After having that meal, Einar bought all of Nelda's merchandise using refined salt and glass bottles of honey liquor.
He also entered into a contract with Nelda in which he delivered a large number of glass products, soap, ski goggles, and some 60 emeralds priced at 200 gold coins.
So that she could buy more ships in exchange for bringing as many slaves as he could, Einar emphasized that he needed thousands of them.
Although Nelda did not understand why she needed so many slaves, all the merchandise that she gave plus the one she bought could make her able to make a fleet of twenty ships with which to buy almost 5000 slaves.
She would also have enough gold to be able to buy a good amount of crew to take care of transporting the slaves.
'To think that from a merchandise trader I could become a true slave trader.
