Heart of Empire

Chapter 44: Losing business?

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Originally, the fate of this ship of slaves was almost doomed before it was snatched by Dodoro. They will be pulled by the slave ship 'Diego' from Schindler to the Duchy of Florence in the west, and even further to the Kingdom of Pudri, and then they will be taken over by a big businessman and prostituted underground. Courtyard is treated as sex. slave processing.

prostitute. female and sexual. Slaves are different. Being a prostitute is still a kind of profession, and you may have to hand over a lot of money, but the income level is not bad. Although there is no dignity, and you are discriminated against morally, a prostitute's daily life The income may be two or three times higher than that of the men who work hard on the dock. Especially for those who are beautiful, if they are lucky enough to be spotted by a big shot, they may be able to get rid of their fate and rise to the top.

But sex slaves are different. The treatment they suffer is even more miserable than that of prostitutes. But the problem is that they don't earn a penny, and they don't have any income. Everything will be exploited and taken away. Those who are in better circumstances may be able to serve as slaves and do other jobs after getting old and fading. And most of them didn't even live to that time, and died early because of suicide.

This feeling of despair filled almost every slave girl's heart. When Tommy arranged for them to do some physical work after Dodoro pulled them to Comilla Island, they didn't complain at all, but were very happy.

But no one thought that a bigger surprise was yet to come: Dane actually said that he would give them the status of free citizens! This is a good thing they never dreamed of!

At first, they thought Dane was lying to them. However, on the second day, Tommy led people to paste a big-character poster in Ghost Knife Port, setting up many jobs, and clearly stated how much food, fresh water and money these jobs can be exchanged for, and even After even the boat ticket to leave Comilla Island and return to the mainland can be exchanged for labor, none of them continued to question it.

Ever since, the first residents of Comilla Island appeared.

Is Dane a Madonna? If you have seen how he killed people, cut off the heads of enemies brutally, and executed all the caravan captives he took off, you will know how ridiculous this question is. Not to mention the Holy Mother, even if he was a bully, he might not have done as many bad things as he did.

He never felt that he was a good person, and he never hoped that others would regard him as a good person. In his more than twenty years of life, he has always seen only wicked people enjoying themselves and good people suffering. Of course he is not a bad bleeder, and he wants to be a villain by nature, but if he is asked to choose between pleasure and suffering, then he will choose the former without hesitation, even if he becomes a villain because of it, he doesn't care at all.

This time, he gave the two hundred female slaves he just bought the status of freedmen, of course he had his own ideas.

When the slave girls happily started their first day of life in Comilla as a free citizen, Tommy approached Dane.

Seeing this guy's hesitant expression, Dane couldn't help laughing and said, "Why do you look so worried?"

Tommy thought for a while and said, "Boss, I still don't understand. Why did you let these female slaves become free citizens? We spent a lot of money to buy them. Isn't that too bad?"

"Haha!" Dane laughed and said, "Does your boss look like this kind of person who does business at a loss?"

"Of course not, but..." Tommy still had doubts in his heart, "I can't figure out the mystery."

Dane said: "We want to develop Comilla Island into a territory that can be lived for a long time. Since it is a territory, it must naturally have people. The people must be real free people, not slaves. Besides, on this deserted island, the value of free people is much greater than that of slaves. A person who fights for his own freedom, the value created by his hands is more valuable than when we regard these slaves as hard labor to use much more."

"You see, when they become free people instead of slaves, we don't need to provide them with food for free. They have to use labor in exchange for it. After they are motivated to work, they will feed themselves and their children. , will inevitably work harder. People’s desires are endless. At first, they may work just for a meal, later, they may work for money, and later, they may work to be able to leave Cormyr It is more likely that they think that our place is not bad, so they simply choose to stay. The value brought by these things must be much stronger than just being a female slave.”

"Besides, there are not many women in our horror mercenary group. Most of the brothers are a group of bachelors. In the past, in Rotten Wolf Town, they looked for prostitutes for fun, but that was not a thing after all. Now that We have settled down on this island, and I hope that everyone can really settle down here and have a family."

"You see, when we have free people who work hard for a living, we have consumption power and a market, then we can attract caravans from outside; at the same time, the value created by free people will also be passed Caravans are transported outward. Maybe, in a few years, our place will become a real seaport town."

After listening to Dane's words, Tommy still half understood.

Dane sighed, this little guy still lacks some spirituality. He said so much, what he ultimately hoped for was to be able to cultivate a talent for his territory. But... talent is not something that can just be said, and, after all, Tommy hasn't read many books, so it's not easy for him to understand these principles.

Having said that, he didn't intend to say anything more to him. He said: "Think about it carefully. It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You will have time to think about it in the future. However, during this period of time, you have to help me look after these female slaves and don't let mercenaries harass these women. Our brothers are You know what kind of virtue. If you can’t hold back your lower body, then you have to be willing. I have no objection to finding a partner, even if I buy it, but if I hear that anyone dares to rape these women, I will Don't blame me for putting my ugly words first. Tommy, tell every brother clearly what I said, and if anyone really breaks the rules, don't blame me for turning my face and denying others."

"Well, yes, I understand." Tommy nodded in understanding.

Dane patted the little brother on the shoulder, and said: "Then I'm leaving, and I may not return to Ghost Knife Port after a while. Prepare yourself and tell our Captain Hull, I may go there in a few days Mainland, let him get ready first."