Chapter 793
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"The world has never changed because the world has always been this bad."
Sarah looked at the representatives of the various families who were staring at her with a disdainful sneer on her face.
"That's why when a person who wishes to change everything appears, he will be resisted by everyone and will do anything to destroy everything he has done."
These people didn't dare to do anything when Li Ke was around. But after Li Ke left and a new crisis arose, they naturally appeared and wanted to snatch away the 'rightful' wealth that Li Ke had taken from them and seize control of the city.
After all, they could see that their King was lacking in manpower. So as long as they succeeded, no matter how unwilling Li Ke was, he would still compromise in order to maintain the city's situation.
This was the biggest reason why gentlemen could be cheated. They were always willing to sacrifice everything for the benefits of others.
That was why they were willing to gamble.
"Miss Sarah, you can't say that. Before Sir Li Ke arrived, even though Skin City was in a mess, our profits didn't decrease to 80%."
A gentlemanly man spoke, and after he spoke, the others began to follow suit.
"That's right, our profits can't be reduced like that. Not to mention maintaining our family's businesses, we can't even maintain our basic living standards."
A richly jeweled lady spoke and showed Sarah the skin on her hands. But no matter how Sarah looked, she couldn't see a single trace of injury on her hands.
"My hands are starting to get rough! We don't object to Sir Li Ke's willingness to let those lazy bastards become rich. But he is giving them too much! Too much money would make them lazy! So much so that their original wages can't satisfy them! I can only wash my own clothes and let my husband, a noble and refined gentleman, cook in the kitchen! "
Her voice was sharp and ear-piercing. Sarah couldn't help but furrow her brows.
She couldn't help but think of her own hands. Her hands weren't as delicate and white as the hands of this woman who was a generation older than her. Her hands were even full of calluses and scars from years of hard work, battles, and life on the sea. Even if she wore gloves all day to maintain her hands, they were only at the level of an ordinary girl.
Her hands weren't even as beautiful as this old lady. Even though her skin wasn't bad, other than the smoothness of her hands, it wasn't as white as this old lady's.
"Is that so? Then I'm sorry to make things difficult for you. "
She said this in a subtle tone. Then, the woman facing her became arrogant, as if she had won a great victory.
"It's good that you know! After all, you're no longer a vulgar lowly person who needs to be taught a lesson with leather whips and shackles. "
Sarah almost laughed out loud, but she held it in.
"Enough … don't embarrass us anymore."
Even though she didn't say anything, someone finally spoke up. Another white-haired gentleman stood up.
"Miss Sarah, you should know that even if you have a ship that can fly in the sky and Lord Li Ke's subordinates, our strength still exists."
What gave them the courage was Li Ke's other policy. That was, the wages of the people who used to be his private soldiers didn't increase. In fact, it was much lower.
This wasn't something that everyone could accept. So under their secret collaboration, the soldiers who weren't satisfied with the wages directly betrayed him.
They were the private soldiers of these families and didn't care about the benefits that Li Ke gave them. So, they had no loyalty to Li Ke at all. Betrayal was a very normal thing.
"So, you plan to use your original soldiers to besiege me? So that Li Ke will listen to you obediently? "
This time, Sarah couldn't hold it in anymore. But in this entire place, she was the only one who could laugh. The gentlemen looked at them coldly. And under their signal, a group of well-equipped private soldiers appeared in the office.
"It seems that you've bribed a lot of people."
Sarah looked at the first representatives who rushed in with fear on their faces. They were the workers who didn't have enough to eat not long ago. Sarah's face turned cold in an instant because these people were the group of people that she hated the most.
She asked slowly and looked at the leader with disdain.
She remembered this person very clearly. He was a worker that Li Ke rescued from the brink of death. He was promoted to a leader because of Li Ke's enthusiasm. She also chose to trust this person because of Li Ke.
But now, in order to show her sincerity to the former nobles, he chose to be the first to rush in as the vanguard of the culprit who almost starved his family to death.
"Oh, it's you. I'm very curious. Did Li Ke give you more, or did they give you more? Is your family and your own life more important, or is the money and official position that those people gave you more important?"
Sarah asked straightforwardly. She thought of this man's wife, a woman who would let him and their children eat more even when she was starving.
"She's not my wife anymore!"
The man's face turned red instantly. His flustered look and the blood stains on his neat coat finally reminded Sarah of the worker who cried because he didn't have enough to eat.
But this time, the blood and stains on his body weren't from the bullies beating him up and tears stained his face. Instead, it was the residue of gunpowder fired from the Hex gun and the blood of those who protected her.
The blood of those who truly believed in the future that Li Ke described.
And there were many more who were in the same situation as him.
"Aren't you afraid of God's punishment?"
Sarah closed her eyes. She didn't want to see the blood.
"God! Where was he when we were starving? Even if there really is a God, he should be shot! "
That man, no, the monster roared out in an unreasonable manner. He tried his best to cheer himself up because there was no turning back now that he had reached this point.
Then, he was frightened by Sarah, who suddenly opened her eyes. Sarah's cold gaze made him subconsciously take a few steps back.
"Idiot, you're the one who abandoned God."
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