"Those slavers sold their weapons to our hostile tribes, provoked the war between us, and we were caught off guard and suffered a great loss. Over the years, many people in the tribe were captured one after another, and the number of them was reduced by half. In order to survive, we had to move all the time, but those slavers always seemed to find us, and they also came to my father to express their willingness to use weapons In exchange for our capture, our father refused without hesitation.
"After that, our living environment became worse and worse, until several nearby tribes, inspired by the slavers, joined hands and launched a raid on us. My father and brother were killed in that war. They killed the old people in the tribe and sold the remaining young people to the slavers who provided them with weapons 。” "And I'm one of them," raeli said
"So those female slaves and lakutua were all from your tribe, and they knew your identity? But how is that possible? As far as I know, the slavers usually sell people from the same tribe to different buyers in order to prevent slave riots. " Zhang Hengdao.
"Only four of the people who were bought with me were from my tribe. One of them got sick and died soon. Another wanted to escape and was caught and whipped to death. Now there are only three people left. To be honest, I didn't expect to meet nivasa here. They are a group of people who were taken away from the tribe at the beginning of the war, mainly women I think their threat is relatively small. The slave owners did not completely separate them. Many of them were sold here As for lakutua, he and I were captured together, but then we were sold to different buyers. Malcolm likes to watch the fight. He has been recruiting powerful gladiators. He heard about lakutua's strength and bought him back a month ago. "
Raeli finished his introduction and said, "I heard you say you are going to deal with Malcolm in the carriage before?"
Zhang Heng nodded, "there's a little grudge between his black business alliance and my jackdaw. It's no secret. Nassau knows about it. He invited me to his manor to dinner tonight to seek the possibility of reconciliation."
"And you're not going to accept his offer, why?" Raeli stares into someone's eyes as if to see him through.
"I don't like to put my destiny in the hands of others." Zhang Heng didn't hide, "Malcolm and I have no personal grudge, but once the black business alliance he leads is successfully established and has a firm foothold on the island, it's not good news for all people who pursue freedom. Nassau will be completely controlled by capital at that time."
Raeli is not very able to understand the meaning of Zhang Heng's last sentence, but he can see that the other party did not cheat him, and at least for the moment, Zhang Heng should choose to stand on the opposite side of Malcolm.
So he was silent for a long time and said again, "after my father and brother died in the war, according to the rules of the tribe, I am the new chief. I have the obligation to save the brothers and sisters of the tribe from suffering, break the shackles on their feet, and let them breathe the air of freedom again. This is the reason why I want to escape from that manor anyway. ”
Zhang Heng said, "I admire your ideal, but I'm afraid I can't help you too much."
As a posterity, he didn't like the dirtiest and bloodiest page in modern human history -- the black slave trade. But it's one thing to save laeli and another thing to help the latter liberate other slaves in the manor. Now it's almost the most dangerous time for Jackdaw and Kalina. Zhang Heng should pay all his attention to Mar Colm and his black business alliance, there is no extra energy to help raeli.
As a result, the black Gladiator shook his head. "I'm not asking for your help, I want to cooperate with you."
"Cooperation?"
"Yes, you want to know the difference between Malcolm and Raymond. Maybe I can help you." Laelle said, "the Negroes who were sold to the new world by the slavers have many tragic endings. They become gladiators and fight with the same kind like wild animals. It's also one of them to make fun of their masters. But sometimes it's not entirely bad, because we can occasionally hear more things than our fellow coolies.
"In the eyes of those white people, we are just goods and labor that can walk, and they are their private property. They don't care about our thoughts and feelings. Without their permission, we can't leave the manor all our life, so they won't deliberately avoid us for many things. From the first day I was sold to Terrence manor, I was trying to escape one day In addition to learning more vocabulary and understanding the world in private, I am also trying to collect all kinds of information, hoping to find a way to escape. "
Laelle stopped. "About eight months ago, Malcolm and Raymond had a private party. Malcolm asked me to fight with another slave in front of them, but during this time, they were a little absent-minded, and then there was a little quarrel."
Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows. Laeli's words aroused his interest."The focus of their dispute seems to be a businessman, because it doesn't have much to do with my escape plan. For a long time, I can't remember the name clearly. I only know that he is also a black market businessman on the island. He is engaged in the same business with Malcolm and Raymond, and seems to have a certain reputation. Raymond talked to him once about the establishment of a black business alliance But it was strongly resisted by him.
"He said that he was playing with fire, and warned Raymond Malcolm that his ambition was too big. Raymond and Malcolm discussed this matter afterwards, and they both felt a little tricky. The man was not the most profitable businessmen on the island, but he was very old and had a certain influence. Raymond advocated to communicate with each other slowly, but soon after that, the guy was colonizing MindI was arrested. Raymond suspected that Malcolm had moved his hand, but Malcolm said that it had nothing to do with him. Because of the dispute between them, they finally broke up
Zhang Heng's heart moved. He thought of what Karina told him about her father's experience when he met for the first time. The two could match each other in time. Zhang Heng didn't expect that the merchant's father's arrest in New Jersey had something to do with the black business alliance. I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems.
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