Farming game: Survival for all [StarCraft]

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In the sugarcane plantation, a middle-aged man with reddish-brown hair and a big belly was walking leisurely on the edge of the field, inspecting the sugarcane field. If a slave happened to pass by him, he might swing the whip in his hand and hit the slave out of boredom.

Slaves who were whipped were not allowed to scream or shout, otherwise they would be whipped more.

Therefore, in order to avoid getting beaten, it is best to avoid walking around these people.

But this still cannot completely avoid the whip. Even when you are working, the whip may suddenly be swung at you - don't doubt that you have done something wrong. Maybe you were just a little distracted, or the festering wound today is an eyesore, or the supervisor is in a bad mood, or even the bit is not worn properly, making the supervisor think you have secretly chewed the sugarcane.

A bit is a tool that is put in the mouth and was used to tame animals such as donkeys or horses in the past to prevent them from biting people or stealing things they should not eat (Note 1). Later, the reddish-brown-haired man who managed the sugarcane plantation "innovatively" used it on slaves. It could not only prevent the dirty slaves from biting people when they resisted and bringing viruses to them, but also prevent the slaves from stealing when the sugarcane was ripe, thereby reducing the sugarcane production that quarter.

As soon as this method came out, it was immediately praised by the plantation owners, and soon became popular in other plantations. The reddish-brown-haired man was very proud of it. Regardless of whether it was the sugarcane harvest season or not, he always required the slaves to wear bits, which could only be removed when eating. Otherwise, if anyone took them off and was seen by him, they would be severely whipped.

It is precisely because of this man's strict management that the output of his sugarcane plantation is the best among the nearby sugarcane plantations, ranking first every year. For this reason, the owner of the plantation turned a blind eye to the slaves who died from infection of wounds caused by excessive whipping. Anyway, slaves in the New World are worthless now. If there is a real shortage of slaves, they can just take guns and go to other undeveloped tribes and naturally get them again. However, the sugarcane grown can be made into sweet sugar, which is sold at high prices all over the world. Why bother too much about the consumed slaves?

In this way, the reddish-brown man acted without scruples. As long as he could produce enough sugarcane every year, it didn't matter whether the slaves were good or bad. He wished that the slaves would work 24 hours a day, take good care of the sugarcane plantation, and produce more sugarcane!

Therefore, whenever he saw a lazy slave, the reddish-brown-haired man would definitely swing his whip, which had been stained with countless blood, to let those lowly slaves know his anger and know what to do and what not to do!
Fortunately, the reddish-brown-haired man did not see any lazy people during the patrol today. Everyone was working diligently, including the cubs born by the slaves, who were also working hard with their bits on. This made the reddish-brown-haired man very satisfied. However, these slaves were lowly and brainless. If they were not beaten for a long time, they would become lazy again. So the reddish-brown-haired man walked a little further, preparing to find a slave he disliked and whip him, so as to teach other slaves to always remember to be diligent.

This unlucky fellow was an 'old' slave named Xi. He was captured and brought to the plantation at the age of eighteen and had been working here for ten years. He was quite unruly when he was first captured, but later he learned his lesson and became very honest. When the reddish-brown-haired man whipped him, he let out a light cry and pursed his lips tightly, then knelt down as if by reflex, and kowtowed to the reddish-brown-haired man for mercy.

According to his experience, as long as he made such movements and did not resist or cry, the Honghefa man would not whip him too many times.

However, the reddish-brown-haired man today did not seem to intend to let him off easily, because he suddenly remembered that Xi was too old and should be eliminated. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to eat so much while doing such a small amount of work?

So the reddish-brown-haired man attacked ruthlessly, and hit Xi until his head was bleeding. Xi finally realized something, and cried out in fear. He spoke the reddish-brown-haired man's language in a poor accent, begging him to let him go, saying that he could still work and should not beat him to death.

Unfortunately, the reddish-brown man thought his accent and crying were unpleasant, so he still hit him hard.

Xi was desperate. He held his head and curled up, as if this would prevent the whip from falling on him. After being a slave for so many years, he had forgotten that he could avoid the whip by running away. He cried miserably and had foreseen his own death. He just didn't understand why he was so obedient, worked so hard, and didn't dare to be lazy at all, but why he was still beaten to death...

He...he doesn't want to die!

Who can save him?

Xi's anxious eyes darted around his companions, as if looking for hope of survival.

