Although Zhang Cheng did not have much contact with Doctor Kunwu's army, this team was definitely not a subordinate of Doctor Kunwu. Because this team of people looked very shabby.

Although the subordinates of the Kunwu Doctor, such as the chariot troops, although there are differences in equipment, some of the war horses are not armed, the overall military equipment is very complete, with four horses and one chariot. The caster does not have armor, but the warrior profession is very complete. His infantry, that is, "soldiers", are all armed with armor, and they are armed with long soldiers and short soldiers. In addition to long spears and short swords, the soldiers on the chariot also have bows or crossbows hanging on the frame, which can be called armed to the teeth.

However, this army and chariots are all armorless horses, and most of the infantry are not armed. In terms of weapons, those with bows and arrows do not have short soldiers, and the soldiers on the chariots only have a long spear and no short sword.

In addition, Doctor Kunwu's troops, especially the troops stationed in the camp, obviously pays great attention to discipline. They are usually neatly arranged and have special training (Xin did this before). Although this army cannot be said to be that soldiers cannot fight, they always have a loose atmosphere.

To talk about the difference between the two, we can probably describe it as a sentence "regular army and militia".

However, this team is obviously not an enemy, but not an ally. In a far-reaching position, with Doctor Kunwu's subordinates on the side, all the soldiers are in a neat line, obviously just in case.

"Is this?" Zhang Cheng couldn't help but ask Mr. Huang next to him.

"It should be from Chu." Huang Gong replied softly.

Because when he returned to Earth, he took a little time to make up for the relevant ancient history. So Zhang Cheng already knew that in this era, although Chu was still a minister of the Zhou Dynasty, the relationship between the two sides was actually bad. Previously, a Zhou emperor led an army to attack Chu State, but he was caught in the plan of the Chu people and sat on a boat glued to cross the river and drowned himself. It is estimated that the same situation has happened in this world.

This is why there was no movement in the Chu State during this turmoil in the Quanrong period. It is estimated that the Chu State was secretly holding on to a strong momentum and wanted to take advantage of the decline of the Zhou Dynasty to develop and expand. In the history of the earth, the Chu State did do this.

"Chu people?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled. He already knew that Doctor Kunwu was the emperor's direct vassal... Could it be that he secretly colluded with the Chu people?

"Shangjia." Huang Gong replied.

Then, a man in a robe came up and talked to Dr. Kunwu. However, Zhang Cheng didn't hear what they were saying, because his attention was already attracted by something else.

A team of Quanrong came over.

That's right, it's the Quanrong, or the gnoll. It's human-shaped as a whole, but it has a canine-like creature, specifically the head of a hyena, with thick and hard hair all over the body, and the feet rewind. Zhang Cheng killed an injured gnoll during his previous teaching, and later killed a gnoll's messenger. In addition, he also saw enough gnoll's corpses, so he was completely sure that he would not admit his mistake.

This is... If Zhang Cheng was alone, he would probably have shouted to prepare for the fight. But Dr. Kunwu was present and there were so many soldiers around him. He finally remained calm and did not make any impulsive behavior.

When Quanrong was approaching, he noticed that all Quanrong was wearing shackles. Or to put it specifically, it was officially called "Shacks", a wooden shackle unique to ancient China. The Quanrongs' hands were locked by shackles, and long ropes were held on their necks. These ropes and shackles deprived the Quanrongs of their freedom. These beast-like human creatures are no longer as fierce and cruel as Zhang Cheng is familiar with, and there are only fear and cringe.

These Quanrongs are not complete. They can see some scars left by weapons on them, and bloodstains solidified on their fur, looking ugly and pitiful.

Without asking too much, Zhang Cheng subconsciously understood that these Quanrong were all prisoners. By the way, it was normal for Doctor Kunwu to lead his army to attack and win continuously, and to capture a large number of prisoners.

An outside armed soldier walked up to a short Quanrong, grabbed the other person's ear with his hands, forcing the Quanrong prisoners to raise their heads. He looked carefully, and then shouted at his companions. That posture immediately reminded people of the way they looked when people selected cats, dogs and pets in the flower, birds, insects and fish market. Zhang Cheng quickly figured out: this is the slave trade.

