Chapter 18, Trivia in Crete (continued)
The light was dim, the walls were damp, mosquitoes were infested, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of rancid mold.
In the deep dark room, dozens of half-naked women with half-clothed bodies and numb expressions were strewn about. They were all barefoot, with rough hemp ropes connecting their delicate ankles together, and a layer of scarlet blood.
Outside the open door, there were constant bursts of heartbreaking screams, which seemed to come from their compatriots, but these poor women who had been completely desperate for a long time did not even have the courage to raise their heads and take a look. .
Outside the dark cell, in a spacious courtyard paved with white sand, a brown-haired woman covered in flesh was held in the middle with her arms twisted by two muscular men. Her whole body was covered except for the ropes that bound her hands and feet. There is no longer any covering. Let the onlookers gaze with greedy eyes at this body that gleams in the sun, while the slave merchant with a wretched face comments on this "commodity" and describes her various benefits.
Beside her, there were four naked women who were just as naked as her. These young girls seemed to have long been accustomed to this level of public nudity. No one cried or trembled, they just clung to each other, trying to maintain the remaining shyness with their companions' bodies.
However, the humiliation that these female slaves were going to receive in the sale place obviously didn't stop there - a few picky buyers came up to them and playfully kneaded their plump breasts and slender waists, or pulled them apart. His mouth looked at his teeth, and he let out a few obscene laughs from time to time.
One of the youngest black-haired girls seemed to be hurt by the pinching of her breasts. She couldn't help but trembled and shouted "no", but the buyer turned a deaf ear and continued to push his hand further towards her lower body. The black-haired girl, who could no longer bear this kind of insult, screamed and threw away the opponent's hand, but in the next moment, her long hair was grabbed by the ruthless strong man guard behind her, forcing her to It hurt so much that I almost cried. Then he was scolded and slapped by the slave merchant... It was also one of the characteristics of the slave trade to let customers "inspect the goods" on the spot like this.
When Ma Tong and others came over, even from a distance, they could still see that the lower lips of several of the women had been bitten with blood. They were desperately holding back tears rolling in their eyes, and their bodies were shaking like chaff. Several customers were still appraising their bodies like appreciating playthings.
"...This skin is so white, as if it has never been exposed to the sun. This is such a good slave girl..."
"...This slave girl is really too thin, especially her butt is not big enough. I'm afraid she is not suitable for giving birth..."
"...Her eyes are so fierce, she looks untamed at first glance. Where did you get this batch of goods from?"
Obviously, the buyers are still planning to continue bargaining. But at the same time, the merchant in charge of selling slaves had already seen Ma Tong and his group who were shouting and swarming. He hurriedly ordered people to start clearing the place, kicked out the idle customers, and at the same time ordered the thugs to pull out all the female slaves for display.
"...Everyone! Everyone! A distinguished guest from the palace is coming. If you haven't made up your mind to buy it yet, please retreat!"
Several onlookers who originally wanted to bargain, saw this and had no choice but to retreat angrily. The leading slave merchant came forward with a smile and said, "... Distinguished adults, the female slaves you want are all here. They are all of an age suitable for having children, and their appearance is at least as good as Medium to top quality, hard-working and healthy... If you have any special requirements, we can also purchase and stock up for you..."
Seeing the naked women with dull eyes and numb expressions all over the yard, the three Japanese policemen who still had their moral integrity didn't know what to say.
On the other hand, Ma Tong, a lily girl with no integrity, seemed to be quite calm.
"...This is the female slave you prepared? Why does it look so small! What I need is something that can be immediately distributed to the soldiers as wives!"
Ma Tong walked up to a girl with brown hair and observed her carefully. She looks very petite and slender, but she is still full of charm. She raised her hand and touched down the girl's shoulders until she touched the girl's buttocks, feeling the delicate and soft skin. Then he weighed the girls' breasts separately, and was surprised at how this young girl's breasts could be so heavy.
"... She is not young anymore, distinguished lady, even though she is a little thinner, she is actually thirteen years old this year, and she is already old enough to get married and have children. According to her own words, she was born as early as two years ago I have rolled around in the grass with men several times.”
The slave trader hurriedly explained, "...Moreover, she, her sister and her mother are all Babylonian goddesses who specialize in serving people. Not only are their breasts big enough, but their bed skills are also very good. They are guaranteed to get them." The man is so happy..."
