"My lord, I don't understand something, I want to ask," Aubrey said suddenly."
You say," Bird guessed what Aubrey was trying to ask."
About the previous lord's purchase of slaves" "I don't know about this" "This kind of thing is already an open secret in the territory of the Horsens Empire" "Aubrey, I really don't know, even this lord I was in a hurry.If I knew anything about what the previous lord had bought the slaves for, I'd certainly tell you, unreservedly," Bird said, with a helpless expression on his face.According to the middle-aged man, the previous lord bought a batch of slaves every year or so.However, in the more than half a year since he took over the lordship, Bird had not found these slaves anywhere in the palace, and there was no record of them in various books.However, a thought suddenly flashed through Bird's mind whether the previous lord would privately believe in the cult, and he remembered the secret room under the dormitory, where there were a large number of high-purity gold coins, as well as things related to magic, wizards, and dragons."
Lord Lord, Lord Lord," Bird suddenly felt a slight shake, and then suddenly woke up.Bird said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm fascinated" "My lord, if you don't forget it, it's nothing, I'm just suddenly curious" "No, I'm just thinking about where if there is such a large number of slaves every year, where will they hide" "I heard in the imperial capital before, and the nobles in the empire often buy such slaves to train them to become dead soldiers, help them assassinate enemies or make friends with others" "Isn't there anyone in the imperial capital who cares about this" Bird is actually a little curious, as the saying goes, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the imperial capital belongs to this kind of place.Since the imperial law explicitly prohibits the slave trade, presumably the imperial capital should be the strictest place, why has it become an open secret now."
It is said that the king" Aubrey stopped at the point and did not say much, but the meaning was obvious.Bird nodded, understood.Since the highest people in an empire are involved in this matter, it is no wonder that the people below are involved in similar things, and this law prohibiting the slave trade is also useless."
Then do you think we should buy this batch of slaves or not" Seeing Bird ask, Aubrey smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, this initiative is not ours, if this slave caravan asks us to buy it, we must buy it" Bird was also dumbfounded when he heard this."
Forced to buy and sell" "almost" "The key is the force behind the slave traders, they belong to a number one force in the central country, and this slave trade is only a small source of income for them.And this time the slave trading team that came to Stanlow is a small and small branch force" "We can't afford to mess with us," Aubrey said with a wry smile at the end."
In that case, we can only pay for these slaves, but the price is really a bit expensive" "According to Walder," Aubrey glanced at the old man Walder, who was still standing outside the house."
These slaves are actually not very valuable in the Central Country, and the reason why the slaves were sent to the Horsens Empire to be sold is nothing more than for high profits, I think that's why they are willing to come to the goal" "And we don't know whether they came to the Horsens Empire this time is just this slave trading team or the entire army, coming en masse. ”"How much do we have this year's fiscal taxes" "Three hundred and forty-six gold coins" is about sixty slaves, and one person will get five gold coins, so a total of three hundred will have to be spent, Bird is a little distressed when he thinks about it, this is almost the entire Stanlow financial tax for a whole year.Aubrey had just taken a picture of what Bird was thinking."
My lord, this year we have promulgated a new policy to reduce a lot of tax items, this year's income is not bad" "That's it, I'll pay for it myself, Stanlow's financial allocation will not move, this money should be kept for the construction of Stanlow City" "My lord, this is not a small amount, and you promised to establish the Lion Knights before" Aubrey was a little skeptical that Bird had so much money in his pocket."
You don't have to worry about this, when the potions of the Naibao Firm are sold, I will surely have a lot of income," Bird said with a wave of his hand, both to comfort Aubrey and to comfort himself."
I'll pay for it, and I'll see if I can lower the price a little bit" "You can find me a place, preferably a larger one, near the farmland, and arrange for these slaves to live there first."
When the time comes, let these people farm there, or join the knights directly, or enter the palace to serve as an attendant" Bird counted at random, and there were many ways out for these slaves.I really can't afford to build a tavern or something like that at my own expense, just ask these slaves to help manage it.Thinking about it this way, Bird was in a better mood.As for the food of these dozens of people, Bird can still afford it, because long before the winter comes, Bird has arranged for people to go everywhere to buy food for emergencies, and now it is just in handy."
By the way, my lordship, it occurred to me that I might be able to offset the cost of buying slaves," said Aubrey with a sudden pat on the head."
When I took these people to dine in the evening, these people were very curious about the food in the territory, especially the barbecue, and they thought it was very fragrant, and wanted to know how this barbecue was made" Aubrey was actually also curious, when Bird ordered someone to bring him some barbecue meat and other foods at the Winter Veil Festival, after tasting it, he also felt that the taste was extremely fragrant, completely eliminating the smell brought by eating meat before, especially on food such as mutton.Aubrey's words reminded Bird, who had recently begged Bird to open a tavern in the city to sell this kind of barbecue, saying that it would be a pity if only the lord could taste it.Bird remembers that he was also very happy at the time, and lent some money to the chef, saying that it was to help finance the kind of food that allowed his tavern to open smoothly.Unexpectedly, Aubrey actually brought these slave traders directly to the newly opened tavern today."
The slave trader called the cook, and the cook said that it was because of the recipe, and the recipe was in your hands, and the slave trader said no more" "I do have a recipe",,; mobile phone reading,