Chapter 297 Gosel went to the meeting alone
What a simple thing.
Looking at the departure of Gosel and Adelinde, Isabella curled her lips. Gosel was really confused about the authorities, or was confused about the concern and could not clarify himself. thoughts. "It is enough to deal with human traffickers and slave hunting teams, find them, and then catch them and kill them while ensuring the safety of the hostages..."
Because of my personal experience Because Isabella's attitude towards human traffickers and slave hunters is very clear and decisive.
However, there is no force or time in Tyr City that can investigate the case secretly, and once you go to find clues with great fanfare, you will be alarmed.
Gosel did not worry about this, but Isabella realized the hidden dangers because of her own personal experience. If Gerris had not appeared at that time, would he really survive safely?
Thinking of this, Isabella shook her head.
As for that Denise, why Gossell was concerned and confused, it was even more obvious.
In Isabella's observation, how could it be possible if these two people were not together?
It was precisely because Isabella realized the unusual relationship between the two that Gossell made him speak to the public, saying that Denise was his sister-in-law.
As for whether there is any misunderstanding in this, is it related to her Isabella?
Anyway, it was the first time Isabella saw Adelinder today, and it was the first time I heard of Denise.
In order to save a group of innocent children, let you Gossell go for a role-playing role, can you have something else?
In a city with a permanent population of 30,000, what kind of trouble will it cause if someone disappears?
If it was in the 21st century later, if a child disappeared in a small county with 30,000 people, it would be possible to make a fuss that everyone knew.
But in the Middle Ages, 30,000 people were already a big city. Nowadays, the Kingdom of Jerusalem had a population of 30,000, and it was only a matter of one's own goal. This was the war that caused the countryside. The result of population concentration in cities.
In such an era, such a distinct class, and an era of less than 40 years of life expectancy.
Some people are missing in the lower class. Apart from his relatives, friends and neighbors, how many people can pay attention to it?
At least there are a group of policemen in Tyre. If they receive a report, they will go and look for them. At least one Gossell will call on everyone. But if it is placed in other cities, it is really called "difference every day" and "dirty".
Everyone in the city is busy with their own life, and how many people can pay attention to the life and death of people who have nothing to do with them?
In this era, even the cheap Internet does not exist. If people are gone, they are gone... Even a little sympathy from others is difficult to pursue.
It is precisely because of this that the group of human traffickers will unscrupulously penetrate the long river of human history, leaving behind one blood debt after another.
[Their hair was cut halfway and they broke into the Slavs' settlement, and their beards fluttered in the wind in the cold wind. They took away the youngest son in their mother's arms, took away the wife of the newlyweds beside their husbands, and drove the prisoners to the beach to load the ship. 】
——"Slave Traffickinger"
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"Speaking of the people, Tyre, has become good in the past two years, and he is very energetic at first glance."
Giller said as he The people's complexion was so beautiful that he couldn't help but yawn. The feeling on his face gave people a little dark. He didn't sleep all night last night.
From the time when Gossel visited him, he mobilized some police officers who were not on duty the next day and began to investigate.
It was said that it was an investigation, but in that neighborhood, I knocked on the doors of various residents and asked them if I had seen Denise.
The results of doing this can only be said to be better than nothing, and a considerable number of residents will even ask who Denise is and why he mobilized so much.
In other words, the police department has received a good reputation in the past two years. People open a door for you at a meeting in the evening, but it takes so much effort to let the public understand why an ordinary little girl was lost. Very difficult.
Giller had a close relationship with Isabella and directly told the police to say that Gossel's sister-in-law was missing.
Who is Denise? In fact, everyone knows who Adelind is when he leaves that street. Not many people know about it. But when it comes to Gossel, everyone understands it.
In Tyre, things related to Gossel are often not too much attention. Some people even took the initiative to stand up and join the search team because they owe Gossel's favor.
However, from the beginning to the end, Giller did not disclose the possible human traffickers to the people under his command and the people to avoid alarming the enemy, or that such news should not be revealed by him.
