The Sun King's Evidence

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“In Marienburg, business is business.”

——Grand Duke of Marienburg "The Moneylender" Vander Guber-Schulz.

The Marienburg Talent Market is the largest slave trading place on the continent. Here, as long as they have money, buyers can buy almost all the creatures available on the continent.

Whether they are serfs, defeated soldiers, or even the ladies of bankrupt nobles, from halflings who are good at housework and housekeepers to rough barbarians who are only suitable as bodyguards, from blond Nords to black-haired and black-eyed southerners Realm races, even dwarves and ogres, can be purchased at the Marienburg Talent Market.

But if there is any kind of person who is the most valuable, it is the elves with pointed ears.

There are three types of elves, namely high elves, dark elves, and wood elves, referred to as high elves, dark elves, and wood elves, collectively known as the three elves. Whenever an elf slave appears in the talent market, it will cause a frenzy. The elves are beautiful in appearance and elegant in temperament, and are especially popular among human nobles.

Only the high elves will not appear in the market, because the high elves embassy will interfere with the captured high elves. The high elves ambassador will negotiate with the Marienburg Lords to redeem the precious population through an agreed procedure, while the dark elves and Wood elves are no longer protected.

"There are dark elves? It's really rare, but it's no wonder. For some reason, humans always have a special affinity for elves." Ryan complained to Emilia casually.

"Sir, do you also like elves?" Amelia did not dress up as a maid today. She looked like Ryan's female companion. Seeing that Ryan spoke in a very casual tone, she also asked curiously, blinking with big eyes. A blink.

After staying with Ryan for more than two weeks, the girl became much more cheerful, which also made Ryan feel strange.

"Whatever, I'm here to buy a maid to help you today. It's not about whether she's pretty, she just needs to be good with her hands and feet and can work." When Ryan came out, he planned to go out for a walk and get some fresh air. On the one hand, he wanted to give Emilia a helper. As for the so-called dark elf, he really had no intention of bidding.

However, he has just entered the talent market with his recent fame, and there are already groups of nobles and businessmen coming up to ask for help. After all, in this continent, the strong are respected, and Ryan is already a mid-level legend at the age of twenty-five. The knight is already stronger than the leaders of many second-rate knights. Even fools know that he will be a great knight of the holy realm in the future, so nobles and businessmen are trying to leave a good impression on him.

If you have money, you must spend your life. The big businessmen of Marienburg are not stingy when it comes to making friends with strong people and hiring bodyguards.

"Nice to meet you! Mr. Lane! Are you here for that female dark elf today?" Adelbert Casanova, the chairman of the Gentlemen's Alliance Chamber of Commerce and the second-ranking figure in Marienburg's House of Lords, smiled. The ground walked up and said: "If Mr. Lane is interested, we can sell it!"

"Yes, yes!" Everyone around Ryan responded with a roar. The heads of several major chambers of commerce in Marienburg were here.

"Hahaha! Thank you everyone, but I just plan to add a maid to the house today. I stopped by to see the excitement. It's not what you think, otherwise someone will suddenly parachute down to give me a good look." Ryan was polite one by one. He responded politely, and then said humorously that he was just taking a look, and if he dared to mess around, someone would have objections.

Everyone burst into laughter. Everyone knew that Ryan had a close relationship with the Witch of Gloria. It seemed that she was a jealous witch who was unwilling to share!

No one knew that Ryan wasn't talking about Veronica at all.

"Okay, Mr. Lane, the slave girl, is interested in it. No matter how much the bid is, we all understand." Several nobles immediately expressed their understanding. Seeing that the auction was about to start, everyone dispersed.

"Let's go in too!" Ryan's seat has been arranged by the person in charge of the market, so he took Amelia to sit down. The seats for the two of them were in a small box. Amelia arranged the hem of her coat. He sat next to Ryan with a tube skirt.

The auction began, and all the visitors sat around the huge stage in the middle of the market. Under the shining of magic lights, slaves were brought up one by one under the leadership of the slave merchants, and some were locked in cages and transported up. of.

At the beginning, they were all miscellaneous people, such as serfs who sold themselves or civilians who were accidentally captured while escaping from the war. Ryan had no interest in these. He just chatted with Emilia: "Emilia, you were If you hadn't escaped and become a mercenary, would you have become a slave?"

"Maybe, it could be worse than being a slave." Emilia sat like a good girl, with a pair of small hands on her knees. The girl was wearing long cotton stockings today, only the top of her boots and the bottom of her skirt were exposed. For a short time, Ryan bought her a lot of clothes and stockings that day, but the girl couldn't bear to wear the best clothes, but kept them preciously in her room.

