Alien landlady

Chapter 113 Buying Slaves
The two had a quarrel before they stopped, and Bai Tongtong took out the pile of presents and threw them on the ground.

Seya squatted down curiously and opened a few boxes to have a look. They were all quite expensive gift-level things, "Is this something given to you by someone else? What's the matter? Throw it all here?"

"When I was in Tamir, those merchants made offerings. You keep the ones you like, and resell the rest for me. Keeping them in your hands is useless and takes up space."

Seya didn't rush to say anything, she looked at a few more boxes, quickly assessed the value of these things with the eyes of her businesswoman, then clapped her hands and sat back on the chair.

"No problem, wait for Balbo to come back at night and show him. Let him take it out tomorrow. It will be sold out in a day or two at most. They are all very good and high-quality goods, and they come from Tamir. They are rare here. There will be Others are willing to buy it as a gift.”

"Oh, it is indeed right to look for you, and I will never forget you when there are good things in the future."

"Okay, but we are very picky, and it's better to be distinctive." Seiya blinked mischievously.

"Hey, you just reached the intention of the sales channel two seconds ago, and you are picky?"

"You are the guild leader now, are you afraid that we will be picky?"

"Hey, smart learning."

"Of course, I'm also very busy every day. Balbo knows so many people, and there are all kinds of people in the wife's circle. It's impossible not to learn to be smart."

Seeing that Seya has grown into a qualified housewife, Bai Tongtong smiled gratifiedly.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, please help me pay attention to those reliable businessmen. If I have a business opportunity, I will take care of you first." The group of businessmen in Fort Chamington is the group that Bai Tongtong is most familiar with, and she has a good reputation here. , There are benefits of course to share with each other.

"Thank you!" Sai Ya overjoyed and hugged Bai Tongtong, leaving a resounding kiss on her face, and the two laughed together.

While chatting happily, Seiya received several letters and wanted to reply quickly. By the way, she sent a note to her husband, and Bai Tongtong went to the street by herself. It has been a long time since she came to Fort Chamington. Let’s see what new things are on the street. He also asked Ah Huang to go to Ai Ni's house to take a peek, and when he learned that Ai Ni had gone out to a friend's party, he didn't bother her.

In the evening, Balbo, who came home, held a large bouquet of flowers and gave Bai Tongtong a special gift, and had a long and in-depth chat with her about her vision for future business.

"There will definitely be business opportunities. With the progress of my various experiments, new techniques and technologies suitable for mass production in factories will be released one after another. Therefore, you not only need to cooperate with merchants, but also find a good factory. It is best to reserve some reading materials. Illiterate apprentices will only hinder us, so we don’t want any of them.” Business is important, and talent pool is also very important.

"Children who have studied will not go to the factory as apprentices. Can't experienced craftsmen make up for it?"

"Things without technical content can be made by skilled workers, like the loose-leaf books and folders that sell well on the street. Are they difficult things? Of course not. But they are very popular among magicians. Mechanical pencils and refills are high-tech things that cannot be learned by illiterate people."

"I understand what you mean, and I will try to find it."

"Take your time. The requirements of the laboratory method and the factory method are different. I am still looking for a suitable method. Don't worry. I have plenty of time. If you have the conditions, try to find a good math score."

"Okay, I'll discuss it with a few friends tomorrow. It's really difficult to ask so many educated children to work as apprentices in factories at this time, and they must also be good at math."

"Because we are the first batch of people to do this, when everyone sees the benefits in the future, this kind of apprenticeship will gradually increase, and it will be easy to find talents in the future."

"Maybe it also promotes education."

"This is a direction worth working on. The more educated apprentices, the more business people will benefit. If you have the ability, you can subsidize talented children to study hard and keep them for their own use after graduation, just like the education method of magicians. , The national treasury pays for training, and those who can become official magicians are all high-level national talents, stepping into the upper class. I am very strict in choosing partners, and it is okay if they fail to meet my requirements. I can't ruin my reputation and reputation. "

"That is." Balbo secretly remembered Bai Tongtong's suggestion.

