Chapter 111 Slave
"Baron Monterey was able to win consecutive battles at a young age. In just a few months, he created a series of impressive achievements that, if chosen at random, would be enough for ordinary people like us to brag about for a lifetime.
This is really amazing. Let us mediocre people be ashamed.
Later, the nationally famous Roja Potion showed Baron Monterey's unparalleled talent in the field of alchemy. I, a mediocre person who has been mediocre for half his life, can only sigh that it is really 'a hero comes from a boy'!"
" Viscount Vega, you are so ridiculous. How can I, a little Baron of Monterey, compare to the recognized king of the slave trade in the north?
Our northern border has been harassed by orcs all year round and has always been in a state of vast territory and sparsely populated areas, especially in New Zealand. Expanding five counties, the population of the five counties together is estimated to be less than the population of the two hinterland counties.
You are of greater significance to the northern border than the earls who guard one county.
Without population, where will the output come from? Without population, where would the wealth come from? Without population, where would the army come from?
Your industry is no longer limited to one business, but is the lifeline of our northern border! Who doesn’t hope that you can continue to expand your business? ?"
"Haha, where is it? Our Vega family is just relying on Count Tumen to earn a living, but you have won the favor of Marquis Ashan at a young age. This is really a promising future."
Then. , Robert turned his head and shouted to the young wizard who was always like a wood carving and clay sculpture:
"Robert!"
The young wizard who had been semi-invisible was excited, and then he took a step forward as if he had just woken up from a dream, and spoke with difficulty. :
"Baron Monterey, I was careless and offended you before. Please forgive me. If you have any use for me in the future, just ask."
Although Li Wei knew that the other party should be under the guidance of others as soon as he saw this look. He had memorized the words in advance, but Levi didn't intend to go into details.
Anyway, Levi's purpose this time was to gain face, and there was no need to offend Viscount Vega just to vent his anger.
"Wizard Robert is serious. We are all working hard for the Roya Potion project. It is normal for you to have dissent. We have never known each other before fighting."
"Baron Monterey, this time we are willing to offer you twenty-five gold coins." I provide young and middle-aged male and female slaves at a unit price. As you know, young and middle-aged slaves are not easy to come by, so the quantity is limited. I can only provide about a thousand slaves."
In the Kingdom of Fontaine, purchasing slaves can actually be regarded as a kind of profit. A good long-term investment.
Take, for example, a young male slave.
A young and strong male slave is the slave owner's property all over his body, and all the wealth he creates theoretically belongs to the slave owner.
If this young male slave does not have many skills and can only farm. Excluding the most basic consumption, he can provide slave owners with a profit of about three gold coins a year.
Based on the unit price of a young male slave of 30 gold coins in a normal year, a slave owner who purchases a slave can theoretically make back his investment in only ten years.
After ten years, the slave owner will earn extra profits for each additional year the slave works for the slave owner.
Of course, this high-return investment also comes with risks. For example, the slave may not live for ten years and die early due to some reasons.
If a slave owner is unfortunate enough to encounter an infectious disease outbreak and his slaves die in droves, he may go bankrupt.
As for the young female slaves, regardless of the beautiful ones, the ordinary-looking ones can not only work and earn gold coins for the slave owner, but can also be used to reproduce the population.
The sons of slaves are ultimately slaves, and young female slaves are like golden chickens that lay eggs to slave owners.
Of course, due to the common phenomenon of difficult childbirth and the fact that female slaves are inferior to male slaves in terms of labor production, under normal circumstances, the price of an ordinary-looking young female slave is about twenty gold coins.
Li Wei knew that slaves were not cheap, but he did not expect that the price was still beyond his imagination. Twenty-five thousand gold coins could only buy 1,000 young slaves.
But slaves are different from subjects. The people in the territory at least have some human rights. Slaves are completely the property of the slave owner.
The income that one thousand young slaves bring to Li Wei every year is equivalent to the value of surplus labor contributed by two to three thousand people to Master Li Wei.
And as long as Li Wei's food supply can be opened up, these one thousand slaves can quickly expand to two to three thousand, or even four to five thousand. Li Wei remembered the time in his previous life when procreation was encouraged and population was power. It was common for a family to have eight or nine children.
"Viscount Vega, why don't you listen to my idea?"
"Oh? Please tell me." Although Vega looked willing to hear more details on the surface, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart. He felt that Monterey was a bit greedy. Sorry, 1,000 young slaves still can't satisfy him.
"Viscount Vega, I wonder if you are interested in extraordinary equipment?"
Viscount Vega immediately perked up.
"What does Baron Monterey mean?"
"Brother Hopkins, I want to find a place to chat with Viscount Vega alone. I don't know."
"No problem, I'll make arrangements for you."
"Viscount Vega -"
"Of course it would be better if we could chat alone!"
After a while, the two came to a secluded military tent.
"Viscount Vega, all the third-level regular soldiers under my command are at least wearing a basic-level extraordinary armor and holding a basic-level extraordinary long sword or a basic-level extraordinary lance.
If you are interested, you can come to me tomorrow. Let's take a look at my camp. I'm going to hold a celebration in my camp tomorrow night. I hope you can come to my place to support me." "It's
easy to say, but Baron Monterey, how much can you give me with this extraordinary equipment? "What's the price?"
"You also know that during this period, due to the outbreak of the war, the prices of extraordinary equipment and extraordinary props have been rising again and again, so the price must be more expensive than usual, but I guarantee that the price I offer It is still slightly lower than the current market price.
I currently only provide three basic-level extraordinary equipment: armor, lance, and long sword. The prices are 280 gold coins, 220 gold coins, and 180 gold coins respectively.
If the war ends, these prices will drop further. ."
"This price is indeed fair, but how many goods can you deliver? A dozen pieces of goods cannot meet my needs at all." "
Haha, you sold me a slave, I am very grateful, so the price will definitely not cheat you. .
As for the supply quantity, I can deliver to you a maximum of 100 pieces of extraordinary equipment a year, and the number of extraordinary armors shall not exceed 30%."
"How many?!"
"One hundred pieces!"
Viscount Vega suddenly stood up and kept talking. Pacing back and forth in the tent, Li Wei took a leisurely sip of black tea and moistened his lips.
"So Baron Monterey, what are your conditions?"
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