Located on the west side of the Southtown, next to the Southside Workshop District, the Pena City Slave Market is the end of a free market that runs along the street.

It was occupied all year round by slave traders, who stood on high stone platforms by the street with shackles on their bodies, some with wooden signs at their feet, some at all, and as long as someone stopped in front of these slaves, the slave traders waiting next to them would enthusiastically introduce the price of each slave on the stage.

The metallurgical and leather workshops of the city of Bena are planned in the same area, which is called the workshop area by the citizens.

This workshop area is located next to the southern city wall, and the urban construction department of the city hall diverts water from the moat outside the city into the independent inland river of the workshop area, and the industrial wastewater generated here is discharged directly outside the city by a culvert that runs for kilometers.

There are nearly 200 chimneys in the workshop area, and under each chimney there is a workshop, and the workshop is shrouded in billowing smoke, and the slum area adjacent to the city of Bena is also shrouded in smoke over the city, so it can be said that the slum here is gradually formed because of the existence of the workshop area.

Dajinxi has a high platform on the side of the slave market, on which in addition to a few half-beast female slaves with blue faces and fangs, there are only a dozen or so indigenous slaves who have been captured from an unknown plane, and these slaves automatically form two small groups on the high platform, and at the edge of the high platform stand several ugly kobolds like Shar Pei, who are chained together, squinting and half-lying on the stone platform, and their spirits seem to be a little sluggish.

During the Plane Wars, a large number of slaves were sent to the battlefield, so there were hardly any strong male slaves to be seen in the market.

Passing through the bustling market, Surdak saw several richly dressed nobles standing in front of dwarven slaves, haggling with their slave owners.

Dwarven slaves are quite popular in the market, mainly because they are born familiar with forging and brewing ale, and a strong dwarven slave is more of a money-making machine.

Compared to these dwarven slaves, the orc slaves from the remote mountains of the empire were not so popular.

Most of these orcs were born in the vast mountains bordering the orc tribes, where many villages belonged to a mixed state of human and orc people, and the orcs captured by the slave traders from there belonged to neither humans nor orcs, they were not protected by imperial decrees and tribal orc laws, and had become frequent visitors to the slave market.

Samira recognized one of the slave traders standing under the high platform as one of the Great Kinsey's men and secretly told Surdak.

Surdak and his party walked around the slave market, and found that there were kobold slaves only on the high platform of the Great Kinsi, so they asked the slave trader about the price of the kobold slaves, and the slave trader also knew Samira, so he hurried to the warehouse and called the big Kinsi.

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The plane war made the slave market unprecedentedly prosperous, and many male slaves were sent to the battlefield to become cannon fodder at the forefront, resulting in the price of male slaves in the slave market being much higher than that of female slaves, and basically in short supply.

Da Jinsi met Surdak and Samira and the others in front of the stall.

"Knight Surdak, I heard you want to buy kobold slaves?" Da Jinxi hurried over from across the street, the scar on his face becoming a little red.

"That's exactly what I mean." Surdak replied as he stood in front of the high platform.

Da Jinxi's eyes lit up, and he approached Surdak with a smile, turned his head to look at the kobold slaves, and said again and again: "You are so discerning, these kobolds are from the Fio plane, just look at their teeth to know how young they are, they are very easy to feed, as long as some sweet potatoes and some melon vines, wheat bran can live well, they are best at digging, but if you want to use them to reclaim the land, they can definitely engage in some simple farm work." ”

In order to verify the health of these kobolds, Da Jinxi stabbed the kobold slave in the mouth with an iron hook, pulled open the thick lips of the kobold slave, and forcibly exposed the canine teeth inside.

The kobold slave let out a dull howl.

Surdak stopped Big Kinsi and continued to open the lips of another kobold slave, and said to Big Kinsi, "I'm going to buy two hundred kobold slaves, but before that, I want to know the price!" ”

Da Jinsi touched his shiny forehead and said to Surdak:

"The price is easy to say, and the more kobold I buy from me, the greater the discount."

"Excluding those special slaves, the current dwarves in the slave market are probably more than fifteen gold, and the adult craftsman dwarves even reach about twenty gold, followed by the male half-orcs who can be sent to the battlefield, these half-orcs have a strong physique, this kind of male half-orcs are widely used on the battlefield, basically they are priceless, and the market is clearly marked with a price of fifteen gold."

