There was an open auction in front of the largest slave shop in Sford City, with ragged men and women curled up in more than a dozen cramped cages.

These slaves are of medium and superior level. They are goods that were eager to take action after the auction failed. Most of them came from alien ethnic groups outside the empire, and there were villagers from remote mountain villages captured by the slave group for some reason.

Men have pale faces and thin skin, so it is difficult to find someone with a better face. Women are full and their dirt on their bodies are wiped off, because only in this way can they be sold for a good price.

A slightly fat man with big beard stood on a small platform and shouted to a group of adventurers in a rough voice: "Today's new goods are definitely the best goods. No matter what you buy them and do, they can meet your requirements! The old rules are the starting price of each goods 10 silver coins, starting from here!"

"Stinky Pier, do you have the nerve to ask for 10 silver coins of these trash? I'll give it 15, give it to me!"

"I just know that I'm talking nonsense. I think you're going to see a doctor!"

"I want that man, 50 silver coins!"

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The bustle in front of the slave market continued, and slaves were bought at extremely low prices. As popular male slaves were sold out quickly. Even though they were left over by the owners of the manors and the big merchants, many small manors flocked to them.

Purchasing a slave is much cheaper than hiring a free man, and it is a one-time buyout. It only costs 10 silver coins for a year to work!

Then the positioning of female slaves is awkward. If they are not particularly beautiful, they are generally not worth their money to buy them back.

Because in their eyes, women cannot provide much productivity, female slaves lose their freshness after trying it a few times.

Besides, there are many women in the red light area who are willing to make money while lying down. Why do they have to buy female slaves and waste food?

Even if the empire is rich, it still doesn’t have much food to give ordinary people. Some mountain villages far away from important cities are even famine.

Only a very small number of adventurers who are middle-aged and have no social skills will buy female slaves as tools for childbirth, so that they can maintain an absolute leadership position at home and will not have any psychological burden when beating and scolding them.

It is actually very good to be bought as a tool for childbirth. Most female slaves will be bought back by some rich businessmen with some spare money and used as disposable toys.

The crowd's rush to yell, which made the slave merchant make a fortune.

Although he kept calling for loss, the cunning smile on his face never faded...

Li Wei looked down at Chi Tong and Hei Tong who were stunned. After watching, they should have many problems, right?

Indeed, the scene of slave merchants selling slaves in the streets did bring great shock to Chi Tong and Hei Tong.

There was never a slave owner in the small town where they once lived, and I never thought that people would be sold!

After spending a while with Li Wei, they gradually soon forget the cruelty of the world. The calm and harmony in the forest formed an opposition to the chaos and decay in Sford City, creating a strong sense of contrast.

"Let's go..." Seeing that the two of them had not come back to their senses for a long time, Li Wei gently pulled Hei Tong's hand and continued to take them into West Street.

The garment store was still there half a year ago, and it was not affected by the death of hundreds of city defense troops in front of the store.

Li Wei took Chi Tong and Hei Tong to open the store door and entered. A beautiful woman who had made clothes for Li Wei heard the bells hanging in front of the store door ringing, got up from the sewing machine, and greeted the guests with a smile.

Although they can get new clothes again, Chi Tong and Hei Tong's minds are still the scenes they have seen before. The numbness on the slave's face and the fanatical comparison between the slave traders made them unable to let go of it.

When measuring the body size, I was also in a mediocre mood, and I looked dull, but I only felt a little energetic when choosing the style of clothes.

After paying the deposit, Li Wei took the two of them out of the garment store and then found a restaurant on West Street to eat.

The wooden restaurant is very quiet, and it is not yet time to eat, and there are only a few tables.

The three of them found a corner and ordered what they wanted to eat at noon. Chi Tong and Hei Tong still did not get out of that state of excitement.

"Brother, why were those people sold?" After the waiter left, Chi Tong couldn't wait to ask about this matter. Hei Tong also looked at Li Wei, hoping to get an answer.

Li Wei had already thought about the answer to this question in advance and replied without hesitation: "That is capitalists. Because slave traders can bring them high profits, they did it."

The answer is very simple, but it made the two of them feel a little unacceptable.

"But those are the same people as us..." Hei Tong still didn't understand.

Li Wei used an appropriate metaphor to describe: "When we sell cattle and sheep, we did not consider the feelings of cattle and sheep. In the eyes of capitalists, those slaves are not humans, but bags of money."

Chi Tong opened her mouth. Although her question was explained, such an answer seemed to be only superficial and did not touch the root, just like a blind man touching an elephant.

"Chi Tong wants to know the root cause of all this, right?" Li Wei asked confidently at the entangled Chi Tong.

"Um!"

Chi Tong nodded. Although Hei Tong didn't say anything, his eyes blinked at Li Wei, and it was full of desire and curiosity.

"Now I want to tell you a concept, feudalism. The royal family members, royal families and meritorious officials are divided into territories by the communist or central dynasty. It is a state management ‘system’. A brief explanation is that in the present empire, everything belongs to the royal family, that is, people are not equal."

Seeing Chi Tong and Hei Tong enter a state of thinking, Li Wei slowed down his speech and said, "The royal family has been instilling a thought into the empire's people. People are inequality. They use one identity after another to distinguish unequal people."

"The royal family has the highest status and power. Below the royal family are the major nobles, and below the great merchants are the great merchants in various fields, and below are the free people. Below the free people, there are slaves. The royal family divides people into multiple different classes, which becomes the reason for oppression between people."

"The royal family oppressed the nobles. If the nobles dared not resist, they could only oppress the rich businessmen. The rich businessmen could not afford to offend those people, and then transferred their targets to ordinary people. Ordinary people dared not fight against the rich businessmen, and slaves became their targets of venting! Do you think the emperor is the same as those slaves?"

Chi Tong and Hei Tong subconsciously shook their heads. Although they didn't know the emperor, they subconsciously thought that the emperor was different from the slaves they just saw.

"They are the same, they are different. The emperor is a human being like a slave. He also has to eat and sleep. They are different. The emperor enjoys a life of food and clothing in the palace, but the slaves may be deprived of their lives at any time. When you think they are different, you have become puppets under the system."
Chapter completed!