After a week of traveling, the large army led by Butler Henry had arrived at the north of Thorn Ridge.
The amount of goods escorted this time was far greater than last time. There were 500 slaves alone, and there were also furs, grains, daily necessities, weapons and armor, medicines, ores worth more than 2,000 gold coins. The size of the team was also smaller than last time.
Much larger.
Moreover, the mood of the slaves was relatively stable this time. After learning about Sean's policy of "gradually transforming slaves into free citizens", no one thought about escaping, and everyone began to look forward to the future.
Moreover, Sean purchased slaves on a family basis. The male-to-female ratio of slaves was not only close to 1:1, but there were even 5 elders over 50 years old.
Although these elders do not have much labor, they have rich life experience and can advise young people not to do stupid things, and even know some secret recipes passed down from their ancestors to treat diseases.
Therefore, the slaves did not cause any trouble along the way, and the escape rate and death rate were maintained at a very low level.
...
Looking at Thorn Ridge from a distance, butler Henry couldn't help but smile, feeling particularly comfortable:
"Haha, we are about to cross the Thorny Ridge! I have been exhausted these past few days!"
Lilith, the leader of the Dark Gold Rose Mercenary Group who was following behind on horseback, also showed a smile:
"It's really hard for you to still be running around outside at such an old age!"
"Alas! We servants sometimes really have no choice..."
Henry sighed:
"However, this batch of goods suffered almost no damage during transportation. I hope the master will be satisfied!"
"I think His Highness Sean will definitely be satisfied. After being a mercenary for so many years, this is the first time I have seen a slave be so obedient! And the death rate is also frighteningly low. It was almost unimaginable before!" Lilith
exclaimed.
Henry smiled and said: "Haha, after all, our master does not regard them as slaves, but as future subjects of the territory.
As long as slaves work normally, they can become free citizens in as early as half a year or as late as three to five years. With hope, the mortality rate of slaves will naturally be low."
Before Lilith could speak, a clear girlish voice suddenly came from behind her:
"I've said it before! Only a lord like His Highness Sean has such courage!"
The girl who spoke was naturally Sophia. Ever since she thought that she would see her long-lost father and His Highness Sean today, her smile had not stopped.
Hearing Sophia's words, Lilith couldn't help but curled her lips:
"Isn't it because he is rich? No other viscount is as rich as him. He has almost emptied the liquidity of the River family."
As Lilith spoke, she looked jealously at the carriage with the River family emblem engraved at the end of the team:
"That's a total of 35,000 gold coins! If it weren't for the strong gold-level men from the River Family escorting it, I would have really wanted to rob it and leave!"
However, Lilith also noticed the glare from the gold-level powerhouse, and shrank her neck, not daring to continue talking.
.....
Sophia did not notice the interaction between Lilith and the gold-level powerhouse. At this time, she was looking happily towards the direction of Hetan Town:
"Anyway, I can finally see my father and His Highness Sean!"
Hearing Sophia's words, Lilith seemed to suddenly think of something and blinked at Sophia mysteriously:
"I've been paying attention to you for a long time along the way. You mentioned His Highness Sean more times than your father. To be honest, do you like His Highness Sean?"
Sophia was shocked and hurriedly denied: "No, no, how is it possible?"
At the same time, Sophia quickly covered her face because she felt as if her face was burning.
Seeing Sophia's expression, Lilith naturally understood Sophia's thoughts. Wasn't this the case when she was young?
15 years ago, she was an ignorant girl like Sophia, secretly in love with the big brother next door, and her life was full of sunshine.
Later, Mason River appeared in her world, and the nightmare began, and she has not woken up until now.
Thinking of this, Lilith felt her tough nerves begin to tingle again, and looking at the shy Sophia, she couldn't help but sigh:
"Sofia, let me tell you something."
Lilith said in a very small voice in Sophia's ear:
"Nobles are not good things! Nobles are not short of women, especially such big nobles with territories!
The nobles are interested in you just for fun, and will ignore you after they get tired of playing with you. They will also prohibit you from marrying other men or even give you to other nobles. You are likely to live in the shadows your whole life.
If you believe me, just listen to me and stay away from any nobles, including His Highness Sean!"
Sophia said with certainty: "I know clearly that His Highness Sean is not such a person!"
"..." Lilith suddenly felt that her explanation was a little weak.
Just as he was about to continue explaining, he heard Sofia say: "Aunt Lilith, I won't tell you any more...Dad! His Highness Sean!"
Sophia shouted loudly, then rode her horse forward.
Lilith looked towards the Thorny Ridge, and sure enough she saw a few "little black dots" speeding down from the Thorny Ridge, which should be His Highness Sean and the others.
Lilith sighed again, called the butler Henry, and quickly followed Sophia on his horse.
...
Not long after, Sophia and the other three joined Sean's team.
Sofia has been dependent on her father Olga since she was a child, and she has not seen Olga for more than half a month and misses her father very much.
When she was still three or four meters away from Olga, Sofia jumped up from her horse and rushed towards Olga, shouting loudly:
"Dad, I miss you so much!"
But Sophia misjudged Sean's horse speed.
Because Anduin uses [Feather of Heaven] to accelerate while riding a horse, Sean's horse speed is faster when there is a buff, and slower when there is no buff.
The time point at which Sophia pounced was that the [Feather of Heaven] buff had just disappeared and the horse's speed slowed down.
So Sophia, who was in mid-air, had no time to turn and fell straight into Sean's arms.
Sean was caught off guard and had to catch Sophia who was flying towards her.
…
Suddenly, all eyes turned towards them, and two coughs sounded from Sean's side.
The first cough was naturally Olga's. Although he had tried his best to bring Sean and Sophia together, seeing his daughter taking such initiative would make any father feel uncomfortable.
The other cough belonged to Vivian. The appearance of a beautiful girl of the same age made her feel quite threatened.
Sean rubbed Sophia's head in embarrassment: "Okay, good daughter, everyone is watching!"
Chapter completed!