On the second day, Balbo took the goods entrusted by Bai Tongtong to sell to a familiar businessman, and he sold them all in half a day. They were all high-end gifts, and many people wanted them. Wrapped in wrapping paper, it is a brand new gift.

Bai Tongtong wandered over to Aini's house again, called Aini out to drink tea in a small restaurant on the nearby street, and told her that she was going to the new guild in Fubao Town. Some customers were frightened, and Bai Tongtong paid the whole audience to apologize.

Ai Ni hugged Bai Tongtong's right hand wearing her signet ring, and kept calling her President Bai, giggling non-stop.

"There are few female mages, and even fewer female presidents. Tongtong is amazing. She became the president in such a short time." Ai Ni finally calmed down and was able to speak a complete sentence.

"The acting president is just the acting president."

"It's okay, it's okay, when you become an official magician, you will definitely be promoted to the official president." Aini waved her hands and didn't want to go so far.

"Then I have to study harder."

"By the way, when it comes to studying, what about your special mathematics training class? Isn't it that we don't have any classes?"

"The principal has been looking for a new teacher for a long time. In the new semester, general mathematics and several new basic courses will be added. Everyone has to take it. My substitute task is over."

"I don't know if the new teacher can teach as well as you."

"I thought I was scolded to death by you for my force-feeding tactics."

"Who scolded you? It's nothing. At most, those who didn't go to class said some sarcastic remarks." Aini rolled her eyes, and after a while, her eyes fell back on Bai Tongtong's ring, and she smiled again.

There was no time to visit Ted and Trim anymore. After Bai Tongtong stayed at Seiya's house for another night, on March 3st the next day, she showed up on time at the King's Capital Magician General Guild. There was a brief but formal meeting there. In the ceremony of taking office as the new president, the keys to the gate and all facilities of the guild should be handed over to her.

In the president's big office, the president stood in front of the big desk, and Bai Tongtong knelt in front of him to recite the oath. The mages that Bai Tongtong was familiar with were all here to witness this moment.

The letter of appointment was only the acting president, originally this step of the ceremony could have been omitted, and he would have left after receiving the key, but it was still made in such a grand manner, it was obvious that Bai Tongtong was treated as the official president.

Good treatment means high honor, and high honor means more sacrifices. The new guild's geographical location is very superior, and the situation it faces is equally dangerous.

The most rewarding opportunity in peaceful times is to resolve various border conflicts, and Bai Tongtong is ready for this.

After the ceremony was over, after collecting the annual office funds that had just been received, Bai Tongtong hugged and said goodbye to everyone one by one. Without wasting any more time, she took Ah Huang directly to her new site in Fabao Town, Soller City.

Standing in front of the renovated guild gate, Bai Tongtong was surprised to find that the guild signboard had been nailed to the door lintel, shining brightly.

Take the key to open the door and walk into the hall, follow the operation steps, first go to the basement and turn on the switch of the teleportation array, and when you return to the ground, you can see the magic pattern on the teleportation array emitting a faint soft light.

The office furniture belonging to the president is all in place. It is the room with the large terrace. Standing on the terrace overlooking the frontier forest, the warm spring breeze blows on the face, and the nose only has the fragrance of flowers and plants.

The bedroom that was originally connected to this room was assigned to Bai Tongtong's private territory in terms of usage rights, so that small door was sealed, and even the door leading to the bathroom on the other side was also sealed, and it became a private room. An unremarkable, average room.

The bathroom was actually an ordinary room, and it had no sewer function at all, so it was demolished during the renovation and incorporated into the space of the next room, which was changed into a walk-in closet.It was because Bai Tongtong found this wardrobe that she decided on her master bedroom, otherwise she would have picked a room across the corridor.

The bedroom furniture she bought before was placed in place according to her requirements, and the curtains were all hung up, and the colors matched the environment very well.Bai Tongtong took out her antique desk from the storage ring and placed it under the window, piled her stationery on it, and filled the small grids and drawers in one go, leaving only a small writing desk.

