If you want to open this magical equipment, you not only need to invest mental power, but also need to recite special spells, and you must recite it with a Chinese accent in order to form a special resonance with the Starlight Bottle and open the space of the Starlight Bottle.

Now deep in the Grand Duchy of Starnik, and getting the mysterious bottle of starlight, Richard didn't dare to recite the incantation casually, so as not to let people see the accident and cause trouble.

He carefully hid the Starlight Vial, and when he was ready to return to the territory, he opened the magical equipment to see what he found inside.

The next day, Richard took Soros to the Linus slave market.

Richard looked around the market a little and found that in the Grand Duchy of Starnik, the price of slaves was slightly cheaper than in the Kingdom of Grant.

The price has fluctuated by about five percent or so.

The Linus slave trade market was large, larger than the slave market in Nolan, the capital of the Kingdom of Grant.

The quality of slaves here is also higher, and there are not only professional traders, but even some slave artisans.

Richard searched and found that there were slave craftsmen who could burn glass, but the price was not cheap, and the skill level was very average.

Richard was about to find one of the biggest slave traders, but unexpectedly met an acquaintance.

The man's name was Biles Fanta, and he was a slave trader. The Fanta family was a vassal of the Duke of Guise, a hereditary viscount in the southwestern part of the kingdom of Grant.

The family's biggest business was the slave trade, and the capture and sale of slaves was their greatest source of wealth.

I didn't expect to meet again in a foreign country.

"Mr. Biles, we meet again."

"Young Master Richard, why did you come to the Grand Duchy of Starnik to buy slaves?"

"I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, so I'll talk to you about it. Because I bought salt from Duke Jonathan and offended the consul Jelram, in order to prevent Jerram from making trouble for me in the royal capital, I went to Linus to buy slaves. ”

"If Master Richard needs slaves, he can go directly to the Duke of Guise and talk to my uncle. We can deliver to your door, plus shipping of course, and the price is a little more expensive than at the Nolan slave market. ”

The most fundamental reason why Richard came to the Grand Duchy of Starnik to buy slaves was that he did not want to deal with the nobles of the Grant Kingdom.

There are many new things in Haaland's territory, and the strength has developed rapidly, which has attracted the attention of some well-intentioned people.

Now that the Harland Territory restricts the entry and exit of the population, outsiders are not welcome, and the best way to infiltrate the Harland Territory is to plant spies from the slaves.

And to buy slaves from the Grand Duchy of Starnick, because there is no contradiction between Richard and the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Starnik, but there is no hidden danger.

"Next time you need it, you must go to the Dukedom of Guise and talk to Baron Fanta. Mr. Biles, you have come to Linus this time to do slave business. ”

"Yes, in fact, it's only six hundred kilometers from the Duke of Guise to Linus Castle, and five hundred kilometers to Nolan, and we have always had a trading post in Linus, and the slave trade has also been done for many years."

"How many slaves are there here, take me to see how many slaves there are. We don't even need to exchange foreign currency, which just saves a fee. ”

"There are quite a few slaves, more than 2,000 people in total, and there are four indentured servants, and their prices are more expensive."

Richard and Biles went to the Fanta family's trading station to see the quality of the slaves. The number of ordinary slaves was just over two thousand, and together they were worth ten thousand gold coins.

More than 100 slave craftsmen were more expensive, including carpenters, blacksmiths, smiths, tailors, coppersmiths, shoemakers, goldsmiths and silversmiths, and so on. These craftsmen are generally older, many with gray hair and wrinkles all over their faces, and the average age is close to forty.

Despite this, the total number of gold coins added up to more than 3,000 by more than 100 craftsmen, and on average the price of a craftsman was much more expensive than that of a strong slave.

Richard also spent a huge amount of 200 gold coins to buy several glasssmiths from other slave traders, preparing to improve the glass kiln technology when he returned to the territory.

If large pieces of glass can be successfully fired, Haaland's territory can make a conservatory.

Even if the cost is higher, Richard can eat fresh vegetables in the winter, and his quality of life will be much higher.

In addition, after the hospital opened, glass bottles were needed, and magicians also needed glassware to do a lot of experiments.

All from Viscount Rohm, it costs a lot of money.

An ordinary glass infusion bottle costs four silver coins, which is more expensive than the monthly salary of ordinary citizens.

Farmers living in the countryside can save money every year, and it is estimated that they can buy a glass bottle.

The dozens of glass infusion bottles that Richard bought at one time are now important assets of the hospital.

This situation must be changed by Richard, there is no glassmaker to be found in Blackriver Fort and Fort Leyte, and Richard knows nothing about burning glass.

Now that he has successfully purchased a glassmaker from the Grand Duchy of Starnik, even if the technology is average, expensive, and not cost-effective, Richard has not hesitated at all, and he opened a glass kiln not just to make money.

The four indentured slaves in the Fanta Family Trading Station are not of high rank, they are all first- and second-order professionals, and there are still three or four years left in the contract they have signed. Among them is a second-order knight, who is very strong in combat, and although the contract period is relatively short, the price is the most valuable.

Because the contract is about to expire, the price of the professional contract is not very expensive.

With 300 gold coins, you can successfully get four contracts. It is cheaper than the price of hiring a professional.

Because these indentured slaves had already started a family with the Fanta family, Richard bought them back with their relatives.

In order to buy people's hearts, Richard turned all the families of these professionals into indentured slavery.

Anyway, in the Harland territory, except for the orc slaves, the rest of the population was converted into indentured slaves.

Keeping people as slaves all their lives is not in line with Richard's worldview.

Moreover, slaves do not have freedom, so naturally they will not have a goal to strive for. They have no ability to consume and create, and no matter how many people there are, it will not be conducive to the development of the territory in the long run.

It is because the slaves have hope and a head. Haaland's territory will nurture a steady stream of talent.

There were more than ten officers who had advanced from slave soldiers to professionals.

The directors of the brick kilns and iron and steel factories were all promoted from slaves, and they did a pretty good job, contributing their ingenuity, improving the production process, and speeding up the development of the productive forces.

It is precisely because of the silent efforts of these people that Haaland's territory can develop rapidly.

Richard carried 20,000 gold coins, which he consumed more than 13,000 from the Fanta Trading Station.

Richard then spent 5,000 gold coins to buy 1,100 slaves from a larger slave trader.

At this moment, the number of slaves in his hands has reached three thousand three hundred, and it will also cost a sum of money to bring these people back to Haaland's territory.

Richard used the remaining funds to buy a large amount of grain, horses, and vehicles, and left Linus Castle and returned to the Kingdom of Grant.

(End of chapter)