Byers nodded and said: "Yes, they were all captured from the Delon Kingdom. In order to prevent the slaves from resisting, the elderly and children were taken away.
Except for you nobles in Northern Xinjiang, ordinary buyers don't have such a big appetite. Slaves with families and families cannot be sold at a high price. If Master Richard is willing to package and buy them, I will give them all to you, both old and young, for free."
"How many young and middle-aged slaves do you have here?"
"The total number of men and women is about 150."
"What's the total price?"
"2300 gold coins."
"How about 2,000 gold coins? If you agree, I will take away all the slaves."
"Master Richard, your price is too low. The slave trade is extremely risky and there is no such high profit. 2,300 gold coins is already the lowest price. You are a hereditary noble, so we have already given you a partial discount."
"Byers, not all of your slaves are healthy, there are some who are sick and injured. If I pay a big price, I will only take away the strongest young slaves. The young ones and the sick ones are all
Money-losing goods.
You must have had these slaves in your hands for a long time, right?
Once a slave brings a family, of course he is unwilling to be separated from his family. If you dare to sell them separately, the slave will resist and cause bloody conflicts. I think 2000 gold coins is a suitable price.
This is also because you have a large number of slaves and will deal with them in the future, so I gave you some more. Otherwise, 1,800 gold coins would be enough."
Byers saw that although Richard was young, he was not easy to fool, so he could only continue to make excuses and boast about the slave's advantages, hoping to sell it at a higher price.
While the two were bargaining, Soros also came to the slave market with his capable mercenaries.
Soros has been to Nolan many times and has some acquaintances in the slave market.
Seeing that Soros was very experienced and familiar with the prices in the slave market, Byers couldn't raise the price, so he had no choice but to agree to the deal.
Soon, Richard accepted all comers and reached deals with five or six slave merchants, spending 5,600 gold coins to purchase approximately 1,053 slaves.
The quality of this batch of slaves is not very high. Half of them are old people and children. There are also a dozen disabled people and three idiots.
The reason why Richard is willing to buy a disabled person, idiot, is first of all to stabilize the morale of the slaves. With the burden of family, slaves generally will not escape even if they leave their hometown.
Secondly, idiots, disabled people do not need to spend a single gold coin on Richard. They only manage a meal, and the cost is very low. Their relatives will see this and think that Richard is a benevolent lord.
Richard took the purchased slaves outside the city. He purchased a number of tents and built a simple camp at the foot of the mountain thirty kilometers north of Nolan City for the slaves to temporarily live in the camp.
The security of the camp was left to Soros, and Richard came to the slave market again, ready to buy one or two cheap indentured slaves.
The remaining gold coins cannot be used to purchase ordinary slaves for the time being.
To develop the territory, more than 1,000 slaves are not enough. In addition to slaves, Richard also needs to purchase food and livestock, and the tools used for production are also expensive.
Food, clothing, housing, transportation, seeds, cattle, food and clothing all cost money. In addition, some slaves need to be armed to defend the territory.
Just when Richard was about to leave the slave market, he suddenly saw seven or eight big men carrying two living people with fearful expressions and quickly leaving the slave market.
Regardless of the slaves' struggles, the strong man quickly piled up a pile of firewood, then tied the two weak slaves to wooden stakes, preparing to burn them to death directly.
In the Dawn Continent, almost all human beings have the custom of burial, and being burned alive is a severe form of torture.
Only the monks of the Inquisition would use this method to kill people who were tempted by the devil.
In addition, if a person possessed by an evil spirit cannot drive out the evil spirit through exorcism, he will be burned on the stake.
The Seven Gods Church in Dawn Continent are all protected by gods. Although the gods are now asleep, there are still powerful artifacts left behind.
Relying on the power of artifacts, church priests can use some specific spells through prayer.
The church's healing and exorcism charges are not too high.
A first-level magic to treat minor injuries costs about one gold coin. Exorcism is a second-level magic, and the price is about two gold coins.
When Richard first traveled through time, the pastor of the Dawn Church used exorcism on him.
"What's going on? Are these people possessed by evil spirits? Why don't they ask the pastor of Dawn Church to exorcise the demons?"
"It's not that evil spirits are possessed, it's the slaves that are infected with the plague."
Because there is magic in this Dawn Continent, necromancy magicians also have great research on plagues.
The powerful necromancer created many strange plagues, induced viruses carrying magical powers, and caused countless humanitarian disasters.
As soon as they heard about the plague, everyone present couldn't help but take a few steps back. Even the slaves in the market heard the news and began to flee in panic.
The manager of the slave market responded quickly and immediately notified the pastor of Dawn Church.
The priest came to the scene and immediately shouted: "Although the slave has lost his freedom in life, he is still a believer of the goddess and cannot be lynched and burned to death."
"Pastor Rhodes, are these two slaves suffering from the plague?"
Seeing that a slave trader who knew him well spoke up, Pastor Rhodes explained a few more words.
"It seems to be an ordinary plague, and no magical power has been found. It can be cured by using the healing technique a few times."
Upon hearing this, the slave's master's expression changed, and he immediately led a few strong men to capture the two weak slaves.
Since Pastor Rhodes did not allow sick slaves to be burned to death, slave merchants did not dare to make the decision privately.
The Church of the Seven Gods is very powerful, and the Church will not allow slaves suffering from the plague to be lynched and burned. Even if the slave merchants have aristocratic backing behind them, they will not openly oppose Pastor Rhodes's decision.
But spending gold coins to find a church to use healing techniques on slaves is not at all on their radar.
Generally speaking, patients suffering from the plague need to use the light injury treatment technique four to six times. Each time a light injury treatment technique is used, one gold coin needs to be paid to the church.
If the patient is weak, he may have to use four-ring magic to treat serious injuries.
Using a serious injury treatment spell costs about twenty gold coins.
Slave traders were simply unwilling to invest in this aspect.
Seeing a sudden outbreak of plague in the slave market, Richard anxiously returned to the slave camp outside the city, but failed to purchase indentured slaves.
After returning to the slave camp, Richard immediately formulated a strict isolation system.
Slaves in the camp are prohibited from moving around freely, and the escorting mercenaries are not allowed to go out.
He also purchased a batch of thick cotton cloth from the market, had female slaves make masks, and distributed them to families.
Purchasing personnel must be quarantined and observed every time they enter the camp. They can be released from quarantine and return to freedom after three days.