(I have been sent on a business trip to other cities these days, so the update has been delayed!)
In the slave market, there is a saying that no one is allowed to sell, including the boss and his wife, as long as they can afford the "price", because everyone is a slave of money.
Regardless of whether it was in his past life or this life, William felt that this sentence made sense.
Of course, William is only here to buy a group of laborers for the early development of the territory, and has no interest in the boss or proprietress of the slave market.
With this little money, it would be more useful to buy a sturdy man who can do the work.
The new king Liszt gave William 1,200 gold coins. William spent 300 gold coins to buy 523 ordinary slaves in packages, including 355 family unit members, and the rest
They are all single slaves.
One hundred and fifty gold coins were used to buy slaves with special skills, such as blacksmiths, tailors, herbalists, etc. A total of sixty-four were purchased.
Although William, as a wizard, didn't care much about these mundane money things, he still felt it was a bit expensive in comparison! This was William's psychological feeling when he paid for it.
By the way, William also spent thirty gold coins to buy a middle-aged scholar with profound knowledge and excellent communication skills.
Because he was suspected of reading knowledge about "evil gods and false gods", he was actually framed. As a result, he was informed that the clergy of the Holy Light's Holy See came directly to his door and ransacked his home. In the end, no other forbidden knowledge was found. In addition,
For some reason, he was demoted to a slave, and the property fell into the belly of some wolf.
Because of the Holy Light's Holy Court, no one has dared to buy him.
Until William came over and found him in the slave market who was trying to be as clean as possible - Louis Huston.
The eyes of middle-aged scholar Louis were clear, but William saw a suppressed volcano in them.
Regarding the Holy Light's Holy Court, he may have other thoughts in his heart.
William tested him with a few more questions, and Louis answered them all fluently.
This made William very satisfied. This was exactly the talent he was looking for, so William spent a lot of money to buy him.
And he also expressed his loyalty to William immediately.
William smiled, haha, mortal loyalty?
But having someone at his disposal is different. He can free William from trivial matters.
Louis did not disappoint William. He was familiar with all the situations in the capital of the Slavic Kingdom and spent 600 gold coins to purchase grain of equivalent value.
Another two hundred gold coins were spent to purchase linen or other supplies, and several horse-drawn carriages were purchased for loading.
And this cost one thousand two eighty gold coins.
The new king Liszt rewarded William with only 1,200 gold coins, and William overspent.
Fortunately, William always keeps some gold coins in his blue plaid apron for use when wandering on the mainland, otherwise he would really be unable to make ends meet.
Although they were not local gold coins, Louis had some secret channels to exchange these gold coins for Sko gold coins of the Kingdom of Slavia at a ratio of 1:0.8.
This alone is worth William spending thirty gold coins to buy it back.
The more important point is that Louis just carried out William's orders and never asked why!
And he never talks too much.
This is the defensive awareness that Louis developed after being framed.
This is also something William is particularly satisfied with.
After all, he has too many secrets. If he has to make up a reason for every thing he does, William will be very tired.
Why did you spend so many gold coins to buy Louis?
Just leave this kind of "speaking" problem to him.
Judging from the current situation, he is handling it very well.
At the very least, the matter of gold coin exchange in the black market of the royal capital has never been traced to William.
By the way, Louis also helped William choose a reputable mercenary team, the Rose and Gun Mercenary Group, to escort William's large group of pioneers to his territory.
This cost another hundred gold coins.
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Although Louis was an assistant running around, the total time spent on the process took more than a month.
In the month when the weather became the hottest, William took the middle-aged scholar Louis and a group of purchased slaves, escorted by fifty-two mercenaries of the "Rose and Gun Mercenary Group", and left the royal palace in a mighty manner.
He went to his own fiefdom.
Traveling for six or seven hundred people is never easy.
It took more than twenty days and passed through most of the land of the Kingdom of Slavia before arriving at the destination - Hanlai Territory.
Hanley's Territory - a lord's territory sandwiched between the territories of the new king's two brothers - this was the name William gave to his new territory when Lister asked him, and it had already been registered.
Except for eighteen weak slaves who could not bear the fatigue of running for days and died on the way, the other slaves arrived safely.
This is a statistic that shocked even the new butler Louis. Originally, he was prepared to lose one-fifth, or even one-third, or even exaggerate, one-half.
Because in this era, long-distance travel has never been easy.
Just encountering robbers on the road is enough.
Not to mention, with so many people, ferocious beasts and poisonous snakes may be attracted at any time, causing non-combat casualties.
As for the extortion of other nobles along the way, I won’t talk about it.
Louis told William all his worries.
William didn't say anything, he just told Louis to get ready and set off.
As a result, the journey was uneventful.
No robbers were encountered, and no trace of wild beasts or poisonous snakes was found.
It's just that the negotiation with the nobles along the way is a bit troublesome, but it's not a big problem.
All in all, it was as easy as walking in the aristocratic district of the royal capital.
This was not said by Louis, but by Yaku, the leader of the mercenary group hired by Louis.
During this trip, his mercenary group easily obtained a hundred gold coins without going through a single battle.
For him, this money is really good!
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William's Hanley Territory is a Lord's Territory. According to the magic mirror test, it has an area of 12.4 square kilometers, which is indeed the area of 3 standard knight territories.
Liszt did not deceive William on this point.
There's just one problem.
In this territory, there is only desolate land, but no people.
There were two villages on the territory, one was abandoned and the other was burned down.
Judging from the scorch marks, the village was burned down not long ago.
It didn’t take long for the magic mirror to detect the instigator—Prince Charles from the neighboring territory.
When he heard the news of William's ennoblement, before William's large army arrived, he forcibly moved all the people in William's territory into his territory and burned down the village.
This is a desperate plan, and it cannot be said that it is not poisonous.