In the outer city of Suero, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling finally found Chen Hansheng and his party.

They occupied a freight yard, and Shi Hao and a few companions guarded the gate with guns. Seeing Xiao Chen coming, they shouted excitedly.

Immediately, Chen Hansheng and Li Jia rushed out of the freight yard.

Chen Hansheng hugged Xiao Chen fiercely, and Shi Hao and Li Jia also came over to hug him. The relationship between people is especially close in this foreign land. Li Jia would never do such an action on earth. However, when he saw Xiao Chen again at this time, he felt sorry for the worry in his heart if he didn't hug him.

"It's sad for us. Li Jia looked at Xiao Chen, and then at Luo Ling, and when he saw that the two of them were neat, he showed a happy expression, and he said with some embarrassment: "We were all talking about business, but suddenly there were rumors outside that there was a riot in the slave market, and then it didn't take long for the merchants to start fleeing." We know that you will be in danger when you go to the slave market early in the morning, and this scares us a lot. We wanted to go to you, but Lao Chen insisted on not letting us go. He took us to occupy a freight yard in the outer city and prepared the fast horses. They said they were just waiting for news here, and if we ran over, it would only add to the chaos. ”

"Yo, that's it. I've said a long time ago that you have to trust your partner. See it now, it's okay!" Chen Hansheng smiled, "But, what about the Kalanda, why are you three people in the past and only two of you come back?"

"Lao Chen, you can rest assured. She's fine. There's something out there that she needs to keep an eye on. Luo Ling said.

"I'll just say, Kalanda is a real master, and you Xiao Chen is also a decent magician, so it's always okay to escape. Don't blame me for not sending someone to answer you. Shi Hao, they are all ordinary people, Li Jia's magic has not yet become a climate, and I am afraid that I will not find you but fall into it by myself when the time comes. I have to be responsible for everyone. Chen Hansheng put away his smile and said sincerely.

Xiao Chen nodded and said, "You did the right thing, Lao Chen." Thankfully, they didn't come. Otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"What's going on inside, what's going on now, do you need to retreat right away?"

"No, you don't. In fact, instead of retreating, you all need to help receive the personnel. We've got a big deal in there. ”

Five minutes later, everyone looked at Xiao Chen and Luo Ling in amazement.

"Nearly 5,000 people, my obedient, was abducted by you so pennilessly?" This is Chen Hansheng's admiration.

"It's not easy to settle 5,000 people near our school at once. "This is Li Jia's problem.

"There are so many people, it's not easy to manage, it's like a time bomb, it can't be blown up. This is Shi Hao's perspective on the problem.

"So, I think we're going to take a few steps. Xiao Chen analyzed, "We have more than 20 people ourselves, and there are more than 40 mercenaries led by Kalanda, and Roger and a dozen of his subordinates can also be used." ”

"And Selinda. Li Jia added, "She has more than a dozen escorts with us. ”

"If you can talk to her, you can also consider it. Xiao Chen smiled, "I have already promoted some relatively strong and obedient slaves, there are nearly two hundred of them. In a moment, the ones from the same slave camp were broken up separately and organized into brigades, squadrons, and squads. Arrange our people and elite slaves to be captains at all levels, as long as the organization is built, people will be easy to manage. ”

Chen Hansheng agreed: "On average, three people have to manage fifty, which is similar to a teacher managing a class, and it can be done!"

"That's fine. Besides, we have guns, we have weapons. Shi Hao was also relieved at this time.

Xiao Chen shook his head and said: "The key to our ability to control these people is not that we have weapons, but because of two things: the first is that the key to their survival now is on us. The second is that the hope that they will have a good life in the future is still on us. I brought a large amount of supplies, including food and clothing, from the slave camps. As long as these things are in our hands, they have to be obedient if they want to eat their stomachs. I also promised that when they arrived at our school, they would be given fields, seeds, and tools so that they would have the opportunity to support themselves, and those who did not farm would also get other jobs, either as warriors or as workers. This is much more than the hope of them escaping and surviving on their own. This was the feudal era, and any lord or freeman could execute a fugitive slave, and it would be difficult for them to get out of Suero unless they went to the wilderness. I promised them that if we worked for us for five years, or if we had achieved war exploits, they would be freed from slavery, and that would be the way we could control them. ”

"Xiao Chen. What you said hasn't been passed with the people of the committee yet, and you just promised all the benefits, will there be any problems?" Li Jia said with some worry.

"Those who achieve great things are not informal. If you wait until the meeting is over, the daylilies will be cold. Chen Hansheng defended Xiao Chen, "Besides, do you think that when the five thousand slaves stop at the school gate, which official will come out and say no? Who would dare? Let's stop debating now." Let's split up, it looks like there's a lot going on. ”

"That's right. I've got some ideas, and if you're okay, I might have a lot of work to ask you to do. Xiao Chen saw that everyone nodded in agreement, so he began to assign work: "Li Jia, you go to the Golden Jasmine Chamber of Commerce to say hello to Baron Goya, and we have to purchase all their tents, food and clothes." We have an old relationship, let them take out all the goods at the bottom of the box for me. ”

"Okay, we're all grasshoppers tied to a rope, and they'll do their best. Li Jia agreed.

