Chapter 195: Workers' Revolt
Earthsea lacks sorcery resources, including the most basic sorcery energy, magic stones, which have become rare items, and the processing items of magic stones, "rune stones", are naturally more precious.
There are no magic stone mines in the earthly sea, and their wizard resources are all traded from the high-level black market by third-level wizards through secret realms.
Like Roman, the third-level wizard of the earth sea controls a secret realm and does not produce many resources, and its biggest role is to link the high-level black market and trade to obtain wizard resources.
In the high-end black market, Roman often sees the Dihai stalls, which sell only one kind of commodity, that is, ancient knowledge.
Roman also went to help or a few times, and the earth sea was particularly interested in the requiem jellyfish, thinking that it could remove pollution, so he bought it in large quantities.
In the face of ancient knowledge, Roman also gladly accepted it, and was ready to buy as much as he wanted, if he could obtain all the ancient inheritance, it would be an extremely cost-effective deal.
But Dihai is not a fool, and after receiving a small number of jellyfish, he did not continue to buy them.
Roman asked why, and the reply was to maintain the monopoly of knowledge, preferring to reduce the acquisition of rare materials.
When Roman acquires knowledge, he swears to the Eye of Judgment that he will not pass it on, but there is no shortage of filthy bird feathers on the surface, and there is always a risk that ancient knowledge will spread.
Therefore, once the knowledge is sold, the possibility of repeated acquisition will be reduced, and some people have thought of selling the source of pollution, but the source of pollution will turn to ash when it reaches the surface, and it cannot be traded at all.
Earthsea resources are scarce, except for knowledge, there are no other trading goods, if the ground masters all the ancient inheritance, Earthsea has no trading chips, and it will not be able to obtain witchcraft resources.
Wizards are indifferent and snobbish, once the surface gets all the ancient inheritance, the earth and sea are useless, and without wizard resources, there will be no way to return to the surface.
In order to avoid this, the Wizard of the Earth Sea had to work hard to set the speed at which knowledge could be output to ensure that it could be sold for a long enough time.
Therefore, the resources of the Wizards of the Earth Sea are precious, and even an ordinary rune stone is worth a whole ship of Jack.
But you get what you pay for, and the white light of the purification runes envelops the entire ship, removing all the pollution on board.
Many crew members vomited and spit out black parasites, which turned into black smoke and drifted away when they encountered white light.
A crisis was temporarily lifted, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Jack's father and son's faces were extremely ugly.
Rune stone is too expensive, no matter how many fish you catch this trip, it is a loss, if you don't use rune stone, sit back and watch the workers die, the pension after the fact is also astronomical, and it has a huge impact on word of mouth.
So as capitalists, how can they feel better, so in order to reduce losses and recover costs, Captain Jack adopted the common practice of capitalists - squeezing workers.
At this time, the Lucky sailed to the target area, and like the intelligence, the fish on the bottom of the sea flocked in schools and went to the fixed sea area to spawn.
In the eyes of the captain, they were all money that could move, so at the sound of an order, the workers took out their tools and began to fish for fish.
In order to increase motivation, the lucky number adopts a metered wage, and the more fish a worker catches, the higher the salary.
As a result, the workers were in full swing, and in order to extract more value, the workers were forced to extend their working hours, adopt a three-shift system, and catch fish day and night.
The workers complained about this, but because it was a measured wage, it was considered more work and more rewards, and the mood of the workers was quite stable.
During this time, Roman has been quietly completing his work on the observation deck on a high place, watching everything on the ship with a cold eye.
He had already determined that there was something wrong with the ship, that the Lucky had been infiltrated by the Abyss Sect, and that everything that had happened before was not a coincidence, but a conspiracy of the Abyss Sect.
It's just that he didn't know what the cult wanted to do, so he didn't startle the snake or alert Captain Jack.
Because according to the records, only knights and mortals can become believers, because they have low cognitive abilities, and it is very easy for them to fall into the light pollution of evil gods and become believers.
At this time, the cultists lurked among the workers at the bottom, stirring up antagonism among the workers, and after a series of small incidents, the class contradictions on board the ship were constantly intensifying.
The spirit magic enveloped the entire ship, Roman had already identified most of the cultists, in order to find out their ultimate goal, Roman did not choose to expose, but continued to observe.
First, to avoid revealing his strength, and second, he is confident in his combat power, even if it is a mess, he can ensure that the ship will not sink and sail back to Blackreef Island smoothly.
What's more, Jack's father and son themselves are not fuel-efficient lamps, and it is impossible to be unprepared for the rebellion, so the final big move must go through a series of foreshadowing.
