Chapter 393: Trivia (Part II)
"Welcome to Your Excellency Lelouch, I am Angelia, the head of this market. ”
The first to come to Lelouch was a woman with shoulder-length short hair and good looks, dressed in decent clothes to outline a delicate figure, both in terms of manners and etiquette.
When Angelia was the first to greet her, the other guides had to stop abruptly. Lelouxiu, who is good at observing words and feelings, noticed some problems, and the few people behind Angelia seem to be the heads of the market, but from the current situation, it seems that they are obviously not all the way to each other, at least two of them did not perfectly hide their hostility towards Angelia with a smile.
Only then did Elisa whisper in Lelous's ear that sixty percent of the transactions in the slave market in the Free City were completely monopolized by the big merchant Philipes, and the rest of the transaction volume was controlled by some scattered slave traders and small families, and several of the larger families and chambers of commerce formed the second echelon of interests under Philipus, and the few people in charge in front of them should belong to these families and chambers of commerce.
After signaling to understand, Lelouch talked to Angelia: "Hello Miss Angelia, since time is precious, I will be blunt, I am forming a chamber of commerce, which requires a large number of porters and stevedores, as well as some maids and attendants, since it is my first time here, please recommend it." ”
In the face of Lelouch's self-talk, Angelia found that the large number of polite words she had prepared were useless, but this was a little easier: "Okay~ Mr. Lelouxiu, I understand your needs, please be sure to come to the club to negotiate, I will immediately ask someone to prepare the goods you need." ”
Kenjiro clenched his fists when Angelia said the word 'cargo', but in the end Kenjiro endured it, but his eyes still showed anger from time to time.
Lelouch and Alisa were still riding in the carriage, and Kenjiro and Gus, who were the guards, were still riding horses. Angelia was lucky enough to get into the carriage and sit opposite Lelouch. As for the other unfortunate market leaders, they could only sigh that they were unlucky at the moment and had to give up the opportunity to contact Lelouch. After passing through several heavily guarded checkpoints before entering the slave market, Tong Guò observed that it was a city within a city, with gates made entirely of steel, walls taller than the rest of the city, and more guards.
However, on the way, Leloucius witnessed the darkness and horror of slavery in the history of mankind in his own world, and in this city within a city it seemed to be a huge cattle market, with many fences and high platforms on both sides of the road. It's just that the animals shown above are not cattle and sheep, but human beings who are as alive as themselves. Of course, Lelouch knew that he was no longer human┉┉
It is conceivable that when the dark picture that used to only rely on imagination really appeared in front of him, even this black-bellied prince who always maintained an indifferent posture and was full of confidence couldn't help but be moved.
All the slaves were almost naked, and the only covering on their bodies was probably a rope tied to their waists, and the human slaves were almost all men, unkempt and skinny, as if a gust of wind could blow them to the ground. And most of the guests outside the cage were people dressed as chamber attendants and housekeepers.
Angelia saw that Lelouch seemed to be interested in the slave booth outside, and hurriedly explained that these sick slaves were some 'cheap goods' doing heavy chores, if there were some skilled slaves, such as cooks, blacksmiths, musicians, etc., they would be in the inner market, of course, these slaves would be lucky to get some extra water and food. The relative mental outlook will be much better.
Lelouch listened intently to Angelia's explanation, not because the content of Angelia's explanation was important, but because Lelouch wanted to block out the wails and whips that came from time to time outside the carriage.
Alyssa glanced at it and hurriedly turned her head not wanting to look further, after all, these male slaves were basically naked and only had a rope tied around their waists, which was too exciting for a noble lady like Alisa from a famous family.
Angelia didn't plan to recommend this kind of bargain for Leluxiu, and when she learned that Leluxiu, the gold lord who caused a lot of sensation in the free city, came to Angelia's top and tried to choose some good goods to win over this noble son with a lot of money but a mysterious identity. After leading the way through another checkpoint. The road suddenly opened up, and there was a lack of the smell in the air that had been emitted from the market from time to time.
