Muhadi found the robe with gold tassels and silver trim that he had worn when he first came into this world, put it on, looked at himself carefully, and now he did not see the slightest tribal mark on his body, and then went out contentedly.

According to tradition, the first day of Eid al-Adha was a day of trade, the second day was a day of entertainment, and the third day was supposed to be a day of worship. But now there were no gods on Attas, and the elves did not believe in any idols, so the third day became a day of indulgence, in which every member of the tribe would indulge in singing and dancing, drinking all kinds of hallucinogenic drinks, and finally waking up in a strange bed by the stranger's side.

The most common day of the trade day is often a variety of auctions, but usually all kinds of livestock are auctioned, but this time slaves are auctioned.

Muhadi complied, pretending to be a customer, and leisurely came to the auction house. With an excited look, he looked at the eager crowd.

The so-called auction hall was nothing more than an open space temporarily enclosed by old Karim with wood and rope, and a curtain was placed at the back of the auction hall to act as a backstage, where the slaves to be sold were held.

Karim didn't know where to pick up a tattered crate and serve as a podium, and he stood on the crate and announced the auction began.

"Ah," he said in the very accented lingua franca of man, "what a wonderful combination, with the slave standing to my left." The man with the money in his pocket stood to my right. A hairless miser stands in the middle. ”

The crowd chuckled as the sellers were humans, elves, and even a dwarven merchant who had to stand on the stepping stones to keep himself from being obstructed.

Old Karim stirred up the audience's emotions in an impassioned tone, "Now I'm going to take a look at the first item of the day!

Before he could finish speaking, an assistant brought out a man with his hands tied behind his back with thick ropes, his eyes covered with rags, and his mouth stuffed with something he didn't know.

It can be seen that he is a warrior, and the standing posture and the cocoon of the tiger's mouth all speak for themselves. Probably he turned out to be an adventurer, or a warrior from a nearby human tribe, but he has now been defeated and captured, and reduced to a slave.

The crowd began to bid, with a pot-bellied human merchant offering a meat lizard first, followed by a number of merchants, both humans and elves, and the price quickly soared from one lizard to two lizards and then to a woolly camel.

In auctions, it is customary to bid on large livestock rather than metal currency. Because there are so many types of currency, it is difficult to convert them at auction, so it is much more convenient to use livestock for valuation.

The auction didn't last long before it ended, and a fat elven merchant came out with two woolly camels. Karim inquired for a long time, but no one raised the price, and finally announced the deal with two woolly camels.

Generally speaking, these captured warriors are not very good commodities, and both desert herders and adventurers are too rebellious to be truly tamed. Most merchants preferred debt slaves or indentured slaves from city-states, or those who were disparaged by the desert folk as "kneeling people", who were more obedient and therefore the best slaves.

As for Muhadi himself, he now has a special position, although subordinate to Fatoumah, but at the same time a warrior of the tribe. The culture of the elven nomads was very different from that of the city-states, they admired force and glory, and anyone could offer to solve any problem with a scimitar. Even a slave can offer to fight his master, and no elf will risk a big loss of face to refuse. Of course, few free men offered to challenge the slaves, because they felt that it would be no honor to win the war.

Speaking of which, this particular culture is not the same as slavery in most parts of the planet, but somewhat similar to the Mamluk soldiers of the Ayyubid-Mamluk dynasty in Egypt. (As for the idea that the Mamluks were to be castrated, that was an out-and-out rumor.) ）

Now, there was a shortage of slaves in the area around Tyre, and the merchants probably couldn't take care of that much, so they wanted to pocket all the slaves.

Muhadi did not make a bid in the first round of bidding, but patiently observed the bidders, studied them, and figured them out.

"You have to grasp their every thought before you can really read people's hearts" is a quote that Lyra mentions in class. Muhadi is not yet there, but it doesn't hurt to give it a try now.

The second slave that Karim had brought with him, a somewhat thin female elf, had been ridden countless times, and her robe had become tattered. Although Karim hissed her recommendation, she swore that she was actually an incomparable beauty, much more beautiful than several of her wives when they were newly married. But there were few applicants, and most businessmen were listless. After all, the female elf looked too thin to give birth to a strong son, and it was too expensive to be a slave to warm the bed.

The final buyer was still the fat elven merchant, who smelled of incense and had a groomed head that was shiny with oil. A thin navy blue robe draped over him, revealing one side of the room. Really, I've never seen such an ugly man**, Muhathir thought to himself.

Only one side of his robe was fastened with a gold buckle at the shoulder, and as he walked, he held it in place with his left hand and a short leather whip with a carved handle in his right hand. A pair of slave girls followed him, one holding up a linen parasol and the other acting as his interpreter.

Seeing the expression on his face, Muhadi knew that the fat lizard had been found tonight, and he would definitely slaughter this person today.

"Sue sù old scorpion, I don't have time to waste it. "The fat elf merchant spoke in a elven dialect that was a mixture of slang, nasal, and many slang words. Muhadi could barely understand, but it was clear that most of the businessmen present were in a fog.

"Lord Dawood said, please the honorable host to speed up the process of the auction. Said the translation girl.

"Sue him, it's too hot here, and Lord Dawood doesn't have the patience to wait here, so let him pack the rest of the slaves up for auction. Dawood said impatiently, sweating profusely.

"Lord Dawood's sincere advice, can you auction off the rest of the slaves?" the slave paraphrased in the standard lingua franca of mankind, "Lord promises to pay a fair price." ”

Karim hesitated, and some of the captives were injured when they were caught, and there was a possibility that they would not be able to sell. But if it is packaged and sold, I am afraid that the other party will lower the price. Thinking of this, he looked at Muhadi hidden in the crowd with unobtrusive eyes for a moment, and made up his mind, "Okay! Then we will pack up and sell all the slaves together according to the wishes of this good merchant!"

------------------------------------------- p.s. I have a lot of homework in the past two days, and I couldn't update it on time because I was rushing to a groupproject. Soon the protagonist will end his life in the desert and enter the city of Tyre, and that's when the plot really unfolds. Please look forward to it.

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