Job hunting in another world [Western Fantasy]

After working for another whole day, Aldrich saw two slaves fall down with his own eyes. The overseer poured cold water on them, and those who responded continued to work, and those who did not respond were dragged to the head of the graveyard.

Aldridge has much more energy than the average person. When he was in church, he had to finish all his work before falling asleep. It was usually late at night, and then he had to get up around three in the morning to go to the library to accept Noah’s advice. teaching.He was never fatigued by it, nor was he addicted to alcohol or other psychotropic substances.

Even so, after two days of continuous work without a single drop of water, Aldrich began to feel dazzled and in a trance.Thoughts of "I'm going to get out" and "What's going on with Noah" drifted through his mind in a daze, but the reality was that he couldn't do anything about the situation in front of him.

The slaves who work in the farm can only last ten days and a half months at most. The overseers don't care about their lives, and they don't have any awareness of human resources. They only need them to constantly consume their own vitality. Create the most wealth in the shortest time.

At night, they were finally allowed to rest for an hour, and the slaves were whipped into a wide grass shed, just like cattle.

There were no beds in the thatched hut, and the sewage flowed across, giving off a foul smell.

The slaves fell asleep, Aldridge stood for a while, he walked out of the hut, and looked outside the farm under the moonlight.There were vaguely moving figures there, guards who prevented the slaves from escaping.

Aldridge recalled the guards he saw after he entered the farm. If he was still wearing armor and holding a big sword, these guards would not be his opponents, but he is unarmed now, and after going out, how to get rid of Kurov What about the viscount's pursuit...

He slowly fell into thought, no matter where the escaped slaves go, there is no way out, and there is Noah, he must find a way to know Noah's current situation...

Aldrich suddenly heard light footsteps, he tensed his body, took a step back guardedly, leaned his back against the hut, and looked around.

A small figure appeared in his line of sight, and Brick ran towards him, and Aldrich saw his eyes shining in the night.Brick stopped in front of him, staring at him curiously.

"Great, you haven't slept yet." Brick said happily, "I brought you food."

He took out half a piece of hard black bread and handed it to Aldrich. Although this piece of bread was cold and hard and could be used as a weapon, it was better than the breakfast made of clay in the pot in the morning.

Aldrich took it, sat on the rock, and whispered thank you.

Brick looked at him with shining eyes, blushed slightly, and said, "I've never seen such a good-looking person as you..."

While chewing the bread, Aldridge looked up at Brick.The other party was a ten-year-old boy with slender limbs and excellent Neilbrook ancestry. He had a high nose bridge, slightly thick lips, plump cheeks, and lacquer-like skin.

He was indeed a very handsome boy, and he was uncommonly frank and direct.

Aldridge ate the bread silently, while Brick was talking in a rambling manner.

He said that there will be guests coming to the manor tomorrow, and he will perform for the guests, because Brick is the master's favorite slave.He also said that he had read a lot of books in the manor. Those books were very interesting. He didn't know if the outside world was as wonderful as it was written in the books. He wanted to go out and have a look, but the master never allowed him to leave the manor...

Aldridge listened to him, fell asleep during the final rest time, and when he woke up again, it was time to go to work again, and Brick had disappeared.

The Overseer was especially grumpy today, waving his whip to keep everyone in good spirits.At noon, Viscount Kurov came over with a group of guards, and beside him was a young man in gorgeous clothes. Aldrich guessed that it was Viscount Kurov's guest.

He took a few glances from a distance, and Brick ran over. Viscount Kurov touched his head and said a few words with a smile. His guest was also smiling, pointing at Brick, not knowing what to say what.

Aldrich looked at the guards behind him, if he was caught by surprise, maybe he could escape successfully.The power in the Shilan Empire is basically concentrated in the church, and the guards around these small nobles are basically ordinary people who have practiced.

Suddenly, the supervisor came over and said to Aldrich in a rough voice: "Go! Your Excellency the Viscount is calling you!"

Aldridge put down the farm tools in his hand and strode over. The supervisor followed behind him like a little follower.

"Your Excellency the Viscount! People have already brought them here." The supervisor jumped out from behind Aldrich, showing a flattering smile.

Viscount Kurov looked at Aldrich, his tall and slender figure and well-defined facial features made him look out of place with other slaves.He pointed to Aldridge and asked, "Where did this come from?"

The overseer replied, "It was sent by the commander of the judge."

Viscount Kurov nodded and said: "He will serve me by my side in the future, it would be too wasteful to put it in the farm." He turned his head and said to his guest: "The variety is not bad."