"The second is the indigenous slaves transported from some small planes, these indigenous slaves can be used to cultivate plantations, but they are not suitable for fighting, they are worth about eight gold, and the second level is these orc female slaves, due to their gender problems, it is difficult to be sent to the battlefield, these half-orc female slaves are difficult to tame and discipline, and their physical strength is comparable to that of adult imperial people, so the price is greatly discounted, generally around hardware."

"As for these kobold slaves, you can make a discount on the selling price of orc female slaves, now two gold each, two hundred kobold slaves only need four hundred gold coins, such a low price, if the budget is sufficient, I suggest you should buy more ......"

Surdak had just taken a look around the slave market, and had roughly inquired about the prices of slaves in the market, which was basically no different from what Dajinsi had said.

Surdak thought about it seriously and, based on his few haggling experiences, felt the need to meet and cut in half...... So he said very decisively: "One gold coin, if you can, help me choose two hundred strong kobolds without any disease." ”

Da Jinsi didn't expect the Surdak knight to actually cut the best price he gave again.

He breathed a sigh in his chest, which instantly made his face flush. The words of refusal reached his throat, but he swallowed it back into his stomach.

Thinking that if Surdak hadn't been rushing over in the warehouse, the kobold slaves in the warehouse might have been ready to be loaded and transported to the cemetery outside the city to dig a pit and bury them on the spot. Now there are people who are willing to take over, albeit at a very low price, but at least a little of the cost can be recovered.

Da Jinxi's face changed red and white several times, and finally his face softened, and he said to Surdak with a smile: "You can rest assured of this, you can choose at will, and I guarantee that all kobold slaves do not have any infectious diseases, and before coming to the Green Empire, they have repeatedly killed the parasites on their bodies with quicklime powder, and there will be absolutely no problem in this regard." ”

Considering that if he wanted to transport two hundred kobold slaves back to Hylanza, even if he rented a magic wagon, he would have to pay a high transportation fee to the carriage and horse dealership, so he said to Da Jinsi: "The final destination of these slaves is my knight territory outside the city of Hylanza, and you are responsible for the transportation of these slaves." ”

Da Jinxi's eyes darkened when he heard this, the green tendons on his forehead bulged, and his heart was full of thoughts of beating people.

You must know that to start a magic airship, in addition to the labor costs such as the crew, the sixteen magic crystals required to activate the floating device alone are worth nearly a hundred gold coins, and to send these kobold slaves to Highland Castle, Da Jinxi can have less than a hundred gold coins left.

But at this time, an assistant next to him hurriedly whispered a few words in Da Jinxi's ear.

The magic airship docked near the airport dock of Bena City happened to be temporarily requisitioned by the War Command of Bena Province to transport war materials in the northern region of Bena Province, and Highlandsa City happened to be one of them.

Da Jinxi hurriedly puffed up his chest. He said to Surdak: "It's no problem to leave the transportation to us, but I can only promise to help you get to the Hylança Airport Terminal, and you need to figure out the rest of the way, and I sincerely invite you to join this pleasant journey, and at the same time, it is also convenient for us to arrive at the Hylanza City Airport Terminal, and hand over these slaves as soon as possible." ”

The other party promised free transportation, which Surdak didn't expect, I thought that Da Jinxi would take the opportunity to ask for some transportation fees, but I didn't expect the other party to even mention it.

Seeing that Da Jinxi agreed to his request so readily, Surdak also stretched out his hand and said to Da Jinxi: "Deal!" ”

"It's a pleasure to work with."

Da Jinsi slapped Surdak and finalized the deal.

Surdak was also quite refreshed, and directly took the bag of gold coins from the sale of two short-handled muskets at the magic trading house in the morning from his waist, and took out fifteen of them, and handed the rest to Dajinsi along with the money bag.

The price of one gold coin and one kobold is absolutely acceptable, and Surdak used two hundred kobold slaves to liberate the young and strong laborers of Wall Village, and it can also speed up the renovation project of Wall Village.

Da Jinxi provided home delivery service to Surdak, so Surdak temporarily decided that the team would follow Da Jinsi's magic airship back to Highlandsa City in advance.

