Chapter 2509

Su Qin had been staying by Zhao Chi's side. She nodded at the trader: "I can handle it."

After the trader nodded, he asked respectfully: "And this lady is your…?"

"She's my wife."

"No problem then!" the trader added: "But I still need you to confirm the data on the sales slip. Only after you confirm can I proceed for you."

"Alright, send it to me."

"It's ready."

【Sales List】

【Food Category】:

「Wheat Grain」314,000 tons

【Item Category】:

「Experience Fruit」17.2 million pieces

【Goods Fee】1.94 million gold coins

【Total Tax】116,000 gold coins

【Service Fee】38,800 gold coins

【Grand Total】1,784,600 gold coins

The prices were fine.

However, the second batch of supplies had been submitted not long ago, and only a small portion had been sold, so the earnings weren't much yet.

After deducting the cost of purchasing the supplies, less than 110,000 gold coins remained.

110,000 gold coins was certainly a lot, but the problem was Zhao Chi still wanted to go sweep the exchange for bargains — it probably wouldn't be enough.

Then he'd just have to wait a bit longer.

After all, orders kept coming in. Waiting in line once more in a while should net another million gold coins.

Better to wait a little longer.

"No problem, I've finished confirming. Go ahead and handle the rest for me."

"Yes, my lord."

The elven trader was quick and nimble, finishing the operation in no time.

Close to 110,000 gold coins appeared in Zhao Chi's system space.

The two of them went to a nearby refreshment stand.

Most lords had gone to line up and buy cheap goods, so very few lords were at each refreshment stand.

He brought his people to sit at an empty table, watching the lords nearby lining up and urging each other on.

Money could be obtained directly.

But items could not.

The items weren't here — they were in the seller's territory.

The trader had just sent Zhao Chi a string of address information.

Those addresses came with authorization attached.

Zhao Chi could contact the other party directly, then teleport over to pick up the goods.

This time he'd bought a massive amount of rare materials, and transporting them all would take quite a while.

Tang Ruan was currently managing the transport of that million-unit haul of spoils.

Then he'd hand the transport work for these purchased supplies to her as well.

Tang Ruan alone definitely couldn't handle it all, but there were quite a few female squad leaders who could stand on their own and help share the load.

Besides, with Song Yun, a professional transport squad leader, on hand, there was definitely no problem.

Just organizing the transport of goods.

A piece of cake.

Besides that, there were over 40,000 captives who needed to be transported.

The captives would be left to Su Qin.

Originally it was supposed to be Qi Yue's job, but later he'd definitely need to work with Qi Yue on making fashion items, so he'd let Su Qin handle it.

She had experience managing captives too — a perfect fit.

"No problem!"

Su Qin accepted happily.

"Here are the address and authorization info. I've also sent it to Tang Ruan's side. When you head back, mention it to her too."

Su Qin nodded: "Got it, I understand. Do you need me to stay here with you?"

Zhao Chi smiled: "No need. This isn't some dangerous place. Of course, if you want to keep chatting with Lu Yi and the others, that's up to you. Picking up captives isn't something that needs rushing."

Su Qin shook her head: "It's fine. We get together all the time anyway, and we always chat in the group. I'll head off first then. Call me back if you need anything."

"Alright."

"Oh right, one more thing. Those male captives and soldiers from our two territories — weren't you saying you wanted to sell them off? Aren't you registering them now?"

Zhao Chi shook his head:

"Not registering them for now.

"Let those slave laborers keep working for now. The new female slave laborers still need some time before they can take over production. Once the new female slave laborers can officially take over, then we can sell them off.

"Besides, the warriors on your side also need to hold the front for you first, and the new female slave warriors will also need some time before they're ready.

"After all, whether it's collars or Mystic Maiden Armor, both are in short supply right now, and the craftsmen haven't even graduated yet. No need to rush — let's take it step by step.

"Besides that.

GLOSSARY:

【Zhao Chi, Tang Ruan, Su Qin, Lu Yi, Qi Yue, Song Yun, Mystic Maiden Armor】

"Actually, you don't have to sell them at the exchange later.

"Aren't you on pretty good terms with Lu Yi, Wei Li, and the others? You can sell them at a low price to their two groups afterward.

"Yang Xiong and Geng Zhan are both beastfolk races, so your beastfolk soldiers and beastfolk slaves can be sold to them too — they'd definitely want them.

"Wei Li's race is ghoul, so she should like beastfolk as well.

"Fu Yi is the human race, so those human captives and soldiers can be sold to him.

"You decide."

Zhao Chi finished whispering it all to Su Qin in one go, then suddenly felt something seemed off.

What was off…?

It seemed his views had undergone a huge shift from before.

When he first arrived in this world, Zhao Chi had been utterly disdainful of the slave system.

He had already resolved then that once he became a lord, slaves would absolutely never appear in his territory!

Absolutely no slave laborers!

And there would absolutely never be any forcing of captives to be converted into slave laborers.

Right up until the moment he became a lord, that was still what he thought.

But now…

How had he already reached the point where he could dispose of such a massive number of slaves without any psychological burden at all?

After every battle, the captives he obtained were basically all converted into slave laborers.

Now, buying so many female captives wasn't for rescue at all either — he was thinking of bringing them back to be turned into female slave laborers too.

Holy crap…

Did I really change this fast?

Su Qin, unaware of Zhao Chi's inner turmoil, simply nodded obediently: "Mm, got it. Then I'll go bring the new female slaves back first."

"…Okay."

Zhao Chi watched Su Qin, slightly lost in thought.

Su Qin gave Zhao Chi a sweet smile, then vanished.

Zhao Chi continued mulling over what had just happened.

Having undergone this kind of change, it probably doesn't count as gradually sinking and turning bad, right?

No.

Definitely not.

Zhao Chi thought over his own actions once more.

First of all, he was certain he had never abused any slaves.