311 Slave Ships and Passengers
At night.
The Aolai Fishing Port became more and more lively. Many dealers in the city brought various goods to the fishing port, but they still couldn't fill the appetite of the giant sea boats. The weather was cool and easy to work at night, and the porters were transporting goods on and off the deck, busy.
Suddenly, dozens of burly men carrying swords and weapons rushed to the port, driving away the porters and idle people who were busy near the ship to avoid getting close.
Manager Li and Su Chen were on the deck of the sea boat and were driven aside by these strong men.
Soon, on the giant sea boat, a large general manager in a large robe and robe, took several senior managers respectfully under the boat, waiting for the arrival of a distinguished guest.
After a while, an eight-carriage car was carried by eight top-notch masters and arrived near the port ship.
"The young Zhou Da Supervisor, welcomes Dao Master. Cao Dong's family was very happy to know that he was going out to sea with the boat. He ordered a villain to come to greet him. The boss had already set up a banquet on the boat to welcome Dao Master."
The chief manager hurried forward to pay his respects.
In the eighth-carrying sedan chair, a low and cold voice came, "Don't talk about those useless things, Master Dao, I have something to do to go to the far sea. When will your sea boat set off?"
The old Taoist priest who claimed to be Taoist in the sedan chair was obviously a little anxious.
He is not someone else, he is the Taoist priest Ge of Youfang.
From the battle of the Misilver Mine in Qingwu City, Ge Laodao and Young Woman Fang joined forces to deal with Wei Zhuo, the young master of the Wanbeast Immortal Sect, and escaped. But Wei Zhuo still died inexplicably.
After Wei Zhuo died, the Wanbeast Immortal Sect had been tracing the whereabouts of him and the young woman in the Demon Evil Alliance, hoping to find out the cause of the young sect leader's death.
In recent years, the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Sect has vigorously pursued him in the immortal cultivation world, and even offered an astonishing price of up to 50,000 spirit stones.
Mr. Ge hid in the Middle Earth Immortal Cultivation World for many years, afraid of being betrayed, so he did not dare to show up easily. When he went out, he traveled in a sedan chair like a mortal and rich businessman, but he could never get rid of the hidden worries of the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Sect.
This seriously affected his cultivation and he has never made any progress over the years.
Although the Immortal Cultivation World in Middle Earth is large, the wanted bounty issued by the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Sect is too tempting. Fifty thousand spirit stones are enough to make many immortal cultivators tempted and sold his whereabouts to the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Sect.
After thinking about it, I could only go to the distant overseas Xiaoling Island outside the East China Sea to avoid disaster.
There are also islands for monks to practice in the distant overseas, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Cultivation World of the Middle Earth, and the influence of the Immortal Sect is beyond the reach. Since the Immortal Cultivation World of the Middle Earth cannot stay, you can only go overseas to try your luck.
But overseas, it is not a foundation-building monk who can reach it after flying with his sword for a few days, and there is no place to settle down in the middle. The distant sea routes and unpredictable threats must be taken on a large sea boat.
Ge Laodao found out that in this remote Aolai Fishing Port, there is a private smuggling giant sea boat every year, which will go to Yuanhailing Island.
In order to avoid leaking his whereabouts, he must set off as soon as possible after boarding the Shanghai ship.
"Tonight! Let's set off tonight! We all have everyone on the sea boat, just wait for Master Dao to come! The boss told me that as soon as Master Dao comes, we will start the boat immediately."
Manager Zhou quickly promised.
"Um!"
Inside the sedan chair, the old Taoist priest was satisfied and asked the warriors to carry the sedan chair onto the giant sea boat.
"Master Dao, let's invite you upstairs. There are still a few distinguished guests on the boat. The boss is having a great time talking with them and discussing fairy skills. When Master Dao comes, he will surely shine."
Chief Zhou Da escorted him to the top floor of the Giant Sea Boat. There, Cao Dong’s family held a banquet to entertain monks and masters on the Giant Sea Boat.
Su Chen was on the side of the deck and heard the voice of the old Taoist priest in the sedan chair. He seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.
Su Chen didn't understand why he was a little familiar with such a person, and seemed to have dealt with him.
"If the Chief Zhou, who is the most trusted by Cao Dong's family, comes out to greet him personally, the master in this sedan must be an immortal."
Manager Li's expression was full of envy and sighed slightly.
Ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to deal with immortals.
However, this giant sea ship is a rare exception. Every time you go to sea, there must be more or less immortal cultivators who will carry this ship.
Of course, not everyone is qualified to talk to the immortals. Not to mention his little manager, even a senior manager is not good. Only the Zhou general manager next to Cao Dong's family is qualified to talk to the immortals.
Only by getting close to immortals can you have the chance to get the fate of immortals, and maybe you have the chance to become immortals.
But a small manager like him basically has no hope of getting to know these immortals.
"Listen to what General Zhou said, you, Dong Cao, are also immortals?"
Su Chen was confused.
Manager Li just nodded slightly, but did not dare to talk about the boss's affairs.
This giant sea boat is thousands of feet long, far more than an ordinary large sea boat. The keels used are made of extremely strong spiritual woods on the far sea spirit island, so that they can resist the attacks of strong winds and waves on the sea.
