Chapter 42: Killing Chickens and Monkeys (4)
Zhang Zhengfan has never had the ideological consciousness of being a hegemon, a saint, a traitor, and so on. Both before and now. To a large extent, he does things with a mentality of encountering problems and solving problems. He doesn't have the kind of vision that counts everything, and he just has a stubborn grassroots character that is tendoned to the end.
As the head of the first chaebol of the alliance and the largest slave trader in the alliance, Thiago naturally knows everything about this in detail. Merchants are all gamblers, not to mention a goblin merchant who is especially good at this. Since Thiago decided to hug the thigh of a god-level mage, make a big deal that no one on the continent has ever done, and complete the biggest investment in his life. Then, he will be completely devoted, so thoroughly that he will sell the operation of the entire alliance slave system to Zhang Zhengfan backhand. In his opinion, although the slave trade was profitable, it was nothing compared to the big business he was about to do. What's more, a god-level mage plans to cut off the root of the slave trade, so it is a question whether this transaction can be done again. Such a favor, how can it not be sent?
The largest slave trader in the alliance has turned against the water, and the alliance slave trade system naturally has no secrets to speak of. Therefore, Zhang Zhengfan directly mastered the operation process of the slave trade in the entire alliance.
Within the Alliance, the three largest slave owners have since completely surfaced.
Union Warrior Guild, Thieves Guild, and Knights' Guild. After all, the initial stage of the slave trade is completely high-risk manual work. There's no better place to do this than these melee classes.
The slave control link after the slave capture is the patent of the Warlock Guild. Slave contracts with curses and controls are a large source of income for the Warlocks.
After controlling slaves, it is naturally trafficked.
In this link, it is completely monopolized by the goblin flash chaebol, the gold nugget chaebol and the human silver pavilion chaebol.
According to Thiago, the glitter plutocracy is only in the business of the thieves' union. Because compared to the Warrior and Knight Guilds, the number of slaves supplied by the Thieves Guild may not be much, but it is definitely a good product of high quality. Therefore, the flash chaebol takes the high-end boutique route. If you don't open for three years, you can eat it for three years if you open it!
The supply of the Nuggets chaebol is mainly supplied by the Knight Union, and the goods are average, and the supply is stable. It was the main supplier of middle-class slave consumption.
The Silver Pavilion chaebol relied entirely on the warriors' unions to supply their slaves. For better or worse, take it all. According to Thiago's **, the warriors are not sure to start, and they can't get any good goods.
As for the agents who negotiate the prices with the various chaebols at the time of supply, they are naturally all kinds of people related to the trade unions. What city lords, knight captains, warrior captains, etc., after all, there are several or even dozens of professional slave hunting teams under each union, and according to the distance of the relationship, the number of benefits and other interests, the union will choose different agents to ship.
Although Abel is the lord of the city on the coast of the South China Sea, he is only the outermost agent of a tightly run slave capture, slave control, and slave trade system, and he is still the kind that may be replaced at any time.
As for the alliance that will make the Priests' Guild responsible for taking care of the tribal prisoners of war, not only because the priests have healing powers, but more importantly, because the priests can use dispersal techniques to release the slave contract from the control of the slave contract without harming the slave owner and the slave.
After listening to Thiago's introduction, Zhang Zhengfan nodded. Secretly had his own thoughts. Since the alliance didn't give itself face, he didn't have to be polite to the alliance. On that day, he himself had declared that he would shelter the enslaved tribesmen, and if there were dissenting people, he would kill them! It seemed that the time had come to put his declaration into practice.
"Thiago, can you help me prepare a detailed map of the Alliance? the more detailed the better, those city lords, guilds, etc. Zhang Zhengfan said to Thiago.
"As you wish. Thiago naturally understood what Zhang Zhengfan was going to do, but he said later: "Your Majesty, since it is cooperation, can it be seen in my face and open up to the people on my line?"
Zhang Zhengfan nodded, after all, he didn't want to fight with the alliance in an all-round way, which was not in line with reality. As long as the alliance can be warned enough to know what is going on.
Thiago was satisfied with the respect Zhang Zhengfan had given him. After all, the asymmetry of strength makes him still have a lot of worries about cooperation. And Zhang Zhengfan's performance made him feel a little more at ease. Thiago never had the slightest doubt about the elves' trustworthiness. Although this was the reason why he laughed at those wooden heads and did not know how to be flexible. But in retrospect, that's really one of the best pluses!
