Chapter 251: Transaction
Su Lun quickly collected a large amount of materials. His bloodline ability had reached the seventh level, and it was very simple to use it to collect materials.
The valley where he was was large enough. After he cleared a piece of open space, he soon encountered obstacles.
There was a lake in the valley as a water source, and many monsters gathered here.
"What should we do with these monsters?" Sina asked, looking at the group of monsters in front of her.
In front of her was a group of herbivorous monsters that looked a bit like goats.
Su Lun took a look. Although these goat-like creatures were docile herbivores, they were monsters after all, which were dangerous.
He thought for a while and said, "Drive them aside first, and decide how to deal with the monsters in the valley after the castle is built."
After he said that, he continued to build his own castle.
Su Lun needed to develop. Any creature in this world could be an important resource. Although he had obtained most of the information about the high elves, these information were not detailed enough for him.
He needed to use scientific methods to record every species and material in detail and comprehensively develop the technology of this world.
He could kill these creatures at any time, but these creatures could also be raised as livestock to provide food sources for future cities.
Sina gave up the idea of killing these creatures after hearing this. She was a noble high elf, but they were not kind. It was impossible for them to be merciful when they saw ordinary creatures.
Su Lun basically cut the entire valley into a plain. He began to plan his castle. The castle had to meet his scientific research purposes and take into account defense capabilities.
He divided the castle into the periphery and the interior. The periphery was the entrance to the valley. In the future, outsiders who were willing to surrender would live in the periphery. The interior was the core area, which included various types of laboratories. At the center was a high tower. The tower was designed to be twice as high as the surrounding mountains. It was easy to observe the changes in the surroundings and could continue to increase the height as needed.
After determining the planning of the castle, Su Lun immediately began to build it according to his own ideas.
The castle was composed of a large amount of rocks and wood. There were no industrial products in this world, and he did not have the blood ability to increase the strength of items. He could only build it with rocks and wood.
Because there was a lack of industrial products to build the castle, he could only use the nearby viscous mud and sand as an adhesive. As long as the castle was designed reasonably, there was no problem with using this adhesive.
But they soon encountered a big problem.
"Hey! You don't really want to build a castle with your own hands, do you?" Sina complained.
She had done a lot of hard work, such as patrolling or fighting monsters, but she had never done this kind of repetitive labor.
Su Lun and his abilities can be used to kill people, but to build a castle with stones and wood here, he can only rely on his hands slowly. He does not have a blood ability similar to telekinesis.
Sina suggested: "Anyway, the lives of people on the Howling Coast are worthless. You can go to the kings around to buy a group of slaves to help build the castle."
Among the high elves, there are a large number of elves with telekinesis. The blood ability of these elves can easily build a city, and they never have to think about the problem of building a city.
But now they don't have high elves with telekinesis around them. Sina knows that humans often hire slaves to do this kind of thing, so she proposed this.
Su Lun also sighed when he heard this. He didn't want to buy slaves, but human development started from the most primitive and bloody slavery. Slaves are the foundation of human primitive development.
He could also use commercial means to hire ordinary people to build the castle, but slaves are cheaper than ordinary people. More importantly, residents with normal lives may not be willing to come to such a remote place. Only slaves can come here.
"Then go to the nearest kingdom. There is often famine nearby, so there should be a lot of slaves."
After Su Lun finished speaking, he immediately called the giant eagle over, which could be used as a means of transportation.
Before going over, Su Lun said to Sina: "Should you change your dress?"
Sina still looks like a high elf. Whether it is wool or clothing, her pointed ears can be seen as a high elf at a glance, and the characteristic clothes on her body are the same.
This kind of dress is of course no problem in the elf city, but it will only cause panic in the backward human kingdom.
Sina was stunned when she heard this. She took off the headband on her head and let her long flowing hair fall down.
Because she often had to fight, she always tied her hair that was in the way on her head.
She covered her ears with her long hair. From the outside, she looked similar to human women, but her skin was whiter and more beautiful than that of human women.
She said, "This should be fine, but I don't have human clothes."
Sina was about to continue, she found Su Lun staring at her face, and her face suddenly turned red.
"What are you looking at?" She blushed and said, even her voice became much softer.
Su Lun smiled and said, "To be honest, you look much better like this than before as a savage."
In terms of appearance, humans are not as good as high elves. This is not because of race, but because high elves basically have elf blood. Strong blood not only brings strong strength, but also brings handsome appearance. Humans with strong blood are also very beautiful.
It's just that the number of humans with blood is not as many as high elves, so the overall appearance is a little worse than that of high elves.
Xina was very angry when she heard this, and immediately said angrily: "Who do you say is a savage?"
Su Lun ignored her and took out a set of noble clothes from the space crystal and threw it over. Some noble clothes can be worn by both men and women, so there is no problem wearing them.
He asked the giant eagle to take off and head for the nearest human kingdom.
Xina was very angry, pouted, and a ball of light enveloped her. She quickly changed into the noble clothes provided by Su Lun.
When she walked out of the light, she looked no different from a human. Her skin was white and rosy, and she had long flowing black hair. With the gorgeous clothes of the nobles on her body, she looked like a princess of a big kingdom.
Only her eyes were slightly different from those of humans, but ordinary people should not be able to see this.
Su Lun nodded slightly. He was also wearing noble clothes. They just wanted to disguise themselves as nobles.
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Soon after, Su Lun rode the giant eagle to a human kingdom. This human kingdom was built on a wasteland. Except for the noble castles, which were still clean, the houses of ordinary residents were very dilapidated. Many places still lived in simple tents, and it seemed that they had just experienced a war.
