Zhou Qingfeng was conducting experiments in the deserted village, and the evacuation order he issued was being implemented quickly. With the help of the ten-kilometer-wide information network, many people inside and outside Banshee Castle were mobilized. It was easier to say outside the city, but the trouble was within the city.
Cities in the North are always as cold and ruthless as the weather, and social relations are extremely cold. But after Zhou Qingfeng came, he caused a lot of trouble in the city, both good and bad. It was impossible not to be noticed.
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The high-level purchase of food supplies caused an uproar, and the talent recruitment plan that was implemented for more than a month also attracted widespread attention. For the rich and powerful, having food to eat means nothing. But for the poor, finding a way out is great luck.
With Seth's recruitment, hundreds of people have left the Banshee Castle with hope. Ordinary men still need to be screened carefully, and they are much more tolerant of women's requirements.
Because of their poverty, the poor in the city don't have much resistance to selling their children and daughters. Many people just want a bite of food and have no requirements. In the slave market in the city, female slaves are half or even one-third cheaper than nán nú.
The price of one.
As the first batch of students recruited by Zhou Qingfeng, Lorraine spent most of the past month not studying, but searching for people everywhere. It was only when she participated in specific affairs that she realized how lucky she was...
The slaves were kept in cages and were given only a mouthful of water and a small piece of hard black bread every day. If they could not be sold, they would be locked up until they died until the next batch came in.
Every time she walked down the narrow streets into the slave market in the Artisan District, Lorraine would be deeply afraid. If she hadn't been taken in by Zhou Qingfeng at the last moment, her fate would not have been any better than that of a slave - the Northland was overpopulated, so
There is no shortage of people.
It was dark, and the city had a curfew. But a slave trade leader sent a message, saying that before dark, a group of good-quality female slaves arrived, ranging from seven or eight years old to teenagers. They were all young and the price was very cheap. Ask Sai
Do you want Si?
Seth was busy arranging for the evacuation of the men. Hearing that it was a female slave, he asked Lorraine to take a few hired adventurers to look at the goods - if the goods were really good, buy them and bring them back.
The so-called 'hired adventurers' are all urban foxes recruited by Adrian. These people will not follow the evacuation, they just use money to do things. These guys all have the same purpose, and teenagers like Lorraine
The child was deeply frightened.
With these unreliable 'men', the trembling Lorraine resisted the urge to turn around and run away, and arrived at the slave market in a carriage.
The so-called market is a large walled courtyard with earthen walls and mud houses on a simple site.
Lorraine has been here several times. The leader of the slave trader recognized her and pointed to a corner of the yard when they met, "Here... there is the goods. The old rule is, three silver coins for a female slave."
A human life is only worth three silver coins. Lorraine feels fear and hatred every time she hears the price quoted by the other party. Subconsciously, she still regards herself as a slave, thinking that she may be worth a few gold coins, but she also feels that she is actually worthless.
A large wooden cage was built in the corner of the yard, with some hay piled inside. In the haystack were more than twenty women with numb expressions - no one cried, no one shouted, everyone was stunned. Many of them even fell to the ground.
Dying from hunger.
The so-called 'nice goods' are actually all dirty and thin figures. Recently, Zhou Qingfeng has focused on purchasing female slaves. The slave traders are searching for such goods everywhere and transporting them to the Banshee Castle... without knowing whether they are in transit.
How many died?
Lorraine only took one look and said to the leader of the slave trade: "Get them some water and food, and don't let them die on the way."
The leader of the slave trade followed him holding a torch. He laughed loudly when he heard this, raised his hand and shouted to his subordinates: "Did you hear that? Go get some water and food. Our Lorraine brothers have bought all these female slaves."
There were a lot of strange screams in the yard, and the slave traders were like having a carnival. These guys were actually dressed in shabby clothes, had buck teeth and crooked eyes, and emitted a foul odor. They belonged to the lower class. They made money by selling slaves, an evil business.
