Chapter 288: On the way

The borders of the New Human Empire are extremely long, but there are only two shipping lanes close to the Liberty Star Domain, one is the one that originally connected the two places, and the other is Luth. Jumbo relied on his own financial resources to open up a new channel. She used two satellites as a bridge to cross the border in the weak area of the nebula belt, leaving her alone in control of a golden trade route. Although the miners were extremely afraid of Luth, the countess, after some safety considerations, the spaceship reluctantly chose to sail to the twin star - Luth. The lair of the treasure.

"I have to say, your mother is a genius!" Looking at the cloud-like stardust in front of him, which was repelled by the waterway, forming a strange and strange scene under the illumination of the starlight, Chenping couldn't help but sigh.

"Humph!" Jenny ignored Chenping's exclamation, and instead said sarcastically, "Why don't you let the miners of the other spaceships also riot, aren't you afraid that my people will torture them to death?" ”

"In the middle of space, I don't have the energy to protect them. And with your orders, their safety should be protected! Chenping explained a little helplessly: "Now this is the most suitable, and when they get to a safe place, they can be free." ”

"Safe place!" Jenny sneered and asked, "Where is that place you were talking about?" ”

"I don't know!" The ideal is abundant, but the reality is skinny! Even though Chenping tried his best to save these miners, their future was still uncertain. Although Chenping kept comforting himself in his heart, he really couldn't find a place to put these people.

"You know what? There are dozens of mines like you living on Treasure Star! Jenny struck, "It's better to throw them all back, and treat them as if they couldn't see them!" ”

"......" In fact, Chen Ping had already guessed in his heart that the mine he was staying in was only one of the many mines in the Treasure Family, but he was alone, and he couldn't save so many people at all!

"Those two nasty imps are here again!" Jenny looked back in disgust at Blackie and the Little Stone as they walked by.

"They're just poor kids, don't be prejudiced against them!" Chenping said with a smile.

"No, they're the most annoying imps I've ever seen!" Jenny said seriously, and turned away directly, as if he would feel uncomfortable getting closer to Xiao Hei.

"Teacher, why do you want to keep this woman?" Xiao Hei looked at Jenny's back, his eyes full of Senhan's killing intent. The ship had completely fallen under Chenping's control, and the guards and slave owners of the Treasure Star had all been thrown into the bilge where they had been held by the miners, and Xiao Hei really didn't understand why this woman was an exception!

"She's the key to our escape from the Gemini, and now is not the time to deal with her!" Chenping touched Xiao Hei's head lovingly and said with a smile.

"That sister is very beautiful! Why don't you like her? The little stone on the side asked a little puzzled.

"Eat your stuff!" Xiao Hei stuffed all the chicken legs in Xiao Shi's hand into his mouth, preventing him from speaking.

In the face of the murderous attack of the chicken leg, Xiao Shi behaved very calmly, and bit off all the flesh of the whole chicken leg with a fierce tear, and slowly squirmed his mouth happily, without the slightest thought of blaming his companion. It was the first time in his life that he had eaten such a delicious thing, and at this time, even if it was a starry explosion, he had to finish the chicken in his mouth first, otherwise he would be too sorry for himself.

"Little stone, eat slowly!" Seeing Xiao Shi's appearance of being hungry for hundreds of years, Chenping felt a little comforted while being heartbroken. The little stone that behaves extremely clumsy in front of Xiao Hei may not be very smart, but after returning to normal society, Chen Ping is more worried about Xiao Hei. Blinded by hatred and anger, I don't know what will become of him in the future? If you are by his side, you will naturally have no problems, but you don't have time to take care of him at all!

"Teacher, Ash asked me to ask you what about the other ships?" Blackie stated the purpose of his visit.

"Let's go to the dormancy chamber and sleep for a while!" Chenping didn't answer Xiao Hei's words, but smiled and said, "You are still young, sleep is very important!" ”

"Teacher......" Xiao Hei was a little dissatisfied.

"Alas!" Chenping sighed softly and said helplessly: "It's good to keep everything as it is, we are actually not out of danger." If we can't get through the Gemini checkpoint without any problems, then all our efforts will be in vain! ”

"I see!" Xiao Hei didn't dwell on this question after getting the answer, he had already sensed Chenping's concern, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Teacher, can I go to Gemini with you?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll arrange everything before leaving!" Chenping assured with a smile.

"I want to meet that demon!" Xiao Hei looked at Chenping seriously and said.

"Luth. Treasure isn't easy to see, and you should let go of the hatred - she's not someone you can deal with! Chenping shook his head, letting Xiao Hei dispel this thought.

