my age of magic

Chapter 1057 159. Under the Slave Market

On such a sunny afternoon, the glare of the sun made people drowsy. The slaves on the high platform stood on the platform for a long time, their tired bodies leaning on each other, and some slaves stretched out their arms to block the glare of the sun. .

The slave owner stood on the stage and tried his best to introduce the slaves on the stage to the nobles, how young, how healthy, how docile, and how easy they were to feed.

Mrs. Aliya had a smile on her face, and her clear eyes fell on the face of the slave owner, pretending to be listening carefully.

I stood beside Alia, maybe because I was too young, maybe because of my status as a magician noble, and no one paid attention to me.In the eyes of the people of the imperial capital, a young magician like me should hide in the magic academy to learn skills.

In the slave market, since male slaves can be incorporated into the army during wartime, the original standard price of a male slave is about fifteen gold pieces, but now you need to pay at least ten gold pieces to buy a male slave. Even with such a high price for crystal stones, there are not many male slaves in the slave market.

Also because of the plane war, the production and life of the people of each plane were greatly affected, which in turn affected the labor export problem in the slave market.Since female slaves can only engage in productive labor, few lords will incorporate female slaves into the army, which made female slaves unsalable in the slave market for a time.

Originally, the standard selling price of a female slave was about ten gold coins, but now the price of a female slave in the slave market has been reduced to eight gold coins, and there are still few people who care about it. There was even a slave owner who suggested that if you buy and sell female slaves in batches, you can A magic crystal is exchanged for an orc female slave.

Ella sat on the shoulder of the tauren Luka, 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 an orc, or there were two canine teeth protruding from their mouths. Or the pupils had changed color, or there was still a fluffy tail on the hips, and there was always a hint of orcishness showing through.Most of their physical signs are closer to humans. These half-orcs are not eligible to enjoy the protection of the orc guardians, so they become slaves.

"What's your name?" Little Ella asked a young female orc on the high platform in fluent orc language.

The female orc was a bit thin, with a sapphire pupil in one eye and a garnet red in the other eye. Her long silver hair looked a little dry due to long-term malnutrition. She was only wrapped in a piece of linen. When she saw Xiao Ai Pulling over, he was so frightened that he quickly retreated to the group of female slaves.

Seeing the bewildered young female slave, little Ella showed disappointment in her eyes, but she still refused to give up and asked the half-orc female slaves on the stage in orc language: "Where do you all come from?"

There was still a blank look in the eyes, and no one answered.

In the audience, the slave owner who had been bragging to Mrs. Alia about how good the slaves were was changed his face when he saw little Ella was about to climb up the platform. Suppressing the anger in my heart, I squeezed a smile on my wrinkled face, and said to little Ella on Luka's shoulder: "Beast race girl, every slave here has an identity certificate, and you are not here. Who are you looking for!"

"Hmph, Jijia, they can't even speak the most basic orc language, let's go!" Little Ella sat on Luka's shoulder safely, and her crisp words made the slave owner's face change drastically.

But there is no substantive way to retain us, we can only watch us go to the next stage.When they got there, Luka and little Ella basically did the same thing. They talked directly with the half-orc female slaves in orc language. Ella clenched her fists and gave me a triumphant gesture.

"Jijia, they are mountain people from the borderlands of Durva Province!" Little Ella called to me.

The so-called border land of Durva Province refers to the border land bordered by the mountains at the southern foot of the Pai Plateau and the western wilderness of the empire. In this desolate mountains and rivers, some people who are not protected by the imperial law The mountain people, 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 tribal orcs, and that mountain is also a paradise for slave catchers.

The mixed-blood half-orcs born after the intermarriage between the human race and the tribal orcs are neither legal citizens of the Grimm Empire, nor will they be accepted by the tribal orcs because of their impure bloodlines. They are a group of suffering people living in the cracks. In the Grimm Empire, the orcs became slaves, vagabonds, grooms, knight servants, etc. These are the people at the bottom of society.

I made a 'know' gesture, then pointed to the half-orc female slave on the high platform, and asked the slave owner with a blank face: "How do these half-orc female slaves sell?"

"One female slave, eight gold coins!" The slave master stretched out eight fingers to us, saying and gesturing.

This is almost the highest price Mrs. Alia and I have encountered in the morning. Alia pointed to the female slaves on the stage, shook her head slightly at the slave owner, and said: "We want to buy a large number of female slaves. Your price is the entire price." It is difficult for us to accept the most expensive price in the slave market!"

Her gaze casually glanced at another high platform, which was almost full of such half-orc female slaves, and the meaning revealed in her eyes was very clear: If we can't meet our requirements, we will find another slave owner , There are so many slave owners selling half-orc female slaves here, and we have many choices.

The slave owner hurried forward to stop Mrs. Alia. He originally wanted to pull the sleeve of Mrs. Alia's dress, but was shocked by Mrs. Alia's strong aura. He withdrew his hand embarrassingly. Greasy and sweaty, he forced a smile at Mrs. Aliya, and said with a heartbroken face: "This noble lady, please stay a while, I wonder how many maidservants you want to buy?"

"As long as the girl chooses it, I want it!" Madam Alia said to the slave owner with her lips raised, with a faint smile.

Under the high platform, the slave owner took out a handkerchief and wiped the oily sweat from his face, thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "One half-orc female slave is exchanged for one magic spar, fifty half-orcs The female slaves are for sale."

Mrs. Alia's eyes were quietly aimed at me. Seeing me nodding slightly, she raised her proud white chin, snorted softly, and said, "Okay, deal!"

