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Chapter 152 - 152 109 Digging a Pit_2

152: Chapter 109, Digging a Pit_2 152: Chapter 109, Digging a Pit_2 Regardless, Hudson couldn’t believe that no one had discovered the swamp outside his own territory.

It might be understandable that ordinary nobles encountering it would not give it much thought, but surely the Gryphon Cavalry flying overhead weren’t completely ignorant of its existence?

Using his own serfs to fill in the swamp would severely harm his reputation.

If losses exceed an acceptable limit, the serfs could potentially stir up trouble and it could turn into a massive scandal.

Contrarily, using Orc slaves wouldn’t bring such troubles.

No matter how heavy the casualties were, the outside world wouldn’t pay attention to it.

After a short pause, Hudson tentatively asked, “If you need to come in person, presumably, the batch of slaves you have must be quite significant in number, right?”

Since it was Orc slaves they were buying, a small number would obviously be meaningless as it would only increase the management cost of the territory; if the number was too large, Master Hudson’s wallet wouldn’t be able to bear it.

In a sense, Baron Katelai made the wrong choice of time to approach him when Hudson was at his poorest.

“The number isn’t too large, adding up all types of Orc slaves.

In total, the batch just contains about twenty or thirty thousand, I still need to retain some for myself.

Presently, the counties of Layton and Wharton both severely lack labour, so these slave numbers are ultimately nothing!”

Baron Katelai stated confidently.

There was no problem, as long as the price was cheap enough, twenty thousand slaves were absolutely insufficient for the nobles of both counties to share.

To satisfy everyone’s demand, there should be another zero added to the number of slaves.

However, the prerequisite is that “Orc” cannot be attached to the word “slave”, otherwise, the situation would be reversed.

Especially since these Orcs are divided into dozens of species, it only further complicates the sale.

“In that case, congratulations to Baron Katelai for his forthcoming prosperity.

If the price is right, I’ll take the Minotaurs and Doghead Race slaves.”

Hudson said expressionlessly.

He was not sure about how useful Orc slaves would be, but he had heard of some legends.

Doghead Race slaves were good at digging, making them suitable for mining; Minotaurs were very strong, perfect for performing hard labour.

As for other species, Master Hudson stated: either they look too pitiful or are unfamiliar.

His wallet was not full, so to avoid stumbling into a pitfall, it’s best not to touch those.

After all, Baron Katelai in front of him didn’t seem to be a simplistic character.

If it were anyone else, there would be no thought of future business after being duped in a trade.

Unlike this man who could always remain rational, unaffected by their previous trade.

“Sorry, Baron Hudson.

These slaves are not sold individually; it’s a bulk purchase, with a minimum amount of ten thousand.

If you purchase a large enough quantity, you can even get a discount.

If sir could purchase all of them, you could even get a thirty percent discount.

The main issue is that my communication ability is weak, I do not have a good relationship with most nobles in both counties, hence it is not easy to approach them for sales.

Otherwise, I would not have come to you for a bulk sale.”

Baron Katelai answered, pretending to be helpless.

He learned it from Hudson, selling not only high-quality slaves but also low-quality ones mixed in together, to prevent the good ones from being sold out and leaving the lesser ones all on his hands.

In order for Hudson to believe that he was genuinely selling them at a pitifully low price, he didn’t hesitate to expose his weakness, stating that he didn’t get along well with the local nobles.

Unfortunately, the result was bound to disappoint him.

Upon hearing about the package deal, the poor Master Hudson didn’t even have the courage to ask about the price.

It was risky to capture slaves from the Orc Empire and bring them over after a long journey, turning over hands unknown times.

One could roughly estimate the cost.

Who would become the infamous slave trader, without profiting several times the cost?

Even if it was truly a bargain, how much lower could the price go?

Even if the selling price was only one third of the price of a human slave, Hudson, who was steeped in debt, couldn’t afford it now.

Even if he could resell them, Hudson wouldn’t front the money for this high-risk transaction.

After all, slaves needed to eat.

In case the market situation was not good, a large number of slaves would settle in his hands, and the daily consumption could crush people.

“In that case, I look forward to our next cooperation.”

No sooner had Hudson finished speaking than Baron Katelai’s complexion turned ugly.

The only person in both counties who might have been able to afford this batch of slaves had backed off.

Wasn’t this pushing him towards death?

“My lord, do not be so quick to refuse.

Please at least hear out my quote first, the price is undoubtedly unexpectedly favorable.

For a batch of twenty-four thousand slaves, you only need to pay fifty-five thousand gold coins …”

Before Baron Katelai could finish his sentence, Hudson had already turned his head.

Any Orc slaves that could make it from the Northern Border were surely excellent labor power.

The average price came down to less than 2.5 gold coins, which was indeed shockingly low.

At the same price, if you wanted to buy a human slave, you would probably get chased away by the slave trader with a club.

A reference to the previous dealings of Hudson’s serfs would reveal that the number was not even half of this, and along with a batch of livestock and food, the total price was almost the same.

It had to be known that family-unit serfs, which included the elderly and children, made up the slave population count, with healthy males and females making up less than half.

Even with such a price, it was more of a friendly sale, with no intention of fleecing him.

If it were based on the current market price of slaves, the price might even be higher.

Perhaps there were cheap slaves at another time but the current market price was as it was.

You cannot whimsically use the prices from times of chaos to buy slaves in the Southeastern Province where the relationship of supply and demand is seriously unbalanced.