On such a sunny afternoon, the harsh sunlight made people drowsy, and the slaves on the high platform stood on the platform for most of the day, their tired bodies leaning on each other, and some of the slaves stretched out their arms to block the harsh sunlight.The slave owner stood on the stage and tried his best to introduce the slaves to the nobles in the audience, how young, how healthy, how docile, and how easy to support.Lady Arya had a smile on her face, and her clear gaze fell on the slave owner's face, making a look of attentive listening.I stood by Arya's side, maybe because I was too young, maybe because of my status as a magician nobleman, and no one paid attention to me.In the eyes of the people of the Imperial Capital, a young magician like me should still hide in the magic academy and learn his skills.In the slave market, because male slaves can be incorporated into the army during wartime, the original standard price of a male slave is about fifteen gold, but now if you want to buy a male slave, you need to pay at least ten magic crystals, even if the price is so high, there are not many male slaves in the slave market.Also because of the plane war, the production and life of the people in all planes have been greatly affected, which in turn affects the labor output of the slave market.Since female slaves could only engage in productive labor, few lords would integrate female slaves into the army, which made female slaves unsalable in the slave market for a time.Originally, the standard price of a female slave was about ten gold coins, but now the price of a female slave in the slave market has dropped to eight gold coins, and there are still few people who care about it, and even some slave owners once hinted that if they buy and sell female slaves in bulk, they can exchange a magic crystal for an orc female slave.Ella sat on the shoulders of the minotaur Ruka, looking up at a group of orc female slaves on the high platform, their skin was only slightly dull, or their ears were somewhat similar to those of orcs, or there were two canine teeth in their mouths, or their pupils had changed color, or they still had a hairy tail on their hips, and there was always a hint of orc characteristics on their feet.Most of their physical signs are closer to those of humans, and these orcs are not entitled to the protection of orc guardians, which is why they are reduced to slavery."
What's your name?"
Little Ella, speaking fluent orc language, asked a young orc woman on the high platform.The female orc looked a little thin, the pupils of one eye were sapphire red, the red of the other eye was garnet red, the long silver hair was a little dry because of long-term malnutrition, and the body was only wrapped in a piece of linen.Seeing the young slave girl with a blank face, little Ella's eyes showed disappointment, but she still didn't want to die and asked the half-orc female slave girl on the stage in orc language, "Where are you all from?"
”There was still a blank look, and no one answered.In the audience, the slave owner, who had been boasting to Lady Arya about how good the slave was, saw that little Ella was about to climb the high platform, and his face changed, but because of the bright eyes of the tall minotaur warrior, he had to suppress the anger in his heart, squeezed out a smile on his wrinkled face, and said to little Ella on Ruka's shoulder: "Orc girl, every slave here has an identity certificate, and there is no one you are looking for here!"
”"Hmph, Jiga, they don't even speak the most basic orc language, let's go!"
Little Ella sat peacefully on Ruka's shoulder, and the crisp words made the slave owner's face change dramatically.But there is no real way to keep us, and we can only watch us move to the next high platform.When they got there, Ruka and Little Ella basically did the same, they spoke directly to the half-orc slave girls in orc language, and when they heard several half-orc female slaves respond in jerky, vernic orc language, little Ella couldn't help but clench her fists and strike a victory pose at me."
Jiga, they are mountain people from the border of Durva Province!"
Little Ella shouted at me.The so-called border land of Durwa Province refers to the border land between the mountains at the southern foot of the Pai Plateau and the western wasteland of the empire, in this desolate mountains and rivers, there live some mountain people who are not protected by the laws of the empire, they would rather make friends with the orcs on the Pai plateau than contact the imperial people, these mountain people have the custom of intermarrying with the tribal orcs, and the mountain is also a paradise for slave hunters.The half-orcs born after the marriage between the human race and the tribal orcs are not legal citizens of the Grimm Empire, and they will not be accepted by the tribal orcs because of the impure blood, they are a group of sufferers living in the cracks, these half-orcs have become slaves, wanderers, grooms, knights and servants in the Grimm Empire, etc., these are the lowest people in society.I made a knowing gesture, then pointed to the orc slave girls on the high platform, and asked the slave owner with a blank face, "How do these orc slave girls sell?"
