Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1213 Slave Market
"Your conscience is very good..." Skaide couldn't help saying "Japanese", and then patted Quark Poong's shoulder with satisfaction.

Although Quark Poong is not quite used to this sudden act of intimacy, he still understands the appreciation and joy shown by the other party.He bowed deeply again.

"In addition to the horses we specify, you can continue to operate the white female slave trade. However, there must be a limit on the number of people." Skade said, "Next time you can bring up to 400 female slaves, and then it will be up to your Before the license ends, a maximum of 200 female slaves will be shipped in each year—but I want to remind you that you have no monopoly in the trade of white female slaves, and we will buy white female slaves from any owner who can provide us with a satisfactory source of goods."

The long-term importation policy of allowing a certain number of female slaves to be imported each year is firstly to give the elders a choice, and secondly to prevent outsiders from guessing the exact number of elders.

"I will do my best to serve you!" Quark was full of enthusiasm, so that he could export at least a thousand female slaves to Lingao in the next three to four years, and the profits were very considerable.

"Ahem. In addition, when the female slaves are shipped next time, ten white male slaves will be brought in at the same time, aged between 12 and 15. Only one-time input is allowed." When Skaide said this, he seemed a little Awkward.

Quark Poong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you need to enter the eunuch?"

"Eunuch?" Skade quickly denied. "We don't need eunuchs. It's a white male. Not a white eunuch."

Quark bowed deeply again: "I am willing to serve the Senate!"

What a good businessman, thought Skade, who has no morals for money!

Then, it talked about the importation of slaves in Southeast Asia.The mines in Sanya had already saturated the demand for Southeast Asian slaves, but the high death rate in Kaohsiung’s large-scale development made the surplus of Southeast Asian slaves begin to be in short supply.Wei Bachi continued to send out applications for sending more Southeast Asian slaves to Taiwan, so Skade asked Quark to expand the number of Southeast Asian slaves sent.

Quark Poor showed embarrassment: Although his slave trade was very impressive, and he gradually established his own trade routes and slave trading stations throughout the Spice Islands, but capturing slaves was a very laborious task, and European colonists often went to battle in person. The cost-effectiveness ratio is extremely low, and we must rely on powerful figures such as local chiefs and kings to act as suppliers.Just as the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana has long served as a supplier of black slaves in history.

Quark Poor is now well-known throughout the Moluccas, and some people have begun to hoard prisoners of war and prisoners as slaves to sell to him, and some chiefs and pirates have begun to take people into slavery as a means of making money, but such suppliers Small in scale, Quark had to sail ships with Captain Higgins—now his partner—throughout the Moluccas archipelago to acquire slaves.The cycle is long, the cost is high, and the risk is high. The death rate of slaves is also particularly high.

In order to expand the source of slaves, Quark formulated a plan after careful consideration, and this plan was supported by the East Asia Council of the British East India Company.

The plan was to incite a local "sultan" to start a major war: there were three "empires" in the Moluccas, and they both cooperated and fought with the British and Dutch colonists, and often fought against each other.It's not a problem to incite them to fight each other--as long as you can provide something that can make the balance swing slightly.

This thing is a rifle.Matchlock guns and gunpowder have been widely transported to this area by merchants, and have become the favorite commodities of the indigenous chiefs and "sultans" on the archipelago. Pirates are also equipped with this weapon.

However, it is very uneconomical to transport matchlock guns from Europe for thousands of miles-the shipping time is long, and arquebus guns are damaged a lot during long-distance sea transportation.If we talk about local manufacturing, only Batavia has a small-scale military workshop. The craftsmen are scarce, and the raw materials need to be imported. The commercial competition in India is very fierce, and the Dutch have long disliked the British.

"If the Senate can provide enough matchlock guns as trade goods, it will not be a problem to double the supply of slaves."

Skade nodded, which coincided with the original intention of developing the Nanyang-style rifle: in addition to finding a cheap equipment for the security forces, it was also an original goal to export it as a monkey version of the weapon.

"We have a very good rifle for export, ten times better than your arquebus. What's more, they will have to buy ammunition from you for a long time..." Skeid laughed, I feel wonderful.

