Chapter 114 Purgatory-level happiness

Smart people can see the world clearly.

It's just that some people have the ability to see the world clearly, but they don't have the ability to behave in a way that matches their vision.

Whether it is Zhang Mingliang or Liu Chuanli, both of them have come out of hardships and hardships, if Yun Zhao didn't need forty catties of millet to buy them when the great famine broke out, they would be a piece of meat for the starving people.

Maybe among the people who eat them, there will be their parents.

Yushan Academy taught them very well and erased the damage to their young hearts, so the two of them are very happy normal people.

There is no distortion in psychology, no perversion, and no cynicism, they are completely two people who have grown up normally.

Leonie is not a girl who grew up in a normal family.

She may have witnessed her father kill her own mother, possibly ...... There are worse things, so she's a little paranoid.

Who would fall in love with the pirate profession as soon as they see a pirate?

Who would collude with pirates to hurt her father?

Who would like to have fun torturing people?

Leonie is!

Over the years, she has long since changed from a wealthy lady to a famous female pirate in Malacca, second only to Han Xiufen in reputation for cunning and murder.

She has a will of steel, and when her boat is about to capsize when she fights at sea, she can fire the last cannonball to smash the enemy and jump into the sea to escape.

She is as cunning as a fox, using her harmless and delicate appearance to quietly do what Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli can't do no matter how hard they try.

She is also a qualified captain, commanding more than 2,000 pirates, an ironclad ship, and six schooners, and has experienced almost all the wars launched by Han Xiufen in this sea area, and is the famous poisonous rose of the First Fleet.

She used her courage and loyalty to hand over one satisfactory answer sheet after another to Yun Zhao and the Lantian Imperial Court, so that in the Lantian Imperial Court, she could wear a representative card and stride into the Great Hall with her head held high, expressing her loyalty and worries to this imperial court in fluent Chinese.

The lieutenant in the Lantian Imperial Court is not so easy to obtain, and Leonie is the best among them.

And is one of the few lieutenants who is qualified to be promoted to general.

From a lieutenant to a general, in the Lantian Imperial Court, those are two different worlds.

The planting ground in the rain and fog looks beautiful, and those tear trees, which Yun Zhao has high hopes for, seem to be stretching their branches and leaves in the rain and fog.

The hot coco was drunk unconsciously, and Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli had no mind to discuss with Leonie about the management of slaves.

"As long as we do better than the British, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the Spaniards, and even the French, it's done."

Leonie held the coco cup and looked at the scenery for a long time, and said something inexplicably.

Zhang Mingliang said with a smile: "Fifty steps and a hundred steps, there is no difference for those slaves, you don't understand slaves." ”

Leonie looked at Zhang Mingliang and said, "It's you who don't understand slaves. ”

Zhang Mingliang arched his hand unconvinced and said, "I didn't ask ...... for advice."

Leonie said: "I exchanged a batch of slaves with the Spaniards on the other side of the Malacca River, and exchanged our slaves who did not listen to discipline for slaves who did not listen to the Spaniards.

You can also see that they are doing very well, even if they are chained, none of them complain, none of them.

If they can hold out for a month without complaining, I'll untie the chains from them. ”

Zhang Mingliang was puzzled: "Why are they so docile? ”

Leonie said: "We are not wrong to be purgatory, but the British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese plantations are hell, and purgatory is a place to purify the soul and make atonement for temporary punishment.

And hell is the place where the devil and the wicked suffer forever. The wicked will never see God in hell, suffer with the devil in fire and other afflictions, and they will never be redeemed by God. ”

Zhang Mingliang sighed and said: "So, you exchanged healthy slaves for weak slaves with others, and these weak slaves came to us because they suffered more cruel things with the Spaniards, so they no longer ran away and no longer resisted?" ”

Leonie smiled: "This is where you make mistakes, under your command, they can still feel that they are a person, since they are a person, then, they will fight, they will think about fighting for more power for themselves, and they will yearn for a better life."

Therefore, because of human nature, rebellions here are constantly occurring, and even if you use the means of killing, the rebellions are still prohibited.

I gave these slaves who were still human to the Spaniards, and then I received the same number of slaves from the Spaniards, and they must be the strongest slaves who can survive from the Spaniards to the present.

As long as we don't withhold their food, they will soon be back to their former sturdy appearance.

Compared to the Spaniards, we are a paradise for these slaves who have adapted to life in the jungle, who have resigned themselves to their fate and have consciously regarded themselves as a tool.

