The Dong Family Stockade really did have commoners who had been captured. Some had been unable to repay their debts, while others were simply innocent passersby.
So in Donghua Kingdom, one had to watch out not only for bandits blocking the road, but also for people snatching others away.
After those passersby were captured, they were made to do all kinds of filthy, exhausting work without rest. They usually died within a short time; there was no such thing as ransom—the Dong Family Stockade was a civilian village, not a bandit den.
This captured man had already worked in the village for half a year. He was skinny as a skeleton and was locked in a cellar every night. Yet it was precisely because of that that he escaped disaster.
In the Dong Family's eyes, this fellow was already dead, so they did not hide anything from him when discussing matters.
He reported that some of the idle men in the Dong Family had long had their eyes on the railroad tracks. But there had previously been quite a few cultivators among the construction workers, so they had not dared act rashly. Once the train service began and the cultivators stopped appearing, however, their greed rose again.
Of course, they knew Pacify Arms Mountain was not to be trifled with, but the tracks ran right past their doorstep. The temptation was simply too great.
Why had Feng Jun always believed that one should not lightly test human nature? This was exactly why. Wealth right before one's eyes was far too tempting.
Thus, the idle men of the Dong Family Stockade set their sights on this juicy prize. Just as the Advanced Martial Master of Maple Forest Town had believed catching a ride was no big deal, the Dong Family believed