"Gosel, do you say that we Tyre is being targeted by special human traffickers? Is it because the child's complexion has improved a lot?" leaning against the bench on the street, Gilletton Gossel, who was beside him, quipped.
For some safety reasons, Adelind was left in the palace to rest, while Gossell came here to meet with Giller and discussed the next action.
"Now that living standards in Tyre have improved, even the children of ordinary families can eat fish frequently, and the poor can also add a meal during festivals, which is better than the outside world Too many."
No, no brag or black, just like Tyre, because he has eaten the economic stimulus dividend, overall, everyone's dining tables have improved a little over the past year, the little guys The complexion became good, and even a little fat, and it was not as good as the children of ordinary landlords outside.
But Gossell came here not to talk nonsense with Giller, but to understand Giller's progress. "So have you found any relevant clues?"
"No."
Giller answered simply. "I just searched through this block, a few neighborhoods nearby, and they all said that I would see people and bodies when I die. A little girl would not be so far away from home for no reason. Maybe I was really abducted. Then I heard about the disappearance of the population in this process. If you need it, I can start the relevant investigation."
Gossell shook his head and said, "Don't file a case for the time being, or don't rush to investigate. His Majesty Isabella gave me a suggestion. I think we can try it first, don't do it like pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. . "
"Okay." ."
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Everyone wants to give Gossel's face, especially Gossel went door to door to visit. Those guys who can be said to be the ones in their respective neighborhoods will understand what is going on.
This matter is not big or small, but it does involve Gossell, so everyone cannot ignore it.
With just one day's effort, the citizens have more interesting topics of discussion.
"Who is Adelind? How could Mr. Gossell fall in love with her?"
"I know Adelind here, is it her?" "No."
A name that is not strange has become the object of discussion among the eight aunts and seven aunts, and the ones that accompany it spread throughout the city are Gossell was willing to give out 30 Jerusalem gold coins in exchange for Denise's safety or clues or traces of the human trafficker group.
Although the circulation of Jerusalem gold coins is not large, they are relatively more valuable than the Dinar gold coins, because their patterns are clearer and their gold content is more uniform.
The ransom for an ordinary knight these days was almost the price of a horse and his armor, while the price of a civilian slave only required a few or dozen gold coins. 30 The price of Jerusalem gold coins is much more inflated for a little girl.
But if her identity is related to Gossel, everyone thinks it is normal, and they even think that Gossel will pamper her sister more on weekdays.
Of course, those who really know Gossel actually know that this is nonsense. Just Gossel's daily spending habits and daily income, where does 30 gold coins come from as a reward or ransom?
And the rumors and anecdotes between Mr. Gossell and the waitress were recorded by many people as black history, and they planned to wait until this matter is over to let Gossell taste it carefully Tasting.
However, those who are a little far away from Gossel, or those who don't know Gossel, believe in those rumors.
Tir's old city is a peninsula with less than 800,000 square meters from land to the ocean. In this peninsula, there are multiple blocks, including Venetian areas, civilian areas, and poor people. District, noble district, dock district... and newly built government affairs district.
Along with the construction of the new urban area outside the city and the expropriation and transformation of the old urban area inside the city, the permanent population of the old urban area is actually in a slow decline, but the overall population has not changed much. Those who pursue honor and wealth are pursuing The outsiders filled the vacancy of the migrants.
As areas with an increase in foreign population have always been prone to mixing up with high crime rates, especially since there is no passport system these days, people know where the residents here come from.
The previous round of census only involved a survey of population numbers and was not enough to serve as a basis for rule. According to the Paladins' ideas, when the Kingdom of Jerusalem is completely unified, we can try to prioritize the establishment of towns. The household registration system will be promoted to rural areas.
Before that, many problems were actually only allowed to be settled. As a result, a group of human traffickers came in.
This is a basement, and candlelight illuminates this small space. Denise can't determine how long she has been here, but she thinks it should be almost one day.