”"A slave girl, eight gold coins!"
The slave owner held out eight fingers to us and gestured as he spoke.This was almost the highest price that Lady Arya and I had ever encountered in the morning, and Arya pointed to the female slaves on the stage, shook her head slightly at the slave owner, and said, "We are going to buy a large number of female slaves, and your price is the most expensive price in the entire slave market, and it is difficult for us to accept it!"
”Her gaze casually swept over another high platform, which was almost full of such orc female slaves, and the meaning in her eyes was very clear: if we can't meet our requirements, we will find the next slave owner, there are so many slave owners who sell half-orc female slaves here, and we have many choices.The slave owner hurriedly stepped forward to stop Mrs.
Alia, he originally wanted to pull the sleeve of Madame Alia's dress, but he was shocked by Madame Alia's powerful aura, retracted his hand in a disdainful manner, a layer of oil sweat appeared on his forehead, smiled reluctantly at Madame Alia, and said with a painful face: "This noble lady, please stay, I don't know how many girl slaves you want to buy?"
”"As long as that girl chooses, I'll do it!"
Lady Arya said to the slave owner with a faint smile on her lips.Under the high platform, the slave owner took out his handkerchief to wipe the oil and sweat on his face, thought for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "A half-orc female slave girl is exchanged for a magic crystal, and fifty half-orc female slaves are sold. ”Lady Arya's eyes were quietly aimed at me, and when she saw that I nodded slightly, she raised her haughty white chin and snorted softly in a nasal voice before she said, "All right, deal!"
”Next, it is the process of little Ella screening half-orc female slaves on the high platform, the aesthetics of tribal orcs are completely different from those of the Grimm Empire, they will not be thin for beauty, little Ella prefers to choose some half-orc female slaves with rough body lines, tall skeletons, and strong bodies, she sits on Ruka's shoulders, carefully screens the half-orc female slaves on the high platform, and each time she selects a half-orc female slave and lets her walk off the high platform, I will take out a magic crystal from my money pocket and deliver it to the slave owner.In the blink of an eye, Little Ella selected nearly a hundred half-orc female slaves on this high platform.I took a quill pen and dipped it in a special magic ink to write Arabic numerals on the wrists of these half-orc slave girls, this magic ink would not fade in a short time, and it was a special mark that I made, it was not so easy to imitate, and no one would drop these half-orc slave girls.I asked the slave owner to take the marked group of slave girls to the slave market's shed, and then went straight to another part of the market.On this high platform stood a dozen dwarf slave girls and a few old dwarves lying on the high platform looking dying, and seeing their shortness of breath under the scorching sun, it seemed that they could meet the god of craftsmen at any time.In the morning, we came here to inquire about the price of these dwarf female slaves, at that time the slave owner offered eleven gold coins for a dwarf female slave, the reason is that these female dwarves are strong and healthy, and they can also protect the farm when they take up arms, as for the old dwarves who are dying, the slave owner does not let go, the price of each old dwarf slave is fifteen gold coins, the reason given by the slave owner is that these old dwarves have been blacksmiths all their lives, and they are all slaves with life skills, if it weren't for the fact that they can't hold the hammer, It will never be sent to the slave market.The slave owner, when he saw me and Arya again, looked greedily at Arya's chest a few times before waving his hands at us and saying firmly, "No matter what you say, these dwarven slaves will not reduce the price again." ”I took a step forward, grabbed a money bag in my hand, smiled at him and said, "Of course, who said we came here to lower the price?"
