Chapter 15
"Oh! Damn, there's not a single dinar you want to get him from me. The bearded man approached the merchant the next day, but the price offered by the merchant almost caused him to tear him apart.
The merchant in the big robe had a treacherous smile on his face, and he took Masu's little arm and said, "No, no, my friend, a Sestiles I also pay for God's face." You see, this little thing is too young to exert a lot of strength, but it eats no less than an adult, and no one will like such a slave, believe me! ”
The bearded man looked at Ma Su hesitantly, obviously a little shaken, and finally said fiercely: "Three Estyrs, if you can't do it, forget it." (about 150 yuan)
The merchant pondered silently, then took out the money from the money belt and slapped it in the bearded hand, "The person is mine!" ”
The beard happily put away the money and left, looking a little impatient, estimating where to go for a good drink, and find a prostitute to have a good time. On the way here, Ma Su found that it belonged to the army's baggage team, and it was chaotic like a small village, and some prostitutes with open breasts stood outside the tent to solicit business.
"What a simple idiot!" was sold like this, and seeing the beard leaving happily, Ma Su scolded with a wry smile.
"What did you say?" The merchant was clearly able to understand Ma Su's language and looked at him curiously.
"The sky-high asking price, the landing to pay back! He could have gotten at least one dinar, but he quoted the psychological price as soon as he opened his mouth, which was ridiculously stupid! ”
"The sky-high asking price, and paying back on the ground?" The merchant looked at the villain in front of him in surprise, he didn't expect to hear such philosophical words from a child. "It seems that you are indeed a little different as he said, and I have to reconsider, God bless me for getting a greater reward from you."
Ma Su was put in a wooden cage by the merchant's servants, and there were several children, both male and female, who appeared to be older than him. Not far away are several cages with some adults inside. Sitting in the corner of the cage, Ma Su felt some malicious eyes around him look at him.
There was a boy beside him who caught Ma Su's attention, this boy was about ten years old, with blond hair, a handsome face, white skin, lying naked in the cage, as if something was wrong, and was looking at Ma Su with a smile at this time.
"What's wrong with you?" Ma Su asked.
There was a burst of laughter in the cage, and a boy about thirteen years old gloated: "He's been taken by Joel, haha!" ”
Ma Su looked at the blonde boy inexplicably, and then saw the blood stains on the other party's pants, and felt the chrysanthemum tighten. And the blonde child was told the sore spot, Jun's face twitched, and tears flowed from his eyes.
"To live is to take revenge," Ma Su comforted the blonde boy by patting him on the shoulder.
"New boy, take off your shirt and give it to me, or else," the boy who had just spoken took a fancy to Ma Su's clothes, and after consulting with another boy with a shirt, he ordered Ma Su.
"You can try!" Ma Su stared at each other coldly.
"Bastard!"
The boy threw his fist at Ma Su, who half-got up and hit his stomach, and then, no more. The next moment the boy collapsed clutching his stomach, wailing in pain. And the other boy in the shirt was taken aback and was about to make a move on Ma Su.
"Don't move, or you'll be even worse!" Ma Su looked at each other coldly, and the coldness in his eyes was timid.
The boy stood there for a moment, not daring to move, a little embarrassed, and after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to give up, turned and sat back down. The other people in the cage were also frightened by this scene, and they all sat honestly on the sidelines, silent. For a moment, only suppressed wails remained in the cage.
"Who's Joel?" Ma Su asked, looking around.
"The leader of the slaves, a captured warrior, through whom John the Merchant stewards us slaves," replied the blonde boy beside him, "My name is Jack!" ”
After a few more days, Masu found that John the Merchant had bought some more slaves, about fifty or so, but strangely there were no warriors from the Masu tribe. This upset him, as Masu had planned to escape through the tribe, but what was going on.
Until the merchant's procession departed, Ma Su did not see anyone from his own tribe. And through the chats of some people outside, Ma Su knew that the war was over. It turned out that his tribe was originally in a weak position, but the allies Guliosolit came to the aid in time, which directly affected the situation of the battle.
Originally, the plan of the Barisians was to let the Ersubis attack the Guliosolites, but the Ersubis received the money but did not attack, so the Guriosolites sent a part of their warriors to support. The leader of the Barisians, Araud, was furious when he learned the reason, and the war ended in a draw, and finally the two families negotiated a peace, and a war ended like a farce.
Ma Su finally didn't have to worry about his tribe, he believed that as long as the tribe could hold out until the autumn harvest, the situation would be very favorable to the tribe. Because food not only feeds the warriors, but also buys other allies to help them fight.
"But what about yourself? What a damn one! Ma Su thumped at the cage in hatred, and the others looked at him uneasily.
On the other hand, Rosneck, the father who returned to the tribe, almost went crazy after learning that his young son was missing! Immediately arrange for someone to search for it in the territory, notify the allies to help through the messenger, and even contact the Barisians to ransom Masu. However, even the people of Barissi did not know that Masu was sold to a merchant by mercenaries, and the result was a little inexplicable. As time passed, hope became slimmer and the family was on the verge of despair.
The sun was scorching, and the procession of John the Merchant was marching, and the air was covered with dust. There were more than thirty wagons, twelve in cages filled with slaves, and the rest loaded with goods. The convoy contained dozens of warriors, some of John's house slaves and some of them hired, to keep the caravan safe and also to prevent the slaves from escaping.
"Stop!"
When Ma Su opened his eyes, he saw several mercenaries walking towards the slave's carriage, opening several cages, dragging out three unconscious people from them and throwing them to the side of the road.
"Throw the damn thing away, and don't forget to make up for it, something will clean them up," said the mercenary leader.
At this time, John also came from the carriage, watched the mercenaries deal with these slaves, and said with some pain: "What a damn! This time I lost a lot. Keep an eye on them, and tell me right away if something is wrong, I don't want more slaves to die! ”
"Yes, my master!" One of those mercenaries was the one Joldau.