He pointed at the two women next to him, one large and one small. This pair of **** brown-haired mother and daughter with similar looks were not tied up by ropes, and they were naturally posing to the men around them, without any fear at all. , showing off coquettishly seems to have become their innate instinct.
——Speaking of which, being infatuated by a man at the age of eleven... Although it seemed like nothing in ancient times, in modern times it's like messing with a primary school boy, okay? Could it be that I should also praise that elementary school students are so awesome? ! !
However, at this time, Senior Ma Tong was paying more attention to another message about this "goods".
"...Babylonian goddesses? Can you get such high-end goods? How can the Babylonian temple be willing to sell them?"
After listening to the slave merchant's introduction, Ma Tong couldn't help but be slightly surprised. She had also taken the time to study a lot of historical materials on Mesopotamian civilization, and knew that the goddesses carefully trained in various temples in Babylon were from this era. The highest-end "sex service providers" claim to be able to allow pilgrims to communicate with gods while having sex with them. They are also important assets and cash cows of those temples... so they are generally not sold easily.
"...Such high-quality goods as the Babylonian Goddess are of course not available in ordinary times. But in the past two years, thanks to the blessing of Her Highness the Daughter of the Nile, first it triggered a continuous fierce war between the Hittites and Egypt, then they flooded Assyria, and then He also set fire to the Tower of Babel in Babylon, causing chaos on the land in all directions and mourning everywhere. The people who lost their homes could not survive, so they had to sell their sons and daughters, so we received a lot of good goods at very cheap prices. Even the Babylonian priests who served the gods began to raise funds to rebuild the Tower of Babel as soon as possible. The goddesses in their temples are being sold in large quantities..."
The wretched-looking slave trader rubbed his hands with a smile and gave an almost shocking answer.
——Miss Carol, please stop pretending to be so innocent! In fact, you are already a sinful woman!
Ma Tong complained in her heart, and at the same time she lowered her head and looked at the smooth-skinned, naked thirteen-year-old girl in front of her - if her whole family is a Babylonian goddess, it means that this girl has been her slave since she was born. Life...has now been completely tamed.
However, this also shows that the three of them, mother and daughter, are very adaptable to being raised by men and living a life of selling meat, and they should be more obedient.
She sighed and looked at the other female slaves. She found that most of them had numb and sluggish expressions on their faces. Their skin was tanned and they had not worn clothes for who knows how long. However, their figures and skin It's actually pretty well maintained. But some of the naked women had very fierce expressions, their eyes were full of hatred, there were blood stains on the corners of their mouths, and their bodies were covered with whip marks, as if they had just been severely tortured.
And from behind the low wall not far away, there seemed to be shrill howls and the cracking of whips constantly coming from behind.
"...Most of the goods look pretty good, but what's going on with these female slaves? They don't seem to be obedient!"
Ma Tong pointed at one of the naked slave girls with the fiercest eyes and the most whip marks on her body, and asked in confusion.
"...Ah, these female slaves are all new here. They haven't had time to train yet. If you bump into a distinguished guest, please forgive me."
The slave trader explained with a smile on his face, "...Last month, when General Jutta led our fleet to go to sea to meet the Daughter of the Nile, he robbed several fishing villages and ports along the way and captured these women. He only captured these women three days ago. They have just been transported back to the city of Knossos, so the wildness in their bodies has not been polished off, and they are not very obedient... But please rest assured, distinguished guests, as long as we give us another ten days, we will ensure that all these women will be docile..."
——Well, in this era without international conventions, the so-called navy is actually pirates, and patrolling is robbery. The royal fleet of Crete naturally grabs wherever it goes. It will only restrain itself when faced with a powerful opponent that cannot be grabbed. Therefore, it was understandable at the time that General Jutta took the opportunity to welcome the daughter of the Nile and robbed houses and captured slaves to make extra money along the way.
In fact, not only the fleet of the Kingdom of Minos used slave hunting as a part-time job, but the Egyptian army was also brutally killing people and setting fires everywhere.
For example, a relief that you have seen before in the palace of Thebes in ancient Egypt vividly depicts the scene of the Egyptian army attacking a certain city - shirtless Egyptian warriors climbing up a city using ladders The entire city's residents fought desperately against the Egyptians. Even the women were fighting against the Egyptians. Because they all knew what a terrible experience awaited them after the city fell.
——Under this relief, there is recorded such a "beautiful and moving" ballad:
After destroying the desert people's country, the army returned peacefully.
After ravaging the Desert People's country, the army returned peacefully.
After overturning their fortified city, the army returned in peace.