Next, there is the process of little Ella screening half-orc female slaves on the high platform. Tribal orcs have completely different aesthetics from those of the Grimm Empire. They don’t regard thinness as beauty. Little Ella prefers to choose some with rough body lines and tall skeletons. A strong half-orc female slave, sitting on Luka's shoulders, carefully screened the half-orc female slaves on the high platform, and every time I selected a half-orc female slave and let her go down the high platform, I would give money from my pocket. He took out a magic spar and delivered 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 female slaves one by one. This magic ink will not fade in a short time, and I made a special mark , it is not so easy to imitate, and no one will drop these half-orc female slaves.

I asked the slave owner to send the marked female slaves to the shed in the slave market, and then turned directly to another part of the market.

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On this high platform stood a dozen or so dwarf female slaves and a few old dwarves lying on the high platform who looked dying. Seeing how they were short of breath under the scorching sun, it seemed that they might go to see the God of Craftsman 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 was that these female dwarves are strong and healthy, and they can guard the farm with weapons. , As for those dying old dwarves, the slave owner did not let go. The price of each old dwarf slave was fifteen gold coins. The reason given by the slave owner was that these old dwarves had been slaves for a lifetime. Blacksmiths are all slaves with life skills. If they hadn't been unable to hold a hammer, they would never have been sent to the slave market.

When the slave owner saw Alia and me again, he stared greedily at Alia's chest a few times before waving at us and said firmly: "No matter what you say, these dwarf slaves are not Will lower the price again.”

I took a step forward, holding a money bag in my hand, and said with a smile, "Of course, who said that we came here to lower the price? I want all these dwarven slaves."

While the slave owner was standing still, I handed the money bag to Mrs. Alia's personal maid, Betty, and asked her to help me settle the settlement with the slave owner, and then I took little Ella and began to hand over the money bag to the wrists of these dwarf slaves. After the delivery, I asked the slave owner to send these slaves to the shed where the slaves were stored.

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Afterwards, I bought back nearly 500 half-orc female slaves one after another. At this time, in the slave market, those slave owners discovered that Mrs. Alia and I were actually potential big buyers. At that time, nearly [-] slaves were purchased in the slave market.

By the time they reacted and came around to sell their slaves to us, I had already completed the acquisition plan.

Then, at the edge of the slave market, I found a carriage house that specializes in transporting slaves, rented [-] of their large magic caravans with two gold coins, and gave them the address of the textile workshop, please transport the [-] slaves over there.

Sitting on the magic caravan, I poked my head out of the window and saw a row of large magic caravans behind our magic caravan, which looked very spectacular on the street.

Little Ella sat in the magic caravan and asked me curiously: "Jijia, where will you arrange these slaves? Are you going to our village?"

See me and nodded.

Little Ella's eyes lit up, she clenched her fists excitedly, and said with a cheer, "Those young people in the village will surely be overjoyed. This time, there probably won't be any more women in the village!"

I don't understand what this little orc girl is thinking in her heart. There is no shortage of women in the village and it has nothing to do with her. Why is she happy here?I rubbed the top of little Ella's head twice indiscriminately, and I was immediately protested loudly by little Ella.

"Maybe there will be some slaves who will go with you to build the town of Trum on the plane of Yero." I turned my head and said to Katerina beside me.

This afternoon, Katerina didn't say much, and then she smiled at me gently and asked me: "Aren't you afraid of a big counterattack by those Nebulu spiders? I'll take them over there." Life is easy, but if you want to come back alive, it may not be so easy."

Katerina never said no to a decision I made.

I said to her: "I heard from Qige that the Grand Duke of Samoyed will probably go to the imperial capital to report to Emperor Charles. Maybe we should find a chance to visit him, and maybe Felix will come with him. I think, if you ask him Ask about the situation in Tanton City, probably there will be no problem!"

Katerina immediately looked a little excited and said, "Ah! Will Felix come to the imperial capital too?"

I smiled 'haha', spread my hands and said frankly: "I'm just guessing, who can say for sure!"

"Huh..." Katerina turned her head out of the window angrily, refusing to talk to me any more.

When the old quartermaster Felix was in Tanton City, he had always taken good care of Katerina. Katerina also had a very deep affection for Felix, and their relationship was somewhat like a father and daughter.

Katerina was quite excited when she heard the news about Felix, and then she found that these things I said suddenly became uncertain, and she was inevitably depressed.

Even when she loses her temper, Katerina is still so gentle.

Little Ella on the side couldn't help the curiosity in her heart again, she asked me: "Jijia, why do you want me and Luka to test those slaves in Orc language, don't half-orc slaves who don't know Orc language, not worth it?" shall we save?"

I smiled and pinched her little nose, and asked back: "Whoever said that I was saving the orc slave girls, I bought them back and asked them to work."

Little Ella said naturally: "Of course they have to work. They work in the village. No one will treat them as slaves."

I was about to speak, but I was interrupted by little Ella and said: "I know, I know, you are the messenger who can save us orcs who got lost outside the Pai Plateau, you are here You saved us, but this time you must want to reward those warriors in the village, you don’t need to explain it to me, I’ll know it even if you don’t tell me.”

Speechlessly, I stretched out my hand and thumped her on the top of her head, and then said to Mrs. Alia who was sitting opposite: "Don't listen to little Ella's nonsense, it seems that the caravan will arrive at the seventh block for a while, tell us About the brood and the slave camp, why would you suggest that we choose the half-orc female slaves bought by these slave traders from the slave catchers?"

(End of this chapter)