The booths in this new area had been clearly cleaned and cleaned, and some of the slaves standing on it looked much better than the scrawny shemales before. In addition to humans, there are also some dwarves and orcs among the slaves imprisoned in the enclosures and cages, and even some strange humanoid species, which Lelouch had seen in the illustrated book when he was in the city of Ulduar, goblins, orcs, lizardmen, etc. Obviously, this is a high-end consumption area in the slave market, and from time to time you can see some young female slaves being tied to a qiē, and most of the customers selected are some well-dressed rich people.
Kenjiro buried his head and tried not to look at the picture in front of him. When he remembered the low sobs of women and the shouts of slave traders as he passed a booth, Kenjiro's hand holding the reins was already squeezing hard and began to crackle.
Fortunately, Angelia was not ready to let everyone stop here, and after driving forward a little more, in front of a huge building, Angelia finally signaled that Lelouch had arrived at his destination, and when Elisa saw the emblem on the building, she hurriedly whispered to Lelouch which Chamber of Commerce of the Zogerton family belonged to at this time.
Angelia smiled, fulfilling her duties as a guide. When Lelouch stepped out of the carriage, he immediately attracted the attention of some businessmen around, just like watching idol stars, many people watched Lelouch and whispered, obviously this situation was due to the deal of 1.5 billion lien reached in the previous day.
And Gus and Kenjiro also caused a burst of exclamations after getting off the horse, looking at the two handsome men with perfect figures, many women dressed as noble ladies used fans to half-cover their faces and commented on the two, and some of the more open women even pointed directly to the friends on the side of the two of them, and then chattered endlessly as if they had found an interesting topic.
Angelia led Lelouch into this huge building, and immediately greeted several attendants to lead the horses to rest, after entering this huge building, Lelouch found that this was a huge indoor slave trading market, from the layout of Lelouch felt like a department store in his previous world, except that the things sold here were living humans.
In many shop windows, there were men and women standing slaves in all kinds of costumes, and the labels on the side of the Shanghai wrote the basic information and prices of these slaves, Lelouch casually walked to a window and looked, standing inside was a little boy who looked fourteen or fifteen years old, very handsome, and looked quite sunny, but the sign card introducing him showed that he was a half-elf and good at playing the violin.
Lelouch raised his head and looked at the child, who was not much younger than himself, suspiciously, but the boy saluted Leluxiu politely with a bright smile, and that look did not seem to feel that he was being bought and sold as a piece of goods. Angelia explained in time that this kind of half-breed will be identified after birth, and those with excellent talents will be sent to special academies for training, where they will learn all kinds of knowledge, cultivate temperament and etiquette, and behave no less than nobles, of course, in the process of cultivation, their consciousness will also be thoroughly instilled in obedience to their masters.
Shaking his head, Lu Lu Xiu left directly, this place is full of a strange atmosphere that makes people feel oppressed, in Lu Lu Xiu's eyes, although these slaves who are displayed here are full of clothes and blood, but their souls have long been decayed, the desire for freedom, the resistance to slavery, and even the lament of their own fate have completely dissipated from their souls, and all that remains is an empty human shell.
"Miss Angelia, my time is precious, and I don't have time to visit here today. ”
"I'm sorry~ Mr. Lelouch, please here! I'll take you to the VIP room right away. ”
Angelia hurriedly quickened her pace to explain, and at this time, a prisoner car drove over from the special passage on the side, and the moment Kenjiro's eyes became sharp when he passed by the group, and through the black canvas Kenjiro who was blown up by the breeze, he saw the people who were being held inside, and it was actually full of children who were probably not even ten years old, and the faces full of childishness but filled with fear made Kenjiro so angry that his muscles couldn't stop beating.
Do these people who don't even spare children still have a little bit of humanity?
In the blink of an eye, Kenjiro only felt that the gentlemen and noblewomen in the market in gorgeous costumes, the attendants and merchants who diligently introduced the 'goods', these people were all just a group of demons in human skins!
When he noticed a slave trader yelling at a pair of beautiful twin girls, ordering them to be naked and let a pot-bellied old man admire them, Kenjiro finally couldn't help himself, and wanted to see if the blood was bright red or rancid venom in their bodies.
Kenjiro, who was full of murderous intent, had just turned around and walked to the side, when suddenly a big hand grabbed Kenjiro's arm tightly.
"Hey~ You want to kill everyone, don't you?" Gus, who grabbed Kenjiro, whispered with a subtle expression. (To be continued......)