Chapter 331: Wilde
On the first day, the auctions were mostly extraordinary, and on the second morning, almost all of them were antiques and works of art.
Because of the missing Starlight Bottle, Richard didn't care much about antiques and artworks, but he still participated in the auction, carefully staring at each lot.
It's just that good luck didn't continue to come, and the auction items didn't let Richard look at all morning.
However, the great nobles are very fond of vassal elegance, have a strong sense of vanity, and compete to grab all kinds of antiques and artworks, especially the great nobles who are not threatened by war, and they spend a lot of money on the works of art they like.
Richard secretly estimated that this morning's transaction price was close to 300,000 gold coins.
In the afternoon, the antiques and works of art section has passed, and the auction of various jewelry and luxury goods begins.
Because of the existence of extraordinary powers, there is no shortage of women among the nobles of the Dawn Plane. Even female professionals with great power naturally love beautiful jewelry, as well as all kinds of luxury goods.
Haaland's territory is on the border of the Orc Empire, and the external threat is very serious, and the nobles within the territory have not formed a culture of luxury and vanity, from Richard to ordinary professionals, they don't care about antiques, art, jewelry, and luxury goods at all.
All kinds of exquisite and precious jewels were auctioned dozens in a row, each of which ranged from as little as one or two hundred gold coins to as many as several thousand gold coins, which made Richard a little dumbfounded and sighed that the purchasing power of the big and small nobles was amazing.
Just when Richard was a little drowsy, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.
"Due to the large number of items on sale this year, the auction has to be extended until 10 p.m., so now we ask our distinguished guests to rest for an hour while we prepare a sumptuous dinner.
In the evening, a slave auction unit was held, with not only beautiful slave girls, but also powerful professional slaves. The auction items for the finale of this unit are twenty-six young elven slave girls, please don't miss it. ”
The host of the auction came up to the stage to introduce a few words, and then knocked on the table, and slave girls continued to appear in the auction hall pushing food carts, magic lamps also shone brightly, and there were even musical skits on the auction table.
Richard was not a particularly particular person, so he ate a little at will, and soon the dinner time was over, and he entered the slave auction unit that Richard cared about.
The first to be auctioned were all kinds of artisan slaves, including goldsmiths, coppersmiths, blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, glassmakers, etc., these slaves were basically a group of more than a dozen people, and the starting price was not very high, roughly between two or three hundred gold coins.
The local minor nobles of the Grant Kingdom are also the main ones holding the cards, and the competition is not fierce.
Although it has been developed for more than ten years, there is still a shortage of various craftsmen in Haaland's territory, and Richard also tried to auction more than ten sets, spending 3,600 gold coins to buy 156 artisan slaves.
After the auction of artisan slaves, the auctions were made up for beautiful slave girls.
These slave girls are tall, fair-skinned, with bright facial features, and although they are very ordinary in temperament, they are all beautiful women.
can appear at the auction of the multinational chamber of commerce, of course, the appearance is extremely high.
The appearance of the slave girl instantly ignited the atmosphere of the auction.
The slave girls were sold in groups of two or three, and the starting price was often between 600 and 800 gold coins.
After the auction of female slaves began, the competition was fierce, and a group of female slaves could often reach between two and three thousand gold coins.
As the auction progressed, the status of the female slaves became higher and higher, and the last dozen or so groups turned out to be aristocratic ladies.
Because of the strict education of knowledge and etiquette, aristocratic women have a special temperament, and they stand together with commoner female slaves, as if they stand out from the crowd, and it is easy to distinguish.
The appearance of the aristocratic slave girl suddenly made the atmosphere more enthusiastic.
A young lady from a baron's family, the auction price can often reach three or four thousand gold coins, and the higher the status, the higher the auction price.
After the auction of the slave girls, the auction of professional slaves began.
Many of the backbones of Haaland's territory were slave-born, such as Lost, the leader of the 2nd Brigade, and Claude, the leader of the 16th Brigade, both of whom Richard purchased from the Grand Duchy of Starnik.
Now that Lloster is a sixth-order knight, Claude has also been promoted to a fourth-order warrior, although both of them are professional slaves, they have now integrated into the Harland Territory and become the backbone of the Harland Territory.
Because it is an immigrant territory, the Harland Territory does not discriminate against outsiders, as long as it is a talented person, it is easy to stand out and become the backbone of the Haaland Territory.
