A few days later, many rumors about Lelouch had spread in the Free City, such as members of the royal family of the Kalsemmen Empire, descendants of the hidden family, businessmen from another continent in the world, etc. ∽↗Top∽↗Dian∽↗Little∽↗ said,
A deal of 1.5 billion lien was concluded in one day. This huge transaction activated the intelligence networks of various forces in the Free City. Many spies and spies were looking for information about the Lamperucci family. But now many people only get a little bit of news that this Lelouch Lamperuki also has a sister named Buyani Lamperucci. It is said that she has a face more beautiful than an elf, both in terms of temperament and etiquette. A perfect noble girl.
Outside the hotel where Lelouch and his party were staying, attendants from various chambers of commerce kept sending invitations, inviting the 'two brothers and sisters' to attend dinners and parties.
Alisa was busy helping Lelouch check a large number of invitations and analyze which invitations needed to be socialized and which ones could be ignored. Today, this usually energetic business girl found that she was a little too busy. The current situation reminded Alisa of the situation when she formed the Chamber of Commerce, but she had confidants in the family to help deal with it. Now I have to do it all by myself.
"Recruitment of manpower for various departments related to the establishment of the chamber of commerce will begin tomorrow."
Lelouch is also as busy as Alisa. Although he knew from the beginning that everything needed to be done from scratch, this was a little too 'basic'. He did not have many professional talents at hand. The trickster LeBlanc will be a Lelouch did not consider letting her appear in public in the newly built chamber of commerce. During this period, LeBlanc was always secretly doing his own thing outside and only occasionally came back to report.
Speaking of recruiting people, Alisa couldn't help but have a headache: "Sir Lelouch, I have to remind you that we have no trustworthy manpower at all now. If we want to recruit people in the free city, I will forgive you because of the problems you have caused before. As a result, nine out of ten people we can recruit from the Chamber of Commerce except slaves are spies and spies."
"Where is the remaining one?" Lelouch asked with a smile.
"Scammer!"
Buanyani, who was sitting next to Lelouch and playing the role of sister, laughed. Just as Alisa said, it is probably impossible to recruit trustworthy people in the free city now. There are a lot of chambers of commerce and people from various forces outside who are eager to put a bunch of spies and spies here, but Alisa's worries are completely within Lelouch's expectations.
"It doesn't matter, the recruitment of personnel will still be held as usual, but..." Lelouch inadvertently covered his left eye and said in a cold tone: "All the recruited personnel need to be reviewed by me personally!!"
Alyssa's heart suddenly tightened and she nodded subconsciously. At that moment, Alyssa felt that the mysterious young man in front of her exuded an extremely ominous aura, almost like an extremely twisted obsession.
"I understand, Sir Lelouch. Then the basic labor force in the Chamber of Commerce can be ordinary slaves?"
"Slave┉┉"
Lelouch couldn't help but stop writing when he heard this word: "Is there no labor force other than slaves?"
"Most of the basic labor force in free cities is composed of slaves. If ordinary citizens other than slaves are used as labor force, the cost will increase exponentially. Generally speaking, other chambers of commerce, including our Westphalian family, Porters, coolies, loaders were all made up of slaves,"
The words "enslavement" and "slave" are not unfamiliar to Lelouch. His motherland, Britannia, has enslaved the entire world in disguise with its powerful force. It once launched a war with its motherland in District 11. In order to realize His dream used the power of geass to control many people, and what he did was not the same as the Brittania he hated. But from beginning to end, he never gave up his dream of building a gentle and peaceful world. A world where his sister Nunnally can live in peace. Since you want to change the world, you need strength. In the process, your hands will inevitably be stained with blood.
In this case, I don’t mind being cursed as a devil by future generations!
In a flash, Lelouch agreed to Alisa's suggestion: "Then use slaves."
Early the next morning, Lelouch and Alisa set out for the slave market outside the free city. When they learned that they were going to buy slaves, Kenjiro's expression in the world of "Fist of the North Star" became subtle. Obviously the savior of the end of the world is very sensitive to the word slave, and Kenjiro showed an expression of disapproval with almost no concealment. Gus, on the other hand, seemed very calm. After all, Gus, who had been a mercenary, had also been a slave for a period of time because of his defeat. Although he finally escaped by kidnapping the fool's son of a certain city lord, for Gus, the defeated would be poor. It is almost common for foreigners and foreigners to be used as slaves.
Lelouch had no choice but to explain Kenjiro's fullness. If you want to change the world, you must first integrate into it. Without power, all dreams will be empty talk. And Kenjiro is not just a martial artist who knows how to be brave. He also agreed with Lelouch's views but hoped that Lelouch would not enslave these people too much.
Lelouch agreed to Kenjiro's request.
