my age of magic

Chapter 1055 157. On the Slave Market

Scholar Yerkes and I watched only two fights before leaving the arena.

Although the scene in the arena is exciting, it is not very attractive to Yerkes and me.I have seen more cruel battle scenes than this in the war of the planes. Whether it is Hierro or Vashki, the battles between the spider warriors, the faceless warriors and the imperial warriors are far worse than gladiatorial battles. It was even worse on the field.

The Yerkes scholar wasn't very interested in these gladiatorial fights. After watching only two fights, he felt that it was a waste of time, so he proposed to leave.

At this time, there was still a group of people outside the arena who hadn't bought tickets. They could only gather at the gate of the arena and keep an eye on the news coming from inside. At the entrance, there was no one in the noble area, only some attendants, and the Yerkes scholar and I walked out of the arena with ease.

Watching the Yerkes scholar and Mrs. Cecilia board the magic caravan, Aliya snorted dissatisfiedly, and whispered to me: "Her husband, the Marquis of Leon, is not a broad-minded person, and now he is trapped in Los Angeles. Qi plane, it is of course best not to come back forever. If the Marquis returns to the imperial capital, don't forget to remind the Yerkes scholar, the rival in love who fell under the sword of Leon, with one hand I can't even count them."

"It won't be so exaggerated!" I grinned and said.

If this is the case, the Yerkes scholar has really found himself in big trouble!

Mrs. Aliya turned her head to one side, and the inadvertent charm she revealed in her eyes attracted the eyes of passers-by.

She said to me: "Believe it or not, but you don't even look down on Ryan Busman, and you probably don't think highly of a Marquis!"

I quickly denied it and said, "I didn't take Ryan Busman seriously. Why are you talking about this! Let's go, let's go to the slave market..."

……

The slave market in the imperial capital is located in an open space to the west of the arena. The managers of the slave market have built high platforms here. This is the largest slave market in the imperial capital, second only to the slaves in the airport town. market.

Now these square concrete high platforms are full of slaves waiting to be sold. In the slave market, except for the silver moon elves and wolf orc slaves, slaves of other races are very common. Human, Dwarves, orcs, dark elves, barbarians, naga sea tribes, demons, etc.

Mrs. Aliya is very familiar with this place, and she carefully explained to me that these slaves are all legal transactions protected by the laws of the empire. The reason why they can be sold in the imperial capital is that these slaves all have slave contracts.The slave market here will not sell elves, orcs, and wingmen. These races are prohibited by the laws of the empire, and can only be seen in the underground slave market.

she said to me.These human slaves in the market are generally composed of three types of people:
The first type is some displaced homeless people who lost their homes due to various reasons, such as war, plague, and personal grievances. In short, after they become homeless, if they cannot survive, they will choose to sell themselves.

The second type is prisoners, war criminals and rebels. Many civilians who have violated the laws of the empire, if they have no money to redeem their freedom, and have not been sent to the gallows by the judge, then they will accept slave contracts. Became a slave, but this kind of slave has a certain period of time. After serving the sentence, they will regain their freedom.

Rebels against the Empire and war criminals from other countries were captured and rarely executed. They were sold as trophies by the winning side. The only way for these people to get out of slavery was for someone to redeem them with gold coins. , the general ransom is much higher than the price of slave transactions.

The third type is the natives of other planes. These talents are the main part of the slaves in the slave market. When their homes are occupied by the imperial army, these natives who dare to resist and refuse to submit will be reduced to slaves and sold to In other planes, there are also some plane natives who were directly hunted back from other planes by the slave hunters.

As for dwarven slaves, they are very popular in the imperial capital, mainly because they are artisan slaves. Dwarves are proficient in construction, casting, mining, metallurgy, etc., so young and middle-aged dwarf slaves are rarely seen in the slave market. No matter where these dwarves come from, they will be called gray dwarves and robbers in the mouths of slave traders.

