"Is the Star Luo Empire so luxurious? Can a slave market be built so gorgeously? This is too high a view on the slave trade." Li Xuan looked at the scene in front of him and looked at Siyu in shock and asked. The scene is indeed a bit beyond Li Xuan's imagination.
“Three hundred years ago, a duke in the Star Luo Empire spent a lot of money to transform this place. With three hundred years of continuous expansion and transformation, it has been transformed from the most basic slave market into a black market. It’s just that the main business here is slave trading.” Siyu pointed at the bustling underground world in front of her and introduced it to Li Xuan.
“That’s it.” Li Xuan nodded.
Then Siyu took out two masks from the soul guide, handed one to Li Xuan, and put the other on his face.
Li Xuan silently took the mask and put it directly on his face. At the same time, he put on a loose robe to make himself look more like a fifteen or sixteen year old.
Since there is a black market business here, there must be people from the Qibao Glazed Sect here. It is better for Li Xuan to keep a low profile.
Siyu turned around and saw that Li Xuan had put on the mask and disguised himself, and then nodded with satisfaction.
"Let's go and see the largest slave trading market in the Star Luo Empire. I hope I can purchase the last slave for you." Siyu said and walked out of the room with Li Xuan.
We arrived at the brightly lit market.
Li Xuan then noticed that the faces of the people wearing gorgeous clothes were wearing different masks, and his faces could not be seen clearly, so he did not know who these buyers were.
"Let's go and see the slaves first. Buy as many slaves as possible. Ladi Canyon is too big and there are too many people in need." Li Xuan smiled at Siyu and said.
"How many slaves do you want?" Siyu suddenly frowned and asked Li Xuan.
"Ten thousand people are needed, but this time there are only three thousand to five thousand people. If there are more, it will be too eye-catching." Li Xuan thought carefully and then said to Siyu.
At first, Li Xuan thought that he would buy as much as he could sell here, but after thinking about it, Li Xuan gave up this idea. Now that Li Xuan has just settled in the Star Luo Empire, it is better not to attract too much attention. .
Siyu took Li Xuan towards the slave trading market.
As Siyu and Li Xuan officially entered the slave trading market, Li Xuan was surprised to find that it was connected in all directions, like a small city. Based on its size, Li Xuan estimated that the area occupied at least one-tenth of the area of Xingluo City.
“I have to say that the scale here is so huge!” Li Xuan said to Siyu in surprise, but Li Xuan couldn’t understand why the Xingluo royal family would agree to someone building a building here. Such a huge underground black market.
"It was originally the Duke's method, but later it belonged to the Star Luo royal family. Now this is the property of the Star Luo royal family. Otherwise, who would have the power to create such a black market under Star Luo City?" Si Yu looked at Li Xuan and shook his head with a smile.
Li Xuan also nodded in agreement. Also in Xingluo City, only the Xingluo royal family has the ability to build such an underground black market.
Soon, Siyu brought Li Xuan to the door of a shop and stopped.
"Two distinguished guests, please come in. What kind of slave do you want to buy?" A thin young man saw Li Xuan and Siyu standing in front of his shop and said hello with a smile.
Although the thin young man in front of him is only seventeen or eighteen years old, he exudes a temperament that only a noble can have. And the most important thing is that he is not wearing a mask and the clothes he wears are relatively cheap. Some.
I guess he must be a disciple who came out to gain experience from the Xingluo royal family.
“Hello, boss, I just inherited a territory from my father. However, my father is not good at running the territory, so now the territory is a bit dilapidated, so I need to buy some slaves to reclaim the land and grow food. , Let the territory be revitalized." Li Xuan raised his head and said impassionedly to the young man. At this time, Li Xuan appeared to be a high-spirited young lord who had just accepted the territory.
Li Xuan didn't panic at all when telling lies, and now that he was wearing a mask, the young man couldn't see Li Xuan's expression clearly.
"I see, hello, newly promoted noble young master, how many slaves do you want to buy?" The young man nodded slightly to Li Xuan and said to Li Xuan in a friendly tone.
"There are a lot of uncultivated wastelands and hillsides in my territory. I need 3,000 young men to help me reclaim land and plant fruit trees." Li Xuan said seriously to the young man.
