(Congratulations to Fu Qingqing for becoming the new leader of this book, thank you)
The cabin door opened.
The brown-skinned warrior once again appeared in front of Shen Lang. His smile was even more strange. He should be the pirate leader of this ship.
He even made an inviting gesture towards Shen Lang.
Shen Lang wore an exquisite silk robe and carried his backpack. He walked out of the cabin and came to the deck.
Then …
He saw an incomparably ugly scene.
It turned out that this ship was carrying countless slaves.
Almost all of them were black men, and each of them was very tall and strong.
Each of them wore shackles and were chained together.
None of the slaves had a single piece of clothing on them.
"Pa pa pa …"
The pirate warriors whipped the slaves, urging them to hurry ashore.
"Ah … Ah … Ah …"
Waves of miserable screams came from the front.
Because there was a brazier at the place where they disembarked, there was a red-hot iron inside.
Every black slave disembarked from the ship, a mark was branded on their face.
This mark could never be removed, representing their status as slaves for life.
There used to be slaves in the eastern world, such as Shen Lang's adoptive parents, who were freed by Jiang Li. However, their slave marks were on their backs, not on their faces.
Once the slave mark was burned on their faces, it meant that they could never change their status.
Shen Lang couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Because he knew that Qiu Yao 'er went all the way east and finally arrived in the western world (because the world was round). Along the way, she also freed countless slaves, so there should be no slaves in her country.
Then what was going on with this city in front of him? Was it Qiu Yao 'er's city? How could she openly carry out slave trade like this?
Moreover, Shen Lang also discovered that this group of slaves was not simple. There were almost no women, all of them were strong men. Was she trying to create a slave army?
Although this group of black slaves was very strong, they were very docile and had no intention of resisting at all.
When they saw the exquisite Shen Lang, they only dared to glance at him, then lowered their heads and silently walked forward, looking very inferior. This group of black slaves even looked down on themselves.
The brown-skinned warrior was still following behind Shen Lang, mumbling something behind him, but Shen Lang still couldn't understand what he was saying.
But looking at his expression, he was probably mocking these black slaves.
Soon, it was Shen Lang's turn to disembark.
The warrior at the exit instinctively wanted to press the red-hot soldering iron on Shen Lang's face because it had become a mechanical reaction.
As a result, the pirate leader behind Shen Lang was furious. He rushed forward, whipped out his whip, and lashed out wildly, directly beating the soldering warrior until he wailed like a ghost and howled like a wolf. In the end, he did not let him off and directly branded the red-hot soldering iron on his arm.
"Ah … Ah …" The screams became even more mournful.
Shen Lang frowned. The people in this place were too barbaric.
Finally, the fight was over. The brown-skinned pirate leader once again came in front of Shen Lang and made a gesture of invitation. He was too polite to Shen Lang.
Shen Lang got off the ship.
Next, he didn't have to walk. Instead, he sat in a luxurious carriage and entered the city under the envious gazes of countless people.
… …
After entering the city.
Shen Lang couldn't help but cover his nose because it was too smelly.
This city could only be seen from afar, but not played close to.
From a distance, there was endless gold and countless gorgeous buildings. Entering the city, there were ragged people everywhere, and there were smelly ditches everywhere. Under the countless gorgeous buildings, there were more short houses.
There were two types of roads in this city. One type of road was paved with stone slabs, and it was more than ten meters wide. The people walking on it were all luxuriously dressed, and it was very sparse.
The other type of road was dusty, narrow, dirty, and smelly. It was densely packed with poor people.
This was a city with a strict hierarchy, and the gap between the rich and the poor was extremely wide.
Shen Lang also noticed that a large number of slaves were being handed over in the square outside the city gate.
More than a few thousand slaves were entering the city one after another, and each of them had a brand on their foreheads.
Each of the slaves was a strong black man. They definitely weren't normal slaves. This was an army of slaves to be trained.
What was this city trying to do? Why did it need so many soldiers?
