Lord of the Scourge: Become the Demon Archduke In the Beginning

After determining the next target, Lauren walked out of the room and called Fianna and Arnold.

The moment Fianna saw Lauren, her brows frowned.

She felt that Lauren's whole person had become different, but she couldn't tell what had changed.

"Arnold, prepare the carriage, and call Robert by the way, let's go to the slave market."

Lauren's steady voice interrupted Fianna's thoughts.

"Yes, Lord Laurent."

After Anol replied respectfully, he immediately turned around and led the way ahead.

The girl looked at Lauren's back and thought for a long time, but she didn't realize why, so she stopped thinking about it.

The three set off again.

It's just that Arnold doesn't know why, but he always feels a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart beside Lauren, as if the other person is not a person, but an ancient dragon, which makes him feel chills down his spine.

After awakening the power of blood, his perception became more acute, and his heart was always shrouded in anxiety...

The carriage came to the Jasmine Chamber of Commerce in a strange atmosphere.

Robert, who had just returned, was called by Arnold, and followed Lauren to the largest slave trading market in the northern part of the Silvermoon Kingdom—the first block.

"The city of Deker is located in the endless wasteland, from which we can capture orcs, half-orcs, dungeon tribes, lizardmen...etc.

So the slave trade in Decker City has always been very prosperous.

Lord Laurent, if you need to buy slaves, it is more beneficial to go to the chamber of commerce in the name of the city lord in the name of the Bauhinia family to buy them.

The city lord controls the largest slave trading channel, and in your capacity, the other party will definitely bring out the best quality slaves..."

In the carriage, Lauren nodded slightly after hearing Anol's words, "Go to the Jasmine Chamber of Commerce first, and talk about it if you can't find a suitable one.

Has the price of slaves changed now? "

Arnold shook his head.

"Because the slave trade is prosperous, and outside the city is the endless wasteland, the place where slaves are produced,

Therefore, the price of buying slaves in Decker City is much lower than that in Silvermoon Kingdom. "

"What's the price?"

"There are about 20,000 slaves at the black iron level, 50,000 at the bronze level, 150,000 to 200,000 at the silver level, about 2 million at the gold level, and about 2 million at the platinum level..."

When Anol said this, he secretly turned his head and glanced at the expressionless Fianna, shrank back subconsciously, and said in a low voice.

"Platinum powerhouses are terrifying and very difficult to capture, so the price is around 50 million general customers..."

"And these are just slaves who have not awakened their bloodlines. After the bloodlines are awakened, the price will often double..."

Platinum level 50 million? Can it double after the bloodline is awakened?

Lauren nodded thoughtfully.

The price of the slave trade was completely linked to strength, which made him give up the idea of ​​directly buying a few gold-level slaves.

He now has 20 million in cash, and the 5 million in the Jasmine Chamber of Commerce. If he used all of them, he could only buy 10 gold-level ones, and less than two hundred if they were replaced by silver-level ones.

What a waste of money.

This money can't be spent all here. After buying slaves, you have to buy weapons and equipment for them, which is another big expense.

Thinking of this, Luo Lun is a little bit pained, and he still needs to find a way to make money in the future. The 20 million yuan is really not very useful...

Half an hour later, the carriage slowly stopped in front of a palace-like obelisk building complex.

The outer wall of this building complex is carved with a relief of an empty knight riding a griffin fighting a group of twisted and dirty monsters. It looks simple and atmospheric, full of epic elegy.

Lauren didn't have much interest in this building, and after getting off the carriage, he mainly looked at the surrounding crowd.

Robert took the initiative to introduce.

"Lord Lauren, this is the largest slave trading market in the northern region, and it was built when Decker City was first built two hundred years ago.

There are the most complete types of slaves here. As long as you want, you can even buy sea tribes thousands of miles away, mummies in the golden desert, and bone dragons in the dimensional plane! "

"Our Jasmine Chamber of Commerce also has a shop inside."

After speaking, he straightened his chest, as if he was very proud of it.

Lauren was a little amused, and ignored this guy. After looking at the exotic building for a moment, he nodded slightly.

"Lead the way."

"Yes, my lord, trust me, you can buy any slave you want here..."

Although Lauren reacted calmly, Robert's enthusiasm did not diminish in the slightest. He immediately asked two guards to open the way ahead to prevent anyone from bumping into Lauren.

After seeing the aristocratic robe on Lauren's body and the aristocratic coat of arms on his chest, the surrounding crowd immediately dispersed to the left and right with vigilance, not even daring to approach.

In this world with a clear distinction between superiority and inferiority, the noble lord who is the ruler is not at all something ordinary adventurers like them can offend.

The crowds in the slave market are surging, warriors with giant swords, thieves looking around, sharp-eyed archers with longbows on their backs...

Some of these professionals came to sell with bound slaves, and some came here to buy slaves.

As it got deeper, Lauren found that the slave market was bigger than what he saw from the outside. The shops were next to each other, and all kinds of slaves locked in iron cages were the most common goods here.

The expressions of these slaves are either resentful, numb, indifferent, or murderous...

From time to time, nobles or businessmen passing by took a fancy to a certain slave, and immediately waved the puke one by one to ask the slave owner to pull the slave out of the iron cage...

The slaves sold in the shop are mainly orcs and lizardmen.

One type of orcs is burly, with the head of a beast and the body of a human, such as lion people, tiger people, and werewolves, which are very suitable for fighting.

The other kind has the characteristics of a bit of a beast, such as the cat-human race, which is no different from humans except for a long tail and two furry ears.

In addition to the orcs, the number of lizardmen is the largest.

These medium-sized cold-blooded races look extremely ugly, and their mouths full of fangs emit a disgusting stench.

The gravel-like rough skin is like natural armor, and the sharp claws are shining with a daunting cold light.