However, he was going to be disappointed, because those whom he met were either indifferent and numb, or looked away with red eyes, or trembling with fear... just like Xi did when he saw the reddish-brown-haired man whipping his companions, they just watched and no one dared to step forward to save him.

"Ahhh!" Xi let out a desperate howl. At this moment, before death was approaching, something in Xi's heart seemed to suddenly surge and burn. The feeling was so strong that it seemed to make him forget the pain of the whip falling on his body.

Why, why did he have to die like that?!
Xi is unwilling to accept this and doesn't want to die!
"boom!"

At this moment, a loud noise suddenly sounded, the man who was waving the whip wantonly screamed, and the whip fell to the ground.

Xi looked up and saw a cold, strange big bird that he had never seen before.

The big bird saved his life.

**
"Phew, it's finally done."

After half a month, the player finally completed half of the task of liberating the colonization of the new world. With the crushing of various weapons, the fearless spirit, advanced combat concepts and other factors - the most important factor is the weapon, all those plantations were taken down by the player. After the last plantation was taken down, the progress bar of the special task of the summer festival, liberating the colonization of the new world, suddenly rushed to half.

The other half, however, remained silent.

Players speculated that this was because although the plantation had been taken down, subsequent problems had not yet been resolved, so the progress bar was only half full.

The so-called subsequent troubles mainly refer to two aspects.

On the one hand, the plantations in the New World all belong to the nobles of the world's powerful countries, and those nobles can influence national policies. Players liberate slaves, which is equivalent to killing the goose that lays their golden eggs. You can imagine how angry those countries will be when the news gets back.

However, modern means of transportation are underdeveloped, and there are no communication tools. When the players fully liberate the world, they block all ports in the New World, and the fleets not far away are also under unified control. It will probably take a long time for the news to spread back to all parts of the world. This period of time is enough for players to perform many operations, such as continuing to produce weapons and stockpiling troops for possible future wars.

On the other hand, although the players have liberated all the slaves in the New World, most of the slaves working on the plantations have been domesticated. Except for those who have just been captured and a very small number of those with a rebellious spirit, the vast majority of slaves, after being liberated by the players, are excited that they no longer have to be whipped for no reason, hurt at will, and work endlessly. However, they cannot avoid feeling confused about the future. After being domesticated, apart from working on the plantations, they no longer know how to return to their previous tribal life.

Moreover, if they were to return to their previous tribal life, they might not be able to survive, because these people basically have injuries of varying degrees, and each one is skinny. That kind of skinny is not the kind of skinny that the players see in the manor, but the skinny caused by extreme labor and long-term malnutrition. This kind of skinny cannot support their tribal life as before.

Therefore, if the players just give up here, these liberated slaves will probably not escape death, and their liberation will become a joke.

Therefore, players estimate that the mission of liberating the New World colonies will only be truly completed after these two issues are resolved.

Players do not have to solve the first problem immediately, and there is still time to deal with it.

At present, the most important aspect is the second one, how to resettle these local indigenous people who were once enslaved.

Fortunately, the player has had similar experience in accepting and dealing with local natives before, and before starting the liberation mission, he has also thought about how to deal with these colonized intelligent races.

The first thing is to register and count how many people have been liberated, what races they are, which tribes they used to belong to, and other information.

Then, based on the registration situation, we will analyze how to resettle these intelligent races.

However, there are still some subtle differences compared to the previous treatment methods for the local tribes in the manor, that is, treatment.

Almost all of these races have diseases, some of which doctors have never seen before, some of which are very serious and even contagious.

In this situation, the demand for medical staff and medicines increases, and the demand for food also increases.

Because some patients are hanging on to their last breath, it is impossible to let them work to earn their own food. The player is not a slave owner, Zhou Paopi, so he can only pay for their food himself.

Fortunately, there are many plantations here, and luckily, most of them grow food, and it is harvest season. With these foods, they can afford their daily needs and will not affect the food supply of the main world.

Moreover, there is a big difference between these races liberated by players and the local tribes in the manor. They have special trust and even dependence on players, as if they regard players as their parents. No, it is even more exaggerated than parents. They simply regard players as beliefs. In particular, the more players stay with them, the more they worship and depend on players, as if they are willing to dedicate their lives to players.

Players said this trust was a bit too heavy...

Maybe, they need not only science, but also psychologists.

(End of this chapter)