Chapter 684: Slave Auction (3)

Another point is the Sulfur Land; the last time we discussed going to the Sishia Tribe, the people of the Sishia Tribe had already suffered losses, yet the Suiren clan still had no intention of attacking the Sulfur Land. The Sishia had also already discovered that mining sulfur might have some effect on their bodies; otherwise, why would the people of their entire tribe be dying or falling ill, and now even he himself feels he has completely lost most of his strength, such that even if given the best Weapon, he would be unable to kill an enemy.

The people of Huaxia already fully know the situation of the Sishia Tribe; it is difficult for them to continue mining sulfur, not to mention that every time they go over, the amount of sulfur mined has appeared to decrease, and their people likely cannot live much longer.

Given that the Sulfur Land is currently still in a safe state, after they reported to Baifeng, Baifeng decided to completely abandon the Sishia Tribe and switch to using his own people to mine sulfur; of course, the main laborers must still be Slaves, and only those in management will be people of Huaxia.

This matter is also relatively dangerous, but the number of Slaves is also relatively large, so there must be a sufficient number of Soldiers to keep watch.

Therefore, Baifeng's idea is to have the Soldiers take turns going over, and each time the duration must not be too long; when mining, they do not go to the Liuhuangdi, but only stay stationed at the camp. As long as they keep the grain guarded well, then for the sake of survival, the Slaves can only obediently listen; if they want to escape, let them, and see if they can escape the Liuhuangdi and find food.

Returning to the auction, many Slaves have already found a place to belong, and now these are the ones of the best quality, which are also the Slaves most needed by wealthy families.

Zhigui held the list and announced loudly: "The first to be auctioned is a team of five Slave cooks. These five people all have culinary skills that pass muster; they were taught by the Royal Family's cooks and have passed the assessment, so their culinary skills are very good."

A total of four hundred and fifty such Slaves were cultivated.

Now, we will first auction them according to the model of a team of five; those with larger households can buy such a group directly, and the dietary problems of the whole family can be solved by them.

If there are fewer people in the family, there will be other teams of three or individual Slaves auctioned later, which can all satisfy everyone's needs.

Alright, now let's auction the first team; they are two men and three women, the minimum price is five hundred jin of grain, each bid increment must not be less than twenty jin, the highest bidder wins, alright, let's begin now!"

Zhigui gave the order, and two Soldiers brought those five Slaves onto the stage; although they cannot demonstrate their culinary skills on the spot right now, they can let the buyers see their appearance and such, after all, looking pleasing to the eye is also one of the reasons for a buyer to purchase.

When those Slaves saw more and more vehicles in the wilderness using oxen as transport power, they were already terrified; they had already used vehicles many times, after all, pulling carts and using vehicles were also part of their training content, and in Huaxia, one truly cannot do without vehicles.

They had seen oxen, but they had never seen a tribe that could make oxen pull vehicles. Some people in the Jiangshui Tribe knew that Huaxia had domesticated oxen, but it was not something people like them would know, so they were even more astonished now.

Now seeing so many people wearing gorgeous clothes and having strong bodies, as well as the women with beautiful things worn on their heads, they knew these were definitely the most powerful people in Huaxia.

And the one in the very center, who looked incredibly powerful, must be the Tribal Chief of Huaxia, which is the King in their words; however, looking at it this way, it really fits their impression of a Tribal Chief of such a large tribe. By comparison, Yinyang and the like are nothing at all, not even comparable to the Soldiers currently guarding them.

They also knew that now was the time to decide their fate; although they were very afraid, before getting on this high platform, those instructors had already told them to lift their heads, straighten their waists, and display themselves well, so that they could fetch the best price, go to the best families, and live a better life.

After Zhigui called out the price, the people below were still not clear enough about the specific rules. They were very interested in these few cooks; the fact that Baifeng sent his own people to teach them was not a secret among these people, so they trusted the quality of these Slaves very much, but no one made the first bid, and everyone found it hard to speak up.

Baifeng saw that the scene was a bit silent and Zhigui was also a bit flustered; he had not expected it to be like this, so Baifeng took the lead and raised his hand: "Everyone seems embarrassed to call out a price, so I will start it off for you. Of course, my house is not short of cooks, you just keep calling; I am just livening up the atmosphere and will not really compete with you."

So Baifeng symbolically called out: "Five hundred and twenty jin."

Zhigui instantly breathed a sigh of relief; with the King saving the situation, this meeting could continue, so he hurriedly said: "Our King has increased the price by twenty jin, this is the highest price now. The King does not want to compete with you, those of you who want cooks, feel free to bid, the minimum increase is twenty, you can add one hundred or two hundred, come, continue!"

Yu was also one of the planners of this event; he naturally understood the rules, but his own family did not have many people. He used to be a loner living in a huge, empty house; now he had just married a wife, his wife's due date was approaching, and Sui was also planning to marry a second woman to him.

He naturally would not object, so Yu, who had already foreseen that there would be more and more people in his family, also felt that he needed more Slaves. Although five was a bit much for him, he had too much grain in his house and too much land, which he could not finish using, so it was better to hand it over to the National Treasury in this way.

So he was the second to raise his hand: "Five hundred and forty!"

Zhigui looked at Yu excitedly; now there was absolutely no possibility of the failed auction the King mentioned, and at worst, it could be sold to Yu at this price, so he hurriedly said: "Alright, Yu bids five hundred and forty, is there anyone else who wants to increase the price?"

With these two moves, everyone understood the rules, so others called out prices afterward, and the value of these five Slaves also rose. The Slaves also understood that their value was constantly rising; they did not expect that they could be worth so much grain, no longer like the days when a bag of grain could exchange for a dozen of them, so they proudly straightened their backs even more.

Finally, after several rounds of bidding, Yu got his wish and auctioned these five Slaves at the price of seven hundred jin flat. Mainly, others also knew that there were still many Slaves and were not in a hurry for this moment; since Yu wanted them, they certainly could not compete. A moderate price increase was also giving the King face; how could they not know what Baifeng meant by doing this, but they all agreed with Baifeng's approach, which could be considered a win-win.