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At this time, Rogge had recently changed his outfit, although it was a little shabby, but it was still very warm.

"Make more drawings for you today, if you can't do it, hire two people from the neighbor's house, both are poor, don't worry too much. ”

"You have to remember, when doing business, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy, don't you understand? It's just to be harmonious and make money, no matter what, don't be too alone, eat meat yourself and let others drink soup, you understand?...... If you don't understand, forget it. ”

"Just remember that these poor people are the same kind of people as us, and they can be absolutely reliable!"

Looking at Ed, who was still at a loss, Rogge could only shake his head helplessly, after all, the difference between ideological cognition and social knowledge was too great, and after a few words, Rogge didn't bother to continue.

But what Rogge didn't expect was that although Ed himself didn't understand, he remembered Rogge's words and implemented them, and after several contacts, especially after seeing the drawings given by Rogge, Ed's family knew that the little Rogge in front of him was by no means an ordinary person, although he didn't understand what Rogge said, but what Rogge said he did was absolutely right.

Arriving at the city gate, Rogge said to Ed, "Give me the things, and you can go back." ”

"Captain Charles, when will the shift end, the brothers are all frozen. A soldier rubbed his hands together and complained.

"What do you have to complain about, go back tonight and hug your wife to vent the fire, and you can sleep lazily tomorrow, but there are still two days before my shift, wait a minute, this damn weather, after the snow, it will be much easier!" said the bearded man on the side.

Listening to their words, Rogge understood that after the heavy snow fell, the snow roads were not easy to walk, and there would basically be no communication between the county towns, and these soldiers naturally did not need to be frozen like they were now standing for a day.

As for the life and death of the people in the slums, it is no longer on their radar!

"Are the soldiers still on duty?"

"Huh?" the soldiers looked over and saw that it was a child.

"Isn't this the kid from the morning?!"

Soldier Commander Charles was the first to react, he still remembered the events of the morning vividly, because the kid in front of him, these people were exempted from punishment.

The matter of delaying the nobles, especially the noble viscountess, was not something they could afford, even if it was such a simple thing as a cart.

"It's me, Rogge, Captain Charles. ”

"Tsk, where did little Rogge go today?" Charles looked at Rogge's outfit, "It's not like you're stealing something, are you?"

"What's the matter, it's just to help people work, and the boss appreciates it. Some shabby clothes were given. Rogge was very humble: "The big brothers must have frozen..."

Rogge's heart was like a mirror, whether he could enter the city in the future depended on these soldiers, and he took out the wine jug and bread that had been prepared long ago: "For the sake of our honorable Viscount and Dale County, a few people have worked hard......"

"Oh, there's wine?" Charles grabbed without waiting for Rogge to hand it over, "Huh?

Brown Distillery is famous in Dale County, just this small pot is worth ten copper coins, which can buy food for a few days of civilian families, although it is a little distressing, but for the long-term planning, Rogge is too lazy to care.

"I don't usually drink much of the Brown family's wine. Distributing the bread to the soldiers below, Charles took a sip of wine as if he were enjoying it, and said, "Why, little Rogge, do you want to go into the city in the future?"

"I can't hide it from you, Captain Charles..."

Because of the morning's incident, Charles had a good impression of Rogge, looking at Rogge's restrained smile, he naturally knew Rogge's thoughts: "However, a few of us guard the city gates, for the safety of Dale County, if there are unruly villains coming in......"

"Captain Charles, don't worry, I've just found a permanent job, and I'm not doing anything else. ”

"Well, remember what you said, go ahead. ”

Watching Rogge go away, after all, he was a slum child, and he couldn't have been favored by a wealthy householder, Charles didn't care, and besides, it wasn't a big deal to let a small child into the city.

After leaving the city gate, he turned over his hands and tossed the luggage behind his back, and found some feces left by the carriage on the side of the road to smear it, and a foul smell came in an instant.

There is no other way to do this, and even Ed doesn't want to come to a place like the slums, after all, the people inside are poor and dare to do anything.

It is estimated that it is getting late, and the people who have gone out to work have gone home, and the whole slum street is extremely quiet and desolate.

It is said that it is a labor, but in fact it is just some coolies, cutting trees and wood, making some cloth for the people in the city, and the competition is quite large based on the number of people in the slums.

But a child like Rogge has no one to care about and is left to fend for himself.

I walked all the way in fear, and finally walked to the old man's house, but after knocking on the door for a long time, I didn't see the old man Diya come out to open the door, Rogge was shocked, and hurriedly put down his luggage and hit the door.

"Ahem...."

A rotten wooden plank was knocked open after two hits, and thick smoke came out, choking Rogge with a flurry of coughs.

"Grandma Dia?"

Seeing the smoke billowing in the room, Rogge's heart was lifted at once, and he shouted loudly but no one spoke, and the brazier in the room fell instead, and the sporadic sparks lit the wooden chairs and blankets in the room, but fortunately there was no fire because of the dampness, but the smoke did not disperse.

