Chapter 10 Brutal Training
The next day, Jack found a small benefactor, Hago Veseli, after much inquiry.
There are at least hundreds of benefactors in Astapor, among which the big benefactors have thousands of Unsullied, while the small benefactors often have only dozens.
In addition, there are various slaves such as bed slaves, skill slaves, and ship slaves in Astapor, which just saves Jack's time to go to Yunkai and Meereen.
After the introduction of the informant, Jack met this benefactor in Pride Square.
Amber skin, wide nose, black eyes and dark red hair, very typical appearance of Astapor.
Most Astapor people are descendants of the ancient Ghis.
Most of them have amber skin, wide nose, black eyes and black or dark red hair, or the red and black mixed hair unique to the ancient Ghis.
Free Astapor nobles are accustomed to wearing tokar robes, which is a symbol of nobility.
Their hair is greasy and oddly shaped, and they also have yellow silk cloaks with copper plates sewn on them, representing their status.
Their robes are embroidered with silk threads, and they wear sandals and pleated linen skirts below the waist.
"Hello, are you Jack Poseidon?"
"Yes, I heard that you have some Unsullied, and the price is quite suitable, so I came to take a look."
Jack also speaks Valyrian. Although he can't write, there is absolutely no problem in communication.
This is one of the few things his father can teach him.
"Of course, the price is absolutely cheap. I wonder how much you want to buy?"
"700 gold coins."
"700 gold coins? Okay, my Unsullied are outside the Pride Square. I'll take you to see it." Hago said with a smile.
Seven hundred gold coins are a big deal for a small slave owner like him.
Newgate explained to Jack: "Astapor has three famous squares, Pride Square, Punishment Square and Arena."
Pride Square is an open market where slave owners bring their customers to watch their slaves.
In the center of the square is a red brick fountain with a bronze statue of the Astapor Harpy on it.
Punishment Square, it is located inside the main gate of Astapor. Punishment Square is where new slaves are brought into the city.
Those rebellious slaves will be punished or executed there.
The arena is a place for entertainment activities.
Including girls fighting bulls, letting children covered with honey and other food fight bears, and the spectators will bet on which child the bear will eat first.
Then the arena will be named after the owner of the victorious slave.
Jack's eyelids twitched. No wonder Daenerys wanted to liberate this place.
For free people and nobles, this is heaven.
But for slaves, hell may be better than this.
Fortunately, Daenerys has not received the education that Jack has experienced.
Otherwise, she will definitely nail all the slave owners to the cross, and no one can persuade her.
"I have 62 Unsullied in my hand. I will give you 25 gold coins each, a total of 28 Unsullied, and then I will give you two bed slaves and ship slaves. You're welcome!"
Hago said confidently. No one sells Unsullied cheaper than him.
Normally, an Unsullied is at least 27 gold coins.
And he only wants 25 gold coins, which is a very sincere price indeed.
Unsullied are castrated slave warriors who have been trained in Astapor since childhood. They are characterized by absolute obedience to their masters and fearlessness in the face of war.
They are widely used as guards in the Free Trade Cities.
They are sold by one hundred or one thousand, and of course, small slave owners will sell them by ten.
They are excellent guards and never rob or rape.
They have their own unique beliefs and goddesses. They keep the real name of the goddess as a secret, and outsiders call them the Lady of Spears, the Bride of War, and the Matron of the Army.
The most famous battle of the Unsullied was the Battle of Qohor, where only three thousand Unsullied resisted the attack of more than 50,000 elite soldiers led by a Temo Khal.
Jack did not speak, but looked at the group of Unsullied carefully, just like in American TV series.
There are no decorations on the Unsullied's attire. Sewn tunics, short swords, three spears, shields and spiked helmets are all.
The more spikes on the spiked helmet, the higher the level of the wearer. One spike represents an ordinary soldier, and three spikes represent a senior officer.
Seeing that Jack didn't speak, Hago thought that Jack was thinking, so he started to introduce Jack:
"We select young male slaves according to their size, speed and strength, and train them to be Unsullied.
The training starts at the age of 5, from dawn to dusk every day.
The training process is very cruel. Not only do they teach them how to fight, but they also erase all their personalities, emotions and egos.
They are completely castrated, and the castrated parts will then be burned to ashes in the altar of the Lady of the Spear.
They take courage wine regularly to reduce pain.
Every day, they randomly draw name tags from a barrel to decide their names for the day.
Each name tag has two words, one for color and one for worms, such as "gray worm".
As long as one of the training fails, the slave will be killed. In the end, only one-third of the slaves can persevere to the end and become Unsullied.
On the day a boy is castrated, he will be given a puppy to raise.
At the end of the first year of training, the boy must strangle the puppy.
If he fails, he will be killed and his body will become dog food.
During the training process of running with weights all day, climbing rocks at night, walking through burning charcoal, etc., if he fails, he will be eliminated.
Finally, in order to get the spiked helmet of the Unsullied, they must wear a silver mask and go to the slave market.
Then buy a newborn and kill it in front of its mother, and finally compensate the slave owner of the newborn for his loss. "
