Explosive equipment in different worlds

Chapter 123 Selection of Slaves

The so-called slave market is in a hidden alley in the civilian residential area. It is said to be an alley, but it is narrower than the main road, but it is still possible to accommodate three or four beasts in parallel.

Linglong can see that the land in Xuanguang Continent is big, so the land is not very valuable at all. People usually pave wide roads for a more comfortable life.

The environment of the alley is quite good, at least it is quite clean. It can be seen that someone has carefully cleaned it every day. At this time, there are people coming and going here, including many people riding magical beasts. However, due to the wide road , so it is not too crowded, and no traffic jams have been caused.

When you reach the end of the alley, you can see a courtyard gate. When you reach the gate, there is a man who comes to lead the beasts. There is also a small courtyard on the side, which is used as an animal shed for customers who come here.

After entering, the scene inside is unique. This is a big yard, like a big football field.

There are many large iron cages placed on the side of the venue. The large iron cages are basically filled with people in ragged clothes. Most of the people inside have expressions of numbness or despair. Next to the iron cages are slave owners. Many slave owners are at this time. Bargain or haggle with those who dress or look like butlers.

In addition to those big iron cages, there are also some men, women and children who are not well dressed and most of them look malnourished. For those who like it, they negotiate terms with their customers, which shows that these people are still free.

In the Xuanguang Continent, buying and selling slaves is legal, but in order not to affect the appearance of the city, ordinary city owners will split a secret land separately as a human trading market, renting it for those slave owners or those who want to sell themselves. A fig leaf was put on this seemingly inhumane business.

The slaves in the slave market are also divided into two types, one is the slave who has signed a death contract, and the other is the slave who is still free.

Those in the iron cages are generally slaves who have signed death contracts, and the contracts are in the hands of slave owners who specialize in slave trading.

The contract here is not a simple agreement or a written contract, there is a kind of spell here, called the contract spell, as long as those who are willing to sign the death contract share a wisp of consciousness, mark the contract spell, hold the contract The person who casts the spell can control the life and death of the contractee!

Just destroy that spell, and you'll die wherever you go to the ends of the earth.

Yes, the person who signed the death contract had to be willing. Although this is a bit unbelievable, it is true.

These people either owe debts or owe their lives. Of course, there are some who are forced to do nothing, but they are rarely forced by slave owners, because signing a death deed must go through the government. If they are forced by slave owners, they will not sign a death deed. As long as you tell the government before the contract, the government will naturally intervene in the investigation.

Regarding this point, I heard that the government is very strict and will never favor any party, whether it is the buyer or the seller.

It is strictly forbidden to buy and sell contract charms on this continent. It is said that it is strictly prohibited, but in fact, no one can do it if they want to, because no one can make contract charms except the royal family. The method of making contract charms has never been circulated outside. !

In other words, the slave market is actually completely controlled by the royal family. I heard that this contract spell costs a lot of money. Buying a slave also requires notary fees, security fees, management fees and other messy things. The whole The slave market can add a lot of income to the royal family.

As for how the royal family had this talisman-making method, and whether they would use the contract talisman to do bad things, Linglong didn't know.

And those men, women and children who are listing themselves for sale have much more freedom of choice. They can choose a buyer according to their own wishes and negotiate terms with the buyer, and choose whether to sign a death contract or a long-term contract according to their own judgment and reality.

Most of these people are low-strength people who cannot protect themselves, but there are some exceptions. Some people who need money or need the protection of stronger powers due to personal factors will come to the slave market to try their luck.

But all slaves who come to the slave market are definitely people with stories. If they are not helpless, no one is willing to label themselves a slave.

Among them, signing a long-term contract is an exception. This kind of person may only sign a contract for decades, and when the contract ends, he can restore his freedom.

If you ask why these people don't go to find a job?That's because these people must be encountering difficulties that cannot be solved at the moment, and signing a long-term contract is more conducive to those who want to sell their bodies to negotiate their own conditions, which cannot be satisfied by casually looking for jobs outside.

Of course, even slaves who sign long-term contracts have to go to the government to go through the formalities. The government not only needs to confirm the identity of the slaves, lest these slaves are liars or go back on their word, but also record the slaves to ensure the status of the long-term slaves. Personal safety.

For a slave who signed a death contract, the owner can decide the life and death of the slave at will, but the long-term slave cannot. When the contract expires, the buyer must take the slave to the government to report. , but also to report to the government, the government will intervene in the investigation of the cause of the death of the slave, if it is found that the buyer is responsible, the government will punish the buyer, it will be a lawsuit.

But there are still some exceptions. For example, the slave died in the wild and was not under the jurisdiction of the government, or the person who killed the slave was too powerful. In short, there is no absolute fairness here.

At this time, Linglong was not in a hurry to choose slaves, but wandered around, the slave market was a little noisy, Linglong could vaguely hear the bargaining sounds of these people, so she silently wrote down the prices they were talking about, so as not to be hacked for a while .

Linglong doesn't express any opinions on the human trading here, it seems inhumane, but most of these people are voluntary, even if they are not voluntary, they owe some kind of debt or life, and the debt is paid by the flesh, why? Not a fair?
Seemingly wandering around unintentionally, Linglong already had a rough understanding of the prices of these slaves.

The slaves in the iron cage who have signed the contract spell are more expensive. Even a person who can only do coolies needs more than 1000 gold coins, and those who have a skill or strength are more expensive.

As for those who have not signed the contract charm, those who are still free are relatively cheaper. There is such a price difference, that is because a contract charm will cost the government 500 gold coins!

However, it would be better if the contract spell was more expensive, otherwise the cost of signing a death contract would be too low, and there would probably be more slaves in the iron cage.

After shopping around, some of them caught Linglong's attention. Among the bunch of prostitutes who are still free, there are a few who don't want money. With them, buyers usually shake their heads and sigh when they ask for a price. walked away.

Linglong curled her lips into a smile, these people might surprise her.

Linglong first set her sights on a pair of brother and sister. The elder brother looked 17 or 8 years old, and the younger sister looked only 15 or 6 years old. They both looked pretty, and their clothes were clean, but the two stood there. There was a strong sense of heaviness and despair all over his body, and the bloodshot eyes contained the light of hatred.

"What are you two going to do?"

The brothers and sisters who had lowered their eyes had a gleam of light in their eyes when they heard the voice, but when they raised their eyes to see Linglong, the gleam of light dimmed again.

What can such a short little girl look like in her teens?
"My brother and I are both level 3 psychic talents. We can do anything. We can also learn what we don't know how to do."

It was the little girl who spoke, her tone was very sad and weak, as if answering Linglong was just out of politeness.

"Who are you going to kill? What kind of strength?" Linglong nodded clearly. Although this talent is not a genius, it is still above average. This little girl told herself that the two of them have great development prospects.

The brother and sister looked at Linglong in surprise. They had never said what they were going to do, but the little girl in front of them knew they were going to kill someone?
Linglong secretly rolled her eyes, the expressions of these two people were written on her face, she was not a fool, she couldn't see that the two brothers and sisters had a blood feud to avenge, since they had enemies, the condition of the two was to kill someone.

(End of this chapter)