"If there is such a wonderful commodity, it will not be a problem to increase the number of slaves needed by the Senate tenfold—I am afraid that soon there will be no natives left in the Moluccas..." Quark complimented poorly.

"Do you know? I think you can stock up on more supplies, because the Dutch may soon buy slaves from you." Skade said pretending to be mysterious.

Quark was startled, tongue-tied and said, "What? They're also here to sell..."

"No, there is nothing." Skade reassured him, "They, like us, will soon need a large number of slaves as labor."

"It's impossible." Quark knew the Dutch in Batavia very well, "their existing Javanese slaves are enough for use, if you are talking about the development work around Batavia, the Dutch would rather import the Chinese. No Southeast Asian slaves will be taken."

"They will need it, they will need it." Skaide smiled and patted him on the shoulder again, "How is it? Would you like to go to an auction at night? The slaves you brought will be sold at this auction There's an auction at the meeting—it's an unprecedented event."

"It's my honor." Quark said involuntarily.

The second maid auction is about to be held.The location is set in a warehouse in the quarantine area of ​​Bopu: first of all, it can accommodate enough buyers and "supply sources", and the high open roof also makes the space less stuffy when hundreds of people gather in summer.

Due to the shortage of goods in this auction, the quality level is not much different-after all, the goods have been carefully selected by Quark Poor.Therefore, under Fang Fei's suggestion, the general office decided that the female slave auction would be divided into four levels: S, A, B, and C, and the S-level female slaves would be held in the auction mode of free bidding.The rest of the female slaves are purchased directly by lottery, and those who are first in the lottery can be selected first, and paid according to the level.If the lottery is late, there is not much choice. If the lottery is too late, you will not be able to buy it. This method at least ensures that every veteran has an equal opportunity.

Xiao Zishan was flipping through the slave auction manual. Fang Fei was instructing people to set up the venue. Seeing that he was looking at it so seriously, he couldn't help leaning over and jokingly said:
"What? Are you going to buy one too?"

"Oh... this..." Xiao Zishan seemed to be unable to hold back, "Well, I do have this idea... But there are few goods, and the elders are the priority..."

"You're prudish again—you're different from me: without a wife, what's wrong with being a big horse?" Fang Fei yelled at the carpenter who was putting on airs, and continued, "I didn't see you buying a maid last time."

"Well, I'll think about it again..." Xiao Zishan seemed unwilling to discuss this issue, so he quickly changed the topic, "I'm looking at the nation of female slaves, there are so many things to see."

Basra was one of the largest slave markets in the Near East, where a large number of slaves from the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Africa gathered and distributed.This can be seen from the list of slaves sent by Quark Poor: the most are Slavs, followed by Arabs and Persians, and then there are Turks, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Italy and Jews.

"This ethnic composition!" Fang Fei also found it interesting, "It's really complicated! I have to teach them Mandarin in the future."

"Is the plan ready?"

"It's ready, and I've informed every elder who came to participate in the auction. Everyone expressed that they would try their best to cooperate."

Before nightfall, the entire warehouse has been furnished, and the windows have been covered by thick curtains. Only the light of gas lamps illuminates the temporary "exhibition field" in the middle of the warehouse, and the surrounding seats are very dark, fully guaranteed. The personal privacy of the elders.

The slaves were transported to the warehouse in batches by horse-drawn carts after nightfall.Only S-rank female slaves participated in the auction this time, a total of 16.However, 17 people were actually sent.This last one is Donna Marina de Arellano.

Marina followed the maid into the venue blankly.The warehouse area was originally inaccessible, but now the security forces have set up multiple blockades around it, and there is no sound outside, making it extremely quiet.

The female slaves were placed in the enclosure on one side of the exhibition hall, guarded by two maids, and they did not interfere with the female slaves' looking around and private discussions.

She shook her head, trying to put all the worries and fears of these days behind her.Lowering the veil slightly, he looked around.

The customers who came to the auction seemed to be short-haired Australians. They all wore shabby cotton jackets, bareheaded and without hats like the humblest peasants, but all of them looked confident and no one but me. .

Marina suddenly saw Miss Mendoza.She waved gently at her, and she walked over.

"Miss Mendoza, thank you for your help," she whispered in Spanish. "I will never forget your kindness."

(End of this chapter)