Chapter 4 -- A Special Executioner

Zhang Wu took Polcha from the second floor to the lobby of the hotel, and came to the counter, and the boss in the counter stood up, "Brother Zhang Wu, is there something?" Zhang Wu smiled: "Boss, are there any mercenaries living in your store?" I want to hire somebody. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" The shopkeeper thought for a moment: "Yes, are you hiring someone to ......?" "For the bodyguards!" "Oh," said the shopkeeper, looking up at the stairs, "Resarit, are you alive!" Zhang Wu and the others turned around, only to see a man walking up the stairs, burly, tall, one meter and eight miles away, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, muscles on his body, full of strength, short black hair, looking very energetic, with good facial features and dignified appearance. Resarit walked down the stairs and came to the counter: "What's wrong?" "This brother wants to find a few mercenaries to escort the caravan, are you free?" "Oh," Resarita nodded, "We don't have any work on us, but the brethren have just returned, and we're tired!" Today's words ......" Ressarit hesitated a little, Zhang Wu took over the conversation, and said: "Don't leave today, I'll just find a good person first, my people just went out to load the goods, if you want to leave......" Zhang Wu looked back at Porcha, "Why will it be two days later?" Polcha nodded: "Yes! Ressarit hurriedly replied: "Okay, I'll take your job!" Commissions? "Follow the market, what people do, what we do." "It's a deal." Zhang Wu nodded, "Then how many of you are there?" "Twenty-five, it's not me who blows, my people, all of them are good hands!" Zhang Wu smiled: "That's great! ”

Manid bought more than thirty pack horses in one go, all but one of which was loaded with the necessities of life. More than 30 horses lined up, which is also quite spectacular! In addition, Manid also bought himself a horse, which Manid was quite unhappy about, and originally according to his wishes, all the money he could use had to be bought into salt, you know, every ten dinars bought here, when it came to Kugit, it could be exchanged for twenty dinars, or even more! I just need to spend more effort to walk, I originally wanted to sell Porcha's mount for some money, but he was unaware of it, and found Zhang Wu to complain, but not only did the horse not sell, Zhang Wu also bought himself a horse for transportation with a tough attitude, "I can walk by myself" Manid said with a stiff neck! "I can't let my brother be wronged!" Zhang Wu said: "The body is the capital of the revolution, comrade, how can you be tired? Save your energy and count your tickets! With that, he drove Manid out. Manid was speechless, and although he didn't know what it meant to count votes, he knew that Zhang Wu's words made sense, but the pony still felt a pain in his flesh at the thought of those dinars that could have been flipped over......

The horse team was about to set off, and the people of Ressarit were all in place, twenty-four horses, twenty-four riders, six rows and four columns, the rows were neat, no one was talking nonsense, there was no other sound in the team except for the occasional sound of war horses, this team did not have the casual nature of ordinary executioners, and everyone's face was solemn! And their equipment is also very neat, everyone is wearing chain armor, a long-handled machete is hung on the saddle, and a long sword is hung from the waist, Zhang Wu is secretly surprised, he can integrate a civilian team to such a level, this person is not simple, he is a talent!

The horse team slowly moved towards Halma, Zhang Wu and Resarit walked side by side, walking in front of the team to open the way, followed by twelve executioners, Wangcai followed Zhang Wuma, while eating ashes, while hurrying! In the middle of the procession was Manid, with more than thirty men hired from the village, each leading a pack horse full of goods, and at the end was Porcha, who led twelve executioners to the battle! The group began to move forward slowly but surely!