Su Lun's arrival immediately attracted the attention of the residents in the kingdom, and soon someone shouted to report to the kingdom castle.
He also controlled the giant eagle to land on the open space outside the castle.
As soon as they landed, a group of soldiers surrounded them. These soldiers were wearing worn-out leather armor, and only the top of the spear in their hands was made of metal. They didn't look very strong.
Although the soldiers surrounded them, they didn't dare to get close. The giant eagle next to Su Lun could scare them half to death.
One of the soldiers said something loudly, but Su Lun had never heard of this language, so he didn't reply.
He was waiting for people from the kingdom to come out. There must be people in this kingdom who understand the common language of the continent.
Soon, a man who looked like a steward led a team of more elite troops out of the castle. The steward looked a little fat. After he saw Su Lun's noble clothes and the giant eagle next to him, he knew that Su Lun was not easy to mess with.
He asked the soldiers around to disperse and said respectfully to Su Lun and the others, "The Kingdom of Liska welcomes the two adults."
After he finished speaking, he saw that Su Lun had no reaction, and found that Su Lun's appearance was different from theirs, so he guessed that Su Lun came from a faraway place.
So he repeated what he had just said in the common language of the continent.
Su Lun saw that this person knew the common language of the continent, so he said, "Where is your king?"
The steward glanced at the castle behind him, and he immediately turned his head and said, "The king is ill and is not suitable to meet guests. If you have any instructions, just come to me directly."
He didn't know Su Lun's origins, but guessed that Su Lun must be a nobleman. Although Su Lun didn't serve in the army, he didn't dare to neglect any nobleman because of this.
Su Lun glanced at the castle wall after hearing this. Although the distance was a bit far, he could still see a man in gorgeous clothes on the wall. That man should be the king here. The man in front of him was lying.
However, he did not expose the other party's lie. It was not important to meet the king or not. Since the king did not want to see him, there was no need for him to waste time. He just came to find enough slaves.
He said: "We are nobles who came from afar. Because we are short of manpower, we want to buy some slaves from your country."
Most human countries have slave trade. The king will sell the excess population in exchange for money. Places with a lack of population also use this method to supplement soldiers, so buying slaves is very common.
The steward looked at Su Lun and Sina next to him. The woman next to him was so beautiful that people could not take their eyes off her.
Sina noticed the man's gaze and immediately glared at him fiercely, which made the other party sweat directly.
The steward immediately retracted his gaze and said immediately: "The slaves are outside, follow me."
After he said that, he took Su Lun and the other two to the residential area outside, followed by a group of soldiers.
Su Lun followed.
When they got outside, the steward pointed to a large group of disheveled humans in front and said, "They are all slaves who escaped from war or famine. As long as they have enough food, they will voluntarily become slaves. If you are willing to take all these people away, our kingdom can charge no gold coins."
The Kingdom of Liska is not short of slaves. A large number of refugees here will only cause unrest, and there is not enough food in the kingdom to feed these people. They wish someone would take them away.
Su Lun looked at the group of refugees. There were more than a hundred of them, each of them was skinny, and there were many women and children among them.
He nodded and said, "No problem, I can take all these people away."
In such a chaotic place, having food to survive is the greatest luck. No one minds being a slave in this situation. They only care about whether they can eat enough.
The steward was delighted to see this. He immediately walked up to the refugees and said loudly in the local language: "Listen carefully, this lord just needs a group of slaves. You can go to his territory."
"I remind you, don't be ungrateful. If you miss this lord, there may not be another lord with such a kind heart to take you in."
After he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other. Everyone could hear that his last sentence was a threat, so someone quickly stood up and knelt in front of Su Lun, speaking some language that Su Lun could not understand.
Although Su Lun didn't understand the language of this place, he could guess from the other party's actions that the other party had agreed.
However, he sneered at what the steward said just now. He could even speak so grandly about finding someone to be a slave. It was no wonder that the other party was able to gain the king's trust.
Su Lun signaled the refugees in front of him to stop, and he said loudly: "Who can speak the common language?"
He could learn the language of the place, but that would be a waste of time. It would be better to find someone who knew the common language.
Soon a man in tattered clothes came over. This man had a serious face and a scar on his face.
He bowed in front of Su Lun and said: "Sir, my name is Barton. I was once a messenger of the Principality of Weiss. I have been to many places, so I know some common languages."
Common Language is the language recognized by all major races in the world, but there are also some remote places where Common Language is rarely exposed, such as this roaring coast isolated by endless mountains.
Suellen nodded and said, "I can provide you with food, but you need to help me build the castle."
The man who called himself Barton heard this and felt that this condition was completely acceptable. They now have no place to live and no food. A group of people will starve to death every day. As long as there is food, they will do it.
He repeated Suellen's words to a group of refugees, who immediately agreed. All they wanted now was food.
Seeing this, Su Lun said to Xina next to him: "You take these refugees to the valley, I still need to purchase some things."
Xina understood, and she immediately asked the giant eagle to come over and carry these refugees to the valley.
Although these refugees were afraid of the giant eagle, they still endured their fear and climbed onto the back of the giant eagle.
There were so many refugees that the giant eagle could not transport them all in one go, so it had to be done again.
After the giant eagle flew away, Su Lun said to the manager next to him: "What products do you have? I still need some things."
He can't use up money for the time being, so he has to make plans for the future now.
He had stayed in his own territory for more than ten years before and had some knowledge of managing the territory, so he knew what he needed.
"To develop technology, we must have enough food, enough population, and enough resources. I hope the extraordinary power of this world can reduce some of this demand."
Su Lun thought in his mind that with the level of science and technology in this world, he was going to recreate the history of the earth's science and technology development, which would be a big project.