Slave exchanges at the farm are a common occurrence.
After all, the needs of administrators in each region vary.
Some administrators need male slaves.
Some need female slaves.
And a balance between the number of male and female slaves is necessary.
Especially in some areas, an excess of female slaves can affect productivity.
Although both are slaves, male slaves naturally have higher productivity than female slaves.
Furthermore, female slaves are much more troublesome than male slaves.
Thus, female slaves are actually quite unpopular.
Of course, exceptionally beautiful women are exceptions.
But if there really were beautiful women, which administrator would be willing to part with them?
However, it's not absolute.
For example, if an administrator has a beautiful woman, a good-looking slave can be exchanged for many more male slaves.
One beauty can be exchanged for ten, even dozens of ordinary slaves.
Just like the previous administrator of Su Chen's area.
He wanted to exchange Liu Jie for 15 young and strong slaves.
But the deal ultimately fell through.
Slave exchange is a significant affair.
Su Chen naturally went to take a look. When Su Chen arrived, he found that several administrators from different areas were already there.
He didn't expect so many people to come for a slave exchange.
Each administrator brought quite a few slaves with them.
Some brought male slaves, others female slaves.
"Why are there so many people?" Su Chen felt a bit puzzled.
Even if administrators exchange slaves with each other.
But having so many people come together for a slave exchange?
"Maybe they think you're new and easy to bully," Liu Jie's voice sounded.
Su Chen turned his head to look at Liu Jie.
Noticing that Liu Jie had returned to normal.
But her expression was nearly numb, and her eyes carried a heavy tinge of despair.
When Su Chen first saw Liu Jie, he could still see a hint of hope in her eyes.
Now, he could not see even a sliver of hope.
Su Chen thought it made sense.
He had just arrived at the farm, unaware of the various rules.
Moreover, his area had just replenished its slaves, having the most number of people.
It was the perfect time to prey on the situation.
Therefore, those administrators with ulterior motives had all arrived.
Firstly, a burly, fat female administrator approached.
Her face was lined with horizontal flesh.
She came over to request a slave exchange.
Offering ten female slaves in exchange for ten of Su Chen's male slaves.
Even if Su Chen were ignorant and unfamiliar with the rules, he knew that here, female slaves were not as valuable as male slaves.
But since he was new, making too many enemies at once wasn't good either.
He immediately spoke: "Three."
"What?" The fat female administrator frowned slightly.
Although Su Chen didn't want to offend people, he would not let himself be bullied.
"I said ten female slaves can only be exchanged for ten male slaves," Su Chen repeated.
"Deal!" The fat female administrator accepted Su Chen's request to exchange five male slaves for ten female ones.
In reality, according to convention, ten female slaves were roughly equal in value to five male slaves.
But Su Chen purposely said three, which was a negotiation tactic.
The fat female administrator had intended to take advantage, not expecting that Su Chen wasn't as easy to handle as she imagined.
"Next," the exchange was quickly completed.
Su Chen planned to fully satisfy them.
After all, he didn't know any of those slaves.
A swap wouldn't be a problem.
He might even build good relations with some regional administrators.
"Hold on, I still have a top-quality one," the fat female administrator suddenly said, then instructed the Guard behind her, "Bring her over!"
Soon, the Guard brought a woman over.
"Please let me go, I beg of you," the woman cried pitifully with tears streaming down her face.
Clearly, she was a newly captured slave.
Her face wasn't as beautiful as imagined.
But she barely passed muster.
After all, the majority of women at the farm were dirty and unkempt.
Water, being an airlifted resource, was scarce.
Especially clean water.
Even administrators couldn't waste water resources recklessly.
So most women's faces didn't look too good.
However, a figure is something that cannot be hidden.
"Shut up, or I'll blow you away!" the Guard, annoyed by the woman's crying, cursed.
Frightened by the dark muzzle of the gun, the woman kept quiet.
"How about it? This one's top-quality, right?" the fat female administrator smirked.
"What do you want in exchange?" Su Chen said nonchalantly.
"Ten male slaves!" The fat female administrator stated her price.
She had just exchanged ten female slaves for five male slaves.
Now she demanded ten male slaves.
"That's too many," Su Chen shook his head in refusal directly.
"Not at all, you should know that a beauty here is a scarce resource," the fat female administrator continued.
"Then forget it. I'm not short of female slaves anyway," Su Chen shrugged.
"Save me, please save me!" At that moment, the female slave suddenly rushed in front of Su Chen, kowtowing.
She seemed to feel that being under this man would be far better than being under a woman.
Without any basis, purely instinct.
Su Chen, who had already decided not to exchange, frowned and said, "Five."
Seeing a chance, the fat female administrator continued to haggle.
"Six, and not a single one more, otherwise take her with you," Su Chen turned away.
"Fine, six it is, lucky you!" The fat female administrator eventually gave in.
A few minutes later, the fat female administrator left with eleven male slaves, very pleased.
In fact, she had taken advantage of Su Chen.
He just didn't know it yet.
On the farm, the value of male slaves was much higher than that of female slaves.
Far surpassing double.
Normally, one male slave could be exchanged for two and a half female slaves.
Even now, with the female slave Su Chen could exchange her for more than six male slaves.
But the fat female administrator was a woman herself.
She had no need for other women, so she exchanged her for Su Chen.