Chapter 124 Conditions
"What are you doing here? Don't you hurry up and loosen the tie!" secretly cast an approving look at the orcs under his command, but on the surface, Zhou Tian still loudly 'reprimanded' those orcs under him.
"But what if they suddenly burst out and hurt you, Lord Baron?"
"That's right, then don't loosen the ties, take the things out of their mouths, so we can't communicate!"
“......”
After talking to himself and talking to his orcs for a few words, Zhou Tian's orcs also took away the strips of cloth that blocked the mouths of those noble lords according to his orders. And with the actions of those orcs, several noble lords who had regained their language skills immediately protested about what had happened before.
"I protest, Baron Zhou Tian, the untouchables under your command dare to be rude to Viscount Ben, who is a nobleman, I will definitely submit a protest to the Noble Council, and if you don't give Viscount Ben an explanation, you will wait for the trial of the Noble Council!"
"Rude people, don't hurry up and untie Baron Ben!"
“......”
Looking at the noble lords who couldn't help but scold as soon as they let go of the restrictions, Zhou Tian shrugged his shoulders, but directly threatened: "It seems that you haven't understood your situation yet! Now that you are my prisoners of war, if you don't want me to sell them to slave traders, then it's better to keep your mouth clean for me." Otherwise, I believe that the noble slaves of the Orc Empire, no matter which country they are placed in, should be in great demand!"
"You dare!"
"Soul light!"
"......" As soon as he heard Zhou Tian's words, the nobles and lords at that time were directly furious, after all, nobles and slaves are two extremes, commoners may know that the life of slaves is not good, but they don't know how bad it is, but as nobles who often 'train' slaves, these noble lords in front of them are very clear about what kind of life slaves are living. And thinking of the changes that this identity change will bring about from the original nobleman to a slave, they can't help but shiver one by one.
Because of the horror, they had a tough attitude, and after shouting fiercely for a while, when the noble lords saw that Zhou Tian had a straight face and didn't mean to joke at all, they were finally afraid.
Zhou Tian was a madman, that was the only thought in the minds of those noble lords at that time.
If other people said Zhou Tian's words, these noble lords would definitely not believe it at the moment, the noble slaves of other races, no matter where they are placed, are indeed very scarce, what is the meaning of being a slave who is ravaged by the nobility?
But under normal circumstances, even if there are some aristocratic slaves, princess slaves, etc., they are all sold nobles and royal families, if it is not that the country has perished, it does not mean that the original nobles cannot become slaves, but the possibility of that situation is extremely low.
There are unspoken rules in any industry, and slave traders are not stupid, they know who can and can't. Ordinary civilians will be arrested and arrested, even if their origins are not legal, will anyone still stand up for those civilians who have been trafficked? As long as there are no large-scale forces to crack down on such things, everyone will turn a blind eye to them, and some bad things will naturally be fooled in this way.
But if the nobles of a country are directly sold, it is a slap in the face of everyone in that country, and if that situation really occurs, it is only a trivial matter to crack down on that slave trader, and maybe it is possible for a war to break out because of this.
Therefore, unless it is the nobles of the two countries who are sold in the enemy country, it is not said that no slave merchant dares to do that kind of business, and even if they do do so, it is estimated that there will not be many people who will dare to buy that kind of slave at that time.
It was also because ordinary people didn't dare to do that kind of thing, so those noble lords didn't take Zhou Tian's threat seriously at the beginning. It wasn't until they saw Zhou Tian's 'serious' expression now, thinking of his past performance, that the noble lords became worried at that time.
Because other nobles were afraid of the consequences of doing so, they would definitely not dare to sell them. But who can guarantee that Zhou Tian will not dare to do such a thing? At least the current few noble lords are very worried that Zhou Tian will do that.
Not daring to do that kind of thing is nothing more than a fear of revenge, even if you don't care about their revenge, you will care about the revenge of the orc empire. But is it possible that Sunday cares about those things?
The high-level of the Orc Empire itself had a clear attitude to deal with him, and under that circumstances, Zhou Tian would never care about the threat of the other party even if he was afraid of the high-level of the Orc Empire. Anyway, the left and right were cleaned up, even if they did something else, in the eyes of the noble lords at that time, Zhou Tian's fate would not change much.
