Chapter 114 Byers
To open this magic equipment, not only do you need to invest mental power, you also need to chant a special spell, and you must chant it with a Chinese accent to form a special resonance with the Star Bottle and open the space of the Star Bottle.
Now deep in the Grand Duchy of Stannic, Richard has obtained the mysterious Star Bottle again. He dare not chant the spell casually to prevent people from seeing the accident and causing trouble.
He carefully hid the Star Bottle and prepared to open this magic equipment after returning to the territory to see what he found inside.
The next day, Richard brought Soros to the Linus Slave Market.
Richard walked around the market for a while and found that the price of slaves in the Grand Duchy of Stannic was slightly cheaper than that in the Kingdom of Grant.
The price fluctuated downward by about 5%.
The scale of the Linus slave trade market is very large, even larger than the slave market in Nolan, the capital of the Kingdom of Grant.
The quality of slaves here is also higher. Not only are there professionals selling, but there are even some slave craftsmen.
Richard looked around and found that there were actually slave craftsmen who could burn glass, but the price was not cheap and the technical level was also average.
Richard was about to find the largest slave trader, but he unexpectedly met an acquaintance.
This person is called Byers Fenta, a slave trader. The Fenta family is a vassal of the Duke of Guise and a hereditary viscount in the southwest of the Kingdom of Grant.
The biggest business of this family is the slave trade, and catching slave traders and selling them is their biggest source of income.
I didn't expect to meet again in a foreign country.
"Mr. Byers, we meet again."
"Master Richard, why did you go to the Grand Duchy of Stannic to buy slaves?"
"I'm not afraid of embarrassment, I'll talk to you about this. Because I bought salt from Duke Jonathan and offended Governor Jerram, I went to Linus to buy slaves in order to avoid Jerram causing trouble for me in the capital."
"If Master Richard needs slaves, he can go directly to the Duke of Guise and talk to my uncle. We can deliver them to your door, of course, plus the shipping cost, the price is a little more expensive than in the Nolan slave market."
The most fundamental reason why Richard came to the Grand Duchy of Stannic to buy slaves was that he didn't want to deal with the nobles of the Kingdom of Grant.
There are many new things in Harland Territory, and its strength is developing rapidly, which has attracted the attention of some interested people.
Now Harland Territory restricts the entry and exit of the population and does not welcome outsiders. If you want to infiltrate Harland Territory, the best way is to plant spies among the slaves.
And buying slaves from the Grand Duchy of Stanik, because Richard has no conflicts with the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, there is no hidden danger.
"Next time you need it, be sure to go to the Dukedom of Guise and talk to Baron Finda. Mr. Byers, you came to Linus this time to do the slave business."
"Yes, in fact, it is only 600 kilometers from the Dukedom of Guise to Linus Castle, and 500 kilometers to Nolan. We have always had a trading post in Linus, and we have also been doing slave trade for many years."
"How many slaves do you have here? Take me to see. We don't even need to exchange foreign currency for transactions between the two sides, which just saves a lot of handling fees."
"There are quite a few slaves, more than 2,000 in total, and there are four contract slaves, their prices are more expensive."
Richard and Byers came to the trading post of the Finda family and looked at the quality of the slaves. The number of ordinary slaves just exceeded 2,000, and the total value was 10,000 gold coins.
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, many of them have gray hair, wrinkles all over their faces, and the average age is close to 40 years old.
Despite this, the total gold coins of more than a hundred craftsmen exceeded three thousand, and the average price of craftsmen was much higher than that of strong slaves.
Richard also spent a huge sum of two hundred gold coins to buy several glassmakers from other slave traders, preparing to improve the glass kiln technology after returning to the territory.
If large pieces of glass can be successfully fired, the Harland territory can build a greenhouse.
Even if the cost is higher, Richard can eat fresh vegetables in winter, and his quality of life will be much better.
In addition, glass bottles are needed after the hospital is opened, and magicians also need glassware to do many experiments.
It costs a lot of money to buy them from Viscount Romen.
An ordinary glass infusion bottle costs four silver coins, which is more expensive than the monthly salary of an ordinary citizen.
The money that a farmer living in the countryside can save every year can probably only buy a glass bottle.
The dozens of glass infusion bottles that Richard bought at one time are now important assets of the hospital.
Richard must change this situation. There is no glassmaker in Black River Castle and Light Castle, and Richard knows only a little about burning glass.
Now that he has successfully purchased a glassmaker from the Grand Duchy of Stannic, even if the skills are average, the price is high, and the cost-effectiveness is not high, Richard has no hesitation at all. He opened a glass kiln not just to make money.
The four contract slaves of the Fenda Family Business Station are not of high level. They are all first- and second-level professionals, and the contract they signed has three or four years left. Among them is a second-level knight with strong combat power. Although the contract period is relatively short, the price is the most valuable.
Because the contract is about to expire, the price of the professional contract is not very expensive.
Three hundred gold coins can successfully get four contracts. It is cheaper than the price of hiring a professional.
Because these indentured slaves have already established families and careers in the Finda family, Richard bought their relatives back together.
In order to win people's hearts, Richard converted all the families of these professionals into indentured slaves.
In any case, in the Harland Territory, except for the orc slaves, the rest of the population has been converted into indentured slaves.
Being a slave for a lifetime does not conform to Richard's worldview.
Moreover, slaves have no freedom, so naturally they will not have a goal to strive for. They have no consumption power 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 slaves have hope and motivation. The talents cultivated in the Harland Territory will continue to emerge.
There are more than ten officers who have advanced from slave soldiers to professionals.
The directors of the brick kiln factory and the steel factory were promoted from slaves. They did a very good job, contributed their wisdom and wisdom, improved the production process, and accelerated the development of productivity.
It is precisely because these people silently contributed that the Harland Territory can develop rapidly.
Richard brought 20,000 gold coins, and consumed more than 13,000 from the Finda Business Station.
Next, Richard spent 5,000 gold coins to buy 1,100 slaves from a large-scale slave trader.
At this moment, he already had 3,300 slaves, and it would also cost a lot of money to bring these people back to Harland.
Richard used the remaining funds to buy a large amount of food, horses, and vehicles, and left Linus Castle in a mighty manner and returned to the Grant Kingdom.