In the future, even if they do not have to overseer the workers, they will work hard and will not be lazy, and for these slaves, it is their greatest happiness to be able to eat a meal that can fill their stomachs at the end of each day's work. ”

Liu Chuanli looked at Leonie in horror and said, "How did you find out this truth?" ”

Leonie folded her hands around her chest, looked in the direction of Java and said, "It was my wise father who found out, and this is what he warned me at the dinner table, and he also told me that happiness is relative.

People in hell look up to purgatory and think that being able to enter purgatory is a kind of happiness, while people in purgatory will look up to heaven and think that only by entering heaven can they be truly happy.

My dear father never wanted to give people happiness like heaven, and he believed that purgatory-level happiness would meet the expectations of most people in this world.

And the happiness of heaven is reserved for us nobles.

I don't want purgatory-like happiness, I want to taste heaven, Zhang, Liu, you two have been living in heaven, so you don't understand the thoughts of these people in hell, it's normal.

Whether it's hell or purgatory, it's up to me, who are in purgatory, to interpret it. ”

Zhang Mingliang pondered for a long time, then suddenly raised his head, showed the brightest smile, and opened his arms and said, "Leonie, I want to hug you." ”

Leonie looked at Zhang Mingming's clear eyes, opened her arms, and happily threw herself into Zhang Mingming's arms, she found for the first time that the chest of the man in front of him who made him look down on him was actually very warm.

Zhang Mingliang gently hugged Leonie and whispered in her ear, "You have entered heaven." ”

Leonie said: "This is your paradise, not mine, my paradise needs to be found by myself." ”

Zhang Mingliang let go of Leonie's body and said, "I hope you find it soon." ”

The rainy season in Malacca has arrived, and at this time there is rain almost every day, and even if the paradise island is at sea, it is just as vast and misty as the rain and fog.

Han Xiufen sat alone in front of the window, carefully wiping her freshly oiled long knife with a deerskin.

In this kind of humid weather, if you don't take care of your weapons regularly, when you go to battle, your weapons will tell you what happens if you don't take good care of them.

Lu Tao, who was dressed in black, stood straight in front of the window, waiting for Han Xiufen's reply.

Han Xiufen finally wiped it, finished maintaining the long knife, and put the long knife back into its scabbard, then looked at the chief of the First Fleet Supervision Division and said, "So, the supervision of Leonie is over?" ”

Lu Tao frowned and said: "Originally, it wasn't so fast, but Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli were willing to prove that Leonie was their own person, so I ended the supervision of Leonie ahead of schedule." ”

Han Xiufen laughed and said, "These two fools have been conquered by a woman again. ”

Lu Tao said: "Therefore, my comments in the evaluation of Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli are too gullible. ”

Han Xiufen smiled: "But this kind of person who is too gullible about others is a good person." ”

Lu Tao's cheeks twitched and said, "A good person doesn't mean that he is a capable official. ”

Han Xiufen looked at Lu Tao and said word by word: "If a person like you makes a big mistake, I will not hesitate to cut off your head, and even if people like Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli make a big mistake, as long as it is not a subjective reason, I will try my best to make up for his losses and reduce the punishment they may receive."

At the same time, Your Majesty will make the same choice as I do. ”

Lu Tao said with a smile: "General, that's my business, you don't have to worry about me, if I really make a big mistake, I will cut off my head directly, and your protection and rescue will be a great shame for me." ”

Han Xiufen nodded, thought for a moment and said to Lu Tao: "Order the three of them to come back, I want to open up a new battlefield as soon as possible." ”

Lu Tao smiled: "The general is finally willing to march into Java Island?" ”

Han Xiufen sighed and said, "Leonie's determination is uncertain, and I can't start the war lightly. ”

Lu Tao said with a smile: "General Shi Lang's sixteen warships carrying Mr. Qinglong's three thousand marines have arrived in Annan, and the last general doesn't think that Captain Leonie needs any strength in the middle. ”

Han Xiufen glanced at Lu Tao coldly and said, "Get out!" ”

Lu Tao took a long breath and said, "You shouldn't scold me like this, I'm an officer of the Ministry of Supervision." ”

Han Xiufen raised her hand and slapped Lu Tao, who was standing outside her window, to the ground, leaned over the window to look at Lu Tao, who was about to pass out, and said, "Who gave you the courage to dare to disobey my orders?"

Is it the Han Lingshan who can't be killed? ”

Lu Tao received a heavy blow to the door of the head, his ears were buzzing, his eyes were full of Venus, Han Xiufen's voice seemed to be from outside the Nine Heavens, it was a little unfamiliar, but he still roared hard: "I am an officer of the Ministry of Supervision, and I am not controlled by you." ”