Ah Huang jumped onto the window sill, curled up into a fat ball, and lazily watched Bai Tongtong throw a few suitcases of clothes on the floor of the walk-in closet, then came out to make the bed, rolled on the bed a few times, and finally Get up and sit down at the desk to write a shopping list.Because she didn't expect such a good wardrobe, she had to buy some more things, and happened to go to the border of Porvoo next door, where there was a border checkpoint town, Kemi.

Called Ah Huang to get ready to go, the cat was about to jump off the ground, when it purred suddenly, turned to look out the window, Bai Tongtong followed, and Harding's figure floated over with the wind.

Through the window, Harding tilted his head to show cuteness, Ah Huang purred louder, suddenly seemed to snort, turned his head arrogantly, and waved his paws to ask Bai Tongtong to come forward.

[What did Harding say? 】

[It said that its owner would come over at noon to discuss the slave business, and it was guaranteed to be a good product, better than the one I saw last time. It took half a year to carefully select and bring it from far away places. 】

[Since there are good products here, what was it that told you to look at them last time? 】

Ah Huang shook his head and roared angrily at Harding.

Harding continued to look innocent, brushing his tail like a dog.

【It said it was originally prepared for you to farm. 】

【Forget it, tell it, we are going shopping in Kemi Town, we don’t know when we will come back, let the owner find us there by himself. 】

Ah Huang truthfully conveyed it to Harding, Harding seemed to nod his head, and walked back to the border forest on the wind.

Ah Huang checked the surrounding area last time, so after Bai Tongtong locked the guild gate, it took her to the central square of Kemi Town, Porvoo City next door.

The central square is a big market that is bustling from morning to night. The morning market is over. Today, Bai Tongtong can’t cook by himself, but he can buy other things. Merchants who come in and out through border trade have brought many neighbors country's specialty products.

People were surprised to see magicians with magic pets appearing. The most common people in this border town were merchants and mercenaries. Magicians were a rare group of people, so many people hid in secret and pointed.

Bai Tongtong ignored the curious onlookers. She knew that there was no magician's guild in the town, but there was a guild that governed this place a day's journey away from the town. Of course, magicians would not go here if they had nothing to do.

After walking around the stalls and surrounding shops in the market for a long time, I bought some items, including local and imported seasonings. She likes these things, especially when they are packed in bottles and arranged on the seasoning rack. It can arouse her addiction to cooking.

After lunch in the town, Pollock and Harding did not show up, so Ah Huang took Bai Tongtong to see the scenery outside the city.

The large wild land outside the city is farmland. People cut down most of the forest belonging to the town and turned it into farmland, revealing the true face of the boundary river. Fortunately, the people in Kemi knew how to maintain the river while building the wharf, leaving behind Tidal flats and rows of trees along the river bank keep water and soil from flooding.

Although the climate in this area is warm, standing by the river and being blown by the strong wind is still a stupid act that ignores one's own health. Bai Tongtong didn't know which of his tendons was wrongly wired, so he leaned leisurely against a big tree and looked at the pier The business travelers who boarded and disembarked were in a daze.

Ah Huang snored again, Harding's figure flickered from between the trees, grinned, Ah Huang turned around and asked Bai Tongtong to take off his magic robe.

Bai Tongtong didn't ask any further questions, and simply took off his robe and rolled it up into the ring. Then Harding activated the wind travel technique, rolled up Bai Tongtong and Ah Huang and blinked to a place like a warehouse on the other side.

As soon as he recognized that this place might really be a warehouse, Harding swung his big tail, pushed Bai Tongtong, and pushed her into a large warehouse, but then pushed Ah Huang outside, dragged him to the wall and peeped with magic .

In this place where the light is not too bright, the first thing you see is Pollock's face, which can always tickle Bai Tongtong's fist.

But if you take a closer look, there is still a man standing beside Pollock, and a few steps away, there is a row of men and women standing in a line waiting to be selected.

