The Ma family believes in Buddhism for generations, and has been very generous to the subordinates before, so now the management of slaves is not very strict, generally as long as the slaves work hard, not only eat well and live well, and even when they reach the age, the Ma family will also buy female slaves for them to marry, and even if they have a particularly significant contribution, they may also be exempted from slavery by the Ma family and become a free man, which is the identity that all slaves dream of, so the slaves of the Ma family are very loyal and work very hard.

Thea saw that her father was eating with the others, so she didn't bother him, but entered through the corner door next to the dining hall to the back cooking place, and soon found her mother, who was helping people cook.

Thea's mother was also very happy to see her daughter, she knew that Thea had gone to Coconut City today, so while working, she asked Thea about what she had seen in the city today, and finally took a wooden plate and served Thea a piece of rice.

Today is the day to improve the food once a month, so the dishes are also hearty, with fried fish and lamb, and a stir-fried shredded potato. Thea likes meat, so she filled it with more fried fish and lamb and sat down in the back kitchen to eat it.

After Thea has eaten, she immediately washes the dishes very obediently, and the same goes for the people who eat in the dining hall outside, they have to wash themselves after eating, and then hand them over to the window, if the people in the window think that you are not clean, you have to go back and wash again until they are satisfied.

Thea helped her mother and the rest of the kitchen to put away the plates, chopsticks, etc., and then cleaned all the cooking utensils, and when they got home, it was completely dark, and Sam was fetching water from the well in the yard. Get ready to take a shower in this hot day in Java. The plantation requires everyone to bathe every day, saying that this will prevent some diseases.

Thea and her mother were also sweating a lot. So the family of three took a shower and changed into loose clothes. At this time, Thea took out all the things she had bought today, and then opened them in the same way, including clothes and small jewelry for her mother, as well as shoes and hats for her father, Sam, etc., all of which were very practical, and made Sam and his wife very happy.

It happened to be Sam's turn tonight, so Thea stayed home with her mother. Mother and daughter helped Sam put on the leather armor from the plantation, and finally Sam carried a bow and arrows behind him. With a sharp horizontal knife hanging from his waist, after saying goodbye to Thea's mother and daughter, he strode to the corner tower in the northeast corner of the manor.

When Sam came to the front of the turret, he found that there were already three men waiting there, and according to the rules, four people were required to be on duty in each turret, one of them was a nurse raised by the Ma family, one was an overseer, and the other two were strong slaves.

"Hello Brother Ma. Thea went to the city today and bought a lot of things, so I'm really sorry to be late! Sam saw the middle-aged man at the head. Immediately stepped forward and said apologetically.

The middle-aged man in front of him is named Ma Ming, the younger brother of the owner of the Ma family's plantation, that is, the uncle of the Ma Lin brothers and sisters. And this man is amazing. He used to work as a bodyguard in the palace of His Majesty the Emperor, and later became an officer for his military exploits. It's just that a few years ago, he was wounded in a raid to purge the natives in Borneo. It made his right leg a little inconvenient, and the army originally wanted to arrange for him to work in the government, but it happened that the Ma family had opened a plantation in Coconut City, and it was not very complete, so Ma Ming refused the army's arrangement and returned home to help his brother take care of the plantation.

Ma Ming is a very serious person, even after retiring, he still maintains the true character of a soldier, so he glanced at Sam and said, "Well, today is the first time, I don't want to have a next time!" ”

Sam had learned bows and arrows and weapons from Ma Ming before, so he also knew the temper of this big brother Ma, so he immediately smiled and said: "Don't worry, big brother Ma, I promise that this situation will never occur today in the future!" ”

Ma Ming also knew that although Sam was an American, he was honest and reliable, and he also knew that Marin and them had entered the city today, and Ma Xiaoyu also brought him his favorite fried stinky dried seeds today, and knew that what Sam said was also the truth, so he nodded: "Well, follow me to the kennel first, and lead the dog around the plantation!" ”

According to the rules, the night watchman does not stay on the corner tower all the time, but patrols the plantation twice a night, after all, the various crops in the plantation also need to be protected from being destroyed by people or some large animals.

There was a shortage of manpower in the manor, so a large number of wolf dogs were raised, and Sam followed Ma Ming to the kennel and released more than a dozen wolf dogs inside, and then the two slaves also brought the horses. After all, the area of the plantation is too large, and it may not be possible to walk all night with just a pair of legs.

The four turned over and got on the horse, and then beckoned the wolf dog to follow out of the manor, along the path between the fields, more than a dozen wolf dogs kept running in front of the horse, these wolf dogs have been specially trained, very humane, there is no need to worry about them will run away, and once they hear any unusual movements, they will immediately warn the owner, which can be said to be an excellent helper.

