Lord Highlander

Bena City Slave Market is located on the west side of Nancheng District, close to Nancheng Workshop District, and is the end of a free market built along the street.

This place has been occupied by some slave traders all year round. The slaves are tied with shackles and stand on a high stone platform beside the street. Some slaves have wooden signs with prices under their feet, and some have nothing at all. Stop, and the slave trader waiting next to him will enthusiastically introduce the price of each slave on the stage.

The metallurgical and leather workshops of Bena City are planned in the same area, which is called the workshop area by the citizens.

This workshop area is next to the south city wall. The City Hall Urban Construction Department diverts water from the moat outside the city into the independent inland river in the workshop area, and the industrial waste water generated here is directly discharged into the city through a culvert with a length of 1,000 meters. outside.

There are nearly 200 chimneys in the workshop area, and there is a workshop under each chimney. The sky above the workshop is covered with billowing smoke. Shrouded in it, it can be said that the slums here are gradually formed due to the existence of the workshop area.

Dajinxi owns a high platform on the side of the slave market. Apart from a few half-beast female slaves with green faces and fangs standing on it, there are only a dozen or so native slaves captured from an unknown plane. Two small groups stood on the edge of the high platform with several ugly Shapi-like kobolds. They were locked together by a chain, half-lying on the stone platform with their eyes squinted, and their spirits seemed a little listless.

During the war between the planes, a large number of slaves were sent to the battlefield outside, so there were hardly any strong male slaves on the market.

Suldak passed through this bustling market, and saw several gorgeously dressed nobles standing in front of the dwarven slaves, bargaining with the slave owners.

Dwarf slaves are popular in the market, mainly because they are born familiar with forging and brewing ale, and a strong dwarf slave is more like a money-making machine.

Compared with these dwarf slaves, those half-orc slaves from the remote mountains of the empire are not so popular.

Most of these half-orcs were born in the vast mountains bordering the orc tribes. Many villages there belonged to a mixed state of humans and orcs. The half-orcs captured by slave traders were neither human nor orc. Not protected by imperial decrees and tribal orc laws, has become a frequent visitor to the slave market.

Samira recognized a slave trader standing under the high platform as Da Jinxi's subordinate, and secretly told Suldak.

Suldak and his group wandered around the slave market, and found that there were kobold slaves only on the high platform of Dajinxi, so they asked the slave trader about the price of kobold slaves, and the slave trader also knew Samira, then hurried to the warehouse and called Da Jinxi over.

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The war of planes made the slave market unprecedentedly prosperous, and many male slaves were sent to the battlefield to become cannon fodder at the forefront. As a result, the price of male slaves in the slave market was much higher than that of female slaves, and the supply was basically in short supply.

Da Jinxi met Surdak, Samira and others in front of the stall.

"Knight Suldak, I heard that you want to buy kobold slaves?" Da Jinxi hurried over from across the street, the scar on his face turned red.

"That's exactly what I mean." Suldak replied standing in front of the high platform.

Da Jinxi's eyes lit up, he approached Suldak with a smile, turned his head to look at the kobold slaves, and said repeatedly: "You are really discerning, these kobolds come from the Fio plane, look at them You can tell how young they are by looking at their teeth, they are easy to feed, as long as some sweet potatoes and some melon vines, wheat bran can live well, what they are best at is digging, but if you want to use them to cultivate land, it is not a good idea No, they can definitely do some simple farm work."

In order to verify the health status of these kobolds, Da Jinxi took the iron hook and stabbed it into the mouth of the kobold slave, pulled the thick lips of the kobold slave, and forcibly exposed the canine teeth inside.

The kobold slave let out a dull howl.

Suldak stopped Da Jinxi from continuing to open the lips of another kobold slave, and said to Da Jinxi: "I plan to buy two hundred kobold slaves, but before that, I want to know the price first!"

Da Jinxi touched his shiny forehead and said to Suldak:

"The price is easy to say, and the more you buy kobolds from me, the bigger the discount."

"Excluding those special slaves, dwarves in the slave market currently cost more than fifteen gold, and adult artisan dwarves even reach about twenty gold, followed by male half-orcs who can be sent to the battlefield. These half-orcs have strong physiques. Half-orcs are widely used on the battlefield, basically they have a price but no market, and the market price is clearly marked as fifteen gold."