On the way to the slave market, Lelouch once again felt that there were still people following him, and the number was much greater than at the beginning. The quality of the followers had also increased exponentially. Fortunately, this time the other party seemed to have some scruples and did not follow him like he did at the beginning. Very tight, just monitoring from a distance. Although it is not a good thing to be followed, Lelouch hopes that this is the situation now. If he touches the top of the Free City, he will integrate into the city as quickly as possible.
Crystal Dragon Buyani originally wanted to join in the fun, but Lelouch seemed to have decided to accept Buyani's role as his 'sister'. Initially, Buanyani appeared as an elegant and pure aristocratic lady, so Lelouch rejected Buanyani's request to go with her. After all, a pure and beautiful aristocratic girl who came from a long-established and famous family and did not understand the dangers of the world, No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't appear in a dark place like the slave market.
'Buyani~ I want you to play the role of an aristocratic girl who is as angelic as she is otherworldly! Understand? '
After being ordered by Lelouch, the crystal dragon girl had no choice but to give up and continue to stay bored in the hotel. But when she thought about the role she would play in the future, Buanyani couldn't help but smile secretly.
Speaking of slave markets, places like this in novels are always described as a wonderful scene where a large group of cute and helpless beautiful girls stand together, waiting for a certain protagonist to rescue them. But in fact, it was a place where humans were bought and sold like commodities. Full of violence, barbarism and blood, it can be said to be the darkest side in the evolution of civilization.
The abnormal prosperity of the Free City can be said to be built on the corpses and blood of countless slaves. Every year, the Free City acquires a large number of slaves through the acquisition of prisoners of war, the sale of bankrupt people, and the capture of foreign races. However, this city was built on slavery and oppression. It is extremely ironic that the city that has risen has been named "Liberty".
After the era of Overlord Garserik came to an end, various regions on the mainland became independent one after another. The continuous wars caused by the division of national borders and interests created countless refugees and prisoners. Fighting to support war was a common method at that time. The Free City also emerged in this turbulent era and formed its current scale. However, now due to the development of the Holy See, the war in the eastern part of the continent has been declared over. The countries are in a period of relative peace. The most recent war was between the Carlseman Empire and Clay. The Kingdom of Seth's struggle for the disputed territory ended with the victory of the Carlsemmen Empire due to the intervention and mediation of the Holy See. The two sides did not break out into a full-scale war.
Merchants who had difficulty obtaining slaves in peacetime originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain supplies, but Augusta, the prince of the Carlseman Empire, adopted a tolerant policy. Not only did he not enslave the people in the occupied areas, he even pardoned prisoners of war. This move not only allowed the Kalsemmen Empire to quickly consolidate its control over the occupied areas, but also received high recognition and praise from the Holy See.
Speaking of the Holy See. If the Holy Capital in the western part of the continent is opposed to all slavery, the constant triggering of various slave riots is the most hated object of the slave merchants in the free cities. Then the Eastern Holy See's concept of human supremacy also caused headaches for the slave traders. Under the Holy See's concept, every human being is a subject protected by the goddess, a unique existence, and born equal. The Holy See does not object to the enslavement and exclusion of non-human alien races, but it will never allow any believer to enslave his compatriots. The Holy See, which almost monopolizes faith in the eastern part of the continent, has never lacked fanatics. In the past, when slave merchants walked on the continent, whenever they passed a city with a church, they would always be watched by countless believers of the Lord. If the slaves were human, these merchants who did not go far would definitely be punished with a stick and then hung on a tree to watch. Those human slaves would be lucky enough not to have to pay a leen to be free.
For this reason, the trade of human slaves can only occur in the Free City, a fallen city where the gods have also given up. Countries with religious beliefs in the eastern part of the continent do not dare to openly use humans as slaves. Even Alisa's Westphalian family only dares to play around in free cities. In the Kingdom of Belrama, the Westphalian family can only use legal foreign slaves such as elves and dwarves at most.
Following Alisa's explanation, the carriage finally arrived at the bloodiest and darkest area of the city. On the way, Lelouch saw through the curtains the passing of many prison cars transporting slaves, and looked at the one above. With faces full of fear or completely numb, Lelouch couldn't help but turn his head and try not to look at such things.
When arriving at the checkpoint, the group had to get off the carriage and undergo inspection. The slave market was one of the most heavily guarded places in the free city. In order to prevent spies from the Holy City from sneaking in, the inspection is very strict. However, fortunately, the impact of Lelouch's previous large transaction made the inspection much easier. At least in the opinion of the guard officer, there should be no spy who could complete a deal worth 1.5 billion lien in one day.
Not only that, there were several dedicated guides who personally greeted you when you entered the slave market! (To be continued. Welcome to Qidian.com () to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)