The location of the Aristocratic Parliament was not difficult to find. It was in the square next to the city lord's mansion. The Aristocratic Parliament's residence was second only to the temple and the city lord's mansion in this city. The whole building was located on a three-story base. In front of it were twelve large granite pillars with a diameter of one meter, and above them was a hemispherical dome.
The stone pillars were carved with heroes in the history of the Kingdom of Florence, and the reliefs on the walls were important historical events since the founding of the Kingdom of Florence. The entire Aristocratic Parliament looked magnificent.
At the main entrance were two bronze statues riding horses. They were Charlemagne and Wilson. These two men were the strongest legendary knights in the history of the kingdom, and also the highest commanders of the kingdom. The two statues stood up on their horses, holding long spears and pointing to the front, as if they were leading the thousands of soldiers and horses to battle.
The bronze statues were four to five meters tall, and the carvings were very detailed and lifelike. At first glance, they looked majestic. There was no need to ask to know that they were made by a master.
Suhlen walked up the steps quickly, and was stopped by a guard when he stood at the gate.
"Sir, this is the Aristocratic Parliament. What can I do for you?"
Suhlen took out his aristocratic badge and handed it to him. "I want to buy an expansion order."
The guard took the aristocratic badge and carefully identified it. The pattern on it was indeed real, and only then did he return the badge to Suhlen.
"Sir, please come with me." The guard made a gesture of invitation, and then led Suhlen into the Aristocratic Parliament.
When he came into the hall, Suhlen realized how magnificent the hall was. The whole hall was at least 500 square meters, and its height was more than 10 meters. The whole hall was covered by a hemispherical dome. What was more surprising was that there was not a single pillar in such a spacious hall.
On the dome of the hall, there was a mural depicting the founding war. It was also because of this war that the Kingdom of Florence defeated the invaders and gained independence.
More than ten clerks were busy with something in the hall. Suhlen and the guards did not disturb these people. Led by the guards, they came to Suhlen and came to an exquisitely carved ironwood door.
At the sight of this wooden door, Suhlen was also shocked. The ironwood of this wooden door was not cheap. It could only be found in the north. It was as hard as iron and was not easily deformed or burned. It was only a quarter of the weight of iron and steel. However, it grew slowly. Generally, it was used to make advanced shields. Such a large piece would take at least 50 years to grow.
The guard knocked on the door, but there was no response. After a while, the guard knocked harder. This time, there was finally some movement in the room.
"Come in." A lazy voice came from behind the door.
The two pushed the door open and entered. The room did not look luxurious. There was a mahogany desk, a few bookshelves, and a few high back chairs placed opposite each other. At this time, there was a fat middle-aged noble sitting behind the desk. Judging from his dazed eyes, the red mark on the side of his face, and the sparkling liquid on the corner of his lips, he was sleeping just now.
"Mr. Urhiya, this gentleman is here to buy an expansion order." The guard pointed at Suhlen.
"Buy an expansion order?" Urhiya looked at Suhlen in surprise. He did not even bother to wipe the mucus from the corner of his eyes.
He could not help but be surprised. After all, he could not sell more than a few expansion orders in a year. Although the expansion order looked good, there were only a few successful ones. Most of the nobles who bought the expansion order gave up their territory and came back with their tails between their legs.
"Yes, Mr. Urhiya." Suhlen smiled at Urhiya.
"Kid, don't blame me for not reminding you. Don't think that it's not a big deal to expand your territory just because you read a few knight novels. You should know that there are at least eight hundred abandoned territories in the wilderness, if not a thousand, "Urhiya said as he looked at Suhlen.
"Thank you for reminding me, Mr. Urhiya. I know very well what I am doing," Suhlen said calmly.
"Well, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes." Urhiya shrugged, then took a piece of parchment with a stamp from the bookshelf behind him. He picked up a quill and wrote a line of cursive letters on the blank space of the parchment, then handed it to Suhlen.
"Sign your name and pay 500 Kinnar."
Suhlen picked up the quill and signed his name on the parchment, then put a bag of Kinnar on the table.
Urhiya put the Kinnar on a scale and weighed it. After making sure that the amount was correct, he picked up the stamp and stamped the parchment.
"Well, kid, take your expansion order and go. Good luck!"
Suhlen took the expansion order and thanked Urhiya, then turned around and left the noble meeting. Next, he needed to recruit a group of people. Expanding a territory was not an easy task. He needed to prepare a large amount of Kinnar. In addition to recruiting a territorial guard, he also needed to buy food, tools, medicine, and so on. When the territory was first stabilized, he also needed to buy slaves for farming.
It was not that he did not want to recruit free people, but very few of them were willing to follow the nobles to new territories. Although the nobles would offer all kinds of benefits to free people, very few of them were willing to go. Only bankrupt farmers or unemployed refugees would be tempted. After all, the mortality rate of expanding a territory was too high.
Looking at the time, Suhlen did not go to the slave market. Instead, he went back to the inn to rest.
Early the next morning, Suhlen had a simple breakfast at the inn, then spent a silver to rent a carriage and went to the slave market.
The slave market was located on the other side of the city. After half an hour, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a lively market. Suhlen jumped off the carriage and walked into the slave market.
The Northern Province was located at the border of the kingdom, and there were many Demi-Human tribes and tribes that were still primitive. Every year, the kingdom's army would engage in local wars with these tribes and tribes, obtaining many captives from these wars. This was also one of the sources of slaves in the slave market. There were also professional slave hunters who went to the wilderness to capture slaves. Of course, there were also unlucky people who couldn't pay their debts and were sold as slaves.
Walking into the slave market, Abel was greeted with an unpleasant smell. It was like all kinds of excrement that had been soaked in water and then heated up and fermented. Dirty water flowed on the ground. On both sides of the road, there were some slave traders loudly selling their goods. Behind them, there were many thin and dirty slaves locked in cages.
Most of these slaves were naked, with only a dirty rag covering their crotch area. Many of them had whipping marks on their bodies, and their eyes were dull and lifeless. They were the lowest class of slaves.
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