Chapter 114 Purgatory Level Happiness
Smart people can see the world clearly.
It’s just that some people have the ability to see the world clearly, but they don’t have the ability to behave in a way that matches their vision.
Whether it is Zhang Mingliang or Liu Chuanli, both of them have come out of hardships. If Yun Zhao did not buy them with forty pounds of millet when the famine broke out, they would have been hungry people. Seriously a piece of meat.
Maybe among the people who eat them, their parents will be included.
Yushan Academy taught them well and erased the hurt in their young hearts. Therefore, the two of them are very happy and normal people.
There is no psychological distortion, no abnormality, and no cynical attitude. They are just two people who have grown up normally.
Leonie is not a girl who grew up in a normal family.
She may have witnessed her father killing her mother, maybe... there are worse things, so she is a little paranoid.
Who among the serious ladies would immediately fall in love with the profession of pirates after seeing them?
Which decent young lady would collude with pirates and harm her father?
Which decent young lady would enjoy torturing people for fun?
Leonie is it!
Over the years, she has transformed from a wealthy young lady into a famous female pirate in Malacca. Her reputation for cunning and cruelty is second only to Han Xiufen.
She has an iron will. When fighting on the sea, her boat is about to capsize. She can still fire the last cannonball to smash the enemy to pieces, and then jump into the sea to escape.
She was as cunning as a fox, using her innocent and charming appearance to quietly accomplish what Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli could not do no matter how hard they tried.
She is a qualified captain, commanding more than 2,000 pirates, an ironclad ship, and six schooners. She has experienced almost all the wars launched by Han Xiufen in this sea area. She is The famous Poison Rose of the First Fleet.
She used her bravery and loyalty to submit satisfactory answers to Yunzhao and the Lantian Imperial Court one after another. So much so that at the Lantian Imperial Court, she was known as a foreigner with blond hair. With his appearance, he could wear his representative certificate, walk into the Great Hall with his head held high, and express his loyalty and worries for the imperial court in fluent Chinese.
It is not easy to get captains in the Lantian Imperial Court, but Leonie is one of the best.
And he is one of the few qualified captains to be promoted to general.
From captain to general, they are two different worlds in Lantian Imperial Court.
The planting land looks beautiful in the rain and fog, and the tear trees that Yun Zhao has placed high hopes on seem to be spreading their branches and leaves in the rain and fog.
The hot cocoa was finished before they knew it, and Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli no longer had the time to discuss slave management with Leonie.management method.
"As long as we do better than the British, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and even the French."
Leonie looked at the cocoa cup After seeing the scenery for a long time, I said something inexplicably.
Zhang Mingliang smiled and said: "Laughing at fifty steps and a hundred steps, there is no difference to those slaves, you don't understand slaves."
Leoni looked at Zhang Mingliang and said: "Yes You don't understand slaves."
Zhang Mingliang cupped his hands unconvinced and said: "I haven't asked for advice..."
Leoni said: "I exchanged with the Spaniards on the other side of the Malacca River. A group of slaves exchanged our unruly slaves for the Spanish unruly slaves.
You have also seen that they performed very well. Even if they were put in chains, no one complained.
If they can persist without complaining for a month, I will untie their chains."
Zhang Mingliang said in confusion: "Why are they. Will he be so docile?”
Leonie said: “It’s true that we are in purgatory, but the plantations of the British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese are hells, and purgatory is for the purification of souls. It is a place of temporary punishment.
And hell is a place where the devil and the wicked will never see God. They will suffer fire and other kinds of pain together with the devil. They will never be saved by God."
Zhang Mingliang sighed: "So, you exchanged healthy slaves for weak slaves, and these weak slaves suffered from the Spanish. After more cruel things, you will feel like you have escaped when you come here again, so you will no longer run away or resist?"
Leonie said with a smile: "This is yours? The mistake is that under your command, they can still feel that they are one person. Since they are one person, then they will fight, just want to fight for more power for themselves, and they will yearn for a better life.
Therefore, because of human nature, rebellions continue to appear here. Even if you use killing methods, rebellions are still suppressed.
I think these are still human. The slaves were handed over to the Spanish, and then an equal number of slaves were obtained from the Spanish. Regardless of the thinness of these slaves, they must be the strongest slaves who have survived from the Spanish.
< p>As long as we don't deprive them of food, they will soon regain their former strength.Compared to the Spanish, our place is a paradise for these slaves who have adapted to jungle life. , they have accepted their fate and have consciously regarded themselves as a tool.
