Chapter 525: Auction (I)
Xiao Chen's wisps of sunshine rice pierce through the clouds, with warm rice. The day of Zhen has finally begun again.
Today's morning seems to be very lively, and many people have already woken up early, even some nobles who have always been pampered are no exception.
Today, they are going to a place to screen some warriors who are good for their own safety, and use them to protect themselves and their families in the future, and today's time is still very much for them
Expensive.
"Ah San, is the carriage ready?"
"If you go back to your lordship, it's ready, and it's outside. ”
"Hurry up, the assembly is about to begin, and if you slow down, the good slaves will be snatched away by others. ”
"Got it, got it!"
All of the above conversations, in this morning. Constantly alive.
Because of the continuous invasion of the demon army, in addition to some large cities, many villages and towns with weak defenses have been broken by the demons. The city of the Count of Sangucan. Now it has become a temporary place of refuge for the nearby nobles, and a large number of nobles have poured into the city for refuge, but fortunately, these nobles have purchased properties in this big city, and they have brought jewelry, property, and food with them, and it is not a problem to settle down.
And the plague of the entire inland region also contributed to a prosperous slave trade in the market.
The slave trade has existed since ancient times, and the identities of people who have become slaves have been diverse, and the reasons for becoming slaves are also very diverse.
However, most of the slaves came from free people who had lost their land and freedom, and some of them were soldiers who had been captured in battle, artisans and civilians who had been plundered by the defeated countries, and people who had been abducted through other channels.
In short, the trade has always been prosperous, and slaves are indispensable in any noble family of any of them.
They are the private property of their masters, who can be freely bought and sold, given away, and have a docile and hard-working temperament. Unlike the hired freemen, they were favored by the majority of nobles.
Today, is a rare day of the beginning of a slave auction meeting, although a large number of nobles have been here, compared with the past, life is not so comfortable, but the more troubled the times, the more the rich are worried about their comfort, hire others to protect themselves, although they can solve the crisis for a while, but after a long time, it is still not very good.
Moreover, in times of crisis, slaves were much more loyal than hired freedmen or adventurers.
Early in the morning of the conference, many nobles drove their carriages to the place where the slave convention was held.
Holding this auction is a pilgrimage chamber of commerce with strong strength, this pilgrimage chamber of commerce is different from ordinary chambers of commerce, no one knows how powerful the power behind them is, only that this chamber of commerce has existed since a thousand years ago.
They do all kinds of business, and I heard that there are many chapters under their umbrella, and most of the branches are unknown to outsiders, so they have an extremely mysterious color.
Some people once speculated that this is the subsystem of the goddess of business, which has risen in the last thousand years, and has been recognized by many people.
Such a big chamber of commerce with great strength and a god background is something that no nobleman wants to offend easily.
They are free to hold many auctions in any country without being troubled by the local lords, and they can be described as dragons among merchants.
The place where the slave auction was held was set in a very grand building, which was located in a relatively remote place, and there were not many prominent people here, and it had always been considered the property of some small and medium-sized nobleman. Those aristocrats who received the post suddenly realized. This building is actually the property of the pilgrim chamber here!" "Father, almost everyone outside has arrived, isn't it," a middle-aged man stood by the window in a window room on the third floor of the building, when someone pushed the door and came in, and a young man in his early twenties came in, and he saw that his father could not move, so he whispered.
"Okay, I know, I'll get out right away. The middle-aged man was the host of the auction, a senior member of the Pilgrimage Chamber of Commerce, and when he heard his son's inquiry, he replied without looking back.
"Oh, then I'll go out and greet them first. Fearing his father's majesty, the young man did not dare to stay longer. Facing the middle-aged man, he walked out of the room backwards, and gently closed the door casually.
Wait until the footsteps in the hallway outside fade away. The middle-aged man turned his face and showed a majestic face.
Then, he looked out the window and downstairs.
There, a large open space. There are many ornate carriages parked, and there are constantly nobles entering the building under the protection of their subordinates.
"As expected, every auction is overcrowded. He sighed softly, not knowing whether he was lamenting the profits brought by the demon disaster to the Chamber of Commerce, or lamenting that the fear caused by this demon disaster was so strong.
He brushed his head, a few white heads fell, his expression was very calm, every time before a big auction, he needed to calm down and calm down.
