Chapter 19: Trading weapons, heading to the slave trading center of Cardero Province

This time he was going to the Cardero Province. He planned to visit cousin Brian first, buy some weapons, and then find ways to buy a group of slaves back.

In fact, he prefers to recruit free people, but no fool would live outside the dangerous borders.

However, this situation is not irreversible. That monster attack may be a good opportunity.

In the early morning of June 6, Verin put on his clothes, took a carriage of food and five empty carriages, led Orlando, four knights and a group of soldiers, and headed towards the ridge more than 8 kilometers away.

Baird looked at his master's leaving figure and felt that the burden on him was heavier again, but this was also an opportunity.

The territory is in the early stages of development. The more he can show his value, the more important he will be in the Lord's heart, so that he will not be outcompeted by the guardian knight Orlando.

In his stupidity, he also noticed some information from the past half month. The Lord intended to train Orlando and recruited a lowly serf as a knight's attendant. This was a dangerous signal.

"During this period of time, we must not only manage the territory well, but also make the entire territory operate efficiently." Baird clenched his fists and made up his mind that he would never be abandoned by his master.

As a knight of commoner origin, he wanted to rise to the top, become a commander, become famous, return to his hometown, and trample on the ground those little nobles who looked down on him.

……

In the Ridge Castle at Ridgeland, a butler entered Brian's room and reported respectfully: "Sir, Lord Verin is here."

"Who are you talking about?"

Brian stopped the pen in his hand and raised his head to look at the butler.

"Sir, it's Lord Verin who visited you a month ago. He is waiting for you outside the castle with his convoy."

"He has been here for more than a month. Could it be that he encountered some kind of accident?"

Brian stood up and walked towards the castle gate, with a worried look on his face.

When they were halfway there, the housekeeper looked at the worried master and explained, "Master, don't worry. Although I think the number of Master Weilin is small, they are all warriors. They are most likely here to buy weapons from us."

"I hope so."

When Brian heard this, he responded to the housekeeper and quickened his pace at the same time.

"Cousin Brian, long time no see."

Weilin watched a familiar person come out of the castle, took the initiative to greet him, and said to him with a smile.

"Weilin, what's going on with you? Could it be that you encountered bandits and failed to develop? Why don't my cousin lend you some troops?" Brian saw that Weilin had blood stains on his body, and he brought fewer people than last time. There were a lot of people, plus more than twenty bandits tied up nearby.

"Thank you for your concern, cousin. These are the bloodstains of robbers. Don't worry." Weilin was a little touched by this honest cousin and responded with a smile, "I came to visit you this time, but I brought you big business. .”

After hearing that everything was fine, Brian was relieved and asked: "Business, you won't open up the situation in the Toksik area so quickly."

"That is, with my ability, I occupied a territory in less than half a month."

In front of his concerned relatives, Weilin couldn't help but show off his achievements.

"By the way, what business are you talking about?" Brian asked after a brief conversation.

"That's it, cousin, I..." Verin slowly told Brian what he needed to do, "Now I need slaves and weapons to prevent the monster from counterattacking."

"Well, weapons are easy to deal with. I still have more than two hundred sets of leather armor and thousands of long swords that I can trade with you." At this point, Brian changed the subject and continued, "As for slaves, to be honest My territory is lacking in population everywhere. If you need it, I can give you a few blacksmiths and fifty serfs, but I won’t have more.”

Weilin heard this and said hurriedly: "Cousin, I accept your kindness. I am here mainly to be better able to trade weapons. As for slaves, I plan to buy them in the noble territories near the provincial capital."

"Okay, how many weapons do you need this time?"

"One hundred sets of leather armor and three hundred long swords. How much do you think they cost?"

"A set of leather armor costs 80 gold coins, and a long sword costs 30 gold coins. You want one hundred sets of leather armor and three hundred swords, for a total of seventeen thousand gold coins."

"Cousin, your price seems wrong. Why is it so much lower than the market price?"

"We are brothers, so we can use the market price to cheat you." Brian laughed and explained to Verin with sincerity on his face.

Weilin knew very well, so he took out seventeen gold tickets worth one thousand gold coins from his arms, mixed with a letter, and handed them to his cousin.

Brian didn't check it at all and just put it in his pocket.

Afterwards, Verin temporarily placed twenty-three robber slaves in Brian's castle, waiting to be picked up along with their weapons when he returned.

Eleven days after leaving the Lake of Praying Stars, Verin arrived at the noble territory in the surrounding areas of Cardro Province.

The territory closer to the provincial capital is safer and has a larger population. Correspondingly, the practice of selling slaves is also prevalent here.

This time, the place Verin went to was a city called Bagamoyo. As a famous slave trading center in Cardero Province, there were a large number of slaves here.

Weilin plans to purchase a group of serfs from here to replenish the population of the territory.

Placing the others outside the city, Verin led Orlando and two other knights into the slave city of Bagamoyo.

Perhaps to make customers feel comfortable, the environment in the city is much better than in provincial cities. There are soldiers patrolling around to prevent riots.

"Sir, I am very familiar with Bagamoyo. Can I serve you?" A boy of thirteen or fourteen came over, bowed and saluted, with longing in his eyes.

"Orlando, give him a silver coin."

Weilin looked at the intricate streets, but he needed a guide.

The young man looked at Orlando, who was about the same age as himself, with great envy. He took the silver coin respectfully and carefully put it into his pocket.

"Sir, I don't know where you are going."

"A place where strong slaves are sold." Weilin thought for a while and then added, "There should be a large number of people and a rich variety."

After hearing this, the young man immediately replied with sincerity in his eyes: "Sir, please come with me."

Turning left and right, everyone followed the young man to a remote slave selling place.

There was no one around, so Weilin frowned and said with dissatisfaction in his tone: "Are you kidding me?"

Upon hearing this, Orlando, who was standing nearby, pulled out his knight's dagger and put it on the young man's shoulder.

The young man looked at the sharp dagger and read from the knight's eyes that if he didn't tell him the reason, his head would move in an instant.

"Sir, I didn't lie to you." The young man immediately knelt on the ground and explained very quickly, "There are many types of slaves sold here. It was only because of the nobles' troubles that this scene appeared. Go in and take a look. You can understand what the little one is talking about.”

"I hope you belong to me, otherwise I can only give ten gold coins to the local nobles."

As soon as Weilin finished speaking, he led people into the slave sales place.

The young man watched the customers enter, came to the back of the chamber of commerce, and knocked on the door.

After a while, a bag of coins was thrown out.

The young man observed his surroundings keenly. When he saw that no one was around, he picked up the money bag, put it in his pocket, and disappeared into the street.