"Actually, the above two types of slaves together only account for 30% of the market in Baishu City. What slave owners really value are those young slaves who have lived in slave camps since childhood. Almost all the big slave owners in Baishu City will have their own Slave camps, where slaves are raised just like cattle and horses. These slaves do not inspire blood. They can be sold when they are 12 years old and specialize in the simplest manual labor."
"12 years? Is this cycle too long?" Lant was a little in disbelief.
"Yes, 12 years is a very long time, especially since the amount of food consumed during this period is so huge." Pete rolled his eyes, "So where can we find so much food in the south, and the cost must be extremely low?"
"Old grain from the south? The kind that is subsidized and destroyed?" Lant finally understood.
"Yes, sir, it's that kind of food. Once food costs almost nothing, the cost of these slaves will be greatly reduced." At this point, Pete started to lie again. "However, in the past two months, all the food stocks in the south have disappeared. !”
"War protection policy?" This information was heard at a secret meeting at the end of the month. The information at that time was that someone had bought all the old grain in the south and demanded that all the grain be shipped to Yeqi City immediately. It was precisely with this food that Lant dared to send a large number of troops to Iowa.
"Yes, sir, you have indeed understood everything," Peter quickly boasted.
Everything he has done these days is to prepare for tonight's report to Lant. Whether it is going to great lengths to buy slaves, or deliberately leaving a loophole for Jim the Demonless to report to Lant first, it is all for In order to regain his image in Lant's mind, Peter took every opportunity to please Lant and show his value.
"Now these big slave owners don't have cheap food. Their only choice is to spend a lot of money to buy food. But this will not only cause local food prices to rise, but will also attract the attention of the imperial department. Otherwise, they will find a way to kill all the slaves. Sell it!”
Lant looked clear: "And such a large-scale transaction cannot be negotiated in the slave market, right?"
"You are absolutely right. In the market, there is a price alliance among the slave owners. They would rather let the slaves starve to death than lower each other's prices. But at the ball, these slave owners who are inextricably linked to the nobles will try their best to Find a big buyer, pack it up and buy it.”
"Well, you did a good job indeed!" Lant and Lanya showed pleased expressions at the same time. Even if Peter had some selfish behavior in this, I have to say that the method he used was almost the best.
"Sir, I have negotiated a total of 41,000 slaves at the moment. The price is 37,000 gold coins. This includes the food and lodging of these slaves for a month." If it is based on the market price, Pete's total cost after including previous expenses is also higher than the normal price. 1,000 gold coins lower.
After reporting on the slave business, Peter did not stop and continued to talk about the information he had found out:
"In addition, I also got an interesting piece of information here. I just said that there have been orc gangs in the southern forest recently. It is said that a high-level life priest suddenly appeared in the past two months. Not only did he rescue the slaves from several slave-catching teams, Hundreds of slaves, and directly severely damaged the strongest mercenary team in the city."
Having said this, he couldn't help but grin: "The mercenary team had two senior knights and one senior mage. It is said that three senior professionals faced the bandit leader and lasted two rounds in total."
"This battle situation," Lant muttered in a low voice, "sounds familiar enough!"
"Yes, the forest was originally very chaotic. Half-orcs, half-elves, humans, and lizardmen were fighting against each other. The slave-catching team often cooperated with one of them to capture slaves of other groups," said someone who had experienced the Frostwolf Forest bandit suppression. Peter was very concerned about the situation here, "However, this gang has a powerful orc leader. As soon as she appeared, she unified quite a few tribes and directly annihilated a group of lizards who cooperated with local slave owners. Human tribe.”
"Is it that half-ox man again?" A huge figure appeared in Lant's mind.
"I'm afraid so. Judging from various reports, this was your opponent in the Frostwolf Forest back then." Peter nodded. "I heard at the dance that the nobles and slave owners of White Tree City decided to form a coalition and go directly to eliminate them. .”
"Allied forces? It won't be led by a senior knight again, right?" Lant thought of the bandit-suppressing journeys of two noble young masters, Robbenqi Baixiao and Fernando Maned Wolf.
"No, it is said that they are going to invite senior members of the Blue Lion family to come over." Peter Maned Wolf asked Lant for the first time in the mirror, "Sir, do you think we can mix it up?"
"I don't want to directly confront either of these two groups, but I can send the canines over and find a few orc priests!" Lant said with a smile.
"Sir," suddenly, Pete looked serious, "I suggest that when we escort the slaves north in the next few days, we should ask a high-ranking person to be in charge. The slave owners' guards and the slave catching team cannot be clearly distinguished. It is very possible that He’s not good at dealing with gangs, but he’s good at robbing caravans!”
"You're right," Lant nodded after hearing this. "You also made it clear to the local nobles in White Tree City that we don't want to participate in their eradication, but we are willing to support in other ways. I will pay for the slaves from the local You don't have to worry about money when you pay by debit in the Merchant Temple. As for the transportation of so many people..."
"Don't worry, I'll let Baron Dutov take care of it. I'm not very good at this!"
After Peter left the magic mirror, Jim was left to face Lant in embarrassment. As a non-magic person, he could never imagine that he could get so much information at the ball.
"Sir, I'm sorry, I wasn't..." Jim was speechless. Framing a demonless person against an intermediate knight is an extremely serious crime anywhere.
"It doesn't matter, this is your mission, and you have done a good job." Lant didn't pay attention. "Continue to watch them. In addition, I bought these demon-free people, and most of them will serve as auxiliary troops. You have to think about what to do." Do!"
"Thank you, sir!" Jim said fearfully, "I'll think of a solution right away!"
"If necessary, you can call in more auxiliary troops, but I also need manpower here!"
When the magic mirror returned to its closed state, Lanya looked at Lant with a smile on her face, "Let me just say it? He is the most suitable to deal with the little nobles!"
"Yes, he has found some sense," Lant thought about it and asked again, "What do you think of letting him stay there? Similar to Gatsby being a local agent?"
"You really dare to let him there," Lanya said with a smile: "Then he dares to directly collude with the lizard people to occupy Viscount White Tree's castle!"
"Well, he can do it!"
(End of chapter)
