The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

"You only give 7 gold coins for a level 100 orc, are you kidding me?

When we bought orc slaves from you, none of them cost less than 500 gold coins. Buying low and selling high is not your way of buying, right?"

Wei Yihong was extremely furious. Most of the slave traders in front of him were brought by him.

Although they were the ones who quoted the price, but by quoting such an outrageous price, wouldn't Wei Yihong have to follow these people and leave a bad impression in Xu Lai's mind?
Sure enough, Xu Lai on the side also frowned. He expected that these high-level orc slaves would be difficult to sell, but he did not expect these people to offer such an exaggerated price.

"Minister Wei, you don't do this kind of business, so you don't understand.

The higher the rank of a slave, the higher its price.

Let’s not talk about profits, let’s talk about the cost first. The bulk of the cost of slaves is not the slaves themselves, but the training and management of the slaves.

For orc berserkers like these, I would need to hire at least a few more high-level mercenaries to keep an eye on them.

However, although such high-level orcs are slightly stronger than ordinary orcs, their work efficiency is not much improved.

For most slave owners, the cost-effectiveness is not high, so naturally they cannot be sold at a high price.

Moreover, the higher the level of these orcs, the bigger their appetites. Every extra day they stay in my hands will increase countless costs.

In addition, the difficulty of transportation has increased. I also need to upgrade the handcuffs and shackles, and I need to hire a more advanced slave trainer.

Just because you can’t see these hidden costs doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”

The slave traders' complaints had some truth to them, but Xu Lai and Wei Yihong both knew that this was just a bargaining tactic.

Wei Yihong snorted coldly and said, "Haha, when you sold the slaves to us, you sold them according to their ranks.

I remember that you offered more than 7 gold coins for a level orc sword dancer.

We are selling for over 1 gold coins, but you are only charging us 100 gold coins. Do you really think we are your scapegoats?"

Xu Lai really didn't know about the matter of more than 10,000 gold coins. As a leader, it was impossible for him to care about everything.

This task was assigned to Wei Yihong and others. Xu Lai only needed to know how much the slaves they bought cost.

As for the sword dancer worth more than 10,000 gold coins, it was rejected by Wei Yihong and would not be purchased at all, so Xu Lai naturally had no way of knowing about it.

Hearing this, Xu Lai couldn't help but frown. He didn't know how much the ten thousand yuan was. Even if he calculated it as fifteen thousand, it would still be a huge profit of 150 times.

With such huge profits, this guy no longer wanted to do business with him, but was looking for an excuse to rob him.

"Ahem, how could that be, we are just doing business.

Well, you still have some level 4 and 5 wolf riders, so give them to me along with their mounts. As for these orcs above level 7, I can give you 200 gold coins each.

You can't not give me any profit, I have a lot of people to feed."

These wolf riders were captured by Lina, Yan Feng and others later.

They had wolves and dire wolves to ride, which greatly saved their energy and allowed them to run farther without being harmed by the Doomsday Judgment.

Wei Yihong glanced at Xu Lai, and seeing that he didn't speak, he asked again:
"What's your price for these wolf riders?"

"500 gold coins, how about that? This price is not low."

Wei Yihong wanted to bargain, but Xu Lai waved his hand and interrupted him:

“Old Wei, stop talking, kick this guy out, and permanently ban them from entering my territory.

By the way, inform the entire grassland of my intention and tell everyone on the grassland that no one is allowed to trade with this guy or the caravan he is in.

If anyone violates this, the violator and his family will have all their property confiscated and will be permanently expelled from my territory.

If someone knows about it but does not report it, they will also be punished in the same way.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Roland waved his hand, and Naaru, who had been promoted to a brave knight, took two great knights and lifted up the guy.

"No, you can't do this to me, don't forget, you invited me here.

Besides, you are just a mere baron who got the upper hand by chance. Do you really think you are the king of the grassland?"

With a slap, Naaru slapped the slave trader directly in the face.

"Shut up. If you dare to say another word of nonsense, I will cut off your tongue."

Although Naru has always adhered to the spirit of chivalry, he should not forget where he grew up.

Having grown up in a den of horse bandits, if he becomes vicious, there are really few people under Xu Lai who can compare to him.

Stared at by Naaru's fierce eyes, the slave trader immediately shut his mouth.

But since he had spoken, Xu Lai would not allow him to slander his reputation.