No matter what, Zhang Cheng said, he had received orthodox education in China. So even if he was not particularly familiar with it, he at least understood the word "slavery".

History textbooks clearly show that slavery was a social system under ancient productivity, and prisoners of war were an important source, even the primary source of ancient slaves. And what he saw before him was an ancient slave trade. As the winner of the war, Doctor Kunwu was selling a large number of prisoners he had captured.

Slavery…an ancient, dark, inhumane system.

Although I clearly understand that these werewolves are aliens and that the two sides are in a hostile position, even so, Zhang Cheng still has a natural disgust of slavery. This can only be said to be the last remnant of living in a civilized society.

However, reason also told him that Zhang Cheng could also imagine that although these werewolves were sold as slaves after they became prisoners, it would be too miserable if they were prisoners of humans who turned into prisoners of werewolves. It would be too miserable. If you don’t need to ask, you can understand that this is even unwilling to imagine that kind of scene. Although slavery is very dark, it is actually very kind. Look at the Jingguan in the refugee camp, you will understand what the outcome would be without slavery. Moreover, this is an alien race, and it is an ugly monster in terms of the aesthetics of humans on earth. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Zhang Cheng did not like it in his heart in the end, but at least it could be hidden in his heart.

This transaction took a long time. The captured Quanrong was examined, inspected, and then bargained. According to Huang Gong, Quanrong did not know how to cultivate, but was still a good match for slaves in the mines. In addition, compared with humans, Quanrong could adapt to some harsh environments. Of course, because their sense of smell was particularly sensitive, a very small number of the most docile people should be qualified to be kept in the noble family.

It should be noted that, such as Doctor Kunwu, or the leader of the Ruchu caravan, people with such status do not participate in the specific bargaining, but just stand on the side and watch. The person in charge of the bargaining was a subordinate of Doctor Kunwu and a person in charge of related affairs among the Chu people. The two sides quarreled and made various threatening gestures, and their faces turned red. Doctor Kunwu and the leader of the caravan said some greetings and chatting words to each other very politely. Huang Gong and Zhang Cheng were not even qualified to speak, but just stood by and listened.

At the beginning, Quanrong was a young man who looked relatively strong (Zhang Cheng could only estimate it, after all, he was an alien, and he was not sure about judging the age of the werewolves). Next, some old, weak, sick and disabled were also. The bargaining of these prisoners was even more powerful. However, Zhang Cheng was a little surprised that some of the werewolves who were obviously seriously injured and even disabled were sold.

"The Chu people bought these..." Zhang Cheng found a loophole and asked Mr. Huang quietly around him. "What are you doing?" These prisoners were half dead and obviously no longer worthy of being enslaved.

"Ah, sacrifice." Huang Gong replied.

Sacrifice... and vaguely feel that I noticed another hidden side of the world.

But he didn't have time to think more because the next team of prisoners was brought up. This time, not all of them were gnolls. Some of them were obviously humans!

What's going on? He couldn't help looking at Mr. Huang. But before he said that, Mr. Huang had already answered.

"Young Master Zhang Cheng doesn't have to mind," said Huang Gong. "There are also some traitors from the Zhou people in the Quanrong. And there are also some criminals here, and Doctor Kunwu just dealt with them all at once."

It seems reasonable to say this. But I have to admit that watching a group of werewolves being sold as slaves is one thing, and watching a group of humans being sold as slaves is another. Some indescribable instinct impulse made Zhang Cheng unable to help looking around the crowd, but unexpectedly saw a person he knew. It was Jia.

He was no longer the soldier who was so energetic that he was chatting with Zhang Cheng while holding the reins, but was a slave who was wearing shackles on his hands and holding ropes on his neck, preparing to be sold. Not only that, there was a woman in a close position around him. Although she was crying, she was still close to Jia, and she was holding a child in her arms.

Although Jia's face was dirty, it was still obvious that his face was nowhere to be looked, and he was filled with despair.

"Wait, Mr. Huang, this is..."

