v3 Chapter 102： slave (1/2)
Zhang Heng has also heard some tragic stories about Roman slaves before.
In fact, the background of the era of the black sail was also when the black slave trade was booming. At that time, Zhang Heng led the Jackdaw to attack many slave ships, and the black slaves who had seen the ship filled the bottom of the ship, people were next to each other. Like the livestock to be slaughtered, the cabin is full of urine and sweat.
With the help of Laeri, Zhang Heng would usually pick the most powerful fighters from these blacks after the ship hijacking, absorb them into the pirate regiment, and the rest were released to some small islands. These people-based hidden supply points played an important role in Zhang Heng's aftermath and battle with the Royal Navy, and Zhang Heng even won the title of a New World Liberator. He did not expect that one day Will become slaves.
He was also a slave in the second century AD. At this time, it was a real slavery society. Rome ’s social pyramid structure was basically nobles, civilians, foreigners and slaves from top to bottom.
The slaves at the lowest level cannot even be called people in a sense, they can only be regarded as production or entertainment tools. This is the case of the gladiator performances above them. The gladiators fight each other with their own blood and life. In exchange for the applause of the audience.
”What are you thinking?” Zhang Heng said to Varo.
”What?” The latter hesitated, and then reacted, ”Oh, when I think it's our turn to perform on it.”
”Are we going too?” Zhang Heng was a bit surprised. Judging from the current work of the two, they are basically just playing in the arena, especially Varrow, whose body is not thin, but his courage is very small. The feeding of the beast is not good. If he walks into the arena, Zhang Heng suspects that he will not be able to support it for three seconds.
”Of course not now, we don't know anything now, and just go ugly up, no one wants to see our poor performance, but ...” Vello lowered his voice, ”I got a message ... there will be tomorrow The Germanic barbarians will send them over, and we will go to the gladiator school with them at that time. ”
Varo looked at Zhang Heng after speaking, but did not see the fear of his expectation in the latter's face, so he froze and added, ”Do you ... have nothing to say?”
”What shall I say?” Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
”We are about to be sent to the gladiator training camp. People say that life is better than death. They will torture us and lash us constantly. Many people will die in training, and those who survive will have to Those who pass the assessment will become gladiators and then die in the performance. ”
”If you are so worried about your own life, don't you pass the final assessment?” Zhang Hengdao.
”This is the problem. The slaves who have not passed are said to be sold to the mine or the village to make up for the losses. Do you know how the people there treat the slaves? They will keep you working and working, just like livestock. The same, until the day you die, you will never be free. ”Varo despaired.” It should not be like this, chickpeas promised me. ”
”Who is chickpea?”
”A slave trader, I have a little friendship with him. After I became a slave, he told me that I would be bought by the nobles in the city and I would run a business. As long as the people who bought me invested and gave me a sum of money, I could Let them generate more money, so that when I do business, I will become a free man again, ”Varo said with fists in his hands, full of unwillingness and pain.” Why is this and why am I sold to Come here? I don't belong here ... ”
也许 ”Maybe it's because your body is well maintained?” Zhang Hengdao, ”Are you a businessman before? It looks more like a soldier when you wear armor.”