"Little teacher!" At this moment, Black Ash and the others walked over with a Humpty Dumpty man.

"What's the matter?" Chenping could see at a glance that this Humpty Dumpty was the slave owner of the ship, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"This fat man said he wanted to see you!" Black Ash obviously didn't have a good impression of this Humpty Dumpty, and the blue and red scars on his body were the best evidence. At this time, he pushed the fat man hard, causing him to fall directly at Chenping's feet, and then he spoke: "He said that he has a way to help us find a safe place to stay!" ”

"Do you really have a way?" Chenping was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately helped the fat man up.

"I have a way, I have a way......" the fat man whispered in horror, but he didn't come back to his senses at all.

"That's it! Leave his business to me. Seeing this, Chenping reluctantly instructed everyone: "Xiao Hei and Xiao Shi, you go back to sleep; Black Ash continues to patrol with your men to ensure the safety of the ship! ”

After giving the order, Chenping led the fat man to the medical cabin and asked the medical staff accompanying the ship to treat him. Chenping only imprisoned the fighters and slave owners, and let the ship's medical personnel and mechanics continue their work. With a combat robot to take care of him, Chenping is not afraid of any big waves they will make. At this time, with the help of medical personnel, the fat man slowly calmed down and gradually recovered his spirit.

"I heard you have a way to house those miners, can you tell me?" Chenping asked kindly.

"As long as the adults are willing to let me live, I will tell the adults!" The fat man said nervously.

"Yes, I'll give you back the spaceship and let you and your men leave safely!" Although disgusted by the identity of this person's slave owner, Chenping still seriously promised: "Then tell me your method now!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The fat man breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Actually, it is not difficult to settle these people, I have a client who is a developer of the Federation, and he has always been short of manpower. Only this time...... There are a lot of people, I'm afraid it's impossible to get them all to work in one mine! ”

"Federation! Is there a slave trade over there, too? "I didn't expect that this slave owner actually had a connection with the Federation, and Chenping was a little surprised.

"Not really!" The fat man immediately nervously explained: "The Federation prohibits the slave trade, and my friend is just a little short of money, and likes to be greedy for cheap labor, so he will definitely not treat them as slaves!" ”

"Anything else?" Chen Ping didn't dare to believe all the words of this fat man, although he also hoped that there would be no slaves on the side of the Federation, but he still couldn't help but maliciously guess the intentions of others. Now he just wants to find a better way out for these miners, and he doesn't want these people to jump from one fire pit to another!

"Actually, there's a better place to go...... "The fat man said again and again.

"There?" Chenping asked.

"Sell them to the Floating Light Civilization!" The fat man stared at Chenping deadly, for fear that he would hit people in a rage.

"Sell them to the Floating Lights?" Chenping looked at the fat man in front of him in amazement, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Isn't this bastard afraid of being beaten to death by me, and how dare he say it in front of meβ€”or is there some other reason? After quietly looking at the fat man in front of him for a while, Chen Ping continued: "Why do you say this is a better place? ”

"Actually, my lord, you don't know that in the dictionary of the Fuguang Asians, there is no such thing as slave!" Seeing that Chenping didn't mean to hit people, the fat man breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and explained seriously: "Because of their own reasons, Fuguangya people are born with low reproductive ability and belong to a minority in the starry sky. If we talk about the development of civilization, the Fuguang subhuman civilization naturally far surpasses the two major human countries. But when it comes to the prosperity of society and the size of the population, the Fuguangya are far inferior to the Empire and the Federation! ”

"Hmm!" Chenping replied softly, motioning for him to continue.

"I've traveled to the Fuguang subhuman civilization once, and you may not believe it, but the Fuguang subhuman civilization has only 180 million people, and more than ninety percent of them are mixed-race. In other words, there are only about 10 million pure-blooded Floating Light people in the entire Floating Light Asian civilization - this is why we keep calling them Floating Light Asians! ”

Chenping smiled and did not say anything to refute the fat man's nonsense. He had received a special education in the Floating Light Subhuman civilization when he was in the Black Prison of Death, and he knew much more about the history and development process of the Floating Light Subhuman than this hearsay fat man. And the origin of the name Fuguangya, he knows very clearly, Fuguangya people do not think of themselves as "people", they call themselves "Race of Light", a nation derived from light. They are a group of half-energy beings who are born without being bound by gravity, and their bodies are full of golden light all the time. It is precisely because of their vaguely human body shape that they are called Fuguangya by humans, but in fact, this name has a derogatory connotation from the beginning.

