Chapter 9: The Black Prison

Navona coughed lightly, "The price of slaves is one of the most difficult to estimate in the universe, and it often fluctuates drastically depending on the buyer; According to common sense, the most expensive should be the 'sex' slaves for the pleasure of the rich, including not only all kinds of delicate and 'glamorous' young 'women', but also some handsome young men, hehe, of course, these people are definitely not needed. ”

After a pause, he said: "In addition, the second expensive should be those alien humans, as if they are subspecies that continue to evolve on some planets with harsh environments. Because of the scarcity of these sub-humans, it is especially beautiful to buy them back as slaves. ”

Navona stretched out three fingers and said, "Usually the most sold are orc slaves." The main customers of these people are the owners of the mining planets on the edge of the stars, and the half-orcs have rough skin and thick 'flesh' and tenacious vitality, and are the best workers on the mining planets. However, generally speaking, half-orcs do not buy and sell individually, and often a whole team of more than a dozen or even dozens of hundreds of people 'trade' together, and the price will naturally not be very low, especially those half-orc miners who are already proficient in 'operating' mining mechas. ”

"How could I be a miner, but how could I become a slave?" Changkong Xuan asked curiously.

Navona smiled and said, "Actually, in most places at the edge of the universe, the mining planets are in a semi-independent position, because the environment on them is extremely harsh, and only half-orcs can stay there. They are all free people, but they need to rely on minerals in exchange for various necessities of survival, because they are subject to the major mining companies. Because of the imbalance between supply and demand, mining companies are often able to exchange a small amount of daily necessities and food for a large amount of minerals in the hands of orcs. ”

He Ruozhi's heart suddenly brightened - the status of a half-orc is equivalent to that of a prisoner on the island of death.

No, it should be said that it is more miserable than a prisoner.

Navona sighed and said, "Although this is already very profitable, the greed of the human heart is always endless. Many small mining companies with 'private' people often recruit mercenaries or pirates to raid orc planets, bringing back a large number of orcs to work on their own 'private' mining planets. In this case, the orcs would be completely reduced to slavery, living in the dark of the mines. Because the environment on the 'private' mining planet is very harsh, and there are no necessary safety measures, even a strong creature like a half-orc can only last for three or five years at most, so the demand for half-orc slaves in the universe is very large, and those 'private' mine owners who do not have the strength to recruit mercenaries often come to Elysium to bid for half-orcs. ”

"That's right." Changkong Xuan suddenly said with some excitement, "Is there a place to auction excellent fighters here?" The price of a warrior should be expensive, right? ”

He remembered a lot of legends, and it seemed that many heroes found their future close comrades-in-arms in the auction house.

Navona laughed and said, "Slaves are people with grudges, and who would dare to arm them? If you buy a few fighters to go home, you might be beheaded the next day! It's better to hire mercenaries directly, at least the credibility is guaranteed, and there are no worries. ”

Changkong Xuan's cheeks turned red, and he immediately realized his mistake.

"I don't know what type of slaves you are going to buy when you go to the Black Prison Auction House this time? You have a very good eye, the Black Prison Auction House is the largest slave auction house in Elysium Star, with all kinds of slaves, and two different auctions are held every day. I see that you have already booked tomorrow's session, so you must have discovered your favorite product from the product catalog, right? Navona asked with a smile.

"What we're going to buy is just a very ordinary human slave, and they're all crippled, so they can't do any work at all, so it shouldn't be too expensive."

"A crippled human slave?" Navona frowned, "That means it's useless anymore?" ”

Changkong Xuan nodded: "Yes." ”

"That's bad." "If the slave really had no value, perhaps the auction house would not have sold him alone, for it would probably not have been sold; It was common practice to tie him up with some high-value slaves. ”

"What?" Sky Xuan was dumbfounded.

"That'...... Then can't we buy such a slave separately? ”

Navona smiled: "This guest, the businessmen of the Elysium Heaven are all old and cunning. Imagine a useless slave with broken limbs, and someone is willing to pay a lot of money to buy it, which means that this slave must be a very important person to the buyer. In that case, the seller can arbitrarily inflate the price, even a staggering figure. ”

"What can I do?" Sky Xuan was dumbfounded.

Navona said, "I only hope that the people you want will not be tied up among the overly sought-after slaves, and that it will be possible to buy the whole team of slaves without attracting the attention of others." ”

"This ......"

