The cabin behind the deck is where the workers need to work.
Ordinary sailboats are not warships. If the wind cannot blow, they can only rely on manpower to turn the turbines to move forward slowly. Therefore, there will be a dozen to twenty workers working in shifts on each ship... There will also be other workers on the ship who are planning to work on the floor.
Sometimes, in order to save food, children are even used as child labor. Anyway, there is no rule in this world that prohibits the use of child labor.
Hiring kids to clean the cabin would make it easier to manage...
Sean said goodbye to Lucas on the pretext of feeling a little unwell and went into the cabin.
I actually lived there, but as an individual I lived in the upper area, which was larger and more spacious. Ordinary workers at that time could only live in the lower area, which was almost one big room where everyone lived and ate together.
Sean walked down and followed the child workers who had just passed by...
After they separated, they chose their target and approached it.
The other person was scrubbing the area, but his movements were not very efficient. He knelt on the ground and scrubbed the area only enough to cover the distance of an adult's stride.
From behind, you can see that he has very short white hair, almost a boy's hairstyle, and he is wearing linen clothes, just like the other boatmen.
"Tsk~ Are you a worker here?" The sudden voice startled the little guy.
When I turned around and saw Sean, I was even more shocked...
I was in a state of [worry!] and [fear!], but then I changed my mind and changed it to an attitude of [stay calm!].
The other party was just a child of five or six years old, and it was quite impressive that she could do all these. At least in Sean's opinion, the noble children of this age were still at the stage of cheating when they got what they wanted, and they were no match for the little girl in front of him.
Because the person in front of him was none other than the little girl who escaped from his room yesterday. Although she had changed her clothes and washed herself, Sean didn't look at people's faces but at their attributes, so how could he not recognize her?
"What's the matter, guest?"
Suppress your throat.
The voices of children of this age are not very distinctive, they are all very clear childish voices, but if they hold their noses and do not breathe, the voices will become a little lower and sound more like the voices of little boys.
"I lost more than 1,000 gold coins yesterday, and I don't know who to ask to help me find them..." Sean said with a smile.
This little girl is quite interesting. Although she is nervous and scared, she tries her best to suppress it. Even her legs seem to be shaking, but she doesn't stand up. She goes up as if she is numb from squatting.
"The guest...it seems that the guest just boarded the ship today, so we should look for him in the town in advance. He may not be able to go back now." After thinking for a long time, he finally said this.
Sean just laughed.
"Oh, that's a shame!"
Without further ado, he turned around and left.
This made the other party feel relieved!
I didn’t expect that this little girl was on the boat. It turns out that time is on my side.
Sean was worried his money would go to waste, but then he found her… She looked like a ship worker, so why was she beaten yesterday? And she smelled strongly of fish. Could it be that she was really trying to steal something, got caught and beaten, and then he happened to save her and she ran back to her job?
If it were explained this way, Sean could accept it!
When he walked to the upper level, he saw a sailor on the ship. Sean asked him directly why he saw child laborers on the ship, but the sailor answered with a look of contempt.
"Isn't this quite normal, my guest? You should have young servants at home, right? Young ones don't eat much and don't cost much either. As long as they're willing to work, you can take them in."
"But that's too small."
"They are all orphans. Instead of being sold everywhere, it is better for them to work on our ship and have food to eat. There are also many places where sea merchants can go, so they should be happy." said the sailor.
Sean also understood that the system of this world was originally like this, but he just got the other party to tell him the origin of the little girl.
So she really is a child laborer on the ship!
That would be interesting.
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Sailing all the way towards the South China Sea, the cargo ship followed the Camel Gang's fleet.
According to their explanation, it is safer to follow a large caravan. They heard that there are more pirates recently, and the people on the large caravan are more capable and less likely to provoke pirates. At the same time, they can also protect other merchant ships in a roundabout way.
Pirates have pirates' habits, and merchants have merchants' wisdom.
night,
At Lucas's invitation, Sean had dinner in the reception room, and the other party also introduced him to several businessmen he was familiar with.
Most traveling merchants are family units. If they are alone, they will only bring a few trusted servants...but they know a lot of merchants outside.
Because I am not a businessman, I seem to be more sociable when talking to these people.
There are three men and one woman in total...
They all talked to me about their travels, and there were also people who kept testing my identity.
"Brother Sean must seldom go out at home."
"I really seldom go out, mainly because there's nowhere to go!"
Sean didn't know much about the common sense of travelers, and a few words from him would be known to others. Therefore, he originally didn't plan to disguise himself as a traveler. He simply wanted to be a young nobleman who ran away from home. This identity would be more acceptable to everyone.
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