Chapter 113: The task assigned by the family
[Slave, this is really a topic that can't be avoided in another world. - Stone python in the 168th year of the 4th era of Guangming]
Stone Furnace City is a plain city, agriculture and animal husbandry are relatively developed, the living conditions of the people here are not bad, there is no erosion of war, there are people coming and going on the street here, it is still a lively scene.
We walked through the streets, through the crowds, to a crowded, cluttered market area.
The bazaar is full of agricultural products, fruit and grain vendors, and some clothing stalls from time to time; As the royal capital, there will naturally be no shortage of entertainment and jewelry products.
It's the time when the morning market has just started, and we're here early, so there's a lot of people.
Alice and I left the area and went straight to the livestock, where we found a restaurant where we could sit and eat breakfast, waiting for the main play to begin.
"Bell!"
The live stock trade started on time.
"Master, it's on, let's go!"
"Don't worry, we don't need to rob these people, the good things are left behind!"
In contrast to Alice's impatience, I was in a nonchalant state of mind.
It wasn't until the crowding had passed that I slowly walked out of the restaurant.
"It's boring, that's it!"
I stood in front of one of the largest live stock vendors' stalls in disappointment, and my voice was deliberately raised by several decibels.
"Hello, what kind of livestock do you want?"
The shrewd boss obviously understood what I was saying, and came running around.
"I'm going to stand, not tummy!"
"Yo!" The boss's eyes lit up, and he pretended to be surprised: "Then you can go to the wrong place!" β
"We don't have any lean meat here, it's all white!"
He spoke in jargon.
Lean meat is the jargon of slaves, and white stripes are the jargon of livestock; People who don't understand will only think that they are buying pork.
"Hehe," I pretended to follow him, and said with regret: "It's a pity, I heard that the boss is doing big business, but I can't imagine that there is still no meat, so forget it!" β
"The guest said with a smile," the boss continued with a smile on his face, "Naturally, you can't see the boutique here, and you have to go inside to see it!" β
"Hahaha-"
I laughed wildly and followed the boss into his shop.
The slave trade is no secret in this world, and the owner, Kane (who introduced himself), led us through his shop to the back.
"Mr. Tole, this is the meat market, and my stall is over there."
Following the direction of Boss Kane's point, I saw rows of tortured slaves standing there.
"Boss Kane, I'm a person who likes to be simple," I said, looking back at Kane sincerely, and continued, "show me how many goods you have here?" What is the condition? If I could, I'd like to wrap the round. β
"Haha!" Kane laughed happily.
"Refreshing!" After speaking, he said to me: "My goods are absolutely complete, I will ensure that you are satisfied!" β
Kane didn't brag, he did have a lot of goods, he was very healthy, and the slaves in his hands were obviously well cared for by him compared to other slave owners.
But nothing is absolute, and I saw a different situation in a cage among his large number of slaves.
"Boss Kane, this," I asked, pointing to the different slaves with some confusion, "Is there any difference between these slaves?" How do you look sick? β
"Oh, these few are restless, and they want to escape a few times, so I'll deal with them specially!"
"They seem to be orcs?"
"Mr. Tolai is very well-informed," Kane gave me an approving look, "yes, these are half-orcs shipped from the continent of Gillem, not purebred orcs. β
"Haha, it's fun!" I also laughed happily: "Boss Kane, I want these few, you can make an offer together!" β
After I confirmed, I couldn't be happier.
Orcs!
This excites me more than orcs, and if purebred orcs still make me hesitate, after all, there are orc tribes standing behind, and it will be difficult to subdue.
But the orcs are different, very similar to the goblins of the past, belonging to the outcast race. They are much weaker than orcs, not taller, and tend to have many characteristics that tend to be humans, and generally have brains that are smarter than orcs.
Plus this is also a magical race from another world that I haven't seen before, how can I let it go!
Moreover, the destination of our trip, Mount Sun God, is in the hinterland of the Gillem continent, but we are not familiar with that continent, and it is very necessary to find a guide.
Aren't the orcs who appear at this time the best guide?
"Haha, what a godsend!" I started laughing in my heart.
I didn't bargain with Kane, and in the end I paid four units of gold for his hundred or so slaves, and five orcs were his gifts.
Although I had no problem with the price, I asked Kane for after-sales service and asked him to send the slaves to the palace to find George.
And my magnanimity has also had a corresponding effect, and the scene on Kane's side has long been seen by other competitors.
So, as soon as we left Kane's shop, several slave owners came in person.
Seeing how attentive they were, I knew it was time to put some bait.
"I've bought enough human slaves today, if you have other races, I can consider it!"
"Yes, yes," an older slave owner nodded excitedly, "Guest, please come with me!" β
The old slave owner's conditions were obviously much worse than Kane's, and his shop was not far from Kane's, with three dark and foul-smelling basements.
And this harsh and inconspicuous basement surprised me.
"How can you have so many, alien?" I couldn't resist the surprise in my heart and asked him directly.
But I immediately realized that I had asked a question that I shouldn't have asked, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I was curious for a while, I couldn't hold back, please don't mind!" β
After saying that, he flicked a gold coin and apologized.
"Haha," said the old slave owner, who regained his composure and smiled, "the guest is indeed a cheerful and measured man. β
"Make a deal with you, I believe I won't be disappointed!"
"The boss laughed!" I laughed.
