Lord Harland.

Chapter 114 Byers

In order to open this magical equipment, not only does one need to put in mental energy, but also needs to recite special spells, and must speak with a Chinese accent, in order to form a special resonance with the bottle of starlight and open the space of the bottle of starlight.

Now deep in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and got the mysterious bottle of starlight, Li Cha didn't dare to chant the mantra casually, so as to prevent people from seeing the accident and causing trouble.

He carefully hid the bottle of starlight, and when he was ready to return to the territory, he opened the magic equipment to see what was found inside.

The next day Richard brought Soros to the Linus slave market.

Richard walked around the market for a while, and found that the price of slaves in the Grand Duchy of Stanik was slightly cheaper than that in the Kingdom of Grant.

The price fluctuated about 5.00% downward.

The scale of the Linus slave trade market is very large, even larger than the slave market in Nolan, the capital of the Kingdom of Grant.

The quality of slaves here is also higher. Not only are there professionals selling them, but there are even some slave artisans.

Li Cha searched and found that there are slave artisans who can burn glass, but the price is not cheap, and the technical level is also very average.

Li Cha was about to find the largest slave trader, but he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

The man's name was Byers Fanta, and he was a slave trader.The Fanta family is a vassal of the Duke of Guise and a hereditary viscount in the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Grant.

The biggest business of this family is the slave trade, and catching slave traders and selling them is their biggest source of income.

I didn't expect to meet again in a foreign country.

"Mr. Byers, we meet again."

"Master Richard, why did you come to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to buy slaves?"

"I'm not afraid of embarrassment, so I'll talk to you about this matter. Because I bought salt from Duke Jonathan and offended Consul Jerram, I came to Linus in order to avoid Jerram causing trouble for me in the capital. Buy slaves."

"Master Richard, if you need slaves, you can go directly to the Duke of Guise and talk to my uncle. We can deliver the goods to your door. Of course, the price is a little more expensive than the Nolan slave market."

The most fundamental reason why Richard came to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to buy slaves was that he didn't want to deal with the nobles of the Grant Kingdom.

There are many new things in Harland's territory, and its strength is developing rapidly, which has attracted the attention of some interested people.

Nowadays, the territory of Harland restricts the entry and exit of the population, and outsiders are not welcome. If you want to infiltrate the territory of Harland, the best way is to plant spies from among the slaves.

And to buy slaves from the Grand Duchy of Stanik, because Richard has no conflicts with the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, but there is no hidden danger.

"The next time you need it, you must go to the Duke of Guise and talk to Baron Fanta. Mr. Byers, you are still in the slave business when you come to Linus this time."

"Yes, in fact, it is only [-] kilometers from the Duke of Guise to Lynas Castle, and [-] kilometers to Nolan. We have always had a trading station in Lynas, and the slave trade has also been done for many years."

"How many slaves do you have here, take me to see. We trade between the two sides, and we don't even need to exchange foreign exchange, which just saves a handling fee."

"There are a lot of slaves, more than 2000 in total, and there are four contract slave professionals. Their prices are more expensive."

Richard and Byers came to the store of the Fanta family and looked at the quality of the slaves.The number of ordinary slaves is just over [-], which add up to [-] gold coins.

More than a hundred slave craftsmen are more expensive, including carpenters, blacksmiths, bamboo craftsmen, tailors, coppersmiths, shoemakers, gold and silversmiths, and so on.These craftsmen are generally older. Many of them have gray hair and wrinkled faces. The average age is close to 40 years old.

Despite this, more than a hundred artisans add up to more than three thousand gold coins, and the average price of artisans is much higher than that of strong slaves.

Richard also spent a huge sum of [-] gold coins to buy several glassmakers from other slave traders, planning to improve the glass kiln technology after returning to the territory.

If a large piece of glass can be fired successfully, a greenhouse can be made in the territory of Harland.

Even if the cost is higher, Li Cha can still eat fresh vegetables in winter, and the quality of life will improve a lot.

In addition, after the opening of the hospital, glass bottles are needed, and magicians also need glass containers to do many experiments.

They are all purchased from Viscount Roman, which will cost a lot of money.

An ordinary glass infusion bottle costs four silver coins, which is more expensive than the monthly salary of ordinary citizens.

Farmers living in the countryside can probably buy a glass bottle with the money they can save every year.

The dozens of glass infusion bottles that Li Cha bought at one time are now important property of the hospital.

This situation must be changed by Li Cha. There is no glassmaker in Heihe Fort and Wright Fort, and Li Cha has little knowledge of glass making.

Now that he has successfully purchased a glassmaker from the Grand Duchy of Stanik, even though the technology is average, the price is expensive, and the price-performance ratio is not high, Richard did not hesitate at all. He opened a glass kiln not just to make money.

The four indentured slaves at Fanta Family Store are not high-level, they are all Tier [-] and Tier [-] professionals, and there are three or four years left in the signed contract.Among them is a Tier [-] knight with strong combat power. Although the contract period is relatively short, the price is the most valuable.

Because the contract is about to expire, the price of a professional contract is not very expensive.

For three hundred gold coins, four contracts can be obtained smoothly.It is cheaper than hiring a professional.

Because these indentured slaves had already established families in the Fanta family, Richard bought their relatives back together.

In order to buy people's hearts, Li Cha turned all the family members of these professionals into contract slaves.

Anyway, in the territory of Harland, except for the orc slaves, the rest of the population was converted into contract slaves.

Making people slaves for a lifetime is not in line with Richard's worldview.

Moreover, slaves are not free, so naturally they will not have a goal to strive for.They do not have the ability to consume or create. No matter how many such people there are, it will not be conducive to the development of the territory in the long run.

It is precisely because the slaves have hope and ambition.The talents cultivated by Harland's territory will continue to emerge.

There are already more than ten officers who have advanced from slave soldiers to professionals.

The directors of brick kiln factories and iron and steel factories were all promoted from slaves. They did a good job, contributed their ingenuity, improved production technology, and accelerated the development of productivity.

It is precisely because of these people's silent contributions that Harland's territory can develop rapidly.

Li Cha carried 3000 gold coins and spent more than [-] from Fanta Store.

Next, Richard spent [-] gold coins to buy [-] slaves from a large slave trader.

At this moment, the number of slaves in his hands has reached [-], and it will also cost a sum of money to bring these people back to Harland's territory.

Richard used the remaining funds to purchase a large amount of food, horses, and vehicles, and left Linus Castle in a mighty way, returning to the Kingdom of Grant.

(End of this chapter)