Chapter 82: Voluntary Slavery
"Oh, weishenme?" Li Zijun was even more curious when he heard Calby say this.
"Only if you are a noble nobleman, you would think that being a slave is a very miserable thing!"
"Isn't it?"
Colby shook his head with a smile when he heard Li Zijun ask.
"Your question also shows that you are not from our Tibetan Empire!"
"You can't imagine where most of these slaves come from!" said Colby, his expression becoming heavy.
"The vast majority of them were slaves of their own volition!"
"What? this is impossible!" Li Zijun shook his head repeatedly, he didn't believe what Colby said.
"Nothing is impossible! The most fundamental reason why our Tibetan Empire will become the country with the most prevalent slave trade among the seven empires of the Youlan Continent is because the life of our people is the most difficult among the seven countries! This forced them to take the initiative to sell themselves into slavery, only in this way can they and their families continue to live!" Colby's voice became louder and louder, as if he wanted to express all the dissatisfaction in his heart to Li Zijun!
"We are not all dehumanizing demons who are hateful in your hearts! We don't want to sell our brothers and sisters to a foreign land! But we can't help it, if we don't, they won't even have a chance of survival!"
"You can also see the humble status of the women of the Tibetan Empire in the family, but you must not have imagined that it is they who support the rising military expenses of the Tibetan Empire!" Colby tried to suppress the anger in his heart, and kept his voice as low as possible. But his deep voice made Li Zijun feel more deeply that he was strongly dissatisfied with the current situation of the Tibetan Empire in his heart!
"The slaves we transported to the Monlin Empire this time have all undergone systematic training for a long time, and they are all outstanding among the many slaves! Except for those who are extremely unlucky, the lives of the vast majority of them are about to undergo earth-shaking changes! They can't be happy, and they can't be happy!?"
"Some of them can even change the fate of their families, so that their families will leave the Tibetan Empire, a country of annihilation!"
"For these reasons, they are desperately trying to learn all kinds of skills and knowledge that they can learn, and the more things they master, the more likely they are to change their fate and the more benefits they will bring to their families in the future!"
"You should know by now that they're going to be like this!" Colby sighed feebly.
"What can I do for them?" Li Zijun really didn't expect that the Zangbei Empire had reached this point, and the people living in this land were not even as good as pigs and dogs, and he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart.
"The little prince once worked hard to change the status quo of the Tibetan Empire, but you also saw the end, he became a complete failure!"
"It turns out that Balat still has such lofty ideals!" Li Zijun felt for the first time that behind the political struggle, there was not only a dirty and dirty garbage dump, but also a small pool of clear water occasionally you could see.
"There's no point in saying anything now!"
"Changing the status quo of the Tibetan Empire is too far away for you and me, I just want to do something for this group of people under your command!"
"You—your so-called playing is nothing more than the casual behavior of aristocratic vassals, and you really think that your skills are superior to theirs, and above these playing geniuses who spend their days intruding on this?
After getting along with Li Zijun during this time, Colby also has a certain understanding of Li Zijun's character, and is no longer as restrained as he was at the beginning, and he will occasionally make some small jokes with Li Zijun.
"What if they let me guide me then?" Li Zijun blushed slightly in the face of Colby's ridicule, but still defended unconvinced.
"Don't worry about that, you see the deputy I gave you, she'll help you solve all your problems! Besides, those women are smart people, they don't do anything stupid to ask you for!"
"Excuse me, am I doing something stupid?" After Li Zijun asked this sentence, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
"If you had made me the captain of the guard, I wouldn't have been embarrassed like this! I suspect you forced me to be where I am in the first place just to see my jokes!"
"Captain of the Guard, do you think Captain of the Guard is that good?" said Colby, but the whole convoy stopped.
"What's the matter, Weishenme is going to stop?" asked Colby, looking outside, and seeing that he hadn't reached the place to rest, he pushed open the carriage door and looked outside.
"Returning to my lordship, DeVita's caravan has rushed out of the fork in the road, and now it has caught up in front of us, and we have to stop for the time being. What do you think we're going to do next?"
"DeWitt, why is it him again?" Li Zijun felt that Colby was a little nervous after hearing this person's name.
