Chapter 295: All Secured!

The subsequent transaction proceeded smoothly!

Five night-light pearls, each the size of a chicken egg, were priced at fifty gold coins apiece according to market rates.

Several dozen lychee-sized ones were five gold coins each.

Three hundred longan-sized ones were one gold coin each.

Finally, the total price of the night-light pearls added up to seven hundred gold coins.

This meant Gervas only needed to put out another three hundred-plus gold coins to buy this second batch of sin slaves.

Of course, this included the cavalry equipment.

With the auction of the two batches of sin slaves concluded, the banquet resumed.

Gervas had no time to continue attending, as he needed to go inspect the knight equipment.

"My Lord Gervas, how is it?"

"Not bad! Indeed, there is no significant wear!"

"That is certain, Viscount Gervas. We of Hou Jue Castle repair or replace these knight equipments regularly every year, so there absolutely cannot be any defective products!"

Inside Hou Jue Castle's warehouse, all two hundred sets of armor had been inspected.

They were all at least eighty percent new.

Moreover, they were the original equipment of those cavalrymen; because they matched the cavalrymen, they could maximize their combat power.

"By the way, Viscount Gervas, I wonder if those warhorses are needed as well?"

The castle steward no longer treated Gervas as an ordinary count.

At this moment, in his mind, just like the guests, he regarded Gervas as a scion of some duke's family.

Although the kingdom had no duke or marquis families with the surname Violet, no one said that the bloodline of a duke or marquis family could not use other surnames.

For instance, an illegitimate child might use the surname of another family.

Such things had happened quite a few times in the kingdom before.

Because many duke's sons were promiscuous in their youth and harmed many noble Young Ladies.

Precisely because the social gap between the two sides was too great, marriage was impossible.

The duke's son returned to his family, married a wife of equal status, and then inherited the family title.

And that noble Young Lady, who had previously had a relationship with him, could originally have remarried.

But she happened to discover she was pregnant with his child.

Since the other party had already completed the political marriage and were all beyond her ability to provoke, the Young Lady of a minor noble family could only endure it silently.

Until several years later...

All in all, art originates from life.

This young lord before him, with his extraordinary temperament and depth, was very likely such a case.

"Two hundred warhorses, two thousand gold coins, is that right?"

"Yes, My Lord Gervas!"

"Could you assign a few horse grooms to me? After all, taking back so many warhorses at once, I worry my manpower will be insufficient to care for them!"

"No problem. If My Lord Gervas purchases the warhorses, then correspondingly, we of Hou Jue Castle can give all these warhorse grooms to you as well!"

"Good! Steward, you are straightforward. Then I will buy the families of the cavalrymen as well..."

Afterwards, Gervas first took the sin slaves to personally inspect the warhorses; confirming they were their original mounts, he directly settled the transaction with two thousand two hundred gold coins.

Of course, this time Gervas used real gold coins.

The night-light pearls worth seven hundred gold coins were already conspicuous enough.

If he brought out a large batch of night-light pearls today, it would absolutely attract unnecessary extra attention.

"I think you already know the current situation. I, Gervas Gale, am your new master from now on!"

"Remember, my territory is in Storm Territory. Did you hear clearly?"

The group of cavalrymen raised their heads slightly, quickly glanced at Gervas, then lowered their heads again. "We heard clearly!"

Obviously, the spirit and energy of the cavalrymen had been drained.

After purchasing them, to make them rally again, one must either display power or bestow grace.

And if they were ordinary serfs, Gervas would definitely start by giving them a few big sticks.

Scolding them a few times, asking if they hadn't eaten, making them answer again.

Then later, give them a few sweet dates.

But these were well-trained cavalrymen who were about to be entrusted with important tasks, so Gervas did not scold them.

Just then, crying, sobbing, and shouting suddenly came from within the city gate behind.

At this moment, Gervas and the others were already outside the side mountain road gate of Darwin Hou Jue Castle.

This led directly to the wilderness outside the city at the foot of the mountain.

The reason for leaving the castle early was naturally to re-arm these sin slaves.

Otherwise, inside the castle, as long as Darwin Hou Jue was not stupid, he would not dare to let two hundred well-trained cavalrymen re-arm.

The creaking sound of the city gate opening came, moving about one meter before stopping.

"Hurry up and come out! Don't dawdle!"

The next moment, scolding sounds came from within the gate passage, followed by a group of ragged, weeping women and children being driven out by dozens of fully armed guards.

These women and children included both the old and the young, numbering around seven or eight hundred.

"Kardin!"

"Leah!"

"Father!"

"Joke!"

"Everyone be quiet and don't move!"

The knights, whose souls had originally been drained, saw these women and children and instantly grew agitated, staring straight at them, nearly unable to resist rushing forward.

The women and children felt the same.

Fortunately, the Darwin Castle guards who had just exited the castle hurriedly shouted to suppress them, thus intimidating the crowd.

Then, this guard ran over to Gervas, respectfully saying, "My lord Gervas, these people are the families of the criminal slaves, a total of seven hundred and eighty-three!"

"Their luggage is already at the city gate downstairs! Loaded onto thirty carriages purchased from Steward Xiang!"

"Good!" Gervas nodded and signaled to Evelan.

Immediately, dozens of copper coins were handed over by Evelan.

"Thank you, my lord Gervas, for your generosity! Then I will first go back to close the main gate; when your lordship wishes to enter later, just call for me!"

The guard left, leaving only this group of women and children.

"Seeing your own wives and children, I think you should understand what is happening!"

"Now I ask you, do you want to live a good life again? Do you want your wives and children to be free from suffering?"

The cavalrymen trembled, and in the next instant, they all knelt down with a thud.

"Master, we do! We beg you to have pity on us!"

Immediately, the cavalrymen's heads knocked against the ground with a bang, bang, because they were truly kowtowing.

Before long, almost everyone's forehead was bleeding.

"Stop!"

Gervas called out to stop everyone, and only then did the knights all stop, each looking at Gervas with pleading eyes.

Gervas stepped forward a few paces and immediately helped up the two nearest cavalrymen, "Everyone else, stand up as well!"

Hearing Gervas's words, the cavalrymen rose one by one.

"Each of you cost me at least five gold coins, and your families cost one gold coin each as well!"

"And I, Gervas, did not buy you to treat you as slaves, nor to treat you as cannon fodder!"

"Moreover, I know that the hardships you suffered, none of this was something you could decide for yourselves!"

"Therefore, I am willing to show you mercy, and I am willing to give you a chance!"

"From now on, you will follow me back to my territory; I will take care of your families and let you live a stable life again!"

"And you, you only need to give me your loyalty and fight for me!"

"Now tell me, are you willing?"

"We are willing, Master!" This time, the cavalrymen answered almost with a shout.

Gervas was very satisfied, knowing that the morale of this group of cavalrymen was now usable.

"Very good, since you are all willing, then from now on, you no longer need to call me Master, but My Lord!"

"Yes, My Lord!"