Chapter 630: The helplessness and original sin of those who escaped from the sea After listening to the translation, Captain Liu and Wang Dahai also felt their scalps tingling. They had heard of many strange things, but they had never imagined that in the city of Mandala, the people could actually do this. People always say that common people are relatively simple and honest, but no one would have thought that these common people could actually fool those pirates. They even treated the pirates as a way to seek credit and reward, and as a long-term meal ticket, which left Liu Baihu and Wang Dahai with a deeper impression of the common people here. If there was no such translation, they would have thought that the common people here, even if not so simple, were at least ordinary people. But it doesn't seem to be the case now. There is something extraordinary about the first sentences of these ordinary people, even surprising. Captain Liu looked at Wang Dahai and said with a smile: "It seems that we have underestimated the common people here. We thought that the common people were just common people, and their knowledge and conduct were within the normal range. "But the common people here are really impressive. Their knowledge and character are far beyond our imagination." Wang Dahai's expression now is very conflicted, and he even feels embarrassed, because he never thought that he has always believed that the common people here are the same as the people of the Ming Dynasty, who can be educated and even tamed easily. Wang Dahai finally understood that he had been fooled by those seemingly simple and honest people. Those ordinary people have not shown any so-called simplicity at the moment, and can even be said to be extremely treacherous and cunning.

How the common people here survived and lived relatively freely and comfortably was because they bet back and forth between pirates and the imperial court. When the imperial court became powerful, they helped it deal with pirates. When the pirates become powerful, they will betray the interests of the country and collude with pirates to make dirty money. In order to maintain a stable alliance with the pirates, they even sent their own children to the pirates to be humiliated. What is even more shocking is that those women do not feel ashamed of it, but are proud of it. This is simply unimaginable. Perhaps this is the reason why people are shaped by the land and water they live in. No matter when in the Central Plains dynasties, the chastity of women and the character of the common people were much stronger than those here. The people here have no so-called chastity. It may be because they have always lived on the coast and are always attacked by pirates, so they don’t have a long-term vision. Their only concern is whether they can grow more food on their own one-third acre of land and make their future life better. As for the so-called family, country and the world, to them, it is nothing but bullshit. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this. The mistake is that these people are not ashamed of it but proud of it. If they really have a little sense of shame, they should know that doing business with these pirates, how can it be friendly? This is inherently harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself. So, there are some benefits now, but sooner or later, if these pirates really can't catch fish outside, won't they attack your city? If so, what should we do? Don't you consider the consequences? But now it has become like this, everyone seems to be able to gain great advantages, but in fact, in the final analysis it is themselves who are harmed. It's just that these people simply don't have such a long-term vision. They always think about the immediate benefits. As long as they have these benefits, everything else has nothing to do with me, even how other people survive is none of my business. As long as I can make better profits here and now, that's enough. It is under the guidance of this idea that these people are so short-sighted. Maybe these people don’t know what long-term means, they don’t know what killing the chicken to get the eggs means, so they don’t even think about the future, they only know how to make themselves happier. If these people really knew what long-term planning meant, they wouldn't have come to this point. After listening to the translator's words, Captain Liu and Wang Dahai finally understood who these guys were. At this time, they finally understood what it meant to not underestimate the common people here. I understand even more clearly that in this world, these ordinary people are actually so powerful, so they are particularly calculating in such situations. Even for ordinary people in this situation, they all have to calculate their own little thoughts. When he thought of this, Liu Baihu and Wang Dahai felt a chill down their spines. After all, in their eyes, these ordinary people were just ordinary people. However, I didn't expect these ordinary people to be so powerful and able to achieve this, and I didn't expect that they could come up with such tricks under such a shocking situation.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Baihu and Wang Dahai are actually very surprised. He looked at the translator and was very angry about this situation. Why did he come to be a translator? Doesn't he know that going to the battlefield is a very dangerous thing? He knew it very well, but why did he still do it? Because he just wanted to watch with his own eyes the Ming Dynasty army kill all the civilians here. Of course, this was just his own little thought, and it was impossible for him to kill these people as he wished. But he felt that it was worth it to let the people of the Central Plains Dynasty understand clearly what these things were. Otherwise, they would always be kept in the dark by these people, which would be a loss. Captain Liu looked at the translator. At this moment, the translator didn't know why he felt a little panicked when Captain Liu looked at him like that, because he didn't know why, he always felt that Captain Liu was the truly powerful person. As for Wang Dahai, he was a little naive, so the moment he was looked at by Captain Liu, he felt as if all his thoughts were seen through by Captain Liu, and he felt a little flustered. He was panicking not because he felt guilty or anything, but because he was being stared at in this situation, and he felt like all his little tricks were seen through. Even at this moment he felt like he was being stared at by a tiger. Although he was not being stared at by the tiger, what he thought was that this is what it would feel like