Yolanda took a copy of the information and said with a smile: "I asked all the apprentices about their intentions just now, and they voluntarily gave up going home for the Three Holy Days and decided to stay here and seize all the time to study. ”

Ron said, "Yes, we need such an apprentice, and their families have been notified, right?"

"Well, it's done, and a three-holy day gift is also included, so I want to show my heart. ”

Master Ron bowed slightly, "Good job, more meticulous than me." ”

"It's Charlie who has experience, and they're all going home as planned. ”

Anna glanced at Charlie and half-jokingly said, "If you were born in the parish, I think you would be a very powerful missionary." ”

Charlie said with a smile: "Managers also have skills to speak of, and it can be summed up in one sentence, which is to 'make the disheartened subordinates feel that the future is promising', so as to give full play to their value." ”

Anna was stunned, carefully savored the meaning of this sentence, and felt that it made sense, she was born in a business family, and it was easy to find supporting examples, which was undoubtedly the most experienced.

Ron looked at her, smiled, and said, "Charlie often comes up with some thought-provoking golden sentences, you just get used to it." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to Charlie and said, "Your performance of the Flame Hand is indeed a bit scary, I think that the super strong spiritual power and flame element affinity can't explain the effect of your play, I remember that when I first tested your talent, you were only mentally far beyond ordinary people! The Magic Temple really has its special features, and it will make you undergo some radical changes in a year." ”

In fact, Charlie's ability to play with the flame to this extent is the effect of the magic furnace, as Charlie becomes more familiar with it, his control of elemental magic is more handy, and this legendary talent brings him natural, similar to the "precision casting" and "magic extreme" supermagic effect, and this is only its most basic function, I wonder what kind of function it will inspire when Charlie enters a higher level?

"Yes, there are a lot of drugs in the Arcane Ring that can improve the physique, as long as you earn enough points, the talent can be forcibly changed, so the powerful families usually have an advantage, and they can supplement the innate deficiencies through the tonic in the background. Charlie casually explained that no matter how much he trusted Ron, he couldn't tell the secret.

Ron listened, bowed slightly, his magic path was the academic school of the empire, and he also had high respect for the mysterious place in the distance, and he was immediately convinced after listening to Charlie's explanation.

"Teacher, the number of ten apprentices is still a bit small, after all, the training cycle is too long, we had better reserve it, and when it really comes in handy, it will be too late to train, and in a hurry, management is prone to problems, and the risk of leaking news is greater, so we have to add some more people, and now we are not short of money." ”

Anna came to her senses and asked, "Then can we still find a suitable child from the civilian area?"

Ron shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's difficult, if you want to find a knight apprentice of the same level, grab a lot of it, after all, the knight's investment is relatively small, and ordinary families can afford it." Magic is different, it has always been considered an aristocratic profession, and a large amount of investment may not necessarily be exchanged for equivalent returns, which is very risky.

It took me a week and a half to almost go to several community schools in several civilian areas to find 12 people, and I think that if you spend more money to find them, you may not be able to find many people, and there will be a lot of commotion. Unless you relax the conditions and allow the recruitment of noble apprentices, even if it is a down-and-out nobleman, the situation will be much better. ”

Charlie shook his head resolutely, "Teacher, it's not that I don't want to, but I can't, if the scope is expanded, our factory will soon be known by the Pavel family, you should never underestimate this family's control over Haynes City." ”

Ron pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, we can only go to the slave market, we have to go there immediately, the Three Holy Days are coming, and the market will be closed for at least two weeks." ”

Charlie immediately decided, "Go now!"

Anna hurriedly said, "I'm going too." ”

Seeing Charlie's probing gaze, Anna explained, "I'm your treasurer and must be involved in every one of your plans. ”

Zha thought for a moment and nodded silently.

Ron advised, "Then you have to be mentally prepared, a slave camp is not a good place. ”

......

Yolanda stays at the castle to take care of the apprentices, while Brian continues to deal with security, and Charlie and his party ride in Master Ron's carriage to Oak Market, a famous slave market in the southwest of Haynes City.

The Millennium Empire is a martial country, and so far, it has been in constant confrontation with the barbarians of Mangshan at the northeast border, and has constant friction with the troll tribes in the southern straits.

The war brought a large number of prisoners of war, the cruelty of the church - persecution of the infidels, and also captured a large number of captives, from the gray iron dwarves in the mountains to the underwater nagas, from the beautiful elves to the green-skinned goblins, all kinds of races, prisoners of war were usually treated as slaves, which would produce a large amount of fiscal taxes, therefore, slavery was retained in the thousand-year-old empire, and with a large number of transactions, the slave trade was extremely meticulously developed, as if it had become an industry.