"Forget it, don't go and provoke them. Let's rest where we are for a while, and then we'll set off when they're far away!" Calby's own breath was a little suffocated after he gave the order, and he closed the door without saying a word more.
"If there's anything you need help with, just ask!" Seeing Colby's appearance, Li Zijun guessed that Colby should have some trouble with that DeWitt, and Colby probably suffered some losses in the confrontation!
"DeWitt is not easy to deal with, let's not take the initiative to provoke him. And now my most important task is to send you safely to Horfikan (the capital of the Monlin Empire), and the rest will be talked about later!" Although Colby said this, Li Zijun could still see that he was uneasy in his heart. However, he was just a passer-by for Colby's slave caravan after all, so he didn't want to say anything more, and Li Zijun also chose to be silent.
The convoy stayed where it was for a while, and only when De Witt's caravan had completely disappeared did they hit the road again. But because of this delay, it was already completely dark when Colby and the others arrived at the hotel.
The Tibetan slave trade had developed into one of the most mature industries in the region, and there were usually several inns dedicated to slave caravans on both sides of the roads where slave caravans often passed. In particular, the road to the Monlin Empire was almost full of such inns dedicated to the transportation of slaves, which also made the slaves not need to sleep in the open.
The guys in the hotel all ran over to greet Colby when they saw him, and they seemed to be very familiar with Colby. The men then sought Colby's advice and led them to a compound, where soon everyone was in order.
For such a highly efficient guy, Colby also behaved very boldly. Watching these guys leave with a smile on their faces, Li Zijun suspected that these people could remember Colby, which had a lot to do with his boldness!
Supper was soon sent to the compound, and Colby was generous in his diet, which was no different from that of the slaves.
"We're all tired after a day's journey!"
"Mr. Nanguo, how about we have a drink?" arranged everything, Colby turned his head to look at Li Zijun and smiled.
Li Zijun was about to nod yes, when he suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the courtyard gate, and then he heard a "bang", and the courtyard door was vigorously pushed open.
Following the lights at the door, Li Zijun saw a guy who resembled a black bear and walked in from outside with a few people.
"Brother Colby, just now I was wondering if I could meet you, and I heard those guys say, 'You've arrived.'" How about a few drinks with my brother?" the 'big black bear' said unscrupulously as he walked up to Colby.
At this time, the two guards who were originally standing guard outside the door ran in, and seeing that they were all gray-faced and grinning from time to time, they must have suffered some losses just now.
"Your Excellency!"
Colby raised his hand to stop the two men from talking,
"Since the eldest brother DeWitt invited, of course the younger brother did not dare to refuse!" Colby smiled and made a 'please' gesture to the 'big black bear'.
"Adult, the villain also wants to have a drink, I don't know if the adult is willing to bring the villain!" Li Zijun saw that DeWitt was not good, and Colby didn't bring another guard, so he stepped forward half a step forward and said.
"Well, the more people you drink, the more fun it is!" said DeWitt, without waiting for Colby's refusal.
Hearing Devitt say this, Colby didn't want to say anything more, and he nodded to Li Zijun.
"Be careful!" Colby reminded in a whisper as he passed by Li Zijun.
Li Zijun smiled lightly and walked out of the compound after them.
DeWitt and several people took Li Zijun and Colby to the lobby of this hotel, and it was already past dinner time, and only two people in the lobby were still drinking, but when they saw the steaming DeWitt, they also hurriedly settled the account and left. For a moment, there were only a few of them left in a huge lobby.
The man filled a table with wine and food for them, and when he saw that they were all unkind, he put a dozen jars of wine next to him, and then hid aside.
"Brother Colby, how are we going to drink today?"
"I think it's too long to pour the wine out of the jar, why don't we have one jar for each person?" Li Zijun said after taking DeWitt's words.
"Boy, don't forget who you are! Letting you sit here is already giving Colby face, don't be embarrassed!" DeWitt showed a hideous expression.
"Looks like I misunderstood you! I really thought you were trying to invite us to drink, but it turned out that we were here to be bigger and smaller. Colby is my cousin, and I have a share in every business he has, do you think I'm enough!" Li Zijun put on a look of the second ancestor and looked at DeWitt with disdain.
