Chapter 53: A Different Way
"Is it really that important what outsiders think? You're his own brother, aren't you? You have the same blood in your body, right? Murong Tao suddenly got up and shouted at Louis who was lying on the bed, "I'm not as lucky as you, in addition to being able to get the love from my parents, there are so many brothers and sisters, although I am in the royal family, I don't seem to be so free, but there are many, many people in this world who are more unfortunate than you!" ”
"......" Louis was completely stunned, he was just explaining the fact that because of Nicholas's condition, many royal doctors were helpless, and even the queen mother, who had always cared about Nicholas, rarely went to his bedroom, and even more strictly forbade others to go to his bedroom to harass him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"I'm sorry... I have been an orphan since I was a child, and it was the master who raised me, taught me kung fu, and gave me food. Thinking of his master, Murong Tao felt that his nose was a little sore, and tears couldn't stop flowing, "Compared to me, you are much better, don't give up if it doesn't go well for a while, it's not your wish to be ordered to take the throne in danger, but you have an obligation to the people of this land!" ”
"....." Louis watched Murong Tao open the hatch and walk out, then watched Ulysses with cereal porridge walk in and close the hatch, "Ulysses, you say, am I too impulsive?" ”
"......" Ulysses didn't say a word, put the cereal porridge on a small wooden table, placed it on the bed, and fed Louis spoonful after spoonful, but Louis's heart was no longer here.
Walking out of the cabin and breathing in the sea breeze, the excitement I had just felt calmed down, and it was clear that no matter how much I hoped to return to the original world, none of this was possible. Reaching into his pocket, touching the Star of Saint Noah in his pocket, he blamed this necklace, why did he bring himself here for some reason?
René and Marcus don't know when they started, from the previous pinching to the current drinking, only then did they find that the ship had stopped, those sailors were cleaning the deck and masts, and some people saw Murong Tao come out, and they all smiled at him gratefully, it can be seen that these are those new sailors, including the sailor who went to the kitchen to get ginger slices, he was waving at Murong Tao, and pointed to his friends beside him, the bloodless seasick man just now, is now alive.
"If you are seasick, how can you think of being a sailor? Can't you find a suitable job in the port of Cherbourg? Murong Tao leaned on the mast and chatted with the rookie sailors, "It's like our sailor's tavern is recruiting waiters, it's like being at sea, you may die in the belly of a fish at any time." ”
"How can the salary of a waiter be compared with that of a sailor? All of them are burdened with high debts, and when will they be able to pay off their debts with the meager monthly salaries they receive as waiters? Marcus staggered over, with René at his side, "As René said, since Guernsey was occupied by the British, they wanted to control the English Channel, and by the way, they began to send additional fleets to patrol, and now our seafaring trade is hindered, but relatively speaking, the profits are also the greatest." ”
The rookie sailors nodded their heads, as if Marcus had spoken to their hearts, because Cherbourg Port had no special products, most of the daily necessities were purchased from other ports, in fact, in addition to the booming fish business, Cherbourg Port was a slave business. The slave trade led to a boom in many industries, including transportation, manufacturing, and animal husbandry. What these industries lack most is human resources, especially those black slaves, which just make up for the gap in human resources. These slaves were simple to use, did not need to pay any wages, and only needed to supply some cereal porridge a day, so that they could enslave these slaves to work for themselves and create great wealth.
"That's why you, the European powers, have come to our continent one by one with your heads sharpened, transporting shiploads of slaves from the 'factory' to your continent!" Serra's voice came from behind her, and everyone looked over, to be honest, Serra was very attractive, although her complexion was dark, but that kind of beauty was not lost to those white women, plus the loose long dress was constantly swaying in the sea breeze, for a while, these men were all overwhelmed by it, but Serra's gaze stayed on Murong Tao's face.