"Resarit!" Zhang Wu shouted, and Resarit turned his head: "What's the matter?" "Yours are different from ordinary executioners! Resarit smiled and acquiesced. How do you think of training a team of dart masters like this, their quality is comparable to that of the regular army, and even surpasses it! Zhang Wu was sincerely amazed! Ressarit scratched his head and replied, "Nothing, professional habits. Hehe! "Oh?" Zhang Wu became interested: "What do you say?" Resarit said slowly: "I used to be a soldier, in Svadia, and an officer! Zhang Wu nodded, with an expression that he had already guessed. Resarit continued: "Because the lord appreciates my martial arts, he has ordered me to train warriors for him, brother, and to tell the joke, I have trained more soldiers than you have in your hand! "Huh!" Zhang Wu smiled and asked, "Then why did you retire later and become a mercenary again?" Hearing this, Resarit's face gradually became serious: "Actually, I love the life in the barracks, and I am also keen on training recruits!" I don't want to go either, watching the ignorant recruits slowly being trained to be strong, flexible soldiers! I'm very happy, but ...... But ......" said this, Ressarit's expression was very painful, and his eyes were full of tears! I can't go on............ After a pause, Resarit gradually adjusted his mood and continued to narrate in a deep voice: "Every soldier, from a recruit to a qualified soldier, has to undergo about three months of training, in order to discover their respective characteristics, teach them according to their aptitude, I eat and live in the training camp, get along with them day and night, and after a long time, each of them is like my brother!" As an instructor, I look forward to them practicing kung fu well, because that is also my success! But as a brother who has a relationship with them, I am afraid that they will be trained, because then is the time when their danger is approaching! Ressarit let out a long sigh! Zhang Wu was speechless, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to say: "As a soldier, it is natural to go to the battlefield!" Resarit shook his head: "You're right, but not all right, it's true that a warrior should go to the battlefield, but a warrior is also a human being, a living person, not a tool that the lord and the king can sacrifice at will for their own interests, everyone is raised by their mother's father, who doesn't have a father and mother, wife and children at home!" Zhang Wu was speechless, and Resarit was silent for a long time before he spoke: "In the hearts of those in power, soldiers are valuable, they will calculate the cost, which battle should be fought, and how much benefit they have after the fight!" How many soldiers will be lost, recruitment fees, training fees, salaries and pensions. That's the price of a soldier, but brother, in the hearts of parents, how many dinars is their son worth? In the eyes of a wife, how many dinars can her husband's life be exchanged? The people in power have decided how many families have fallen into grief! In Suno, the hundred recruits I had just trained were immediately thrown into the war of aggression against the Nord Kingdom, and in just ten days, two battles, and when I returned to the city, there were only twenty-two alive left, and only four of them were all bearded and tailed! Nearly 80 lives, all young men! Do you know? Half of them haven't gotten married yet, so they're gone! Yes, since you are in the army, you should fight bravely, and you will not hesitate to shed blood and be wounded, and you will not hesitate to shroud your horse leather, that's right! But there is some value that should disappear for each human life, and it can't just be some numbers that have been crossed out! Why did they die? If it is to protect the family and defend the country! Then I, Resarit, will lead them forward! Fight to the last soldier, but what about the facts! They were buried in the hands of a greedy lord who led his army to plunder and fell into an ambush ...... enemy. Resarit shook his head, stopped talking, and rode forward......

Zhang Wu was shocked, what Resarit said, he really hadn't thought about it before, this is the voice of a grassroots officer! After coming to this world, Zhang Wu actually still has some inertia in his heart that he used to play games, and what he thinks in his heart is nothing more than to make money, recruit troops, and compete for the world! But at this moment, Zhang Wu's heart began to turn over the river and the sea! Oh, yes! This is no longer a game, this is a real world, Porcha and Resarit, they are all living people, people with their own thoughts, these executioners, people, are all flesh and blood people, not a cold data, they also have families, relatives, and feelings! They are no different from themselves! In this case, do you still have to go down the path you have chosen? Countless lives! Zhang Wu was a little confused......

