Though it did not keep slaves on as massive a scale as the Sarranid Sultanate.
To the point where slaves outnumbered residents.
Slave laborers could still be seen everywhere in Haiya Great City.
Quite a few of them were slave laborers from other races.
The Shallowwater Murlocs and winged birdfolk he had seen earlier were merely the tip of the iceberg.
When a squad of guards escorting slaves passed by, Zong Shen saw orc laborers and Tauren slaves bound in iron chains.
As a coastal city, Haiya Great City always received slaves from every region, brought in by merchant ships entering the harbor.
After all, Haiya Great City was also a relatively renowned old port along Avalon's eastern coast.
Its history was nearly as long as Avalon's own founding history.
That was its greatest difference from "young" great cities like Lentax Great City, which had only existed for two or three thousand years.
Time represented a city's foundations.
Over the past several thousand years, Haiya Great City had also accumulated a solid reputation.
Many merchant ships made regular stops here.
Either using it as a transit point or docking here to resupply.
In short, the city was far more vibrant and diverse than Zong Shen had imagined.
Port cities truly were different.
By economic standards and trade turnover alone, a great city like this was—
At the very least, two to three times greater than an inland great city.
Otherwise, the combined capacity of six great cities could never have supported Princess Anna's willful decision to establish the newly formed 17th Fleet.
This was undeniably a money-losing venture.
If it had been six inland great cities instead, it would have been a straight road to bankruptcy.
His clone shook its head.
Zong Shen understood Princess Anna's choice, yet also found