Broad World

Chapter 46 The Slave Trade

The chaotic night passed quickly, and Luskan was much quieter than other big cities in the early morning. The prostitutes, thieves, robbers, and all kinds of criminal gangs who had been busy all night returned to their lairs to rest. Only a few drunks and robbed people got up from the ground and returned to their ships. Captain Hawk got up early, and he directed the sailors to bring the cargo boxes to the deck and empty the cargo hold. Because a large number of slaves will be received on the ship soon, he also needs to prepare enough clean water for these guys to take a bath. Otherwise, if some infectious disease occurs at sea, it will be a lot of fun.

Henry also got up very early, and Vaughn seemed a little more cheerful after the conversation last night. In the morning, he took the initiative to ask Henry to receive weapons and armor. A human half-body armor seemed a little tight on his body, but it didn't affect his movements. Two large axes of pure steel were hung on the waist, and a fully enclosed helmet was worn on the head. Henry looked at the mighty half-orc and smiled. "If you fall into the sea with your current weight, I can't save you. It only takes three minutes for you to sink underwater." Vaughn opened his mask and grinned and replied: "I don't need anyone to help me." , I can swim even wearing armor. When I was in the Northland, I dragged a small whale in the ice sea by myself." After speaking, the orc showed pride and confidence on his face. "Vaughn, stop being a crew member and be my guard. I need a warrior with strong martial arts skills to help me resist sneak attacks and assassinations." The half-orc patted his armor. "No problem, you are the boss and you have the final say."

While the two were chatting, a long line came from the pier, and a large number of slaves with only a few strips of cloth on their bodies were escorted over with their hands tied behind their backs. A fat middle-aged man walked in front. As soon as he saw the captain and Henry standing on the deck, he opened his hands and said loudly: "My friends! I have brought the best goods to trade. I hope this time It can satisfy both you and me." Captain Hawk went down and hugged Bruce, pointing to the wooden box on the deck. "Spices, silks, and drugs are all ready for you, but I don't know if the slaves you brought will satisfy my boss." Bruce patted his stomach with a smile. "Please rest assured, my slave has always been healthy and will never suffer from any disease." Then he opened the mouth of a slave next to him. "Look at the health of the teeth, without any wear and tear." Immediately afterwards, he patted the slave's chest. "The body is strong and there is no disease." Finally, he pinched the breasts of a female slave and said: "The breasts are full and have not been abused or violated. They are all healthy and raped. Don't worry about them rioting or Not following orders."

Henry also came over at this time, and the mighty orc followed closely behind him. He said to Bruce: "Sir, I am satisfied with your slaves, now we can start trading." After speaking, he signaled the sailors to start carrying the boxes down. The fat businessman carefully opened each box to check the contents, turning it over and smelling it with his hands from time to time. When he got the drug, he motioned to the guard next to him to lick it, and the guard gave an affirmative answer before being re-sealed. The goods were quickly moved and loaded onto the carriage. Bruce came over and said: "The goods are all right, especially the drugs are all high-quality goods. According to the price agreed yesterday, I should pay you 220,000 gold coins. Now you can Start receiving slaves." After speaking, he asked the guards to start driving the slaves onto the ship. Those people whose hands were tied watched dully and quietly followed the order without the slightest rebellion. It seemed that they had been raped very well as the businessman said.

After carefully counting the numbers, Hawke said to the businessman: "1,200 adult males, 1,000 adult females, 500 children aged ten to fourteen, no elderly people. Add 96,000 plus 50,000 plus A total of 150,000 is 160,000, and you still need to pay us 60,000 gold coins." Henry walked over to Bruce and said, "Mr. Merchant, I don't want these gold coins. Can't you get more slaves? Alright?" Bruce smirked. "Sorry, this is all I have in stock. With such a good business, who wouldn't want to do it, but most of Luskan's slaves are monopolized by the five chiefs. If you need more slaves, you need to follow the They contacted directly." After speaking, he directed his entourage to carry several large wooden boxes. Pointing to these boxes, he said: "These are the balance of the goods, please come and order them." After careful counting, no problems were found, Henry said to the businessman: "So happy cooperation, Mr. Bruce." The fat businessman nodded . "It's a pleasant cooperation. I hope to come to me next time there is such a deal. Hawke knows where to find me. Then I will take my leave." After speaking, he slowly left the dock with the caravan.