Halma City, the pearl of the grassland, after Zhang Wu and others walked for more than ten days, finally in sight, everyone was excited, a burst of speed, and finally entered the city two hours later! Manid urged the horse to take a few steps, caught up with Zhang Wu and said, "Captain, let's go to the Chamber of Commerce first!" Find a storeroom! Unload the goods first, let the horses keep their spirits, and everyone has a good rest! Zhang Wu agreed, and the horse team went straight to the Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Manid. When they arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, Manid negotiated the price, rented a storeroom, and directed the horsemen to unload the salt, Ressarit also took the executioners to help, and Porcha went to find an inn nearby! Zhang Wu had nothing to do, so he led the horse to the street, and Wangcai wagged his tail and followed! Zhang Wu found a piece of bluestone, sat down slowly, and frowned unconsciously again! Resarit's words that day seemed to ring in his ears again, "Lives one by one! "Alas......" Zhang Wu sighed, once he succeeded, he had to use countless lives to fill it if he wanted to achieve great things, but after listening to Resarit's words, he couldn't make up his mind, for his own selfish interests, he buried countless lives, Zhang Wu couldn't do it! While hesitating, Polcha walked over, "Boss, what's wrong with you?" "It's fine!" "Well, I think you seem to have something on your mind these days!" Zhang Wu smiled reluctantly and said to Polcha: "Brother, sit!" After speaking, he moved to the side, and Polcha sat down next to Zhang Wu, "Bobo, do you think I should do something big in the future, and I am unwilling to live an ordinary life!" Porcha blinked and replied, "Why shouldn't the people go to higher places, and the water flows to lower places!" Yes, but the boss ......" Polcha stopped talking, Zhang Wu looked at him strangely: "But what? Porcha raised his head and said, "Boss, if you become a lord in the future, can you be kind to your people!" Zhang Wu couldn't help but feel funny, "Hey, I can't see it, Bobo, you are still a benevolent and righteous person!" Polcha smiled wryly, "What a great benevolence, it's just ...... Alas...... The boss, the people at the bottom, are really having a hard time! "Then how do you know that I must be a lord?" Zhang Wu asked with a smile, and Polcha looked at Zhang Wu puzzled! "Huh?" Seeing Porcha's doubts, Zhang Wu knew that he was preconceived again, in Calradia, getting ahead is just to make military achievements, no matter how good it is, it will be appreciated by the monarch, and those who have really made great contributions can be named nobles and get a piece of land, even if the ancestral tomb is smoking, as for the matter of pulling the banner to rebel and pulling the emperor off the horse, no one thinks about it, and no one dares to think about it! It's terrible to be an enemy of a country, think of the king's personal guards, think of the private soldiers of the major lords. If you think about the regular armies of the cities and towns, even if you are dissatisfied with the monarch, normal people will dispel this idea. "Hmm, nothing, what did you just want to say?" Zhang Wu downplayed the topic. "Oh, I said you are going to be a lord, be kind to your people, their lives are not easy." "Oh? How so? Zhang Wu seemed to have grasped something in his heart, and he couldn't say it for a while. Polcha glanced at both sides, there were no idlers, so he lowered his voice: "Boss, look at these people at the bottom of society, they are simply living in dire straits, oh, the wool weaving workshop on the other side of the city gate, the female slaves in it, see it, all of them are yellow and thin, and they have to work day and night, and the slave owners don't even give them enough food in order to save some money, and before entering the city, when we pass near Pahimi, that mine, do you remember those miners?" Zhang Wu thought for a while: "Oh, they were having dinner when we passed by, and the food was not bad, I see!" Polcha grinned and said: "You think that is the kindness of the lord, what kind of work do they do, how to sell coolies if they don't have enough to eat, most of these coolies are prisoners of war or young people captured during the invasion, and some of them are young and strong criminals in prison, alas...... Some of them are really guilty. After a pause, Porcha continued: "Don't talk about slaves, let's talk about commoners, let's say commoners, but they are slaves with free status, the peasants in the countryside, the grain they grow for a year of hard work, first pay the rent, then the country's war reserves, the lord's private military food, and all kinds of kings and lords need to set up a name, and after tossing down, they can't even have enough rations for their families. Besides, the major workshops in the city, those male and female workers, working day after day, year after year, could not even guarantee food and clothing, and the wealth they created was exploited by the ruling class! Zhang Wu listened quietly, his heart suddenly brightened, and he found the goal in an instant, yes, this is a society where capital, empire, and slavery coexist, and there are countless people at the bottom of the society who are struggling on the death line, and they all hate this evil society incomparably, this anger is like a barrel of dynamite, just wait for one person to ignite it, it will burst out with unparalleled power, as long as you master this power, you can overthrow the kings and lords, and establish your own regime! At that time, distribute the land, clarify the rule of officials, be a generation of Ming Jun, and save the people from fire and water! Let everyone have food to eat, clothes to wear, and make a name for themselves through the ages, good, good, great. Zhang Wu's depression was swept away, and he couldn't help but let out a long laugh, Polcha didn't know what Zhang Wu was thinking, and was laughed inexplicably, "Boss, you ......" "It's okay, brother, if I say, I, Zhang Wu, am determined to save these people who have suffered a lot, what do you think?" Zhang Wu said to his first subordinate, Polcha was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, understood what Zhang Wu meant, couldn't help but be a little excited, and said excitedly: "Boss, I know that I didn't follow the wrong person, I know that you are not an ordinary ordinary man, but I don't want you to have such great ambitions, in this case, Polcha is willing to stand by your side and do my best." After that, he stood up, knelt on one knee, and bowed his head to Zhang Wu, Zhang Wu helped Porcha up, and said: "Brother, I know your ability, and if we get into trouble in the future, I will let it be useful, but now the time is not ripe, this kind of head-off thing, can't be on the lips, let's take this matter to heart, don't mention it first!" "Hmm!" Polcha nodded his head heavily! The knot in his heart opened, Zhang Wu felt a sense of relief, and with a brisk step, he went to the Chamber of Commerce with Porcha to meet Manid and the others.