Chapter 266 The Creator's Request
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As the two bronze giant doors appeared, Zachary and the others couldn't help but kneel and lower their heads.
Although the foremen and slaves couldn't see the existence of the bronze door, they could feel the powerful pressure, which made them prostrate on the ground, not daring to move.
In mid-air, a water pump weighing several tons slowly fell from the giant door in mid-air and landed on one of the large wooden carts. Then came another water pump.
Elliot looked at the two brand-new water pumps in front of the altar, and he said loudly, "Thank you for your generous gift."
He said this to Zachary and the others.
A strong wind blew up on the altar, engulfing the gold and wooden boxes on the altar into the bronze door.
The strong wind disappeared, and the bronze door disappeared with it.
Then that tall and stalwart figure among the swords appeared in mid-air. For Zachary and the others, the pressure brought by this figure was even greater. They trembled involuntarily on the ground, their hearts completely filled with fear and surprise:
"The gods have really descended! Everything they have witnessed today only appears in legends, only in fragmentary records. I didn't expect the power of the gods to be so powerful! I didn't expect the gods to be omnipotent, there really are water pumps!"
That stalwart figure said in a solemn voice: "Treat them as human beings!"
Then the huge pressure disappeared. If it weren't for the two brand-new water pumps, Zachary and the others, as well as the foremen and slaves, would have thought that the experience just now was a dream.
Zachary and the others' eyes were full of solemnity, and they no longer dared to show any disrespect to Elliot.
The foremen kowtowed to Elliot repeatedly, shouting some respectful words in the local dialect.
The slaves looked at Elliot as if they saw infinite holiness and power.
At this time, Elliot was ecstatic in his heart. First of all, he felt that the "Briber" potion had been completely digested.
In addition, just now was the first time the "Creator" had given instructions, and he fully understood that the "Creator"'s so-called "they" referred to those slaves.
But then he felt a little strange: Why should slaves be treated as human beings?
It's not that Elliot doesn't have the concept of human rights, but in this colonial era, in this era of brutal and bloody plundering of the Southern Continent by the Northern Continent, slaves cannot be equated with humans.
Whether it's because of becoming prisoners of war or being caught by human traffickers, in short, the moment a person becomes a slave, he is no longer a person, but a livestock with two legs, like horses, cattle, and sheep.
In this world without enlightened philosophers, the boundaries of many concepts are very blurred.
The moment Elliot asked that question in his heart, he almost slapped himself: How could he question the "Creator"'s instructions? Regardless of whether he understands it or not, just execute it.
Then he recalled seeing in ancient books that the "Black Emperor" would generally propose some concepts that were contrary to common sense and gradually let these concepts that were contrary to common sense penetrate people's hearts.
Today, the "Creator"'s instructions are likely to be doing something similar!
Elliot only felt his blood surging: Because I have gained the trust of the "Creator", I am qualified to spread the "Creator"'s ideas!
Thinking of this, Elliot got up in excitement and saw Zachary and the others beside the altar bowing slightly to him, their faces full of respect.
He once again praised the "Creator" in his heart, and then said to them: "This is the water pump you want."
One of the family members asked: "Why is the style of these two water pumps so strange?"
Everyone's eyes turned to him, and the family member quickly explained: "I, I didn't mean anything else, I'm just curious."
"Because this is the latest type of water pump," Elliot said kindly.
A new problem arose: No one would use the new type of water pump.
Fortunately, the water pump also came with instructions, but when opened, it was a Ruenese instruction manual.
Since decades ago, General Anthony's territory has been a colony of the Feysac Empire. Here, Feysac is the official language.
Only the family member who had previously proposed buying a water pump from Loen understood Loenese, so Elliot assigned him the task of debugging and using the water pump. He also ordered another family member to escort another water pump to another copper mine.
After explaining these things, Elliot looked around the altar and then pointed to an open space not far away and said: "Starting tomorrow, build houses there. Design two rows of bunk beds in the houses so that all the slaves can live in the houses."
Everyone was stunned, not understanding what Elliot was going to do.
Elliot then pointed to the slaves being punished in the distance and continued: "Put down the slaves hanging on those poles!"
In the horse pen and slave pen, there were several high wooden poles with several slaves tied by their arms and being punished.
Generally, they would be hung for three days and three nights. If they died, they died. If they didn't die, they would continue to work.
They would be punished like this, often for making some minor mistakes, such as making eye contact with the foremen, speaking without being told, and so on.
Elliot said: "From now on, you can punish slaves, but you can't kill slaves at will. Whether it's the foremen or you, if anyone kills slaves for pleasure again, I will severely punish him!"
"The food standard for slaves must also be improved accordingly. Give them coarse grains, and don't give them stale grains or wheat bran from a few years ago. Let them eat meat and refined grains once a week."
Zachary quickly reminded: "In this case, our costs will be much higher."
Elliot glanced at him coldly, and Zachary lowered his head: "I'll do it right away."
Elliot hummed and sighed in his heart: The taste of power is really wonderful!
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Hobert in the "Nation of Disorder" stared blankly at the gold in front of him for a while. Just now, he saw the slaves hanging on the high poles and the slaves in the distance of the altar with only tattered rags covering their bodies, and he felt moved to let Elliot treat them as human beings.
Hobert didn't continue to think about this issue. He only has so much ability now and won't do things beyond his ability.
There's nothing to see in gold. As for the weight, I believe Elliot wouldn't dare to make small moves on this.
Hobert focused his attention on the wooden box. Using the position of "Nation of Disorder", he knew that this was a sealed item left by Sequence 6 "Zombie" of the "Prisoner" pathway.
Holding this sleeve stained with brown blood in his palm, Hobert learned of its ability: "The wearer's body will become as hard as steel; can resist some magical attacks; movement will become very fast; can use some frost spells."
Hobert was stunned. This sealed item can just make up for his weakness of not being strong in defense!
It's a pity that its negative effects are a bit big.
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