… …
The carriage drove along the wide and neat stone road, all the way into the city.
It went up along the mountainside, and up!
This was a city by the bay, and the entire city was built against the mountains.
The higher the altitude, the more beautiful the houses, and the fewer the people.
The poor lived at the foot of the mountains, the rich lived at the mountainside, and the nobles lived at the top.
At the top of the highest mountain, there was a magnificent group of castles.
Shen Lang had seen this group of castles earlier on the sea. It was truly beautiful.
Milky-white marble, and a lot of gold decoration.
The castle was surrounded by tall, sturdy walls.
The Qiang Kingdom's palace also had a lot of gold, but Arugan didn't have any sense of aesthetics, so the Qiang Kingdom's palace was very vulgar.
However, the castle in front of him was definitely very sophisticated, be it in terms of architecture or art.
It could even be called a masterpiece.
At least, this was the first time Shen Lang had seen such a beautiful Western-style castle in this world.
The brown-skinned pirate leader who escorted Shen Lang had been arrogant and awe-inspiring on the ship.
However, when he arrived in front of this castle, he was extremely servile and obsequious.
When he arrived in front of the castle gate, he quickly stopped the carriage.
Dozens of warriors at the gate aimed their bows at him, and dozens of fully-armed warriors surrounded the carriage as quickly as possible. Shen Lang noticed that they were using sharp spears as weapons.
The pirate leader spoke like an aria, but Shen Lang still couldn't understand him.
But now, he could roughly tell that he was singing the praises of the owner of this castle. In other words, the owner of this huge city.
To be able to own this entire city, he was definitely a powerful figure.
Shen Lang roughly estimated that the population of this city should be more than 200,000.
So how much wealth and land would it take to support this city of 200,000 people?
One only needed to look at the densely packed merchant ships at the city's docks to know.
This was a city of trade.
After a few minutes, the pirate leader's praises ended.
But the other party still didn't open the door or even put down the crossbow.
The pirate leader suddenly became even more humble.
Next, he acted like a magician.
"Now it's time to witness a miracle." Of course, he didn't say that, but it gave people that feeling.
Then he ceremoniously opened the door of the carriage and showed the castle warriors the miracle inside the carriage.
That was Shen Lang!
The warrior leader at the castle gate glanced at Shen Lang and then opened his eyes.
An Oriental, and such a beautiful one at that?
"Oh my God? There's a lucky one? Or is it an unfortunate one? "
Shen Lang understood the warrior leader's words because he spoke Latin. Of course, it was not the same as the Latin of later generations, but it could still be heard by the AI.
The mainstream of the Eastern world was Chinese, and the mainstream of the Western world was Latin? What was the ancient civilization of the Western world? Besides Latin, was there also Greek?
After sighing, the warrior leader waved his hand.
The castle gate opened.
The pirate leader stuffed half a bag of money into the guard warrior leader's hand. Was it gold coins inside? If it was, how much was Shen Lang worth?
… …
After entering this group of castles, Shen Lang sighed with emotion again.
It was a magnificent castle manor. The roads inside were all spotless and paved with white marble. Even the patterns on the roads were very exquisite. There were exquisite sculptures everywhere on the roadside, some inlaid with gems, some gilded.
The gardens on the roadside were neatly built. They were even more beautiful and luxurious than the castles and manors in movies. They formed a sharp contrast with the dirty and messy city below.
Almost every inch of this castle manor had to be paved with gold coins. At least, it was much more luxurious than the Kim family's Marquis Xuanwu's mansion.
The owner of this castle was also the owner of this city, and his status might be very high.
There were also many slaves in the castle, especially beautiful female slaves. They wore shameful clothes and were almost translucent.
The pirate leader brought Shen Lang to a house.
The floor of this house was also paved with marble, but it was vermilion and polished so smooth that one could see one's reflection.
Then, the pirate leader waited there respectfully. At this time, Shen Lang could see that he had bathed and changed his clothes before disembarking the ship. He had even sprinkled some perfume.
