The King

  After a brief exchange, Hudson's reserve of magic common sense was rising steadily. As for the experience of the magicians in domesticating magic pets, it was directly ignored by Hudson.

   Conquering monsters with strength, conquering the hearts of monsters with strength, is that something that humans can do?

  If it is really a fight with the bears, ten Hudsons are not enough for Bear Stearns. A casual slap would make this little knight get down on the ground.

   No wonder there are very few people who can obtain magic pets. It is no wonder that such a primitive capture method is so efficient.

   Not being beaten to death by a monster is a testimony of strength. In order to increase the odds of winning, it is best to find a Warcraft cub to challenge. If you are unlucky and happen to meet their parents, it will be a tragedy.

   Facing Melissa's envious eyes, Hudson could only express his helplessness.

   Not everyone can meet a bear that has been "famished and fed" since birth. It's hard to make an arrogant Warcraft bow down for food without going hungry for several years.

  During the whole banquet, the two of them communicated together, which made Hudson fail to do any serious business.

  From Arbor County to the Academy of Magic, from the southeastern province to the continent of Aslante, Hudson admired himself for being able to handle the wide range of topics and the divergence of thinking.

  Under the envious and jealous eyes of the nobles, Hudson spent a not-so-good night.

  Although the beauty is good, it is not so easy to win. Unlike the ordinary noble lady who lived in her hometown and traveled only a hundred miles away, Melissa had seen the world.

   Perhaps in the southeastern province, Hudson belongs to the best wave, but looking at the entire Alpha Kingdom, it can only be regarded as not bad.

   Those who attract the most attention are always the children of the big family. Melissa has a brain without following the moths to the flame.

  It is a good thing to have a brain. Unfortunately, the smarter a person is, the more he knows how to weigh the pros and cons, and the correspondingly, the harder it is to be emotional.

  Others only saw the two having a happy conversation, but Hudson knew very well that the two of them were at most ordinary friends now.

   It’s like the process of a blind date. Everyone thinks that each other’s conditions are good in all aspects, and they can continue to understand each other in depth.

  With the end of the banquet, the matter came to an end temporarily, and the window paper was not pierced after all.

  The parties do not object, it is only one of the foundations of the family marriage. In the follow-up matter, the two families have to weigh the pros and cons of all aspects.

  The duration in between can range from three to five months to two or three years.

   Before the two parties reach an agreement, this kind of thing will not be discussed outside.

  Everything is flat, as if nothing happened. However, Hudson's business in Arbor County is still much more convenient. Obviously, this is Viscount Oran's kindness.

   In less than three days, Hudson finalized all the deals.

"One thousand nine hundred households of serfs, a total of nine thousand eight hundred and forty-five men, women and children, five hundred and twenty-three cattle, eight hundred and seventy-four rough horses, two thousand three hundred and forty-five sheep, all kinds of grain A total of 1.3 million pounds..."

  The above is all the gains. As a price, Hudson not only paid all the goods, but also owed the local nobles 34,576 gold coins.

   Debt piles up. It's just that Hudson at this moment can't see the slightest panic, but appears extremely calm and calm.

   Debts do not necessarily have to be repaid with gold coins, and other equivalent commodities can also be traded.

  Although Master Hudson's products still continue to have high negative reviews in the past, it still does not affect the sales of the products.

  In an era when the cost-effectiveness of alternative products is extremely low, the product only needs to be practical. The nitpicking of details can be completely ignored.

   Increased a debt of more than 34,000 gold coins. From another perspective, isn't this an increase in a huge order?

  Originally, nobles used to buy pig iron by themselves to make farm tools and daily necessities. Driven by debt, now everyone can accept the finished product offered by Hudson.

  Although I paid a little discount, everything is worth it compared to taking the payment in advance.

  The problem facing Hudson now is: how to transport these people and materials back.

  The local nobles are willing to take out these things to trade. In addition to the conditions agreed in advance, a large part of the reason is that the local population is overpopulated.

