A strange world

Chapter 1299 Chapter 221. Annan’s Punishment

Hart looked at him, a face he had never seen before.

"Who are you?"

"You can call us, free folk." Little Small said.

"We are committed to resisting tyranny and returning freedom and stability to the people."

"Are you a mob?"

Hart couldn't accept that they were defeated by the mob, and stared at Captain Renne: "Whatever they gave you, Philon Trading Company will pay three times."

It seems that he is a close confidant of Feilun Trading Company.

"They give you a price you can't afford."

"impossible."

The holy light on Captain Ren's body faded: "Give us justice and the opportunity to punish the villains!"

Hart was speechless and could only curse the damn Paladin in his heart.

"When did the Paladins become complicit with those who disrupted order?"

The mage sarcastically said, and then was blocked by Volod.

"Put away your sophistry. Do you really believe what he said about hiring? Believe it or not, they didn't even confiscate the deposit."

"Whose side are you on?" If he hadn't known him for a short time, he would have suspected that Warlord was a spy who came in.

"The side that lives."

Warrod was so magnanimous that he was unlike a master, and Hart looked at him with a look of shame.

"I advise you not to play tricks." Vice Captain Skeeter warned: "We don't want to engage in an unnecessary battle. As long as you do nothing, no one will be injured or killed."

The mage curled his lips, and Hart, who was stared at by several pairs of eyes, also acquiesced with a cold face.

After all, he couldn't fight a paladin, a great swordsman, an archmage and two master rangers single-handedly.

The surrender of the three masters meant that the open coal mountain officially fell into their hands in less than two hours.

"it's over?"

So much so that when the news came back to the Black Reef Tavern, Wilson still couldn't believe it.

He thought that the riot would start at dawn when people were most sleepy. At this time... they should have just arrived.

"Things have changed, and Coal Mountain is weaker than expected."

The Oscuras mercenary group was of great help. Without them, it would be useless no matter how many hard workers Little Small mobilized.

"The world is like that, who has the biggest fist. Before, it was the nobles who had the biggest fist, so you had to play by their rules. Now it's us."

"Do you need me to come over?"

"Of course, always let these guys know what they're fighting for."

"vomit--"

Wilson, who was teleported for the first time, turned around and vomited all over the floor as soon as he landed.

"I'm telling you a joke..."

"It's nothing. My reaction to the first teleportation was almost the same as yours."

When he picked up Wilson, Captain Ren on the other side locked the three masters into the shack.

"At least I'm the one who surrendered voluntarily, so there's no need for this..." Warlord bargained.

"Are you willing to betray Feilun Trading Company?"

"Impossible, betraying my employer, how can I stay in the Broken Mountains!"

"Then stay here." Captain Lei did not miss the old friendship.

The mage set up a warning trap outside the shack - the same spell that Hart had discovered before.

When the trap is triggered, it emits a high-pitched beep. When the trap is disarmed, the caster will know it immediately.

This is why mages are all masters.

After imprisoning the master, he captured the sentry guards outside and replaced them with his own men. The first part of the plan was successfully completed.

Next comes part two:

There were thousands of hard workers in the open coal mountains. It was enough to start a small-scale riot, but it was far from enough to overthrow the rule of the Raymond family.

Therefore, they want to absorb people who cannot survive and homeless people, centering on the open coal mountains, to expand their numbers.

But before that, the hard workers must be fed.

They looted the warehouses, distributed cotton-padded clothes to the hard workers, and then lit up dozens of bonfires in the square, which was as warm as spring.

Meishan lacks everything except coal mines.

The large pot on the campfire was cooking meat and porridge.

The peons stood in a chaotic queue carrying brand new bowls.

The freedmen wanted to maintain order, so Little Small and Wilson simply served them food themselves.

He took the wooden bowl, filled it with broth and meat, and handed it hesitantly to a young laborer who came to line up for the third time.

Little Small wanted to say don't eat too much, but he hesitated and changed it to don't eat too much.

The peons have not had a full meal for a long time. They were slender, with dry hair, and had obviously been hungry for too long.

Young Ku took the bowl and ran to the corner to devour it, as if he wanted to finish his life's meal in one sitting.

His companions couldn't help but persuade him to eat less, and the young hard worker didn't even raise his head: "Can you imagine that we will still have enough to eat after we come in? Eat quickly, and then we will work hard for them."

After eating half a bowl, the young miner suddenly screamed bloodlessly and fell to the ground rolling.

Some people still burst their stomachs.

Fortunately, the Oscuras mercenary group arrived in time.

The mage didn't expect that his first spell tonight would be a healing spell.

In any case, the miners were full of food and drink, energetic and able to listen to what was said.

Wilson gave them a choice between joining the freemen and fighting for the freedom of the people of the Broken Mountains, or remaining a miner.

This is Little Small's request.

"You can't expect a life-saving and a meal to make them risk their lives. Rather than forcing them to die like the nobles, it's better to let them provide resources in the rear."

Wilson adopted the suggestion, and about one-third of the eight thousand hard laborers chose to join the free people.

Wilson immediately said that he would no longer pursue their past mistakes. As for the rest...

"Notify Lord Annan." Little Smoo said.

Let the workers stand together and keep quiet. Wilson said: "Do you want to know why we have the ability to rescue you? Because of one person."

"He is the youngest and most outstanding lord in history. The princess of the empire is his subordinate. The most beautiful elves are his friends. Everyone in his territory has clothes to wear, everyone has food to eat, and everyone has a house to live in..."

The open space was silent, with only Wilson's shouts echoing.

"Without him, we are just a group of cowards huddled in the tavern!"

The portal opened in time, allowing everyone to see the unbelievably beautiful boy.

"Hiss... It's so cold. I'll make it short."

The wind and snow that came in made Annan's breath choke.

"You have done many unacceptable wrong things in order to survive...even if the root of the mistakes is not you."

"But crime is unacceptable, you need to recognize your mistakes. So I will give you some punishment."

Amid the workers' anxiety, Annan said:

"First. As a punishment, you can only eat two meals a day. And you have to work a full twelve hours, without overtime pay."

"Second, you can only rest one day a week, can only leave Coal Hill once a month, and can only get a salary increase once a year."

"Third, your children can be taken to a safe place like the free people, but each of them has to work and serve as the logistics of the free people."

"This is the punishment you deserve."

The workers knelt in the snow one after another to thank Annan for his kindness.

"Stand up, don't kneel!"