In the future, even if they do not have to supervise the work, they will work hard and will not be lazy. For these slaves, working every day is a must. After it is over, having a meal that can fill their stomachs is their greatest happiness."
Liu Chuanli looked at it in horror.Looking at Leonie, she said, "How did you discover this truth?"
Leoney crossed her arms on her chest and looked towards Java Island and said, "It was my clever father who discovered this. That was what he warned me at the dinner table. He also told me that happiness is relative.
People in hell look up to purgatory and think that being able to enter purgatory is a kind of happiness. Then they will look up to heaven and think that only entering heaven can they be truly happy.
My dear father never wants to give people the same happiness as heaven. He thinks that happiness at the level of purgatory can satisfy everyone in this world. The expectations of some people.
The happiness like heaven is reserved for us nobles.
I don’t want the happiness like purgatory, I want to taste the taste of heaven, Zhang. , Liu, you two have been living in heaven, so you don’t understand the thoughts of these people in hell. This is normal.
Whether it is hell or purgatory, I should be in purgatory like this. Only talented people can do the interpretation."
Zhang Mingliang thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his head, showed his brightest smile, opened his arms and said: "Leoni, I want to hug you."
< p> Leonie looked at Zhang Mingliang's clear eyes, opened her arms, and happily threw herself into Zhang Mingliang's arms. For the first time, she discovered that the heart of the man in front of her, whom she looked down upon, was actually very warm.Zhang Mingliang hugged Leoni gently and whispered in her ear: "You have entered heaven."
Leonie said: "This is your paradise, not My, my paradise needs to be found by myself."
Zhang Mingliang let go of Leonie's body and said, "I hope you can find it soon."
The rainy season in Malacca has arrived. Now, it rains almost every day at this time. Even if Paradise Island is on the sea, it is still vast and misty with rain and fog.
Han Xiufen sat alone in front of the window, carefully wiping her newly oiled long knife with a piece of deerskin.
In this humid weather, if you don’t maintain your weapons regularly, when you go to the battlefield, your weapons will tell you what the consequences will be if you don’t take good care of your weapons.
Lu Tao, dressed in black, stood upright in front of the window, waiting for Han Xiufen's reply.
Han Xiufen finally wiped and maintained the long knife, put the long knife back into the scabbard, and then looked at the director of the First Fleet Supervision Department and said: "So, the supervision of Leonie is over. ?"
Lu Tao frowned and said: "It was not so fast originally, but Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli were willing to prove that Leoni was theirs, so I ended the supervision of Leoni early."< /p>
Han Xiufen chuckled and said: "These two idiots were conquered by a woman again."
Lu Tao said: "So, I was in the evaluation of Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli. The comment is that he is too gullible."
Han Xiufen said with a smile: "But it is the kind of people who are too gullible that are good people."
Lu Tao's face twitched.He said at once: "A good person does not mean he is a capable official."
Han Xiufen looked at Lu Tao and said word by word: "If a person like you makes a big mistake, I will kill you without hesitation." Even if people like Zhang Mingliang and Liu Chuanli make big mistakes, as long as it is not for subjective reasons, I will find ways to make up for their losses and reduce the punishment they may receive.
At the same time, Your Majesty will do the same. Make the same choice as me."
Lu Tao chuckled and said, "General, that's my business. You don't have to worry about it for me. If I really make a big mistake, I'll just behead you. Your protection and rescue is a great shame and humiliation for me."
Han Xiufen nodded, thought for a moment and then said to Lu Tao: "Let the three of them come back, I want to open a new one as soon as possible. "The battlefield."
Lu Tao smiled and said: "The general is finally willing to march to Java Island?"
Han Xiufen sighed: "Leonie's determination is uncertain, I can't start the war lightly." "
Lu Tao smiled and said: "General Shi Lang's sixteen battleships carry Mr. Qinglong's three thousand marines. The general does not think that Captain Leoni is needed to do this."
Han Xiufen glanced at Lu Tao coldly and said: "Get out!"
Lu Tao took a long breath and said: "You shouldn't scold me like this, I am an officer of the Supervision Department.
Han Xiufen raised her hand and slapped Lu Tao who was standing outside her window to the ground. She leaned over the window and looked at Lu Tao who was about to pass out and said, "Who gave you the courage to disobey me?" "Is it the unbeatable Han Lingshan?"
Lu Tao received a heavy blow on his forehead, his ears were ringing, and his eyes were filled with stars. Han Xiufen's voice seemed to come from nine days away, which was very unfamiliar. However, he still tried his best to yell: "I am an officer of the Supervision Department, and I am not under your control."