"Actually, the above two kinds of slaves, together only account for 3% of the market in White Tree City, the real amount of slave owners is those young slaves who have lived in slave camps since childhood, almost all the big slave owners in White Tree City will have their own slave camps, where slaves are raised like cattle and horses, these slaves will not stimulate the bloodline, and they can be sold when they are born to the age of 12, specializing in the simplest manual work."

"12 years? This cycle is too long, right? Rand was a little incredulous.

"Yes, 12 years is a very long time, especially when the amount of food to be consumed during this period is so huge," Pete rolled his eyes, "so in the south, where to find so much food that must be very low-cost?" ”

"Old grain from the South? The kind of subsidy that destroys? Rand finally understood.

"Yes, my lord, it's that kind of grain, once the grain costs almost nothing, the cost of these slaves is greatly reduced" Speaking of which, Pete began to sell guanzi again, "However, in the last two months, all the grain stocks in the south have been gone! ”

"War Protection Policy?" This message was heard at a secret meeting at the end of the month, when the message was that someone had bought all the old grain in the south and demanded that all the grain be shipped to Yeqi City immediately. It was with this grain that Rand dared to send a large number of troops to Iowa.

"Yes, my lord, you really have seen everything," Pete quickly boasted.

Everything he has done these days is to pave the way for tonight's report to Rand, whether it is painstakingly buying slaves, or deliberately leaving a flaw for Jim the Devilless to report to Rand first, all in order to make himself able to regain his image in Rand's heart, so Pete seizes every opportunity to curry favor with Rand and show his worth.

"Now these big slave owners don't have cheap food, they can choose either to spend a lot of money to buy food, but this will not only lead to a rise in local food prices, but also attract the attention of the imperial department, or find a way to sell all the slaves!"

Rand looked clear: "And such a large deal, it is impossible to negotiate in the slave market, right?" ”

"You're right, in the market, there is a price alliance between slave owners, and they would rather let slaves starve to death than lower prices for each other, but at the ball, these slave owners, who are inextricably linked to the aristocracy, will try to find as many buyers as possible and pack them up."

"Well, you're doing a good job!" Rand and Lannia showed relieved expressions at the same time, even if Pete had some personal behavior in this, it had to be said that the method he used was almost the best.

"My lord, the total number of slaves I have negotiated is 41,000 at a price of 37,000 gold coins, which includes the food and lodging of these slaves for a month." If the market price is followed, the total cost of Pete's previous expenses is also 1,000 gold less than the normal price.

After reporting on the slave business, Pete did not stop, and continued to tell the news he had found:

"In addition, I also got an interesting piece of information here, just now I said that there has been a half-orc gang in the southern forest recently, and it is said that a high-level life priest suddenly appeared in the past two months, not only rescued hundreds of slaves from several slave catching teams, but also directly hit the strongest mercenary team in the city."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help grinning: "That mercenary team has 2 high-level knights and 1 high-level mage, and it is said that 3 high-level professionals have survived a total of two rounds against the bandit leader. ”

"This battle situation," Rand muttered quietly, "sounds familiar! ”

"Yes, the forest was originally very chaotic, half-orcs, half-elves, humans, and lizardmen were fighting each other, and the slave hunting team often cooperated with one of them to capture the slaves of other races," Pete, who had experienced the bandits in the frostwolf forest, was quite concerned about the situation here, "However, this bandit gang has a powerful half-orc leader, and she unified quite a few tribes as soon as she appeared, and directly exterminated a lizard tribe that cooperated with local slave owners. ”

"The half-cow again?" A huge figure appeared in Rand's mind.

"I'm afraid yes, judging by all the news, this is your opponent in the Frostwolf Forest back then," Pete nodded, "I heard at the ball that the nobles and slave owners of White Tree City decided to form an alliance and go directly to eliminate them. ”

"Coalition? It won't be a high-ranking knight leading the team, right? Rand remembered the journey of the two noble young masters, Robenzi White Owl and Fernando Maned Wolf.

"No, it is said that they are going to invite the high-ranking of the Blue Lion family to come over." Pete-Maned Wolf asked Rand for the first time in the mirror, "My lord, do you think we're mixing?" ”

"I don't want to go straight to either of these two groups, but I can send the Dogtooth over and find a few more orc priests!" Rand said with a smile.

"My lord," Suddenly, Pete's face was serious, "I suggest that when escorting the slaves north in the next few days, it is better to hire a high-ranking officer, the slave owners' guards and slave catchers are not clear in the first place, and it is likely that they are not good at dealing with bandits, but they are good at robbing caravans!" ”

"You're right," Rand nodded after hearing this, "You also explained to the local nobles in Whitetree City, we don't want to participate in their purge, but we are willing to support from other aspects." I'll pay for the slaves from the local temple of commerce, so I don't have to worry about the money, as for the transportation of so many people......"

"Don't worry, I'll let Baron Dutov handle it, I'm not very good at it!"

When Pete left the Magic Mirror, the remaining Jim was embarrassed to face Rand, who had no idea that he could get so much information at the ball.

"My lord, I'm sorry, I didn't ...... just now" Jim was a little speechless, the Demon Immortal framed a mid-level knight, which is an extremely serious crime anywhere.

"It's okay, it's your task, and you've done it well." Rand didn't care, "Keep an eye on them, besides, I bought these demon-free, most of them will be used as auxiliaries, you have to think about what to do!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Jim said with trepidation, "I'll figure it out right away!" ”

"If necessary, you can call more auxiliaries, but I need people here too!"

When the magic mirror returned to its closed state, Lanya looked at Rand with a smile on her face, "I'll just say, right?" He is the best for dealing with the little nobles! ”

"yes, he's kind of feeling it," Rand thought for a moment and asked again, "how about you just let him stay there?" Similar to Gatsby as a local agent? ”

"How dare you let him go there," Lanya said with a smile, "then he dares to collude directly with the lizardmen to occupy Viscount Whitetree's castle!" ”

"Well, he did it!"

(End of chapter)