Thinking about it like this, those noble lords at that time must have been scared. After all, Zhou Tian was already destined to end up with no good end, so would he do something crazy before he was taken down by the top of the Orc Empire? Those few noble lords before might feel that it was none of their business and didn't need to care at all, but now after falling into Zhou Tian's hands and listening to his previous threatening words, how could those noble lords not be afraid of Zhou Tian's way of disposing of it?
Death is not so terrible!
Death, although those noble lords are afraid of death, but death is only a momentary thing. But if they were really sold to people as slaves, then not to mention that they would live worse than death in the future, it was their affairs that let people know, Zhou Tian would be retaliated against by the Orc Empire, as nobles who had already been slaves, these noble lords also knew that they would still not have any way to live at that time.
Knowing that if Zhou Tian was really treated like that, what would happen to them at that time, the few noble lords chose to relent.
"We can act as if nothing happened before, but you're going to let us go!"
"Yes, according to the law of the nobility, the nobles are not allowed to attack each other without the consent of the parliament, you ......"
"I think there was some misunderstanding about this today, but I actually ......"
Suddenly, after being frightened by Zhou Tian's attitude, several noble lords who were originally extremely tough immediately stopped mentioning the punishment of those orcs, but no matter how they changed the topic, the few noble lords outside the words were all Zhou Tian should let them go, and the reason why they were enemies with them was all misunderstanding.
Will Zhou Tian listen to those noble lords?
It must be impossible, they heard that there was a benefit, so they ran directly to deal with him, and now they found that it was not his opponent, and they wanted to be soft and fine, how could there be such a good thing in the world? Since they had lost the battle, they would have to bear the corresponding punishment, otherwise if Zhou Tian let the other party go like this today, it is estimated that everyone will think that he is easy to bully, and it is not good that these noble lords will continue to invade tomorrow with people as soon as they go back.
So naturally, according to Zhou Tian's thoughts at that time, it was absolutely impossible for him to let go of those noble lords. Even if they say it now, they don't want to leave without seeing the benefits.
"You better save your energy! Do I look so like a fool? If you are defeated, you must have the consciousness of being a prisoner of war, and since you have lost today, there is no benefit, so you don't want me to release you!" "Anyway, Zhou Tian is not a very faceless person, since those few noble lords only want him to release people but do not mention the matter of compensation at all, Zhou Tian simply took the initiative to speak, and directly discussed the matter of compensation with several noble lords on the current matter.
After listening to Zhou Tian's words, the noble lords fell silent.
Didn't those noble lords know what Zhou Tian meant by leaving them before?
Obviously, this was simply impossible, and it was common in many countries for the nobility to lose a battle and trade wealth or territory for their freedom. Because of the strength of the noble council in the orc empire, there are few fights between the nobles, but now that they are enemies with Zhou Tian and are defeated, the noble lords can also guess what Zhou Tian thinks.
Even if they knew why Zhou Tian kept them, those noble lords still didn't want to give Zhou Tian the territory or wealth in their hands. There is no other reason than reluctance.
Although almost all the nobles of the Orc Empire looked down on Zhou Tian, even the few captured noble lords at the moment were no exception. But when these noble lords looked down on Zhou Tian, their actual strength was not much stronger than Zhou Tian. In addition to the fact that the territory is larger than Zhou Tian and the title is higher than Zhou Tian, the biggest advantage of these noble lords is nothing more than that they have been operating the territory for a long time, in addition, they not only do not have any advantages compared with Zhou Tian, but it can be said that they are far less likely to have development potential than Zhou Tian.
In this way, with the little background of a few noble lords, how could they be willing to pay war indemnities? The battle itself had already been lost, and if Zhou Tian made a little more excessive demand, it was estimated that after this battle, their territory would have to return to the pre-liberation period directly overnight.
It is precisely because of the fear that Zhou Tian Lion will open his mouth to ask them for compensation, so the previous few noble lords will continue to talk about the noble council, and there is actually only one meaning, that is, I hope that Zhou Tian will have a little more scruples, and it is best to let them go unconditionally.
To be honest, according to the particularity of the orc empire, if you don't want to cause trouble, some orc nobles may really release people in the face of the current situation. But obviously, what other orc nobles would do Zhou Tian didn't care, but now that the other party invaded his territory, there was no way for Zhou Tian to make them feel better.
Who made Zhou Tian's popularity in the Orc Empire bad!