As Roman expected, a few more days passed, and the health of the temporary workers deteriorated due to the increased labor intensity and the long-term oppressive environment in the earth.
Soon one after another, the temporary workers fell ill and lost their ability to work, but when they found a ship for medical treatment, they had to charge expensive treatment fees.
The cost of treatment is three times higher than on land, and the workers simply cannot afford it.
The reasons are very simple, one is that there are not many medicines on board, and the patients are temporary workers, so it is not worth wasting medicines on them.
The second is that the captain intends to reduce the loss, anyway, the medicine belongs to the private property of the ship, which is sacrosanct, and you can sell it as much as you want, so you don't have to worry about your workers not buying it.
However, the workers were penniless at this time and could not be cured at all, so the ship gave them two ways, one was to use their bodies to endure hardship and deduct their basic wages for absenteeism, and the other was to pay an IOU and deduct all their wages for medical expenses.
Most workers choose the second option, because the basic salary is not much at all, and if the deduction is completed, the body has not recovered, not only will there be no salary, but they will also owe money to the ship.
However, the medicine was too expensive, and some workers were angry in the face of the ship's robbery, but the captain had expected it and arranged for the third-class apprentice supervisor to beat them violently.
After all, medicine is private property, and workers' riots are not reasonable, most of them dare not speak out, and in the face of the absolute force of the captain's first class wizard, sporadic riots are easily suppressed.
But it is undeniable that the contradiction between the workers and the ship side is further deepening, and it is only because of the existence of the combat power of the first-level wizard that the balance is barely maintained.
But none of this has anything to do with Roman, who sits on the lookout every day, eats fish and chips, blows the sea breeze, spreads his magic powers, and perceives the distractions of the ship.
He was curious about where the fuse that broke the balance was.
With this question, he continued to watch the play with peace of mind, without reminding Jack and his son of their intentions, because it was useless to remind them.
Although they are good people, they are capitalists after all, and it is impossible for them to give up exploitation.
Therefore, it is better to let the situation develop, let the contradictions intensify and detonate, and then eliminate the threat.
Looking at the abundant harvest of You Yu in the trawl, Captain Jack's restless heart gradually calmed down, but fortunately, the purchase price of You Yu was very high, and the buyer deposited a large amount of money in the bank guarantee, so he was not afraid of defaulting on the debt.
As long as the current trend is followed, this vote should be completed, and it should be able to make up for 70% of the loss.
Escaping back and making up for the loss of seventy percent, Jack was content, and he vowed never to go to the level 5 danger zone again until he was promoted to a second-level wizard.
He felt uneasy, as if a catastrophe was about to happen, but he couldn't find a clue for a while.
It's not that he didn't notice the frequent riots of temporary workers, but he thought that everything was still under control, and in the face of the absolute force of a first-level wizard, he couldn't make waves at all.
Of course, the killing spree was a last resort, and in order not to reduce the number of laborers, it was common practice to support the thieves and dismantle them from within.
In his eyes, the situation was manageable now, but the uneasiness in his heart still lingered, so for the sake of prudence, he decided to support the thieves early.
Just as he was about to call Ted, Ted pushed the door in first, and said anxiously, "Dad, those workers are in trouble again, you have to deal with it!"
Jack frowned, keenly aware that something was wrong, and asked, "What the hell is going on?" You're also a first-level wizard, can't you handle it?"
Ted replied, "It's the contract that's wrong, the workers are holding a blank piece of paper, saying that the contract has become a blank slate, thinking that we are using witchcraft to play tricks, and demand that the contract be re-signed or all go on strike!"
"Bastard!" Jack scolded angrily: "How can the contract be fake, it is all printed in black and white, and the contract is re-signed? Where did the printing press come from on board! I think it's just a deliberate strike!"
There are printing presses in the sea and earth, but the printing press is cumbersome and occupies space, and basically no fishing boat will deliberately equip it, and labor contracts are printed and signed on the shore, and it is impossible to get hundreds of contracts on the ship.
If it is copied word by word, and when the contract is out, the octopus will have already migrated and will catch a loneliness.
Due to the limitations of magic power, when signing the contract, in front of 300 temporary workers, the captain could not swear to the Eye of Judgment one by one, so he could only sign a paper contract and get it confirmed by an official agency.
The contract suddenly turned blank, and the workers thought that it was done by witchcraft, but a little witchcraft common sense knew that there was no such boring witchcraft at all.
Confused by his thoughts, Jack immediately stopped thinking and immediately decided, "You immediately go to the processing area, let the workers send representatives to negotiate, let the kitchen prepare the food, and the fruit wine is enough, and appease the workers' emotions first!"