Now that I'm done talking to Thiago, all that's left is to talk to Abel. As for the content of the chat, ahem...... The mouse blows the flute and plays JJ, and the chrysanthemum dips in honey and drills the ants. It's ancient, well, it's ancient!
After getting the information he wanted from Abe, Zhang Zhengfan wiped his hands and came out of the secret room, and glanced at Thiago, who was a little pale beside him: "Those ten elves, you send someone to rescue them and send them to the imperial capital." You can also prepare the materials that have been negotiated, and I will come again in half a month. When the time comes, it will pay you and bring you proof that the alliance allows the transaction. By the way, by the way, help me prepare a batch of books, history and humanities, magic and combat skills, life encyclopedias, cultural customs and so on, the more complete the better. ”
"Good!" Thiago swallowed. Looking at the smiling elf in front of him, how do you look and feel like a bloodthirsty perverted demon. He thought to himself: When did the elves become so heavy-minded? Could it be that the ancient elves liked to study all kinds of punishments when they had nothing to do? How did he know that what Zhang Zhengfan showed today was just a drizzle, and it was not worth it at all in another world!
"Send the situation here, what kind of magic communication array you have, to the imperial capital. Then inform your people, don't go out at night, otherwise I won't be responsible for any accidental injury!" Zhang Zhengfan took care of it again, and then Shi Shiran left incognito.
Thiago's eyes rolled and he hurriedly arranged to go.
That night, the castle of the lord of the city on the coast of the South China Sea was hit by a huge fire meteor that fell from the sky and collapsed.
The lord of the castle, Abela, and the two dozen knights and warriors (who escorted the elven slaves) resting in the castle lord's castle were all nailed to the city wall on the coast of the South China Sea with a spear of ice.
In the following ten days, the territory of the alliance was full of blood.
Seven city lords, more than a dozen warriors, knights, branch presidents of the thieves' guild and other high-ranking personnel were killed. The way is very simple, they are all nailed up by an ice spear! And in a few places where they dared to resist, the buildings and facilities were completely razed. In contrast, more than 30 unregistered tribal prisoners of war were rescued and sent to local priests' branches, demanding that they be sent to the imperial capital.
The Imperial Senate is now meeting again.
"A bunch of fools!" a cold snort came from the second floor of the conference hall: "I said, since you bow your head, don't give that elf a chance to get angry." What is your explanation for the current situation? Don't you think the alliance has lost enough face?"
There should be seven senators in the Senate of the Alliance, and Fish, the patriarch of the Warriors' Union, was killed for his crimes, and no new senators have come to replace him, so at this moment there are only six senators sitting at the round table on the first floor of the conference hall. Milan, the elder of the Knights' Guild, who had not attended the meeting last time, was also sitting there in silver armor.
For the reprimand of the supreme ruler of the alliance and the emperor of the alliance on the second floor, everyone was silent.
"Don't give that elf another chance. The voice from the second floor came again: "Elder Milan, Elder Kiel, please show your control over the union. As for the soldiers' union, I've already arranged for someone to do it. ”
"Yes!" Miran and Kiel didn't get up, but nodded in response.
"Patriarch Meistryk, I hope that the work of the Pastors' Union will be accelerated. At least it can express the sincerity of the alliance enough. ”
"Yes!" nodded the white-robed patriarch of the Priest's Union.
"Elders, I hope you see an opportunity, as I do. An opportunity for rifts within the tribe. The voice on the second floor was silent for a moment, and then said, "As long as this goal can be achieved, what is the temporary sacrifice?"
"Yes!"
"Please remember the ultimate ideal of the Alliance, all for the Alliance!"
"It's all for the alliance!" the six elders present stood up and saluted together, their eyes shining faintly.
Zhang Zhengfan, sitting on a tree, was nibbling on a purple dew fruit in one hand and reading a map in the other.
Looking up at the majestic city wall in the distance, Zhang Zhengfan smiled proudly.
After collecting the map, Zhang Zhengfan thought to himself: As the first tribal mage to attack the imperial capital of the alliance in the past thousand years, Xiao Ye has to make a fuss with him!
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The first volume should be over soon, whew, self-celebrate!
ps: I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival! Have fun! It's a pity that it's raining here, otherwise I want to go out to play!