In the riverside town outside the city of Luolan, it was just dawn. Groups of slaves were whipped with whips and rushed to both sides of the road. Each slave had a sad expression on his face, and the expressions of the slaves were more sad than those of the other slaves. , those slave traders.
Ange walked on the road, looking at this scene curiously, followed by Luther who was equally curious.
Slaves have existed since ancient times. There is a slave market in Loland City, where there are indentured slaves who sell themselves, and there are captured foreigners, such as dwarves and elves.
Of course, elves cannot be openly displayed and sold, and generally can only be circulated quietly in the black market. The elves severely crack down on this kind of selling activities.
But the audacious black-hearted slave traders are not even afraid of the Pope, so they care about you elves?
The result of the crackdown is that the trade of elves has shifted from the open to the dark, objectively pushing up the price of elves, which in turn has made buying and selling elves more profitable. The price of elves has gone up, and it has also made slave merchants take risks and increase their efforts to capture elf slaves. .
Even some small mercenary groups can't help but make a fortune occasionally. After all, an elf has tens of thousands of magic crystals, and if he catches one, he can divide it up and retire.
The elves also negotiated with the Pope to send elves¡¯ teams into human territory to enforce laws and eliminate slave traders who bought and sold elves.
"But when the intelligence is poor and the real dealers cannot be found, they will be misled by people with false information, leading them to attack some chambers of commerce that are doing legitimate business."
Secondly, these law enforcement elves will also become targets of slave traders, and one of them may be kidnapped even if they go to the toilet.
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Corresponding to this is the dwarf. The dwarf never cares whether the dwarf becomes a slave. As long as the dwarf is not abused or harmed, the dwarf will not care.
And they couldn't control it at all. Some dwarves were so dumb after being in the mountains that they went to the tavern down the mountain for a drink. Then they patted their empty pockets and said, "I have no money. Sell yourself. Give me wine every day." Be a slave.¡±
Good guy, selling yourself as a slave and making demands is worse than an indentured servant.
" Faced with this kind of dwarf who even sells himself, he has a big appetite and a greater capacity for drinking. Most people can't afford it, so they can't sell it at a high price.
Since no one wants them, no one will catch them. Sometimes when business is not good, they have to be driven away. I would rather not have this slave, so as not to be impoverished by him.
Elves cannot be like dwarves, because elves are too beautiful, even male elves are the same, and they are not bought just to make them work.
The trading of elves has been transferred to the black market, and Riverside Town is a black market.
However, recently, not only contraband items have been sold in Riverside Town, but also non-contraband items are being sold because too many people have gone bankrupt and become indentured servants or slaves.
An indentured servant is bound by a contract. After completing the contract, he can break away from his status as a 'slave' and become a free citizen or civilian.
¡°Slaves, on the other hand, are objects that have no personal attributes and have become subordinated. The difference between the two is that one is a person and the other is a thing.
But when one is about to die of hunger, no one cares whether one is pawned as a human or as an item. If sold to slave traders, one can at least still have food to eat.
But in a short period of time, more people became slaves, which led to lower prices and less profits.
At the same time, because of the famine, many landowners and nobles did not need to go through slave traders at all, and directly converted tenant farmers into slaves, without a middleman to make the difference.
The profits are less, but the slaves still have to eat. If they can't sell it, it means they will lose it. These slave traders are more miserable than the slaves.
In the past, at this stage, conscientious slave traders would tear up the contract and set everyone free. However, there are too few conscientious slave traders. Will conscientious slave traders still become slave traders?
¡°More unscrupulous dealers will ¡®destroy the goods¡¯.
But they didn¡¯t dare, because His Majesty the Acting Pope of the Eastern Diocese, His Majesty Anthony, sent a private message. If anyone dares to destroy the goods, he will send people to kill your whole family. If you can¡¯t sell it, you can send it to a refugee camp on the border.
Anthony¡¯s whisper of ¡®Kill the whole family¡¯ is much more effective in deterring these slave traders than the Elf Queen. Even the church dares to split. What else does Anthony dare not?
If a trader has no conscience, then ¡®give¡¯ him a conscience. So many slave traders have a conscience, and they sell them with a sad face. Those who really can¡¯t sell them tear up the contract and send them to the border.