  This kind of situation will appear as long as the territory is in peace for a hundred and eighty years. The way the lords dealt with it was also very rough and simple.

   Directly stipulate a certain period of time: men and women are not allowed to marry, and couples are not allowed to have intercourse.

  Births stagnate for a period of time, and within a few years the excess population will soon be balanced again.

  In fact, the lords are in charge of more than that. Some warm-hearted lords also formulated a birth schedule, clearly stipulating the time when couples have intercourse.

  Through human intervention, control the pregnancy time of the citizens, so that the birth of children can avoid the busy farming season and cold winter, so as to improve the safety of women's childbirth.

   There are many similar wonderful decrees. In this crazy world, only noble lords can't think of it, and there is no lord who can't do it.

   In this regard, Baron Hudson, who lacks population, can only envy him. Not to mention restricting births, if the supporting infrastructure could not keep up, he would have enacted laws to encourage births.

   The failure to exchange more population was not because these lords were unwilling to trade, but mainly because the Baron Hudson, who had once again become poorer, did not have enough funds to compensate other lords.

   Credit is not unlimited. With the title of "Knight of the Bow" and "Merchant of Inferior Weapons and Arms", it is only worth this price in everyone's mind.

  It exceeds people's expectations, and everyone has to worry about his repayment ability. Even if there is a mine at home, it can't dispel everyone's concerns.

   After a few days of delay, the huge team was finally organized. The cows and horses that were traded were all harnessed to carts, not only to pull food, but also to carry children and pregnant women with disabilities on the road.

  In order to reduce the attrition on the road, the benevolent Master Hudson spent a lot of money to hire three priests and more than a dozen priest apprentices to accompany them.

  Although a medical team of this size is a drop in the bucket compared with a team of 10,000 people, Hudson has really tried his best.

   It’s only about four hundred miles away. If you still can’t handle it, you can only be the survival of the fittest by nature.

  The original mercenary guard has now passively transformed into a team manager. Hudson can fully understand the endless resentment deep in the hearts of the knights, but gold coins have not been easy to earn since ancient times.

   As the so-called "high price" must have pitfalls, how can you do it if you don't do more work after taking the high employment fee from Master Hudson?

   Facts have proved that this trick is very effective. Under the eyes of the noble lord, all the serfs behaved extraordinarily well-behaved.

  Even if there are countless people among them, they don’t want to leave their hometown. However, in front of the nobles, no matter how many complaints they have in their hearts, they dare not express it.

  Hudson could do nothing about it. In order to boost morale, he even slaughtered 30 sheep in one breath, plus a wild deer he hunted by chance, so that everyone could have a good meal.

   Not only that, in order to reduce unnecessary attrition, Hudson also spent a lot of money to purchase warm clothes for everyone, and even put shoes on everyone's feet.

  The logistics support along the way is also to send people to contact the nobles who have made good friends early to ensure that they can eat hot meals when they arrive at the place.

  As for the house, it can only be resigned. With a team of tens of thousands of people, not every noble family is capable of arranging accommodation.

  But just taking care of the old and the young is still barely able to do it. As for the others, naturally they could only make do with sleeping around a bonfire.

  All preparations are in place, and the team slowly embarks on the journey. Twenty-five miles a day is already the limit of the team's speed.

  If it weren't for the good logistics support along the way, it is estimated that it may not be possible to travel fifteen miles a day.

  Riding a war horse, holding the sleeping bear cub in his arms, Hudson couldn't help complaining secretly: This **** winter is really...

  …

  Almost at the same time, groups of ragged orc slaves in the northern border were driving southward with whips.

  Kobolds, piggies, ratmen, catmen, tauren, goblins... hundreds of orc races all appeared in the team.

  The Tauren, Leopard, and Wildboar who have a little fighting power...have their hands and feet in shackles, and often dozens of people are connected in series, making it difficult to escape.