"I'm sorry, but our topic seems to have touched you inadvertently." Murong Tao said apologetically, "But this also has something to do with the ignorance of the leaders of those tribes on your continent, right?" I heard that the leaders of those tribes took the initiative to send the captives of the defeated tribes to the factories you mentioned in order to expand their territory indefinitely, and this is also a bit of an intention to help the abuse, right? ”
Serra was speechless, what Murong Tao said was completely true, all the tribal leaders who were consumed by the desire for profit did do this kind of thing that was spurned by other tribes, just like the neighboring country where her country was located, in order to fight her father, she sent herself and others to the nearest factory in an almost sneak attack, and then she was sent to the completely unfamiliar continent of Europa. Those Europeans were not familiar with the internal situation of the African continent, so many did not dare to go deep wantonly, and without the help of the leaders of those countries, these Europeans would not even be able to grasp their hair. Moreover, the African continent is a high-risk area of infectious diseases, and once injured there, several deadly infectious diseases can be contracted in minutes, so the European slave traders, who did not know the internal situation, would only blindly instigate the tribal leaders with huge ambitions to constantly conquer and transport a large number of captives as slaves.
"Don't worry, what I promised you will definitely be done." Murong Tao meant that he had made a decision with Serra and the imam to try his best to save the slaves he met on the journey, and then send them back to his hometown.
"I know this kind of thing can't be rushed..."Serra put his hands on the side of the boat, humming an unknown tune in his mouth, the tune was very strange, but after listening to it for a long time, I thought it was quite interesting, so these young and strong rookie sailors dared to approach this black pearl from Africa, and slowly several people had a topic, and these young people also sang songs, which made Serra's face have a smile that he had not seen for a long time.
"Bell, bell, bell!" Bayard walked out and banged the brass bell in his hand, which was to tell everyone that it was time for dinner, so the sailors began to go to the restaurant in sections, the food on the first day of the sea was the freshest, except for a few people, most of them had been looking forward to the new dishes of the Sailor's Tavern for a long time, apparently Bayard had prepared a lot of chips and fried fish tonight.
"The taste of this food is really interesting, I usually like to eat grilled fish, this fish is still so fresh after a day, it looks like it has just been caught." The imam's voice came, and Popoka and several other companions sat beside him, and when they saw Serra and Murong Tao coming in, they all got up and gave up their seats, Murong Tao motioned for them to continue eating, and sat on a wooden table not far from them, and at this moment there was exactly the same food on the wooden table, except for no wine.
Alcohol was not usually served on board, except on some big days, or when there was a big deal, the captain would allow the sailors on board to drink, but not everyone was so lucky, and some were arranged to stand guard at night to avoid being harassed by pirates and privateer fleets of other nations.
"The imam said that he is very grateful for your help to them, and his people are also willing to contribute on the ship, but your ship does not have pulp, and they will not do other work, and the imam said that if you can, you can let your people guide his people, these young people are very studious." Serra translated the imam's words to Murong Tao as they were, of course, the dialog boxes that were constantly refreshed would also be translated, but it was only a literal translation of some words, and if the meanings of these words were directly spliced together, the meanings would vary greatly.
"A few of you, after dinner, take those friends from the New World to the deck to have a look, those skilled hands can let them try the work of sailing, and the usual maintenance work of those guns is also very important, and it is not fast to sharpen the guns!" Murong Tao ordered to those old sailors, it was not the first time that those people had met the imam and the others, although the language barrier, but these people were very polite, and the black slaves who acted as guards around Serra, simple sign language communication was not a problem.
"Why don't you let my people join in?" Serra stuffed a piece of fish steak into her mouth, looking unsatisfied, "You can't waste your food and feed us for nothing, right?" ”
"Those of yours? It's better to keep it to deal with pirates, and let them use their weapons to grab brooms, which always feels a bit tyrannical. Murong Tao just slapped the sycophants, for the woman Serra, now I still have to appease her, this is the only living translator around, although the slave ship you encounter next time may not be able to meet the Aztecs, the chance of meeting a black slave will be greater, Serra's value is not just a translation job, she can also be used for the town building, the only woman on the ship, even if it is a beauty in a foreign country, it is also a beauty, beauties are eye-catching, and you can get twice the result with half the effort!
"If you really feel that you owe me something, why don't you teach me your language?" Murong Tao is not a whim, but he really wants to learn, relying on the meager experience of the Saint Noah Star, I don't know that it will be the Year of the Monkey, and the functions of those languages require a huge amount of experience, isn't it good to have those experiences to activate other functions, why waste it on this kind of thing?