"Have you finished negotiating?"
"Yes."
Gonnia and Handlebar Mustache had discussed for a long time, and by evening, everyone had turned down Handlebar Mustache's dinner invitation.
Bailuo was now anxious to return, to prepare for the fifth page of the Miracle ritual, and to take a good look at Bai Yino's Miracle Power.
He didn't have the time to spare for a meal and drinks with others.
"The first batch of trade will be in a month."
"Hmm, by then, we should be able to assemble a sufficient military force, able to suppress even a rebellion."
Bailuo did not trust the slaves he had bought.
He would provide them with food and shelter, then brainwash them, until they were trained to be loyal to Yatun, before attempting to bestow Miracle Power upon them.
But this was inevitably going to be a select few; for most of them, not to mention loyalty, they didn't even have the qualification to receive a Miracle.