"The master fleeing on the battlefield is almost a big mistake." Huang Gong replied lightly. "The family of three has been demoted to slaves and sold. Fortunately, the sacrifice to the great god Zhurong has just been held recently for victory, otherwise... hum..." He had no good feelings for this Jia. In fact, he was already highly vigilant of these Chinese savages and tried not to let them do those important things. Unfortunately, the facts proved that even small things were small things, these Chinese people could not do well. The only person worthy of trust was the scholars. When he thought that he almost let him down the trust and entrustment of Doctor Kunwu, he couldn't help glaring at Jia fiercely. Of course, the latter could not notice it at all.

However, Zhang Cheng didn't think so. He knew that Jia was completely affected by himself. If he had communicated with the other party carefully before entering the dungeon, this would have happened. Unfortunately, he didn't think so much at that time, and he never expected that his every move would have a significant impact on the indigenous people in this world.

Although the two officials in charge of price negotiations were all red in the bargaining, the transaction was actually progressing very quickly. A closer look revealed that they did not bargain for each slave, basically one price per group. Among the few slaves, there were about ten, and the most were dozens at a time. So, the order of auctions was already at the front of Jia, which was the one in several human slaves.

These prisoners were all young and middle-aged. One of them was wearing tattered leather armor. You could tell at a glance that he was a warrior. This should be the guy who was in the same vein as the Quanrong. It was probably the subordinates of Shen Hou. They were defeated and captured by Doctor Kunwu during the battle.

The prices of these humans are obviously different from those of the previous gnolls. The two officials were fiercely confronting each other, using words as weapons to confront each other, each trying to fight as much as possible for their monarch.

"Well, doctor..." Zhang Cheng couldn't help but step forward and shouted.

Doctor Kunwu turned his head and his red hair was dancing like flames. An inexplicable pressure made Zhang Cheng's throat suddenly dry, and what he wanted to say was blocked in his throat and he couldn't say it.

Doctor Kunwu looked at Zhang Cheng. "Do you want to plead for Jia?" he asked. Without waiting for Zhang Cheng to answer, he continued. "I want to sell him because of the kindness of betrayal of the master. There will be a second time when you have the first time. No matter what kind of kindness you have in your heart, he may not accept it. Do you think this forgiveness will make him grateful to you? Most of the time may be because he holds a grudge against you and thinks that the bad luck he has suffered is caused by you! Don't say anything about gratitude, I'm afraid that he will take revenge hard in the future if he has the chance!" He paused for a moment, and his expression slowly became a little softer. "I understand this, do you still want it?"

Zhang Cheng nodded. Although he didn't like betrayal or something, Jia was really innocent in this matter. Even if he had a grudge in the future, he could at least understand it.

"Well." Doctor Kunwu suddenly said softly. He called out to the distance, and the official who had just bargained with the other party immediately ran over happily. Needless to say, what happened next - Doctor Kunwu gave a few instructions. Jia and his family left the ranks of sale and were taken away.

It must be said that these "ancient men" were still doing business very quickly. It took about half an hour before and the transaction was basically over. The prisoners were handed over to the Chu caravan and were taken away from the camp by teams. In the Chu caravan, most of the chariots and infantry were in front, and a small number of infantry were scattered around to supervise the slave queues, while a few chariot troops followed behind the slave queues. But for some reason, they had to leave when it was too late, and they could only guess that there was a camp very close to the refugee camp, which was just driving the slaves over.

While some people in the caravan had left and some had not left, a werewolf suddenly broke free from the shackles and ropes and ran to the wilderness for some reason. But his escape journey was destined to be short: a chariot caught up from behind and knocked him to the ground. Several warriors in the car then jumped out of the car and surrounded the werewolf. Then, in about ten minutes, the chariot came back. The Chu warriors in the car raised a long pole, and a pair of werewolf fur hung from the pole.

Although it is very clear that this is an act of intimidating the prisoners. However, this kind of barbaric behavior that is simply eating raw meat and drinking blood still makes Zhang Cheng unable to help but take a breath of air conditioning.

This kind of wild and cruel world... there is really no regret medicine to take!
Chapter completed!