Chapter 66: Encounter with a Slave Trader at the Dock

The next morning, when it was already dawn, Witt and his party got up and washed up, and after a brief breakfast, they set off to leave Riwacheze, not daring to stay in the city for too long, for fear that something would happen. The group left Field Street and headed for the city gates.

Just as the group passed by the wharf of Riwacheze, they suddenly heard a shouting from the wharf: "The new arrival of high-quality goods, come and take a look!" A twenty dinar, out of date, come and see! ”

Witt was fascinated by the shout, and thought to himself what kind of goods were so expensive, and one should be a dinar. So Witt asked his guards to rest in the open space of the dock for the time being, and he followed the direction from which the shouting came, accompanied by the two Star of Rum.

I saw that the shouting was surrounded by a bustling crowd, and the crowd only saw each other pushing each other, as if there was a play to watch, which aroused the curiosity of the surrounding pedestrians. Witt squeezed to the front of the crowd with great effort, and when he looked closely, he did not see any goods, but saw forty or fifty swarthy men kneeling on the ground, with wounds of different sizes all over his body, which made people daunting and did not dare to come forward.

But some of the onlookers were excited, and some shouted and threw mocking glances at them. When the mother with the child saw these kneeling slaves, she simply reprimanded them not to be with them in the future, otherwise they would be reduced to the same inferior class as them, and finally spurned by all.

Most of the kneeling slaves were young men, male and female, but they were heavily shackled on their hands and feet, making it difficult for them to move, let alone escape. These slaves may have been depressed by their long imprisonment, and some of them were sick and distressing.

"These goods are the best goods that have just been shipped from my car, the men can be used as coolies, and the women are also quite beautiful, if you are interested, it is also a good choice to buy them home as pets." As soon as the words came out, the onlookers laughed loudly, and their eyes were aimed at the women who were plump, although the female onlookers looked a little shy, but they were also extremely excited, and in a flash, they also abandoned ethics and morality, and only cared about the momentary pleasure in front of them.

As soon as the slave trader finished speaking, he had a big belly, and the man who looked like a merchant shouted: "I want these two, forty dinars, give!" The merchant pointed to the two in front of him, who were slightly delicate, and although they were a little blackened by the black soil, they could still reveal a bit of their appearance.

The crowd roared, and the slave trader immediately shouted, "All right! Unshackle them! After that, the two guards looked like the escorts of the traders, and immediately stepped forward to unshackle them.

Witt was right in the front row, looking at all of this. I had been living in remote Fesdena and had never seen such a miracle as a human trafficker, which surprised and angered me.

Witt did not understand how this strong man, who was stronger than the vendor guards, had fallen into their hands, so he crouched down curiously to communicate with him, ignoring the disdainful glances of the surrounding onlookers.

"This uncle!" Witt asked softly.

The strong man was also shocked by Witt's sudden words, he is working hard now, the young man in front of him does not seem to have any intention of discrimination, the strong man thought that he had heard it wrong, so he didn't pay attention to it, just closed his eyes and recuperated, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

"Uncle? Can you hear me? Witt tried again to get the strong man's attention.

The strong man was sure that Witt was calling him, so he slowly raised his heavy eyelids and saw the slightly handsome young man in front of him clearly, and after a long time, he squeezed out two words: "What's the matter?" ”

The strong man's words were so concise that Witt was silent for a moment, not knowing what to say. After a pause, Witt looked at the man in front of him with a beard spread all over his face, and said again: "I think the uncle is strong and strong, why did he end up like this?" ”

The strong man didn't want to deal with Witt, but when he saw that Witt was different from those around him, he changed his mind, let out a long sigh, and replied unconsciously: "I was originally a warrior of Nord, and I killed countless enemies on the battlefield, but I unexpectedly made an ambush in the army, fell into the enemy's captivity, and then was sold to the slave traders, so I would have appeared here, if it were not for the shackles on my hands and feet, I would have left this place a long time ago, why should I have to suffer such hardship." ”

After that, the strong man let out a long sigh, paused, and said: "I can't hide it, in fact, there are many people like me, as far as I know, there are several like me, who used to be in the army, and some are bandits, robbers, bandits and other villains, who were also captured and sold to slave traders before appearing on this dock." Since it has fallen like this, it must be a short life. With that, the strong man let out a long sigh, and no matter how much Witt asked, the strong man was silent.

Witt was upset for the strong man, and felt that these people in front of him were very worthy of sympathy, and for those who fell into the well and gloated, he expressed extreme disdain for them in his heart. Witt felt that they all had their own abilities, and if they fell into the hands of those vicious slave owners, they would surely die soon, as the strong man said. So, Witt came up with the idea of rescuing.

Witt whispered a few words in Star's ear, and Star nodded and left the docks.

Rumors of slave owners' purchases spread throughout the docks, and the slave traders were delighted and waiting for the handover. Witt immediately interrupted: "Wait! As soon as Witt's voice came out, everyone's eyes were on this side. The slave trader thought that Witt, the yellow-haired boy, was going to smash the field, and immediately shouted, "What's the matter? Unexpectedly disturbed Uncle Ben's business! ”

"Clean your mouth for me!" Rum immediately grasped the hilt of his sword and stepped forward to shout. The slave trader was startled and hurriedly hid behind the slave trader's guards.

Witt immediately stretched out his hand to stop Rum, and then stepped forward and said, "I have no malice, I just want to buy a few good goods, why make a fuss?" ”

As soon as the words came out, the slave trader immediately swept away the clouds on his face and laughed: "I'll just say it! Seeing that you look like a son, and you have guards by your side, you must be a noble son, how offended! How offended! Which pets did Childe fall in love with? ”

Witt smiled and just said lightly, "All!" ”

The slave trader was also stunned, dumbfounded, and did not recover for a moment. After a long time, the dealer still asked in disbelief, "All of them?" After a pause, he added: "Childe, this is not a joke, a twenty dinar, all to say the least will cost thousands of dinars, Childe is not joking." ”

"A gentleman is hard to chase, I just want them all, and I pay double the price, I won't buy one less!" Witt said domineeringly.

The slave trader frowned and said, "Double? Forty dinars? ”

"That's right!"

"Childe, don't talk about it, if Childe can't hand over so much money, we are not easy to mess with!" More than a dozen slave traders' guards stepped forward one after another, showing their strength.

"Forty dinars is forty dinars, but it's not for nothing, isn't it? I'm going back to Fesdena, and if you help me escort these slaves back, each head will be counted at forty dinars, what's the matter? ”

The bandits in Fesde's area are very troublesome, and he doesn't know it, but if a slave doubles, it is equivalent to doing it twice, and the reward is indeed rich, so he immediately nodded and said: "Deal!" As you say, forty dinars each, and I will transport you to Fesdena. ”

Then the slave trader shouted to the surrounding crowd: "I'm sorry, this boy is willing to make a deal at double the price, I will return the price of the previous transaction, I hope you understand, let's leave!" ”

The crowd immediately burst into scolding, some scolding the slave traders, some scolding Witt, but it was okay, and the crowd left one after another. The slave traders' escorts, having regrouped the group of slaves, escorted them out of the gates of Živače, followed by Witt and his party in the direction of Fested.

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