The lights on the Xijiang pier are lit day and night. [No pop-up novel network]

Nine large 1,000-watt light bulbs, like bastard sons of the sun, stared at the crowd working on the ground, "adding new talking points to countless porters."

The brown-skinned slave bent down deeply, carrying a 100-kilogram plastic bucket on his back, and walked down the slipway step by step, until he was in front of the clearing, and then gently "exhaled". The overseer smiled and picked up the marker, drew a horizontal line on his left wrist, and said in the lingua franca: "Big man, 20 barrels, do you want to take a break?" ”

"I can still carry it." The brown-skinned slave glared at the overseer fiercely and said, "Didn't you arrest us here for work?" ”

The Mexican who oversaw the work grinned, and continued to say in lingua franca: "Slaves are our assets, and of course they cannot die so simply. If we keep whipping and die of exhaustion, then we will lose a lot. Just like cows and horses, you may eat better than ours, at least you have to keep up with your nutrition. So, if you feel like it's too hard, take a break. ”

"Can I rest then?" A white-skinned slave lowered the barrel and sat down with a butt.

Without hesitation, the overseer grabbed the whip and whipped it viciously, shouting, "If you want to rest, let's carry 20 barrels first." ”

The white-skinned slave jumped up like a fur and said angrily: "You said you could rest" I am a dignified ......

Another whip on his buttocks, the Mexican pulled out an electric baton in his left hand, and said: "It's up to us to decide who can rest, you're right, depending on the strength of your muscles, you can carry at least 30 barrels of latex without damaging your body, Beast Wood, that's your name, right?" Look at our doctors' judgments on your physical fitness during the physical examination, and don't think that we are reckless slave owners. If the American South had not emancipated the black slaves, they would have had more advanced measures now. ”

The feeling of an electric current passing through the body is like a process of constant incontinence, and the brain loses control of the body, which is a very painful experience. However, each slave was tested with an electric baton at least once, which was used to help the overseer adjust the voltage level and to help develop the slave's fear.

The white-skinned slave obediently returned to the queue, and continued to transport it with his head covered.

Their management was actually more like the dock workers of old Shanghai, and Dai even allowed them to own a certain amount of internal currency "and ransom themselves if the amount was sufficient, which was a good way to increase the motivation of the slaves." In fact, the labor efficiency of black slaves in the United States before the Civil War was not really as low as the books portrayed, and the focus was on finding the right management methods, and in this regard, "Dai Adi seems to have learned more and more, while the Mexicans have a more or less innate advantage" to work in the barren desert and Gobi, which is no better than that of slaves.

In the warehouse area of the terminal, Huang Wei instructed the Mexicans to use forklifts to deliver the unloaded latex to containers, which were then hoisted onto trains.

The number of skilled workers in the Western Continent is very small, but the "knowledge solvent" is not vegetarian. While it is not possible to turn solvent trainees and Mexicans into journeymen in an instant, after two or three months of slow training, they are almost as good as those who have been dockers all their lives.

The priest from the temple looked at the huge gantry crane in admiration and said: "Alchemist is indeed the richest profession in the world, your luck is too good" With such a lord, the future is bright. ”

"Without the rubber you prepared, no matter how many cranes we have, we won't be able to run again."

"That's what we're supposed to do. Just as His Excellency the Celebrant said, from today onwards, the city-state of Chola and the city-state of Xijiang are like a family, and they are the closest allies and friends. The sacrifice recited exactly what Iyar had promised.

In order to win Chen Yi's support in the war, Iyar brought countless natural rubbers and more than 10,000 slaves for free. This is an approach that politicians on the planet no longer adopt, but it is a good indication of their sincerity.

"We are indeed our closest allies and friends." Huang Wei's lies came as soon as he opened his mouth, and his job was not only to record the details of the materials sent by the temple, "It is to accompany the temple to sacrifice policies and other things, but it is no longer within his consideration."

A 500-ton ship staggered away from the main pier. The priest marked the paper and said, "Two more ships, and our work for tonight is complete." At dawn, "a new ship will arrive." ”

Huang Wei raised his hand to look at his watch, it was up to four hours before dawn.

"At least get some sleep." He yawned and said, "You have prepared a lot of rubber." ”

The temple priest smiled in a special voice translated by konjac, "We are the top temple on the continent, and we want to collect some special alchemy materials" It is the most suitable. ”

"Alchemy materials..."

"The latex of the natural rubber tree is almost the same as the sediment of a swamp." The priest proudly said, "We have mobilized all the city-states, and prepared a total of 100 ships.

Fortunately, it was the time of the war, and all the peasants were drafted, so it was convenient to do whatever they did. Therefore, your union with us is the best union. ”

It sounds like the sacrifice is completely ignorant of the concept of war potential. The temple war in the Western Continent is supposed to be a form of war similar to a general war, a war in which all the resources that can be used to completely destroy the opponent's war potential. It's a life-and-death form of warfare.