"Wait, since you have raised the question, I will give you a good answer.

First of all, it was indeed us who invited you here, so I tolerated your offense this time.

Getting you out of the city safely is the greatest tolerance I can show you.

Secondly, you are right, I am not the king of the grassland, and I have never thought of becoming the king of the grassland. "

Having said this, Xu Lai deliberately paused, and everyone below the stairs were indeed stunned for a moment.

Then, Xu Lai continued: "But no matter if I am the grassland king or not, you just need to remember that you will never be welcome in my territory.

Since you provided us with orc slaves before and helped me, I'm giving you a friendly reminder.

No matter where you go to do business in the future, be careful. If that place is my territory, you will be caught and hanged by the guards. "

Xu Lai's voice was not loud, but in this extremely quiet hall, everyone could hear it clearly.

Xu Lai made it very clear that he did not want to be the king of the grassland, but the meaning of his words was also very clear that his territory in the future should not be limited to the grassland.

If we combine these two sentences, does it mean that Xu Lai's ambition is no longer something that the grassland can accommodate?

In fact, Xu Lai didn't have much ambition. If possible, he really just wanted to live in peace in a corner.

But ideas are just ideas. At this point, Xu Lai is very clear that if he insists on living in seclusion, he will only be seeking his own death.

The grassland is much better than the wilderness, both in terms of resources and field buildings for recruiting soldiers.

I dare not say that compared with the entire wilderness, including those that require tribute from the dungeon, the difference should not be that big.

But his little wealth could not be compared with the vast resources of the empire.

The empire occupied the most fertile land in the entire world, otherwise it would not have been always remembered by people.

The hero who unified the empire in the future will never be let go, no matter whether it is other humans or demons from hell.

It can be said that once he is content with the status quo, if he fails to handle any major war well in the future, he will be beaten back to the time before liberation.

As for making him surrender, sorry, although he has only been the leader for a short time, he has already gotten used to this feeling.

It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Once you've been the boss for a long time, it's impossible to go back to having to look at other people's faces.

After saying this, Xu Lai waved his hand.

Naru changed his ugly expression, and excitedly picked up the slave trader and threw him out the door. Xu Lai had a more far-reaching idea, which was undoubtedly great news for them.

As the leader, the higher Xu Lai climbs, the more his followers can follow him up the stairs.

Otherwise, if Xu Lai, the leader, does not move, how can they, as followers and subordinates, climb up?

Either he always stayed at a lower level than Xu Lai, or he had to find a way to surpass Xu Lai, which meant betrayal.

Naru would rather be an ordinary knight forever than betray Xu Lai, as he was born as Xu Lai's personal knight.

After throwing away the slave trader, Naru clapped his hands and said:

“If I were you, I would take the teleportation array and leave right now, and run away before the people in Qingfeng City have time to react.

Otherwise, if the news reaches Qingfeng City, I can guarantee that none of you and your caravan will be able to walk out of Qingfeng City alive.

Whether they are mercenaries or civilians, they are all the most fanatical admirers of our lord.

If they knew that you dared to come to our lord and blackmail him today, they would skin you alive and eat you alive.

If I were you, I would run away quickly to avoid bringing trouble to our lord's reputation."

The slave trader came from Qingfeng City. He didn't dare to say much about the actual situation there because he didn't stay there for long.

But he still knew some of the policies implemented by Xu Lai.

Tax reductions, kindergartens, martyrs' cemeteries, removal of all kinds of taxes, even the head tax and city entry tax were waived.

It was precisely because of his understanding that he had the courage to ask for such a high price.

Because he knew that no matter how angry Xu Lai was, he would never kill him.

Anyway, he was in the slave business, and Qingfeng City did not allow the use of slaves.

Moreover, in other places, it is just symbolic talk, only Qingfeng City is enforcing this law from top to bottom.

That's why he asked for a high price. If he failed, he would not lose anything, but if he succeeded, he would make a fortune.

Likewise, he knew very well that what Naru said was true.

Once the news here reaches Qingfeng City, those fanatics in Qingfeng City might really eat him alive.

For Xu Lai's reputation, Naru gave him a reminder, but those in Qingfeng City were just ordinary people and had little knowledge at all.

Thinking of this, the slave trader didn't bother to talk nonsense, and quickly got up and crawled towards the teleportation array.