Even if there is no such thing as today, Zhou Tian believes that there are many existences that the Orc Empire will deal with him. In this way, anyway, he has already let the upper echelons of the Orc Empire target him, so many 'accounts', it is not a big deal for him, those few noble lords want Zhou Tian to let them go back unconditionally, it must be impossible.
Now, those noble lords pretended to be stupid, Zhou Tian simply made his words clear, no matter how those noble lords reacted, and whether they were willing to accept it or not, he directly mentioned to them: "It's easy for me to release you, 50,000 civilians each, when those civilians move to my territory, when will I release them!" After speaking, Zhou Tian pointed to the orcs he had just recovered and said to several noble lords: "And these people believe that you should be no strangers!" Send their families with them, or you won't want to go back to your own territory. ”
"No way, we won't agree to such conditions!"
Fifty thousand commoners, these noble lords, really can't take it out?
Obviously, that is impossible, after all, Zhou Tian's territory has a population of hundreds of thousands, as a lord with a much deeper background than him, the number of people under these noble lords at the moment is not more than Zhou Tian, and it will never be less than him. After all, the business of several generations has been placed there, even if there is no opportunity for Zhou Tian to directly take over a legion, but normal development is enough for their territory to have a fairly large population base.
Therefore, as long as those noble lords thought that in fact, they could easily make up 50,000 civilians, but the problem at the moment was that if they really agreed to Zhou Tian's request, then their losses would be great.
First of all, 50,000 civilians is not too much to shake the foundations of their territory. But after the loss of 50,000 civilians, it is estimated that there will not be a few years, and these noble lords do not want to be able to slow down. And if Zhou Tian adds hundreds of thousands of people, his strength will immediately increase greatly, and the little nobles who were originally inferior to them may have the opportunity to sit on top of their heads directly in the future.
Moreover, Zhou Tian's relationship with the high-level of the Orc Empire is there, and at present, if Zhou Tian's strength is greatly increased because of their compensation, and finally makes it difficult for the high-level of the Orc Empire to deal with him, then who will bear this responsibility?
It was the loss of his own strength, and it was possible that he would be blamed by the high-level of the Orc Empire, and in the face of such a situation, those noble lords at that time definitely did not want to compensate Zhou Tian's population. What's more, what else did Zhou Tian say? He actually asked them to send the relatives of those traitors to his territory, what was the situation? He also turned against the sky!
Several noble lords didn't care why those strong men under their original subordinates wanted to serve Zhou Tian, they only knew that their original subordinates had betrayed them. They have absolutely zero tolerance for this kind of thing, just like Zhou Tian mentioned to those orcs, these noble lords themselves have already made up their minds, as long as they let them go back, they will inevitably make those orcs relatives regret living in the world.
But at that time, when those noble lords were still thinking about how to take revenge on those traitors, Zhou Tian asked them to send the relatives of the traitors to his domain, which was not the possibility of their revenge. And if you don't breathe this way, don't let your orcs see the fate of being traitors, then who will be afraid of them, and I don't know how many people will choose to surrender when they fight with Zhou Tian in the future?
In any case, the conditions that Zhou Tian proposed at that time were not wanted to be accepted by those noble lords, and because of this reason, even if they had become Zhou Tian's prisoners now, they still put on a posture of refusing to cooperate.
It's just that......
Those few noble lords also thought too simply, unless they were really not afraid of death, otherwise the current people had already fallen into the hands of Zhou Tian, in the case that Zhou Tian himself did not have too many scruples, how could they do this matter today? According to Zhou Tian's performance, it is best for them to agree at the moment, and if they don't agree with Zhou Tian, they will always find a way to make them choose to agree.
Therefore, after listening to the words of those noble lords at that time, Zhou Tian didn't talk nonsense, and after waving his hand directly to call a few orcs, he pointed at them and ordered: "Let these noble lords calm down, and when they understand how to speak as a captive, you will call me again!"
"What do you mean?"
Looking at his subordinates in front of him, who didn't know how to act at all, Zhou Tian kicked him directly, and then said bluntly: "Give me a hard beating of these souls, when they are soft, when will you call me again!"
"Oh oh......" Although the orcs were not very flexible in their brains, they didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Tian's words before for a while, but now that Zhou Tian had already made his meaning clear, those orcs knew how to do it.
"Hey, hey, hey......"
"Don't ......"
"You dare!"
"Help!"
"......" (To be continued.) )