As a result, there are some slave hunters on the fringes of the law, poaching native inhabitants where the light of the empire does not shine.

Benefiting from the prosperity and openness of Port Haynes, the Oak Slave Market is one of the largest slave markets in the Empire, where you can buy slaves of almost any race as long as you have the money.

The Oak Market is controlled by the dark forces of the underground, an extremely large force that has stood against the Iron and Blood Duke for decades, and the Grand Duke has not yet recovered the underground world of Henes, which shows its strength. Duke Keming, the owner of Oak Market, is an inconspicuous viscount, but he is said to have a lot of power in the underworld, although he is not the biggest boss, he is also in the top five, and he is one of the few people that even the Pavel family is cautious about.

Every time the day goes dark, and every time a variety of vendors set up their stalls on both sides of Purcell Street, it is a sign that the dark order has taken over the neighborhood. Traditionally, the slave trade began in the evening, so they had to wait here for a while.

Then, Charlie discovers something that excites him, he sees two newly opened tea houses, and while admiring the keen sense of smell of the merchant Haynes, he is also happy for Donald, which heralds the beginning of tea life.

The three of them sat in the teahouse for more than an hour, and finally waited until evening.

When the bell tower in the distance came from the long bell, the street suddenly underwent some changes, as if it changed the sky in an instant, colorful magic lights flickered, and the street became lively, as if ten times more people poured out of thin air, suddenly dispelling the order under the bright order, returning to a strong downtown style.

When Charlie stepped into the Oak Market, people were suddenly in a daze, it was very different from the slave camp described in his impression: he did not see one closed prison after another, nor did he see the dirty and messy environment, there was no foul air, no stench of feces and strong body odor, but with a faint fragrance, which made people feel refreshed.

The interior of the largest slave exchange in the Oak Market resembles a theater of no small size, with three progressive auditoriums surrounding an eye-catching stage.

Seeing the three of them enter, a clever reception waiter appeared in front of the three of them, the man was chic and handsome, the woman was beautiful and moving, and there was a dignified and decent old man, which was a common combination of high-class nobles coming here.

The waiter smiled and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to buy a few slaves, or do you want to watch some interesting programs?"

"Oh, what's going on today?"

"If the young master likes excitement, you might as well go to the two underground floors to watch a few life and death gladiatorial battles, tonight there is a group of highland orcs who have just been transported from the northeast, that is, a group of beasts with wool and blood, the gladiatorial fight will be particularly exciting, and we will also open some handicaps for everyone's entertainment;

If you want to see some glamorous performances, we have specially trained Wood Elves, which are a race that is very good at dancing, handsome, light, flexible, very interesting and tasteful collections, and if the young master is willing to spend a lot of money, we also have a supply of Wood Elf virgins, which are slaves that can only be seen in the port of Haynes;

In addition to that, we also have children's performances, which I won't go into to you specifically, it has a threshold, and we are rarely open to the living, unless they become our senior customers. The waiter was extremely skilful in introducing Charlie to the Oak Market.

Anna on the side listened with a flushed face, with a bit of resentment and dissatisfaction, and looked at Charlie as if nothing happened.

Master Ron is very knowledgeable, so naturally he will not behave so unnaturally like a young man.

Charlie smiled and said, "I didn't expect there to be such an interesting place in Haynes City, I didn't know it before." ”

"You...... Don't go too far!" Anna couldn't help but warn.

"I said you don't want to come with me, you have to come with me. Charlie let out a dissatisfied voice and said to the waiter: "We want to buy a batch of slaves with some magical foundation, no need to be particularly proficient, no race is limited, and the age cannot be too big, how many can you find?"

The waiter asked, "Is the young master looking for a group of junior apprentice craftsmen, such as some helpers in the mage tower?"

Charlie snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "You are really smart, you can understand it at a glance." ”

The waiter thought for a moment and said, "If you have to choose from the various slave camps, of course you can pick a batch, but the result may be a messy group, and it will be very troublesome to manage, and we are well aware of it.

Another option is to directly contract a whole batch of Wood Elves, this race is born with magical talents and ingenuity, but buying them as junior helpers seems a bit too extravagant, after all, the value of Wood Elves is mainly reflected in other aspects. As he spoke, the waiter gave Charlie a meaningful look.

Charlie muttered, "Anyway, take us to see it first!"