Even if the seven monarchs of the dwarf kingdom came to the imperial capital, if they wanted to redeem these dwarves, they would still need to pay enough gold coins.

Slave traders dare not openly sell wolf orcs in the tribe, but this does not affect their sale of some half-orcs. Many half-orcs have only a little bit of orc signs. They look more like humans. The laws of the Green Empire do not prohibit Intermarriage with tribal orcs, but this does not mean that the laws of the empire will protect those half-orcs.

In many weak duchies and regions outside the territory of the empire, there is a custom of intermarriage between humans and orcs in many places. These are the areas where slave traders compete most intensely, and some areas are even directly under the control of some big slave owners. , those places usually encourage childbirth, and generally the local lords will give material subsidies.

The dark elves are a new race formed after the fall of some night elves and silver moon elves. The dark elves believe in the goddess Celine. They believe that the living standards of the demons are more in line with the laws of the world. Only a very small number of dark elves live on the Roland continent. .

As for the demons, Mrs. Aliya knew very little, only that many nobles liked succubus maids.

Only the slaves of the four races of dark elves, barbarians, Naga sea tribe, and demons are rare even in the slave market of the imperial capital. The only more slaves are human, dwarf, and half-orc slaves.

Aliya and I walked around the slave market and found that although there are many slave resources in the slave market, there are very few young and middle-aged male slaves, even if there are a few strong young men standing on some high platforms. Slaves, but the selling price is also ridiculously high, basically more than ten times higher than the price of ordinary female slaves.

As for those artisan-type dwarf slaves, there are only some dwarf aunts with sullen faces and some old dwarves with bald beards and white beards. The female dwarf slaves are the slaves with the worst reputation. Proficient in housework, only the farmer is willing to take these dwarf female slaves. As for those old dwarves with gray beards, people are worried that they will die immediately after buying them back.

In comparison, those half-orc slave markets are hotter, but there are still no male slaves to be seen.

On the corridor below the high platform, some nobles and slave traders gathered in twos and threes who were about to buy slaves. Everyone stood under the high platform, looking at the slaves standing or sitting on the platform one by one, as if they were picking animals. The slaves would stop, ask the slave owners on the stage about the price and age, and check whether the slaves were injured or sick. They would take a cane and stab the slaves on the high platform. They were even asked to open their mouths and look at the wear on their teeth to gauge their approximate age.

I originally planned to buy some slaves to make up for the lack of manpower in Xinliu Valley, but I didn't expect such a situation in the slave market, it was difficult to find suitable male slaves, which made me lose my interest for a while.

On the contrary, Aliya spent twenty gold coins on a high platform to buy two half-orc female slaves with pretty faces. The slave owner handed over the slave contract to Aliya with a smile on his face, and tied a hemp rope In the hands of two female slaves, I handed it to Alia's maid, Betty, and said to Alia very respectfully: "Madam, the linen dress worn by the slave is considered as a gift from me."

Aliya's face was calm, and she only nodded to the slave owner. The noble aura revealed on her body made the slave owner dare not approach her.

I asked the slave owner curiously: "In such a big slave market, why are all the female slaves standing on the stage, and those male slaves can't even see their shadows?"

The slave owner had a baronial medal pinned to his chest. Although he was a nobleman, this was not a decent profession. Only those minor nobles whose families were in the midst of poverty would earn money for this kind of human trafficking.

He saw that although I was only wearing the robe of a magic apprentice, and although I didn’t have any badge on my chest, I was very respectful, so he heard him say: “Don’t say it is here, even in the airport town, it is not difficult to buy male slaves.” It’s too easy, if there are male slaves, it’s just that those male slaves were bought by the big lords in batches, and this situation has lasted for a long time during the war of planes.”

He turned his body sideways, vaguely pointed to the high platform where male slaves were sold at high prices, and muttered softly: "In the market now, those male slaves are at least four or five times more expensive than usual, but female slaves are cheaper than usual. Some."