This is Alice coming up with a sentence: "Boss, you aliens are all injured, this is not easy to do!" β
"We can't buy it back, we have to paste it upside down, or even buy a corpse to go back!"
When the old slave owner heard Alice say this, his face suddenly became a little ugly.
"This-"
He lowered his head, presumably thinking about how to answer, but he didn't make us wait long.
He raised his head, as if he had made some kind of major decision in his eyes, and said in a firm tone: "You make a price, as long as you don't lose money, you will sell it all to you!" β
"We don't mean to bargain with you, but we're really worried about this situation."
Alice looked at me with hesitant eyes, and I nodded knowingly: "My wife is right, we can't buy the sick and wounded back, it doesn't matter if we don't buy them for nothing, if there is some kind of infectious disease or something, it is not a matter of a little gold coin, and my whole estate may suffer." β
"Soβor forget it!"
With that, I picked up Alice and walked back in a little panic with a scared look.
"Don't go, don't go!" The old slave owner suddenly stopped us: "Both, please help the old man, my entire net worth is on these alien slaves." β
His emotions became very excited: "You know what? It's been two years, two whole years, and no one has bought these alien slaves, so you should do it, please! β
"In this way, you can choose these slaves, and I will only take ten of them, no, five gold coins, and you will take them all!"
We still looked at him in embarrassment.
"You can do it, if the old man is planted on this group of alien slaves, he really won't be able to live, and I will become someone else's slave with my old and young."
"Your Excellency, Madam, you can do it, buy them!"
I hesitated for a long time, and let this old man keep selling miserably.
"Can you let us go back and discussβ"
Before I could finish speaking, the old slave owner became nervous: "No, no, sir, madam, the old man can drop again, how about three, three, three gold coins?" β
"Sir," said Alice, with a sympathetic expression, "I think he's pitiful, or we'll buy it!" β
"This," I still looked very embarrassed, "but the wounded, the sickβ"
"Don't worry about those adults, if you want to, I'll kill them all, it's useless to keep them anyway!"
A hint of cruelty flashed in the old slave owner's eyes, and he retreated.
But his words completely me off, and it was confirmed that this old thing has always been acting, and he can't live anything, becoming a slave, an old and a young, etc., all of which are nonsense.
I thought to myself: being a slave trader is not a good thing, and life is just a gold coin in their eyes.
"Okay then! Those wounded and sick people, they will be spared from killing, don't waste it, it is still reluctantly acceptable to give it away for nothing, I just lost some gold coins. β
All the slaves in this old guy's three-story basement add up to a total of 1,732 aliens, eating, drinking, and living in it, no wonder it stinks.
I paid him five units (5,000 gold coins), and I also wrapped up all his slaves.
After that, I bought a few foreign slaves in a scattered manner, and sent them to the palace to find George with the old slave owner; Of course, the old guy who is greedy for money will not forget to ask me for such a thing.
In one morning, I spent more than 10,000 gold coins on slaves, and the news spread throughout Stone Furnace City that day.
As soon as the owners of the whole bazaar saw us, they began to be courteous and tried to get us to visit their shops.
"If you have money, you are a thief, if you don't have money, you are a thief, what a special society!" I couldn't help but feel another wave of emotion in my heart.
The mount didn't work out, but the slaves did a lot of it.
This incident also made George anxious, and when he went to find him with more than 3,000 slaves, he almost thought it was a slave riot.
But I didn't bother him for long, and on the way back, I contacted Rebecca to arrange for someone to receive the slaves.
I borrowed an abandoned military camp outside the city from Prince Maya, and I gathered the slaves there.
Because of the slave business, I was busy from morning to black.
The abandoned military camp temporarily borrowed by Prince Ma Ya is a ruined wall, and the wolf howls and roars after dark, which makes people feel a little creepy; Staying here at night will make people feel more or less psychological.
But I am not a good gentleman, and I cannot be overflowing with sympathy, and I will free these slaves casually.
In every way, I paid the price; I can give them back their freedom, but I can't just let them go, maybe there are a few murderous felons in it.
And it is true, in the slave contract given to me by the slave owners, the past experience of each slave is recorded, and what felonies he committed, how many masters he has been transferred, and all the major events about the slave's life.
However, this is only one side of the story, and I don't really care, and I won't let this group of unscreened slaves actually settle in the Behemoth Manor; Rebecca and the others are already very good at this, after all, they have not been deceived once or twice.
Without any nonsense, after leaving the five orcs behind, all the remaining slaves were teleported to the Sleeping Mountains to be arranged by Rebecca.
After this experience, I also realized a truth: the Behemoth Manor is not where these people belong after all, and I am putting the cart before the horse!
After sending the slaves away, I contacted Otam to give her an important assignment.
"Otham, in the future, you need to cultivate more diplomatic talents, preferably from all races, and let them go to various countries to rescue their compatriots, mainly to spread the faith of the Most High God."
"Our Behemoth Manor can't endlessly accept outsiders, this is adding uncertainty to our manor, so they need to save themselves, we just need to do a good job of guiding the direction."
"In addition, we don't interfere in the management of the tribes outside the Behemoth Manor, that's their own business, we just need to take care of the affairs of the Behemoth Manor and the Sleeping Mountains."
"If any race wants to establish their own small kingdom in the Sleepy Mountains, we can allow it, but we must bring them under our jurisdiction, and if they can't, don't establish a nation on our territory."
"Yes, sir!" Otam readily agreed to my assignment.