goddess of revolution

Chapter 941 There are still some things that have not changed, or even worse
This handsome halfling young man was of course Frodo, the Baron of Stone Lizard Mountain. More than three years ago, he returned to Redstone with his chariot brigade and disarmed and returned to the fields.

At that time, he was confused and just wanted to stay at home and live his own life.But the tide of the times was rolling, and he did not avoid it after all.

Zolder used the Zhentarim Society to rise to the top of the Aurora Empire, and then came together with the Goddess of Commerce.Because his subordinates were weak, Frodo, who was rich in experience and had a high reputation among the halflings, was not spared.

Zold gave Frodo a title of baron. Through him, he absorbed talents and resources from the halfling community, and at the same time used the halfling settlement as a pilot project for the Zhentarim Society and the Merchant Goddess. To take care of this stall.

Seeing Zold's actions made the folks and elders in his hometown have a head start, and the halfling's status was also a little bit guaranteed within the empire. Frodo had to accept the reality and became the leader of Zold's forces in the Red Army. Agent among the stone halflings.

He happened to be fine today. He heard from the guards that he had encountered Captain White's slave trade team, so he came here...to relax.

Frodo just groaned and said nothing more to White.

A halfling rider got off the hoverbike and asked in the same tone that White used to be the captain of the city guard: "Are these people slaves? What about your procedures?"

"slave?"

With a relaxed smile that had been prepared for a long time, White corrected: "No, no, these people are not slaves, but indentured workers. They signed a ten-year contract with the Mosmut workshop, and the workshop is short of manpower. I'm in a hurry."

The halfling who should also be the captain said unhappily: "What's wrong with the Mosmut workshop? What kind of contractor, isn't it a slave? Take everyone's contracts!"

The captain greeted his subordinates again: "Go pick a few people and ask them if they know this contract, and if they know, check the items in the contract one by one!"

The guards went to pick someone up, and White put his hands behind his back and made a gesture of doing nothing.Some of the minions took the contract, and some went to pick up people, and they cooperated obediently.

White smiled again at Frodo: "Your Excellency the Baron, it is really hard work for a big man like you to come to inspect the road in person, here is a little..."

As he said that, he had a small bag in his hand, and handed it to Frodo.

In the bag were ten bushels of gold, which was already a third of White's profit on the business.At this time, White had a bright smile on his face, but his heart was bleeding.

After the guard next to the driver in the front row took the bag, Frodo said, "I'm not just inspecting the road, I just came to see you. We are old acquaintances."

White was stunned, and forced a smile: "When did I...have such a blessing?"

"Can't remember? It's no wonder, it's changed a lot in the past few years."

Frodo spoke leisurely, but his heart was turbulent inside, and it was difficult to calm down.

It was this Captain White who captured him, Sam, Peake, and Gomis in Old Bouldi's grocery store and used them as slaves.

It was that journey, the four of them rescued Gloria and Mayne, and then embarked on an adventurous journey, traveling to the Godfall Plateau.

It was during the days when he was with the paladins on the Godfall Plateau that Gronia broke with Mayne, and he was also separated from the other three friends.

Now Sam has been promoted to the deputy member of the Immigration Management Committee in the Red Federation, and Peake is also doing well in the Adventurer Commune.The Adventurer's Commune was able to enter Redstone because the three friends decided to promote it when they reunited. Gomis had no news at all.

As for Glonia and Mayne, the former should still be suffering eternal suffering in the kingdom of order, but Mayne is full of spirit and has become a big shot in the Red Federation.Frodo had been surprised and worried by the relationship between Mayne and Sam when they were together a year ago.

The changes over the years are indeed too great.

Of course, this is all under the blessing of Tesolos, or the favor of the goddess of fate. This Captain White is just an introduction.

Frodo's gaze caught White's heart, and he groaned secretly.

How could he recognize that the Lord of the Stone Lizard Mountain was the halfling boy who was caught in that small shop in Bouldi back then, but he had done too many bad things in the past, and subconsciously felt that he was in great trouble.

"Don't be afraid, Captain White, since all of this is an arrangement of fate, I won't bother you either. Strictly speaking, I also want to thank you."

Frodo showed eight teeth, and smiled softly, and said to himself, No wonder!
He's just here for trouble!

From the small landowner at the beginning, to the young knight later, and now the owner of Stone Lizard Mountain, he is no longer the youthful boy he was before.Now he is used to his noble status, and at the same time he holds on to some creeds that he will never lose.

