wild trail

Chapter 379 The Dinosaur Man Who Regained Freedom
At the end of September in the 11th year of the beginning, the expedition ship left Ningyuan County, repaired the ship in Haigang City, replaced the supplies, and sailed to the distant place again.

This time the voyage will be extremely long. From the map, starting from Harbor City, after bypassing the southernmost tip, sailing westward for thousands of miles, you can reach the mainland and islands marked on the map.

It is now summer in the south, so the expedition team does not have to worry about enduring the cold sea breeze like the north.

Although the route is extremely long, it can be seen from the map that most of the time is advancing along the coastline, and the navy has sailed around the land before, and there is also a more detailed sea chart. The risk will be much smaller.

Before leaving, the sailors, who did not know how long it would take to return, found students who could write in Harbor City and asked them to write letters for their families.

Paper is still relatively expensive in the Xia Kingdom, but after the explorer took the bounty, they didn't care about such a small amount of money.

He Tie also wrote a letter. He didn't say much in the letter, but said that everything is fine now, and he will get a lot of money when he comes back, and his family's life will be better. If possible, he would like to Moved to live in the capital, and asked his wife to take care of the children at home.

The expedition ships sailed south along the coastline, and their next stop was to arrive at Xingang City in the south, where after the last repair, they would really set foot on the area where human activities did not occur.

And in Ningyuan County, shortly after the expedition ship left, the captives who were completely cured of the terrible disease by the doctors of the Xia Kingdom were escorted to Yancheng, where they would be interrogated by humans.

Meanwhile, in Yancheng, Fang Shaoshi, given new responsibilities, ended his mission as a slave overseer.

Today's Fang Shaoshi can be said to be full of ambitions. According to Wang Lang's instructions, the craftsmen and doctors of the dinosaur people were drawn from the slave strongholds, and fifty slaves who were considered clever were selected from the slaves to form a group similar to Jinyiwei. organization.

It's just that this organization has no special influence on ordinary people. The future task of these people is to return to the society of dinosaurs and carry out a series of underground activities, such as instigating rebellion and propagating ideas that are not conducive to the ruling class.

These guys who took refuge in humans, from the moment they agreed to the conditions of humans, were forever nailed to the pillar of shame of the dinosaurs and became traitors that everyone could punish.

Although Wang Lang agreed to exempt dinosaur craftsmen and doctors from slave status, they were strictly restricted in their movements and could not leave within ten kilometers of their residences, and they had to report to the local yamen every once in a while. trend.

This approach is very similar to the parole policy that modern society uses on criminals.

Although they have not gained complete freedom, they are undoubtedly lucky for those of their kind who are still in dire straits.

Be it human society or dinosaur society, for intelligent creatures, as long as they can communicate, there is the possibility of mutual understanding.

After all, they are also intelligent creatures living on land. Although they look different, there is not much difference in lifestyle.

Dinosaurs can eat the same things that humans can eat, and their basic necessities of life are basically the same as humans.

The artisans who have gained partial freedom are not arranged by humans to do those extremely important things.

These artisans were scattered to make agricultural tools for the local people in various places.

Although Xia Guo has built some mechanical equipment that can replace manpower, these things have great limitations.

Take water power as an example, only a dam was built in Yancheng, and 70.00% of Xiaguo's industrial production was concentrated in Yancheng.

Although the Ministry of Industry also produces agricultural tools, agricultural tools only account for a small part of the Ministry of Industry's production.

Most of the tools used by the people of the Xia Kingdom were handmade.

Copper and blacksmithing can be said to be a high-paying occupation in the Xia Kingdom. People who want to obtain agricultural tools can only go to the blacksmith shop to make the rest except for buying finished products at state-run trading stations.

Although the quality is not as good as the state-run ones, but the price is cheap, most people will still prefer the latter.

But blacksmithing cannot be mastered overnight, and most of the craftsmen have records in the Ministry of Industry, and almost [-]% of the craftsmen are producing things for the court, so there are not many craftsmen scattered among the people.

