A strange world

Chapter 1309 Section 231. Helplessness

"Most of the miners who were deceived and sold here are in their twenties. They have to dig for sixteen hours a day, are whipped by supervisors, eat food like pigs, sleep in a dark mine, and never see the sun. They will never see the sun again in their future lives."

Mrs. Fellen's crying gradually subsided and turned into sobs as she listened to Annan's story.

"If they get sick, they will be dragged to the abandoned mine to fend for themselves. If they die, they will be thrown into the mines and deep mountains, and if they are alive, they will be pulled back to continue working. Do you know? The average life expectancy of the hard laborers in the Broken Mountains will not exceed 25 years old."

Annan has not made specific statistics, but none of the hard laborers rescued by Xiao Smo was over 30 years old.

As for whether they are not wanted or driven out because of their age...Annan believes that they will not be so kind.

"The youngest miner is only twelve years old. Do you remember what you were doing when you were twelve? But they have to burn themselves, die in the coal mountain, and turn into the bloody gold nar earned by your husband."

"Oh my God..."

Mrs. Philen covered her mouth, and her makeup smudged by tears turned into two black tear marks on her face.

"I, I never knew that the Shang Society did this..."

"Now that you know, do you still think it's wrong for me to liberate them?"

"You are simply a paladin."

"In fact, I am indeed a Holy Grail Knight Squire."

"How did you do it?"

Mrs. Philen exclaimed softly. I don't know whether to say she is naive or heartless. It seems that she has forgotten that she came to plead for her husband, and she quietly listened to Annan talking about how she became a Holy Grail Knight Squire.

I don't know which sentence touched her sensitive emotions again, and Mrs. Philen begged again: "I apologize to them on behalf of Philen, and I can take out all my jewelry to compensate them..."

Mrs. Philen said while taking off her jewelry.

Annan was not afraid of a high-handed noblewoman, but he had no way to deal with a sincere, begging and crying woman.

"Okay... I can give your husband a chance."

Mrs. Philen looked up in surprise, and Annan continued: "I will investigate how much he knows about the open-air coal mountain. If he is as unaware as you are, I will consider returning the coal mountain. But if he is the mastermind or acquiesces..."

"Philen has never done anything bad!"

"It's better to do so."

Annan sent Mrs. Philen to the door and closed the door of the tavern.

The paleness of the snowy day and the cold wind were blocked out together.

Mrs. Philen returned to the carriage. President Philen, who was hiding in the carriage, urged the coachman to set off, and couldn't wait to ask about the situation. His wife's embarrassment made him suddenly stunned, and his heart was mixed with mixed feelings.

"You guys...are so intense?"

"I'm just crying!"

"Crying? Crying will mess up your skirt, and even your fingers will turn red--"

"I did it myself...Do you really want to know?"

President Philen had to suppress the bitterness and suspicion in his heart: "Tell me what happened!"

"Annan said he didn't target you, he wanted to liberate the miners, and he said they worked sixteen hours a day..." Mrs. Philen was very deformed. After repeating what Annan said, she looked at her husband nervously: "Is what he said true?"

"Don't worry..."

President Philen's avoidance made Mrs. Philen uneasy: "Do you really know...?"

"You actually believe what he said? This is an excuse, an excuse! That guy took away the coal mountain for profit, and he will still do the same thing as us!" President Philen shouted out of control.

Mrs. Philen looked at him in disbelief: "Philen, you have changed."

"I..."

President Philen was stunned there, rubbed his messy hair, and suddenly jumped off the carriage.

"You send my wife home."

He was going to find Lord Raymond.

He had to pay a certain price in exchange for the Lord's help.

President Philen came to the Golden Palace, and after freezing outside the palace for dozens of minutes, he was finally summoned by the Lord.

In addition to the Lord, Elvis Raymond was also there.

"Lord Raymond, please help me!" President Philen went straight to the point and lowered his proud head.

"Phiren, I know why you came to me. I can't let the warriors of the family take risks for you."

He didn't expect that the great lord didn't even give him a chance to bargain, and he was immediately anxious: "Great lord, Philen Trading Company pays thousands of gold nars in taxes every year, you can't ignore it."

Great lord Raymond said in a deep voice: "This is a private matter of Philen Trading Company, you want me to pay the price for you?"

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President Philen, who had already paid the price, had red eyes and clenched his teeth: "As long as the Raymond family can take back the open-pit coal mountain from Annan Reeves, I am willing to give up half of the future profits!"

This is the highest price he can offer, but the great lord still said: "The Raymond family will not intervene."

Elvis Raymond said: "President Philen, you should go back, or talk to Annan?"

This bastard, he wants it all!

At this moment, President Fellen hated Lord Raymond even more than Annan. He stared at the greedy father and son and left the Golden Palace without looking back.

Returning to the manor, he locked himself in the study, ignored his wife outside the door, and smashed everything.

President Fellen sat in the mess.

Annan and the Grand Lord are clearly dividing the wealth of the trading company under the guise of fighting!

In this case... you all don't have an easy time!

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Neither Annan nor Grand Lord Raymond cares about the reaction of the Philen Trading Company.

When two lions fight, will they care about the fox next to them?

Annan and Grand Lord Raymond fight, tacitly strangling the remaining forces on the chessboard - that is, the Philen Trading Company.

It's just that Annan is easy, and Raymond thinks he will win.

After all, this is the Broken Mountains, and the rule of the Raymond family is deeply rooted.

Speaking of materials, Grand Lord Raymond only needs to issue a decree to prohibit anyone from purchasing coal mines in the open-pit coal mountain and selling materials. From the bottom to the nobles, they are all his people, what can you fight with?

Grand Lord Raymond has a beautiful idea, but he still knows nothing about Annan and Free City behind the free people.

If he had known more about the Free City instead of just focusing on the treasures that made him greedy, he would have known that one of the keys to the rise of the Free City was Annan's portal.

Annan could open a long-distance portal that even legends might not be able to do. You blocked the Broken Mountains, so can't I just sell the coal mine to the Free City?

However, on the surface, Annan asked them to pretend to be frugal and less prosperous, but in fact, he took advantage of the heavy snow and the poor flow of information to let the free people flourish in various places in the Broken Mountains.

Including the Skarlu United Organization.