I want all these dwarven slaves. ”While the slave owner was stunned, I handed the money bag to Lady Arya's personal maid, Betty, and asked her to help me settle the settlement with the slave owner, and then took little Ella and began to mark the wrists of the dwarven slaves, and when the delivery was complete, I asked the slave owner to send the slaves to the shed where the slaves were kept.Subsequently, I bought back nearly 500 half-orc female slaves one after another, and at this time, the slave owners realized that Lady Arya and I were actually potential big buyers, and spent an afternoon buying nearly 700 slaves in the slave market.By the time they reacted and came around us to sell their slaves, I had already completed my plan to buy them.Then on the edge of the slave market, he found a carriage shop that specialized in transporting slaves, rented twenty of their large magic caravans for two gold coins, and gave them the address of the weaving workshop, and asked them to transport the seven hundred slaves there.Sitting in the magic caravan, I poked my head out of the window and saw a huge line of magic caravans behind our magic caravan, which was particularly spectacular on the street.Little Ella sat in the magic caravan and asked me curiously, "Jiga, where are you going to put these slaves?"
Are you going to our village?
”Seeing me nodded.Little Ella's eyes lit up, she clenched her fists excitedly, and said with a cheer: "You want those young people in the village to be so happy that they can't keep their mouths shut, this time, probably there will be no shortage of women in the village!"
”I don't understand what this little orc girl is thinking, but there is no shortage of women in the village and it has nothing to do with her, so what is she happy about here?
I rubbed the top of Ella's head twice, and Ella immediately protested loudly."
Maybe there will be some slaves, and they will go with you to the Hiero plane to build the town of Trum."
I turned to Catalina beside me.This afternoon, Caterina didn't speak much, and then she smiled softly at me and asked me, "You are not afraid of a big counterattack by those Nibru spidermen, it will be easy for me to take them there to live, and if I want to come back alive, I am afraid that it will not be so easy." ”Caterina never said no to the decisions I made.I said to her, "I heard from Kig that the Grand Duke of Samoyed will probably be in the imperial capital to report to Charles the Great in the near future, and perhaps we should find an opportunity to visit him, and perhaps Felix will come with him, and I think that if I ask him about the situation in Tanton City, there will probably be no problem!"
”Caterina immediately looked a little excited and said, "Ah!
Will Felix also come to the Imperial Capital?
”I laughed, spread my hands and confessed, "I'm just guessing, who can say for sure!"
”"Whew" Caterina turned her head out the window in anger and refused to pay any more attention to me.When Felix, the old quartermaster, had always taken good care of Caterina when he was in Tanton City, and Caterina also had a very deep affection for Felix, and their relationship was somewhat like that of father and daughter.Caterina was very excited when she heard the news of Felix, and then she found that the things I had said suddenly became uncertain, and she was inevitably depressed.Even if she loses her temper, Caterina is still so gentle.Little Ella on the side couldn't help the curiosity in her heart again, and she asked me: "Jijia, why do you want me and Ruka to test those slaves in orc language, aren't half-orc slaves who don't know orc language worthy of our rescue?"
”I smiled and pinched her little nose, and asked, "Who said that I was saving the orc slave girls, I bought them back, and I also asked them to work." ”Little Ella said as a matter of course: "Of course they have to work, they work in the village, and no one will treat them as slaves." ”I was about to speak, but little Ella preemptively interrupted and said, "I know, I know, you are the messenger of the wise man who can save us orcs who have lost our way outside the Pai Plateau, you are here to save us, but this time you must want to reward those warriors in the village, you don't have to explain it to me, you don't tell me that I know." ”I wordlessly stretched out my hand and flicked a shudder on top of her head, and then said to Lady Arya, who was sitting opposite, "Don't listen to little Ellahu, it seems that it will be some time before the caravan arrives in the seventh block, tell us about the brood and the slave camp, why would you suggest that we choose the half-orc female slave girls that these slave traders bought from the slave catchers?"
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