Chapter 334: Under the bustling

When someone was splashed, they scolded the people who shipped the goods. They weren't all in Mandarin. Many of them were the dialects of Zeguo before. In short, a mixture of fish and dragons!
The smell of sweat, fishy, ​​and rotten mixed together.
This is the truest appearance of Zeguo Capital.
Xie Linlang cautiously avoided the cargo truck, observing around in the crowd.
There were a lot of fugitive slaves in the capital city of Zeguo. Some of them fled to other places, and some were mixed with the people at the bottom.
Except for some particularly dark-skinned slaves, who generally have no characteristics, as long as they cover their necks with cloth, the word slave can be covered.
Many inferior slaves will pierce a slave character on their foreheads, which is difficult to cover up, but the middle-class slaves will not.
So when Xie Linlang saw this kind of weather and surrounded his neck, he could basically be judged as a fugitive slave.
If they are helping their masters to work, or hired slaves, they will always be supervised, and there is no opportunity to act alone.
Just when Xie Linlang wanted to follow one of the men around her neck, a super loud voice stopped her!
Not far away, an old lady with a big waist was pinching her waist and cursing.
"Check, check what to check? My old lady's tax is paid!"
The officer across from her looked at the woman with a crooked face, and trembled a little, but he was still talking with a paper document.
"Someone reported that you hid a fugitive slave on board. We are also a routine. Don't make us embarrassed!"
The old woman shouted louder when she heard the words.
"Fleeing slaves? The number of slaves that run away from the city every day is not 1,000 but 800, and there are so many boats for my old lady. When you finish checking, it is dark. Do you still want today's harvest? Do you compensate for the lost money? !"
Facing the aggressive attitude of the old woman, these officials couldn't help it, because the nephew of the old aunt in front of him was the mayor of the capital city, that is, their boss, and they were not making trouble too ugly.
So the leader walked over, pulled the old woman's sleeve, and discussed.
"It's not a full investigation, just check one or two ships, meaning, we can also go back to the business..."
The old woman's eyes twitched, "There are not half of the boats! My old lady is going to sea now, so I'll roll a little farther away, let's not get in the way here!"
After she finished speaking, she snorted and turned to leave, and a dozen strong slaves behind her hurriedly followed, carrying the goods and boarding the ship.
Seeing that dozens of ships of the old lady were about to leave port, the officials had no choice.
Someone among them said, "Brother, this old aunt must have hidden a lot of fugitive slaves on board, what should I do? So many slave owners are waiting for important people!"
The leading officials gritted their teeth and looked at the boats angrily.
"Go back and report directly, and let me issue an enforcement order. I don't believe it. There is a letter from the official, this old woman dare to be so arrogant!"
After he finished speaking, he walked away angrily. At this moment, someone beside Xie Linlang sighed.
"Hey, I guess Mrs. Yu may not be able to hide this time... There are many children on her ship. If this is caught, it would be a crime..."
Xie Linlang turned his head, and saw that there were many people around with a basket of food discussing that they might not be from Lianyu Harbor. It is estimated that the food here is cheap, so they came here to buy.
They all seemed to know that there were fugitive slaves on the old woman’s boat, but they did not report them, but sympathized.
Xie Linlang couldn't help but leaned over and asked, "Are there really many escaped slaves on board the aunt?"
Seeing them looking at herself warily, Xie Linlang said quickly, "I don't mean anything else, I'll just ask."
One of the women took a look at Xie Linlang and said with the basket on her back.
"It's not much, it's just a few children. Mother Yu gave birth to three sons when she was young, and they all died in wars. Later, her husband also went, alone, guarding such a large ship industry, and finally got up. Only a few years have passed.
And don't look at her fierce, she is actually a good person.
Most of the child slaves escaped with the help of adults. Once they were caught back, they were either sold to the kiln or sold to the Colosseum as bait. The fate can be imagined.
So the people who reported the report are really bad. What can this little kid hinder them? "
"You can't say that..." said another woman carrying a basket. "Look at the Dongsan family. Their ancestors used to make fish nets. As a result, some slave owners let their slaves learn this craft, so they come here. Grab business.
The fish nets made by slaves only need half the money of others, so who else would go to Dongsan to buy fish nets? I heard that his family broke off business and owed debts, and it’s almost impossible to get rid of this day..."
"It's not just their family, but more and more slaves have been added in the past few years. Slave owners have participated in everything, forcing ordinary people to have nowhere to survive! So it is normal for some people to hate slaves and report them. If all of Yu's slaves are taken away , She doesn't have to be so tired.
After all, not all slaves are obedient. Recently, slaves have often killed their employers! "
Xie Linlang listened to their discussion and gained a deeper understanding of the psychology of ordinary people.
They both sympathized with the slaves, and were forced by the slaves to have no way to survive, all because of the too many slaves in the capital.
They originally only did rough work, but slowly, when the little slave owner couldn't handle the hard work, he would naturally turn his attention to other industries.
No wonder the old emperor was so anxious to sell all the slaves. First, there were more slaves and social conflicts increased sharply; second, the slaves were saturated, and they couldn't sell them anymore.
I just want to use this method to solve the problems that Zeguo has accumulated for decades. I don't know if this group of people is too smart or too stupid.
While Xie Linlang was thinking secretly, suddenly, he heard only a loud roar.
"Not good! People from Shibosi are here!"
As soon as this sound came out, the market, which was still still crowded, flowed with a boom!
The freight forwarder ran even more hurriedly, and the vendors on both sides were also quickly collecting fish.
Xie Linlang was squeezed all the way by a group of people, and didn't understand why Shibosi was so terrible for a while.
She was squeezed into the South Alley where the people of Lianyu Port lived. There were densely packed houses and the road was winding around. Many people didn't know where they got in and disappeared in a flash.
Every family closed their doors and windows, and when Xie Linlang heard the sound of horseshoes behind her, the door of a low house beside her suddenly opened!
Someone reached out and pulled her in, and then closed the door with a "bang", and soon the sound of horseshoes went away.
Xie Linlang turned her head and saw in the dimly lit room, an old woman clutching her sleeve tightly. Even though the sound of horseshoes had gone, she did not relax her tension, but pressed her lips tightly.