The two of them quickly entered the room, which was extremely spacious, and the house was divided into several small rooms. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, there seems to be a large yard at the back of the house, and you can still hear the shouts of some people coming from behind from time to time.

"This is here?" José glanced at Gould, the fat man's expression was quite calm, and then explained to Jose: "This is the chamber of commerce office for those slave traders, after all, after the buyer buys the slaves, they can't just take them away. Generally, the signing and delivery of those slave contracts are completed later, so there will be some heads of chambers of commerce or families who are in charge here.

As for the voices in the backyard, I am afraid that they are made by the slaves who are temporarily placed here, and when the slaves on the high platform are sold, the slaves here will be pulled up, and generally speaking, there are hundreds or thousands of slaves being bought and sold every day in such a slave market. ”

When Gould said this, he smiled at Jose and said: "When I served in the Central Army in the imperial capital in the past, I was responsible for the escort and handover of these officials and slaves in the previous years, and most of the sources of officials and slaves were prisoners of war and prisoners. Therefore, the relationship between this involves the military of the empire and these big chambers of commerce, and some of our central army also hold such positions.

At that time, I was in charge of transporting these official slaves from the military here, and I was one of the middle and low-level officers, so I was familiar with the heads of these chambers of commerce. The steward of this chamber of commerce had a good relationship with me back then, and we used to drink together, but after all these years, according to the promotion qualifications within these chambers of commerce, the steward may have already changed. ”

At this point, the fat man and Jose said that the warrior had already led the two to the door of one of the rooms, and then motioned for them to stop, and then knocked lightly on the door and said, "Mr. Steward, I have brought the two guests to ...... Two gentlemen, please come in!"

Gould smiled slightly, pushed the door directly and walked into the room, and José followed behind him, also looking at the room:

It was apparently an office-like place, with a desk and chairs in the center of the room, and a wooden shelf resembling a bookshelf on which parchment and contract scrolls were placed.

There was only one fat man in the room, who looked to be about thirty years old, wearing those silk robes, and his hair was shiny, and he looked like the housekeepers of those aristocratic families.

The fat man seemed to be working on a document, but when he saw Gould and José coming in, he immediately stopped what he was doing, but smiled slightly, and gestured with his eyes, and the attendant at the door was immediately served tea.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen, I wonder what can be done for both?" the steward was evidently a very slick fellow, and looked enthusiastic when he saw Joseph and Gould enter.

Jose glanced at Gould, and the fat man nodded and smiled at the steward: "That's the case, we need a group of slaves, but the ones on the high platform outside don't meet our requirements, so ...... I know I can get some stuff from you, like 'dark goods'!"

The so-called "dark goods" is a term within the slave market industry.

Generally speaking, on this street of the slave market, all the slave traders and the chamber of commerce behind them would put on a high platform those slaves that could be sold directly in the market in accordance with the laws of the empire.

Most of these slaves were ordinary bankrupts or prisoners and prisoners of war, they were either from the official or private from the Empire, but they all had complete approvals and contracts, and they were slaves in accordance with the laws and procedures of the Empire.

On the contrary, the so-called "dark goods" have those slaves that are sold through official channels, and naturally there are some businesses that are secretly hidden and cannot see the light of day. For example, the armed slave trade of a large chamber of commerce captured the population of a small tribe on the border of Isbi or the steppe people, although this was expressly forbidden under imperial law. But apart from some brainless guys, who would really hold those big chambers of commerce and big families of the empire accountable for those alien races?

Many Imperial officials and military officials were even silent about various actions, after all, the Bright Empire and several other empires had always been hostile. Although in order to take into account the feelings of other empires, the laws of the Bright Empire also stipulate that it is not allowed to capture free people from other countries as slaves, but for these aliens, most people in the empire have little affection.

After all, you are capturing the people of those enemy countries, not the free people of the empire, and if you destroy them, you will also destroy the stability of those foreign countries, and you will not harm the interests of your own country, so why should you be so serious?

This is the faint opinion of many people in the Bright Empire, as long as it does not cause any serious consequences, the empire has even maintained a blind attitude towards this.

As for whether it will provoke a war because of this, this is not something they are considering, after all, that is the case, but among the high-level nobles of the three major empires, which mansion does not have a few slaves from foreign races?

There are even some daring slave traders who will sneak into the territory of elves and orcs and directly hunt down those orc warriors and elven beauties, which can even be sold for sky-high prices in the black market of the empire, and are regarded as a symbol of status and status by some high-ranking officials and nobles.

So such dark goods, the major chambers of commerce are actually involved, and they are also tacitly aware of each other, plus most of these chambers of commerce are inextricably linked with several big families in the empire, and even involve the interests of many people, so over the years, a solid interest group has almost been formed.

However, when the fat man heard Gould say this, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly: The fat man in front of him can tell things like secret goods, so he naturally knows the inside story. But a big chamber of commerce like them, even if they buy and sell dark goods, they will not go on a big show. Generally, each chamber of commerce organizes its own auctions, and then buys and sells these shady goods through internal channels.

But even so, not everyone can participate in the auction of these dark goods. Auctions like these are conducted within the Chamber of Commerce, and there are limits to the number of people and items that can be auctioned at each auction.

According to the usual practice, a large chamber of commerce like them will have some specific guests of its own, most of whom are some wealthy nobles in the imperial capital, and only they have the qualifications and ability to afford such sky-high auction items.

But such qualifications are not easy to obtain, except for some aristocratic and wealthy families in the imperial capital, even ordinary people with money cannot buy tickets to enter the auction!