The pervert Cassie was very depressed, and the jade pendant he snatched from Zhu Junyi's hand was beautifully carved and skilled, and it could be called a work of art, but all the Dutch shops were not interested in this jade carved handicraft, and were only willing to pay ten lieles at most.

Cassie risked being found by Gullitt and thrown into the sea to feed the sharks, and struggled to grab a piece of jade pendant, naturally unwilling to be sold so cheaply, and finally went to the Chinese district of Dongcheng under the guidance of someone with a heart, found the largest pawnshop, walked in, and a quarter of an hour later, Cassie went out excitedly, and the jade pendant was taken out of three hundred taels of Qingping treasury silver, equivalent to four pounds or eight Ducat's gold coins.

Zhu Junyi's jade pendant stayed in Maofeng Lane to solve the warehouse, and it was not until the old shopkeeper checked the warehouse that he saw the light of day again, and it was more than a month later......

Through the thick log cage, Erlang's men used a bucket of water to wake up Zhu Junyi, who was still dreaming. Zhu Junyi jumped up from the ground all of a sudden, and suddenly realized his current identity and situation.

Gao Sheng hurriedly crawled over, leaned next to Zhu Junyi's face, and whispered nervously, "Brother Jun!" Awake? How are you? ”

Zhu Junyi kicked his feet happily, stretched his hands upward, and his small movements were both numb and generous, making Nina and Gao Sheng stunned, envying Zhu Junyi's freedom and unrestrainedness from the inside out.

Zhu Junyi opened his eyes and saw Gao Sheng and Nina squatting beside him, he was a little embarrassed, and was about to say a few jokes, when Nina's question made his scalp tingle, "Who is Yilan?" What kind of chicken is it? ”

Zhu Junyi's body froze for a few seconds, this is his biggest secret, how could Nina know these things? Turning his head to look at Gao Sheng again, he saw this guy's sad face, and his mouth was broken: "Poor Brother Jun...... I read all the books to my dreams......"

At this moment, there was a knocking sound on the log fence of the cage, a Dutch and local native mixed-race man held a horsewhip and shouted a lot of foul words in the local language, a Daya woman next to him bumped a few words, "swish", the mixed-race man's horsewhip was whipped up, only a moment, Daya woman's arms and chest were full of whiplashes, the mixed-race man pointed at the woman and scolded, the braid on his hand kept pumping until the woman fell to the ground and couldn't get up again, the mixed-race man opened the cage and took a closer look, She died.

The mixed-race man pursed his lips, but he didn't feel anything wrong at all, and called two strong men to carry the woman's body out.

Nina sadly explained the situation to Zhu Junyi and Gao Sheng. It turned out that the Daya woman and a Daya man who was taken away yesterday were husband and wife, and since they separated from their husbands yesterday, they had a dead heart and started a hunger strike yesterday. Zhu Junyi's heart was greatly touched, the Daya woman had also taken care of herself on the slave fishing boat, and even gave a small amount of food to others, and said angrily: "Then since you are of the same clan, why don't you persuade her?" It's better to die than to live, as long as you are alive, you have the hope of reuniting with your husband! ”

"Why?" Nina looked at Zhu Junyi strangely, "She and her husband have agreed to die today, this is their oath, we Daya people worship ancestors, take ancestors as gods, value oaths the most, die for guarding oaths and love, their souls will return to the arms of their ancestors, why do you want her to betray the oath of her relatives?" …… Isn't that cruel? She was able to reunite with her husband after her death and gain the respect of her people, which ...... Is there something wrong? ”

What's wrong? Zhu Junyi was speechless.

"That...... You're not going to leave us both to die, are you? Gao Sheng suddenly asked Nina worriedly.

Nina replied sadly and firmly: "I am the daughter of the chief, my lover died at the hands of the bastard, and I promised Abba, I will rebuild our tribe and avenge them!" The tribe has not been rebuilt, the hatred of my people has not been avenged, I cannot die, otherwise the heroic spirits of my ancestors will not take me in, and my people will not be able to find peace. ”

Since coming to this world, Zhu Junyi has seen corpses, and there are a lot of them, even if he was captured as a slave, his subconscious only thinks that it is a strange and exciting game, but this is the first time he has faced life and death, watching a life die in front of his eyes, only to truly realize that the world he is in is different from his previous life, Nina is just a girl in the flower season, but she is burdened with the hatred and expectations of a tribe, the truth here is strength, without power and strength, you can only be slaughtered, If he was still naïve about this life before full of romantic longing, then now he is taught to be a man mercilessly by the cruelty of reality, as if there is a fire burning in his mind, there is a voice in Zhu Junyi's heart keeps shouting, he doesn't like this kind of world, according to the emotions that are about to explode, he suddenly has a very strong will, force himself to calm down for a moment, the voice is very low, but it is very clear to the ears of Gao Sheng and Nina.

