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The Yorks are a tragic people. More than 300 years ago, they used to be a small country next to Hollevin.
Although their country is small, their people are very combative, and they are good at singing and dancing, as well as hospitable.
But it was because they were so hospitable, and then they were destroyed by Hollevin. Of the more than 60,000 nationals, only a few thousand remain. These thousands were captured as slaves, divided into batches, sold in the Kingdom of Hollevun, and then survived with great difficulty. No one has counted how many Yorkists are left, but Royd knows very well that their group of Yorkers should be the last ethnic group.
Lloyd was the only one of the Yorkists who could read. The teacher who taught him to read was the only one of the older generation of Yorkers who could have read and write, because it was too difficult for a slave to learn the word after a hard day's work. Only those children who are extremely gifted, such as those who remember to remember, will be chosen to be the inheritors of the next generation of words.
Now among the Yorkists, there is only one person who knows the history of his nation, and the rest of the people only know that they are Yorks, and they know nothing about where they came from, where their homeland is, and why they became slaves.
As a writer inheritor, Lloyd has been paying attention to the changes in the ethnic group, but because of the relationship between slaves, the quality of the children in the ethnic group is getting lower and lower, and in the past ten years, he has not found a child suitable for learning writing.
When Royd thought he was about to lose his inheritance, he didn't expect to have an unexpected surprise.
A very kind-hearted nobleman bought them, and the reason why Lloyd felt that the other party was a kind person was because this nobleman, their new master, actually let them bathe and give them something to eat. He also gave them hemp noodles to make clothes for them to wear.
Lloyd didn't understand any big truths, but he knew very well that people do things because they can have a clean body and have clothes to cover their bodies, otherwise they are no different from wild beasts.
And the new owner sent a sackcloth. And let them buy dry food, this is not to treat others as human beings, what else can be. Although the master is very difficult to talk on the surface, but the other party is a nobleman, a noble spellcaster who is high, and if he does not have some majesty and temper, it is a strange thing.
Royd took three of his kindred and walked down the street. Because the slave inscription was engraved on the back, they put on their clothes at this time. It's no different from ordinary people.
Although he was a slave, Lloyd used to help other masters buy supplies, so he was more familiar with the market for supplies.
More than 700 people need to consume the minimum amount of food a day, and Lloyd knows this very well, he first went to the car store to buy a few donkey carts, then hired a few people, and then went to the grain store to buy the cheapest, and of course, the most unpalatable rations.
When these truckloads of grain are brought back to the cave. When Royd saw the numb people, he looked at them in unison.
That's a good thing. Lloyd knew very well that the people had not reacted much to anything for a long time, they just lived like beasts, and the only thing that was better than beasts was that they still knew how to speak.
But now, the tribesmen have clean bodies. There were also new clothes to wear, and they gradually began to show their human side.
"Let the kids come over and have something to eat." Royd said to his people: "Everyone can't eat too much, so they can only grab a handful, understand?" ”
The man nodded. I went to the crowd to eat and drink a few times, and soon a group of children came running, and everyone obediently grabbed a handful of dry rations and stuffed them into their mouths. They ate in a hurry, and a few of them even choked.
Looking at this scene, Lloyd couldn't help but feel some joy in his heart, children are the future of a race, as long as the children live well, then this race will not perish, but will only grow slowly.
But he hadn't been happy for long, and when he saw a man walk in, his heart suddenly cooled.
The one who came was Beta, their new owner.
There were also a few children who were holding a lump of coarse grain in their hands and shoving it into their mouths, which was naturally seen by Beta.
Eating secretly in private is taboo in the eyes of any nobleman. Royd was afraid that Beta would punish the children, and he was about to try to persuade his master not to touch the children and take all the blame on himself, but he saw that Beta did not know about the children, but walked to the donkey cart to check the condition of the rations.
Lloyd felt his throat hang down his throat.
After looking at a few donkey carts, Beta walked up to Lloyd and asked expressionlessly, "How much did it cost?" ”
"That's ten days' worth of money, and only one gold coin and thirty-six silver coins were spent." Royd was a little worried, he was afraid that his master would think he was buying too much. After all, he had quietly calculated the minimum amount of food that his people would consume each day.