The sailors on the deck had already begun to let the slaves wash their bodies. Some rude guys wanted to take advantage of the women, but the barbarian leader picked them up with one hand and threw them aside. According to the rules of the barbarians, these men, women and children are Henry's private property, and no one can mess with them at will. Wanting to take advantage here is tantamount to provoking him. After the slaves took a bath, Henry sent someone to buy some old clothes for the slaves to wear, and prepared some food for them to eat in the cabin. After everything was settled, he said to the old captain: "There are only more than 2,000 people, and half of them are women. This number cannot meet our basic needs at all." Hawke took a deep breath of the pipe and exhaled a burst of mist. "There is no way, we can only buy so much at the moment. If you want more, you can only take the risk of making a deal with the commander here, but you have to be careful that they are villains who eat people and don't spit out their bones."

Henry nodded. "I understand, let the ships full of slaves set sail and dock outside the port first. If something happens, you can retreat. As for the empty ships in the port, they will give up if they can't." The old captain agreed with his idea and stood Get up and start commanding a pirate ship full of slaves to leave the port with supplies. Seeing a ship leave the port safely, Henry left Amy behind and went back to the curved dagger alone to wait for the news of the halfling. Three days in a row have passed, and Henry is now watching a thrilling fight in this broken hotel. From nurses to sailors, from wine bottle benches to daggers and daggers and women's sharp nails. The bartender lowered his head and hid under the bar, while Henry smiled and blessed himself with stone skin and sat aside to watch. No one dared to approach here, because the arms of the two strong men on the ground had been corroded by acid to the bone.

Suddenly, a short halfling nimbly passed through the fighting crowd and came to Henry. He straightened his clothes. "Hello, dear Mr. Mage, I hope you remember poor Jimmy. Commander Baram asked me to tell you that he agreed to the deal with you. I hope to discuss the details of the deal with Mr. Mage in person in the sewer tonight, I will come here to show you the way when night falls." Henry looked at the short halfling. "Okay, I understand, and I am very much looking forward to meeting tonight. In addition, here is a reward for you." He took out a bottle of magic potion and threw it over. The halfling caught the bottle sensitively and sniffed it lightly with his nose. He recognized that it was a bottle of invisibility potion. For a petty thief like him, this potion is his second life. After carefully putting the potion into his pocket, Jimmy bowed deeply. "Thank you for your generosity, then I will take my leave first. See the powerful Mr. Mage tonight." After speaking, he bypassed the chaotic hotel and walked out unscathed.

After a while, Luskan's soldiers came here, and everyone except the bartender and Henry was taken away and put in prison. These guys are going to be there at least till tomorrow morning and then pay a fine to get out. The bartender was not caught because the tavern had some connection with the Thieves Union in the city, and Henry was not caught because they saw the acid on the ground. As ordinary soldiers, they don't have much spell recognition ability, but when they take office, the officers will tell them one thing is not to mess with mages in this city. Apparently they executed well. Henry sat quietly in the corner drinking fresh juice, which he specially asked the bartender to squeeze for him. Night fell quickly, and the originally empty hotel began to be lively again. The heavily made-up prostitutes and the rude sailors are here to perform the repertoire of the present and the present, and it didn't take long for Jimmy to walk in. He said to Henry: "Mr. Mage, are you ready? If so, then we will set off now." Henry nodded at him, stood up and put on his hood.

Jimmy turned around and came to the street with Henry. He carefully stared at the homeless and beggars on the street and walked forward quickly. After a while, he came to the entrance of a sewer and pointed inside. "The entrance is here, please follow me closely, there will occasionally be some monsters and lycanthropes and robbers here." After following the halfling down inside, Henry felt a stench coming from his nostrils, which made him almost drink Juice spit out. He hurriedly blessed himself with an air filter so that he could breathe smoothly. Jimmy was running fast in front. Every time he reached the intersection, he would look back at Henry, then take out a small mirror and shake it at the intersection a few times, before running again after confirming it was safe. The two walked for half an hour in the criss-crossing sewers and came to an iron gate. The halfling stepped forward and began to knock on the iron pillars on the gate with a special rhythm. Two minutes later a masked thief emerged from the shadows. "Jimmy! Someone brought it? The Grand Commander has been waiting all this time." The halfling nodded quickly. "Yes, I brought this Mr. Mage. You see he is right behind me." After opening the door, the thief gestured to Henry to let him go in, and then told Jimmy to turn around and leave.

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