The next day, Beta woke up, took Shirley and Jessica to finish breakfast in the dining room, and then washed the food residue in his mouth with clean water, when Brad walked in.
He glanced at Shirley, then bent down again, and said, "Dear Your Excellency, we have prepared the linen you want. Can you move it out and check whether the quality is what you want?"
Beta looked at Brad, who had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, nodded, and followed him outside.
On the street opposite the hotel, thirteen donkey carts were lined up side by side, with thick brown linen piled on them. Among them was a middle-aged man, as soon as he saw Brad and Beta coming out, he immediately went up to meet him, bowed deeply and said, "Your Excellency, I am very glad to meet you. I have already shipped the three thousand meters of linen you need Yes, please accept."
Beta nodded to the man, then walked to the donkey cart, randomly inspecting the quality of the linen.
Kadel watched Beta's movements and kept swallowing. Although he is very confident in the quality of his linen, it is related to the future survival of his shop. All hopes are tied to Beta. It can be said that one thought of heaven and one thought of hell.
Beta checked randomly, then walked up to Kadel and asked, "The quality is good, how much is it?"
A great sense of happiness immediately filled Kadel's body, and he replied dazedly: "Eighteen gold coins, Your Excellency, only eighteen gold coins are needed."
Beta is very clear that this price is indeed very conscientious. He took out twenty gold coins from the space, put them in Kadel's hand, and said, "You can get me fifty scissors, one hundred thin needles, and the extra two gold coins are these things money."
Kadel was holding twenty gold coins, his eye circles were twitched, and he almost suffered from pain. If one day later, he still can't pay back the debt, then everything will be gone, and the twenty gold coins, after paying off the debt, there will be at least six left over to support the store's actions, more than enough .
"I'm going to send someone to help you get the things."
Beta nodded, and then said: "Please continue to wait here for a while, and wait until another person comes over, and then you can transport the linen to the place I designated."
"No problem." Kadel nodded vigorously. With twenty gold coins in his hand, he is extremely at ease now.
About twenty minutes later, the young manager of the slave market also came over. He also had a pair of dark circles under his eyes. It seemed that he had been busy last night.
"Your Excellency, we have fulfilled your request, now do you plan to go and see your property?"
Beta nodded, and then greeted Kadel's men, pulling thirteen donkey carts, and marched mightily towards the North District. Shirley and Jessica planned to follow, but Beta asked them to rest in the hotel, because they couldn't help much in the future.
More than 700 slaves were housed in a mountain hollow in the north of the city. It has to be said that the people in the slave market are indeed quite intelligent. Such a place not only doesn't cost them money, but it's not too cold to live in. It won't freeze the slaves to death, but it won't make them too comfortable.
After bringing Beta here, the young executive left.
Beta walked into the hollow, looked at the group of York slaves huddled together for warmth, at their numb expressions, at their sallow skin due to long-term hunger, and at their bodies, the tattered The rotten clothes barely covered the vital parts, and then showed a kind smile.
He raised the magic document in his hand: "I think you should know that you are already mine now."
Almost all the slaves looked up at Beta, with neither joy nor sadness in their numb eyes.
"Now you have to obey my orders." Beta swept across the crowd, and then asked: "Who was your leader before, stand up."
Nobody moved.
Beta smiled: "Do you want to disobey the master?"
Hearing this, a middle-aged man finally stood up. His eyes looked calm, not the kind of calm brought about by numbness, but a kind of spiritual tranquility. Generally speaking, such a person is usually not the leader of a group, because a person who is too calm does not have much desire. Such a person is not suitable and will not pursue power.
"There are three kilometers of linen here." Beta looked at the young and strong man, then pointed to the donkey cart and said, "If you organize it well, no matter men, women or children, each person can get three meters of linen. This is used to make clothes, and then For the rest of the linen, you divide it according to the situation, and make two pairs of linen shoes for each person. Do you understand? After you finish the work, come and tell me your name. Because if you do even this No, there is no way to appear in front of me again, and I will not remember the name of the useless slave."
The young man was stunned, and it took him a while to digest what Beta said: "Master, you mean, each of us can get three meters of linen to make clothes?"
"I only say it once."