"You're helping me save money?" Beta seemed to scoff with some disdain: "In the future, your rations will be doubled on this basis." Also, if you buy food in the future, you will buy it month by month, don't be too petty, and only buy it for ten days at a time, what's the matter? It's a shame to say it. ”
Royd took a deep breath: "No problem. As you wish, my master. ”
Beta snorted, and then said, "You can go and buy the remaining twenty days' rations later, and then feed them to their heart's content, and we will leave tomorrow morning." ”
"Yes, master."
Beta glanced at the slaves and saw that their qi and blood were much better, so she nodded. Turning to leave, when he was about to reach the entrance of the cave, he suddenly turned back, looked at Lloyd and said, "Those little children, don't let them steal food again, if I see them again next time, break their dog's legs." ”
"Okay." Royd replied aloud in ecstasy, his hanging heart relaxed.
When the master said this, he naturally spared the children who stole food. As for the host's bad tone...... How many masters would speak to their slaves in a gentle tone? If that happens, it means that things are going to be in trouble.
As Lloyd watched Beta leave the cave, he looked at his people and suddenly shouted, "Listen to me, prepare for dinner, we can finally have our fill." ”
Moments later, there was a jubilant cheer.
Beta was outside the cave, listening to the faint voice coming from behind, he smiled slightly, and was in a somewhat happy mood. As an earthling in the information age, Beta is a little resistant to the word slave, but he knows very well that if he rashly tells these slaves that they are free, they will be ordinary people in the future.
When these words were spoken, the slaves would not believe it, but they would be afraid.
In the eyes of many people, even slaves themselves, slaves are slaves, the lowest things. They have become accustomed to such a position, and suddenly if someone says this, then they will definitely suspect that the person who said this must not have any good intentions, after all, once anything is abnormal, there will be a problem.
Beta returns to the hotel and takes Shirley and Jessica out on the street for a few hours, Jessica seems excited, she likes to go shopping with her host the most, and Shirley seems much calmer, but still happy.
After dark, I went back to the hotel, ate something and went to sleep.
When she wakes up the next day, Beta takes Shirley and Jessica to the cave door.
Royd was already waiting at the door with his people, and beside them were a dozen donkey carts, carrying sackcloth and covered with what must have been a full ration.
"Master, we're all ready." Lloyd stepped forward and reported.
Beta looked at the group of slaves and said lightly, "There are a lot of old guys in you...... It stands to reason that it should be thrown away. ”
As soon as these words came out, Lloyd was shocked, but he couldn't find any words to refute it. After all, this is a problem that all slaves encounter, as long as people are old and can no longer work, they will be abandoned and starved to death.
"But I'm a good man, and I'll allow you to take these old fellows with you. If they can't keep an eye on the line, let them sit on the donkey cart. Anyway, those rations are not a precious thing, and it is not a problem to sit on the old fellow. ”
Royd breathed a sigh of relief, and he said happily: "Master, you are really kind, you are the kindest master I have ever met. ”
Beta smiled softly, noncommittal, then summoned a carriage from the side, sat on it, and drove slowly out of the city.
Lloyd made a gesture for his people to immediately follow.
More than 700 people lined up in two rows, and more than a dozen donkey carts, marching out of the city.
This is a rare thing in the city of Caronte, and it has alarmed many people.
Francis stood in front of the window on the fifth floor, watching the line of slaves stream out below, and behind him stood his butler.
"How's it going?"
"I found out that the man was indeed the Red Priest. Now the latest news is that the Red God lawsuit is accompanied by an extremely beautiful woman, with the same bright blonde hair as he is, exactly the same as the physical characteristics of our target. ”
"Since he is the real Red Priest, then there is no need for us to mess with him." The fat man Francis laughed: "Let's give up these slaves." A man who dares to fight with the prince and can still get away with his whole body, we can't afford to mess with him. But there are always some idiots who don't know what to do, you send two people to follow quietly to see if it is the force that will do it, as long as they are defeated by the Red Priest, it will be the time for us to pick up the cheap. ”
The steward stooped down and took the order.
In the slave market, slaves that were sold occasionally returned to the sellers after a short period of time, for a number of well-known reasons.
Beta sat in the carriage and chatted with Shirley, and as soon as the group was not far from the city, Joan of Arc, who was scouting from the air, told him that a kilometer ahead of their road a small encirclement was being arranged. (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm sorry, I have something to do today, so I can only change it.
Let's see if there's time to catch up tomorrow.