José and Gould followed Suya and the others through the streets, and after a few street corners, there were far fewer shops and storefronts around. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to Gould, this is about to enter the inner city, and most of the people who live here are some local nobles and celebrities, and there are naturally fewer ordinary residents and tavern shops.

José looked around, and sure enough, he found that the houses and buildings in the distance were much more elegant than those he saw when he first entered, which was similar to Valen City, and this must be the so-called high-end residential area, right?

However, at this time, he found that it seemed that at the entrance of the inner and outer urban streets, there was a street full of people, and the cries of selling came and went, which seemed to be a little more lively than the commercial streets he passed when he first entered.

José looked over with some curiosity, but found that there did not seem to be any stalls or goods on either side of the street, but there were many neatly built high platforms, on which many people were shouting and shouting.

"I said fatty, what are these people selling? Why are they so lively?"

Seeing that he was puzzled, Gould immediately squinted his eyes and looked at the street, looked at it for a moment, then turned his head and said, "This is not supposed to be an ordinary commodity for sale, but like a slave market!"

"Slave market?" Joseph was suddenly a little surprised in his heart, although he knew that the civilization level of the human world on the continent of Ceylon was not high, and there were many feudal and backward laws, such as the Fengyue Street seen earlier and the slave market in front of him.

In several human nations today, slavery is preserved almost without exception. One is to adapt to the aristocracy, and the other is because of frequent wars in various countries, many displaced people are scattered all year round. Once encountering any natural and man-made disasters, the people at the bottom will not be able to live, and they will be forced to sell their children and daughters. Although the Empire of Light does not encourage slavery, there is nothing explicitly prohibiting it, so such human trafficking is legal.

Although this kind of behavior is full of cruelty and injustice to José as a modern person, it is almost commonplace in this world. Although Jose knew that it was difficult to change the minds of these people with different levels of civilization, his heart was full of disgust for this kind of behavior.

Gould on the side was calm, seeing Joseph's expression, he naturally knew what he was thinking, and couldn't help but whisper to Joseph:

"Boss, I know what you're thinking, I, Gould, am also very disgusted by this kind of human trafficking, but ordinary civilians don't have the money to buy slaves, and not all of them are damn aristocratic lords.

Haven't you seen it, there are even many black-hearted merchants who see the high profits in this, deliberately go to some poor areas to buy and sell people, and even deliberately capture some homeless people to sell as slaves!

Therefore, the law of the Bright Empire stipulates that once a slave trader who captures a free citizen of his country is discovered, he will be punished with death! This only curbed the black heart of those great families and merchants, and it can be regarded as some scruples. ”

After hearing this, Joseph's brows furrowed, and he couldn't help asking: "What you said are 'once you find a slave trader who captures a free citizen of your own country, you will be sentenced to death'? What if it is not the common people of our own country, but other countries, or even fellows of other races?"

Gould smiled, but there was a little sly look in his eyes:

"Naturally, the laws of the empire have these provisions, but they are much more lenient than the laws of the country, for those who capture slaves abroad. Although the empire also prohibits the hunting and trading of slaves of different races on the surface, it is difficult to prohibit it, and it is only to take care of the feelings of other countries that this article was added to the law, but more than eighty percent of the slaves circulating in the market are of foreign races!"

Only then did Joseph understand a little bit in his heart: there are also many contradictions between these great powers, prohibiting the capture and trafficking of their own free people, but not controlling the trafficking of foreign civilians, but encouraging those slave traders to go to other countries to hunt slaves!

Jose couldn't help frowning, such behavior seems ordinary, but it is also a hidden danger, after all, if this kind of negative law is used between the two countries, I am afraid that the slave trade will become more and more rampant, not to mention, it will also make the contradictions between the two countries more and more deep. Hmph, a bunch of short-sighted guys......

Thinking of this, Joseph couldn't help but glance at the slave market, and then he noticed that there were many people standing on the high platform, but their hands and feet were behind their backs, obviously tied up.

As he was watching, he suddenly noticed that among the group of slaves on a high platform, there was a young man about twenty or thirty years old, who looked a little familiar! Jose couldn't help but glance more, and sure enough, he found that the guy was actually a person he knew!

"How is this guy?"

Jose was a little surprised, although he didn't know how this guy was tied up here and became a slave, but since he found out, he couldn't just leave.

José pondered for a moment, and then said to one of the cavalrymen who was in charge of the guard on the side: "You go back and talk to the Duke of Casa, and say that I have some personal matters to deal with now, and I will leave the team for a while, and I will go to the governor's palace to meet them later." ”

The cavalry was originally the private army of Su Ya's subordinates, so he naturally knew Joseph, a magician. Hearing him say this, he thought in his heart that magicians often do strange things, and I am afraid that they cannot interfere with it, so the cavalry bowed his head and agreed, and rode up to follow the team.

Gould naturally followed Jose to the street, and the fat man asked a little strangely: "Boss, do you want to buy a slave to serve you? Then it is not used in this kind of place, with your status as a magician, even if you don't have to reach out to ask for it, if you show a little meaning, someone will naturally arrange it for you." ”

Joseph shook his head with a wry smile, and could only explain helplessly: "I don't want to buy any slaves, after all, there is no buying and selling, no killing! The reason why I want to come here is entirely because I just saw a guy I knew, who seems to have been tied up here and become a slave, speaking of which, he has become like this, I'm afraid there are still a lot of responsibilities on me......"

When Gould heard this, he was a little curious. As they spoke, they rode into the street, which was rather crowded, and Joseph and Gould dismounted and led their horses inside.

Joseph saw the high platform from a distance, and when he got closer, there were already many people gathered under the high platform, and a lean slave trader on the high platform was shouting, and it happened that he was selling these slaves. The lean man with a somewhat obscene appearance shouted at the crowd in the audience:

"Come and take a look! This is a new batch of grassland slaves from this chamber of commerce, all of them are strong, honest and obedient, eat less and do more! Buy home, whether it is to serve the master or do some hard work, it is a first-class choice!

The price is even more fair and reasonable, each slave costs only ten gold coins! Hey, this lord, do you want to buy a slave to go home? I guarantee that what you buy from me is the best price in the whole building of Lancheng!"

The lewd man drooled and flattered the crowd in the audience. However, although the slaves on his stage looked yellow and thin, listless, they were all men in the prime of life, and many people in the audience had already asked him for the price.

José winked at Gould and strode forward, shouting at the slave trader, "Boss, I'm going to buy a slave!" (To be continued.) )