Ted immediately went to do it, and soon, two representatives of the temporary workers came to the captain's room and said coldly:
"Captain Jack, please give us an explanation, and re-sign the contract, or we will strike until you answer!"
Before Jack could speak, Ted replied first:
"We don't know what's going on, don't think about reprinting, otherwise, the contract was originally in duplicate, and I will give you one copy of ours, and the salary will be paid at that time, how about it?"
After thinking about it, the workers' representatives felt that this plan would work, as long as there was a contract, they would be able to go to the city hall to defend their rights, and their wages would still be guaranteed.
Seeing that a crisis was about to pass, a crew member suddenly came to report.
"Oh no, Captain, the stall is on fire!"
Jack and Ted were shocked and immediately ordered, "Put out the fire!" Ted, go yourself!"
Then he looked at the workers' representatives with gloomy eyes and said coldly, "You can't do it, right?"
The workers' representative was furious and said angrily: "Fart, how can we burn down your own stall, it is clear that you want to break the contract and do not plan to pay your wages!"
"I'm telling you, if the contract is not secured, we will not return to work!"
At this moment, Ted pushed the door in a hurry, and said with a dead face, "The clerk is also dead, the contract is all burned, we don't have a contract."
Jack's face changed greatly, and the workers' representative fell into a rage, and he would not have dared to do this before, but at this moment there was really no way, and said:
"In that case, we end the contract, Captain Jack, please sail the ship back to port, settle the salary, we won't work for you anymore!"
Trust collapsed, and Jack also tore off the mask of hypocrisy and said unceremoniously:
"It's okay to end the contract, it's okay to pay your salary, but please get off the boat now, I'll give you a lifeboat, and you can slide back to Blackreef by yourself!"
Not to mention whether it will provide food and water, according to the captain's capitalist urine, it will definitely not.
This is a fifth-level danger zone, and the dangers in the sea can only be dealt with by second-level wizards, and letting these apprentice knights row away alone is no different from sending them to death.
"You ......" the workers' representatives were furious and flushed with anger.
Jack's face was as usual, and he continued: "The Lucky does not raise idlers, from the moment the contract is ended, I have no obligation to you, your food, water and other survival materials have nothing to do with me!"
"Unless you pay, as a passenger on a ship, but it's like medicine, it's expensive, and you can't afford it!"
The workers' representatives were speechless and fell into the trap of capitalist theory.
The capitalists advocated the sanctity of private property, concealed exploitation in fair trade, and did not experience a systematic theoretical shock, and the workers could not refute the captain's words.
It is clearly the responsibility of the captain, but now the workers are on the side of immorality.
Having gained the upper hand, Captain Jack continued, "You need not hate me, this ship is my private property in exchange for honest labor!"
"Now that the contract is over and the salary is settled, you should leave my ship, but for the sake of humanitarianism, I also gave you a lifeboat, you know, I can find an uninhabited desert island and leave you!"
"And I have first-level wizard combat power, can you resist me?"
At the end of the speech, the captain exuded a first-class aura, and the momentum of the workers' representatives was a little shorter again, at this time, Captain Jack took advantage of the victory to pursue, and said:
"I, Jack, have been in this business for so long, and I have never been in arrears of workers' wages, I hope you can trust me this time and continue to work for me, I swear, when I arrive in Hong Kong, the salary will be a lot!"
At this time, Ted also added: "Your salary is the basic salary plus workload bonus, we can pay the basic salary plus bonus first, and then settle it once a week, as long as there is a salary, what if there is no contract?"
These words made the workers' representatives fall into deep thought, morally, they are unreasonable, and in terms of combat strength, they can't beat the first-class wizards, and they have no choice but to agree to the demands.
At this point, Captain Jack made another killer move, saying, "If you agree and convince the workers, I'll pay you double the wages afterwards!"
At this time, on the lookout, Roman picked up the juice, took a sip, and said, "The Lucky has passed the level again, I wonder what kind of means the cultists will take?"
He knew what happened when the contract turned white, and the ink used to print the contract was made from a kind of fish ink, which would make the handwriting disappear after the interference of unknown energy.
Seeing that the workers' representatives were brought to their knees, and the cult's conspiracy was once again thwarted, something unexpected happened.
One of the worker representatives suddenly mutated, and countless tentacles stretched out from his body, inserting into the body of the other worker representative, killing him instantly.
Then he slammed open the door of the captain's room and shouted bitterly, "The captain has killed someone! The captain has killed someone!"
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