Erica Green grew up in a happy aristocratic family with parents who loved her and a brother who doted on her.
She thought she would spend the rest of her life carefree, but God played a cruel joke on her.
Half a year ago, the nightmare began.
The family was framed and owed a huge debt. In order to pay off the debt, the father had no choice but to dismiss the servants and sell the title and territory.
She went from being a glamorous noble lady to an ordinary civilian.
But Erica has a good attitude. As long as she has family members who love her, she will be happy even if she is a commoner.
But he was wrong. When she was a noble, she did not understand the lives of the lower class people. She did not know how hard the lives of the common people were, and she did not know that the lives of the common people could be threatened at any time.
There is no food left in Hongye City, and it will soon collapse. The slave traders are preparing to evacuate, but taking so many slaves on the road will cost a lot of extra coins, which is obviously not cost-effective. They are ready to abandon these slaves and let them fend for themselves.
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You know, she herself is only worth a large piece of black bread!
The first time she saw Zhang Feng, Erica had only one thought in her mind: This city lord is so handsome! If she was still the noble lady she used to be, maybe she would shyly give him a bouquet of pink roses.
Since it was the city lord's order, no one dared to disobey.
After putting on clean clothes and having enough food and drink, Erica met the city lord again.
Most of the male slaves who came with her were bought, but almost all of the women were left.
Maybe she was lucky. After looting the property, the horse thieves left in a hurry without checking it carefully. Maybe they went to rob the next house, or maybe they went to find a place to have fun. She didn't know, but she knew that she survived, at the cost of her family's lives.
If there weren't soldiers maintaining order, all the slaves would probably go crazy.
She was in the pile of weeds nearby. She didn't dare cry. She couldn't let down the opportunity that her brother had exchanged his life for.
She thought that from now on, she would no longer have freedom and would become a dog at the feet of the nobles, or that if the other party discovered that she was once a noble lady, the outcome would be even worse.
The tall and strong Knight Marlowe told her that she could eat as much black bread as she wanted, but she couldn't waste it. For example, if she couldn't eat any more, she would force it into her mouth. If she was found, she would be thrown out to feed the fish! However, Knight Marlowe said that since they were all bought by the Lord of the City, they would not be short of food in the future. If she angered the Lord of the City because of this first meal, she would not be able to have countless meals in the future.
Fortunately, the city lord is a good person.
It can be seen that this medicinal soap is definitely a fine collection of the city lord!
A knight named Marlowe, under the order of the city lord, set up several large iron pots in front of them!
However, since the city lord demanded that they take a bath, they naturally dared not disobey.
And now she realized that taking a hot bath was so comfortable!
Many slaves heard the news, or rather, the slave traders did not deliberately conceal it. They had their own thugs and were not afraid of resistance from these skinny slaves. After all, they could only eat a piece of black bread the size of an egg every three days and had no strength to resist.
From then on, Erica began her life in exile.
She sold it for only fifty copper coins. A whole piece of black bread only cost fifty copper coins. In her opinion, this was extremely cheap, but no one wanted it.
By chance, Erica heard a despairing news from the chat of slave traders.
As for why these merchants don't give up these slaves now, of course they want to see if they can make one last profit, in case any nobles passing by need them.
First of all, the bath was actually done with hot water. She hadn’t reacted to it before, but when the hot water was pouring down her from head to toe, she came to her senses.
In her second week as a civilian, her new home was attacked by horse thieves.
The slave traders didn't even have to put in any effort and caught her easily.
Perhaps he heard Erica's inner prayers, the city lord waved his hand and not only bought her, but also bought all the slaves!
But I don’t know whether to say it’s lucky or unfortunate.
After Erica followed the slave trader to this city called Red Leaf City, no one bought her!
After handing over their remaining belongings, her parents were brutally killed by horse thieves. In order to protect herself, her brother attracted the hatred of the horse thieves alone. She witnessed her brother being brutally killed with her own eyes.
She was a woman with no skills and no physical strength. The only thing she could do was beg, and she followed some refugees to beg.
So, when Erica was a little confused, she met the Lord Mayor of Hongye City.
She originally thought she was lucky enough today, but she didn't expect that the highlight was yet to come.
Could it be that because Hongye City is short of food, the city lord is going to let them guest star in the food? But fortunately, the city lord has spoken, it's just to boil water and let them take a bath, they are too smelly!
This action scared Erica, and not only her, but all the slaves were shocked.
It turned out to be a false alarm.
But her luck eventually runs out, and she is targeted by slave traders!
Unfortunately, there is no if. She is now just a dirty and lowly slave. Her only thought is to hope that this good-looking city lord can show a little mercy, buy her and give her a piece of black bread. After all, she is almost starving to death.
When she was a noble lady, firewood was a very precious thing. Apart from cooking, no one would waste firewood to boil water, and no one would take a bath with hot water. After all, taking a bath meant a decrease in immunity.
When you take a shower, just pick up a piece and rub it on your body.
The bathing process surprised Erica even more.
Erica was no exception, but what surprised her was that after taking a bath with this medicated soap, not only did the stains on her body disappear, but even the itchy skin problem she had suffered many years ago was gone. She felt like a new person! If someone told her that taking a bath would make her sick, she would spit in his face because she had never felt so good before.
Although she was very hungry, she still ate slowly with the hot water beside her. She felt that her good days might be coming!
Only then did she know what waste meant.
As for the city lord saying that they smelled, the slaves didn't care. After all, being able to survive was more important than anything else. It didn't matter to them whether they smelled or not.
Even though she is still a slave now, because she can see from the city lord's actions that slaves like them are valued!
Erica found that the city lord was considerate enough to separate the men and women. After all, people still have a sense of shame. If a large group of people took off their clothes and took a bath in this yard, Erica felt that she would lose the last bit of her dignity.
She traveled to many places in half a year.
Unlimited amounts of black bread are available to these slaves!
The refugees around her changed one after another. They either starved to death or disappeared inexplicably. She was lucky. Although she lived a hard life, she managed to survive by eating the food thrown down by the nobles.
As a result, these merchants really encountered this "what if", but it was not a passing nobleman, but the new lord of Hongye City.
However, there were some unexpected developments.
These slave traders didn't know why the city lord bought these useless slaves, and they didn't want to know. They just wanted to sell them quickly and then evacuate.
After hearing the news, Ellie felt relieved after despair. Perhaps it would be better for her to die, but she would be sorry for her dead parents and brother...
Erica was surprised, but more of a delight. No matter what the city lord's purpose was, and no matter what her fate would be in the future, at least she would not starve to death now. After all, the city lord had spent so much money to buy them, he would not just watch them starve to death.
The slaves finally calmed down at this time, and Erica agreed with Marlowe's words.
At this time, the maids of the castle brought in two pieces of things with a strange smell. I heard that they were called medicated soaps, which were specially prepared for them by the city lord.
She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the current city lord was more handsome than the city lord two hours ago!
The first words the city lord said when they met made Erica stunned.
"Your lives are more important than you think!"
"I don't actually need slaves. I only need people who can create value, and the value must be far greater than a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand times the value of fifty copper coins!"
"And I think you can!"