The mighty lizardfolk can even tear apart the armor of human warriors with their sharp claws.

The Silvermoon Kingdom is adjacent to the Lizardman Empire, and wars often break out. The Endless Wasteland is another battlefield where the two sides fight each other.

These lizardmen slaves are all subordinates of the lords of the Lizardman Empire, who became slaves after the territory was broken by humans.

In addition to these two main types of slaves, there are also some relatively rare races, such as dwarves, half-elves, Medusa in the dungeon clan, blood-eyed tauren... and so on.

Even Roren, a strange race, couldn't name them.

All kinds of strange races opened his eyes, and he deeply realized what a magical world is.

After going around, Robert led Lauren to a relatively remote shop with few pedestrians.

"Master Lauren, this is the shop of the Jasmine Chamber of Commerce."

A dozen or so staff members in the room immediately came out to salute and say hello after seeing Robert. When they saw Lauren in noble robes, they immediately lowered their heads in unison, trembling, not daring to say a word.

Lauren didn't care, and looked at the iron cages on the left and right sides of the house.

At this time, there were dozens of slaves being imprisoned in the iron cage. Unexpectedly, most of these slaves were humans, and there were only seven or eight half-orcs.

Seeing some doubts in Lauren's eyes, Robert explained.

"My lord, these human slaves were bought from other cities, some were because the cities they lived in were breached during the Bloody Day, and they had to sell themselves as slaves in order to survive.

Others were prisoners of war captured in the war..."

"Don't look at their low strength, but these slaves all have specialties. Among them are tailors, carpenters, and blacksmiths... very suitable for your territory.

And because the strength is not high, the price is also cheap, each person has 20,000 general customers, there are 67 people here, you can give an integer of 1 million is enough..."

Lauren turned his head to look at the numb slaves inside, and his heart was shocked.

Is this the real world?

After thinking about it, I felt a little emotional, let alone this world, even in ancient China, there were a lot of civilians who sold themselves into slavery during the famine.

The common people and nobles at the bottom have never been from the same world.

"Slavery should have been swept into the dustbin of history long ago. The efficiency of enslaving human beings as a tool of production is terribly low."

Lauren shook his head, but didn't say what was in his heart.

After an individual has extraordinary power, the system will inevitably go to extremes, and the pressure of facing the bloody sun every month will aggravate this extreme.

After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at the thief next to him.

"Arnold, is it feasible for us to directly recruit refugees from Decker City to the territory?"

Population is the foundation of the development of the territory. Without the population, doing anything is nonsense, but how much money is needed to simply rely on buying slaves to fill the population?

It would cost him millions to buy these dozens of people. No one with three or five billion can support the population he wants?

Anol's eyes lit up, but then his face was a bit bitter.

"Lord Lauren, although Decker City does not lack refugees, it is really too difficult to open up wasteland in the endless wasteland.

Few refugees are willing to take risks in a newly established territory, after all, no one wants to seek death.

This is also the reason why the lords of the wasteland often come to buy slaves first..."

Lauren didn't feel depressed when he heard the words. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Robert with burning eyes.

"President Robert, if a high-ranking nobleman from Silver Moon Capital,

Carrying a large amount of funds and platinum-level top powerhouses to the endless wasteland to establish a territory,

Now we need to recruit civilians to join, how many people do you think will be willing to join? "

A few people's eyes lit up, this idea seems to be good, but in the next second, they changed their opinion.

"Furthermore, that benevolent noble lord has decided that all commoners who follow him can obtain land for free cultivation.

And within two years, no tax will be collected from civilians.

The ambitious nobleman who has the support of his family and wants to build a second city of Decker in the endless wasteland is the descendant of the Bauhinia family—Lauren Grant."

As soon as this remark came out, Fianna, Arnold and Robert looked at Lauren in shock.

"Land for free?? And no charge to civilians for two years?"

Robert's tone was unbelievable.

"Master Luo Lun, if your words are spread, I'm afraid it will cause a huge sensation!!"

Arnold looked at Lauren with even more horror.

After the expansion lord establishes a territory, the fastest way to obtain funds is to sell the land and collect taxes at the same time, which is the foundation of the development of the territory...

"Master Lauren, doing this is too contrary to the rules and common sense..."

The lord provides military protection, and the residents provide taxation. This is a rule that has never changed for millions of years.

Land and taxation are the lord's greatest wealth. Once the land expansion lord gains a foothold, he will often choose to sell the land in his territory to obtain funds.

And some nobles or civilians who can't survive in other places will choose to buy land from those powerful land expansion lords.

Now Lauren directly wants to distribute the land for free, and at the same time not collect taxes for two years, which directly challenges their inherent philosophy.

Even Fianna, who didn't care much about these things, looked at Lauren with a puzzled expression.

Robert couldn't help but speak persuasion.

"Master Lauren, if you do this, the people in the territory will have no income for a long time, and your investment cost may increase ten or twenty times..."

Even if Lauren is a descendant of the Bauhinia family, he can't do things so out of line...Distribute the land to those lowly commoners? ! Why? ?

And without the land, what kind of land reclamation lord would you do?

Goddess, the devil must have blindfolded him! !

Lauren looked at them in surprise. Don't these guys know that people themselves are the most valuable asset?

Now everything in Gray Eagle's territory is blank, there is nothing, no one will develop and guard those lands, what's the use?

If you can use the method of free land distribution to gather a large number of residents, it will definitely be infinitely better than just watching.

Only with people can we have everything.

As the most important means of production, people are definitely not comparable to other things.

As a modern person, Lauren's vision has long gone beyond the confinement of the inherent concepts of this world, and Robert and the others have been too deeply influenced by the rules formed by the main plane of Noel for millions of years...