His tone is like evaluating the quality of a livestock.

His guest smiled and nodded, then pointed to Brick and said, "I still like him better!"

Viscount Kurov showed a sympathetic smile and said, "He is also my favorite slave, and I have kept him for ten years! But if you really like it..."

So Aldrich was taken away under the envious eyes of the overseer, and soon someone gave him a new set of clothes and began to teach him the rules of serving Viscount Kurov.

"You only need to serve Viscount Kurov for meals every day. What you need to pay attention to is..." He eloquently said a lot of rules, each of which was only said once and never repeated.He also taught Aldridge some etiquette, and warned Aldridge that if he did anything wrong, he would be beheaded.

Fortunately, Aldridge has excellent memory and learning ability, he put on new clothes, and got an afternoon of rest.According to the man who taught him the rules, he has been promoted from the lowest farm slave to a secondary slave. He can follow his master. something more complicated.

For a long time, there were basically no slaves who could walk out of the farm, and most of them died in the farm before their masters found them, but Aldrich was able to stand out just by relying on his appearance... What taught him The slave was amazed at this, but looked at Aldrich's face and body, and had to be convinced. He really stands out from the crowd and is very eye-catching.

In the evening, Aldrich went to wait on Viscount Kurov, and Viscount Kurov had a chat with the guest. After dinner, a group of beautiful maids played drums beside him, and the sound of the drums was dull, while Brick Start playing a flute.

The flute is yellow, covered with silver ornaments, inlaid with colored gemstones, very beautiful.However, the yellowed bone body made Aldrich's hair stand on end. After thinking for a long time, he finally understood what the shape of the flute looked like.

Human leg bones.

At this time, Viscount Kurov said to the guests: "Recently, the income of the farm is not bad. I plan to buy two more pieces of land and buy a group of slaves. Although they work slowly and stupidly, they are cheap Thanks to the defeat of the Brook Empire, we have an inexhaustible supply of Neilbrook slaves. The Neilbrooke people are like mice, so just let them work."

This is where the nobles are inferior to the church. If they want a piece of land, they still have to buy it honestly.If the people of the church want it, they only need to make up a crime for the original owner at will, and they can take all his property as their own.

"Two Neilbrooks are worth a stone orchid copper coin, and those with better quality are only a silver coin, but they can bring half a silver coin in profit after working on the farm for a day!" Viscount Kurov said : "So, as long as they can survive a day, they won't be considered a loss."

The price of slaves was so cheap that people were tempted. Viscount Kurov shared some of his thoughts. In short, the more slaves the better.His guest echoed, obviously he was in the same way as him, and then the two began to complain about the exploitation of the church and the difficulty of managing the family, as well as those difficult blood relationships, and then they admired the maids for a while. After dancing, they each rested.

At night, Aldridge lived in a new room, and he even had a bed.

Around midnight, Brick climbed to his window and knocked on the glass.

"Are you asleep?" Brick asked softly.

Aldrich opened the window, and Brick scratched his head and jumped out of the window.Aldrich noticed that he was still holding the bone flute in his hand.

"Do you like to listen to the flute?" Brick said eagerly.

Aldrich sat down, pointed to the flute in his hand, and asked, "Do you know what this flute is made of?"

Brick froze for a moment, then recalled, "It's the leg bone of a female slave. Her calf is very beautiful, so the master made a flute out of her leg bone."

Aldrich looked at him, and there was no sympathy or indignation in Brick's tone, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"After that, is the slave girl still alive?"

Brick sat beside him and said briskly, "She died. After cutting off her calf, she kept crying. The master thought she was annoying, so he cut off her head."

Aldrich closed his eyes and propped his forehead. The little boy next to him made him feel terrified.

"Aren't you sad for her?" Aldrich said weakly, "At least you should be afraid..."

"It's obviously her fault!" Brick said, "As long as you please the master well, you won't die. Just like me, the master likes me the most!"

After Brick finished speaking, looking at Aldrich's expression, he said with some trepidation: "Are you upset... Shall I play the flute for you?"

Aldrich shook his head.

Brick was even more terrified. He inexplicably liked this person very much, and liked the way he said thank you under the night sky last night. He didn't want to make this person angry.

"Then let me tell you a piece of news, okay? I heard about it when the master was chatting." Brick said: "Yesterday, the Church of Light held a trial. The two former heretics will be executed in three days. The place is right on the square, wish I could go see it.”