"I think you can definitely sell it for a good price~" Ryan smiled and deliberately joked: "You are so beautiful, there must be many big nobles and big merchants willing to buy you back to be their wife, especially if you can also Gao Ge Special language, literacy, mathematics, and good manners.”

"Sir~" Amelia raised her head weakly, knowing that Ryan was joking.

"Hahahaha~"

After a while, some valuable slaves gradually began to appear. For example, a dwarf blacksmith caused many chambers of commerce and nobles to compete for bids. However, Ryan always stood still. He just watched with cold eyes: "This dwarf is going to turn around." He probably weighs three hundred pounds, and he doesn't look suitable to be a maid."

"Hahahaha~" Emilia covered her mouth and snickered.

After several consecutive auctions, Ryan finally found the prey he wanted - a girl with fiery red hair. She looked very honest. Her appearance was not particularly outstanding, but she was also relatively refreshing. She was an ideal choice for a maid.

"Exhibit No. 26 is Miss Letty from the Kingdom of Estalia in the south." The auction host paused, and then continued: "This Miss Letty is sixteen years old and has a lovely appearance. Illiterate but very polite, can count from one to twenty, and can also do housework, so he is a very suitable candidate for a servant, but if everyone here wants to do something else, I have no objection!"

"Hahaha~" Everyone at the auction laughed.

"The starting price is eight gold marks, please bid if you are interested! A bid must not be less than fifty silver coins!" After the auctioneer shouted, someone immediately raised the sign in his hand: "Eight gold marks!"

"Eight gold marks and fifty silver coins!" Ryan also raised the sign in his hand.

The auction house suddenly became quiet. Representatives from the major chambers of commerce looked at each other and stopped bidding in a tacit understanding.

The citizens and some small businessmen in the back seats stopped bidding when they saw that Ryan, the legendary mid-level human hero, wanted it.

The auctioneer didn't take it seriously, and continued in a loud voice: "Mr. Lane bids eight gold marks and fifty silver coins. Who else wants to bid?"

"Eight gold marks and fifty silver coins at a time!"

"Eight gold marks and fifty silver coins twice!"

Ryan nodded upon seeing this, thinking that he could leave after taking pictures of the girl.

"Nine gold marks!" At this moment, a person raised his own sign.

There was an uproar in the venue.

"Who is it? Dare to steal something from Mr. Lane?"

"Which guy is he without a wink?!"

"Isn't this the Southern guy? Damn the Southern guy, he doesn't know the rules!"

Several major chambers of commerce in Marienburg began to whisper. Viscount Adalbert Casanova frowned and said to Baron Greymire who was sitting next to him: "It's that southern guy again. He's really stupid, not at all." They know the rules, and that’s why I hate them.”

When he heard someone bidding, Ryan frowned slightly and raised the sign again: "Nine gold marks and fifty silver coins!"

"Ten gold marks!" It was that person again, he raised the sign again.

Hey~ You met a gangster today, right? Ryan called out the price again: "Ten gold marks and fifty silver coins!"

"Eleven gold marks!" The other party called again.

Ryan gave up and continued bidding. He turned his attention to the middle-aged man who was bidding with him.

This is a handsome man who looks to be in his early thirties. He is tall and tall, with clear and three-dimensional features. He has a very elegant temperament and extremely well-dressed. A pair of black eyes are shining with wisdom. When he sees Ryan, he looks over. , he nodded and smiled at Ryan.

"Eleven gold marks once!"

“Eleven gold marks twice!”

"Eleven gold marks three times!"

"Congratulations to Mr. Hadrian from the Luigi Chamber of Commerce for winning the ownership of Miss Letty!" The auctioneer's wooden hammer came down, announcing the completion of the auction.

Ryan was not discouraged after missing his target. There were many slaves coming out for auction at today's auction, so he didn't need to focus on one to the death, so he started looking for the next target.

The auction continues.

After waiting patiently for more than a dozen consecutive auctions, another girl was brought up. This girl looked pitiful. She had a cute baby face, emerald green pupils, long brown hair, slender eyebrows and cuteness. dimples, wearing a simple dress, shivering in the winter.

"This is the daughter of the former knight of the Angel Feather Knights of the Southern Kingdom of Tyrell. Her name is Miranda!" The auctioneer laughed loudly: "Her poor father failed in the war and went bankrupt not long ago, so she was It’s sold here!”

