In the afternoon, Andre was standing in the room, chewing a cigar, looking at the hard-working slaves outside through the window.


    His attire was completely different from the traditional costumes of the central trading city states. His whole body was plain black long clothes, and only the black wing mark of claw style was painted on his shoulders. As the leader of the business group sent by the northern Empire to the central trading city states, he immediately began to implement it as soon as he received the new instructions from the upper echelon of the Empire.


    Although the trading city-state nominally abolished slavery, the root cause of this evil existed. Driven by the system, the big slave owners of the city-state changed their names and remained active in the trade market. Andre put down his cigars and called the outside people workers, but they were still slaves who could be bought and sold freely, and he came for this.


    "Mr. Andre, you said that your country needs a large number of people and labor to mine veins." the big slave owner in front of him looked at Andre''s requirements and asked in some doubt, "this is a hard work, but why do you choose these underage children?"


    "It''s too far to the north. I don''t want my children to rebel on the road. Children are easy to manage." Andre drank a cup of tea and said calmly, "and don''t you like to get rid of these annoying little things?"


    "A little."


    The other party smiled. The slave owner who could make his business the largest in the trading city and survived for so many years was certainly not a mediocre fool. He knew that the other party''s words were just an excuse: "These children are precious wealth. I can sell them at a high price when they grow up. If one of these children has the talent to become a professional, it will make a lot of money. You know, in such a large number, someone has the potential to become a caster."


    "These children are growing up. They eat a lot and are disobedient. I don''t believe you have such patience."


    Andre shook his head noncommittally: "they are the most necessary things for trade costs. Don''t you want to exchange these slaves for the most precious gold here?"


    "That said." the slave owner looked at the workers outside the window: "but I lost this deal, so... I have to pay more."


    The two sides as like as two peas and they were exactly the same as the goods they had discussed. After bargaining, they finally agreed. Because the first cooperation was made, the two sides were more or less worried. So the transaction volume was not high. Andre bought one thousand people at a price of thirty yuan, all of them were children aged below fifteen, the youngest or even nine years old.


    Andre watched the servants under the slave owner help him count the children. Although he did not know the purpose of the Empire to buy foreign slaves, the instruction to buy only children in the trade was undoubtedly correct - these children became slaves and had no dependence. If black wing could save them from the sea of suffering, it would be like their reborn parents. After arriving in the north, they would have a long way to go There is only Empire to rely on, and there is no other way out.


    After doing this business for a long time, the efficiency is naturally high. Soon, Andre needs 1000 people to be counted, and the private army of the slave owners is responsible for escorting them to the port of the trading city-state. The route from the North West Sea to the central inland sea has been opened, and the trade between the two sides is much more convenient.


    The children arrived at the port in a queue and were extremely afraid of the army and supervisors. Obviously, they had suffered a lot before. Whether in the former Northern countries, trading city states or elsewhere, human beings have always been strict in the management of slaves. They almost don''t regard them as another creature and are often hanged and whipped.


    After a while, the port was full of dense slaves. The young children looked up at the big ship flying the black dragon flag. Although they might have realized something, they were at a loss, and the younger ones had sobbed gently.


    Two children who were closer were whispering. Andre had good ears and heard their whispers faintly along the wind energy of the harbor.


    "Sister, the ship is painted with dragons. Are they going to give us as gifts to the dragon to eat?"


    "No, this is to... Don''t worry, I will protect you."


    Andre looked at the voice and found a girl with hair and scars on her face whispering to comfort a younger boy. At this time, the military leader had come to him: "do you want to untie the chain?"


    Each slave wore an iron rope around his neck, in addition to heavy handcuffs and shackles. Andre thought about it and sighed, "don''t use it for the time being. Let them get on the ship."


    "Twenty silver shackles."


    The leader of the army gave a warning with a smile, and then signaled to his companions. The supervisors roughly pushed and pushed the children onto the dock, and all the unrest along the way would be severely beaten.


    Twenty large ships, ten merchant ships and ten frigates stood quietly. Wooden tables were placed in front of each springboard leading to the merchant ships. Several humans in black were sitting behind the table, waiting for the slaves with paper and pens.


    The child slaves were divided into ten columns and came to the table. One by one, they were asked the questions they had prepared before, and then the black shirt was responsible for registering and recording. Those slave children who knew each other would be broken up and assigned to different ships, such as the previous sister and brother. For this reason, a burst of crying and riots broke out.


    The progress of this process was extremely slow. The army leader waited, then frowned and asked impatiently, "is this going to be tomorrow? Why is it so troublesome?"


    Andre didn''t look at him, stared at the slowly moving people on the deck and said, "the transaction is completed. These are now the private property of Beidi. The money has been paid to your people. If you don''t want to wait, you can leave first."


    "Well, I look forward to seeing you next time."


    After hearing this sentence, the army leader did not hesitate to take the people away, and the armed men immediately poured out of the frigate to take over their task. Several orcs and flying apes with flashing faces once again caused the panic of the slave team.


    "It looks like goodbye soon."


    Andre shook his head. As an imperial merchant, he must carefully implement the instructions of the royal court. Among these slaves, the royal court officials resolutely do not want northerners. If they are not northerners, they have no origin in the north. The strange and helpless environment is more conducive to the control of the Empire.


    About 40 northerners have been selected. Andre will need to negotiate to return later. The Black Dragon Emperor is a great dictator. He bought these children not for his own charity, but to cultivate a group of excellent and loyal talents to serve the operation of the whole imperial machine. Therefore, in the registration process just now, there are blood related, familiar Even those who had only one or two sentences of conversation will be scattered and arranged on different ships. They will no longer have any contact opportunities, so as to make them become isolated individuals and can only wait quietly for the coming of the Savior.