I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 61 Slave Trade
"Your Majesty, then, at what price do you want to sell those prisoners of war?"

As soon as this question came up, other businessmen involuntarily pricked up their ears and listened seriously.Seeing their appearance, Antigonus smiled slightly, but did not answer, but asked instead: "Mr. Herophilos, please tell me the market price in the slave market first."

"The price of a healthy man fluctuates from 5 to 15 drachmas depending on their age, and the price of a healthy woman fluctuates from 3 to 12 drachmas depending on their age. Generally speaking, babies and the elderly are not wanted Yes, so the price is the lowest, as long as one or two drachmas can be bought."

Hearing this, Antigonus nodded, and with a plan in mind, he said, "I won't take advantage of you either, just sell those prisoners of war at your market price, and give you free gifts for children and old people among them. that's all."

"..."

The merchants peeked at each other. They really wanted to say that they didn’t want this gift. Generally speaking, those children and the elderly would not buy it. It would be a waste of food in their hands, but the merchants didn’t dare to say no. For fear of offending the young king.

Antigonus didn't care what they thought. He knew what would happen to those old people and children, but he didn't want to care about it. Although he still had a sense of respecting the old and caring for the young, the targets were barbarians. There is no need for respecting the old and loving the young. They are enemies anyway, and he will not know the Holy Mother to such an extent.

After the price was finalized, Antigon was in a good mood, and he got up and led them to the prisoner-of-war camp to see the goods.

The prisoner-of-war camp was built not far from the Macedonian army camp. Thousands of people were stationed here to guard the prisoners of war. In order to prevent them from escaping, a trench three meters deep and three meters wide was dug around the camp wall, which was filled with The sharp wooden stakes make it impossible to jump out, so you can only walk through the main entrance, but the main entrance has already been heavily staffed, so there is no chance at all.

Although this was only a temporary prisoner-of-war camp, Antigonus still paid attention to the sanitation of the camp. He asked the slaves to dig several excrement pits in the camp, and stipulated that the toilet must be done here, otherwise they would be severely punished. penalty.At first, there were some people who didn't think so, and still went their own way, but after their bodies were crucified, no one dared to disobey Antigonus' rules—they didn't want to die because of going to the toilet.

Normally, these prisoners of war are not kept in the camp all day long, they are forced by the Macedonian soldiers to enter the nearby woods, use the most crude tools to cut down trees, and expand and consolidate on the basis of the camp of the Macedonian army. According to Ke's idea, there will be two uses here in the future, one is to become a garrison stronghold for the Macedonian army, and the other is to become a new town.

There are many examples of the evolution from a military station to a town. In history, most of the military bases built by the Romans in the Gaul region eventually became prosperous towns. Unfortunately, most of them were moved south during the wave of national migration. The barbarians destroyed it, and only a small part survived to modern times.

Cough, far away.

Under the guidance of Antigonus, a group of people directly entered the prisoner-of-war camp. Just after entering, the merchants were shocked by the scene in front of them. In their sight, a large group of barbarian prisoners of war crowded in the camp. Dirty, many people don't even have clothes, showing their strong muscles.The women and children were held separately in another area, which was guarded by heavily armed Macedonian heavy infantry, preventing barbarian men from breaking in and doing unspeakable things.

In order to ensure safety, Antigonus did not bring them close to the prisoners of war, but stood far away, pointed at the group of people, and said: "These are the captured barbarians, they are all in good shape, very suitable for fighting Some physical work."

After hearing what Antigon said, the merchants did not answer. They all looked at the listless prisoners of war, nodding their heads from time to time to express their affirmation. Antigon did not bother them, but stepped back silently, and The captain of the guard, Agnes, called.

After Agnes came over, Antigonus asked him directly: "How is the immigration situation?"

Agnes did not expect that Antigonus, who was still accompanying the slave traders, would suddenly ask this question. He was obviously taken aback, but he quickly reacted and replied: "The chief clerical officer reported that the immigration team has left Thermopylae. Find suitable places to build settlements."

"In this way, let them not be in a hurry, let Hephaestion bring some immigrants here first, and build a town on the basis of our military camp."

"What?" Agnes was a little puzzled, not understanding what Antigonus meant.

Seeing his appearance, Antigonus explained: "In the past few days, I have expanded and consolidated the slaves on the basis of the military camp, just to allow the immigrants to live here directly. I am going to let them use the military camp as the base. , built the first semi-militarized town in the Tantonong Territory."

"Understood." Agnes nodded, but he was still a little puzzled: "But Your Majesty, are you not worried that they will be attacked by barbarians when they settle here?"

"Of course I will leave a part of the army stationed here." Antigonus said, "I thought about it, this area is rich in resources, and there is a stream nearby to solve the water problem, so why not let the immigrants come here directly What about settlement? There just happened to be another ready-made camp to live in."

Hearing this, Agnes understood what he meant, so he didn't continue to ask any further questions. He saluted him and left in a hurry, planning to send someone to convey the king's opinion to Hephaestion, the chief clerk.

At this moment, the slave traders finally finished their observation, and they walked up to Antigonus together, saying, "Your Majesty, these prisoners of war are of very good quality, and we are willing to buy as much as possible."

"Very good." Antigonus nodded, approving: "You have made a wise decision."

"However." He changed the subject, "I don't think all the more than 9000 prisoners of war will be sold to you, because new immigrants will come here to settle here soon, and I will leave some prisoners of war to help them settle down as soon as possible. "

Antigonus's sudden change of mind did not arouse the dissatisfaction of those merchants. It was impossible for them to swallow these more than 9000 prisoners of war at one time, and their interests would not be damaged, so they had no objections.

So, they quickly signed an agreement to finalize these large deals.

　It's the last day of this month, and I finally ask for a wave of rewards and book reviews
　　
　
(End of this chapter)