Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 728

Capital will never be satisfied.

It was also because of this that Zhu Youjian made the rule that foreign slaves from abroad were classified as third-class slaves.

This is not a done deal.

This is reserved for speaking slowly.

His will as the new Qing emperor can no longer influence the desires of his subordinates at will, and from a profit perspective, today's Qing Empire requires a large number of slaves for primitive accumulation, slaves who have been slaves for generations.

Unless production technology is improved again, the quality of human life will also improve as a whole. People will know etiquette if they have enough food and clothing, and they will know honor and disgrace if they have enough food and clothing.

And with the changes of the times, the progress of ideas is not temporary.

Zhu Youjian felt that he would not live until that time.

Not to mention that even the world in his mind's memory, no matter how advanced, civilized or humane the concept, has not become common sense in the entire world, nor will it be accepted and used by everyone.

The people below want the right to enslave others for generations.

Zhu Youjian watched them hand out tricks, letting the Qing court, which also had factions and struggles, fight first, and wait until the channels for bringing in slaves from outside were completely stabilized before he ended up.

In the future, such as not marrying slaves, not living together with slaves, directly expelling slaves completely, or if there are too many slaves, they will be deprived of the human rights of an entire ethnic group in the Qing Dynasty.

It's probably not far.

But now, the arrival of this batch of slave ships has alarmed the big slave owners in the entire Liaodong region.

Everyone from Qi Gushan or Mailer came together.

The fleet captured more than 3000 white slaves, and each family originally got a share.

However, the city of Relandia was originally an important transit center for the Dutch industry to the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the Dutch colonists who had lived in the city for a long time, there were also many merchants living in the city. This time it was a bad luck to be affected.

After they were caught, they learned that their whole family would be sold into slavery, and they all cried and shouted that they had a lot of property in the Ming Dynasty and were willing to redeem themselves.

This is more profitable than selling slaves.

The fleet naturally agreed.

Originally they were not very particular, thinking that people who had money would want it, but the European maritime merchants who traveled half the world to the Ming Dynasty still had a much better business sense than the Black Flag maritime merchants who had just started and had not yet left Asia.

After learning about the selling price of slaves in Liaodong, several European maritime merchants offered many good ideas.

They are relatively experienced in the sea trade and slave trade.

"Look at it, this modification is really reasonable. Add a deck! Wonderful! Wonderful! This way we can accommodate the most minions."

"Are these shackles added directly to the cabin compartment? I heard that they are already installed on the ship?"

Black Flag Shipyard, which has learned advanced Western knowledge from European maritime merchants, does not hide its secrets and directly lights up the ship to attract people to board the ship for inspection.

There were still slaves on the ship who had not been offloaded.

"This is also a small ship, so we simply added a deck in Ming Dynasty. It's not very strong, so we don't dare to install too many minions. Please lower your heads and pay attention."

Everyone got off the cabin and saw that there was an extra cabin in the bottom cabin. The height was only a little more than one meter. It was difficult for ordinary people to move while squatting, so they could only move in while lying down.

They would not squeeze in, but when the light shone inside, they saw many slaves in chains sitting huddled inside, and a large number of women and children were crowded at the end of the cabin.

"There is a lot of cargo, which is easy to manage. It is all chained, and there is a deck ladder in the middle for the crew to check from time to time. My boat is small. If it is a big boat, I can add another layer on the edge, which can be used as a bed. Pack more.

But according to the Spaniard, it would be difficult to manage the boat if it were modified like this. If there were too many slaves, the place would be dirty, and some of them would not obey the management. So when they got sick or injured, it would be difficult for the crew to get in and take people out.

It is best to leave five feet of space in the big ship, and build more partitions inside to use as beds, making it easier to manage. In this way, fewer slaves will be damaged along the way. It is not bad for us to transport slaves back from the South China Sea. We passed through the Ming Dynasty many times along the way, and they were all commercial ports and towns. There is no shortage of medicine and food, which is fine.According to the Spaniards, they were trading slaves in their territory. A shipload of slaves would sometimes be damaged by [-]% when it arrived. No matter how good the management was, it would cost at least [-]%. "

The captain finally introduced the topic: "Everyone, whether you are a slave trader or a master who buys slaves, you must have iron chains. My family has some relationship with Mr. Guan Huguan, the current minister of the Ministry of Works of the Qing Dynasty. He opened a business in Liaoyang City. I own a blacksmith shop and take orders from the Ministry of Industry from time to time. The rating is always excellent and the quality is reliable.
Now that you have placed your order, I can still tell you a few words about the way to buy and sell slaves overseas!Those Mao Yi came across the ocean, and they knew a lot about the business along the way! "

The Qing Dynasty had experience in slavery.

When it comes to slave trading, white people still have more experience in slave trading from overseas.

No one knows how miserable slaves are like the slave owners.

Therefore, in order not to be a slave, the caught maritime merchant said everything, fearing that what he said was not detailed enough would make the Tatars dissatisfied and be arrested as a slave.

This shipyard is not greedy for more. After hearing that three or five people had already reported their names and said that they would place orders after today, they quickly spoke.

And many slave owners had questions one after another.

"The dark-skinned and ugly slaves they bought and sold must be Kunlun slaves. There was one in the army before. He became a rare commodity and was bought and sold several times. Later, some came from the south."

"I've seen him before, and he's pretty good. He's obedient, but he's not easy to teach."

"So at the moment, the goods on the sea are either from Daming or Luzon in South Vietnam. I think Goa is too far away and the sea is dangerous. The Portuguese are also in charge of that place. This business is not easy to do."

Is it far?

It's not that far actually.

If you go around the triangular trade, it's really a journey of thousands of miles, or at least [-] miles.

But starting from Liaodong, sailing along the coastal waters of the Ming Dynasty all the way south to the Indochina Peninsula and back again is only [-] miles away.

Running to India and coming back is barely a long way.

No matter how far the distance is, as long as there are benefits, it is not a problem at all.

So is it profitable to travel along the Maritime Silk Road, which added slaves as a new cargo?

Simple two words.

Windfall profits.

There are risks, too.

This large number of slaves were sold very quickly, and the major farms had long wanted to replace those second- and even first-class slaves with third-class slaves, consumables that could be bought for life.

Even though these slaves worked very hard under the whip.

But slave owners believed in human potential.

If the whip cannot stimulate the potential, then cut off the nose and gouge out the eyes, or choose the least hard-working slave to cut off the feet, behead and dig out the heart.

There is always a way.

Can a slave be considered a slave if a whip cannot leave him disabled?
“Everyone, everyone, give way, please give way, I’ll give you some time to say a few words!”

Suddenly someone interrupted loudly, causing everyone to be dissatisfied. They stared angrily and saw that it was the master wearing a black and gold robe, and they hurriedly squeezed out a smile.

"Master Liu! Master Liu! What kind of wind has brought you here? You're far away."

The former governor of Gaizhou naturally had to be treated with courtesy.

Liu Shiji smiled and bowed his hands one by one: "Don't dare to scream. I have been pardoned by the emperor's kindness. Now I am a white man, just doing some small things under the master's door."

(End of this chapter)