The slave owner waved the whip in his hand, and the female slaves on the platform showed fear. He randomly called out a half-orc female slave from the slave group on the high platform, let her go down the high platform, and stretched out his hand to squeeze her. With her strong arms, she tugged at the skirt of her clothes again, revealing her strong chest covered with chest hair, and said to me with a smile: "In fact, these female slaves only have a little bit of wolf orc blood. You see, apart from their Their fine hair is heavier, and they basically don’t have the signs of orcs. They are physically strong and have good physique. They are all good at planting crops here, and they are no worse than those male slaves when they work.”

As she said that, she still didn't forget to pinch the slave girl's mouth to let her show her neat white teeth for me to watch.

Then I rolled over the eyelids of the female slaves, and let me see the taupe pupils of these female slaves. I spit on the female slave's arm, and then wiped it vigorously with the sleeve, showing that this is her skin color, so as to show the female slave's beauty. Bloodline, the slave owner swore to me: "They were all bought from the Karazhan Freedom Alliance, and there is absolutely no problem with their parentage."

Aliya stood aside and said: "You said they are from the Karazhan mountain area, show us the transaction certificate, how do I know they didn't come out of the brood?"

I can't understand what Karazhan mountain area, what mother's nest is, but it seems that some slaves' origins are also very well-known.

The slave owner immediately put on a bitter face, and argued: "Ma'am, I don't have any transaction certificates here. How can those slave traders who spend all day in the mountains and forests leave evidence."

The slave owner didn't dare to continue talking to me after being stunned by Alia.

Alia and I continued to stroll around the slave market for a while, and found that it was common for a large number of female slaves to be hoarded in the market. It seems that what the slave owner said was true. Bought by noble lords, instead, a large number of female slaves who can engage in agriculture and animal husbandry have become uninterested.

Aliya stopped, hesitated for a moment, and said to me: "Is it true that the slaves here are not satisfactory? If you want to buy male slaves, I also know a big slave trader in the airport town. There might be something you want to buy.”

I smiled and asked her: "You know the big slave owner, why didn't you tell me before you came here?"

Aliya bit her lip and said in a low voice: "He is the kind of person who is slightly annoying!"

"That's fine, but whoever said that the slaves here are not what I like, on the contrary, I think these slaves are not bad." I said.

My eyes passed over a high platform, which was full of orc female slaves.

Judging from the aesthetic point of view of the people of the imperial capital, if they stood in front of them, they would hardly be able to eat.

They are a group of fierce and rude village women, with breasts that look like two dough pockets, bucket waists, plump buttocks like big pumpkins, and big, strong legs.

But in the eyes of the orcs, women of this size are rare and easy to give birth to. Only strong women give birth to children that will be healthier. What's even more rare is that they have orc blood, so the orc warriors in Xinliu Valley should be better. It is easy to accept them.

I whispered to Mrs. Alicia, "I was just thinking about how to take them away after I bought them back."

Aliya couldn't control her voice, and quickly covered her mouth with her hand: "Oh my god, Ji Jia, how many slaves do you want to buy?"

I smiled at her and said, "Anyway, I still need a lot!"

Aliya said: "Then let them go behind the magic caravan. Do we still need us to rent a few magic caravans for these slaves?"

I scratched my head and said, "I just don't want to make a splash, and I don't want to be in tomorrow's magic newspaper."

Aliya said again: "We can entrust a carriage company to transport them to any corner of the imperial capital, except for the floating imperial city."

I said to her, "Didn't you just acquire a weaving workshop? How is the renovation going?"

Aliya pursed her lips and smiled, that kind of style is really charming, she said: "Okay, I understand, you want to put the slaves you bought back in my textile workshop."

I quickly stretched out a finger and said to her, "I won't stay for long, at most one night."

She blinked and said to me, "Let them stay as long as you want."

(End of this chapter)