"I am the mayor, not a slave owner!" The mayor tapped his fingers on the table a few times and said slowly, "This kind of work is done by slave owners, of course I can't help it!"
Seeing his expression, it didn't look like he was helpless. Jia Zhengjin immediately said: "Mayor Mayor, you are the number one person in Flatto Town. Is there anything big or small here that you can't handle? I don't think you can handle it."
, you must have a solution?"
"As for slaves, I really don't have any here. No matter how you ask, it will be the same!" the mayor said calmly, "I never do such things as buying and selling slaves. But..."
"but?"
The mayor looked at her and smiled and said: "Miss Mahi should know that a large number of death row prisoners are sent to all parts of the country every year to build dams, city walls and various protective buildings. It is considered waste utilization! These jobs are very
It's hard work and the time is tight, so under high-intensity work, there are often death row inmates who can't endure it. But no one cares about their life or death. It just so happens that our town of Flatto is also building a dam recently, and there are exactly 500 prisoners.
Many death row prisoners were brought here..."
"What do you mean?" Jia Zhengjin's eyes lit up.
"Today's hot weather, high-intensity work consumes some death row prisoners, and the superiors will not care at all..." The mayor has made it very obvious. If you don't understand, Jia Zhengjin's thousands of years of work have been in vain.
What he meant was to select some people from the death row prisoners, report their death directly to the superiors, and privately turn them into slaves and sell them.
Death row prisoners are serious criminals who have committed capital crimes and will be executed sooner or later. Now they are just used as waste. We try to squeeze out their labor force before execution.
In fact, many places do this, secretly turning death row prisoners into slaves and selling them to make a lot of money.
"Mr. Mayor, the death row prisoners are guarded by the army. They should not be from the town." Jia Zhengjin asked worriedly, "How can we transfer the death row prisoners under their noses?"
The mayor smiled slightly and said: "The person responsible for guarding the prisoners on death row happens to be a good friend of mine. This is absolutely fine! But..."
"But what?"
"But the stakes are very high. If we just buy one or two at a time, it will be too much trouble for us, so we might as well not do it! We might as well ask you to find a slave merchant directly."
"The mayor means..."
"Miss Mahi, if you are interested, just buy this amount!" The mayor raised his index finger, "One hundred death row prisoners, I think it's cheaper for you. Calculated according to the price of a high-quality slave, it's five hundred gold coins! Let's buy it in one time
, money and goods are cleared."
"This..." Jia Zhengjin frowned. It wasn't that he didn't have money, but that Princess Mahi and the people around her didn't have so much money. If he took the money himself, there was no way to explain it.
"Miss," Zion walked over worriedly and whispered in Jia Zhengjin's ear, "Where did we get so many gold coins? We have only made a little money these days..."
Jia Zhengjin raised his left hand to calm him down, lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Mr. Mayor, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. You also know that we wandered here and were actually penniless. Recently we made a little money doing business.
, but we simply can’t come up with the price you mentioned! In fact, what we want to buy is the cheapest slave. You are giving me one hundred death row prisoners at the price of a high-end slave, which is really beyond the affordable range."
"It's not easy for anyone to come up with five hundred gold coins at once!" The mayor laughed, "So, it doesn't have to be traded with gold coins."
"What do you mean?"
"I think that as a survivor of the Selt family, you can't really have nothing." The mayor smiled, "If you have any rare treasures or precious items, you can exchange them."
"Miss, how can we have such a thing?" Zion whispered in Jia Zhengjin's ear, "It seems we can't afford it!"
Jia Zhengjin smiled and waved, asking him to step aside. He looked at the mayor and said, "Mr. Mayor, how do you think I have such a valuable treasure?"
"I don't know!" the mayor shrugged, "It's just a business negotiation according to the procedures. You have to know that converting death row prisoners into slaves is also risky for us. We can't risk it for a few gold coins. At least five hundred gold coins.
, or benefits of corresponding value before you try to take the risk! If Ms. Mahi can afford it, then we will help you get the person. If you can’t afford it, we can still have friendly relations even if we can’t negotiate a business deal. After all, after all these years,
You are also considered a legal resident of our town of Flatto, you just need to register!"
"Let me think about it!"
"Okay, I hope Miss Mahi will give me an answer as soon as possible!"
"Miss, we don't have anything of equal value to exchange for it." Zion whispered in Jia Zhengjin's ear, "For five hundred gold coins, it will take us a long time just to sell the potion."
"Don't worry, it's actually quite easy to get something of equal value." Jia Zhengjin was not in a hurry.
"Miss, where do we have these things?"
"God-given power."
Hearing Jia Zhengjin say this word softly, Zion's eyes flashed: "Do you have any idea?"
"One hundred death row prisoners is a bit more than we expected. Is it safe to buy them back?"
"Miss, you can rest assured!" Zion replied softly, "For death row prisoners, they are destined to receive the death penalty, so when most people hope to become slaves, they will agree that they can at least survive. And after becoming slaves, they will
Private property. Anyone who dares to harm the master or escape can be killed directly when discovered. Therefore, it is rare for slaves to betray their masters. Instead, they will be more loyal to gain the trust of their masters. Not to mention a hundred
One, one thousand, ten thousand, if you can buy them back, don’t worry at all. This is what the Dawn Front alliance did in the beginning, and they started off by buying slaves."
"Okay! Then I understand." After hearing this, Jia Zhengjin nodded and turned to the mayor, "Mr. Mayor, I really can't come up with so many gold coins. But I really need these slaves. Come to think of it.
If you go, you can only get something in exchange..."
The mayor narrowed his eyes instantly: "What treasures will Ms. Mahi exchange for me? I believe that as a descendant of a hero, you must have extraordinary treasures?"
"I don't know if this is considered a treasure," Jia Zhengjin sighed, "To be honest, it shouldn't be taken out. I don't know if my ancestors will blame me..."
"What treasure is it?" The mayor's eyes were full of curiosity.
"It's not a treasure, it's just a potion formula."
"Poison formula?" The mayor was a little disappointed, "What potion formula is worth five hundred gold coins?"
"Truth Potion!"
"Truth Potion? What is that? I've never heard of it!"
Nonsense, you’d be surprised if you’ve heard of potion formulas from another world!
Jia Zhengjin thought to himself, but explained with a smile: "The so-called truth potion is a special potion that allows the person who takes the medicine to tell the truth 100% within a certain period of time and cannot lie. I think the value of this prescription should exceed five hundred gold coins!"