In a corner of the room, Rogge saw the old man Dia who fell to the ground unconscious, the old man was cold, his breathing was very weak, Rogge quickly dragged the old man out of the room and administered first aid.

After a while, Rogge pulled out an irregular crystal bottle from his luggage, and through the rough outside of the bottle, it was revealed that it contained a dark red, cloudy liquid.

This is the 'fiery reagent' that Roger bought for Asuna, a relatively low-grade and common 'magic potion', which can be regarded as a potion to ward off the cold and ward off the cold.

At first, Rogge played and studied for a long time, and also drank a sip, although it was extremely spicy, but after drinking it, he instantly felt a warmth coming, which really surprised Rogge.

Now that the situation is critical, Rogge hurriedly poured the potion into the mouth of the old man, after all, it is an item that has been touched by magic, and the effect is very fast, after using up about one-third, the old man Dia's face is a little ruddy, and then a violent coughing and wheezing sound came.

"Oh?!Little Rogge, are you back?" Old man Diya slowly woke up, and when he saw Rogge, his eyes instantly widened: "Quick, hide quickly!"

"What's the matter with Grandma Dia?Asuna?" Rogge picked up the old man, helped the old man to calm down, picked up the reagent and let the old man continue to drink, feeling extremely anxious.

"Quick, hide, little Rogge, it's Buck, Buck they're coming, hide!" The old man, who had just woken up and was still weak, ignored his body and anxiously urged Rogge to hide.

"Buck?!" Hearing this name, Rogge's heart was shocked, and his heart fell to the bottom, and his brows furrowed: "It's this brute!"

Buck is a slum talker, and he is also a well-known man in Dale County, and it is difficult to describe his viciousness and despicability for all kinds of evil.

The northwest of Dale County is a filthy place, the most famous slave market in all of Dale County, where people from the slums who struggle to make ends meet will come and sell themselves into slavery voluntarily, and there is a choice between good and bad buyers.

In the Empire, not only in the slums, but also in commoner families like Ed, it was common for them to sell their sons and daughters, and to sell themselves, and they were protected by law.

But no one sells himself or his children into the hands of human teeth, and in the hands of these people, until they meet a good buyer, they live a life that is not even as good as an animal, and when they are sold, they are stripped naked, put on chains, and sold like animals.

The main thing is that their sellers are basically gold caves, mine owners and even some people with 'unique' hobbies, these places carry the darkest side of the empire, and this life is over after entering.

Although the laws of the empire are restricted, for human teeth, it is basically a piece of waste paper, but the imperial laws have some effect after all, and most people will not blatantly do something that people are angry about.

And Buck is not among them, located in the northernmost barren part of the empire, and the laws of the empire are not as good as a word of Grand Duke Bart in the Duchy of Barth, and such an environment has given birth to rampant villains like Barker.

Buck was born in the slums, and his tragic experience did not make him feel the slightest pity or sympathy for the place where he lived.

In order to make money, it is common for Buck to capture orphans and sell them, and what is even more unbearable is that Buck will attack poor families who are no longer able to fight back, forcibly arrest and sell, and if there is a 'special' deal, Buck has no scruples, let alone other dirty things.

After knowing what happened, Rogge was anxious: "It's getting late, the city gate should be about to close, if they are allowed to enter the city, things will be bad......"

Looking at the frail old man Dia, looking at the empty streets, knocking on several houses without seeing people's voices, Rogge's brows furrowed even tighter, and he secretly hated: "Has fear made him lose his mind to this point?!!"

"Boy, what are you doing, don't hide yet. A vigilant voice came, and Rogge turned his head to see that it was his neighbor Keane and his wife Lauren.

"It's saved!" Hearing the voice, Rogge secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said anxiously: "Uncle Keane, can you help take care of Grandma Dia?"

Looking at the two people who were a little hesitant through the crack in the door, Rogge hurriedly took out the only three copper coins left today, and said anxiously: "Three copper coins, please help me!"

Seeing the copper coin in Rogge's hand, the two looked at each other, seemed to have made up their minds, opened the door and quickly carried the old man in, but did not take the copper coin in Rogge's hand, and looked embarrassed: "We can't take you in, if you let Buck know......"

"I know!" Rogge said, "Thank you!" Rogge said, "Thank you!"

After settling the old man, Rogge took out the pair of shoes with arabesque marks from the package, and was about to go out with a little half of food when he heard the faint voice of the old man Dia: "Little Rogge, where are you going......"

"Grandma Dia, rest well and eat more. Rogge smiled back and said in an extremely determined voice, "I'll go and get Asuna back!"

"Boy, are you crazy?!" Keane suddenly changed color when he heard this, picked up the three copper coins that Rogge put down and said, "You take the copper coins, quickly find a place to hide!"

"No!" Rogge turned his head and walked out the door: "Asuna was picked up by me, no one can hurt a single hair of her, I will definitely bring her back!"

The dilapidated room was silent, and the old man Dia looked at Rogge's back when he left, then looked at the bread in his hand, and muttered to himself: "Is this really that little Rogge who loves to steal things?"