Xiao Chen said to Shi Hao again: "Shi Hao went to see the city lord and asked him to come forward and deploy tents and supplies in Baron Gregory's army, I know that this is a little difficult......

Luo Ling smiled slightly, "There won't be any difficulties, they will understand that if they don't cooperate, the slaves will freeze, be hungry, and make trouble again, this city wall may not be able to stop it." You can be tougher. ”

"I see. Shi Hao smiled, "If you want me to negotiate or something, I don't think I can do it well, and I will be scared by putting up a shelf, I must be fine." Xiao Chen, among the guards you are looking for, pick a few sturdy ones, put on their equipment, and follow me as the background. Don't scare them to death. ”

Xiao Chen gave a thumbs up, and said to Luo Ling: "Master Icasa is the only one you are more familiar with besides me." We don't need him to do anything, just explain the situation to him and let him keep the parties calm. ”

"Don't worry. Maybe I can also help you borrow a few magic apprentices to suppress the formation. ”

Xiao Chen was stunned: "Can you still play like this?"

Luo Ling blinked, "Look at me." ”

"By the way, and the Dwarven blacksmith Farrell family has been notified to evacuate with us. ”

"Don't worry, he's already a member of the Golden Jasmine Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Old Chen. Now there's another opportunity for you to make a handful. As long as the slaves have not left and are still stranded outside the city, many merchants will be uncertain, and those merchants who have come from afar will definitely want to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Presumably some of them are willing to sell goods at low prices. You take a few people from the business group to ask around, and we want all the cheap goods. We now have a big plate, we lack everything, and we have a lot of goods brought out of the slave camps, so you can take them and spend them. ”

"I like this business. I'll let them have some blood. Chen Hansheng patted his chest and agreed.

"Then what are you going to do?" Li Jia asked Xiao Chen.

"There are nearly 5,000 slaves out there. Seeing me is what reassures them. ”

Just as Xiao Chen was about to leave, Li Jia grabbed him and whispered to him, "Xiao Chen, Selinda wants to talk to you about slaves." ”

"Someone to help us take care of the slaves, she also took the initiative to bring it up, right?" Xiao Chen knew that there was a problem in his brain.

"Hey, hey. Her people are idle, so you can hear what she has to say. ”

"You guy, heavy sex and light friends, I don't know if you will be sold by you one day. ”

Li Jia's face flushed, and she didn't say anything, so she hurriedly pulled Xiao Chen down in a clearing at the corner of the freight yard, where Selinda was wearing a light leather armor and was waiting.

Seeing Xiao Chen, she said straight to the point: "I want some slaves from you." ”

"Yes?"

"Yes, yes, not bought, in other words, I want you to send me some slaves. Selinda said.

Xiao Chen was quite surprised, he didn't understand the current situation, he glanced at Li Jia, who spread his hands.

Xiao Chen asked, "Can you tell me why?"

"You have destroyed our house and taken my land. Now you transport these people back to Montenegro, the houses they want to live in, the land they want to plant, are all on my family's fiefdom? Originally, you didn't have many materials and had difficulty in turnover, but I didn't force you to compensate and buy land. But now that you've made a windfall, and now that you have so many slaves, aren't you ready to put an end to it?" Selinda's tone was calm, but the meaning of her words was a little aggressive.

However, Xiao Chen knew that what she said was not right, and this was also a problem that the school had been considering, that is, how to take the land around the school as much as possible without having a bad relationship with Count Arias, or create a fait accompli, so that the school has its own space for development. This was the most important purpose of the Foreign Affairs Group's visit to meet the Count. Now the Count's only daughter has made this request, which is understandable. But...... , Xiao Chen thought for a while and asked, "What do you want slaves for?"

Selinda was stunned when she heard this question, and asked rhetorically, "What else can you do?" Of course, it is to enrich the population of the territory. The county is actually very large, and there are large tracts of uncultivated land. These lands can only be cultivated by sending people to obtain food and wealth. ”

"Don't you nobles buy slaves all the time? I see that the slave traders are doing very well. ”

When Xiao Chen asked this, Selinda said with a straight face: "Slaves ask for money, and they are not afraid of your jokes, the nobles know that this Count of Arias only knows how to spend time and wine...... I never had a lot of money. How can I have any money to buy new slaves! In the last four or five years, the family has bought some slaves, which is not what I have thought of. In short, I only need a small head this time, and divide me with a thousand ordinary slaves, less than one-fifth, and the market price is about 10,000 gold coins. From now on, the Montenegro region to the Viscounty of Ruiz will be yours. You are a magician, and we don't need you to be lord of the House of Arias, just a simple land transaction. What do you think?"

In Selinda's opinion, this is a passable deal for both parties, anyway, Xiao Chen's slaves are easy to come by, so why not settle the affairs of the territory in the name of justice?

However, Xiao Chen pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell it." ”