Chapter 172 Slaves of the Alliance
"Yes, my master."
As a humble Party B, Grayson accepted Li Ke's proposal obediently.
At this time, Mr. Heisenway spoke.
"If what you said is true, I can indeed contact a large number of caravans, but the main question is, do you have anything you need here?"
Heisenwei looked at Li Ke, subconsciously added his lips, and his body swayed slightly.
Obviously, under his serious face, he was an active soul. Li Ke couldn't help but think of that face and figure, and even his etiquette and temperament were like a princess and queen, but he opened his mouth to be a fucking bastard female adventurer Natalia.
Both of them are like this and do not match their appearance.
"Walder? And Lagosha, please tell me your needs here. Since we are friends, we can be honest with each other and don't worry, right? And Grayson, call the agriculturalists and Wali to see what they all need."
Li Ke looked at his Dragon Man expert. Of course, he knew that his needs would definitely increase the price in front of the seller Heisenway, but he was not trying to make money on it, nor did he want to overturn all the kingdoms in one go. If he had a good relationship with Jaina, it would not be a big problem to give some money to Kurtiras.
And the most important thing is that he can use high prices to stimulate his team and give them more motivation to develop new technologies for himself.
Then go to cheat the suppliers so that they can complete the acquisition and cut off their retreat.
So he went aside and prepared to let Wald and Ragsha talk, which is also a characteristic of this era, and the real people in charge will not talk about this.
Not elegant will make you look too philanthropic and there is no one in the family.
And once there is a quarrel in the negotiation, no one can mediate, which will make some things that can be discussed unanimous.
Of course, you will also be deceived and concealed by the superiors and subordinates, but it depends on your personal operation and control.
But now he doesn't have to worry about this. Everyone talks around him, but he can't hear it.
In addition, he was going to talk to Miss Thereseta about contacting the elves and make an appointment to sleep at noon.
On the table is the tea from the elves brought by the Lace Tower. As for Li Ke, the craftsmanship is impeccable. People like him who don’t understand tea can taste the aroma of tea. Moreover, magic is added to it. Just one sip will give people a refreshing feeling.
But as soon as his dragon man expert opened his mouth, Li Ke almost spit out the tea he had in his mouth.
"slave."
Wald looked at Heisenway very seriously.
"We need a lot of slaves, Mr. Heisenway, preferably the black iron dwarf and strong enough humans, our mines need a lot of people."
slave?
slave??
You wait!!
Li Ke stood up in shock and planned to explain, but when he saw Heisenwei showing a thoughtful expression.
This made him even more shocked.
Didn’t it mean that the alliance has no slaves?!
Li Ke tried hard to recall his memory of the monsters, but he still remembered them very clearly. In addition to orcs, goblins and trolls, basically all friendly races have no such thing as slaves!
But why is Heisenway's performance a little strange?!
"Well, that's a little bit difficult recently. After all, the alliance prohibits trade slaves, but I have some friends in Stormwind and Lordaeron... So we can only provide some criminals and sailors, but please remember, Mr. Wald, slaves do not exist in the alliance. The three hundred people I brought to you to serve their sentences in the place you designated 30 years, and they will be free. Hum? Lord Li Ke, what's wrong with you?"
Heisenwi looked at Li Ke strangely, not understanding why Li Ke looked so surprised.
"Nothing, the tea is just a bit hot."
Li Ke made an excuse casually, but Grayson, who almost came back at the speed of light, showed shock and disbelief, and came directly to Li Ke, touched the teapot, and then changed it without hesitation.
The speed was so fast that Li Ke didn't have time to stop it, which made him feel a little sorry for the tea.
But after this trouble, he understood what was going on.
The Alliance does not have slaves.
Although there are indentured farmers and indentured slaves, no one will care about even if they are beaten to death, the alliance has participated and formed a country without slaves.
But the league has criminals.
The alliance is quite humane, so humane that criminals can choose to accept the death penalty or to accept workers like sailors, miners, etc. to reduce their sentences in exchange for their own lives.
Even becoming a pioneering farmer is the choice of many serious and minor prisoners.
Don’t think that pioneering is easy to do. It is different from that of modern times. In modern times, you can use various large machinery to plow several times, and then sprinkle chemicals with a few times to farm. Ask a professional construction team to come in the water conservancy irrigation system, and it will take only a few days for the money to be in place.
The pioneers of this era had no machinery. They had to cut down trees first, then try to get out the stones in the ground, including stones the size of pomegranate seeds, then burn the ground to kill insects, and constantly turn the ground and level the fields - and then there is water conservancy projects.
The whole process takes about two or three years, and a piece of land is considered a piece of land, and it is impossible to guarantee the production of this piece of land. Not only that, during this period, you have no income or food sources and you must find a way to hunt or buy it yourself.
Moreover, there is no medical treatment, no supermarket, and no animal to help. If you run away, you will be wanted, and if you find it, you will be hanged directly.
Basically, criminals who choose to be a pioneer are almost dead when they are halfway through the pioneering.
As for those who choose to be sailors and miners, well, most of them are death row prisoners and serious prisoners, so they usually live for one or two years. Only a very small number can survive until the end of their sentence, and then leave pennilessly with an old body covered in injuries.
The slaves lived much better than them.
At least most slave owners will give you some food and basic medical treatment.
Li Ke doesn't like this inefficient thing, he really doesn't like it. He has a lot of ways to make himself responsible for his food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical safety, and then gives him more than 12 hours of work every day.
He really doesn't like the rationing system of slaves and severe prisoners.
He calls it inefficient.
“Humans are really barbaric and vulgar.”
Teresta took a sip of tea and looked at his attitude of "You humans are so inferior and so barbaric", which made Li Ke's eyebrows jump.
Why do he feel so familiar with this attitude?
Chapter completed!