In the mountains, a team of more than a dozen people is slowly advancing, Vig is leading the team in front, a sedan chair in the middle, and 6 soldiers are followed behind, although the number is small and complete, but Jonas sitting in the sedan chair can't stand it anymore.

Kadir was right, the road was too difficult to walk, there was no big road, no gravel road, not even a sheep's intestine path, but in the mountains with the walking of people gradually formed the shadow of a road.

Sitting on the sedan chair, the sedan chair that kept shaking with the movement of the sedan chair driver made Jonas feel like motion sickness when he couldn't turn on the air conditioning in the summer car, and quickly asked the sedan chair driver to stop the sedan chair and get out of the closed "gas chamber", he would rather go there now than sit in a broken sedan chair.

However, Jonas obviously forgot that he was wearing black, presumably all the judges should know what it would be like to wear black clothes in summer, and the hot and itchy feeling made Jonas take the water directly from the servant next to him and pour it on himself, which is finally much better.

"Kadir, are you sure this road is the way to transport ore?"

On one side of the road are tall pine trees, growing in patches, and you can only see some close-up views, and there is nothing in them, Jonas can't see anything, and on the other side, there are craggy rocks, stretching up to 3 meters, there is a steep slope with a huge height difference, just looking at Jonas feels that if he falls, he will have to fall to his death.

On this kind of road, it is difficult to travel ten miles a day without anything, let alone carrying a basket of stones, how many miles can be walked.

"Yes, my lord, this road is the only way to the mines, and the iron ore here is hidden deep in the mountains and forests, and it is really impossible to carve a path here. Kadir replied.

"How much can be shipped out of this day?"

Hearing Kadir's explanation, Jonas, who originally wanted to build a road, extinguished this idea, he was just a traverser, neither chemical nor heavy industry, and he didn't even know how to make artillery, and wanted to open up a road for people to walk in this primeval forest, or even a road for cars, which was tantamount to a fool's dream.

"My lord, the strength of these untouchables is very great, a person can carry about 2 baskets a day, and about 400 baskets a day, which is about 3 tons of iron ore, and about 1 ton can be smelted into iron, which is a very considerable amount. Kadir replied to Jonas after a little thought, he was still very confident in the output of iron ore in such a bad situation.

"Two baskets per person. Looking at the road in front of him, and the stinging pain coming from under his feet, Jonas was still very satisfied with Kadir's story, and in this case, he was able to carry two baskets, which was really not ordinary, and this courage was even more extraordinary.

Doron listened to the conversation between Jonas and Kadir on the side, the corners of his mouth tugged downward, and he looked at Kadir with a little contempt, as if he was looking at a liar.

The group continued to walk, and Jonas also tried to control his steps carefully, because of the time, the sun had moved from this side of the woods to the side of the stones, and after losing the shade of the trees, the soil on the ground was directly illuminated by the strong sunlight, and the feet on it were like ants on a hot pot, making people want to jump up.

At this moment, the team in front suddenly stopped, and there were a few voices belonging to Vig, which sounded like a questioning tone, which made Jonas, who thought he had arrived at the mine, hurriedly ran a few steps forward and walked to the front of the team, but everything in front of him made Jonas completely dumbfounded.

What appeared in front of Jonas was a team of 10 "people", they carried a basket of iron ore on their backs, no shoes on their feet, and a thin rope tied to their ankles, stringing these 10 "people" together, in Jonas's opinion, this should be to prevent them from escaping, no pants and clothes, just took a black cloth and wrapped it around their bodies, skinny, Jonas could see the protruding joints on their bodies.

When Jonas appeared, the 10 "people" instantly walked to the side of the road, and then knelt down, next to them, there was a cliff that would kill them if they were not careful, and below their knees, there was a 40-degree amount of dirt, and even if they knelt on the ground, the bamboo basket was still straight on them, and not a single stone came out of the basket.

Jonas was dumbfounded, the worst people he had ever seen in his previous life were beggars, they begged along the streets, very pitiful, but the pair in front of him was more like a team of people than walking dead, which really shocked Jonas's heart, he hurriedly ran to the back, came to Kadir's side, and said to him: "

They are the ones who carry baskets, and they can carry two baskets a day!"

In the face of Jonas's questioning, Kadir replied as a matter of course: "Yes, my lord, their strength is very huge, as long as they eat a little bit of food, they can survive this day, this is a very good labor force, and these people are slaves, their lives belong to you, even if you die, you will not be harmed in any way, it can be said that it is the safest labor force." ”

"Are you treating me like a child? Jonas roared loudly, which made everyone around him look at their trusted lord in surprise, even Doron, in their eyes, Jonas had never been angry at others, and now he actually roared at Mayor Kadir so loudly, which really made these people who were always around Jonas feel strange and even scared.