In the past so many times, she has only eaten two pieces of rye bread and three cups of water. The lack of food has made her body weak and made her slightly unconscious. Except for the time she was eating, her hands and feet were tied up and unable to move. She was not the only one who was detained in this basement. In addition to Denise, there were two boys and a little girl. The time they came here seemed to have lasted for several days, and even their breathing was weak.
What Denise couldn't understand is that they seemed full of despair.
A beam of light suddenly shone into the drowsy basement. Someone was holding an oil lamp. His eyes swept over the few people in the basement, and then stopped on Denise and another little girl beside her. "Who is Denise?" the man shouted.
When Denise heard someone calling her name, she didn't say anything. She didn't know whether it was good or bad. "Who is Denise!" the man called out again.
However, there was still no movement. The man came to Denise with the light and looked at it for a while.
"You are Denise, right?"
The girl didn't reply, but the man didn't dare to move. Although he didn't know what was going on, the only one who entered the basement the day before yesterday was the only one who entered the basement. This girl, looking at her look and appearance, is not comparable to that of ordinary children.
When thinking of his team, maybe something happened to the girl in front of him, Randolfo felt that he had encountered an unrestrained disaster.
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Slave traders are also divided into grades. The high-end slave traders are like Saladin. In the battle of the Jordan River, tens of thousands of Frank soldiers were captured. The price of the slave market in Damascus instantly fell to a low point, and the discount was It is difficult to sell even if you dump it. When it is cheapest, you can buy a new slave with a pair of straw sandals.
Those with lower grades are like the ones that attacked Isabella, with dozens of people in teams, who make a living by capturing slaves. They appear in any corner of the Islamic world, or in non-Islamic world.
The lower level is Randolfo. They do not use force to seize slaves, but generally through acquisition or trafficking...
Although the acquisition requires a lot of The capital is safer at least, and there will be no accidents. As for trafficking, the target is usually young children. After all, it is relatively easy to bully the little kids.
Randolfo is at the last level. For the gang he is in, they use risk control as the best choice. No one will abduct children from a noble family.
Well... no one will abduct children from noble families... Whoever abducts them will go to the fire hell!
As a result... Damn, it's not a noble, but it's more troublesome than a noble. But Randolfo swears to God that the girl in front of him was definitely not the one they had rebelled.
The reason why I stayed in Tyr City for so long for two weeks and was not noticed by the officials; the reason why there are only rumors of missing out everywhere, but no one reported the case to investigate.
It's because Randolfo's group never forced himself to plunder, but just "do business."
They purchased their children from the poor in various cities and found ways to sell them to Damascus, and then brought the slaves they hoped for according to the needs of the old customers here.
Although they don't make much money, they have connections, so they have always been stable. Even if they do forcefully plunder occasionally, they will only focus on the rural areas outside the city and will not be in the city. Ask for trouble.
In medieval cities, as a place where populations gather, they often enacted harsh laws in order to maintain order in the city. Because of inefficient law enforcement, they often used corporal punishment in large quantities: hanging, beheading, castration, and dismemberment. It uses the same method of revenge extremely strictly: eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
Although the Kingdom of Jerusalem no longer exercises the ancient urban laws, its efficient law enforcement efficiency has shocked more people, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem sentencing for several years or more, In this era when the average life expectancy of less than 40, it is actually not very light.
As for the risk and return issues, if you calculate a little, Randolfo and others will not try to fight against the government.
Randolfo pried open Denise's mouth, stuffed it into a piece of cloth, then resisted the girl with an unlucky look on her face, and took her out of the basement.
When they saw the sun again, in this remote yard, the three of Randolfo's accomplices were waiting here for a long time, and it was actually already evening.
"This is the girl I received the day before yesterday." Randolfo put Denise, who was whining and unable to make too much noise.
Then Randolfo's accomplices couldn't help but nod. Denise's flax-colored hair color and a pretty well-developed body were the only ones among the children they acquired this time. As for not recognizing it. "But the problem is, when I accepted her, her mother said that this girl was named Laila!"
