320 The Mine Pit and Slaves (2/2)

The reason why it was called the mine pit was not necessarily because it was actually a mine pit, but because there was a crystal mine pit worth one hundred thousand crystals or above there! Jiang Chen had heard about crystal mines from Sun Jiao a long time, but he had never seen one. Based on Hu Youde's description, it was a biological mine bed attached to the rock surface and it was in diced meat shape with similar behavior to moss. Although it looked disgusting, crystals could be produced from those diced meat.

The slaves at the mine pit had to wear protective suits to walk into the mine and pick up the sand-sized crystals from the disgusting and corrosive diced meat.

Because the owner possessed a huge ”gold mine,” he hired a bunch of raiders specializing in slave capture as he formed a force of four thousand to become a strong survivor force in Su city. Because they had a special relationship with the raiders nearby, other than outputting crystals, the mine pit also conducted slavery trade.

The dead parts of the diced meat could be cut and used as a prime ingredient for nutrient supply. Therefore the cost to feed slaves was not high. Hence the slave's population naturally increased.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment. ”How many can you haul?”

”That depends on the type Mr. Jiang wants.” Hu Youde smiled. ”Right now it is the tail of the winter, it is not too dangerous on the road. The cheapest kind of slave, I can haul you more than one thousand, but that kind can only be used to boost the number without much use. The type with good body conditions, I can also haul you around one hundred. Then it would be the more expensive kind, because of the limited supplies, I'll have to go back before I can give you an accurate response.”

”The expensive kind? What expensive kind?” Jiang Chen asked curiously.

”For example, powerful lone travelers, special talents. Of course, the most expensive is the ice coffin.” Hu Youde mysteriously smiled.

The smile looked perverted.

”What on earth is an ice coffin?”

”It is a great thing. Mr. Jiang has heard of hibernation chambers before right?”

”I have.” Jiang Chen nodded.

The ultra-low temperature technology allowed humans to pass through an extended period of time with the body's functionality reduced to a minimum. For the people who are using it, fifty years would be the difference of a blink of an eye. Some fallout shelters were even made entirely of hibernation chambers, for example, Yao Yao came out of this type of fallout shelter.

”Imagine this, to have been a top celebrity, or princess before the war, you'll get to enjoy them crying, screaming, and shouting for security and begging for mercy while you tell them the world is hopeless, and then watch their whimpering face turn into despair-”

”That's enough,” Jiang Chen interrupted his psychotic words.

It was a waste of talent for him to not write erotics with such vivid description.

Seeing Jiang Chen didn't look pleased, Hu Youde immediately shut his mouth.

After a brief pause, Jiang Chen spoke again, ”The type of slave with a healthy body, how much would they cost.”

”Twenty crystals for one.”

”Okay, I need one thousand, can you do that?”

When Jiang Chen stated he needed that much, Hu Youde was overjoyed as he immediately agreed.

”Of course, of course, I can do it, just leave this to me!”

The slave trade was a lucrative industry. By simply making 10 crystals per slave, it was much more profitable than the firearms business. He didn't even negotiate the price of the firearms as he sold it to Jiang Chen at the eighty thousand crystals cost.

After finally getting rid of the firearms burden, he couldn't wait as he headed back to Su city immediately. He wanted to transport the slaves before the hibernation of the mutants ended as it would save a lot of costs. March was prime time for trade and it only comes once a year!

But before he left, he mysteriously stuffed a small wooden box in Jiang Chen's hands, saying it was a gift to the general from the merchant.

When Jiang Chen asked what it was, he grinned and lowered his voice, ”Do you know the secret behind how the mine pit trains female slaves?”