"Hahahaha!" The citizens and nobles present laughed loudly, as if they had encountered some particularly funny story.

The year before last, the emperor of the empire changed and the political situation was somewhat turbulent. So the Angel Feather Knights in the Kingdom of Tilea in the southern country took the opportunity to lead an army to invade the Electorate of Tuscany in the southern part of the empire. The rogue knights in the south wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. Bit cheaper.

As a result, the ill-tempered Elector of Tuscany "The Lion of the Sun" Umberto Corleone not only led his Knights of the Ram to annihilate the invading enemies, but also personally led the army south, singing a song of victory all the way, Even though they surrendered, the Angel Feather Knights unreasonably attacked the capital of the Kingdom of Tilea. The King of Tilea had to pay a large sum of war compensation before Elector Umberto was satisfied and retreated.

This is a story that the people of the Empire particularly like. It tells the story of the southerners' overestimation of their capabilities and also shows the power of the Empire.

"I believe everyone has seen that Miss Miranda has a sweet and lovely appearance. She is only sixteen years old. She can read and write, and has learned traditional aristocratic etiquette. She is also in good health and has a perfect body! She needs someone to give birth to her. Bloodline people, hurry up!" The auctioneer shouted: "The starting price is one hundred gold marks, and each bid must not be less than five gold marks!"

"One hundred gold marks!" Ryan looked at it and felt very satisfied, so he immediately called for a price.

Seeing Ryan bidding, many interested nobles also stopped and waited for the next product.

"One hundred and ten gold marks!" Who knew it was the handsome man again, he raised his sign.

"One hundred and fifteen gold marks!" Ryan raised his eyebrows and continued to increase the price.

"One hundred and fifty gold marks!" The handsome man smiled politely at Ryan and continued to increase the price.

"One hundred and fifty-five gold marks!"

"Two hundred gold marks!" The handsome man named Hadrian continued to bid with Ryan.

"Fuck!" Ryan cursed secretly. The two hundred gold marks were already more than what he was willing to pay. His adoptive father Norman's annual tax revenue in Auternay was only about four hundred gold marks (gold marks can be exchanged for gold dinars). The ratio is 1:1), he has money now, but money is not spent like this.

In the auction house, everyone was also shocked by Hadrian's aura. One noble saw that Ryan had given up bidding, so he tentatively called for two hundred and ten gold marks, and Hadrian immediately increased it to two hundred and five gold marks. Ten gold marks.

So the girl named Miranda was also photographed by Hadrian.

"Emm~" Ryan felt that he might be targeted, so he said to Amelia: "As long as there is someone who can work, right?"

"Well~ Everything is up to the sir." Emilia refused to comment.

After two attempts at taking pictures but nothing was captured, Ryan's interest was greatly reduced. After taking pictures of several slaves one after another, an aunt was brought up. She was already in her thirties, her figure was out of shape, and the skin on her face was also worn out due to years of fatigue. Yue's work became rough, but she looked like she could do dirty work, so Ryan thought to himself, no one would compete with me for this aunt, right?

He thought wrong.

When Hadrian saw Ryan's move, he immediately started bidding with him. The original price of Auntie, who was only fifty silver coins, was bid by these two people even for five gold marks. It was obvious that this guy wanted to argue with Ryan.

Ryan's face was as black as ink, and he was furious in his heart, so the Primarch lightly patted the table and stood up: "Emilia, let's go."

"Okay, sir." Emilia noticed a deep palm print on the table. The maid quickly stood up and followed him, and the two of them walked directly out of the venue one after the other.

They had just walked out of the auction and saw the icy and snowy world outside. Before Ryan could take a breath of fresh air, a man who looked like a butler immediately stopped them: "Hello! Mr. Ryan! I have the honor to introduce myself. I am Mr. Hadrian." "Butler, I'm very, very sorry for our disrespectful behavior!"

The butler's attitude was extremely humble, and his bow almost exceeded ninety degrees.

"So? Are you showing off your power for your master?" Ryan replied without emotion.

"No! That's not the case! Mr. Lane, what I want to say is that Mr. Hadrian wants to make friends with you! At the auction, the slaves that Mr. Lane likes will be given away immediately after the auction. Go to Mr. Lane!" The housekeeper could feel the pressure on Lane, which was a kind of supreme majesty experienced in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He immediately shouted loudly, and at the same time, he bent even lower.

"At the same time, in addition to these, Mr. Hadrian is also willing to give a big gift to Mr. Lane! Just after the auction ends."

"Mr. Hadrian really wants to make friends with Mr. Lane!"

Didn't expect it!