Chapter 9: Cabin Slaves
Curry's stench came to his face, Zhao Xiaopang frowned, and then walked in
There is also an iron fence door in the warehouse, and inside the iron fence are the slaves that the one-eyed dragon said
I saw that the dim cabin was densely packed with human figures, mostly women and children, sitting or lying, and more snuggling up to each other
Seeing someone come in, the mothers hurriedly pulled the child over, hugged it tightly in their arms, and looked at Zhao Xiaopang and the others vigilantly, and the children in their arms seemed to be extremely frightened, hiding in their mother's arms and trembling a little
If you look closely, both the women and the children have a haggard face, and some of them have a very depressed expression, and their skin is showing an unhealthy sallow color.
A burst of crying caught Zhao Xiaopang's attention
I saw a little girl in the corner crying in a low voice, and a woman was lying in front of her
"Open the bars and let me in"
"This ...... Big brother, these slaves are eating, drinking, and Lazar are all here, and they are ..... inside."
"I told you to open the iron door"
Zhao Xiaopang's face instantly became gloomy
"Yes, yes, this is open for big brother"
The one-eyed dragon nodded and opened the iron bar, Zhao Xiaopang hurriedly walked in, and the women and children around saw Zhao Xiaopang come in, huddled together in horror, and did not dare to make a sound
Zhao Xiaopang walked directly to the little girl who was crying, looked at the woman lying on the ground, when he saw the woman, the last thing Zhao Xiaopang wanted to see happened, the woman's face was as pale as paper without blood, and her facial muscles were already stiff, he reached out to probe the woman's artery, there was no pulse.
However, at this moment, the little girl who was crying actually hugged Zhao Xiaopang's arm and bit it down.
It hurts, it hurts, but Chubby doesn't push the girl away, but waits until she lets go of her mouth
"You scoundrel, don't touch my mom"
The little girl threw herself on her mother's body and spread her hands to block Zhao Xiaopang, as if she wanted to protect her mother
"Uncle is not a villain, uncle is here to help you"
"Woooooooooo......oo You're the big badass, you're going to go away."
Zhao Xiaopang made his tone as gentle as possible
"Little sister, don't be afraid, uncle is really not a bad person"
"Woo.....oooooo You go away, don't disturb my mother's sleep."
"Little sister, your mother, she ........"
The next words, for some reason, Zhao Xiaopang couldn't say anything
"Big villain, go away, go! Woowoo woo ....."
The girl was already in tears, her round face was covered with snot and tears, and her crying was getting worse and worse, and she didn't want Zhao Xiaopang to help her
Zhao Xiaopang's heart tightened in vain, he seemed to understand why the girl kept letting him go, and cried so desperately.
Although the girl was still very young and in her early teens, she seemed to have understood that her mother was not asleep, but dead, and she only wished that her mother was asleep, not dead. She longed for her mother to wake up, but she was afraid that her mother would never wake up, so she didn't want Zhao Xiaopang to disturb her mother
Zhao Xiaopang silently got up and walked out of the iron fence
"One-eyed dragon, don't you know that one of the women in it is dead?"
"This ...... Big brother, in fact, this kind of thing happens a lot, we don't have so much to feed them, some of them are not in good health, it is normal to starve to death, this has not yet started to cross the sea, there are many deaths on the way to cross the sea, and only about seventy percent can reach Bilgewater alive."
"Take them all to the splint"
Zhao Xiaopang's tone was very light, but the one-eyed dragon could feel a sense of anger that could explode at any time
"Yes, big brother"
Zhao Xiaopang turned around and walked towards the splint, Rui Wen naturally followed, the two didn't say anything all the way, Zhao Xiaopang felt an inexplicable depression, there was no anger, only loss
Since coming to Valoran, he has been living carefully, every time he goes to the battlefield, he tries his best to paddle in every way, he doesn't want to kill, he doesn't want to take the lives of others for granted. Unless it is for self-preservation, just like the Huba who just killed not long ago, Huba is a villain who has done a lot of evil deeds, and instead of feeling guilty, he feels that he has done a good deed.
Zhao Xiaopang has always had a pride in his bones, which is the pride of an earthling. He has never forgotten where he came from, he is not a Valoran, in his eyes the people here are all barbarians, with backward civilization, murderous nature, cruelty and unreasonableness, completely devoid of the kindness and restraint of the people of the Celestial Empire, and he and them are not the same kind of people.
However, only now does he seem to understand that he is the same as the Valorans, there is no difference, and is it justice to kill Huba? No, justice is just a lie on a butcher's knife. He used to be a Noxian soldier, even if it was just the lowest lowly, he was also tainted with a lot of sins, he also killed people, and he also indirectly destroyed other people's families.
The people he killed also had families, even wives and children, but what about their wives and children? Will they all be taken captive and enslaved by pirates, or will they have died on the way across the sea? He once told himself that he didn't kill many people, he just killed people to survive, he was self-preservation, he was still a good person, he was still a kind and introverted Celestial Empire, but once the sin is carried, it can never be removed, it will only increase, not decrease, when you use an excuse that is beneficial to yourself to harm others, this is not kindness, but hypocrisy.
At this moment, Zhao Xiaopang's heart has undergone earth-shaking changes, he is no longer confused, he seems to have found his goal
Do something and take responsibility, don't be blinded by pride, don't be confused by the burden!
Soon after, under the captivity of the Cyclops and a group of pirates, all the slaves were taken to the plywood
"Big brother slaves have all been brought in, no more, no less, just three hundred"
Zhao Xiaopang nodded
"You go and call everybody to the splint"
"Yes, big brother"
Soon all the pirates also gathered on the deck
"The big brothers and brothers have all arrived, and the miscellaneous ones are here."
Zhao Xiaopang walked to the highest place and looked down at the crowd below
The slaves were nervous and frightened, fearing that the fat man of the pirate leader would turn against them, but they could only wait for death and could not resist.
Zhao Xiaopang reached behind his back and took out a cloth bag from the 'fresh-keeping refrigerator'
"One-Eyed Dragon, come here"
"Okay"
The one-eyed dragon was in a hurry and ran to Zhao Xiaopang's side
"If there is anything big brother, you can just tell me directly"
"Divide all of this gold evenly among the slaves below."
The one-eyed dragon took the cloth bag and opened it to see that it was full of golden coins
"Ah..... So many gold coins, you want to give them to slaves? ”
"Didn't you understand what I said? I don't want to say it a second time."
"Understood, understood"
The one-eyed dragon came to the slaves with the cloth bag in his arms
"How many gold coins are there in total, big brother?"
"33 gold per person"
"O"
The one-eyed dragon began to distribute the gold coins, but none of the slaves dared to take them
"If you want to be free, take the gold coin"
Hearing the word freedom, the slaves seemed to be a little incredulous, and looked at Zhao Xiaopang standing on a high place blankly
"You don't have to doubt what I say, I do what I say, and whoever wants to be free will take the gold coin"
Although the slaves were very skeptical, they finally took the gold coins, after all, 33 gold coins is not a small amount, at least enough for a family of three to live for half a year
The most shocked person at this moment is not others, but Rui Wen, because she knows where Zhao Xiaopang's gold coins come from, these gold coins are all earned by Zhao Xiaopang selling fried rice, 300 hundred people have 33 gold coins each, that is almost 10,000 gold coins, Zhao Xiaopang's fried rice is only a bowl of gold coins, this is a whole 10,000 fried rice, this is real hard-earned money! Say send it out!
An inexplicable feeling touched Rui Wen's heart, and when she looked up, the fat man standing on the high platform no longer seemed to be so obscene and unbearable