Although An Xiu's strange appearance will definitely attract the attention of others, Qian Hai, who pretends to be a noble young master, spends money to pave the way in a high-profile way, which can be regarded as dispelling other people's suspicions. After all, how could a fugitive who was being hunted spend money so recklessly?
After this period of accumulation, Qian Hai not only reached the third level of the Nine-Star Demon Master, but also finally broke through to the fourth level with the Heavy Demon Break and the Imperial Demon Armor!
As for Sister Nuo, who successfully integrated her inner elixir and activated her bloodline, after a short period of weakness, her strength gradually stabilized at the mid-silver stage. And Sister Nuo also discovered that due to the mutation caused by the complete fusion of animal blood with blood, she can now directly absorb animal blood to increase her strength!
So, Qian Hai simply gave all the animal blood he got from Humphrey to Sister Nuo, and also gave An Xiu and Sister Nuo 500 gold coins each as pocket money.
During the chat with the merchants on the ship, they found out that the Plifa family had gone into full-scale war with the Yom family. Not only did Hennard Plifield declare that he must avenge his brother Humphrey, he even offered a reward of 50,000 gold coins to Liu Xiqiao, An Xiu and 'Isa', who wanted to be killed alive or dead. corpse!
Walking on the dirty streets of the town, Sister Nuo said calmly: "As long as we leave Slave Island and enter the sea area of the starting point, the reward offered by the Pulipe family will be meaningless."
"Fifty thousand gold coins is indeed not a small amount. It seems that Hennard is really mad." Looking at the slave merchants on both sides of the street, they arranged the slaves with minimal clothes one by one like commodities, while shouting and selling. Showing it to passers-by, Qian Hai asked: "Sister Juan, have you been to this island before?"
Sister Nuo shook her head slightly, "This is also my first time to this island. I have only heard of it in the past. There are many such slave islands on the edge of the sea where it started. They usually sell relatively low-level slaves. The real ones Good slaves will be sent to the four neutral cities in the starting point for public auction."
"Where do so many slaves come from? If you just rob people at sea like Mengli did, you probably won't be able to get so many people, right?" Qian Hai asked curiously.
"Yes, snatching people at sea only accounts for a small part of the slaves," Sister Nuo explained: "Most slaves usually come from three sources. The first is convicted prisoners, and the second is captured by forces in mutual wars. The prisoners who arrived.”
"Prisoners in wars? Shouldn't prisoners be exchanged after a war breaks out between civilizations?" Qian Hai asked in confusion: "Besides, aren't slave traders afraid of retaliation from each civilization when they sell soldiers from various civilizations?"
"No, all slave merchants in the New World belong to the same organization - the Slave Guild. Not only do they have strength that no race can underestimate, they also maintain an absolutely neutral attitude when doing business with all races. The most important thing is , they are only responsible for the slave trade and never capture slaves themselves."
"Moreover," Sister Nuo continued as she walked forward in the crowd: "After each war, although the various forces will not exchange prisoners with each other, they can all buy back their own soldiers from the slave guild. This is a long way to go. It is more convenient and more cost-effective than exchanging prisoners between two hostile forces after lengthy negotiations."
'I'm going to be a middleman for the world's population. This is not an ordinary force. Could it be that this slave guild was also established by one of my fellow villagers? '
Qian Hai saw several greasy-looking men groping the female slaves unscrupulously, frowned, turned around and asked, "Sister Juan, there are three sources of slaves, what is the last one?"
"The last source is civilians." Sister Nuo said calmly.
"Commoners??" Qianhai looked at Sister Juan in surprise, "Commoners can't live anymore, so they sold themselves out!?"
"There are indeed some cases like this," Sister Nuo walked to the bulletin board full of reward orders and looked at the reward orders above, "but most of them are because they can't pay taxes and have to be sold as slaves in the end."
"What?!" Qian Hai's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Just because they can't pay taxes, they turned civilians into slaves?! Are all civilizations in the new world like this!?"
Qian Hai's reaction surprised Sister Nuo. She looked back at Qian Hai, "Basically all civilizations are like this, but most civilizations don't have very heavy taxes. Moreover, civilians who become slaves because of tax arrears are usually punished by them. This ethnic group serves as a labor force and is rarely brought here for trafficking.”
"No, there are people who have become slaves because they can't pay taxes. Isn't the tax heavy?!" This is the first time Qianhai feels that his previous concepts are in such conflict with the world!
An Xiu, who had been following behind and listening silently, said in a deep voice: "Indeed, I can't understand how a mature civilization can treat its own people like this!"
The reaction of the two of them made Sister Nuo stunned for a moment, and asked: "This world has always been about the jungle. The weak are protected by the strong. Shouldn't they pay taxes? They are so weak that they have to pay even the most basic taxes. Sorry, can he be worthy of those who protect his safety?"
"I," Qian Hai was suddenly speechless. He clearly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Besides, it makes no sense for us to discuss these. We have no ability to change these rules. As I told you at the beginning, the inland sea is full of oppression of the weak. Otherwise, how could there be enough resources to support the operation of a powerful civilization." Sister Nuo turned around and continued walking forward, "Let's go to the tavern to see if we can find out any new information."
An Xiu looked at the slaves around him and asked unwillingly: "Qianhai, shouldn't we do nothing?"
"The question is what can we do," Qian Hai said with a helpless smile: "How many slaves can we buy with the money we have? Even if we buy these slaves and give them freedom, can they survive? In the end, they are still Will become a slave."
Seeing An Xiu lowering his head in silence, Qian Hai advised: "We can only do what we can. Maybe one day when we are strong enough, we can really change something!"
Seeing Sister Nuo who was walking in front find a decent tavern and walk up the dilapidated wooden stairs, Qian Hai and An Xiu hurriedly followed.
At this moment, a woman's exclamation suddenly came from the busy street not far away!
Qian Hai and the others immediately stopped and turned to look into the distance. They saw a drunk man taking off a woman's clothes, but no one around them stepped forward to stop her! !
"What the hell is going on?! Are these people crazy?!" Qian Hai said, about to step forward with a knife and chop the man!