But in fact, although the sacrifices did not understand what was called "total warfare", they had a first-hand experience of the cruelty of war.

Huang Wei couldn't help but doubt, "I don't know what conditions the owner gave to let the Water Dragon Temple comply." And with all his strength, he sent such supplies.

He carefully read the article on the temple war in the Xijiang Daily, and knew that the Water Dragon Temple was weak, and couldn't help but think to himself: Even if he directly sent troops to intervene, thousands of martial arts students would be powerless against a war of millions of people, especially when there were so many high-ranking knights. However, "100 ships" have at least 30,000 tons of latex.

After pressing his handprint on the receipt he signed, he asked, "For the sake of these latex, not only the peasants, but also all the slaves in the city, right?" ”

Rubber tapping is very heavy physical work, and Huang Wei has participated in the development of local natural rubber plantations and knows the hardships involved.

"Not only slaves from all cities" but also newly captured slaves, when the latex is finished, we will send the slaves together to help you mine.

"Ahh Huang Wei habitually handed out a cigarette and said with a smile: "Let me say what is good, you have one." ”

The priest said thank you and lit a cigarette with the help of Huang Wei.

He took a deep breath, then closed his eyes and exhaled a long smoke ring. The finger-long flue-cured tobacco was suddenly reduced by a third.

"It's okay!"

After a long time, the priest replied in admiration: "It's good, it has the taste of ceremony." Huang Wei smirked three times, "I thought: What kind of bullshit is the ceremony."

"Whew"

The train whistled and started slowly.

The overseer's shouts resumed: "You uninformed guys, you're getting to work" Don't waste time, "Fill 20 containers for the next two hours, understand?" Do you understand! ”

Huang Wei smiled embarrassedly at the sacrifice, but the latter said indifferently: "These losers on the battlefield" They only deserve to end their lives in the mud. The dragon god estimates that we will definitely defeat the enemy. In an instant, the well-mannered man became ruthless and ruthless, "Only fanatical religious people can take this for granted, such as former Catholics, former Muslims, former Red Guards."

Huang Wei smoked a cigarette and thought about things blindly, "I fell asleep unconsciously."

I don't know if it was the third or fourth train whistle that woke him up from his dream.

"It's morning, and the alarm clock is getting harder and harder." , Huang Wei muttered, and then scared himself.

The sound of the horn on the pier, the familiar damp and hot flashes.

Huang Wei sighed in displeasure or frustration, and propped himself up with his arms, "Nada sacrifice!" His subordinates heard the noise and hurriedly ran over and said, "The sacrifice went to the dock area, and the slaves dismounted." "Is there a lot of them?" ”

"Very." The trainee's expression was strange.

Huang Wei soon knew why.

The docks were full of slaves" in dense queues, not to mention tens of thousands.

"How so!" "Slaves from several neighboring city-states are here, and slaves from the front are still being delivered. "Nada priest got a pack of cigarettes out of nowhere, and he took three cigarettes in his mouth at once, and he was smoking vigorously.

"So much."

"There will be more." The words are correct and round, not through konjac Huang Wei immediately gathered and saw Chen Yi.

"Confused?" Chen Yi smiled and patted Huang Wei's shoulder.

"Yes, the temple people are so nice."

Chen Yi smiled and said, "They are not industrious, they have the conditions." Huang Wei wanted to ask, but didn't dare to ask.

The main priest, Iyar, also appeared at the bow of the ship in front of the pier, a thousand-ton ship rarely seen in Xijiang Port, "There are two rows of oars sticking out, and the speed must be amazing."

He jumped out of the boat and walked like a dragon, staggering from side to side.

Chen Yi took the initiative to greet him. His movements are light and steady, without the slightest superfluity.

"Your Excellency the Knight of Magic." Iyar Daxin daggers and touched his shoulders, elbows and knees with his cheeks.

"The Priest."

"I brought new gifts, 40,000 slaves" and if we win, we will get more. ”

"Thank you, Temple."

"Fulfilling the promise is what I should do."

"40,000 slaves?" Chen Yi asked pointedly.

The priestess of Iyar nodded heavily: "40,000 slaves." "Well, what do you want. Finally getting an inquiry, Iyar swallowed hard and said, "The temple war is in full swing" The high priest expects a knight to join. "Wizard Knight? "Any knight of the arts. ”

Huang Wei thought to himself: What knight can exchange for 40,000 slaves?

He hadn't figured it out yet, but he heard Chen Yi say in a negative tone: "40,000 slaves and 100 boats of rubber can't be exchanged for a magic knight." ”！ ~！