And when he saw several familiar figures standing on the bow of the ship, Shado's face was full of smiles, except for the Leiden priest who had promised to come over a long time ago, Director Alman of the Liaton Chamber of Commerce, and the director of the Slavin Chamber of Commerce.
President Massa is here.
Soon, the "Lucky Owen" slowly approached the landing point, and with a click, the springboard was lowered. Chateau walked onto the ship, just in time to see old Owen walking from the stern of the ship.
Several people came together and said, "Lord!"
Chateau agreed, and then said: "Captain Owen has worked hard all the way, go and rest first; Priest Leiden, please arrange for people to disembark first, and the cargo that should be unloaded can be unloaded."
"Yes." The two of them took the order and left.
Only Armen and Massa were left, and Shado did not neglect them. "You two, the territory has just been established and we cannot receive you two at the moment. Let's talk on this boat."
"Lord, you're welcome. I hope you won't be surprised if we come uninvited."
"No problem, Daxia Leader welcomes you two, as well as Mrs. Patty, President Hans, and President Fleck to check on the progress at any time."
The contract between Xia Duo and them contained an agreement about the progress of the development, but it was not very precise. Xia Duo had already prepared for them to come. After all, they were investing real money, and they had to see it with their own eyes to feel at ease.
It's just that Xia Duo didn't expect that in less than ten days, the prototype of the first phase of the project had not appeared, and they all came.
After exchanging casual greetings and watching the citizens getting off the boat one by one, Xia Duo no longer had much desire to talk. The growth of the territory made him happy.
He roughly counted and found that this time, in addition to the more than forty people who had not been brought before, there were more than twenty people in ragged clothes. Most of them had obvious traces of chains on their wrists, with sallow faces and thin eyes, and dull eyes.
It's not very stable when walking.
At first glance, it looks like a slave that he got from nowhere!
Xia Duo randomly named a few people and said with some dissatisfaction: "Look, can these people still work? President Massa, what do you say!"
"Lord, these are all escaped slaves from the mainland. They are very lucky to be alive, and this batch of slaves only has this number!" President Massa narrowed his eyes and stretched out two fingers to compare.
Xia Duo didn't like his small look and deliberately said an exaggerated number, "Two gold coins?"
"My lord, you are joking. They are twenty gold coins each. My lord, don't look at how thin they are now, but as long as you feed them for a while, they will recover soon!"
Massa's expression of "You have made a lot of money" made Xia Duo very speechless, but he did not refute. He knew that the price of a normal human slave was about one hundred gold coins, and those of alien races or those with special talents would be more expensive.
Although the slaves Massa provided this time looked lifeless and thin, they were indeed as he said. They could recover as long as they took a good rest for a while, and 20 gold coins were not expensive.
It's just inappropriate to send these here.
"President Massa, next time there is a slave like this, let him recover in Savile Town first and then send him back."
"Sir, this is arranged by Priest Leiden." Massa said aggrievedly. In fact, he himself was willing to keep these slaves for a while.
How much food is worth? The price of selling it when you are strong can completely make up for it, and much more! But who told his ship to be discovered by the Leiden priest just as it arrived at the port today to unload its cargo?
"Priest Leiden?" Chateau has not thought of the possibility of price increases for the time being. He just thinks that the suffering people are more likely to accept the new order and will give up on it if they are given some sweetness. The clergy should know better in this regard.
"In this case, I'd better send it directly next time!"
"Yes." Massa looked bitter.
Seeing Massa's dead-father look, Xia Duo immediately realized that there were definitely real interests involved.
After thinking about it for a moment, Xia Duo knew what the other party was paying attention to and just ignored it.
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Soon, all the people and supplies had disembarked. Because there were more people transported on this trip, there were fewer supplies. They were all food and a small number of tools.
And now that the Owen has arrived, Sha Duo's itinerary can be roughly confirmed. After asking Owen about the recent weather, Sha Duo used the communication tool to make an agreement with Niya to go to the Mage Tower in two days to answer questions.
Over the past few days, Xia had accumulated a bag of questions that he wanted to ask Niya. During this period, he had figured out some of the questions himself, but there was always an endless stream of questions from the new students.
Sometimes Xia Duo thinks about how great it would be if he had a grandfather with him!
In the afternoon, with the newly added residents, a simple wooden house quickly took shape. Branches and trunks were used as bones, hay and soil were mixed to make walls, and the top was covered with branches and hay.
The more people there are, the more work can be done, and Xia Duo feels that the progress of the development has been accelerated at once.
In the evening, Priest Leiden came to Chateau's small camp alone and said, "Sir, there are nearly a hundred people in the territory now, but I am planning to build an altar."
"Altar?" Xia Duo asked doubtfully. He suddenly realized that he didn't even know the function of the altar.
The altars he knew were mostly village-level temples, but Chateau had never even been inside a temple, let alone an altar. His only knowledge was limited to books and word of mouth in Savile Town.
"Sir, building an altar can appease people's hearts."
The concept of appeasing people's hearts is very broad. Even him, the lord, showing his face or showing a spell can appease people's hearts, but what is more specific?
Xia Duo asked again: "What about this? Be specific."
Leiden quickly understood Chateau's idea, "The altar can store holy water."
That's right, if it has no practical effect, then why bother to specifically build an altar? Chateau has no bias on whether to build an altar, he just needs to consider the actual effect.
"What will be needed to build the altar? Can the current territory be sufficient?"
"Sir, the Lord of Glory is not the Lord of harshness or vanity, but the Lord of Mercy. It doesn't matter what the carrier of the altar is. The key is regulation and holy power. At this stage, wood will suffice."
Since it was not complicated, Chateau directly allocated two territorial citizens to the Leiden priest specifically for the construction of the altar.
After talking about the altar, Shado also wanted to ask Leiden something, "Have you come into contact with those slaves? Can they be converted into territorial citizens?"
"Sir, I do not recommend turning them into subjects immediately." Leighton said seriously, "These people are runaway slaves and are rebellious. They must be civilized first!"
"..."
Sha Duo really wanted to ask Leiden, those people's numb eyes, where do you see their unruliness. Sha Duo immediately realized that there were some differences in the three views between himself and Leiden.
However, he did not want to convert these slaves into subjects immediately. He wanted to ask about the background of these slaves and whether there were any hidden dangers.
After understanding the true meaning of Sha Duo's words, Leiden was not vague and immediately told everything he had heard about on the ship.
These slaves were originally just ordinary civilians in the north. They were requisitioned by the lords for mining. Later, they tried their best to escape and were captured again. Then they became slaves, and they were the lowest slaves. They were tortured in the mines.
There were originally two villages, but now there are only about 20 left. Somehow they were purchased by the Slavin Chamber of Commerce and sent to Shado.