After cutting down their fig trees and vines, the army returned peacefully.
Having thrown all their inhabitants into the fire, the army returned in peace.
——In short, after this Egyptian army did its best to burn, kill, loot, and release all its adrenaline, it came back so peacefully, seemingly as innocent as a child.
Presumably after reading this poem, everyone will understand why even women would fight bravely in front of the Egyptian army.
But to be fair, compared with other countries of the same era, the Egyptians were not brutal at all. Because in the cruel and barbaric ancient society, murder and arson were the norm. The armies of various countries are fighting against each other, and some places even retain the custom of cannibalism... Therefore, massacres like the Egyptians can be called civilization in this era. And if the prisoners of war were brought back as slaves and sold, that would already be an extremely benevolent government!
But no matter what, behind the "spring beauty" of flesh and blood right now, there is actually an endless scene of misery. The female slaves first suffered disasters from the sky, their families were destroyed, and then they were repeatedly humiliated and abused by the murderers... The hatred accumulated in their hearts has naturally reached an unbearable level.
Of course, as a time traveler, Ma Tong did not care about the miserable experiences of these female slaves, but only worried about whether they would be obedient.
"...Ten days? How can you make them tame in such a short time?" she asked the slave merchant suspiciously.
"...This is actually very easy! We are the most experienced in this area. As long as they understand that as women, death is not necessarily the most terrible ending. There are many ways to make life worse than death. For example, Cut off their limbs, gouge out their teeth and eyes, use them as living toys, throw them into the most filthy and despicable places such as pig pens, stables and toilets, and play with them until they last breath..."< br>
The slave trader smiled and said extremely cruel words, "...the strongest women among them will seek death on their own. The remaining women who can be tamed will put away their tears, wipe their bodies, and try their best to please and Serve your new master... This way you will at least have the chance to become the concubine of a rich and noble person, or be rewarded to a commoner who has done meritorious service, and return to the role of mother and wife..."
In this regard, after being silent for a long time, Ma Tong let out a long sigh, then turned around and made a gesture. A dozen guards from the Minos Palace immediately carried out five large boxes of printed silk and moved them huffing and puffing. Opened in front of the slave merchant, the fat man's eyes were immediately dazzled!
——In this era, due to the backwardness of textile technology, cloth was very expensive in Western countries. The scarcity and instability of various natural dyes made dyeing cloth even rarer, almost becoming a patent for the nobility. The Phoenicians on the east coast of the Mediterranean escaped poverty and became rich in one fell swoop because they accidentally discovered a shell with natural crimson dye inside the shell and used it to dye cloth and sell it. However, compared with the colorful "silks" displayed by the "men of gods" at this time, the crimson cloth that the Phoenicians were proud of paled in comparison.
Look, the texture of these "silks" is so soft and smooth, just like the most delicate skin of a girl, no matter how good the linen is, it cannot be compared with it. The color is even more amazingly bright and gorgeous. Just the appearance gives people a sense of luxury. Moreover, the shiny silk surface is also printed with countless various extremely exquisite patterns, from flowers, plants, birds and animals to There are all kinds of marine life... The paintings of each pattern are so gorgeous and lifelike, full of novel and exotic customs, as well as a strange and elegant noble atmosphere. This well-informed fat businessman can swear to the gods that if anyone can transport this batch of dizzyingly gorgeous printed silks to the markets of capitals, every noble lady will definitely be impressed. Scream with excitement, and make those dandies who are keen on comparison take out the last piece of gold and silver in their pockets!
"...Regardless of rank, appearance and age, each female slave who passes the review will be exchanged for three rolls of silk. Here, one hundred rolls of silk will be paid as a deposit first, and the remaining silk will be delivered after all the female slaves are tamed. Are you satisfied with this deal? ?" Ma Tong crossed his arms and said to the slave merchant.
"...Satisfied! Very satisfied! It's a nice rare item. Thank you so much for your generosity!"
The slave merchant casually draped a piece of silk with a red peony pattern over his shoulders, rolled it up after making some gestures and put it back in the box. In this barbaric era when human life was low, the price of slaves was extremely low. During the war, the average price per person was A slave could only exchange one piece of cloth, and five slaves could exchange one horse. Although the female slaves sold this time are considered top-quality goods, the price is not comparable to those ordinary slaves who are stupid and ugly. But being able to exchange for such luxurious and gorgeous textiles was already worth the money in his opinion.