   With so many orc slaves going south, it's hard not to attract attention. If it weren't for those powerful races, their hands and feet were shackled, and it is estimated that the guards along the way would not dare to let them go.

   "Captain, **** these tauren, leopard, and wild boar... to the south, and sell them to the Colosseum in the south, and you can earn a fortune.

  But ratmen, piggies, goblins... What's the use of sending these **** things? "

   "What is that piggy looking at? It's just you garbage, why are you still not convinced?

  The same ancestor, although the wild boar man is not very smart, at least he has a lot of strength.

  It's not like you lazy guys who eat and sleep all day long, even uncivilized pigs are more diligent than you! "

   While speaking, the soldier's whip had already been raised. The unlucky Pig who just glanced at it was instantly screamed.

   "Okay, Alicias. You have killed three slaves along the way, and we won't be able to do business if this continues."

  That’s what he said, but from the contemptuous eyes of the middle-aged officer, it can be seen that he didn’t care about the life and death of these slaves.

   In the Northland, slaves like Pig, even if they only sell one silver coin, no one cares about them. For worthless goods, life and death are naturally unimportant.

   "Captain, you can't blame me for this. The bodies of these **** are too weak, and they can fall down when the wind blows. I didn't use any force, and they died.

  Based on their bodies, it is estimated that if they can't reach the southeastern province, half of them will fall down. If you are worried about their life and death, then you have something to worry about. "

   Aliches said gloatingly.

   "Knowing that their bodies are weak, you can still laugh, you bastard. You know, these slaves were sent to Master Sith by the order of the Grand Duke.

   If there were too many casualties on the way, your captain and I would not be able to do the job, and you boy would not have a good life. "

  The middle-aged officer said with a depressed face.

   He called him Master Sith, but deep down he never regarded Baron Sith as a master. Failure to obtain the surname of the Felix family meant that the gold content of the word "Master" was doomed to be greatly reduced.

   Had it not been for the order of Grand Duke Kavadia, he would not have been willing to undertake the drudgery of escorting slaves.

   "Captain, what are you afraid of? These useless trash, I guess Baron Sith is going to go there, and they can only show blood to the recruits.

  With the reproduction speed of these rubbish, one or two thousand more, or one or two thousand less, can be made up quickly, which is not a big deal at all.

  As long as the group of strong slaves don't break too much, it's not a big problem. Especially the group of rabbit girls and fox girls in the carriage...is the focus of Master Sith's attention. "

   It was nothing at first, but after Alicias said it, I felt that things changed a bit.

  The cautious middle-aged officer hurriedly reprimanded: "Shut up, Alicias, you idiot. Can you say these things in your capacity?

  Remember, Alicias. Master Sith wanted these slaves for territory development. Even the bunny girl, fox girl, and cat **** the carriage... are also used for communication between nobles.

   For the rest, no matter who asks, you don’t know anything! "

  Having worked for the Felix family for generations, the middle-aged military officer also somewhat knows the cruelty of some big families' infighting after hearing about it for a long time.

  Maybe the big people above will not have any big things, but the little people involved usually will not have any good results.

   There are many similar **** teams, and they all have the same destination in the southeast province. By this time, the news had already spread in the North.

  Everyone knows that there is a shortage of labor in the territory of the noble children who went south. The problem of labor shortage also exists in Northland.

  Because of the frequent invasion of orcs, the population of the North Land has never been able to increase. Even with the continuous support of the kingdom, it can only be maintained at a minimum balance point, and it is simply unable to support the southern territory.

  Transporting orc slaves became the only option. Anyway, the southeast province is thousands of miles away, completely unaffected by the orc empire, and there is no need to worry about being disturbed by domesticating orc slaves.

  As for whether orcs can become qualified farmers, no one can answer this question for a while.

   After all, there are so many races of orcs, there might be one race that is suitable for farming and can be domesticated.

  The truth was exposed, and many slave-hunting families were very hurt.