This Captain White, no matter what he has done or what he is doing now, has violated this creed.

Although he had long since left Fei Gong and parted ways with the crimson belief, he agreed with and firmly believed in the emancipation of slaves.

Over the past three years, under the impetus of the God of Law, the laws of the Dawn Empire have been gradually improved.On the issue of slaves, the attitude of the "Queen of Dawn" is no different from that of earlier queens.

Slaves were allowed in the empire, but only in special circumstances such as debts and crimes, and they could not be inherited.

The imperial rule has included the Forgotten Forest and Benuin, half-elves and Benuin have also become subjects of the empire, and the previous "ancestral elves" and "Benuin slaves" have been abolished.

The empire also banned private slave trade, and all slave-related matters were under the control of the empire, and private individuals were not allowed to engage in slave-related trade activities.

This is an improvement over the old era, but it neither completely eliminated the existence of the slave class, nor prevented the slave trade from changing its face and existing in other forms.

White has the confidence to be confident, because he is not a slave trader, but a "contract worker".

Lure or force poor civilians to sign a contract and work for a workshop for several years. Not only is the salary extremely low, but they are also self-sufficient. How is this different from slaves?
No, worse than a slave...

At least there is no time limit for slaves, and the master will not be in a hurry to exhaust the value of the slaves in a few years. For contract workers with a time limit, if they do not squeeze out their strength and flesh and blood within the time limit, it will be a loss for the employer.

"It's true that a lot has changed over the years, and some things haven't changed, or even worse than before."

Frodo thought so, looking at the unkempt contractors on the cart.

He recalled the events that happened in Xia'andia five or six years ago, when the Xia'andia paladins were also in charge of slave affairs.The role he plays now is almost the same as the paladin at that time.

Frodo was disappointed by the findings of the halfling guards, who seemed to be all right.

There is indeed a contract, and the person agrees with the contract.

The contractors also knew what they signed. No one was captured like the four of Frodo, Glonia and Mayne.

Frodo frowned, and his fingers unconsciously nodded with his hand on the door.

The driver in the front seat thoughtfully sent a message: "Baron, isn't it easy to find fault with your heart? Find a daring contractor..."

Frodo's eyebrows stretched. "Yes, Gregory, you can do it."

The silent communication was completed in an instant, and the halfling, who was not only the driver, but also his confidant, got out of the car and hurried away.

The minions were pushed aside by the halfling guards on the grounds that they were prohibited from obstructing the investigation, and White's face darkened.

Two and a half Frodo's tall slaves suppressed their anger: "Your Excellency, as I said just now, these indentured workers are needed by Mosmut's workshop..."

"Mosmut? A few days ago I was fighting with him for a drink. You should know the rules of the red stone wine table. He owed me three slaps so far."

Frodo said lazily, "If I told him that a hundred bondmen were worth a slap, he would laugh and say it was a good deal."

White's rotten face was blue and white, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, a contract worker behind shouted: "I was forced! I swear in the name of Teresia! That White will beat me to death if he refuses to sign!"

Frodo smiled at White. Although this method was unreasonable, he would not feel guilty about this fellow, let alone feel guilty.

White's face turned blood red in an instant, and his throat gurgled.

The guards in the front row vigilantly put their hands on the magic short guns, ready to draw them at any time.

According to Frodo's induction, there were obvious power fluctuations overflowing from this Transcendent who was about level four.

He was very happy about this, as long as White dared to do something, he would end up dead without a whole body.

Leaving aside himself, the Stone Lizard Mountain Guards were armed and trained with a lot of money and energy.Even though they don't have any big guys on them, they are actually equipped with magical weapons and ethereal guns.This is also the benefit of cooperating with the Adventurer's Guild, and it is the special care of Sam, Peake and Mayne.

People like White who don't like it, it's best to shoot them to death!

What happened next made Frodo's eyes widen.

White fell to his knees with a thud, and the huge human almost threw himself on the ground so that Frodo would not still look up at him.

"It's wrong, Lord Baron—!"

White cried: "It's absolutely wrong! How can I force those untouchables to work as contract workers? I beg the Lord Baron to show mercy, and spare the villain's life!"

Frodo came back to his senses, looked at White's scarred forehead, and wondered what had changed to make this violent slave trader such a... bitch?
Just when he began to consider whether to let White go, something changed later.