After waiting for more than an hour, the pirate leader did not show the slightest impatience.
After another half an hour, footsteps came from outside, and the pirate leader immediately knelt on the ground.
The door opened, and a chubby middle-aged man walked in. He didn't have a single beard, and he wore a gorgeous silk robe. He wore a few gold rings, and each ring was inlaid with a different gemstone. He was followed by a dozen fully armed warriors.
He looked like a master, but Shen Lang could tell at a glance that he was a eunuch.
The pirate leader knelt on the ground and once again sang like an aria.
The luxuriously dressed eunuch listened perfunctorily and looked up and down at Shen Lang, clicking his tongue in wonder.
Then he picked up a silk handkerchief and covered his nose in disgust. He stood a little further away from the pirate leader, as if he disliked his lowly aura.
The pirate leader had clearly changed into silk clothes and washed them clean. Even his hair and beard had been tidied up, but he was still disliked by the white eunuch.
Shen Lang knew that in the ancient Western world on Earth, eunuchs were also widely used. Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and so on.
Was this eunuch in front of him a unique phenomenon or a normal profession?
The pirate leader still knelt on the ground and sang with all his might. His status was actually not low. At least he had a pirate ship and hundreds of pirates under his command, but in front of this eunuch, he was as humble as a dog.
After singing for a full seven or eight minutes, the eunuch waved his hand impatiently.
Two warriors carried a box in and placed it in front of the pirate leader to open it.
It was an entire box of gold coins.
It was a large box with more than 3,000 gold coins in it. It weighed more than 100 kilograms.
The pirate leader was overjoyed and kowtowed desperately to the eunuch.
From the looks of it, Shen Lang sold it for 3,000 gold coins? Shen Lang had seen the slave trade when he entered the city. A strong black slave was only worth three gold coins.
And Shen Lang alone was worth more than a thousand slaves?
Master Lang did not know whether to laugh or cry.
It was no wonder that the pirate leader was wild with joy when he saw Shen Lang. He fed him the most exquisite food and even dressed him in luxurious silk robes, adorned him with gems and expensive fragrances. He looked like an exquisite piece of jade and was afraid that it would be damaged in the slightest.
It turned out that Shen Lang's profit alone was more than his ship's worth of slaves.
But why was this so? Even the most outstanding courtesan in the Great Yan Empire might not be able to sell for 3,000 gold coins.
The eunuch waved his hand again, indicating for the pirate leader to quickly take the gold coins and leave.
The pirate leader was very strong. He carried the box of gold coins effortlessly and ran away.
"Lowly people, lowly language. Bring me some clean water. I want to wash my ears. Let the slaves come in and wash this floor, lest it be sullied by lowly people."
This eunuch was also speaking Latin. Could it be that this language was a high-level language in this world?
He thought he was joking, but he did not expect that he would really start washing his ears. A few female slaves walked in and began to wash the floor.
The eunuch carefully looked at Shen Lang's skin. He carefully used a silk handkerchief as a cushion and pulled up Shen Lang's hands.
Then he nodded and said in Latin, "A one-in-a-million Oriental handsome man."
… …
Next, Shen Lang was brought to a magnificent room with a huge bathroom.
A few beautiful female slaves walked in and began to take off Shen Lang's clothes. They brought him to the huge marble bath and washed every inch of his skin.
These female slaves were very reserved, but they were also a little excited.
"What a beautiful man. He's like a man from a painting."
"Didn't they say that Oriental men are very small? Why isn't he small? "
"He actually got up. Is he also excited about us? If he wants, I can sleep with him. "
"Do you want to die? Do you want to be burned alive? Don't tease him anymore. Otherwise, if he wants to force you to sleep, you will only have a dead end. "
There were a total of four female slaves. One was white, and the other three were brown, a bit like South Americans.
Their bodies were very good, full of exotic charm, and they only wore a layer of gauze. Shen Lang was not a saint, how could he be indifferent?
After bathing Shen Lang, a large bucket was carried in, which was full of milk.
