Our food country has barren land and few products...

However, even if they discovered that their "colleagues" were stealing business, the two slave traders could not leave directly.

Now that King Dashi has summoned him, he must at least meet him before leaving.

And the two of them are not completely desperate. There are enough female slaves here in Liusha City, and they should still be needed in other places!

Even if Liusha City doesn't need them right now, it will definitely need more female slaves in the future, and there will be more and more immigrants.

The key is that both of them also want to inquire and see where the job-stealers come from.

Then the two of them were sent to the bathroom with mixed emotions.

Luvrey was originally worried about how he could go to see the King of Food with his current smell of fermentation.

After entering the bathroom, after listening to Gu Rui's explanation, which was hiding from him, he realized that he had to take a shower and change clothes first.

Otherwise, neither of them would be able to enter Zhu Jingyuan's living room in their current state.

Two strong servants came up and gave them a hard rub, washed them thoroughly, and put them into clean clothes.

Then he was sent to Zhu Jingyuan.

As slave traders, they often met with nobles of all sizes from various places.

But this was really the first time for me to see a Ming prince like Zhu Jingyuan directly.

Under normal circumstances, nobles of this level are not interested in dealing directly with slave traders, and usually arrange for a servant to negotiate business.

Zhu Jingyuan wanted to see them today, which really surprised them.

Both of them were very respectful, very serious, and bowed vigorously:

"The villain Gu Rui/Lu Frei pays homage to the king."

Zhu Jingyuan looked at these two people, one was a typical Ming Dynasty person, the other was a typical Taixi person, his expression was obviously confused:

"Aren't you slave traders from the Ming Dynasty? Why is there still a Western Yi?"

Gu Rui, a Ming slave trader, immediately reported:

"King Qi, this villain and this Englishman Livery are now partners.

"I don't dare to hide it from Your Highness. In fact, these female slaves came from the British's southern Tianzhu, not our Ming's northern Tianzhu.

"Li Frey's British trading house is responsible for purchasing goods in South Tianzhu.

"The villain's Daming Trading Company is responsible for transporting it to the Ming Dynasty.

"We are equivalent to making a transaction on the high seas, which is legal on both sides.

"The villain heard that there are three thousand single workers here in Liusha City, so he cooperated with Lu Furay and sent three thousand orchids over."

Facing a prince like Zhu Jingyuan, Gu Rui did not dare to conceal his plan for fear of offending him.

After discovering the orchid boat at the pier, the two people's expectations for this business have been infinitely lowered.

Now I just hope to improve my credibility, show my abundant supply, and strive for continued trade in the future.

Zhu Jingyuan was slightly shocked by the actions of these two people.

"It turned out to be shipped from South Tianzhu, which is controlled by the British? Now the British allow you to sell slaves abroad at will?"

Gu Rui nodded first and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the British did allow it, otherwise Luvrey and the others wouldn't be able to transport so many female slaves."

Luvrey also nodded in agreement:

"Yes, the UK now allows us to transport and even traffic people from South Tianzhu to all over the world..."

There were some words that neither Gu Rui nor Lu Frei said.

But Zhu Jingyuan quickly thought of:

"The main thing is to transport them to Mozhou to work as workers and farmers, right? It's more expensive to transport young men to Mozhou, right?

"Tianzhu, which has just finished the World War, has an absurd ratio of women.

"Now the British are selling Tianzhu men to Mozhou, causing the proportion of Tianzhu women to be even higher.

"Tianzhu female slaves must be very cheap and hard to sell now, so you just transported them to my Liusha City?"

Gu Rui and Lu Fuli suddenly felt a little unnatural.

But after all, they are both businessmen and slave traders. They are all very clever and have no bottom line.

Gu Rui immediately responded with a smile:

“This is just about transporting the right products to the right place.

"The various colonies in Mozhou need obedient strong men to work and clean up the disobedient Mo natives.

"Our food-rich country also needs Orchid to help workers raise families..."

Zhu Jingyuan's most curious thing has been clarified.

The British began to support the Tianzhu slave trade. It was a bit like they were not worried that the Tianzhu area would not be preserved, so they started transporting property out of the country in advance.

Population is also a very important asset.

With a new market and a new source of goods, this industry may continue to thrive.

Therefore, slave traders were willing to leave their jobs and get on big ships.

Next, we should discuss the specific transaction, which does not require Zhu Jingyuan to do it himself.

But I have already met these two businessmen, so it is better to finalize the sale as soon as possible on the spot.

So Zhu Jingyuan laughed dryly and said:

"What you said is very realistic, but you brought too many female slaves.

"I already have other sources of female slaves here, so I may not need you female slaves anymore.

"When you were at the dock, you should have seen three other ships, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan knew that the two slave traders had 3,000 people crammed into their boats, so he deliberately did not mention how many people he had packed into his three boats.

Let them make their own estimates. The more estimates, the better. The more estimates, the lower the psychological expectations.

The two slave traders immediately nodded feebly.

Then Gu Rui came out and said:

"The great king's food country is not just Liusha City, nor is it just these immigrants.

"Three thousand additional female slaves can be reserved in advance.

"Besides, in the future, when bachelors immigrate to the country, they will directly issue female slaves, which will be more attractive than working for a year and then getting them, right?"

"So these three thousand female slaves are still meaningful to His Highness."

Zhu Jingyuan said noncommittally:

"It costs food to raise them, and more houses have to be built.

"Basically all the food in our big food country is imported, which is all money. The land in the big food country is barren and the products are scarce...

"Besides, Hu Ji from Beitianzhu knows a few elegant dialects of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no problem in barely communicating.

"You guys from Nan Tianzhu don't understand it at all. Communication is a big problem.

"I can definitely wait for the new immigrants to arrive, and then let the slave traders transport the female slaves from Tianzhu or other places."

Gu Rui and Lu Frei could tell that Zhu Jingyuan was somewhat interested in this batch of goods, but he had to give them a very affordable price.

Otherwise, there is a high probability that you really won’t want it. It is the most natural thing to just wait until you need it and then order it.

In order not to lose the goods, Gu Rui took the initiative to give Zhu Jingyuan a discount:

"Your Majesty, we don't distinguish between levels. All prices are based on the lowest price. One hundred and fifty silver notes for oily ears, two hundred and fifty silver notes for dry ears..."

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand directly:

"Since you are not sincere, then take him away."

Gu Rui carefully tested and said:

"Then please give me a price, Your Majesty."

Zhu Jingyuan said very casually:

"One hundred and fifty for dry ears, eighty for oily ears, fixed price, take away if you don't sell."

The price Zhu Jingyuan wanted was a 40% or even 50% discount on the retail price of the lowest-grade similar slaves on the market.

Even if Tianzhu is in a special situation, the current price of female slaves in Tianzhu is relatively low and is already very close to their cost price.

And this price does not take into account the outstanding individuals among the female slaves.

Gu Rui felt that he could not accept this price, which was basically a waste of Zhu Jingyuan's work.

I took the risk of this business in vain, but only got the meager profit.
To be continued...