: God above, President, Elders, I will auction Leeds, and sail to the highest. This is the duty of a businessman, and this is the path of my faith. ”
He silently assured the void, with a sad and joyless expression on his face, which was the expression that belonged to a person who truly put the interests of the Chamber of Commerce at the forefront.
The burly body turned, and with a steady step, he walked to the door and slowly pushed it open by himself.
The auction hall was already full of people at this time.
As soon as you enter, the surrounding bright environment is dimmed, only the high platform in front of you has a magic lamp that has not yet been turned on, this is so that after each group of slaves comes to the stage, everyone in the audience can clearly see the design and arrangement.
The auction hall was very large, and it was not difficult to accommodate a few hundred people, but at this time, the magic lamp in the center of the auction hall suddenly flashed, and the middle-aged director who had been sitting in a hidden place was paying attention to the situation in the venue.
Although he is the presiding officer of the auction house, when there is no major event, he does not need to appear in person.
I saw a beautiful woman dressed in gorgeous costumes walking out of the backstage and speaking the opening remarks in a charming voice.
It's nothing more than a welcome to the auction and so on. The middle-aged man nodded, in the remote place where he was sitting, he could still see the situation on the stage very clearly, which made him feel very satisfied.
I have to say that the host of the Pilgrimage Chamber of Commerce is indeed a good hand at mobilizing the atmosphere, and after her few words, the scene became more enthusiastic than just now.
Seeing that everyone's attention was already on the stage, the beautiful woman smiled and said, "Everyone. The auction house acquired a group of able-bodied slaves, two hundred in all, each of whom was a healthy man, no more than twenty years old, and had already begun to undergo basic martial arts training. They are all people who have the potential to become warriors, and I want to mention here that these two hundred and ten of them are all because of family reasons, and they have voluntarily become slaves, and there will never be escape, hatred, etc.
As he spoke, he struck his hand, and suddenly, under the leadership of several men in uniform clothes, two hundred people walked up to the high platform together.
The platform is huge. Two hundred men stood on it. It doesn't seem so crowded.
"That's them, each of them is ten gold coins." The beautiful woman said with a smile.
Ten gold coins?
As soon as they heard this, everyone was stunned, and they all felt that the auction price was a bit high.
"Here, let me tell you one thing first, I believe that after listening to this, you will definitely feel that these prices are not low. Seeing that the scene was cold for a while, this beautiful woman was not in a hurry, but continued: "I also sold a batch of slaves a few years ago, about twenty people, and the price of each one is not low, and the person who bought them is none other than Miss Sasha's father, Lord Baron Butrand, I believe you have heard of this lord, right?"
After training, these slaves have become the family's own soldiers, after the loss of the territory, the people scattered, only the family slaves continue to follow, it is with the foundation of these dozens of people, plus the help of the giant eagle druid and others, Miss Sasha. The Barony of Bouterrand has been regained, and from this matter, I believe that everyone should be able to appreciate the true value of these slaves, right?"
"Of course, as far as I know, now these slaves have all been freed as freemen, and have obtained the status of soldiers, so that they can serve the Bouteron family for generations to come. ”
"Therefore, the Chamber of Commerce selects a wide variety of talents among the displaced people according to special criteria. Specialized training is given, and all purchase channels are open. ”
"What? Barony Butrand has been reclaimed?"
"There's such a thing!"
The nobles who got it from the mouths of women. I couldn't help but be shocked.
If this is really the case, that excellent future combat power is definitely not the current price
Finish!
People who are stimulated by this incident will frantically gather fighters, and also hope to recover their territory, how can the people present not understand the relationship?
They sent their henchmen back one after another to inquire about this matter, and there was a lot of discussion on the scene for a while.
The beautiful woman was not anxious, knowing that they were going to distinguish the real from the fake, and the auction in the morning. Go ahead. It's just that this batch of reserve warrior slaves did not be auctioned again, but started with other ordinary slaves first, but after this incident in the morning, people's minds were put elsewhere, and for a while, the atmosphere in the auction hall was not very warm.
By the time of the noon break, most of the nobles' cronies had already received the letter and rushed back from outside. As soon as the afternoon auction resumed, the scene suddenly became extremely enthusiastic.
"Each. I set thirteen people. I'll want all of these 200 people!"
"I'll give fourteen!"
The price in the field is constantly churning, just a moment, every year light and powerful slaves. Their prices have more than tripled compared to usual. (To be continued)