How could an ordinary ordinary tree be broken when it breaks, so how could it be possible to build a sea ship that has a thousand feet long?
How can ordinary people own such a giant ship?
Moreover, Aolai Fishing Port is a remote port, not a large city. Some smuggled sea boats all set out from here. The government also turned a blind eye to the owners with extremely strong backgrounds.
After General Zhou and the eight-carrying sedan boarded the sea boat, many burly men quickly retreated and boarded the sea boat.
Order has been restored to Aolai Port and has become lively again.
The officials urged the porters to load the goods on the Giant Sea boat. After an hour, they moved the last little remaining goods to the Shanghai ship.
Late at night, the giant sea boat was filled with a lot of cargo, leaving the lively Aolai Fishing Port in the night, slowly sailing to the outer sea, setting sail to the depths of the East China Sea.
After the giant sea boat left, Aolai Fishing Port returned to silence.
Su Chen used to ride a small boat in rivers and lakes, and there was no wind and waves.
After riding this giant ship out of the far sea, I realized that the wind and waves in the depths of the sea were so huge, and there was no wind and three feet of waves.
Especially when encountering a storm on the sea, dozens of feet of waves surged.
A small merchant ship is like a small boat, and a wave is overturned. Only such a giant sea ship that is thousands of feet long can break through the wind and waves without being overturned by the waves.
The giant sea ship has nine floors from the bottom basin to the top of the deck.
There were thousands of people on the boat, including helmsman, boatman, chef, and buddies, who lived in cabins on each floor, and all kinds of things were different. The higher the attic, the more noble the ones could live there.
Manager Li has a low status in this giant sea ship. He is just a small manager who does miscellaneous and bookkeeping and can only live on the lower three floors.
There are no windows on the lower third floor, only one bed is small, and the air is very stuffy and crowded.
Su Chen is a ship-protecting warrior recruited by Manager Li. The salary of ten taels of silver per month is the treatment of a low-level warrior. Naturally, he could only live in the lower third floor of the cabin, which was stuffy, turbid and airtight cabin.
Su Chen didn't mind too much about this.
He is a boat guard warrior. He stays on the middle and lower decks during the day and walks back and forth on the middle and lower decks to prevent any people on the boat from provoking trouble and fighting. He will only be under the cabin when he goes to bed at night.
However, when he was sleeping in the middle of the night, he always heard some whip, scolding, and wailing sounds coming from the bottom of the stone cabin.
Half a month later, Su Chen couldn't help but come to the bottom of the ship to press the stone cabin in the middle of the night.
He opened the cabin door and entered the bottom cabin, shocked to find that the stone-pressing cabin was divided into iron barn cells, and thousands of slaves were imprisoned in these iron cabins.
Most of these slaves were middle-aged men, and there were also a small number of old, young, young, young, young, young, or poor, and poor. They were dressed in chains and shackles, and were constantly wailing.
"Hey, help me!"
When the slaves saw Su Chen coming in, they immediately shouted for help.
Under the cabin, several swordsmen were in charge of guarding the swordsmen, who were awakened by the voices of the slaves. When they saw a young man breaking into the cabin, they couldn't help but warn Su Chen not to meddle in other people's business.
Manager Li woke up in the middle of the night and found that Su Chen was not on his boat pavilion. He was shocked. He listened to the noisy sound of the bottom cabin of the boat and hurriedly apologized to the swordsmen and pulled Su Chen away.
Su Chen followed Manager Li back to the third floor of the cabin.
He was just a little confused. Although there were slaves in the Middle Land of the Tang Dynasty, the people who cried and shouted in front of him were not like slaves, but seemed to be tied up and were sold privately.
"Anyway, the ships have all gone out to sea, and you will see them in the future. Let me tell you the truth. This giant sea ship is not an ordinary cargo ship. This is a smuggling ship, and the most important thing is slave trafficking. Cao Dong's family is on a small Ling Island in the far sea. It is a famous figure. There are a spiritual mine under his command. These slaves are trafficked in the mines. Many mine slaves die every year, and they have to transport a batch of people to replenish their labor every year."
"No one dares to do this?"
Su Chen's heart was shocked.
Only then did he realize that this was a giant slave ship. No wonder he saw that those valuable coarse grains were transported onto the giant ships at Aolai Port.
Manager Li lowered his voice, "Who dares to care about these things? There are ten Qi Refining Immortals who protect the ship and go out to sea on this boat alone. Not to mention that the Cao Dong family is a foundation-building immortal, and some scattered immortals who go out to sea with the ship. They all live on the top floor, but we little people are just unaware of it.
If you dare to stop the Cao Dong family from making money to mine, it will definitely be a dead end. Don’t get out of the cabin and take care of the slaves, otherwise you will get into trouble. I can’t protect you. Maybe you will be locked in.
This ship has to sail for more than a year, and the days on the sea are boring and boring. Every month, a fairy-assisted party is held on the ship, and the Cao Dong family will take out a bowl of spiritual rice to inspire the morale of the crew. I will take you to see the fun in a few days.
If you can get a reward of a bowl of spiritual rice, you might become a Qi Refining Immortal, then you will be in the fortress of immortal luck and smoke will be emitted from the ancestral grave!"
Chapter completed!