So extravagant? Such a large bucket of milk was used for bathing?
After the milk bath, they entered another pool, which was sprinkled with petals. After bathing, Shen Lang's body was full of fragrance.
Finally, after all the cleaning, the female slaves gently wiped Shen Lang's body with the softest towel.
That was not all. They took out exquisite knives and cut Shen Lang's fingernails. They shaved the beard on Shen Lang's face clean and made a very exquisite hairstyle.
Finally, they put on a soft robe for Shen Lang.
Shen Lang could be considered very extravagant, but this kind of extravagance was really rare.
This was no longer a normal exquisite life, it could be called extravagant.
Next, more than a dozen female slaves brought food, a whole table full of delicious food, there were all kinds of delicious food.
After the food was served, more than a dozen fruits were brought, and finally, more than a dozen kinds of wine were brought.
Even more than a dozen people couldn't finish it, but only Shen Lang was eating alone.
Picking up the knife and fork, Shen Lang skillfully ate the delicious food, it was indeed very good.
Whether it was deer steak, ham, caviar, or first-class sturgeon roe.
Shen Lang chose a few more mouthfuls of the ones he liked, and only touched the ones he didn't like a little.
After eating his fill, a few female slaves served Shen Lang to rinse his mouth and brush his teeth. Then, they removed all the food and threw it away.
Yes, it was such a waste.
Could it be that they despised Shen Lang for eating it?
If not, the owner of the castle would definitely not be willing to eat the leftover food. And the slaves were not qualified to eat such exquisite food, so they could only throw it all away.
The female slave poured a pot of tea and placed it on Shen Lang's table. This was the most eastern thing he had encountered today.
"Good night!" The white female slave said to Shen Lang, then retreated with the female slaves.
She also spoke Latin, and Shen Lang couldn't understand the other brown-skinned female slaves.
… …
In the extravagant and gorgeous room, Shen Lang was left alone, and he was reflecting on everything that had happened.
All of this seemed very unreal.
Someone paid three thousand gold coins to buy him, and then didn't ask him to do anything. Instead, they raised him in an extremely extravagant way.
At least, the treatment that Shen Lang enjoyed today was comparable to that of a noble.
What would happen next?
Would the owner of this city walk in and ask him to sleep with her?
If that was the case, then the price she paid was too high, right? Was she looking for a lover? Or was she looking for an ancestor?
Who was the owner of this city? What was his identity?
… …
This was a suite, and there was a special study room.
Shen Lang found a map and was overjoyed. He couldn't help but walk over to have a look.
It turned out that the name of this city was Bijin.
Of course, this was just a direct translation of the name by Shen Lang. The original text was Bijin and the City of Gold.
This map was the territory of Bijin City.
Sure enough, in addition to this city, there was a vast territory. Shen Lang roughly estimated that the total territory of this city was about 150,000 square kilometers, which was equivalent to a province in the State of Yue.
In other words, the owner of this castle owned a province. Of course, this was not the main point. The key was that the owner of this trade city was extremely wealthy.
There was no more information on this map, because there was no other content drawn on it.
There was a bookshelf in the room, and there were many exquisite books on it. All of them were in Latin.
Shen Lang was overjoyed. He quickly took a look at them, but he was a little disappointed.
These books only had one content, which was to introduce the glorious history of the Russo Family.
This Bijin City, and the entire Bijin Province, belonged to the Russo Family. Currently, the title of nobility in this family was Duke.
Shen Lang briefly flipped through the history of this family. For a long time, this family was loyal to the Xilun Dynasty, and there was also a period of time when it was an independent duchy.
Shen Lang took a brief look at the Xilun Dynasty, and realized that it was the same as the Great Yan Dynasty. It was an incomparably huge empire, and it was also made up of dozens of countries.
However, it was more unfortunate than the Great Yan Empire. The Xilun Dynasty was now fragmented. It was unlike the Great Yan Empire, which was still at its peak.