   Watching their neighbors, sending slaves to the southern territories, their hearts bleed.

   After exhausting their minds, the slaves captured from the orc empire by venturing northward were thrown into their hands.

   Xuefeng leader, Viscount Rex is one of the unlucky ones. Thinking that he was being taken advantage of and wanted to collect the garbage from the orc empire, he hastily ordered the slave hunting team in his family to act.

  As a result, all kinds of messy slaves arrested thousands of people, only to find out suddenly that there were no buyers in the market.

"Humph!"

  "Damn Hank Cage, the slave I captured so hard, he actually tried to buy it at the price of five copper coins per person!

   Isn’t it just because of having many sons that they established a territory in the south? Usually it's nothing more than a joke, but now he still wants to take advantage of the situation to rob him.

  If it weren’t for…”

  The violent scene made all the servants in the mansion tremble. The lack of sons is Viscount Rex's biggest shortcoming. Although he has worked very hard, it is a pity that he still has only one seedling.

  For a family, it is undoubtedly very dangerous to have only one direct heir. However, if the Lord of Dawn did not bless him, Viscount Rex could only accept his fate.

  Anyway, having a single seedling in the family is better than having no single seedlings and having to work for others.

  This kind of self-comforting words can only be secretly thought by Viscount Rex, if other people dare to say it, it will definitely lead to big things.

  Every time this issue is involved, the servants in the family retreat one after another, fearing that they will be angered and burn themselves.

  The old butler who happened to appear directly opposite, unable to escape, could only influence the scalp and persuade him: "Master, Viscount Hank Cage can't understand your kindness. If you don't want these slaves, then we won't take advantage of him.

   There are dozens of nobles who have opened up territories in the south, and it is impossible for everyone to collect enough slaves. Discount sale, no worries about no buyers. "

  Although deep down in his heart, he understood Viscount Hank Cage's actions very well, but his identity made him have to stand on the side of his master.

   "It's too late, all the teams escorting the slaves have already set off, only that idiot Hank Cage is still dawdling.

  Even a waste like him has enough slaves, so how can others be short? "

   Viscount Rex said angrily.

   Just staying a few days longer when going out to visit friends, I missed the best time for slaves to get rid of them, so that thousands of slaves were completely smashed into their hands.

  Even if there are occasional slave traders who express interest, they are only interested in a small number of races. More than 90% of the slaves are free gifts that no one wants.

   Mix and match and sell, it is difficult to sell. If someone picks out all the good ones, there is no need to sell them.

  If it wasn't for worrying about the reputation of brutality, he would have ordered all the useless slaves in his hands to be pulled out and slaughtered, so as not to waste food.

   Carnage cannot be played, and release is also impossible. Humans and beasts are incompatible, and the blood feud accumulated for countless years has already penetrated deep into the bones.

   On the issue of dealing with orcs, there have long been unspoken rules among the northern nobles. It has never been heard that after the capture of orc slaves, there are still unconditional releases.

   If he really releases people, at least the orcs will have to pay some ransom, so that he can be ashamed! Otherwise, he will be ridiculed for a lifetime.

  Unfortunately, no one paid attention to the whole process. Even if he sent letters to the orc tribe, no one came to accompany him to perform this redemption scene.

   "My lord, it is not an option to keep them idle. Leaving them to cultivate the land will easily lead to collusion with the orc empire, which will affect the security of the territory.

   Otherwise, we will follow the example of those families and transport this group of slaves to the south to see if any nobles are interested there?

  Even if it still can’t be sold, this back and forth can at least reduce the number of employees by one-third. If it doesn't work, hire someone to rob them halfway.

  As long as people are not in our hands, what happens later has nothing to do with us. "

  The old housekeeper suggested helplessly.

  My master is too shameless to worry about the poor handling of the slaves in his hands. But whenever they met a ruthless nobleman, these slaves would have been dealt with long ago.