??The original black market had so many slaves that it was almost crowded into a vegetable market, but there were more dealers than buyers. Seeing Ange and the others walking in, everyone looked over eagerly, no matter whether they were slaves or? He curled his lips and looked back at Ange.
He was prepared to refuse, 20,000 magic crystals to buy an elf of this caliber? It would be better to let Galadel come over. The elf high priest has been requesting to come and serve Lord Ange.
Unexpectedly, Ange nodded.
Hiss¡ª¡ªDo adults like this style? Great, I will know what kind of gift to give in the future, Luther was very happy.
Twenty thousand magic crystals were paid casually. Ange didn¡¯t have much food now, but he had a lot of magic crystals. The elves¡¯ reserves were emptied by him, and Anthony¡¯s small treasury was also empty. Now he had to borrow money from silver coins.
There are also the treasury of the Principality of Montenegro, the income of Meishen City, the profits of the Silver Light Chamber of Commerce, etc. His cash flow may be more than that of the Magicians Guild and the Mercenary Guild.
"Is this the first time a slave trader has encountered a customer who is so willing to give money, and he doesn't even negotiate the price?"
With the money in hand, the dealer took out a brand and tore it in half. One half was given to Luther, and the other half was intended to be printed on the dark elf.
The dark elf had a look of fear on his face, struggling to avoid it.
"What is this?" Ange asked curiously. The fluctuations produced by this brand are somewhat similar to soul branding.
The master of the high-level sword master asked, and the slave trader quickly replied: "Sir, this is a slave brand. Even the soul of the slave who is stamped on it will be bound by the brand, and he will never be able to resist or disobey your orders."
Ange stretched out his hand, and the slave trader quickly handed over the brand. Ange studied it and the brand was dismantled.
The slave trader suddenly became embarrassed: "Sir, this"
"What is this? Hurry up and bring out another one." Afraid of Ange being embarrassed, Luther quickly reprimanded: "Sir, what's wrong with playing with your brand? Playing with you is to give you face, and the slaves of 20,000 magic crystals have bought it. Don¡¯t you deserve a few more brands? Do you believe I¡¯ll kill you for this or that?!¡±
The slave trader smiled apologetically: "Sir, these slave brands are all specially made. Only expensive slaves can match them. There is only one."
"What should we do?" Luther asked fiercely.
The slave trader smiled apologetically: "This slave is too fierce. It's hard to control her without a brand. How about you pay some more cost and keep her for a month? Once the brand is ready, we will send it to your house. Don't worry. , the whole process is kept confidential.¡±
"No need." Ange shook his head. He understood this brand as soon as he removed it. It was a soul brand.
But it is far from the imprint of the soul of an undead creature. It cannot even imprison thoughts, but can only restrain physical aspects, such as weakness in the body and weakness in limbs.
"Then be careful, don't let her go casually, she is very fierce" the slave trader warned as he exited the tent, but before he could finish speaking, Ange cut the rope and the dark elf was freed.
"This" Damn it, the slave trader turned around and left. Anyway, after giving him the money, it didn't matter to him if the slave ran away. If he caught him later, he might be able to sell it again.
Ange bought a total of 600 slaves, spending less than 40,000 magic crystals. One of the dark elves spent 20,000 magic crystals, and the remaining ones were less than 20,000. Among them, the dwarves were a bit more expensive, but on average, each slave It only cost thirty-three magic crystals, but this was already a high price.
Ange's generosity caused a sensation in the riverside town. Some people also had other ideas and gathered early on the only road outside the town. They wanted to see what Ange and Luther were like. He took away more than 600 slaves to see if there was any chance to make a profit.
So early the next morning, many people discovered that there were many corpses in the woods outside the town by the river, and many corpses floated up the river. Some people recognized them as slave-catching teams of several big slave traders in the town. .
The castles of these big slave merchants were also broken, the property inside was looted, the slaves were released, and the thugs were killed. I heard from the freed slaves that it was a group of armed giants and a swearing horse that broke the castle. .
On the way north, Nigris couldn't laugh or cry: "If you mess with anyone, you have to mess with him. He originally wanted to pay properly, but now it's better, the money has been saved, and he has made many times the profit, so why bother."
After finishing speaking, several big slave traders were dragged down and buried. Looking back, one of Ange's hands had disappeared and he was brewing wine in the space.
"He really intends to give money." Nigris shook his head.
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