Naru snorted coldly, turned around and went back to the hall, just in time to hear Xu Lai, who was sitting high up in the main seat, speak again.

“Gentlemen, I have nothing against businessmen, but to be honest, I don’t have anything good to say about them either.

There is nothing wrong with you buying low and selling high to make a profit.

However, can a price a hundred times higher still be considered normal commodity circulation? Isn't this really just robbery in front of my eyes?

If you continue to make an offer like the merchant did before, I advise you to keep your mouth shut.

Otherwise, none of us will be able to save face at that time."

Xu Lai called these businessmen together so that they would bid against each other and avoid being at a disadvantage.

On the other hand, the shipment volume this time is extremely large, and Xu Lai does not have the time to talk to and contact each one of them one by one.

If everything was handed over to Wei Yihong, he might not dare to make the final decision, after all, it involved the corpses of nearly 3000 behemoths.

Who would have thought that by gathering these businessmen together, Xu Lai actually gave them space to make joint bids.

Several slave traders discussed it quietly and unexpectedly unanimously gave such a ridiculous price.

The slave traders gave one hundred or two hundred gold coins, indeed they wanted to make a fortune.

But looking at the current situation, even if the offer is raised to 500 or 600 gold coins, Xu Lai will not be satisfied.

If we approach those orcs, the lowest of which is level 4, and ask them to sell at this price, they will never agree.

However, these orcs are indeed dangerous. They are not heroes and cannot add specialization effects to hired mercenaries.

Therefore, even with equipment such as shackles, it would be considered good if a mercenary could keep an eye on two or three orcs.

The costs of transportation, security, food and accommodation are indeed extremely high.

The key is the final sales channel. If Xu Lai only sells a few, they will be able to contact buyers who like to explore new things.

Or there may be buyers with more financial resources who buy these orcs to use as fighters or guards.

This kind of thing can be sold at a high price, but the problem is that there is not much demand for it.

Xu Lai brought out several thousand high-level orcs in one go, but they were not easy to deal with and it would probably take a long time to deal with them.

Therefore, in order to control costs, they are unlikely and unwilling to raise the price above 1000 gold coins.

Since the price quoted will definitely not satisfy Xu Lai, it would be better not to say anything.

Otherwise, as soon as he opened his mouth, he would make Xu Lai angry again, just like the man before. If he was not allowed to do business in his territory, he would suffer a huge loss.

Among the relatively peaceful places nowadays, apart from the Southern Empire and the Northern Empire which have just stabilized, the grassland is the place where it is easier to do business.

Moreover, these businessmen are relatively optimistic about Xu Lai, and most of them think that Xu Lai's territory in the future should not be limited to this.

This is a huge business territory, and as businessmen, they are certainly not willing to give up easily.

With the example of the merchant who was driven away, most of the other merchants quoted a more realistic price.

For example, if Behemoth's pair of claws were used to make armor-piercing arrows, they could produce at least several thousand arrowheads of excellent quality.

Although a top-quality arrow is not entirely composed of the arrowhead, the majority of the cost must be the arrowhead, followed by the tail feathers, arrow shaft and other parts.

Ordinary armor-piercing arrows are not cheap, but armor-piercing arrows made with Behemoth Claws have a chance to ignore more than 50% of defense.

The quality was instantly improved by an unknown amount. One Behemoth armor-piercing arrow was at least equivalent to ten ordinary armor-piercing arrows.

Thousands of these armor-piercing arrows are definitely worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

After deducting the costs of workers' wages, arrow shafts, tail feathers, etc., the price of 1500 gold coins given by Behemoth Claws is considered quite reasonable.

Sitting high on the throne, Xu Lai personally signed contract after contract, and received a lot of gold coins.

But none of the more than 10,000 orcs were willing to continue bidding.

Tahan Yanfeng and others were still capturing orcs outside. Not only near Pingfeng Mountains, but also other places were full of fleeing orcs.

Before the returning people arrive, all these orcs must be captured, and by then the number of orcs imprisoned in Stone City will increase.

At today's trade fair, Xu Lai not only sold a lot of supplies, but also bought a large amount of food.

Thanks to the sea merchants in the south, rice can be sold at the price of gold.

Therefore, the food consumed by the orcs is a small matter. The key is that Xu Lai does not have enough manpower and energy to keep watching them. (End of this chapter)