The money was spread and the face was given. In two days, it was all over. It's enough to make this small town come to an end.
After determining the possible location, Tyr's policemen, together with some of the brothers Gossel called, surrounded the abandoned city area that was originally the Egyptian port.
Tyr City actually had two ports, the north of the port of Jisidon, and the south of the port of Egypt.
The area of Tyre was much larger than that of today, but with an earthquake in 501 AD, a large area of Egypt Port in the south was submerged in the sea, and the remains of Egypt Port were also It was abandoned, but people still often try to live in that area, and it will flourish from time to time and then decline from time to time.
A such a block will become a place where dirt is hidden, which is actually normal.
However, although the possible existence of human traffickers has been determined, Gossell has not yet planned to attack. Human traffickers may not only be this hiding place, and human traffickers may take the children as hostages.
As far as the information is known, although buying and selling people is a serious crime, as far as the information at hand is concerned, those traffickers are actually not yet at the point of dying, according to the principle of suspicion of being innocent, Gossel even wanted to talk to them.
Of course, what Gossell knew was that in the process of human trafficking in this year, how could those human traffickers not be stained with blood? It was just that they had not found out yet.
"I don't agree, this is too dangerous."
When Gossell expressed his hope that he could go over and talk, Giller directly objected. In his opinion, Gossell's It is taking unnecessary risks. "What danger can there be? It's just a group of traffickers who only focus on children's acquisitions. And they control the hostages. If they can't use force, it's best. For those children, I'll take it. It doesn't matter if it's a little risk."
Gesel's attitude is very clear, and Giller also knows that he can't dissuade him.
"Be careful, don't be heroic, and be more cautious when you encounter problems." Before Gossell walked towards that yard, Giller gave another advice.
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Landolfo looked at Denise with suspicion, then tried to scream: "Lyra?"
Denise, who was holding his mouth, naturally shook his head.
While just as Landolfo was trying to explore the passing of this place, there was a sudden knock on the door in his own yard.
Randolfo's right eyelid twitched, and his subconscious feeling was not very good. He gestured to his accomplices with his eyes and asked them to bring Denis into the house. Then he touched the dagger on his waist and was sure that he could After pulling it out conveniently, go to the gate.
"Who."
"I, Gossell."
Landolfo, who was originally planning to make some decisions and wonder what was going on, listen This self-introduction immediately made me want to find a small path to slip away. It was something he had not expected to be directly caught by the main owner in less than two days.
"We can talk. I know you are in business, so there is no need to be so tense. After all, we are not enemies, it should be just an accident."
Gossel, who was outside the door, spoke quite politely, but in his words he tried to directly characterize the matter. This was also Gossel's declaration that he was taking the initiative and implying that the status between the two sides was not equal.
Landolfo wanted to refuse, but in the end he opened the door. He knew that when Gossell came to him, their group would not have thought about it. Leaving Tyre silently.
Landolfo was an experienced person after all, and he didn't think about the mentally retarded idea of fighting out a bloody path. If Gossell could give him a face, he had to continue.
Instead of hiding your head and showing your tail, it is better to see if you can spend this matter safely.
In his understanding, people like Gossell are actually people in the lower class of the city, and are more troublesome than urban gangs, but they are deeply involved in official figures.
When the door was opened, Gossell, in armor, stood outside the door, holding a long sword in his hand.
"I'm here to find Denise, she's here." Gossell wasn't sure if Denise was really in this yard. It would be better to use words to deceive the other party. As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't care that Randolfo walked into the yard and found a stone bench to sit down.
"This is all a misunderstanding, sir, I swear here that when we bought her, we didn't know that her name was Denise."
"Oh? I don't know that her name was Denise."
"Oh? I don't know that her name was Denise."
" Nice, can you buy it?” Gossel choked the other party directly.
Randolfo was not easy to respond.
Gossel was too lazy to talk nonsense to the other party and directly told his conditions.
"Let all the children be released, and I swear to the prophet in my own reputation that I will never hurt you and will take you away from Tyre."
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