The addition of dinosaur craftsmen has largely alleviated the shortage of technical talent resources.

These dinosaurs will live together with humans for a long time in the future, contact each other for a long time, and the habits and cultures of the two races will continue to merge.

In Copper Mountain City, a dinosaur man who had just escaped from slavery was holding a small wooden sign to prove his identity. The symbols on it were the same as those branded on himself, and he knew that this was something to prove his identity.

But it doesn't understand human characters. Anyone who can read can see that the small wooden sign hanging on its waist has the three characters "Bronze Seventeen" written on it.

There were more than 20 people who had the same experience as it. It basically knew all these people. They were all artisans and doctors who went out with the army. Thinking that it had finally escaped from the dark copper mine, it felt extremely fortunate in its heart.

Among the class of dinosaurs, artisans are the lowest status, at the bottom of the power pyramid, and belong to the category of being exploited and squeezed.

But now, he got rid of the miserable life of slavery by virtue of his craftsmanship, and those warriors and heroes who once thought they were superior to others could only move those heavy ores like livestock under the driving of human whips.

Faced with such a result, Tong Shiqi felt a feeling of 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi in his heart.

While these lucky ones were feeling secretly, next to the human official who was in charge of taking over them, a relatively short young human showed them a piece of paper.

Human officials couldn't understand what was written on it, but not all the craftsmen and doctors of these dinosaurs were illiterate, and these literate people knew Shi Lunjia's writing at this time.

It was this young human before, holding a document written in Shi Lunjia’s characters and announcing that they were freed from their status as slaves. These captives are not surprised that humans can write dinosaur characters. After all, there is another person named Fang Shaoshi in human society. The great traitor exists, and it is known that the shameless fellow is not yet illiterate.

Copper Seventeen was also able to read and write. He squinted his eyes and looked at the paper, only to see that there were things to be done in the future for various types of work.

He is a carpenter himself, so he only read the part about carpenters.

Humans have designated a place in the city for these dinosaurs to live in, but these houses are not free, they only have the right to use them for half a year, and after the half year is over, they must pay the rent. If you don't want to sleep on the side of the road in the future , can only follow the requirements of human beings and work non-stop to earn money for a living.

Moreover, for these people, human beings will also collect heavy taxes on them. The ordinary people of Xia Kingdom are taxed according to ten to one of their income. For these people, taxes account for [-]% of their income, which is very heavy. Taxes are paid.

But now even if they know that humans are exploiting them, what can they do? They can't beat them, so they can only accept the arrangement of humans helplessly. Fortunately, they don't have to go to the precarious mine.

Copper Seventeen is a carpenter. He knows that although his craftsmanship is not top-notch in Shi Lunjia, after seeing the rough wooden buildings of human beings, he is suddenly full of confidence in the future. Surrounded by places to live.

After reading the human documents, the young human put away the paper, took out a flat wooden board from behind, and wrote something on it with a pen.

Not long after that human finished writing, he turned the wooden board full of words to himself and the others, and saw that it read: "I will be your translator from now on. If you need anything, you can find me in the yamen. My name is Chu." wind."

The two characters Chu Feng were written in human characters. The young human pointed to these two characters and said them several times in human language. Tong Shiqi knew that these two characters were called Chu Feng, and it also recognized them. The first human writing.

After the announcement, these people, under the supervision of several soldiers, left the mine where they had lived for a long time, and walked towards the human city that could only be seen from a distance.

The people of Copper Mountain City saw these dinosaurs leaving the mine unexpectedly, which caused a burst of panic among the unknown crowd, but after seeing those soldiers in armor, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Under the control of human beings, there is nothing to be afraid of.

It's just that facing this ugly and tall alien alone makes people feel uneasy.

The common people pointed and talked about this group of people, not knowing why the imperial court let these people enter the city, aren't they afraid that these people will cause chaos in the city.

But the imperial court didn't seem to have any intention of explaining to the people. They saw that the soldiers escorted these dinosaurs and sent them to the houses rented to them.