"Brother, is this the big customer you introduced?" The slave trader was chewing something like chewing gum in his mouth, which made his words a little vague, and he also had a different accent.

"As long as her request is met, she will be generous and will not bargain with you." Pollock held a new cane in both hands. He lifted the cane and tapped the ground lightly. Bai Tongtong walked slowly with a picky face. Going closer, his eyes glanced contemptuously over the face of the slave trader, and turned to the slaves.

The slave trader couldn't see Bai Tongtong's identity, and he didn't care about it, as long as the business could be done, everything else was none of his business.

"Miss, I heard from my brother that you have a new manor, and you need all the servants, including housekeepers and farmers, and you also need skilled and experienced servants. It took me a lot of effort to bring it back. Along the way, they ate and drank, and they also specially taught to learn the language there, miss, please feel free to look around and ask questions.”

Bai Tongtong went to the slaves and looked at them one by one. It seemed that the slave traders were telling the truth, and they were all in good spirits. She asked them to roll up their sleeves, trouser legs and clothes for inspection, and there was no physical abuse.

Because of Pollock's discretion, the average age of these slaves seems to be around 30 years old, which is the age when energy and experience are balanced.

But looking at their relatively thin and tender palms, it was clear that they were only suitable for indoor work, and even Bai Tongtong saw that there was an ink mark on one of them's right finger that could not fade, which was the result of ink seeping into the wound and then healing.

"What did you do before?" Bai Tongtong asked him.

"I used to be an accountant for the nobles."

"Can you make an account?"

"meeting."

"Good at arithmetic? Can you do mental arithmetic?"

"It's, it's okay."

"Then I'll give you a simple test." Bai Tongtong thought for a while, and reported a simple calculation question, and the other party gave the correct answer within ten seconds.

The slave trader gave Pollock a smug look, saying that if it is a good product, it must be a good product, and Pollock returned him a look of approval.

The corners of Bai Tongtong's mouth were slightly raised, and he hooked his fingers. The accountant voluntarily left the team and walked to the side. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He felt lucky that he could continue his job.

With an accountant, Bai Tongtong still wants a cashier. She reported a mixed calculation problem to everyone, and another man gave the correct answer within ten seconds. Bai Tongtong walked over and asked him what his original occupation was, and he was actually a math tutor .

It's a waste of money for such a talent, but it may be of great use in the future, Bai Tongtong scratched his hair and asked him to stand aside too.

When selecting butlers and male servants, Bai Tongtong used the criteria of noble families to select talents. She put the use of male servants on serving the guests of the guild, so she asked about the service requirements for the banquet and gave them 2 minutes to think. Then she turned to the slave girls and asked them about the minimum conditions of kitchen and chamber affairs.

Since the slave trader was specially found according to the standards Pollock gave, of course Bai Tongtong would not be disappointed. Soon the male and female housekeepers were picked out, and there were also eight servants, four men, six women, and she planned to spend some time. From these six maids, two were promoted to be cooks.

Looking at the twelve new slaves, Bai Tongtong was a little excited and a little nervous. She was finally considered a person with fixed property that she could freely dispose of.

"Don't you find two people who manage the farmers? What about so many acres of arable land, my dear lady?" Pollock's voice drifted slowly to Bai Tongtong's ear.

Bai Tongtong half turned around, pointed at the remaining slaves, and looked at Pollock sideways.

"Don't worry, my dear lady, the farmers will be brought here later, and they are all good farmers." The slave trader answered, imitating Pollock's address.

"Do farmers have women?" Bai Tongtong didn't want the ratio of men and women to be too different.

"Of course, farmers can be male or female." The slave trader nodded knowingly. Of course he knew that only when there was an equal ratio of male to female would there be a chance to give birth to a young slave.

"In this case, I'd better look at the farmers and choose a foreman from among them. If I change to a layman who directs me blindly, my arable land will be finished."

"Miss is right, please wait a moment." The slave trader walked towards the warehouse gate and whistled outside.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! ! ! NYA~~~
　　
　
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