"Dear Master Lord. Okay, I will handle the procedures for you right now. I hope you will have better development in the Star Luo Empire." The young man nodded to Siyu, then turned and returned to the backyard. Went to go through the formalities.
"Is it that simple?" Li Xuan looked at Siyu in disbelief, pointed in the direction where the young man left, and asked in confusion.
"Of course, don't worry, your information will soon appear in the hands of the Star Luo Empire officials, but they can't find out your identity. The only thing worthy of their trust is that your territory is in Within the Star Luo Empire, they will feel more at ease, and your three thousand slaves should be able to be taken away smoothly," Siyu said to Li Xuan with a smile.
"I see, it seems that being a noble is useful." Li Xuan nodded and said.
Every country hopes to have new people in their country to develop their territory.
Today's Douluo Continent can be said to be vast and sparsely populated, lacking such large landowners who make a living by farming. After all, in today's feudal society, food production is the most basic foundation of a country. indicators.
Reclaiming land is really important to the development of the Star Luo Empire.
That’s why it was so easy for Li Xuan and others to purchase a large number of slaves. Of course, this does not mean that the Star Luo Empire has no supervision over Li Xuan, and will still arrange some detailed work among these slaves.
However, Li Xuan's goal is indeed to farm, so whether he has a good job or not does not have much impact on Li Xuan. Moreover, these slaves have to be carefully screened by the Yellow Turban warriors, so the possibility of being screened out is very high.
It will not affect Li Xuan's progress in developing Ladi Canyon.
Soon, the young man returned to the shop from the backyard and handed a golden token to Li Xuan.
"I would like to give you 50 gold soul coins." The young man handed the golden token in his hand to Li Xuan and said.
The price of a slave is one Silver Soul Coin. If it is really a young and strong labor force, the price is not expensive. The slaves Li Xuan bought last time were basically old and weak, so the price is so high. Low.
"Thank you." Li Xuan saluted the young man, and then thanked him. Then he took out a bag containing fifty gold soul coins from Kong Mingjing and handed it to the young man.
"I hope you can open up more land and plant more food." The young man nodded slightly, and then took the money bag from Li Xuan's hand.
"Farewell." Siyu and Li Xuan bowed their hands to the young man, and then said with a smile.
The young man nodded in response.
Siyu and Li Xuan slowly exited the store, and then continued shopping here.
"What's the use of this token?" Li Xuan showed Siyu the token that the young man had just handed to him.
“With this token, you can go to a city outside Xingluo City to collect five thousand slaves.” Siyu explained to Li Xuan with a smile.
"I see. It seems like this market is just a trading center, and the things you buy are not here." Li Xuan frowned and muttered to Siyu.
"Of course, although this place is big, how can it possibly accommodate thousands of slaves." Siyu shook her head and said.
"That means the transaction volume in this place is much larger than imagined." Li Xuan touched his chin. Based on this calculation, the Star Luo Empire can extract a large amount of wealth from this massive transaction every day. No wonder the Star Luo Empire would allow such a large black market to be built inside the Star Luo City.
"Is there anything else you want to buy next?" Siyu asked Li Xuan again.
"Are there any other rare treasures for sale here? You can go shopping." Li Xuan thought for a while and said to Siyu.
"Exotic treasures? Then go to Qibao Pavilion. It is said to be the property of Qibao Glazed Sect. The things there are priceless and unmarketable." Siyu thought for a while and then faced Li Xuan said.
"Can I go like this?" Li Xuan said angrily.
"Aren't you wearing a mask? They can't easily recognize you." Siyu patted Li Xuan on the shoulder and said carelessly.
"That's true, you can go and see that the Qibao Glazed Tile Tower seems to have the talent for treasure hunting. The things they have in their hands should be very good." Although Li Xuan had a grudge against the Qibao Glazed Tile Sect, he had to admit that the Qibao Glazed Tile Sect's The martial spirit is indeed relatively powerful. After all, it is the only martial spirit in the upper three sects that is worthy of being mutilated.
Although it is incomplete, it can still stand up to the other two sects and stand proudly on Douluo Continent.