"...In this case, our deal is concluded. Later, you will send the domesticated female slave to the palace." Ma Tong snapped his fingers, "...Of course, don't play any tricks on me. For example, if you switch the package halfway, otherwise, you should know what will happen..."
"...Hahaha, how is this possible? I won't take advantage of my reputation. You are welcome to continue to patronize my business next time..."
The plump slave trader had smile lines all over his face, and he kept rubbing his hands. And his buddies joined in with their obsequious laughter.
But some of the naked "goods" standing in the courtyard somehow started sobbing miserably and desperately amidst the laughter, and were soon forced to silence under the suppression of the thugs - since it was " "Goods", then there is no right to cry, because in this place, some people get everything they want, while some people are bound to lose everything they have. These crying naked women are the most honest epitome of this cruel era.
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On the way back to the palace, the three Japanese policemen were silent. In the end, Ma Tong was the first to stir up the topic.
"...I just went to the slave market and saw what happened to those women. What do you think?"
"...I feel that these women are really pitiful! Sitting peacefully at home, they will be snatched away and made into slaves."
Asami Nakaoka shrank slightly and whispered, "...Moreover, I didn't expect that a real female slave would look like this..."
——In the Japanese police academy, she also learned about the tragic experiences of Filipino illegal immigrants who were deceived by smugglers and brought to Japan. They lost their personal freedom, were forced to work illegally or as prostitutes, and were squeezed out of their blood and sweat. At that time, these people were simply in Live the life of a slave. But now that I have really seen the real female slaves in BC, I realize that the tragedy of illegal immigrants in later generations is nothing - female slaves in this era are basically not allowed to wear clothes, and their naked bodies are With only a rope tied around their waists, they are like dogs or horses, kneeling next to their masters doing the most humble things all day long, without any dignity or status at all, and their own spirit of resistance has long been wiped out, just like The Walking Dead.
If I have to make an analogy, the feeling to modern people is basically the same as the house elf in "Harry Potter" - when the master rewards a slave girl with clothes, it often means that she will be exempted from slavery. , promoted to concubine or something like that.
"...There is no way, this is the cruel truth of slave society, everything is respected by force, morality, law and human rights are a joke. If you can't be vigilant at all times and break away from the protection of the team, then the end will be like the zombie apocalypse It doesn’t make any difference if the Litto team gets separated.”
Ma Tong coldly and calmly warned the two female policemen, "...just like the female slaves we bought, any woman without the ability to protect herself has no status at all in this era. Whoever gets caught is the slave. Don't expect you to have the same luck as the Daughter of the Nile! You will be caught by some man on the same night. Several men will do whatever they want on the bed, and then take away all your clothes the next day, only tie a belt around your waist to declare your status as a slave girl, and then use a whip to force you to do all the dirty and tiring work. Of course, after you finish working during the day, you will continue to be 'fucked' on his bed at night until he gets tired of you..."
"...But even in this slave society in BC, not everyone would be so cruel!"
Asami Nakaoka, the little policewoman, continued reluctantly, "...just like the Sheji family that Carol met on the banks of the Nile when she first came to ancient Egypt. They were very friendly to her and had no intention of treating her at all. It means treating Carol like prey.”
"...Yes, if you are very lucky, it is possible. After all, there are good people in any world."
Senior Sister Ma Tong nodded, "...but Carol is the protagonist of this world's plot, so she has such luck, but you don't have the blessing of the protagonist's aura. Therefore, after arriving at the colony, please be sure to do your best. To speculate on your neighbors with malicious intent, keep your sword in hand while smiling. Otherwise, by the time you are stripped naked and taken to this market for bidding, it will be too late..."
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——In an instant, the two policewomen couldn't help but tremble slightly, deeply feeling the malice of this era and the cruelty of this world...
Next, watching the sun set in the west, Wang Qiu, who had been doing business in the palace square for most of the day, also put away his stall and returned to the palace together, preparing to see Doraemon and Kailuo who were left behind. Hey, how are you playing with that little king of the cocoon clan?
As a result, as soon as classmate Wang Qiu entered the dormitory, he was stunned to see a majestic lion roaring towards him. He was so frightened that his legs weakened and he fell to the ground. When he finally climbed up holding on to the door frame and took a look, he found that the dimly lit semi-underground bedroom of King Minos had turned into a beautiful and vast African savannah, with groups of lions, antelopes and long Giraffes appear among the grass, and the white snow on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro can be seen in the distance... "...I'm sorry! Doraemon, it turns out you are using the [Indoor Travel Machine] to see the scenery!"