"Those slave traders sold weapons to our rival tribes, instigated a war between us, we were caught off guard and suffered a great loss, over the years the tribe has been captured by many people, the number has been reduced by half, in order to survive we have to keep moving, but those slave traders always seem to find us, they also came to my father, expressed their willingness to exchange weapons for the prisoners we caught, but my father did not hesitate to refuse.

"Then our living conditions became worse and worse, until several nearby tribes, instigated by the slave traders, launched a surprise attack on us, in which my father and brother were killed, and they killed the old men of the tribe and sold the remaining young and strong young men to the slave traders who provided them with weapons." "And I'm one of them. ”

"So those slave girls and Rakutua before were all from your tribe, and they knew your identity? But how is it possible, as far as I know, those slave traders, in order to prevent slave revolts, usually sold people from the same tribe separately to different buyers. Zhang Heng said.

"Only four of the people who were bought with me were from my tribe, one of them died of illness not long after, and the other tried to escape and was caught and whipped to death, and now there are only three people left with me, to be honest, I didn't expect to meet Nivasha here, they are a group of people who were taken captive at the beginning of the tribal war, mainly women, probably think they are less threatening, those slave owners did not completely separate them, many of them were sold here...... As for Rakutua, he and I were captured together, but then we were sold to different buyers, Malcolm liked to watch gladiatorial fights, he had been collecting great gladiators, and when he heard about Rakutua's awesomeness, he paid him back a month ago. ”

After introducing his origins, Laeri paused and said, "I heard you in the carriage before that you plan to deal with Malcolm?" ”

Zhang Heng nodded, "It's no secret that there is a grudge between his Black Merchant Alliance and my Jackdaw, the whole of Nassau knows about it, and he invited me to his manor for a banquet tonight, also seeking the possibility of reconciliation." ”

"And you're not going to accept his offer, why?" Laeri stared into someone's eyes as if he wanted to see through him completely.

"I don't like to leave my fate in the hands of others." Zhang Heng did not hide it, "I don't have any personal grudges with Malcolm, but once the very black merchant alliance led by him is successfully established and gains a firm foothold on the island, it will not be good news for all those who chase freedom, and Nassau will be completely controlled by capital at that time." ”

Laeri didn't quite understand the meaning of Zhang Heng's last sentence, but he could see that the other party did not deceive him, and at least for now, Zhang Heng should have chosen to stand on the opposite side of Malcolm.

Then he was silent for a long time and then spoke again, "After the death of my father and brother in battle, according to the rules of the tribe, I am the new chief, and I am obliged to save my brothers and sisters from the suffering, break the shackles on their feet, and let them breathe free air again, which is why I must escape from that manor no matter what." ”

Zhang Heng said, "I admire your ideals, but unfortunately I am afraid I can't help you much." ”

As a later generation, he certainly has no good feelings about the dirtiest and bloody page in modern human history - the black slave trade, but it is one thing to save Laeri, and it is another thing to help the latter liberate the other slaves in the manor, and now it is almost the most dangerous period for the Jackdaw and Karina, Zhang Heng wants to focus all his attention on Malcolm and his alliance of black merchants, and has no extra energy to help Laeri.

As a result, the black gladiator shook his head when he heard this, "I'm not begging for your help, but I want to cooperate with you." ”

"Cooperation?"

"Yes, you want to know what the differences are between Malcolm and Raymond, and I might be able to help you." "There are many tragic endings for blacks who are sold to the New World by slave traders, and becoming gladiators, fighting like wild beasts with their own kind, for the amusement of their masters, but sometimes it's not entirely bad, because we occasionally hear more than our fellow coolies."

"In the eyes of those white people, we are just goods and labor that can walk, they are their private property, they don't care about our thoughts and feelings, without their permission, we can't leave the manor for the rest of our lives, so they won't deliberately avoid us for many things, from the first day I was sold to Terence Manor, I have been preparing to escape there one day, in addition to learning more vocabulary to understand the world in private, I am also trying to gather all kinds of information, hoping to find a way to escape."

"About eight months ago, Malcolm and Raymond had a private party, and Malcolm asked me and another slave to perform a gladiatorial fight in front of them, but both of them were a little absent-minded during this time, and there was a little argument afterwards. ”

Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, and Laeri's words aroused his interest.

"The focus of their dispute seems to be a businessman, because it doesn't have much to do with my escape plan, I can't remember that name for too long, I only know that he is also a black marketeer on the island, and Malcolm and Raymond are engaged in the same thing, and it seems that he also has a certain reputation, Raymond has probed him once, and talked about the formation of the black merchant alliance, but he has been strongly resisted.

He said that this was playing with fire and self-immolation, and warned Raymond Malcolm that his ambitions were too big, Raymond discussed this matter with Malcolm afterwards, and they both felt a little tricky, that person was not the most profitable businessman on the island, but he was very old and had a certain amount of influence, Raymond advocated communicating with the other party slowly, but soon after that guy was arrested in the colony, Raymond suspected that Malcolm did it, but Malcolm said that it had nothing to do with him, and the two had a dispute because of this matter, In the end, it broke up unhappily. ”

Zhang Heng's heart moved, he thought of what happened to her father that Karina told him when they met for the first time, the two were just right in time, Zhang Heng didn't expect that the businesswoman's father was arrested in New Jersey and had something to do with the Black Business Alliance, so it seems that things are probably not as simple as they seem.