These houses are stores in the adjacent streets. They are different from ordinary people. The only way for these people to survive is to open a shop to pick up jobs and support themselves with their own craftsmanship.

From this day on, the people of Tongshan City suddenly discovered that there were some strange neighbors around them.

The people living near these dinosaurs were very dissatisfied with the arrangement of the imperial court. They went to the Yamen to complain, and the government persuaded them to come back with just a few words. In order to vent the dissatisfaction in my heart, I can only throw stones at the homes of these dinosaurs, or curse them to die quickly, the farther away from myself the better.

But these dinosaurs seemed to disappear after entering the house, no matter how difficult humans made things for them, they had no intention of going out.

It has been three days since Bronze Seventeen came to its new home. During these three days, although the human civilians outside the door did not rush in to chop it up, but it still made it irritated by the stones flying into the courtyard. endlessly.

The panic and anxiety made him a little depressed. It knew that it would not work if it went on like this. If it didn’t make money quickly, improve its relationship with humans, and prove its worth, let alone half a year, after eating this month’s food, it would only Can wait to starve to death.

Hiding in the house, Tong Shiqi scratched his head worryingly. If it had hair like human beings, it would have been pulled out a lot.

After thinking about it for a few days at home, it finally came up with a solution.

Since I want to judge my ability to eat in the future, why not use this as a breakthrough.

Thinking of this, Bronze Seventeen immediately regained his spirits. He didn't care about the scolding of the humans outside. Immediately, the humans gave him carpenter tools and prepared to make something to reflect his own value.

It walked around the house a few times and looked at the furnishings in the house. The furniture was basically uncarved, just pieces of wood spliced ​​together. There was no aesthetic feeling at all. The only advantage was that it was durable.

Seeing that there was no wood in the yard, he had no choice but to take tools and dismantle all the seats in the house. He planned to make some small samples with his own craftsmanship, thinking about what is the art of dinosaurs and human warriors.

Although the carpentry tools of humans are somewhat different from those of dinosaurs, but with years of experience, it still understands how to use these things.

The tool seemed to be alive in its hands, and according to the idea in its mind, it carved mysterious patterns on these ordinary wooden boards in his hands.

A few days later, the nearby residents seemed to feel that it was boring to throw stones and sundries at Tongshiqi’s house every day. Gradually, this kind of behavior became much less, and the people seemed to have selectively forgotten this place, just as if it didn’t exist. .

But when the people gave up harassing Tong Qiqi, the door that had been closed for a long time suddenly opened on this day.

Copper Seventeen carefully lay behind the door to observe the situation on the street. There were not many pedestrians passing by on the street, and most of them didn't notice this place, which made him feel relieved.

But at this moment, an unknown human yelled, and the surrounding pedestrians immediately focused their attention on this side.

This sudden change startled it, and it quickly closed the door, hiding behind the door with its heart pounding.

The people surrounded its house one at a time.

Listening to the noisy voice outside the door, Copper Seventeen was terrified in his heart. Although it had repeatedly struggled psychologically these days to convince itself not to be afraid, when it really faced human beings alone, fear still took over. heart.

Looking down at the many times smaller furniture in his arms, Tong Shiqi struggled for a while, took a deep breath, opened the courtyard door a crack, and quickly threw something into the crowd.

It doesn't know if it's useful to do so, it can only pray that humans can understand what it means, and don't cause any misunderstandings.

　This book has already written 90 words. I feel that I am awesome to be able to write so many rubbish grades. After writing this, the book is almost at the end. The previous grades are even more rubbish. I wanted to finish it. I found out that the progress suddenly accelerated for a while, a few years later, a few years later, the jump, I didn't want to do this at first, this achievement is really not worth writing, if I write according to the rhythm of the previous period, it is estimated that I have just written about the establishment of the Xia Kingdom , There is no way that the grades are not satisfactory, and the support is less than a few million words. This book is estimated to be finished in more than two months, and it should be finished in June at the latest. The first book ended in a rush, helpless!

　　
　
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