At the beginning, the auctions were all low-level professionals, between six and ten people in a group. Their identities also varied, from a variety of countries, and all of them signed ten-year service contracts.
Haaland's territory has formed a perfect training path, and there is no shortage of low-level professionals. Moreover, many people's breathing methods are incomplete, and it is difficult to develop further.
Over the years, Haaland has collected more than 20 breathing methods after taking the lead, but there are only four complete breathing methods, the rest are all mutilated versions, and the most damaged breathing methods are only apprentice versions.
As the auction of low-level professionals is finished, auction items for middle- and high-level professionals begin to appear.
Because of the increase in their own value, these middle and high-level professionals have stronger bargaining, not only personal freedom, but also more relaxed service contracts, and some have put forward special conditions.
Richard was selective and decided to take a silver knight's slave contract.
"Wilde, a seventh-order silver knight, the third son of Viscount Sarn of the Stark Kingdom, was captured in the Battle of Gryland, his father refused to pay a ransom for him, and after the war he was unwilling to serve the enemy, he became a contract servant, and now has a six-year contract on his body.
Although Mr. Wilde only has a six-year contract, if you have enough charisma, you can still inspire Mr. Wilde to work for you after the slave contract expires, which is equivalent to a prerequisite for the acceptance of the Silver Knight. Because the contract period is short, the starting price is 1,500 gold coins. ”
Normally, the military salary of a seventh-order silver knight is between two or three hundred gold coins a year.
However, high-level professionals in the market are very rare, and knights who can be promoted to the seventh order are either geniuses or consume a lot of resources, and such people are almost always nobles and will not easily serve outsiders.
The Haaland Leader has always had a decree on recruiting talents, and it has been going on for several years, and so far only one third-order magician, one third-order knight, two fourth-order warriors, and one fifth-order warrior have been recruited.
Even if he is promoted to a duke and becomes one of the top nobles in the Grant Kingdom, it is difficult to recruit high-level professionals, and the only seventh-order warrior Roman who has joined the Harland Territory in recent years is still an old man who is over sixty years old and has exhausted his potential.
If it weren't for William's relationship, Roman would not necessarily join Haaland. It is more likely to serve the royal family and enter the second-tier legions of Flying Eagle and Flying Bear.
Wilde is only forty-six years old, he is already a seventh-order silver knight, and he has the potential to impact the legendary realm, if such a person can serve the Harland family, the disadvantages of the Harland family's lack of high-level professionals can be alleviated.
Moreover, compared to the high-level professionals hired, with a slave contract in hand, he can have a very high degree of control over Wilde, and it is more convenient to use, even if he does not consider recruiting Wilde in the future, the value of this contract is close to two thousand gold coins.
Harland lacked high-ranking professionals, and Richard's decision to buy the contract surpassed that of the other nobles, and he repeatedly raised his cards and spent 5,000 gold coins to auction Wilde's six-year contract.
In addition to Wilde, Richard also photographed a sixth-order warrior's ten-year contract.
This sixth-order warrior is named Drifen, from a noble family of the Delong Kingdom, because of last year's war, the Drifen family lost their territory, and had to rely on their savings to become a merchant.
After Drifen organized the caravan, he was attacked by horse bandits from the Mayan Kingdom, the caravan was completely wiped out, the Drifen family's floating wealth was lost, and he himself became a captive, sold to the Qingqing Chamber of Commerce, and reduced to the indentured slave class.
In just one year, Drifen has had a lot of ups and downs. Now that he has fallen to the bottom, his people are not far from the kingdom of Grant, and life is not good, as long as the Drifen family is brought over, Richard has a great hope of subduing this person.
Drifen is over fifty years old, has average potential, and has many people in the big aristocratic class, so there is no shortage of such people, so the competition is not fierce, and only consumes Richard's 2,000 gold coins.
After the auction was over, it was close to ten o'clock in the evening, and the auction was in the finale, and as many as twenty-six elves were dragged to the booth.
"These elves are our auction items for this year's finale, they come from a declining elven tribe in the Eastern Continent, the male elves have been slaughtered, everyone does not need to be afraid of the elves seeking revenge, you can enjoy them with confidence.
There are two high-level professionals among these twenty-six elves, be careful when enjoying them, we can provide a debilitating potion to weaken the elven female constitution and help control these female elves.
Look at these elves, their fair skin, delicate appearance, how wonderful their little pointed ears are, how touching their graceful posture is, what an enviable thing to have an elven slave. ”
With the introduction of the auctioneer, the opera house suddenly became lively, and the eyes of many male aristocrats became hot, and they spent a lot of money at the auction.