"I don't want to continue to live in darkness, I don't want to see the tragedy of the dead every day, this is not the purpose of my appearance in this world, and it is not my pursuit in this life. I want the people around me to be safe, peaceful, well-fed, and rich, and I want to protect the lives of all the people I love. Therefore, I will not continue to be at peace with what happens, I will not continue to be satisfied with food and clothing, I will become strong, I will have unchallengeable power, wealth and strength, I will give everyone a fairness, a truth, I will not bury myself for simple wishes, I will not be wronged in order to please the powerful, for this goal, I will be patient, I will wait, I will gradually strengthen myself, until one day the time comes, I will be like a fire burning through the grassland, will be like a hurricane sweeping away the remnant clouds, I will definitely do it! ”

Gao Sheng and Nina were stunned, the oath of the four-and-a-half-year-old boy shook them, as if they had been struck in the head by a thunderbolt, and their whole bodies were tense like stones for a moment, but the more they listened, the more they felt their blood boiling.

"Jun ...... Brother Jun! …… You...... You're saying so good that it sounds like I'm going to be on fire all over. Gao Sheng's eyes were full of admiration and admiration, "I know that I don't have great skills, but I am also willing to live in a ...... like you said." That one...... I will always follow you. ”

Nina's eyes twinkled, and she muttered, "Will there be a day?" ”

"Yes! Definitely! Zhu Junyi replied seriously and firmly.

"The world you are talking about makes me envious, how nice it would be if my people could live the kind of life you said......

"I will try to create such a world, not only for the Chinese, but also for your people!"

"Really?"

"Trust me! Let's make it happen together! ”

The three of them were close together, Zhu Junyi stretched out his little hand, Gao Sheng and Nina didn't know why, until Zhu Junyi grabbed one hand of each of them and pressed it between their hands, the little hands of the three children were folded, their hearts were surging, they looked at each other and smiled, there was a little more passion in their eyes, and there was more power.

"Ascension! Nina! Zhu Junyi frowned, and said in a low tone: "If we want to realize our ideals, we must first escape from here." Now it seems that it is impossible to escape from here, and there is only one way to save ourselves. When somebody comes to buy us, whoever it is, we have to be bought, we have to get out of here as soon as possible, and whoever wants to buy any of us has to buy the other two. ”

Gao Sheng was confused and asked, "Brother Jun, do we really want to sell ourselves to others as slaves?" ”

Zhu Junyi gave a helpless wry smile, "We want to be free, we want to rebuild Nina's tribe, we want to realize our ideals, we can't just think here, we must take the first step." Only by leaving here can we realize our ideals. Rome...... No...... Bacheng was not built in a day, we have to plan it well, step by step, this first step is to get out of this big cage. ”

As soon as they said this, the two of them nodded frequently, and looked back at the dejected "fellow boats" around them, and their hearts couldn't help but feel a little more desolate, and their bodies stiffened a little.

In the early morning, Batavia was a lively scene, and this small market in Erlang was even more crowded, shoulder to shoulder, rich families from all over the country, nobles from small surrounding countries, and powerful or wealthy East India Company employees, merchants, and workshop owners in Batavia all came to trade, not only to buy slaves, but also to sell slaves, after paying the commission in Erlang's office, they could bring their slaves into the market and hand them over to special traders to sell on the spot, and the proceeds should be separately taken as a tenth of the commission as the rent of the market. In fact, it naturally went into Mr. Erlang's pocket again.

The later the time, the more lively it is, as far as the eye can see, the crowds are surging, Linz is shoulder to shoulder, and the bustling degree is like the night market in later generations. However, no one noticed the conversation of the three children in the inconspicuous corner of the third cage on the right, except for a pair of eyes and another pair of ears.

The bell for the opening of the market is ringed.

"Come out!" The strong man opened a cage and drove the slaves waiting to be sold up to the long corridor, and the whole corridor was full of slaves, both men and women, most of the women were girls and girls, and only the boys were still there, the oldest was no more than twenty years old, and the youngest was only five or six years old. The buyers under the corridor would occasionally climb the steps and pinch the slaves' chins to check their teeth, and even pinch their chests and touch their buttocks. The buyer who is optimistic will go to the trader to pay the money directly, and pay the money with one hand, and naturally someone will tie up the slave and send it to him, and the buyer will pull the rope and lead the slave to swagger away, as if this is a mule and horse market, and the sale is a herd of livestock. There are also sporadic buyers who fancy the same or several slaves at the same time, and when it is good, they bid separately, and the one with the highest price wins, and when they can't get along, there are also buyers who interact with each other to fight the game to determine whether they win or lose. However, it seems that the Dutch always had priority, because on the one hand the Dutch merchants mostly carried flintlock pistols, and on the other hand, it was the franchise of the Dutch East India Company's slave trade, which the Dutch said they were.

Zhu Junyi believed that no matter what kind of difficulties he had, he would find a solution, so he simply sat on the ground and carefully observed the flow of people buying and selling. Suddenly, I felt something, turned my head to look at my sight, and saw a strong man standing in the cage next to him, who was also a Chinese, dressed in dark clothes and pants, looking at himself and smiling.

The slaves in the cage next to him were only locked in in the morning, because Zhu Junyi was still asleep at the time, and he didn't pay attention to who was in the cage next door. Now when I took a closer look, I found that in addition to this strong man, there were three Chinese in the cage, all of whom were all dressed in black colors.

