After the children shared their stories, Bear's father learned that the former territory had been taken over by a young female lord. Seeing that none of them could pay taxes, the lord simply stopped collecting taxes and turned them all into slaves.

They were made slaves to build the territory, but the female lord would set specific jobs and hours for each person. As long as they worked, they would be fed. Whether they were old or young, they would receive an ounce of low-pollution rice after completing their work.

Where can you find a job like this?

No wonder these kids say being a slave is more promising than doing hard labor!

"Dad, why don't you take Mom and Uncle back to our territory with us? You're a laborer, you can leave anytime, you don't have to stay in this territory!"

"Take the rice back with you; it wasn't easy to save it up!"

"No, your father is here to feed you. You need to eat to have the strength to get to our territory! It would take several hours to walk!" The orcs would take at least 6-7 hours to walk. They had been walking from night until 3 a.m. after finishing their get off work. They were worried that their father had fallen asleep, but it seemed that he had been busy until the early hours of the morning and hadn't gone to sleep yet!

Bear's dad looked at the little rascals.

She took the rice with tears in her eyes.

The children have all grown up and know how to take care of their parents. He wiped away his tears in the darkness.

"How are the grandparents and maternal grandparents doing?"

Are the elderly people in your family doing well?

"Uncle, you're fine. Don't worry. Our lord is the best lord in the world. Last time, my grandfather made two buckets of steamed rice for her, one big and one small. My grandfather even received a rice tael as a reward from the lord!"

"Yes, Uncle, please bring our parents back with you. When they come back, we'll tell you about the rules of our territory!"

"Okay, I got it. Let's go now. You've already wasted half an hour here. You still have work to catch up on by the time you get back!"

The children left reluctantly. It would be daytime by the time they got back, and they would have to rush to finish their work. But they were young, and they had been eating well lately and were in good health. It was just a matter of staying up all night, so it wouldn't be too bad!

With red eyes, Bear Cub's father returned to the tent.

"How is it?" Bear's mother was keeping watch outside. Luckily, it was three or four in the morning, when everyone was fast asleep, so no one noticed that someone had been here for the past half hour.

The father told the mother about the situation, and the mother was very shocked.

"Is their lord really that good? Or is he lying to you, so you'll end up doing hard labor there again?"

“I see that Xiongzai and the other kids have gained weight compared to before. Besides, can manual labor be as hard as it is here? At least when you're doing manual labor over there, you're with your family!”

"Yes, it's better to go home!"

Go home, go back to your old territory! Once the thought took hold of Bear Cub's mother, she couldn't stop herself.

They want to go home!

It was another morning, and Bear Cub's dad and Bear Cub's mom started working. Nowadays, machinery is generally very expensive because each type of machinery needs to be brought out from the City of Mist by mercenaries, so the price remains high. Without machinery, it would almost be like going back to the era of manual labor, as sowing seeds, farming, and building houses all require manpower.

Human resources have become a major need in the wasteland world, which is why the Viscount takes all the able-bodied men from the old territory with him when he goes to the new great territory.

These are all laborers!

The lord exploited these laborers, treating them entirely as his private property, but he completely forgot that these people could only be his personal property if they were slaves, not if they were laborers.

When wealthy and exploitative lords have been doing so for too long, they forget that they are human and only remember that they are beasts.

Bear Cub's father didn't sleep all night. He found a pen, wrote a note, and handed it to the other laborers while he and Bear Cub's mother were working.

They had a 15-minute break at noon. Everyone took out the note and was shocked. Then they ate the note.

The overseer, a relative of the lord, passed by and sneered, whip in hand.

"They're just laborers after all; they can't stand the hunger anymore, so they're eating paper and wild vegetables!"

"Come on, I saw them digging up tree roots last time!"

There was wine and food in front of the overseers, who were feeding themselves by exploiting the laborers.

The laborers below dared not speak out against their anger.

Every lord is like this: if they are not exploited in one territory, they will be exploited in the next. All they can do is endure it.

If they went out to make a living, their lives would be in danger.

That's just how the world is!

At two o'clock in the morning, Xiongzai's father packed up his few remaining short-sleeved shirts, which were faded from washing, and a cast iron pot for cooking rice, and put them in a tattered cloth bag.

He climbed over the iron bars, and less than two minutes after he and Xiongzai's mother waited behind him, a head popped up, followed by the rest of the heads.

Each of the small slips of paper they received contained a grain of rice, and when they returned, they indeed found a little rice in their tent.

Everyone received it. Although it wasn't much, it was low-pollution rice, enough to cook and eat!

"Was the previous territory really as you described?"

"Did your child really come yesterday?"

These orcs suppressed their excitement and looked at Bear Cub's father.

"I'll just answer a few points. First, I did see a few families' boys yesterday, and they've all gained weight and are doing better than before! Second, I can't guarantee that going back to their previous territories won't be like suffering again, but I'll ask everyone one question: Is it better to suffer alone abroad, or to be with your family, so that you can endure the suffering?"

When they first followed the lord of this territory, he promised them that they would earn enough to cover the taxes owed to the children in their previous territory. However, once they arrived in this territory, they couldn't even afford to eat, let alone pay the taxes.

If the children suffer in one place and the parents suffer in another, both sides will suffer. It's better to live together. At least there will be psychological comfort, and you can see the children often and take care of the elderly!

With that in mind, everyone nodded.

"We're willing to go back with you!"

“That’s right, even if it’s tough, can it be tougher than this place? I can’t see any hope, and I can’t see my family either. Even though it’s only been two months since I last saw my child, I already miss him terribly!”

"Yes, I have a one-year-old child who is being cared for by my grandmother, but she is already sixty years old!"

So everyone prepared to walk back to their territory.

Let's walk back to our territory!

As dawn broke, Qin Yiyi stood on the small building, looking into the distance, when she suddenly noticed a large group of people approaching.

Her expression was grave.

"Sid! Sid! Fly quickly and see who's up ahead!"

"Ox-Head and Horse-Face, hurry out and take a look!"

My dear lord, these are all people who have come to serve you like slaves!