Changkong Xuan secretly estimated in his heart, and found that if he wanted to buy a team of slaves, it seemed that the star coins he brought might still be a little insufficient.

Especially with the auction method, no one knows what the final price will be.

Changkong Xuan glanced at He Ruozhi helplessly.

He Ruozhi silently took out a small bag from his arms and put it on the table, and poured out two diamonds from it.

The entire cabin was suddenly enveloped in a blue 'color' light.

Navona's face turned green: "Deep sea blue diamonds? ”

He Ruozhi said lightly: "How much can these two diamonds be sold for?" ”

Navona, who is also a good at jewelry appraisal, took a magnifying glass and took a closer look, and said excitedly: "This is the purest blue diamond, if you are willing to wait a month or two, it is not impossible to sell for 20 million star coins!" ”

"I want cash."

Navona 'revealed' his greedy look, 'licked' his lips, and said in a trembling voice: "How about eight million? I can pay you right now. ”

He doesn't ask about the black market 'private' dealers anymore, and obviously has the intention of taking the two blue diamonds into his pocket.

"Twelve million, not a word is missing."

"It can't be!" Navona hissed, "Unless you give me a week to raise money." ”

"Today, now, eleven million." He Ruozhi said lightly, "This is my final bottom line, I believe that there are still many very powerful businessmen in the Elysian Star Heaven." ”

Navona made a very unbearable look, as if he had suffered a big loss, and transferred 11 million Star Coins to He Ruozhi's account through online banking in frustration. He greedily pocketed the two blue diamonds, and his eyes were full of light, and the light could not be resisted.

It can be seen that he has made a lot of money in this business.

"Two masters, please rest assured." Navona smiled flatteringly, "I have also seen the auction materials of the Black Prison Auction House this month, and there should not be a single item whose final price exceeds five million, so you can rest assured." ”

He Ruozhi nodded and said, "Only the three of us know about this matter, of course you also know what to do?" ”

"Of course, of course!" Navona nodded hurriedly, "Absolutely not to 'reveal' the customer's information, this is our purpose, otherwise we won't have to 'mess' in the Elysium in the future!" ”

Only then did Changkong Xuan know that the teacher was going to stand up for him, and his heart was full of emotion!

As he spoke, the spaceship had already arrived in the sky above the Black Hell Auction House.

It's better to be a small town than an auction house.

The entire auction house covers an area of thousands of acres, and all the buildings are made of black 'color' marble, which looks like a black 'color' fortress.

It is surrounded by a variety of entertainment facilities, and in the middle is a huge and majestic auction hall.

The appearance of the auction hall is reminiscent of the ancient Colosseum, except that it is a hundred times larger and covered with a dome.

What's even more surprising is that this majestic building is completely volleyed.

Tens of thousands of bronze figures of different shapes form huge supporting columns, carrying this building stiffly!

All the bronze figures have a painful look on their faces.

There was an endless stream of large cargo ships in the sky, many of which came empty, but carried countless slaves back to their "dark" and bottomless mine "holes", so that those "fine" and strong orcs turned into white bones in just a few years.

------------------- Niu's mother picked up a dog...... It is said that the son of the owner of their unit stole it from the outside to raise, and then the unit itself already had a big dog, and gave birth to seven puppies, and the family was very large, so they bullied the new dog and kept biting.

It's a pathetic look.

Mother Niu relented for a while, so she picked up the puppy.

Da Niu was depressed, I thought that a little girl who was only seventeen or eighteen years old would be overflowing with sympathy, but I didn't expect that the fifty-year-old middle-aged and elderly 'woman' and 'woman' would be the same!

Well...... The philosophy behind this story tells us that puppies are animals that like to grind their teeth.

Puppies like to grind their teeth by "biting the wire".

Then the computer cable is also a type of wire.

Someday in the future, the puppy is likely to bite off the computer power cord, causing the chassis to explode, and the manuscript saved by the bull will be destroyed instantly~ Therefore, if it is not updated one day in the future, everyone must spontaneously and automatically think: "Well, it must be the big cow's computer cable that was bitten off by the puppy, it can't be that the big cow is lazy!" Because he originally said that raising a dog, raising a dog - the computer cable was bitten off, this causal inference is very logical! ”

That's what everyone thinks, right? Right? Embarrassment~