Reading the books recorded by his predecessors, Richard knew that elves and dwarves were alien species in the Dawn Plane.
In ancient times, the first to open the plane passage and enter the Dawn plane was the Lord of the Dead.
The ancient wizards of the Dawn plane mastered a lot of plane knowledge through the war with the undead, and later discovered the Lancer plane, opened the plane passage, and the wizards captured the Lancer plane transcendent research, which led to the invasion of the gods of the Lancer plane, and the cross-dimensional expedition brought elves and dwarves by the way.
Among the seven human gods of the Dawn Plane today, there are three gods of the Lancer plane, namely the god of kingship and order, the god of radiance, and the goddess of wealth.
Beginning with the Lancer Plane Expedition, the Dawn Plane entered the Age of the Seven Gods.
Seven human gods joined forces to defeat the Lord of the Dead, banish the ancient wizards who had mastered the rules, and suppress foreign gods such as orcs, elves, and dwarves.
After entering the Dawn Plane, the elves mainly operate in the Eastern and Southern Continents.
Due to the Pale Plague, most of the Eastern Continent is not suitable for living creatures, and there are a large number of undead left behind, and only a few coastal forests are inhabited by some elven tribes.
The climate of the Southern Continent is hot, and it is not very suitable for human survival, but the average physique of the elves far exceeds that of humans, and the southern continent has fallen into the control of the elves except for the lizardmen who occupy a few territories.
In terms of strength, the strength of the elf clan is not bad, about eighty percent of the orc empire, and there are more than 30 legendary masters of the elf clan.
Since two thousand years ago, the Divine Radiance Empire has had a tradition of capturing elven slave girls.
Because of this, a fierce war broke out between humans and elves, and eventually the elves and orcs joined forces to severely damage the army of the Divine Radiance Empire.
After the defeat, the Divine Radiance Empire signed a contract with the elves and no longer sent official forces to capture the elves.
But because the nobles like the elf slave girl, the elf is an immortal species, if you give birth to a child can improve the bloodline, so the nobles are willing to pay a lot of money, there are huge interests to promote, and there are still adventurers who are not afraid of death to capture the elf slave girl across the sea.
And the elf clan hates the raising of elf slave girls very much, and often sends people into the Middle Continent to take revenge, and the means are also extremely fierce, and often because of the raising of elf slave girls, tragedy breaks out.
All the nobles who keep elven slaves often have an undying hatred with the elven tribe.
After listening to the auctioneer's introduction, the tribe of these elven slave girls has died out, and the nobles have let go of their worries.
The multinational chamber of commerce has the support of big forces behind it, attaches great importance to business reputation, and will not easily tell lies, since the multinational chamber of commerce dares to take the risk of auctioning elves, it must deal with the trouble.
After a little hesitation, the nobles raised their cards one after another, and an elf slave girl, even if she was not a virgin, could fetch a high price of five or six thousand gold coins.
For the virgins of the elven clan, the auction price is often higher, which can reach more than 10,000 gold coins.
On the contrary, there are two high-level elves, and most nobles dare not act rashly, after all, if they are not well controlled, they will be killed. In the end, these two or two high-level elves were auctioned off by a legendary duke of the Stark Kingdom for 8,000 gold coins and pocketed.
Elves are all born professionals, although it is more difficult to advance than humans, over time, they can often advance to high-level warriors, and in a elf tribe of hundreds of people, the proportion of high-level professionals is very high, which can reach about twenty percent.
The most critical reason why the elves failed to become the overlord of the Dawn Plane was that they could not have fertility.
Most of the female elves who have lived for more than a thousand years can only have one or two children. Poor conception ability, so that the elven population can hardly increase, although the high-level combat power is very strong, but in the face of all-out war, it is impossible to defeat the fertile humans and orcs.
A large elven tribe may control millions of square kilometers of forest, with a total population of only a few thousand.
The largest elven royal court has a population of only 30,000 people.
However, the Elven Royal Court could take out an army of more than 3,000 high-level professionals, and this force once defeated the Flame Horse Cavalry Regiment and almost annihilated the Divine Radiance Empire's ace two-legged dragoons.
The elite of the elven royal court of 3,000 people has made a great name in the Dawn plane, and its record is worthy of being the strongest soldier of all races.
(End of chapter)