However, when they heard Lorraine calling for water and food, the female slaves in the wooden cage became somewhat energetic. They wanted to see who the customer was who bought them. They also walked to the cage and tried to squeeze out a smile, hoping to impress the new owner.
Make a good impression.
There are so many people selling themselves into slavery these days, they just want a good and kind master.
Lorraine was busy counting the people and paying, and arranging carriages to take the people away.
The leader of the slave trade took the money, walked to the other end of the yard, and said to the man hiding in the dark: "Sir, I'm not lying. As long as there is goods, this guy will definitely come, and he will treat the slaves he bought very kindly."
, not vicious at all.”
"Boy?" A cold air came out of the darkness, and half of her face covered with frost was faintly revealed. "That's a girl, can't you tell?"
The leader of the slave trader turned around in surprise and said with a ferocious smile: "Girl? She's too thin, I really can't tell. But she paid very happily and didn't bargain at all. I don't care if she is a boy or a girl. It's a pity that she only wants a female slave."
, otherwise I could make more.”
‘Frost Face’ asked again: “Do you know where the slave this girl bought will be transported to?”
"I don't care about that." The leader of the slave trader shook his head, "I heard it was shipped outside the city, but I don't know where exactly. If you want to know, just follow me."
‘Frost Face’ responded, threw a silver coin casually, shrank back and fell silent.
The leader of the slave trade took the silver coin and looked at it. He spat on the ground angrily and cursed: "This knight is really poor, so he gave you so little. I thought he could be more generous, but it's not as much as what he earned by selling a female slave."
The forces behind him are definitely not good enough."
More than twenty female slaves of different ages ate some food and were put on the carriage. There were not enough carriages, so they had to squeeze in. Those who could not fit in the carriage had to walk behind the carriage. Lorraine was busy in and out of the carriage.
Now, practice makes perfect at this.
On the carriage, several slave girls looked at Lorraine by the torch outside the carriage. A young slave girl hugged a tattered blanket to keep out the cold, and asked tremblingly: "How is our master? Can you give me one meal a day?"
Do you want to eat?”
Lorraine just wanted to leave the slave yard quickly, so she reached out and took out a piece of bread from her pocket and handed it over, "Take it, eat it slowly, don't choke. From now on, you can eat three meals a day, and you will also have new clothes."
Wear it. I promise you won’t regret it.”
Three meals? A noble man can’t eat three meals, right?
Lorraine spoke very softly, but the female slaves in the carriage could hear it clearly. They all made an uproar in disbelief, and a bit of blood rose on their sallow faces, half happy and half questioning.
The door of the carriage was closed, and Lorraine led the team to leave in a hurry. The sound of wheels quickly faded away without stopping. But before driving, the leader of the slave trade did not want anything to happen to this big customer, so he sent a young man to warn him, "Someone is watching."
You guys'.
This meaningless sentence frightened Lorraine half to death, and she even urged the coachman to leave quickly. After she finally spent money to send away the city guards under the curfew, it was already late at night when she returned to her destination.
Seth had just received the retreat order from Zhou Qingfeng, and was worried about the problem of insufficient transportation capacity - Banshee Castle only has a population of more than 30,000, and the number of carriages and coachmen that can be hired is quite limited.
Zhou Qingfeng had secretly organized his own transportation team to handle logistics before, and had deployed the transportation capacity to the extreme. Now that he had to retreat, he would not be able to transport so many people and goods at once.
"Spend more money to hire people and cars. First transport the people and goods to the supporting town outside the city, and then evacuate in batches." The instructions given by Zhou Qingfeng were so simple, and there was no good way.
Seth reported again: "Sir, Lorraine went to buy a slave girl. The slave trader said, 'Someone is eyeing her.'"
After coming to the Banshee Castle for two months, there were too many people trying to find out Zhou Qingfeng's background, and they usually did it by throwing money. Zhou Qingfeng didn't pay much attention to this reminder, so he asked: "Who is he?
"
"I don't know, Lorraine can't tell," Seth replied.
Zhou Qingfeng responded calmly, "Retreat as planned. If there is any trouble, I will solve it."