"Snapped!"
"Hurry up and move quickly. The construction period is approaching. If it is not completed within this month, you will all be filled in the river and sacrificed to the gods!"
"Hurry up and work for me!"
Under the scorching sun, a large number of slaves were shackled at the foot of the mountain. Under the supervision and whipping of a large number of local guards, they were constantly digging stones and digging rivers. Thousands of slaves were working day and night along this uncirculated river. They stopped digging and building, and looking into the distance, you can see more countless figures. This is a huge project that spreads into the distance.
This is a canal that has not yet been opened. Construction began three years ago. The Cretan Empire recruited nearly 200,000 slaves from its territory. Construction began from the south of Crete and led to the Red River Plain. From the beginning of construction, , it was already destined that this was a river made of blood and tears. The lives and flesh and blood of countless slaves were filled into this huge project. On the road built, there were corpses of slaves. Every one of them In the corner, it seems that the blood and tears of hundreds of thousands of slaves can be seen.
This can be called the largest man-made project in human history on the Alan continent. It was carried out under the auspices of Prime Minister Tambor. Once connected, it will connect the Na'vi River in the south and the Red River in the north and pass through Crete at the same time. The three major lakes formed a transportation network like a golden waterway, opening up the north-south connection of the entire Cretan Empire.
At the same time, Yancheng, located not far from the Red River Plain, is also within the transportation network of this canal. It is the largest salt production area in Zhongzhou and the northern region and is a natural salt field.
The formation and daily needs of life require not only water, but also salt. If you trace the ancient tribal times, you will find that the migration and settlement of those tribes not only migrated along the water veins, but also migrated along the salt production areas. , without salt, life would be difficult to survive. Since ancient times, salt has been a necessity for everyone to survive, and it is also a hard currency comparable to gold.
The Red River Plain has been the largest natural salt field in central China since ancient times. Orcs and humans have waged wars and massacres over and over again for this salt field. The ownership and owners of the Red River Plain have also constantly changed with historical events. Replacing the protagonists, an earlier war, it can even be said that the war between the Golden King Akhenaten and the Saga Wolf King Costa, also started because of this.
The establishment of the canal was partly due to the geographical location of Yancheng and the growing demand for salt from the Cretan Empire. Originally, the transportation of salt had to cross thousands of mountains and rivers, even if the Cretan Empire specially built it. The construction of salt roads to transport salt could not meet the needs of the entire Cretan Empire. A large number of merchants who made a living by transporting salt came into being, but even so, they still could not meet the growing demand.
After decades of peace, the population of the Cretan Empire also experienced explosive growth. The population once exceeded 15 million, and this number was already a few years ago. However, except for Yancheng, the Cretan Empire There was no place outside of Crete that could produce a large amount of salt. In order to meet the demand for salt, expand and increase the connection between the north and south of the Cretan Empire, and develop commerce, Duke Tambor issued a project to dig a canal after he came to power. .
At the same time, in order to win the consent of the people of Crete and most of the nobles, Tambor issued the bloody and inhumane "Orc Slave Act". Originally living in the Cretan Empire, there were a large number of orcs and humans mixed with orcs. Orcs, after the emperor and the prime minister jointly signed the "Orc Slave Act", all became slaves.
Hundreds of thousands of orcs in the Cretan Empire, overnight, were transformed from a low-status environment of rejection and suppression into extremely bad slaves without any human rights or status. A large number of orcs left the Cretan Empire. From various places, they were arrested and sent to canal excavation project sites in various places to build canals.
Hundreds of thousands of slaves were tied up with ropes and shackles, and they worked day after day to dig out huge projects for the humans of the Cretan Empire that would allow them to further develop and make everyone's lives happier. But no one remembered that here Everywhere in this project are the cries and accusations of these orc slaves.
No one has ever thought that their happy and stable life is actually based on the pain and sacrifice of a large number of people. They are reveling in the feast, but they don't know that every drop of blood in the cup is the blood of others. .
Jorkins is a capable half-orc of the cat tribe. Considering his age, he should be helping his mother with farm work at home and taking care of his younger brothers and sisters. In a few years, his father will help him find an orc of the same status. As a girl, she started a family and continued to work as a tenant farmer for the nobles. Although life in the Cretan Empire was not easy, it was relatively stable.
At that time, everything changed drastically after Tambur signed the "Orc Slave Act" three years ago. His father was sent to build canals with him and his younger brother, while his mother and young sister were sent to other places. Become slaves and work for the Cretan Empire.
Two years ago, Jorkins' father died because he could not support himself due to old age. Half a year ago, Jorkins' younger brother died after being hit on the head by a falling rock while digging a river channel. Jorkins knew that next time It will be one's turn. How long will it take? Half a year? One year? Or maybe one or two days
If he continues like this, one day he will die here. The ending is already determined. He is just a consumable. No one treats these orc slaves as human beings and wants to change their destiny, unless...
Jorkins immediately thought of the orc slaves who contacted him a few days ago. They were different from other orc slaves. They had tall bodies, strong muscles, and tiger-wolf eyes. There were many such guys among them.
They are not slaves, why did they get in? What do they want to do? Jorkins was covered in sweat, feeling a little dizzy from exhaustion, and his whole body was moving like a zombie. At this moment, he remembered the words of that person again: "Orcs! Never be a slave!"
This sentence made Jorkins' whole body tremble involuntarily, like a slogan that ignited all the flames in his heart, making people feel passionate.
It was already late at night, but lights were still lit on both sides of the canal. Among the crowds of people, everyone was still working hard to dig the river. The construction period was approaching. If they could not complete it on time, most of them would being killed.
At the same time, the officials who are guarding and responsible for this section of the river project must also bear responsibility. Therefore, these human beings have been driving them with whips desperately these days, allowing them to dig the river day and night. Starting more than ten days ago, Then some orc slaves began to be unable to hold on any longer. Corpses died of exhaustion or fell ill on this section of the river project, and were then dragged down. Regardless of whether they were corpses or not, they all knew that these guys would be treated as The bodies were thrown out.
No one dared to speak or discuss. These construction workers and soldiers were staring at them like vultures. As long as they made the slightest move, they would be treated as rebellion. However, Jorkins could feel a deep resentment and resentment. Anger is hidden in everyone's heart.
All it takes is a fuse or a little spark to detonate this place instantly and release all the anger and resentment in everyone's heart.
"Fire! Fire!"
At this moment, fire suddenly came from the distance, and everyone raised their heads and looked into the distance!