to be stared at by a tiger all the time, because it was really uncomfortable. But he didn't dare to resist or anything. Captain Liu kept looking at the translator, then smiled and said, "You must have suffered a lot of grievances at this time, so you said these words, otherwise your words would not be filled with so much anger. To be honest, what exactly did you encounter? "Tell it out so that everyone knows. It will increase our trust in you. Otherwise, you are just a small person and you should just do your job well. Why do you have to tell us so much? "Do you want us to recognize the true face of this common man? Or do you want us to help you avenge some grievances?" Wang Dahai was also stunned after hearing what the translator said. Yes, if you know this place so well, why did you come here? You must have some secrets. It is quite interesting to think about it this way. It is precisely because of this thought that the translator feels guilty. At this time, the translator was a little overwhelmed by this question. To be honest, he didn't feel guilty at all, but he didn't know why he felt a little guilty when asked this question. Even at this time, he didn't know how to explain it, especially after seeing that Captain Liu's eyes seemed to have seen through all his secrets at once, he felt that he should tell this matter out. Even in this situation, I feel that I need to explain the situation clearly. So when Captain Liu looked at him, Wang Dahai asked, "Yes, you are just a translator. You only need to translate everything you heard to us. Why do you have to exaggerate it? "Do you have a grudge against the people here? Do you want to borrow our help and transfer all our secret weapons to you so that you can get the credit?" When he said this, the translator swore to the heavens: "Please don't say that. To be honest, I do have some opinions about this, but please don't think that I am that kind of person. “I really don’t like this place. I can even say that I have some resentment towards this place because I have resentment towards the people in Sanfuqi. "Whether it's Mandala City or any other city in Sanfuqi, no matter what the differences are, I won't have any favorable impressions, but I swear to heaven that I have never let down our Ming Dynasty. This is my basic bottom line. "Although I once escaped from the Ming Dynasty, that was because my hometown is by the sea and my daimyo implemented a maritime ban, which left me without a livelihood. I had no choice but to do so." When talking about the reasons for leaving their hometown, these people are actually somewhat helpless, otherwise how could they say that they are particularly unwilling to do so. Why? Because these people always feel that they are the ones who are persecuted, especially those who left the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban, especially in the early years of the Hongwu period, was because the sea had been uneasy since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. First, many of Zhang Shicheng's subordinates fled to the sea and colluded with pirates to harass the coast. On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty had to concentrate on dealing with Mongolia in the north, which had not yet been completely wiped out. Therefore, we must seize one end and strike hard, and cannot fight on two fronts. What should we do in this situation? The best way is to prohibit people from entering the sea, which will reduce a lot of trouble, so the maritime ban was implemented under such circumstances.

But many people feel that I cannot understand you. The maritime ban is the maritime ban, and that is your court's business, but you cannot let me go to the sea to fish. How can I make a living? If I cannot make a living, I can only escape to the sea. In fact, these people are not good people. You have to know that the real ordinary people are all farming at home. In fact, even if they don’t go to the sea, they can still support themselves. But there are always some daring people who dare to go into the sea and risk the world's condemnation at such a time. It is precisely because of this that these people were not unjustly driven to the sea. Because these people already have some background and even some connections in the local area, otherwise they would not be able to escape, so they are the main target of the crackdown. But these people still escaped. After escaping, they thought they could get so-called resettlement. They thought they should be able to breathe a sigh of relief, or at least be able to make a living on the sea. After all, they were originally fishermen, and as long as they had a small boat on the sea, they could support their family. But they thought too simply. Life on the sea was not that simple at all. Under such circumstances, they could only resort to crooked ways to do business. Moreover, after arriving in Southeast Asia, they discovered that the business of the small countries in Southeast Asia was still so primitive. The technology they brought with them could make them rich here in one go. Therefore, they gathered more of their fellow countrymen and friends to form a very powerful force. There will also be some friction among these forces, which can easily cause rifts between fellow townsmen and the same party. After the rift occurred, conflicts began to arise between fellow townsmen and the same party. As these conflicts accumulate, many people from other small countries will join in and join them in wanting to have a hot meal. However, no one expected that under such circumstances, the rulers of those small countries would severely punish them when they saw so many people coming from the Central Plains dynasties taking so much wealth into their hands. So it is normal for translators like them to be suppressed, because such a small group of people like you occupy so much wealth, so how can we not suppress you? In fact, the biggest mistake these people made was that after they had so much wealth, they had no power. The most disappointing thing was that they had no military power. Without military power, how could they protect so much wealth? It is for this reason that these people are suppressed time and time again and are forced to wander among various small countries. Just like this translator, who witnessed so many misfortunes and saw so many twisted things, they finally woke up one by one and decided to unite or escape. So this is what the translator wants to say the most now, that is, the reason why we are doing this is completely because we are forced by the monarchs of those small countries. Since they want to force us, then we have to kill them... (End of this chapter)