"And a large part of the reason why the slave trade is so prosperous in the Free Star Domain is because of this Floating Light Asian civilization. There is no supply without demand, and you should understand the meaning of this sentence! It is precisely because the Fuguang subhuman civilization has a great thirst for other races that it has given birth to a large number of slave trades, and even some people have voluntarily become slaves and are sold to the Fuguang subhuman civilization......"

"What is this theory?" Hearing the fat man's words, Chenping couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

"My lord, what I said is true!" The fat man saw Chenping's puzzled look, for fear that people would think he was talking nonsense, so he hurriedly said, "Didn't I say it just now?" The Fuguang subhuman civilization has a population of only 180 million, but how is this actually possible! The reason is that these Floating Light Subhumans never treat humans and other aliens as human beings, and only record the citizen population with the blood of the Floating Light Asians, excluding all other people. In addition to these 180 million citizens, the Fuguangya have tens of billions of 'servants' living with them. However, the Floating Light people always treat other races equally, whether it is humans or other aliens, they will get the same treatment when they come to the planet of the Floating Light Asian civilization. Therefore, after the slaves are sold to the Fuguang subhuman civilization, they will directly become the 'servants' of the Fuguangsuban, which is actually the commoners in the Fuguangsuban civilization. ”

"Is this true?" Chen Ping also knew a little about the civilized immigration of the Fuguang Yapeople, but he always thought that this was just ordinary immigrants, and it was the first time he heard that these immigrants were sold to the Fuguang Yaren as slaves, so he was inevitably a little surprised and confused.

"This matter is widely spread in the circle of slaves, and many slaves just want to go to the planet of the Floating Light Asia through such channels. My lord, just ask those slaves...... The miners themselves will know if what I say is true or false! The fat man said confidently.

"I know that the Floating Light Subhumans have always been very envious of the reproductive ability of humans, so they have been in constant contact with humans for hundreds of years, hoping to give birth to new Floating Light Humans through special genetic combinations, and make up for their low fecundity. I really don't know that the Fuguangya people need such a large population, but what is this for? Chen Ping muttered to himself curiously, and couldn't help but recall the history and introduction of the Fuguang Yaren civilization that day: "The Fuguang Yaren civilization is very powerful, and it has more than 100 administrative stars. However, due to its small population, many planets are in ruins and undeveloped......"

"What are you thinking about, sir?" The fat man saw that Chenping showed signs of being persuaded by himself, and couldn't help but show a trace of excitement.

"You're right, I should ask everyone what they mean!" After pondering for a while, Chenping made a decision in his heart.

"This is the best, this is the best!" The fat man hurriedly agreed.

"It's just that it's not easy to transport people to the Fuguang subhuman civilization and find a credible person to take over!" Chenping looked at the fat man and asked.

"My lord, you haven't done business before, so naturally you don't know the way! After the adults sailed these ships to the twin planets, they went to the trading ground that specialized in buying and selling slaves to find the floating light subhumans who bought the population, and as long as the transaction was successful, you don't have to worry about the rest at all. After the fat man explained, he got a little carried away: "But the quality of this batch of goods is a little poor, I'm afraid it won't sell for a big price...... Hahaha, I'm sorry! ”

"Then I don't understand!" Chenping looked at the fat man indifferently and asked, "Then why are you willing to sell slaves to Luth. Treasures, and don't sell them to the Floating Lights? ”

"Nature...... Naturally, it's because of the high price offered by the countess! The fat man replied with a trembling bow.

In fact, the real reason is that the Fuguangya people do not have the concept of slaves, they only came to the Gemini and Free Star Fields to recruit a large number of people to be their "servants", and they had no intention of enslaving them from the beginning. Therefore, they would pay these "servants" on time, and even provide food and lodging, and naturally it was impossible to spend a lot of money on slaves. When the slave owners found out about this, they were reluctant to sell their slaves to the Floaters, but instead sold them to Luth, who offered a higher price. Jumbo or other customers in need. But in order to get more slaves, the slave owners spread the benefits of the Fuguang Asian civilization everywhere, so as to attract more people to sell themselves into slavery in order to earn more money - of course, this kind of thing can't be said in front of Chenping, otherwise this person will be angry, and his life will be lost!

After getting the information from the fat man, Chenping asked Black Ash and them to collect the opinions of the miners to see if they wanted to go to the Federation or to the Fuguang Asian civilization? When the results came out, Chenping couldn't help but be a little speechless. Although he was a little prepared in his heart, when he saw the result turned down, nine out of ten people chose the Fuguang Asian civilization, which made him scold on the spot: "This group of bastards who worship foreign people!" ”