Tens of thousands of acres of land wanted to go around, even if it was on horseback, and it took a full hour in the end, and to Sam's reassurance, everything seemed very normal, and they also hit a small wild boar on the way, and on the way back, they also took a picture with another team of patrols from the corner tower.

Returning to the corner tower with the wild boar, the two slaves immediately cleaned up the wild boar, and there was a place to cook in the corner tower, after all, the patrolmen would definitely feel hungry at night, so they usually cooked something to eat in the corner tower by themselves.

The stove was boiling honeycomb coal, which was clean and trouble-free, and a large iron pot was placed on the stove, and after a while, the water was boiled, and the wild boar meat was cut into large pieces and thrown into the pot, and various spices were added to boil. The other cleaned up internal organs and large bones, etc., were all cheaper than the wolf dogs.

But just as they were waiting to taste this unexpected delicacy, they suddenly saw a fiery red firework rise on a road in front of them on the right side of their corner tower.

"Oh no, the patrol is in trouble!" Sam, who had been staring outside, immediately shouted, and at the same time grabbed his bow and arrow and sword to go downstairs. The fireworks just now were used by the patrol team to call for help, and they usually only sent a signal for help when they encountered an enemy they couldn't resist, so Ma Ming was so anxious.

Ma Ming also knew that the matter was serious, and he also picked up his weapon and rushed out, but he did not forget to order the two slaves to guard the corner tower in case he fell for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. The horses were under the turret, and they rode out of the manor.

Ma Ming was very familiar with the roads in the plantation, and he knew where the patrol was when he saw the distress signal just now, so he picked the nearest road and rushed over, and soon rushed to the place of the incident.

Ma Ming and Sam urged the horses, and after turning a sugar cane forest, they immediately saw that on the road ahead, more than a dozen black shadows were besieging the four people patrolling, under the light of the torches, one of the slaves on the horse was covered in blood, and it seemed that the injury was not light, and the other three were fine, and they couldn't see any obvious injuries, but they were also entangled now, and they couldn't shoot arrows with their hands, so they could only use the horizontal knife in their hands to resist the attack of the black shadows.

Fortunately, the patrol people brought more than a dozen wolf dogs, these fierce and loyal wolf dogs did help a lot in a hurry, and from time to time pounced on the black shadow's body to take the initiative to attack, but the weapons in the hands of these black shadows could hurt the wolf dogs, there were already three wolf dogs lying there motionless on the ground, it is estimated that they would not survive, and the other few were also scarred, if it were not for their loyal protectors, it is estimated that the four patrolling people would have been killed by each other.

Seeing this situation, Ma Ming's face was extremely gloomy, and he saw a silent bow and arrows, "whoosh~" The sound of breaking the air sounded, and several long arrows flew out as if they were connected into a line, and as a result, several black shadows that were still jumping happily just now fell down in response, and the arrows were all fatal with one hit.

At the same time, Sam also opened his bow and released arrows, but he didn't learn bows and arrows for a long time, so his archery skills naturally couldn't be compared with Ma Ming, only half of the arrows shot hit the target, and they were not fatal, and the other party had long arrows stuck in his body, but he just screamed a few times and did not fall.

However, when the four patrolling men saw their reinforcements arrive, they were all in good spirits, and the black shadows besieging them were suddenly reduced by a small half, which immediately reduced their pressure and began to fight back, which made those besieging them even more unable to parry, and one of them, who seemed to be the leader, shouted a few times in the native language, and these people immediately gave up the siege and turned and fled towards the sugar cane forest.

When Ma Ming heard the other party's native language, he immediately knew that these people must be wandering native robbers, and he thought that his leg was injured because of the purging of the natives, and he finally had to retire, so he couldn't wait to kill all the natives. Therefore, when he saw the other party fleeing, he immediately shot a few more arrows, but unfortunately because of the blockage of the sugar cane, only one was killed, and the others were wounded and fled.

Of course, Ma Ming couldn't let go of these hateful native robbers, he immediately ordered the remaining wolf dogs to pursue, and then the six of them were outflanked, after all, in terms of familiarity with the terrain, those native robbers were definitely not comparable to them.

Relying on the familiarity with the terrain, other support personnel finally arrived, under the command of Ma Ming, soon blocked this group of native robbers on a road leading to the outside of the plantation, under the reflection of more than a dozen torches, Ma Ming finally saw the true face of this group of native robbers, but when they saw each other, Ma Ming and the others couldn't help but be startled. (To be continued......)