Shen Lang quickly flipped through the books, because the history of this family was too long. It was more than 400 years old, and there were dozens of books.
He found the last book, which was very new. It was even newly bound, and had the scent of ink.
Shen Lang saw an important piece of information here.
The current Russo Family was loyal to the Witch Empire.
Witch Empire?
What kind of name was this?
What did this have to do with Qiu Yao'er? Such a chuunibyou name did sound like Qiu Yao'er.
Shen Lang had wanted to read about the Witch Empire, but the latter part of it had been burned.
It was not accidentally burned, but it could be burned, and it was burned neatly.
What did this mean? Why was it burned?
Did they not want to acknowledge this history, or did they change their stance?
Shen Lang continued flipping, and realized that there was not much value.
This Russo Family, and this Bijin City, were almost completely tied to the Xilun Dynasty.
Rather than saying it was the history of the Russo Family, it was more like the rise and fall of the Xilun Dynasty.
Xilun First Empire, Xilun Second Empire, Xilun Third Empire.
From these three names, one could see how many times the Xilun Dynasty had been destroyed, and how many times it had been reborn.
Just like the Roman Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, and Holy Roman Empire.
And now, this Xilun Third Empire seemed to be struggling at death's door, but it had suffered a huge blow from the Witch Empire.
Shen Lang searched everywhere, wanting to see how big the territory of the Witch Empire was, but it was very messy.
The territory of the Witch Empire was always changing, but one could see that it was really big, at least a few million square kilometers. However, it seemed to be full of uncertainty.
As he read more, Shen Lang could see that the Russo Family was filled with malice towards the Witch Empire. Even if they claimed to be loyal to the Witch Empire, just the name of the empire was not normal.
Shen Lang wanted to see more information about the Witch Empire, but in the end, all of it was burned.
The Russo Family seemed to be purposely erasing all information about the Witch Empire.
Next, Shen Lang flipped through the history of the Russo Family.
The last Bijin City Lord, the ruler of Bibo Duchy, was indeed a woman.
Her name was Deborah Russo.
She had a long string of nicknames, such as the Princess of Bibo, the Tamer of Tsunamis, and so on.
In short, in this book, this Grand Duchess Deborah was a very, very amazing person.
Unparalleled beauty, powerful martial arts, pure and noble, and so on.
Shen Lang skimmed through these contents. Westerners liked to brag more than Easterners, and the rulers of the Eastern Dynasties were slightly more reserved.
The only valuable information came out.
This Grand Duchess was once married, but her husband died, so she became a widow. She was 31 years old this year.
With great difficulty, Shen Lang flipped to the portrait of this Grand Duchess. She was dressed in military attire, but he did not look at her. Because the portrait was too freehand, he could not see what she looked like at all.
However, Shen Lang had more or less obtained some information.
This Grand Duchess Deborah owned a land of 150,000 square kilometers. She was once loyal to the Xilun Dynasty, but later on, she was loyal to the Witch Empire. However, she was filled with hostility towards the Witch Empire.
Moreover, she was the richest and most powerful widow in this area.
Bi Jin City was considered one of the few trade centers in the Western world.
This family used 3,000 gold coins to buy Shen Lang. To others, it was an astronomical figure, but to this Grand Duchess, it was a drop in the ocean. Her wealth made Shen Lang drool.
Then why did she buy a handsome man from the Eastern world?
Was it for her own enjoyment? Was Shen Lang the only one she bought?
Just from the information before him, it did seem like she was buying a gigolo to serve this Grand Duchess.
However, in these books, the private life of the Grand Duchess was described in a very holy manner. Apart from her first husband, she had never married anyone else.
Of course, the books written by this family would definitely beautify themselves. Even a woman who could be a husband would be described as a holy fairy.
Then, would such a plot happen next?
Shen Lang would be washed clean, then wrapped in a sheet and sent to a magnificent palace for the Grand Duchess to enjoy?
Or would the door suddenly open, the Grand Duchess would rush in and ravage Shen Lang?
