บท 63: Chapter 63 Purchase of Slaves
Chapter 63 Purchase of Slaves
Anthony finally compromised. In his words, for the sake of the friendship between the Viper Slave Exchange and Roning, he would rather lose money this time and improve his relationship with Shanlin Town.
It's just for fun. No matter which world, how many truths do businessmen tell when they do business? They say they are losing money, but how can outsiders know whether they are losing money or how much they are making?
For Roning, it was enough to buy this batch of slaves at the lowest possible cost this time.
Purchasing slaves naturally involves a selection process.
This time, Roning did not go in person. He no longer wanted to set foot in the sales area of the slave exchange, as the scenes there would make him feel uncomfortable.
So, this glorious and great task fell on Tom and Galen.
Fortunately, selecting slaves was not a difficult task. It was just a matter of negotiating with Anthony and trying to pick out young and strong men and plump young women.
However, Roning was also prepared for the possibility that there might be some slaves with poor physical conditions among this group of people.
After all, he had lowered the price quite harshly this time. Since Anthony could not gain greater benefits on the price, he could only make some money back on the "quality".
This is also understandable, and Luo Ning can understand it.
However, it's okay to stuff in one or two bad ones, but if you stuff in too many, he will not agree.
"Sir, what are you going to do with these slaves? Does the territory lack workers?" asked Redal in confusion.
These words brought Ronin back to his senses. This newly joined knight knew very little about the situation in Hillwood Town.
"There aren't many people in Shanlin Town right now. Everything is still in its infancy, and there is a lack of all kinds of labour."
Rydar nodded slowly and said worriedly, "Then buying slaves is a good option, but it's a bit difficult to manage and use them well."
Perhaps Riedal has some knowledge of management, so he made such a judgment.
Perhaps because these slaves were domesticated, their thinking and cognition had more or less degenerated.
Their degree of completion and efficiency would be lower than that of normal serfs, and they would be slower in learning and accepting new things. They could only succeed with the constant encouragement of the slave owners.
It is a long and difficult process to get them back on track.
In the initial stage, Roning decided to adopt the method of giving them a beating and a sweet reward to make them work hard for him. At the same time, he also made them understand that as long as they did a good job, even slaves would be rewarded.
Ultimately, if he could turn the slaves into normal people, free them from their zombie state, and even activate their subjective initiative, that would be what Roning wanted.
Fortunately, the number of slaves purchased at this time was not large, so they were relatively easy to manage. He could also take this opportunity to accumulate some experience in slave management and make preparations for the future.
"Rydar, McKen, after you go back this time, you can work together to conduct intensive training for our guards to enhance their combat effectiveness. Cavalry, infantry, and archers must all be equipped."
Roning looked at the two senior knights beside him and began to prepare for subsequent developments.
"There are many wild tribes active in the woodlands to the east and north of our Wushan Territory. Instead of spending money to buy slaves, I would rather conquer them and incorporate the people of the wild tribes into the mountain town."
After hearing this, Rydar and McCann's eyes lit up, especially McCann's.
Recently, he has been quite envious of Elrond because not only can he spread the Lord's kindness and enhance the Lord's prestige among the people, but he can also create spell scrolls to create wealth for the Lord.
He could only help train the guards and take charge of the unchallenging territory defence, and he felt that his role was too small.
Now, he thought about fighting against the savage tribe for Roning. With such a goal, his life path suddenly became brighter for the next period of time.
"Sir, how big is the savage tribe you are talking about?" Redal began to judge the enemy's and our own combat strength.
In response, Ronin could only spread his hands and say, "Sorry, I can't answer your question because I don't have any detailed information about the Savage Tribe, and I didn't find any useful clues in the study of the previous political officer, Princet. We don't know their exact size."
Having said that, the savage tribe has not invaded Shanlin Town for a long time, which means that the scale of the other party should not be large, right?
Rydar touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "Then, when I return, I will act as a scout and search the forest to see if I can find any trace of them."
He looked at McCann and said, "The training and defence of the guards will continue to be in McCann's charge."
"No problem!" McCann replied.
Perhaps because of the relationship between them as superiors and subordinates in their previous lives, McKenn had no objection to Redal's arrangements and followed them.
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It was quite time-consuming and laborious to select from over a hundred slaves, especially since Galen and Tom remembered Ronin's instructions. They picked almost every one of them carefully and would never let Anthony easily stuff in a bad one.
But Anthony was an old man in the slave house, after all. He had experienced thousands of transactions if not tens of thousands of times. He could always package some inferior slaves as good goods and then stuff them in when customers were not paying attention. As long as he knew the right scale, customers would not cause trouble.
In this way, more than an hour passed, and with fifty men, fifty women, plus a carpenter and a bricklayer, Gallon and Tom finally made their selection.
The two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, when they closed their eyes, they could see all kinds of bodies in their minds. Those naked slaves also shocked their hearts.
Fortunately, they can follow Roning and will not have to experience this beast-like life.
After the selection was completed, Anthony took the slaves to an empty hall and made them kneel on the ground and recite Ronin's name loudly and repeatedly so that they would remember their master's name firmly and imprint it in their minds.
After doing all this, Anthony gave each slave a simple linen shirt and fed them two pieces of black bread so that they would have the strength to continue on their journey.
More than four hours had passed when the 102 slaves were escorted out by Anthony and his guards.
During this period, Anthony arranged for Roning to have lunch. It turned out that the food was quite good.
Roning rode on his horse and looked at the group of slaves standing in front of him. They remained silent and kept their heads down with expressionless faces.
However, Ronin keenly noticed that some people were trembling, perhaps out of fear of the unknown, because they didn't know how their masters would treat them.
"Raise your heads, slaves!" Ronin shouted loudly.
Perhaps because they didn't know that the person speaking was their master, only some of the slaves raised their heads.
Anthony shouted beside him, "Your master wants you to raise your heads! Look carefully and remember his face. That is the one you must serve until death!"
"From now on, your body and soul will belong to him!"
"Now, kneel down before your master, call out his name, and offer your loyalty!"
Anthony's roars echoed, and the slaves began to chant:
"Lord Luo Ning..."
"Lord Luo Ning..."
"Lord Luo Ning..."
Sparse and weak.
Roning glanced at Anthony. It was obvious that this guy's words were more effective before he completely left the slave house.
His gaze returned to the group of slaves, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say to them.
After thinking for a while, he said, "From now on, you are the people of Shanlin Town. As long as you work hard, I will provide you with food and clothes and build a place for you to live!"
"Now, stand up and follow me!"
This time, Roning's words received a response. It was unclear whether they recognized his identity as the master or were moved by the houses and food he mentioned.
They stood up, said thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord, they will work hard, and so on, responded to Ronin's orders and followed the team silently.
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