Throne of the North.

Chapter 53 Food and Slaves

Under Baron Hatton, the population is increasing.

From Baron Hatton's words about selling grain, Ryan knew that this guy must have collected a lot of slaves in his territory after the end of last year.

His food expenses were no longer enough to cover his income, and he had to rely on purchasing.

But this problem is even more serious for Ryan.

"The chambers of commerce in the empire all arrive in Beifeng City first, and then distribute their goods from Beifeng City to various counties. However, Yinchuan County may be able to leave a batch in advance. The wealth of Viscount Hogg may be comparable to that of the earl."

Hatton said enviously, and then followed Ryan into the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

The price they can buy food at in Beifeng City is lower than in Lingdu City, but transportation also requires funds. It will eventually be cheaper, but it will not quench their thirst.

The moment he entered the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, Ryan smelled a unique scent.

"liquor?"

Logically speaking, the Borei Province should be in great need of wine because it is too cold, but winemaking requires grain, and the Borei Province lacks grain, so wine has become a luxury in the Borei Province.

When I met Viscount Miles in Lingdu City before, the Viscount never brought out the wine.

When faced with the maid's recommendation, Ryan suppressed the thoughts in his mind.

"I just want food."

"I wonder how much food the Baron wants?"

The person in charge came up to Ryan and asked with a smile.

Ryan looked at the woman who called herself Ossi and threw a gold coin into her abyssal collar.

"How about at least 10,000 gold coins of food?"

Ossi's breathing became a little rapid at this moment, and the smile on his face suddenly became flattering.

Even though tens or even millions of gold coins are often spent at the noble meetings in North Wind City, in fact, ten thousand gold coins is already a huge number.

If we don't involve the level of the empire, the transactions of small nobles are usually based on dozens or hundreds of gold coins.

Ryan’s previous transaction of several thousand gold coins in Lingdu City was considered a large amount.

After receiving Ossi's affirmative answer, Ryan continued:
"How much does it cost to deliver the food to the frozen land?"

"Tundra Collar?"

Obviously, Ossi also had some information about the nobles of the North Wind Province, and he looked embarrassed when he heard the name of the Frozen Territory Lord.

"Seven hundred, no, at least eight hundred gold coins."

She was even worried that the Frozen Baron couldn't afford to pay at all.

"I'll give you 900 gold coins. The food I want must be delivered to the Frozen Territory as quickly as possible."

In this regard, Ryan didn't mind giving a little more tip, otherwise it would be difficult to ensure that all the food delivered to the Frozen Territory was intact.

"sure."

The charm of the gold coins made Ossi abandon his doubts, and the smile on his face became affectionate.

"Don't worry."

Pulling his hand away from the softness, Ryan coughed and said:

"I also need some livestock. You can send them over when the time comes. Cows, horses, mules, chickens, ducks, goats, vegetables and the like. I will have someone come to tell you how many of each type of livestock you need."

Ossi's chest rose and fell, and the light of the gold coins reflected in his eyes.

"I will definitely select the best batch for you and send it to the Frozen Territory. It will arrive in two months at the latest."

"Well, then, do you have any slaves here?"

"Yes." Ossi almost stuck to Ryan.

The Imperial Chamber of Commerce naturally has its own slave house, not far from the Chamber of Commerce Street, and the people in charge here are no longer Ossi, who judges people by their appearance, but a group of rough and sturdy men, led by someone with the strength of a bronze knight.

Since the Imperial Chamber of Commerce goes north every year, the journey is long and there are a lot of troubles, so even the slaves are carefully selected and not those skinny serfs.

"My Lord Baron, the best batch of goods delivered this year is all here."

The bronze knight said this with a smile on his face, and then he whipped the iron cage in front of him with the whip in his hand.

With a loud bang, a huge force shook the several frightened female slaves in the iron cage, causing them to tremble and hug each other.

Only a thin layer of gauze is draped on these female slaves with pointed ears and emerald pupils, which makes people feel itchy when they see them.

"This is... an elf?"

Ryan was a little surprised. He looked at the bronze knight, who also smiled obscenely.

"Generally, these elves are not sold publicly. They were originally reserved by Viscount Landa, but Viscount Landa doesn't want them anymore."

Ryan knew why. Hanshan County had been ravaged, and Viscount Landa was now in a state of panic. He probably had no intention of spending money on these enjoyments.

That viscount is quite courageous.

"Let's look at the others."

Ryan said calmly.

"These are cat girls transported here from other provinces. This year, the orcs moved south and many provinces in the north of the empire were invaded, which resulted in a significant increase in the number of slaves."

"These catwomen were the first to be captured and sent directly to the Northern Wind Province."

"As for this group, it is said that they have some noble bloodlines, but it is impossible to verify it. Their families were originally wealthy, but now... hehehe."

The slave leader flattered himself by saying this, but in fact he just wanted to sell it at a high price.

Looking at these delicate slaves, Ryan almost got angry, but in the end he still asked.

"Don't you have anything else here?"

Looking at the noble in front of him who was obviously young and full of vigor, the knight nodded after a puzzled look.

"Of course there are more. There are more than 200 slaves who are trainee knights and 30 official knights. I will take you to see them."

After going around in circles, they were still slaves, but the treatment for these with power was much stricter, and each of them was locked with iron chains.

After watching, Ryan was not satisfied at all. It was obvious that these slaves were of shady origin.

"What's the price of those slave girls?"

Ryan finally asked. He knew that if he wanted to buy slaves to build roads and open up wasteland, he still had to find those nobles.

"Those four elves cost three thousand five hundred gold coins each."

"A catwoman is three hundred gold coins, and an ordinary female slave is one hundred and fifty gold coins."

"It's so expensive, why don't you just go and rob it?"

"Robbery is not as fast as this."

In the end, Ryan could only regretfully save the five catwomen and five ordinary female slaves. As for the elves, the risk was too great.

If the elves knew that some elves were bought as slaves by them, the Tundra Territory would not be able to withstand the revenge of those great elves.

It is said that there was a kingdom on the continent that had directly fought against the elves because there were a large number of elf slaves in that kingdom.

If you don’t have enough strength, even sneaking around won’t work.

(End of this chapter)