Chapter 58 The Slave Trading Market
Early the next morning, Li Yunyang took Dylan to the door of the only slave market in the viscounty.
Fortunately, it was in time for nightfall, and after going around the alley, they simply returned to the corner of the street where the incident occurred, and casually found a hotel on the side to live in, because Li Yunyang told Sรน Dylan that the most dangerous place is the safest place.
In fact, the real reason for the matter was only because they got lost in the alley, and they went back to the original point again, and then they saw the guards all over the street, and the guards in military uniforms running back and forth, and they didn't dare to continue to wander the street......
The fall of Ronald also means that the housekeepers and internal affairs officials around him will also fall, and these people Li Yunyang dare not use them, so he simply leaves. For these old servants, Li Yunyang, who didn't care at first, finally figured it out under Stanny's repeated advice, and kept a group of people who had followed Ronald for many years by his side, and Li Yunyang, who didn't feel anything, gradually felt uncomfortable, especially when he saw those pairs of mechanical eyes.
I don't know why, Li Yunyang is a little interested in this slave trading market, this slavery system that flourished and prevailed for a whole century in the Central European Century, more or less he has seen it on TV or in books, but now he is more curious about what kind of system this slave system that has been multiplied for tens of millions of years can still be preserved intact.
Slaves, as the name suggests, are a group of low-class laborers who have lost their freedom and dignity, and their lives are not even guaranteed, and perhaps the master will be unhappy and will bury him alive, and there is no need to explain it to anyone.
A few soldiers standing guard at the gate of the market also made Li Yunyang a little scared, he really didn't want to cause any trouble in the jurisdiction of Clark, the dead fat man who beat him yesterday didn't know which family's son-in-law he was, and there were still a lot of officers and soldiers in the search team, but I really don't blame myself, for these rich second generations and officials with long eyes and long heads, Li Yunyang actually wanted to beat them up as early as when he was in school!
But obviously, in a society where there are no cameras and no smartphones, it is not easy to catch an unfamiliar suspect.
The resources of slaves have always been only in the hands of the finances of each kingdom, of course, there are also powerful individuals or families doing this business, but without exception, these self-employed people want to do this, they must cooperate with the kingdom's finances, in fact, to put it bluntly, the kingdom allows you to carry out the slave trade on his territory, but you must pay an excess tax on time.
Li Yunyang had heard Stanny roughly describe these things to him before he came, but he didn't understand what was special about them, in his worldview, it was normal for the state to want to control a few monopoly transactions, this was just a means of mutual use between the two.
Brory's slave market is just a small market run by the kingdom itself, after all, this is only a city-level town, but for Li Yunyang, this market is already big enough.
The moment he stepped into the door, Li Yunyang was also taken aback by the scene in front of him, he thought that these slaves who would be displayed in the store as commodities were actually tied together by rows of thick ropes, and when he looked at it roughly, they were about ten people in a bundle, and they were tied to a rope like grasshoppers, and they were all listlessly made on the ground, with their heads bowed and not speaking.
It may have been a little early, and there weren't many people in the whole hall, and it seemed a little quiet. After walking in, Li Yunyang found that it was only a large part of the people who were tied, and saw that there were iron cages in the corners, which were basically locked up with one to three men, and the center of the hall was the biggest highlight, on a huge table like a ring, there were nearly a hundred or so female slaves sitting scattered, they were not tied hands, but put an iron ring around their necks, and a small iron chain was connected to the iron ring and a low iron pillar on the floor.
Obviously, the female slaves were treated much better, at least they could move freely within a certain diameter, but the difference was that whether they were in a cage, on a table, or tied to the ground, they all had only one expression, only one look, and that was sluggishness.
Suddenly, Li Yunyang felt a slight coldness in his back, and turned his head in surprise, but this time Dylan did not restrain this faint coldness, and let it slowly disperse, and even the circles under his eyes were slightly red.
"Dylan......" Li Yunyang also seemed to understand something, and originally wanted to stop him, but when the words came to his mouth, they turned into another taste, but he had a somewhat concerned and sympathetic tone.
Retracting the trace of cold that escaped, Dylan saw Li Yunyang's expression, just pursed his lips lightly and lowered his head, but the murderous intent on his face did not retreat.
"Yo, this old man, it's so early!" was about to say something to Dylan, when a dead fat man with a greasy face and a wicked smile came up beside him.
"What a coincidence, last night, but several truckloads of new goods were delivered, can you take a look?"
Although he had prepared before coming, and even when he saw this picture, Li Yunyang explained to himself: This is normal. But hearing what came out of the mouth of this trafficker, Li Yunyang was disgusted again, and his brows furrowed.
"New?"
"But it's not, look at these rows, and the ones over there, those ones, oh, and those ones, all of them have just arrived!" The fat man obviously misinterpreted Li Yunyang's questioning, and pointed out a handful of slaves to Li Yunyang with a flattering look, and there was even a little smug on his face.
Sighing quietly, Li Yunyang smiled bitterly, after all, he still didn't fully adapt to this world, looking at those dull eyes, Li Yunyang was a little unbearable, but in the end he took a step and walked towards them.
"At least, shouldn't you be worse off with yourself?" Li Yunyang comforted himself, he could even imagine that some unlucky slaves were treated like dogs after they were bought, and after they were finally beaten to death, they were not even qualified to be buried. The most pitiful thing is the female slaves, if they are unlucky, they meet those perverted + irritable livestock owners......
Li Yunyang's heart has a compassionate mind, and with a great belief in righteousness, he resolutely walked to the high ring!