Chapter 137: On the Falling of the Lighthouse(2/2)
At the age of 29, he killed the slave owner and escaped.
Joined the Trappist Order at the age of 33.
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Lu Yao understood.
Everyone learns to use history, giving them more [history] in their personal panels.
The current starting point of personal history was when [history] was invented. The content was relatively simple, and only major personal events were described and recorded.
This is just like the tribe villain inventing text, so that the entire game interface has various detailed resource data.
The advancement of civilization is not only beneficial to the development of the pixel villain, but also brings convenience and intuitive operation to Lu Yao behind the scenes.
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Lu Yao clicked on [Citizens' Assembly] in the reminder.
The perspective jumps to Yancheng.
The parliament hall is behind the library. The building is in a ring shape, like an ale theater two sizes smaller.
The citizens' council was very lively at this time.
The parliamentary representatives sat on the circular terrace seats one by one, looking at the speaker in the circular center of the hall.
A dialog box popped up above a villain's head.
"...Yancheng is now facing tremendous pressure from the outside. To consolidate the city, a taller and more complete city wall is needed. The city wall can protect the entire city, and the port is also an important part."
"Once a connected city wall is built, no monsters or pirates can break through it in a short time. Only in this way can everyone's property and safety be protected."
"Yancheng needs more and higher walls! A lot of tax money must be spent on building walls!"
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The villain stepped down and left.
Another person walked into the center of the hall. This person was wearing a black coat and was a scholar.
"Gentlemen and ladies of the Council, the pirates led by the Copper Sea continue to threaten the entire city."
"Let me put it bluntly, if Yancheng wants to change the situation, it must outlaw slavery!"
He said: "We all know that the slave market is now close to getting out of control. Not only the previously hostile savages, islanders, and uncivilized indigenous people, but also some foreign citizens who have already immigrated to Yancheng have also been captured as slaves..."
“The situation has reached a point where it’s no longer possible to do anything!”
"The number of pirates is increasing, not because they are getting stronger as they fight, but because more and more slaves are joining them, and people who are worried about becoming slaves have joined them."
His words were answered by Parliament.
"The slave market is a trade issue, and we will further regulate the trade in the future."
"Pirates are pirates, criminals and robbers. Don't confuse piracy with business!"
"Without slaves, this city would not have the population and prosperity it has today. We cannot forget the fundamentals."
Scholars can only leave.
A few more people put forward various suggestions, but did not receive any effective feedback.
Lu Yao was not surprised.
Yancheng is now in the hands of slave merchants and the Salt tribe. Their main source of wealth is the slave trade, and it is impossible for them to cut off their own interests.
As long as he gave the order to the apostles, slavery would disappear from the city. However, Lu Yao was not in a hurry to take action. He still hoped that the villains would work hard within themselves to end this barbaric system.
Lu Yao noticed the port northwest of Yancheng.
There are two groups of people fighting.
One side is a pirate, the other side is a slave trader. The two sides fight fiercely, and people keep falling.
To be precise, it was pirates and merchant slaves fighting.
However, the slaves obviously did not have a high will to fight, even though they were much more numerous. But after the pirates chopped down a dozen of them, they scattered and fled.
The merchants had long since realized that the situation was not good and fled.
The pirates who occupied the port began to set fires everywhere.
The port that many workers worked hard to build in the past was now enveloped in raging fire and destroyed in the red light.
Lu Yao remembered that there used to be a lighthouse here, which was once the pride and symbol of Yancheng.
It is not tall, but when lit, it can guide ships in the distance.
Now there is only a ruin.
Chapter completed!