"Secondly, there are native slaves transported from some small planes. These native slaves can be used to cultivate plantations, but they are not suitable for fighting. They are worth about eight gold. The third level is these orc female slaves. Because of their Gender issues, it is difficult to be sent to the battlefield, these half-orc female slaves are difficult to tame and discipline, and their physical strength is comparable to that of adult imperial people, so the price has to be greatly discounted, usually around hardware."

"As for these kobold slaves, you can get a 50% discount on the selling price of orc female slaves. Now two gold coins, 200 kobold slaves only need 400 gold coins. Such a low price, if the budget is sufficient, I suggest You should buy more..."

Suldak also took a tour of the slave market just now, and roughly inquired about the price of slaves in the market, which was basically the same as Da Jinxi said.

Suldak thought about it seriously, and based on his limited experience in bargaining, he felt that it was necessary to cut in half... So he said decisively: "One gold coin, if possible, help me choose two hundred Strong and disease-free kobolds."

Da Jinxi did not expect that the Surdak knight would cut another ruthless knife on the best price he had given.

He took a deep breath in his chest, which made his face flush instantly. The words of refusal reached his throat, but he swallowed them back into his stomach.

He thought that if Suldak hadn't been rushing over from the warehouse, the kobold slaves in the warehouse might have been ready to be loaded into cars and transported to the cemetery mountain outside the city to dig a pit for burial. Now someone is willing to take over. Although the price is extremely low, at least a little cost can be recovered.

Da Jinxi's face changed from red to white several times, but finally he calmed down, and said to Suldak with a smile: "Don't worry about this, you can choose whatever you want, and I guarantee that all kobold slaves will not have any Infectious diseases, before coming to the Grimm Empire, they used quicklime powder to repeatedly kill parasites on their bodies, and there will be absolutely no problems in this regard."

Considering that he wanted to transport two hundred kobold slaves back to Hailansa, even if he rented a magic truck, he would probably have to pay a high transportation fee to the car dealer, so he said to Da Jinxi: "These slaves The final destination is my knights outside the city of Hailansa, and you will be responsible for the transportation of these slaves."

Da Jinxi's eyes went dark when he heard this, the veins on his forehead swelled up, and his heart was full of thoughts of beating someone.

You must know that to start a magic airship, in addition to the labor costs of the crew, the 16 magic crystals needed to activate the floating device alone are worth nearly a hundred gold coins. Sending these kobold slaves to Hailansa City, Da Jinxi had less than a hundred gold coins left.

But at this time, an assistant beside him hurriedly whispered a few words in Da Jinxi's ear.

The magic airship in Dajinxi, which was docked near the airport pier of Bena City, was temporarily recruited by the Bena Provincial War Command to transport war materials to the northern area of ​​Bena Province. Hailansa City happened to be one of them. The kobold slaves took it by the way, but it's really nothing.

Dajinxi immediately puffed up his chest, and said to Suldak: "It's no problem to leave the transportation to us, but I can only promise to help you to the Hailansa Airport Terminal, and you need to think about the rest of the journey." method, and I sincerely invite you to join this pleasant journey, and at the same time, it will be convenient for us to hand over these slaves as soon as we arrive at the airport pier of Hailansa City."

The other party promised free transportation, which was unexpected by Suldak. He thought Da Jinxi would take the opportunity to ask for some transportation fees, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't even mention it.

Seeing that Da Jinxi readily agreed to his request, Suerdak also readily extended his hand and said to Da Jinxi, "Deal!"

"Pleasant cooperation."

Da Jinxi and Suldak clapped their hands, and the deal was considered finalized.

Suldak was also quite straightforward, and directly took the bag of gold coins from his waist that he had just sold two short-handled muskets at the Magic Trading Company in the morning, and picked out fifteen of them, and handed the rest along with the money bag to him. Big Kinsey.

The price of one gold coin and one kobold is absolutely acceptable. Suldak used two hundred kobold slaves to liberate the young and strong labor force in Wall Village, which can also speed up the reconstruction project of Wall Village.

Da Jinxi provided door-to-door delivery service to Suldak, so that Suldak made an impromptu decision, and the team followed Da Jinxi, the magic airship, to return to Hailansa City ahead of schedule.