After Beta finished speaking, she left here. He did this on purpose, because in order for these slaves to work for him, he had to project an image of rewards and punishments. This is different from managing the temple. People who come to the temple are all believers, and these are slaves. Slaves are the most prone to riots. If you want to use them reasonably, you must have a carrot and a stick.
He returned to the hotel, chatted with Shirley and Jessica for a while, and then fell asleep.
After resting for half a day, he went to the cave again in the afternoon.
Almost all the slaves inside put on new linen clothes. Because of the clothes, they no longer feel cold, so they spread out in twos and threes and started chatting. Knowing shame, with clothes to cover their bodies and resist the cold, the numbness in their eyes has disappeared a lot.
Seeing Beta coming, these slaves spontaneously gathered together.
The young man who stood up in the morning stood at the front.
Beta pointed at him and said, "Good job, now you can say your name out loud."
"My name is Lloyd."
"Very good." Beta praised the other party, and then asked: "Come here, I have other things for you."
Lloyd walked up to Beta.
This person looks taller than Beta, and his face looks very determined. But such a person can only bow his knees in front of Beta, and he can't even really look directly into Beta's eyes. Because behind him, there is a slave inscription. This is the means used to control slaves. There is a kind of spiritual suggestion magic in the inscription, which will make the person who has this inscription gradually become afraid to fight against the master.
Of course, this is just an ideal state. If there is too much hatred in the slave's heart, there is no way to suppress the malice in the slave's heart with the slave inscription alone.
Beta looked at him, took out 30 gold coins from the air backpack, and said, "Take this money, bring a few people with you, and go to the street to buy a few carts of dry food and come back. You will set off with me tomorrow and leave this city." City. Go to another place. If you starve to death on the way, it has nothing to do with me. Anyway, I have a lot of money, so I can buy another batch of slaves. That’s right. It’s better to buy more empty donkey carts to carry those old people .”
Lloyd took over thirty gold coins, and he asked, "Why do you treat us so well?"
"Because I have to ask you to help me with work." Beta replied casually: "I will come over tomorrow, of course you can escape at night. As long as you run a hundred kilometers away, I can't kill you with magic inscriptions, so You can consider this plan."
Everyone in the York tribe has heard Beta's words, but there is no hope or turmoil in anyone's eyes.
Lloyd smiled bitterly: "Master, stop joking. If we could escape, we would have escaped long ago."
"Is it a joke? In fact, you know it very well." Beta left after finishing speaking. Leaving Lloyd in place, his expression was unpredictable.
After a while, Lloyd turned around and shouted to his people: "Ace, Smoke, Chopper, you three come out with me. The others are waiting in place. If anyone wants to escape, the last Now is the time. Our new master has actually allowed you to escape just now, but he didn't say it clearly. But I personally don't want you to do this, because after the slaves go out, they are still slaves, but we may not be able to encounter such a situation again. Good master."
At this time, an old man stood up. He was wearing a brand-new sackcloth, and said, "Lloyd, I used to be the village head. Since this position is so important now, then I will continue to take up the post. You can be the deputy village head."
But Lloyd laughed sarcastically: "Old guy, why our York people have fallen into this situation is not directly related to you. You still want me to return the position of village chief to you ?Other people, any one can be the village chief, but you are the only one who can't. You can see that our new master is a good man, and there must be a future with him, can't I see it? "
"Lloyd, you!" The old man was so angry that his mouth almost crooked.
Lloyd did not leave him, and left with the three of them.
The three of them went out of the cave. They looked at the people coming and going on the street with greedy eyes.
They have been locked in cages for nearly half a year. Not to mention the dirty clothes they wear, they even have very little food. They drink some batter every day so that they will not starve to death, but there is not much. Make trouble.
One of them approached Lloyd and asked, "Brother, are we going to escape?"
"Run? Where can we go?" Lloyd looked at the man beside him, and said angrily, "Our new master is a magician. If we don't use the inscription on the back, he can find us out with just magic." , and then kill it. It doesn’t matter if we die, if other villagers are involved, what do you think should be done?”
All three were speechless.
"As I said just now, this is a good master. So we must do what he told us beautifully, and try to strengthen our weight in his heart. This is the way we will survive in the future."
After Lloyd finished speaking, he accelerated his walking speed.