"Is what he said true?" asked DeWitt, turning his head to look at Colby.
Colby didn't understand what Li Zijun meant, but nodded anyway.
The slave trade is a business that does not have enough background and is absolutely impossible to do! Although DeWitt probably knew who Colby's backer was, he did not dare to resolutely deny Li Zijun's words. In particular, Li Zijun's gestures have the temperament of an ancient aristocracy, which makes him dare not act rashly.
"Who the hell are you?"
"You don't have the right to know my name or identity! If you want to drink, bring the wine jar over, if you don't want to, turn around and fuck me off!"
The few people behind De Witt heard Li Zijun's words and wanted to rush in front of him, but De Witt immediately raised his hand to stop them.
"We're going to drink, how are you going to drink?"
"One person, one altar, the one who pours first pays!"
"Okay! DeWitt ordered his men to put a jar of wine in front of Li Zijun and him.
Li Zijun looked at DeWitt and smiled, removed the seal on the wine jar, picked up the wine jar and poured it into his mouth. It was as if he didn't have to swallow at all, and it went straight into his belly.
And what surprised Colby the most was that almost not a drop of the wine in Li Zijun's jar was spilled outside. When Li Zijun put down the empty wine jar, his placket was completely dry!
DeWitt did not show weakness, grabbed the jar of wine and poured it on himself, and after a while, he drank all the jars of wine.
Li Zijun's whole body meridians were already connected, and he easily discharged the wine that entered his body along the meridians and from his feet. Devitt didn't have that ability, his stomach bulged slightly, and the front half of his body was soaked.
Looking at De Witt's embarrassed appearance, Li Zijun smiled and pointed to the wine jar next to him.
"Bring me two more jars!" DeWitt was so agitated that he had his men put two jars of wine in front of them.
Li Zijun didn't say much, continued his miraculous performance, and poured the wine jar into his mouth.
Devitt gritted his teeth and took off all the clothes on his upper body, revealing his chest covered in black hair. In Li Zijun's eyes, he is more like a black bear that is about to go crazy at the moment!
After the two drank a jar of wine again, Li Zijun still looked light, but DeWitt was already a little shaky!
Li Zijun didn't seem to even bother to look at DeWitt anymore, he walked to the side of the wine jar, raised his leg and kicked a jar of wine to the table in front of DeWitt, and then kicked a jar of wine to his original position. Walking back, he smiled and glanced at DeWitt's men, and quickly poured the jar of wine into his stomach as well.
DeWitt swung a few times before he could barely grasp the jar, but before he could half-drink, he couldn't hold on any longer and fell heavily to the ground. His men were stunned for a moment, as if they had seen the most incredible thing, and then remembered to lift DeWitt up, but they were hesitant to leave.
"Forget it, it's the first time we've met after all, I've invited you for this drink, let's take your boss back!" Li Zijun smiled and waved for DeWitt's men to leave.
DeWitt's men looked at DeWitt and then at Li Zijun, and Zuihou exchanged glances with each other before carrying DeWitt back to his room.
"So you can drink so much! It really scared me just now, I'm really worried that Devitt will do it to you!" Colby said as he looked at Li Zijun in surprise.
"To be able to make such a big business, Devit will never be as reckless as he looks!" Li Zijun thought of the scene just now and shook his head with a smile.
"Nothing happened, let's go back quickly!"
"Go back, what about this table, I'm still hungry!" Li Zijun said as he beckoned Colby to sit down, and he began to enjoy the food on the table.
"Can you still eat?" Colby looked at Li Zijun, his eyes widened a few times larger than a bull's eye.
"Weishenme can't eat, you don't know, I haven't eaten dinner yet!" After saying this, Li Zijun no longer ignored Colby in surprise, and ate it to himself, this time Colby was completely dumbfounded.
"If you don't want to eat it, tell me who this Devitt is!" Li Zijun said when he saw Colby's stunned look.
"DeWitt, myself and Vernal are the three most powerful slave traders in the Tibetan Empire, and we control almost seventy percent of the slave business in the Tibetan Empire. Speaking of which, Colby looked around.
