Chapter 1434

Moreover, they have a natural affinity with plants, so letting them manage the farmlands together makes them very happy as well.

Their work enthusiasm is not an issue.

【Prisoner List】:

【Goblin】48,792

【Human】35,778

【Beastfolk】29,221

【Elf】28,756

【Dwarf】2,766

【Flower Demon】2,099

【Succubus】589

【Bearfolk】1,131

【Fishfolk】778

【Naga】396

【Vampire】688

【Ratfolk】1,350

【Troll】29

【Gnoll】6,779

【Ogre】130

【Centaur】752

【Medusa】228

【Stonefolk】138

【Etc……】

The list is very long.

And this is only the summary; in reality, these prisoners come from different lords, so the price differences are also very large.

Within the same race, differences in level, attributes, skills, personality, appearance, and so on will also cause price differences.

Prisoners are obtained in almost every battle. Of course, except for races like skeletons and elementals.

But prisoners are a love-hate existence for most lords.

Because prisoners are born carrying hatred, if they are directly converted into citizens, their loyalty is extremely low.

It will directly drag down the territory's public order and morale data.

And there is also a probability of rebellion occurring.

So one can only take it slowly, gradually reducing the hatred over time.

This time is not fixed.

But usually it won't be too fast.

There will be a fairly long period of freeloading, increasing food consumption.

And it's purely wasted by Bai Bai.

When the number is small, it's not a problem, but if after a battle there are many prisoners, the pressure on food becomes too great.

So quite a few people want population, but after obtaining prisoners, they have no choice but to sell them off.

Or……

Simply make them slaves, using punishment to raise obedience — it's a method that can show short-term results.

Although slaves have high obedience, most of it is due to punishment.

So their hatred has not decreased; on the contrary, it is very high.

It's very possible that while obedience is high, hatred is also high.

In this situation, the speed at which their obedience drops will be very fast.

Like this, punishment must be carried out frequently, and their hatred will further increase.

Ultimately causing a vicious cycle.

At this point, converting them into citizens becomes even more difficult.

So, for prisoners, there are usually three ways to handle them.

1. Sell them off.

Simple and blunt, and can quickly generate income; quite a few people do this.

2. Convert into citizens.

Usually only taken for those high-quality talents with good attributes, high levels, and high professional skills.

For example, heroes, or high equivalent tier soldiers, high equivalent tier craftsmen.

So this type is also rarely seen on the market.

What Su Qin chose is this one — converting into citizens.

So the speed is very slow.

But once the conversion is complete, it's very worry-free.

3. Enslave.

Enslavement basically gives up on converting into citizens, using violent means to make them work.

But it requires a certain number of overseers.

Slaves' natural mood and morale are both very low, considerably lower than commoners.

So their work efficiency would also be low.

Of course, punishment can boost their work efficiency, but it brings more hatred, causing their obedience to drop even faster.

Moreover, if the proportion of slaves is too high, it's very dangerous.

Rebellions and disturbances would be frequent.

Even if the uprising is successfully suppressed in the end, there will still be losses. After all, once there are casualties, even if the casualties are only slaves, it's still a loss.

In Zhao Chi's territory...

Nagas, harpies, and flower demons all count as slaves.

But Zhao Chi has never punished them.

Harpies and flower demons are timid; just scaring them is enough to make them obedient.

The Nagas were whipped by Gu Qing at first, but later they weren't punished anymore either.

On top of that, their numbers were really too small, so although they were slaves, their obedience remained very high.

This can also be considered a method.

Zhao Chi roughly browsed through the prisoner list.

He didn't find any rare races, such as angels, griffins, and so on.

He guessed that such races couldn't possibly flow to the market — the moment they were captured, they'd be divided up.

On the list, goblins had the largest number and were also very cheap.

Most lords don't like goblins, but for lords whose subjects are goblins, this is a kind of blessing.

The exchange had 2,099 flower demons, a not-low number.

The lowest price was 40 silver coins, the highest was 26 gold coins...

Crazy for money?

Zhao Chi specifically looked at that 26-gold-coin flower demon — a fairly good-looking flower demon...

She looked very delicate, like a doll.

But she was completely useless.

She could only be looked at, not used.

After all, being so small, she could be stabbed to death in one go.

Moreover, the flower demons in Zhao Chi's territory were of the same appearance tier, so there was no need to buy from outside.

Let's pass on this one.

Among the remaining flower demons, after deducting those with bad personalities, and deducting those with high but inflated prices, 1,800 were left.

Adding the 200 from the territory, it's exactly 2,000.

That's twice the number Gu Qing requested, which should greatly relieve the work pressure on Gu Yan's group.