Of course, if you return to Highlandsa City early, you have to ask Karl and Viscount Emmett for leave.

……

In the courtyard of the hostel.

"You're leaving early?"

Karl stopped the practice wooden sword in his hand, asked the sparring knight to find another person, pointed to a row of wooden swords on the wooden shelf in the courtyard, and motioned for Surdak to compete with him.

Surdak stood beside the ogre Gulitham, who had no interest in this kind of wooden sword fight, so he shook his head and refused Karl's invitation.

This kind of combat practice is quite restrictive, and although it can improve one's swordsmanship, it is very impractical on the battlefield.

"Well, it's your freedom!"

Looking at the ogre Gulitum in the inner courtyard, Karl felt that Surdak had taken into account the ogre's feelings, so he would give up the more comfortable magic airship and return to the city of Highlandsa by land.

He said to Surdak: "In this season, there are barren mountains and bald mountains everywhere outside the city, but there is no good scenery, and it is far better to take a magic airship to enjoy the scenery of Bena Province." ”

“……”

Surdak thought to himself, 'I didn't say I wouldn't return to the city of Hylanza in a magic airship......

However, he didn't explain any more, if these guards battalion knights heard that a magic airship was about to sail for the city of Highlandsa, and if they all proposed to return to Highlandsa in this magic airship, it would be the worst.

On one side are slave traders who roam the fringes of imperial decrees, and on the other side are knights of the guard battalion who strictly enforce imperial decrees to maintain order in the city......

There are bound to be a lot of unforeseen things happening on board.

Surdak eventually held back and did not tell Karl how he would return to the city of Highlandza.

Karl wrote an application and submitted it directly to Viscount Emmett.

The Hylanza Guard Battalion returned triumphantly this time, and Viscount Emmett signed the application without any additional restrictions.

As soon as they were about to be separated, Karl personally sent the Surdak team out of the hotel.

"Then we'll see you in the city of Highlandsa......"

The two embraced.

A group of knights stood at the door of the inn and said goodbye to Surdak.

Surdak boarded a magic caravan, and the ogre sat on the shelves behind the caravan of magic, and the whole magic caravan creaked away from the narrow alley with the crunching of the ogre.

The magic caravan turned at the intersection ahead and headed south along a flat avenue in the city towards the airport marina outside the city. 1

……

As the sun sets, the towers on the airport pier cast a long shadow in the fields.

At the airport dock outside Bena City, a long group of kobold slaves climbed up the airport tower with heavy steps, several slave traders stood outside the team with long whips in their hands, and those kobold slaves who never saw the sun all day wore chains, one by one they walked up to the tower and got into the bottom cabin of the magic airship.

These kobold slaves were probably one of the few slaves that could be shipped around the empire without control.

Hardly driven away by the slave traders, he numbly walked into the cabin.

The internal staff standing on the airport dock looked at these slave traders with disdain, and kept urging them:

"Hurry up, let them go quickly, be careful, don't let these stinking kobolds tower the floor of the terminal, you slave traders are responsible for the final cleaning......"

"There are other airships that are about to dock, and you must set sail at once to make way for the airships behind you to dock." An old man standing beneath the tower of the airport shouted to the captain of the magic airship standing with the slave traders.

"We'll leave right away." The captain of the magic airship hurriedly agreed.

At this time, a magic caravan stopped outside the airport dock, and the tall ogre Gulitham was the first to jump down from the shelf behind the caravan, standing at the gate of the dock and immediately attracting the attention of many people.

The door of the carriage was pushed open, and Surdak stepped down from the carriage with Samira, Andrew, and Aphrodite.

Walking into the airport terminal, Surdak glanced at the old man who was in charge of buying tickets from a distance, and the old man probably recognized Surdak, lifted his hat and waved at Surdak.

Surdak made a knightly salute and went directly to the tower of the airport, and the slave trader in charge of the contact saw Surdak and said to Surdak with a pleasant face:

"You guys came in time......"

At this time, Surdak saw the last kobold slaves enter the bottom of the ship, and asked the slave trader, "Are you ready?" When do we depart? ”

"Let's go now!" The captain who stood beside the slave trader said, "We must find the channel in the air flow before it gets dark......