… …
However, nothing happened after that!
In fact, nothing happened for a few days.
Shen Lang continued to enjoy a life comparable to that of a noble. He enjoyed all the glory and wealth, but was not asked to do anything.
However, he did not have freedom.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he would immediately be stopped by two warriors.
Shen Lang did not see this Grand Duchess Debose. Also, no one spoke to him. The only thing that the female slave leader said to him was good night.
Shen Lang had become a canary. Not even the middle-aged eunuch had come to visit him.
During this time, Shen Lang read the "Russo Family History" again and again.
Three days passed. Five days passed.
Half a month passed.
He still stayed in this luxurious suite, still like a canary in a cage, not allowed to step out.
He asked to read more books, but received no response.
However, Shen Lang felt that this Duchess Debose was not in the castle. She was not even in Bi Jin City.
He was a very sharp person. A castle with and without a master was completely different.
At this moment, what Shen Lang was most concerned about was not this Duchess Debose, but the Witch Empire. He desperately wanted to know if the Witch Empire had anything to do with Qiu Yao'er.
Also, standing on the balcony, Shen Lang could feel that the atmosphere in the city was somewhat tense.
Every day, slave ships docked, sending batch after batch of strong black slaves into the city. They were indeed being trained as soldiers.
Shen Lang had already seen a large number of slave soldiers. They were fully armed and there were countless of them.
There were more than tens of thousands of slaves, and they were still increasing.
What was this Duchess Debose trying to do? Was she rebelling against the rule of the Witch Empire?
… …
Twenty-third day later!
"Dang dang dang dang dang …"
Suddenly, the bells of the entire city rang.
Then, all the ships on the docks gave way.
A luxurious fleet entered the bay and began to dock.
It was a very large fleet. There were dozens of large warships, all bearing the Russo Family's flag.
Speaking of the Russo Family's symbol, it was indeed quite interesting.
Half of it was seawater, and the other half was flames.
Shen Lang knew that the master of this city had arrived. The ruler of the entire Bibo Duchy had arrived.
The fleet docked.
Groups after groups of luxurious warriors came ashore.
A woman dressed in golden armor rode a white horse, slowly coming ashore.
Then, over a thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the city to welcome her.
Under the protection of over five thousand fully armed people, this woman in golden armor entered Bijin City.
Along the way, everyone, whether slaves or commoners, knelt neatly by the roadside.
That's right, she was Duchess Debose, the person who had spent money to buy Shen Lang.
She was the richest widow in this area.
The supreme master of a hundred and fifty thousand square kilometers of territory.
… …
"The Grand Duchess has returned!"
A hurried bell rang in the castle.
Countless servants and warriors walked out of the door.
They knelt neatly on both sides of the road, welcoming the Grand Duchess back to the castle.
Only now did Shen Lang notice that there were actually so many people in this castle?
Over a thousand people were serving the Grand Duchess.
From start to finish, the Grand Duchess did not even glance at Shen Lang, even though he was standing outside the balcony.
… …
Night fell!
Shen Lang once again experienced a holy bath.
Hot spring, milk, red wine, and perfume.
After a total of four baths, the female slaves dressed him in unprecedentedly luxurious clothes.
The Shen Lang in the mirror seemed to be glowing.
After a moment, the middle-aged eunuch walked in soundlessly and said to Shen Lang, "My God, could it be that you are capable of flipping all living things upside down?"
This sentence was used to describe women. Thank you!
But if you praise me like this, I, Shen Lang, will not mind.
"Handsome man from the Eastern world, please follow me!" the middle-aged eunuch said, then led the way.
Shen Lang's heart skipped a beat.
Was he going to meet the Grand Duchess Debose just like that?
What would happen next?
Was he really going to sacrifice this incomparably handsome man?
… …
Note: Two chapters worth nearly fifteen thousand! My brain is about to explode from writing the new plot. Thank you, brothers, for your monthly votes. I really need it!
Thank you, handsome boy, for your ten thousand coins.
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