"Rest assured, no one here will be able to hear us. Li Zijun understood what Colby was worried about, and said as he ate.
"We all have our own backers, and we have always been safe and sound, but I don't know Weishenme, Devit has been constantly looking for trouble with me in the past six months. The last time we met, he found an excuse to break the legs of my escort captain!"
"In this coup, your backer?" Since Colby is Balat's secret line, then Balat will definitely not be his backer.
"In this coup d'état, our backers have not been affected, but he still looks unrelenting, and his behavior makes me feel very strange!"
Hearing Colby's answer, Li Zijun was shocked in his heart. The only faction that was not affected in the coup d'état was Lawrence's cronies, which means that the greatest slave trader in the Tibetan Empire was the emperor of the Tibetan Empire!
Li Zijun was shocked and then became strongly angry, how could such an emperor who regarded his people as pigs and dogs bring a stable and happy life to his people! Li Zijun couldn't help but feel sad for the entire Tibetan Empire, and he was not in the mood to eat, so he got up indignantly and returned to their courtyard with Colby.
At this point, DeWitt's men put him on the bed. But DeWitt didn't fall asleep, but sat up with a bone, and his eyes were sharp, and he didn't look drunk in the slightest.
"Boss?" DeWitt's men exclaimed in a low voice when they saw him like this.
DeWitt motioned with his eyes that they should not be born, and pointed out that two of his men had gone outside to take the wind.
"Boss, are you alright?" Seeing the two men outside the door shut, DeWitt's men dared to open their mouths to speak.
"What can't I do with a little bit of wine?" said DeWitt, pouting.
"Then you want to let that kid go, although he can drink, but if you do it, his thin appearance, I can knock him down with one punch!"
"I'll let him go, he'll let us go!" DeWitt said with a sigh.
When DeWitt's subordinates heard his words, they all showed puzzled expressions.
"You've all just seen him kick the jar on the table, which of us do you think any of us, including me, can do that?"
"Boss, I just remembered when you said this, those two wine jars seemed to be put on by hand, not only were they in just the right place, but they hadn't broken yet!
"His control over Liliang has reached an extremely subtle level, I think he is at least at the level of a great swordsman! If he really did it just now, the sum of us people would not be enough! I had to pretend to be drunk and leave because I couldn't help it. ”
"Boss, what do we do next?"
"Hurry up and order, let our people get up early tomorrow morning and hurry, we can't afford to provoke him and can only hide! In addition, hurry up and find someone to find out his true identity, and we must find out who he is!"
"Yes, Boss!" replied the man respectfully at DeWitt's side.
"You don't have to worry too much about him, and in a little while, Stewards will be coming to make peace with us. Even if Stewart didn't bother to do anything with him, he wouldn't dare to provoke us at that time. ”
That kid is not the family of any powerful person in the court, and we must not cause unnecessary trouble to the adults behind us. ”
"Don't mention the matter of Steward again, although he is not from our enemy country, but after all, it is not suitable to show up easily, you should not mention this matter in front of him today, let him look down on us in plain terms. "Devit was able to become one of the three largest slave traders in the Tibetan Empire, and he did have some abilities, not as simple as he looked!
Early the next morning, DeWitt left the hotel with his team, much more relaxed for Colby, who had been nervous.
Although Colby had also seen that Li Zijun's martial arts skills were amazing, because Li Zijun's identity was extremely special, he couldn't expect Li Zijun to protect himself all the time. As a result, Colby tried not to meet DeWitt as much as possible, and he decided to give the team a day off and resume on the road tomorrow.
In Li Zijun's view, Colby's moves are understandable! I just feel deeply disgusted by Colby's telling all about what happened yesterday!
The slaves in Colby's hands are definitely elite, and they have long guessed from Li Zijun's gestures and living habits that he comes from the oldest aristocracy. In addition, Li Zijun also has one of the most valuable advantages in their opinion, that is, he does not belong to the Tibetan Empire, and these slaves hate the nobles of the Tibetan Empire from the bottom of their hearts!
This time, they came to a more accurate analysis and judgment of Li Zijun from Colby's colorful description!
Li Zijun suddenly became the most ideal master in the minds of the slaves, and they all became interested in Li Zijun.