Only the 10 people who were kneeling on the ground, as if they hadn't heard Jonas, still knelt there straight, the bamboo basket straight on them without moving, and their blood did not move.

"My lord, I don't treat you as a child, I'm just telling the truth, we need to move iron ore, and the best option to move iron ore is slaves, they are hardworking, they are worthless, they are obedient, there is no reason for you to give up using slaves and treat your people harshly. Kadir was also taken aback by Jonas's roar, he didn't expect the 7-year-old to be able to make him feel a kind of intimidation, which couldn't help but make Kadir more cautious when answering questions, so as not to blame Jonas on his head.

"Slaves?!" Listening to Kadir's tone, Jonas could even guess how much he despised the lives of these slaves, and he could even think of how many people died on it every year on this road, and how many people in the mines would never see the sun tomorrow again.

He had read about the miserable life of slaves in ancient times in history books when he was in school, and even in the history of the earth not far from that time, there were slave-like systems such as American black slaves and Russian serfs.

But at this moment, facing these so-called slaves who really appeared in front of him, Jonas was shocked.

"You can't do that to them, Mayor Kadir. Vig, untie their chains, take down their baskets, and help them to a shady place to rest. ”

Jonas walked to the front of the group and said to Vig, he wanted to reach out and help the kneeling person up, but the other party dodged when he touched it, he was afraid that he would not have enough strength, and the other party fell off the cliff as soon as he dodged, so he gave up his idea.

When Vig heard Jonas's order, he had some doubts, this was a slave, it belonged to Jonas's property, and at this time, Jonas suddenly overflowed with love and wanted to save them, which is right, but what about when this momentum has passed?

Turning his head to Doron, Vig could only ask for his opinion to decide whether or not to carry out the orders of the lord in his impulsive state.

Doron was also infected by Jonas's attitude at the moment, you must know that in medieval Europe, a large number of white slaves were Jews, their race was enslaved for thousands of years, and they were still enslaved, and at this moment Jonas's words, although very naïve, even ridiculous, but Doron couldn't help but be moved, lowered his head to hide his slightly excited face, and when he raised his head, he saw Vig's inquiring eyes.

Duolong looked at the little master with an excited face, and couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, what a simple and naïve person, nodded at Vig, signaling that he could do it.

"My lord, you can't do that, if you cut off the chains and they will run away and never appear in front of you again, then our mines will have to buy another batch of slaves or let the people of Eagle Castle go to the mines to suffer, do you want your people to suffer? Do you want your property to disappear?" Kadir rushed up, grabbed Vig's hand that was about to slash down, and said to Jonas, with the affection for Eagle Castle in his voice, Jonas could not doubt.

Kadir's words made Jonas choke up obviously, and the string called reason in his heart was telling him that what Kadir did was not wrong, he was doing his best to serve himself, and he was also doing his best to protect the stability of Eagle Castle, but, turning his head to look at the kneeling skeleton, Jonas had always denied the birth of these people in his heart, just because of the greed of his own class, because of denial, so fierce words would come out of his mouth.

"Slaves are human beings, too! What is the difference between him and you, does he have no father? He doesn't have a mother? They don't have children? Don't they have their own people? Don't they have their own tongue? Don't they feel hunger? Don't they feel pain when they walk? Don't they have dignity? They have, they have! They are human beings. ”

Jonas's words made Jonas himself complacent, and looking at Kadir, he knew that Kadir couldn't refute his words.

"Slaves, not people. A dry word came out of Kadir's mouth.

"My lord, it's too hot, you should go back to the sedan chair. Doron looked at the stunned Jonas, walked over, pulled Jonas back to the sedan chair, closed the curtain, gave instructions to Vig, and stood next to the sedan chair without speaking.

Jonas has done enough today.

"Doron, what did Kadir say just now?" Jonas's voice came from the palanquin, very soft.

"Slaves, not people. Doron said, his heart trembling.

"Slaves, not people. Jonas muttered a repetition of what Doron had said, and there was no sound, and his brain stopped working, making it impossible for him to think now.

The procession departed, and after leaving the 10 slaves with a jar of water, the crowd drove slowly towards the front, like an outing, and nothing happened.

Except for the 10 people who had been kneeling on the ground and had not spoken all the time, as if they were talking about something.

Blood, in the cold.