The contractor who was urged by his confidant Gregory to come forward and give false testimony was slapped severely by the person next to him, and the slaps were very crisp and continuous.

The one who slapped was a human woman, she looked very original, she was crouching like everyone else, but now she was full of momentum.

She angrily said: "You lied! You got into my team and almost made me fail to be a contract worker! At that time, you cried worse than a woman, begging to sign a contract, and everyone thought you were pitiful so you didn't drive away you!"

Frodo was stunned, and called the guards to drive the floating car to fly over to see what happened.

The arrival of the floating vehicle gave the wretched man who perjured up the confidence. He covered his face and retorted: "You are White's man, and you just want to climb into his bed. Of course you will speak for him!"

Before the woman could respond, after a few slaps, the others also picked up the man.

These people said angrily: "You will kill us if you have the chance!? We still want to be contractors! Several people fought for a spot, and finally got here. Do you want us to go back and continue to live a hard life?"

"and many more……"

Frodo said in disbelief: "Don't you know what it means to be a bonded laborer? It's no different from a slave, or even worse."

The woman responded: "This...young master, you are a big man, how do you know the hardships of our untouchables? Being a contract worker has food, a place to live, and can learn skills. This is better than staying in the countryside digging Too much, I am also a conscientious person, I can support myself by my own hands, I will never live by my own face and pen!"

Frodo covered his face, and said to himself that although your ambition is correct, isn't your confidence in yourself a little too much?
The people next to me were also yelling...

"The workshop will also teach us spells. If you can do a better job and live a better life if you learn it, why not be a contract worker?"

"It's safer to be in a workshop than in the countryside or even in a small town. Just one shot from a dragon can wipe out the entire village and small town..."

"Going to work in the workshop, you can get in touch with more transcendent masters, maybe someone will take a fancy to him as an apprentice or follower."

"The workshops are all in the big cities. No matter how bad life is in the city, it is better than in the countryside."

Frodo's heart throbbed when a halfling girl said in a longing tone, "It's better than the old days."

He could hear it from these words, and he could tell from the girl's face that she was full of... hope.

"Ten years, can you live in the workshop for ten years?"

The perjury guy really did his best. Perhaps it was the bounty given by Gregory enough, or maybe it was his inner voice: "You should know that all the good things you think are actually dreams!"

These words completely angered the crowd, and a group of people gathered around to punch and kick.

"You are dreaming!"

"Why are you trying to kill us!?"

"Go away, you are not from our side!"

The guards dispersed the crowd and dragged out the guy with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Gregory looked at Frodo guiltily and helplessly. He didn't expect such a simple thing to go wrong.

Frodo looked at the men carefully, scanning the faces.

Frodo frowned suspiciously as his eyes fell on a halfling who looked a bit like... Gomis?

The other party stared back numbly and blankly: "My lord?"

Frodo shook his head secretly, no, not Gomis.

Scanning the others, Frodo realized that they would not fall for him if he could not buy them all as he had bought the perjurer.

They volunteered as indentured workers, just to get rid of that hopeless life and find hope in this new era.Although it is very slim, the contrast between the unchanging life and the ever-changing world is like a torrent, making them as enthusiastic as moths to a flame.

Out of the corner of his eye Frodo sighed as White got up and came, hiding a smile from his lips.

He said to Gregory: "During this period, Red Federation spies have been active very frequently. I suspect that there are Red Federation spies among these people. Take them all back to prison and interrogate them one by one."

Next to him, White yelled in grief and pain, and threw himself to the ground again in despair.

Since the Chilian's tactics are useless, let's use the Empire's tricks.

Frodo glanced at White, and said to himself, don't think I can't handle you...

Several large floating vehicles descended, and more guards poured out, detaining the hunched and gray-faced White and the others, and then transferred the contractors to the floating vehicles.

The halfling whom Frodo had just glanced at squeezed through the crowd, sighing annoyedly.

The goblin next to him, who had been shrinking his neck, raised his head at this moment, and muttered in a low voice: "I think we should confess to him..."

The halfling with a beard hanging down to his chest shook his head: "As the world changes, people's hearts will change too. Are you sure he won't hand us over? I'm fine, Nesgai, you are a Silver Star wanted criminal."

The goblin shut up, tightened his neck even more, and turned back into a silly goblin with blank eyes.

(End of this chapter)