182: Chapter 180 Scared Stiff 182: Chapter 180 Scared Stiff Now, the only thing they could do was to follow Lin Yi’s intentions.
As long as Lin Yi told them to do something, they would just do it.
Only by doing so might they have a chance to survive.
After they left the place, Lin Yi took them straight to a tavern and had a good meal.
Although these guys hadn’t suffered much in the Heavenly Prison, hoping to eat well was just a delusion.
Moreover, they were always filled with fear inside, so they neither ate nor slept well.
Now that they could finally see the sun again and had hope for life, they immediately started to eat voraciously; this meal made everyone’s stomachs swell.
After they were done with the meal, Lin Yi didn’t rush to take them back to Nanshan Base, instead, he asked if they wanted to relax somewhere.
Of course, Lin Yi had his reasons for doing so.
He wouldn’t be kindly treating these people to a meal and some leisure without a purpose.
After leaving the Heavenly Prison and over the course of this time, he had already noticed at least ten people quietly watching them.
Indeed, he did this to be seen.
He wanted those people to see that he had taken these Foreign Devils out of the Heavenly Prison and that he was very close to them.
The purpose of this was only one: to spread misinformation.
At this moment, hearing Lin Yi’s suggestion, although these Foreign Devils were tempted to experience the local prosperity, they quickly dismissed the idea.
Now, their only thought was to find a chance to survive and flee this place.
They firmly did not want to cause any trouble.
Lin Yi naturally didn’t comment on their opinions.
After leisurely strolling around the streets with them, he had someone directly take them to Nanshan Base.
Of course, Lin Yi went along with them.
But on the way there, these people no longer saw the warm smile that Lin Yi used to have.
Under Lin Yi’s lead and with a group of soldiers guarding, this group grandly arrived at Nanshan Base.
At this moment, Nanshan Base had already been turned into a military stronghold.
Just entering the valley, one could see the huge defensive towers.
And pairs of soldiers dressed in Armor and holding waist knives constantly patrolling.
It’s fair to say that there was a guard every three steps, a post every five – not an exaggeration.
After all, the affairs handled here were not to be disclosed to outsiders.
Therefore, the Emperor had specifically reinforced this area with heavy troops.
It can be said that this place was cut off from the outside world to an extreme.
If it were not for Lin Yi’s insistence on putting people first, according to the Emperor’s wishes, this place would have been turned into a closed workshop.
And the meaning of a closed workshop was that these people could never leave here.
This would make no difference from being sold into servitude.
Actually, in the ancient society, there were distinct levels of social hierarchy: Scholar, Farmer, Artisan, and Merchant.
Below these levels were the untouchables and those in servitude.
In current You Country, the status of these refugees was similar to that of those in servitude.
Without permission from the court, even their relocation was not allowed.
And even if the court decided to move them, they could only be categorized into servitude.
Such a status could not be described just by words.
Even if they were working for someone, they wouldn’t receive a single coin.
Even if their landlord was kind enough to feed them, that was considered exceedingly merciful.
This was why, when these refugees saw Lin Yi again, they looked at him as if he were their reborn parents.
And they constantly praised Lin Yi as their life-saving benefactor.
Lin Yi not only rebuilt their homes but also arranged work for them.
Moreover, he not only provided meals but even paid wages, which was beyond their wildest imaginations.
Of course, if it weren’t for the Emperor’s support, Lin Yi wouldn’t dare to do this.
It’s no exaggeration to say, without the Emperor’s permission, just one Imperial Censor reporting could accuse him of buying people’s hearts or harboring ulterior motives, potentially leading to charges of rebellion against Lin Yi.
It’s because of all these reasons that these tens of thousands of refugees, facing Lin Yi at this moment, were sincerely loyal without a trace of betrayal.
One could say, if there had really been any traitors, even without Lin Yi taking action, this group would have exterminated them.
If Lin Yi hadn’t continually voiced the Emperor’s achievements in front of these people, perhaps at Lin Yi’s command, raising hoes to rebel, these people would have unquestioningly followed him.
Truth be told, this is precisely because of the relationship between Lin Yi and the Emperor displayed here; if it had been anyone else, the Emperor would never dare to do such a thing.
Nor would he dare to entrust such power into someone else’s hands.
Of course, this topic is a bit far off, but speaking of the Foreign Devils at this moment, after seeing this strict scene, they couldn’t help but feel a sudden jolt of fear in their hearts.
Indeed, Lin Yi had not lied to them; the scene before them had already let them roughly guess that this place must be the Liuli Workshop.
And just from the starkly armored Garrison, it was evident that this was indeed one of the industries of the Emperor of You Country.
Even though they had already made their stance clear with Lin Yi, the current situation still frightened them, causing their calves to tremble.
Riding in horse carriages all the way there, they directly headed for the row of workshops.
When these Foreign Devils saw the imposingly arranged huge workshops, all of them were shocked, their mouths agape.
Looking around, this line of workshops, to say the least, had over a dozen sites, and the area they occupied could only be described as massive.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the area of just one of these workshops equated to the size of about ten workshops back in their homeland.
And this long row of workshops all dedicated to Liuli production also showed how vast the output here today must be.
Yet, this is not the most crucial part; compared to these workshops, the ones in their own country could only be described as dilapidated.
Of course, although Lin Yi had brought them here, he had no plans to let them visit inside each workshop.
Not to mention that among this line of workshops, only one or two were actually in production.
Nor to mention that these one or two workshops were not even fully constructed inside.