Siyu nodded, and then led Li Xuan to the entrance of the Qibao Pavilion of the Qibao Glazed Sect.
The decoration of Qibao Pavilion is more gorgeous and exquisite than the surrounding shops.
"Welcome to Qibao Pavilion." A maid in a white dress came to Li Xuan and said to Li Xuan respectfully.
I have to say that the aesthetics of the Qibao Glazed Sect are quite good, and this maid is really beautiful.
Siyu did not pay attention to the maid and took Li Xuan into the Qibao Pavilion.
"What do you two distinguished guests want to buy?" the shop owner asked Li Xuan and Siyu.
The shop owner is an old man about sixty or seventy years old. The old man is thin, but his eyes are bright and his energy is bright. He seems to have a high level of cultivation.
More importantly, it looks somewhat similar to Ning Fengzhi!
He should be a relative of Ning Fengzhi. Calculating his age, he should be an uncle.
"We are just strolling around." Siyu stopped in front of Li Xuan, responded with a smile, and then nodded to the old man.
"You two distinguished guests, please help yourself." The old man nodded slightly, and then stopped talking.
Siyu took Li Xuan around the Qibao Pavilion and began to carefully check the goods in the store.
"The quality of the ore here is very good, but the price..." Siyu said to Li Xuan hesitantly.
Siyu pointed to the rare ore placed on a shelf, hesitated for a moment, and then said.
It seems that Siyu is a little tempted.
"It's okay. I don't have much else. I just have a lot of gold soul coins. Brother Siyu, buy some more ores and go back and give them to Mr. Lou and Brother Silong." Li Xuan waved his hand and whispered to Zuo Siyu said something.
Here, Li Xuan doesn’t want to be too high-profile.
After hearing what Li Xuan said, Siyu's eyes also lit up, and then she took down a few pieces of relatively inexpensive ore from the shelf, preparing to check out later.
Li Xuan glanced at the prices of the items on the shelves and glanced at Siyu angrily. The Blacksmith Guild was really scared of poverty and didn't dare to spend the money given.
Li Xuan took out a basket directly from the Kongming Pearl and packed all the more than 30 precious ores on the shelf.
Li Xuan doesn't have much now, the only thing he has much is gold soul coins.
"So much ore? How much does it cost?" Siyu looked at Li Xuan in shock and said.
"A gift for you." After Li Xuan said this, he took out a soul guide filled with golden light and handed it to Siyu.
Siyu carefully took the soul guide and looked at Li Xuan with surprise.
"I'll go shopping again, you go check out first." Li Xuan smiled at Siyu, shook his head, and then continued shopping here.
Most of the things in the Qibao Pavilion are rare treasures. They are all strange and weird things. They are placed on the shelves in categories with no specific rules.
Li Xuan was looking at the items on the shelves one after another, and suddenly Li Xuan stopped.
On the shelf in front of Li Xuan, his eyes were fixed on an earthy yellow lotus-shaped pendant.
"This is..." Li Xuan slowly stretched out his hand, grabbed the pendant, and put it in front of him for a closer look.
I don’t know what kind of metal the lotus is made of. The carving is exquisite and the craftsmanship is extraordinary. You can tell that this is a fine product.
"You have a good eye. This is a lotus made of gold from the center of the earth. The carver is also a first-class master. The price is right, you can buy it." Siyu introduced the lotus in her hand to Li Xuan thing.
However, Li Xuan did not pay attention to the lotus base, but a pale golden lotus seed in the lotus bud.
As Li Xuan watched, a blue light curtain appeared in front of Li Xuan. He glanced at the screen and immediately observed the light screen.
"Help me buy it together." After Li Xuan closed the light curtain, he threw the pendant to Siyu.
"Okay." Siyu went to check out without hesitation.
Li Xuan looked around again at the things here. There was nothing important to Li Xuan. Then Li Xuan waved his hand and took Siyu out of the store.
Far away from the shop, Siyu looked at Li Xuan with a confused expression.
"What's wrong?" Siyu asked Li Xuan and handed the pendant to Li Xuan.
"It's okay, let's leave here first. It's time for us to go back." Li Xuan took the pendant back from Siyu's hand, then waved his hand and asked Siyu to take him away from here.
(End of this chapter)