First of all, at the slave market, Gould's old acquaintance Dick had news that the slave warriors he had "booked" with him were almost ready. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

That afternoon José sent Gould to the slave market to inspect the goods, and the result was that the fat man was very satisfied with the slave soldiers. According to Gould, most of these slaves came from the steppe, and although they were kept in captivity for a period of time, they were both physically and strong. After all, slave traders like Dick mainly trained these slave warriors to fight for their lives in the gladiatorial arena.

The slaves were kept in captivity by the slave traders, and they did not hesitate to fight desperately, just to be free as soon as possible. And these slave traders are not good men and women, and naturally have their own methods to deal with these slaves, but the bloody cruelty in them is not necessarily much better than the bloody battle in the gladiatorial arena.

Joseph once heard Gould say that if these slaves were selected into the ranks of slave warriors when they were first captured, they would not only undergo high-intensity martial arts training, but also compete with slave warriors from time to time. Of course, this so-called "competition" is to put two people into the gladiatorial arena until one comes out alive!

It is conceivable that in such a situation that is close to barbarism and the law of the jungle, these samurai, who were originally born as slaves, fought at the cost of their lives. Because the first battle these guys have experienced may be the last battle, the combat effectiveness of these guys is naturally extremely high.

However, although the overall strength of these slave warriors is good, they are rarely valued by the nobles of the imperial capital. The reason is also very simple, like these lowly slaves, no one can look at them at all, especially in a place like the imperial capital, it is almost the same to hire some slaves to do rough work, but even if it is a person with such a status, it is not something that a lowly slave can do.

If a nobleman used slaves as servants or hired samurai with him, it was a very cheap thing in the aristocratic circles of the imperial capital. After all, within the Bright Empire, especially among those nobles, the so-called "bloodline" and identity are very important. Those really powerful nobles did not disdain to use slaves at all, even a man in the kitchen or a groom in the stable were free people, and even specially trained professional servants, they had good obedience and etiquette, and even took special etiquette classes, so that such servants could show the value of the nobility!

However, Qiao Se scoffed at this point of view, these nobles who have been nourished in a prosperous and stable place like the imperial capital for a long time, which one is not pot-bellied and full of brains? Hmph, the days of stability and peace in the imperial capital have long emptied their bones, and they will only compare with these boring things. And the northwest where he is about to go is not a peaceful place, outside the Moxi Pass, if he wants to gain a foothold, what he needs is absolute strength.

It's just that it's better this way, rather than letting these slave warriors who are not afraid of death be bought and sold by some speculative dealers, and then one day die meaninglessly in the gladiatorial arena, it is better to take it for your own use!

The slave warriors that Dick's steward finally collected were three hundred, and although the number was not large, it was very rare to be able to gather so many slave warriors in just one month. Most of these three hundred slave warriors were some official slaves from the steppe or the imperial capital, and it was even said that a few were prisoners of war from Macedonia, but these were not for Joseph to care about, he just asked Gould in detail about some things, and then confirmed the combat effectiveness of these slave warriors, and then was very satisfied.

According to Joseph's estimates, it would cost Dick at least about 50,000 gold coins to collect these slave warriors. After all, every slave warrior, regardless of their strength, can bring a sum of income to the slave traders, especially those slave warriors who are not low, and they can win bonuses that exceed their own worth several times. Ordinary slave warriors, whether it is food or teaching them to learn martial arts, the cost is far higher than that of ordinary slaves, so it is normal to be worth more than ten times that of ordinary slaves.

Such an expense, even an ordinary small nobleman in the imperial capital could not easily come up with. But Joser didn't care about this, after all, there were still a lot of magic scrolls he got from Kay, and there were still about 100,000 gold coins left from the hundreds of thousands of gold coins bought by the first mid-level magic scroll, and the last thing he lacked now was money.

However, to José's surprise, the Dick steward seemed to have figured out his identity, and he was extremely respectful to himself, and even indirectly revealed the friendliness of the Sistine family behind him. As for finally taking out the golden ticket to give it to him, he seemed extremely frightened and refused to accept anything. Only then did Jose think that he was now in the imperial capital, although he was hiding his identity to buy slaves, but with his identity and age as a magician, and with a retinue like Gould accompanying him, where could he not find out his identity on the territory of these nobles?

After all, in the imperial capital, the major forces are intertwined, and it is probably not easy for a small person with no background to speak of, and it is probably not easy to hide his identity in front of these people. And Dick refused to accept the rest of his money, so how could Jose not see that this was the Sistine family courting him?

After all, he was going to Moxi to take office, and the sissy governor was a sleek guy with eight faces, and for his new subordinate, and the new nobleman that Mondvia IV intended to support, he naturally could win over.

A mere tens of thousands of gold coins are naturally nothing for a family like Sistine, but if you can take advantage of the situation to sell yourself a favor, it is an extremely cost-effective deal. What's more, the Sistine family is no better than other imperial nobles, the current patriarch Sistine Throat Marquis is far away in the northwest to supervise the army, and he was appointed by the emperor to Moxi, naturally to help this marquis suppress the northwest army. The character of that guy in Sistine naturally wants to show something to himself.

So Joseph didn't hesitate about this Dick's kindness, just smiled faintly, and accepted Sistine's kindness. He even revealed his kindness to the Sistine family with the Dick steward, and said something that would inevitably obey the Sistine Marquis's instructions in the northwest, and thank the Marquis for his new trust and friendliness.

Looking at the smiling look on the face of the Dick steward, José knew that he had gotten the answer he wanted.

The final date was set for three days, when José would set out from the imperial capital to the northwest of Sadland, and the slave warriors he had purchased would be arranged to be sent to the outskirts of Gilliat, and follow him on the way to Moxi!