It stands to reason that although the ruling power of Batavia is in the hands of the Dutch, the Chinese merchants also have a certain amount of power, as long as the Chinese to and from Ba Cheng pay the poll tax, the Dutch East India Company will provide security protection, and ignore other things.

Zhu Junyi didn't know what the strong man in Xuanyi meant, why he kept staring at himself and laughing, and asked himself that the conversation between the three of them just now was far away from the next door, and the scene was so noisy, no matter what, it would not be listened to by anyone who cared about it.

The strong man in Xuanyi nodded towards Zhu Junyi, and continued to smile and remain silent, Zhu Junyi didn't know the situation, so he nodded and replied.

At this moment, a thin man dressed in a gray cloth and green shirt, dressed like a rich man, with a long beard on his face, handed a sign to the trader, and then he could walk through the corridor and walk straight to the cage next door, stopped in front of the strong man in black clothes, blocked the view behind him with his back, shrunk his hands in front of his chest and clenched his fists slightly, and actually arched his hand inside, and spoke a fluent dialect similar to the Nanjing accent of later generations: "Brother Huang forgives his sins, and my brother just got the news, and the rescue was late, which frightened the brothers." ”

Zhu Junyi was far away, and he couldn't hear what he was saying, but he was taken aback, feeling that the identity of the strong man in Xuanyi next door was not ordinary. But why did it appear in the slave market? Just let him know it.

"No problem." The strong man in Xuanyi whispered to Guan Gong's face: "I still have to bother Brother Wei to save a few of us out." ”

Guan Gong nodded with a smile on his face and said, "There are many people here, wait for me to pay the money, and take you back to talk." Returning to the dealer, he pointed to this side and took out a few Ducats from his pocket. Earlier, the mixed-race man returned with a few men with cold eyebrows and flintlock pistols with Guan Gongmian, Guan Gongmian pointed at each hand, and he released four black-clothed Chinese people including the strong man in Xuanyi from next door, and was about to tie his hands and hand them to the buyer according to the custom, but was stopped by Guan Gongmian, he muttered in his mouth and didn't know what to say, Guan Gongmian just shook his head. In the end, the mixed-race man crooked his mouth, turned his head and led people to get busy with an indifferent look.

Guan Gong's face was about to take a few people away, but he was kept by the strong man in Xuanyi, and pointed in the direction of Zhu Junyi, Gao Sheng, and Nina, and said to Guan Gong's face: "Brother Wei, slow down, I look at these children are a little interesting, I want to ask Brother Wei to help, and I also bought them, okay?" ”

Guan Gong's face was silent for a moment, then he looked at the money bag and said, "Okay, brothers Xiaohou, come when you go." After a while, he returned and shook his head and said, "That kid's price is not low, and it has already been ordered, please forgive Brother Huang." He didn't know what the relationship between Brother Huang and the child next door was, and his face was full of helplessness and apology.

"That being the case......" The strong man in Xuanyi groaned slightly, walked in front of Zhu Junyi, squatted down, and looked carefully.

Zhu Junyi guessed that the other party must have a deep meaning, and he didn't say much, the two looked at each other, and waited for the other party to speak first. Gao Sheng couldn't help it, he saw the strong man in Xuanyi take off the cage, and pointed a few fingers at himself, he couldn't help but secretly look forward to it, seeing that Zhu Junyi and the other party didn't speak, he said hurriedly: "Uncle is going to let us out?" ”

The strong man in Xuanyi smiled: "The heart is intentional, but the helplessness is insufficient." ”

"A heart is also a heart. Thank you very much. Zhu Junyi said blandly.

"Then you can't let us go?" Gao Sheng's face was disappointed.

The strong man in Xuanyi said again: "At least I was destined to be imprisoned for half a day with a few little brothers, and I took the liberty to ask for the names of a few little brothers." ”

"My name is Gao Sheng, he is my brother Zhu Junyi, this is Sister Nina."

As soon as Gao Sheng spoke, Zhu Junyi knew that he couldn't stop him, so he simply let him finish, and then asked: "How can there be a reason to only ask other people's names but not report their families, since you want to know our names, why don't you tell us how to call you?" ”

The strong man in Xuanyi flashed a trace of wonder in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Interesting, interesting, really interesting!" It's the first time I've met a little brother as smart as you. After a pause, he said: "My surname is Huang, and my single name is a class character." …… Pity! Pity! Say goodbye, if he is destined to meet again, he will make good friends. After saying that, he got up and left with Guan Gong's face, without pausing for half a minute.

Gao Sheng raised his hand and wanted to say hello, but was pulled by Zhu Junyi, and muttered with a lost face: "This is leaving?" What is this? ”

Zhu Junyi smiled and didn't answer, but he kept this yellow class in his heart.

The slave market was still crowded, and the mixed-race man and his men went out again, bringing out more than two dozen girls and children from several cages, including Zhu Junyi, Gao Sheng, and Nina.

The mixed-race man still kept muttering, but Nina understood a little, looked happy, and told Zhu Junyi and Gao Sheng: "We...... There is salvation. There is a ...... What the...... The executives bought us by name......"