has discovered that the magical abilities of these filthy slaves can make up for the technological backwardness of this society in many places, so she thinks it is necessary to collect more filthy slaves.

After getting to know Shelley in the past two days, Morley naturally knew what she was going to do, and said with some embarrassment: "With all due respect, Your Royal Highness the Princess, with our current family background, may not be able to afford a new filthy slave." As far as I know, the prices of filthy slaves in the market are very high......"

Filthy slaves are already scarce, and it also requires investment costs to capture them, and those who can own filthy slaves are basically powerful, because only they can get the holy stone. Since they are not the masters who lack money, the price of filthy slaves as commodities will certainly not be low. As for how high the price was, Shelley never cared about it before, so it is not clear to Shelley now.

"How expensive is it? Let's talk about a reference price. ”

"Uh~~ It's like Owen, when His Majesty the King accepted him, it cost 800 gold coins."

Burst!! Is it so expensive? No, no, my heart hurts a little......

Seeing Shelley's tangled look, Morley hurriedly comforted: "Of course, this is because Owen's ability is relatively strong, and not all filthy slaves are so expensive. For example, Momo, it only costs 10 gold coins to buy him. There was also Nika, who was bought by the princess at the time when she saw that she could make plants bloom, and it only cost 8 gold coins. ”

I'll go, you said it earlier, it's really scary.

"This ...... Well, then set aside 100, ah no, 50, 50 gold coins from the funds to buy filthy slaves. First pick some with a low unit price, how much can you buy. ”

"But Your Highness the Princess, you have destroyed the Holy Stone, how can you control them if you buy filthy slaves? In case they resist on the way back, we ......"

I didn't expect this, I was careless, I knew it earlier, and I didn't destroy it first.

Shelley touched his chin: "There shouldn't be any problem, if you don't expose it, they won't know." And on our budget, we can't afford to buy a superpower as capable as Owen. In this way, the conditions will be shortened a little more, and some will be selected to be thinner and weaker, mainly women and children. When we develop a little here, we will consider collecting expensive ones. ”

"Okay, don't worry, I'll make it right."

After explaining everything, Shelley personally sent them to the entrance of the town, and after seeing them go away, she turned back in the crowd of Owen and several other guards.

On the way back, the residents they met stopped and bowed their heads in fear. Shelley naturally doesn't like this phenomenon, but there is no need to correct it now, and the current fear of the people can at least allow her to have a certain ability to mobilize in the early days. If you are not afraid of yourself one by one, how can you obey her arrangement after that.

"Hans, when will your group start moving?"

Hans, who was assigned to be in charge of collecting information about the residents, wiped the sweat from his head: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, in order to save parchment, I am going to let it be cut first." Once you're done, go door-to-door to collect information about your residents. ”

By the way, there is also the problem of this paper, it was really inconvenient for her to use parchment paper for the first time when she was sorting out the materials the night before. It seems that we have to find a way to push out the papermaking technology first, but of course it is too late now.

"It's too inefficient, so you don't have to worry about the parchment, you ask the people below to collect a dozen or so grown bamboos. I just saw that there are some growth at the entrance of the town, and I will move back when I cut it down, and I will wait for you in the yard. ”

"But Your Highness the Princess, if we go......" Hans glanced at Owen, and the meaning was very obvious.

"What is there to be afraid of!" Shelley gave him a blank look: "Let you go!" Don't waste time! ”

"Yes! Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Under Shelley's reprimand, Hans panicked and led the people towards the entrance of the town. Leaving Owen alone with Shelley, Owen suddenly noticed that Shelley was bent down to take off his shoes.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, what are you ......?"

"If you take off your shoes, you won't be able to walk without going barefoot."

At the mention of this, she had to complain a few words about Shelley, the predecessor. Eldest sister, when you go to a poor rural place, don't you even bring a single flat-soled shoe? It's all high heels, how can people here have the money to build stone roads? It was all mud, and I was so bad that I was limping when I walked.

Having said that, this road problem also has to be solved, and you have to build roads first to make a fortune, alas, it is really too difficult for yourself.

Owen saw that she was about to step barefoot on the muddy road, and hurriedly squatted in front of Shelley: "Your Royal Highness Princess, your body is precious, it will not be good if you step on the ground directly in case you get it, if you don't mind, let me carry you back." ”

Looking at Owen's wide back, Shelley pursed his mouth tightly, and his little face was even more red to his neck. After coughing twice, he wordlessly stroked the other person's back. Owen, who felt a burst of softness behind him, didn't dare to blaspheme at all, and steadily carried Shelley on his back.

"I ...... I'm not heavy, am I? Shelley buried his face in the other's back, and his voice was as small as a mosquito flying.

"No matter how heavy Your Highness the princess is, I will definitely carry you on my back steadily."

“……”

! Straight man! Will it be chatting?

The throbbing just now disappeared in an instant, and I really couldn't bring it!

After returning to the house and putting Shelley down, Owen noticed that Shelley's expression was a little cold. Scratching his head, could it be that he did something wrong? He didn't dare to say, and he didn't dare to ask.

After a while, Hans came to Shelley with a large bundle of bamboo.

"Cut them off flatly, not the bamboo part."

At her command, the people took the bamboo to the festival and cut it into sections. Shelley took one of them, drew the dagger from his waist, slammed it into the middle of the bamboo section, and then gently broke it, and the bamboo was neatly divided into two halves.

"The fibers of the bamboo grow vertically, so you can separate them straight with a small opening, as you can see, and then, in the same way, divide them into pieces of bamboo of the appropriate size, well, about five centimeters wide is enough, and as for how much length you need, you depend on the situation."

They didn't know what fiber was, but Shelley's demonstration was a very visual way to learn how to do it.

"Well, Your Highness Princess, what are we going to do with these bamboo chips?"

"Alas......" Shelley took a quill and wrote a line of words on the inside of the bamboo slice, and very clearly, "Now you know what you do?" Parchment paper is too time-consuming to process, and it is easy to paint, the texture is too soft, it looks laborious, and the efficiency is too low, so you can replace it with bamboo chips, which is fast and easy to preserve. ”

Everyone who suddenly realized that they followed her method to dispose of the bamboo chips.

"Your Royal Highness, you are so amazing, if you tell His Majesty the King about such a convenient skill, you will definitely be rewarded."

Shelley disagreed with Hans's compliment. If she really did this, I am afraid that before the reward comes, some people will not be able to sit still and try to themselves. Although he develops openly, this kind of high-profile initiative to emerge is still forgotten, and only by obscene development can he make a fortune.