Of course, in order to return to Hailansa City ahead of schedule, you have to ask Karl and Viscount Emmett for leave.

...

In the courtyard of the hotel.

"You want to leave early?"

Karl stopped the practice wooden sword in his hand and asked the knights who were practicing to find another person. He pointed to a row of wooden swords on the wooden frame in the yard, and motioned for Suldak to compete with him.

Suldak was standing beside the ogre Gullitum. He had no interest in this kind of wooden sword fight, so he shook his head and rejected Karl's invitation.

This kind of combat practice has many restrictions. Although it can improve one's own swordsmanship, it is very impractical on the battlefield.

"Well, this is your freedom!"

Looking at the ogre Gullitum in the inner courtyard, Karl felt that Suldak had considered the feelings of the ogre, so he gave up taking the more comfortable magic airship and returned to Hailansa City by land.

He said to Suldak: "In this season, there are barren hills everywhere outside the city. In fact, there is no good scenery. It is far better to take a magic airship to enjoy the scenery of Bena Province."

"..."

Suldak thought to himself: 'I didn't say I wouldn't go back to Hailansa City by magic airship...'

However, he didn't explain any further. If these guard battalion knights heard that a magic airship was about to leave for Hailansa, if they all proposed to return to Hailansa on this magic airship, that would be the worst.

One side is a slave trader who wanders on the edge of the imperial decree, and the other is a guard battalion knight who strictly enforces the imperial decree to maintain order in the city...

Many unforeseen things are bound to happen on board.

Suldak finally held back and didn't tell Karl how he returned to Hailansa City.

Karl wrote an application and submitted it directly to Viscount Emmett.

The Hailansa Guard Battalion returned triumphantly this time, and Viscount Emmett did not impose any additional restrictions, so he signed the application.

The parting was imminent, and Karl personally sent the Suldak team out of the hotel.

"Then let's meet in Hailansa City..."

The two hugged.

A group of knights stood at the door of the hotel, saying goodbye to Suldak.

Suldak boarded a magic caravan, and the ogre sat on the shelf behind the magic caravan. The whole magic caravan was creaked under the weight of the ogre, and it creaked away from the road. Narrow alley.

The magic caravan turned at the intersection in front of it, and drove south along a flat road in the city to the airport terminal outside the city. 1

...

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the tall tower on the airport pier casts a long shadow in the field.

At the airport pier outside the city of Bena, a long line of kobold slaves lumbered up the high tower of the airport. Several slave traders stood outside the line with long whips in their hands. Those kobold slaves who could not see the sun all day long With chains hanging on their bodies, they walked up the tower one by one, and got into the bottom cabin of the magic airship.

These kobold slaves are probably one of the few slaves that can be transported to various parts of the empire without control.

Almost without being driven by those slave traders, he walked numbly into the cabin.

The internal staff standing on the airport pier looked at these slave traders with disdain, and kept urging them:

"Hurry up, let them go quickly, be careful, don't let these smelly kobolds take the floor of the high tower terminal, you slave traders are responsible for the final cleaning..."

"There are other airships that are about to dock. You must set sail immediately and make way for the airships behind to dock at the dock." An old man standing under the high tower of the airport shouted to the captain of the magic airship who was standing with the slave trader .

"We'll leave right away." The captain of the magic airship quickly agreed.

At this time, a magic caravan stopped outside the airport pier, and the tall ogre Gullitum jumped off the shelf behind the caravan first, standing at the gate of the pier immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The door of the carriage was pushed open, and Suldak walked out of the carriage with Samira, Andrew, and Aphrodite.

Walking into the airport terminal, Suerdak glanced at the old man who was in charge of buying tickets from a distance. The old man probably recognized Suerdak, raised his hat and waved at Suerdak.

Suldak performed a knight salute, and then directly boarded the high tower of the airport. The slave trader in charge saw Suldak and said to Suldak with a pleasant face:

"You guys came just in time..."

At this moment, Suldak happened to see the last few kobold slaves entering the hold, so he asked the slave trader, "Are you all ready? When are we going to leave?"

"Let's go now!" The captain standing beside the slave trader said, "We must find the channel in the airflow layer before it gets dark..."