If you want to open this magical equipment, you not only need to devote mental power, but also need to recite a special incantation, and you must recite it with a Chinese accent to form a special resonance with the Star Bottle and open the space of the Star Bottle.
Now that he has obtained the mysterious bottle of starlight deep in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, Richard dare not recite the spell casually to prevent others from noticing the accident and causing trouble.
He carefully hid the bottle of starlight and prepared to open this magical equipment after returning to his territory to see what he found inside.
The next day, Richard took Soros to Linus Slave Market.
Richard walked around the market for a while and found that the price of slaves in the Grand Duchy of Stanek was slightly cheaper than that in the Grant Kingdom.
The price has fluctuated approximately five percent.
Linus slave trading market is very large, larger than the slave market in Norland, the capital of Grant Kingdom.
The quality of slaves here is also higher. Not only are they sold by professionals, there are even some slave craftsmen.
Richard searched around and found that there were slave craftsmen who could burn glass, but the prices were not cheap and their skills were average.
Richard was about to find the largest slave merchant, but unexpectedly he met an acquaintance.
This man's name was Byers Fender, a slave trader. The Fender family were vassals of the Duke of Guise and hereditary viscounts in the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Grant.
The family's biggest business is the slave trade, and catching slaves and selling them is their biggest source of wealth.
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, I offended Archon Jerram. In order to prevent Jerram from causing trouble for me in the capital, I came to Linas
Buy slaves.”
"If Master Richard needs slaves, he can go directly to the Duchy of Guise and talk to my uncle. We can deliver them to your door. Of course, plus shipping costs, the price is a little more expensive than at the Nolan Slave Market."
The most fundamental reason why Richard came to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to buy slaves was that he did not 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 Harland territory restricts the entry and exit of the population and does not welcome outsiders. If you want to penetrate the Harland territory, the best way is to plant spies from slaves.
As for purchasing slaves from the Grand Duchy of Stanek, there is no hidden danger since Richard has no conflict with the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanek.
"Next time if you need anything, you must go to the Duchy of Guise and talk to Baron Fender. Mr. Byers, when you come to Linus this time, you are still doing slave business."
"Yes, actually it is only 600 kilometers from the Duke of Guise to Linus Castle, and 500 kilometers to Nolan. We have always had a trading station in Linus, and the slave trade has also been carried out for many years."
"How many slaves do you have here? Take me to see them. We don't even need to exchange foreign currency for our transactions, which just saves a lot of handling fees."
"There are a lot of slaves, more than 2,000 people in total, and there are four indentured servants. Their prices are more expensive."
Richard and Byers came to the Fender family's trading station and took a look at the quality of the slaves. The number of ordinary slaves was just over two thousand, with a combined value of ten thousand gold coins.
The more than a hundred slave craftsmen are more expensive, including carpenters, blacksmiths, bamboo craftsmen, tailors, coppersmiths, shoemakers, gold and silversmiths, etc. These craftsmen are generally older, and many of them have gray hair and wrinkles on their faces.
, the average age is close to forty years old.
Despite this, the total gold coins of more than a hundred craftsmen exceed 3,000. On average, the price of craftsmen is much more expensive than that of strong slaves.
Richard also spent a huge sum of two hundred gold coins to purchase several glassmakers from other slave merchants, preparing to improve the glass kiln technology after returning to the territory.
If large pieces of glass can be successfully fired, greenhouses can be made in Harland Territory.
Even if the cost is higher, Richard can still eat fresh vegetables in winter, and his quality of life will improve a lot.
In addition, after the hospital opened, it needed glass bottles, and magicians also needed glassware to conduct many experiments.
It costs a lot of money to buy them all from Viscount Luomen.
An ordinary glass infusion bottle costs four silver coins, which is more expensive than a month's salary of an ordinary citizen.
A farmer living in the countryside can probably buy a glass bottle with the money he saves every year.
The dozens of glass infusion bottles that Richard purchased at one time are now important assets of the hospital.
This situation must be changed by Richard. He could not find a glassmaker at all from Heihe Fort or Wright Fort, and Richard knew little about burning glass.
Now that he has successfully purchased a glassmaker from the Grand Duchy of Stanik, even though the skills are average, the price is expensive, and the price-performance ratio is not high, Richard does not hesitate at all. He opened a glass kiln not just to make money.
The four contract slaves at the Fender Family Trading Station are not high-level, they are all first- and second-level professionals, and there are still three or four years left on the signed contract. Among them is a second-level knight who has very strong combat power. Although the contract period is relatively short, the price
But the most valuable.
Because the contract is about to expire, the professional contract price is not very expensive.
For three hundred gold coins, you can successfully obtain four contracts. It is cheaper than hiring professionals.
Because these indentured servants were already married and established businesses in the Fender family, Richard bought their relatives back together.
In order to win people's hearts, Richard turned all the family members of these professionals into indentured servants.
Anyway, in the Harland territory, except for the orc slaves, the remaining population has been converted into indentured servants.
Treating people as slaves for the rest of their lives is not in line with Richard's worldview.
Moreover, slaves do not have freedom, so they naturally have no goals to strive for. They have no consumption ability or creative ability. 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 that the talents cultivated in the Harland territory will continue to appear.
More than ten officers have advanced from slave soldiers to professional officers.
The directors of brick kilns and steel plants were all promoted from slaves. They did a pretty good job, contributing their ingenuity, improving production processes, and accelerating the development of productivity.
It is precisely because of these people's silent efforts that the Harland territory can develop rapidly.
Richard carried 20,000 gold coins and spent more than 13,000 from Fanta Trading Station.
Next, Richard spent 5,000 gold coins to purchase 1,100 slaves from a larger slave merchant.
At this moment, the number of slaves in his hands has reached 3,300. It will also cost a sum of money to bring these people back to the Harland territory.
Richard used the remaining funds to purchase a large amount of grain, horses, and vehicles, and left Linus Castle in a mighty manner and returned to the Grant Kingdom.