Lord Harland

Chapter 36 The Sudden Plague

"Are these slaves dragging their families?"

Byers nodded and said: "Yes, they were all captured from the Dron Kingdom. In order to prevent the slaves from rebelling, the old and the children have to be taken away.

Except for you northern Xinjiang nobles, ordinary buyers don't have such a big appetite.A slave with a family and a mouth can't be sold for a price. If Master Li Cha is willing to buy it in a package, I don't want money for the elderly or children, and I will give it all to you. "

"How many young and middle-aged slaves do you have here?"

"There are about 150 men and women combined."

"What's the total price?"

"2300 gold coins."

"How about 2000 gold coins, if you agree, I will take all the slaves away."

"Master Richard, you've lowered your price too low. Slave trade is extremely risky, and there is no such high profit at all. 2300 gold coins is already the lowest price. You are a hereditary nobleman, and we have already given a part of the discount."

"Byles, not all of your slaves are healthy, some are sick and injured. If I pay a big price, I will only take away the strongest young slaves. The young and sick are all Money-losing goods.

You should have kept these slaves in your hands for a long time, right?
Once a slave has a family, he is of course unwilling to be separated from his family.If you dare to sell them separately, the slaves will rebel and cause bloody conflicts. 2000 gold coins I think is the right price.

This also depends on the number of slaves in your hands, and you will deal with them in the future, so I have more.Otherwise, 1800 gold coins are enough. "

Byers saw that although Li Cha was young, he was not easy to fool, so he could only continue to find excuses, boasting about the advantages of slaves, hoping to sell them for a higher price.

While the two were bargaining, Soros also brought capable mercenaries to the slave market.

Soros has been to Nolan many times and has some acquaintances in the slave market.

Seeing that Soros was very experienced and familiar with the prices in the slave market, Byers couldn't raise the price, so he had no choice but to agree to the deal.

Soon, Richard never refused to come, and reached a deal with five or six slave traders, spending 5600 gold coins to buy about 1053 slaves.

The quality of this batch of slaves was not very high, and half of them were old people and children.There are more than a dozen disabled people and three idiots.

The reason why Li Cha is willing to buy the disabled and fools is first of all to stabilize the morale of the slaves. If the slaves are dragged down by their families, even if the slaves leave their homes, they generally will not escape.

Secondly, fools and disabled people don't need to spend a gold coin for Li Cha, they just take care of a meal, and the cost is very low.Seeing this, their relatives would also think that Li Cha was a benevolent lord.

Richard took the purchased slaves outside the city, bought a lot of tents, and built a simple camp at the foot of the mountain [-] kilometers north of Nolan City, allowing the slaves to temporarily live in the camp.

Soros was responsible for the safety of the camp, and Richard came to the slave market again, planning to buy one or two cheap contract slaves.

The remaining gold coins cannot buy ordinary slaves for the time being.

To develop the territory, more than 1000 slaves are far from enough.In addition to slaves, Li Cha also needs to buy food and livestock, and the tools used for production are also a big part of the cost.

Clothing, food, housing, transportation, seeds, cattle, and food and clothing all cost money.In addition, some slaves need to be armed to defend the territory.

Just when Li Cha was about to leave the slave market, he suddenly saw seven or eight big men, carrying two living people with fear on their faces, and quickly left the slave market.

Regardless of the struggle of the slaves, the strong man quickly piled up a pile of firewood, and then tied the two weak slaves to the stakes, preparing to burn them to death with fire.

In the Dawn Continent, almost all human beings are buried in the ground. Being burned to death with fire is a serious form of torture.

Only the monks of the Inquisition would use this method to kill people who were tempted by demons.

In addition, people who are possessed by evil spirits will also go to the stake if they cannot expel the evil spirits with exorcism.

All the churches of the Seven Gods in the Chenxi Continent have the protection of gods.Although the gods are now in a deep sleep, there are still powerful artifacts left behind.

Relying on the power of artifacts, church priests can use certain spells through prayers.

The church's healing techniques and exorcism fees are not too high.

One ring of magic to treat minor injuries costs about one gold coin.Exorcism is a second-ring divine art, and the price charged is about two gold coins.

When Li Cha first crossed, the pastor of Dawn Church used exorcism on him.

"What's going on? Are these people possessed by evil spirits? Why don't you ask the pastor of Dawn Church to exorcise the demons?"

"It's not that the evil spirit is possessed, it's that the slave is infected with the plague."

Because there is magic in the Dawn Continent, necromancers also have a lot of research on plagues.

The powerful Necromancer created many strange plagues, induced magic-carrying viruses, and caused countless humanitarian disasters.

Upon hearing that there was a plague, everyone present couldn't help but take a few steps back.Even the slaves in the market heard the news and began to flee in panic.

The manager of the slave market responded quickly and immediately notified the pastor of Dawn Church.

The pastor came to the scene and immediately shouted: "Although slaves have lost their freedom in life, they are also believers of the goddess and cannot be burned to death by lynching."

"Pastor Rhodes, did these two slaves get the plague?"

Seeing a slave trader familiar with him speak, Pastor Rhodes explained a few more words.

"It seems to be an ordinary plague, and no magic power has been found. It can be cured with multiple treatments."

Hearing this, the master of the slave's face changed, and immediately took a few strong men and took the two weak slaves away.

Since Pastor Rhodes did not allow the sick slaves to be burned to death, the slave merchants did not dare to make their own decisions.

The church of the Seven Gods is very powerful, and the church does not allow slaves suffering from the plague to be burned to death by lynching.Even if the slave trader had noble backgrounds, they would not openly oppose Pastor Rhodes' decision.

But spending gold coins and finding a church to use healing techniques on slaves is not in their consideration at all.

Generally speaking, patients suffering from the plague need to use four to six light wound healing techniques.Every time you use the light wound healing technique, you need to pay one gold coin to the church.

If the patient is weak, I am afraid that the four-ring magic will be used to treat serious injuries.

It costs about [-] gold coins to use a severe wound healing technique.

Slave merchants are not willing to invest in this aspect at all.

Seeing the sudden outbreak of the plague in the slave market, Li Cha returned to the slave camp outside the city anxiously, but failed to purchase contract slaves.

After returning to the slave camp, Richard immediately established a strict isolation system.

The slaves in the camp were forbidden to walk around at will, and the escorted mercenaries could not go out either.

He also bought a batch of thick cotton cloth from the market, and had female slaves make masks and distribute them on a family basis.

Buyers must be quarantined and observed every time they enter the camp, and the quarantine can be lifted and freedom will be restored after three days.

(End of this chapter)