cosmic hegemony

Chapter 340 Only the strong have the right to speak
Li Wan looked at the many slaves in the cage, and many of the eyes showed longing. Because they were afraid of being shocked by the electric shock, none of them dared to yell like before. They seemed to be expressing their inner feelings with their eyes. middle mood.

Being locked in a cage like a beast, people are dying every day, or fighting among slaves, or diseases, etc., to be able to survive until now, each of them is not easy, and many seem to be I have resigned to my fate, since I have resigned to my fate, it is better to be sold earlier, maybe I can find a better owner, at least I don't have to be locked in a cage.

"How about we buy some slaves?"

Ding Xiaoqiang couldn't bear it, he discussed with Li Fu and said.

"No, our empire has a very strict population policy, and our empire does not allow the existence of slaves. At that time, what name did we take in these people, and it will also bring a very serious issue to our imperial government. Present it to the people of our empire."

"At that time, will our empire open up slavery? Will we accept foreign civilized races? It will become a very serious topic for our entire empire. After all, we only have Chinese immigrants now, let alone these aliens. people."

Li Wan shook his head. After all, he thought farther away. Being in the imperial family, he had been in contact with Li Fu and many imperial government officials since he was a child. Naturally, his vision and thinking are different, and many things are not simply seen. Now.

It is very simple to buy these slaves, and it seems to be a good thing, so that these slaves can get rid of their original fate, but once these slaves enter the empire, what kind of status should the empire treat them? thought about it.

"Oh, I also see them as pitiful."

Ding Xiaoqiang sighed softly, turned his eyes away, and stopped looking at the slave in the cage, because those eyes were really unbearable, and he couldn't help but want to reach out to help.

"It's a pity that there is no way. Our empire has our empire's rules, and the upper echelon has the upper echelon's considerations. Naturally, there is a reason for us not to open up slavery. Strict restrictions on foreign immigration are also for the long-term survival of our descendants. Think about it."

Li Wandu also turned his head and stopped looking.

"You two, don't you think about buying some slaves to go back? You see, this Hudson star is strong and has very strong muscles. He is definitely a very good labor force. It must be good to buy some slaves and use them to do some farm work."

"And this catwoman with a petite figure and extremely smooth skin is also a good toy on the bed, and it will be a lot of fun when you buy it back."

The stall owner saw that both Li Wandu and Ding Xiaoqiang turned away from looking at the slaves, so he hurriedly began to sell them. The average height of the Hudson people he said was 2 meters, each of them was muscular, and they wore coarse linen clothes. The other aliens next to them stayed away from them very tacitly, obviously not easy to mess with.

As for the catwomen, they were a group of people with scantily clad clothes, fair skin, furry cat ears and tails, petite in stature, cuddling together, watching everything around them vigilantly with fearful eyes.

"No, slaves are not allowed in our empire."

Ding Xiaoqiang shook his head, looked at the slave in the cage again, his eyes were full of helplessness.

"Slaves are not allowed? The laws of your empire are really strange. Well, guests can look at other things, they are all very good."

The stall owner was a little surprised when he heard it, and then he also promoted other things. In the interstellar universe, there are civilizations that do not allow slaves, but very, very few. Most civilizations allow slaves, because slaves It is also a very important resource.

Not to mention anything else, just doing some manual labor, dirty work, etc., there is a very large market for slaves, and another very important use is the slave Colosseum, which is also the most expensive among interstellar slaves. There are countless slave colosseums in almost every civilization.

The number of slaves who die at the mouth of ferocious beasts and other slaves every day is unknown. In the entire interstellar universe, the prelude to slaves is very large, and it also gave birth to a huge interstellar slave trade industry.

From the capture of slaves, training, listing, etc., a complete black industrial chain, every moment does not know how many civilized races are changed from free people to slave commodities by these interstellar slave traders in the black market Constant sales.

Of course, this black industry chain is black for the empire. The empire strictly prohibits human trafficking and trafficking. So far, there has not been a single human trafficking incident in the empire.

But for other civilizations in the interstellar, as long as they are not people who sell their own civilization, the slave trade is legal and open, and even the governments of these civilizations can collect a lot of taxes from it, which is quite support for the interstellar slave industry .

In these civilizations, interstellar slaves are sold and operated openly. Everyone can legally buy and raise slaves. Slaves are like a commodity, and the master can dispose of them at will.

"Let's go, let's continue to look."

Li Wan smiled and shook his head, and continued to walk around. The entire trade area was very wide, and the soldiers of the Karan Empire set up a long trade corridor.

"Brother Li, why do you say that slavery is not allowed in our empire? It is clear that our empire is now sparsely populated and sparsely populated, requiring a lot of labor. If slavery is allowed and there are a large number of slaves, the development of our empire will be greatly improved. It can be very fast.”

Ding Xiaoqiang is still struggling with the matter of slavery at this time, thinking about this issue all over his head.

"Empires naturally have imperial considerations. In our human history, because of the existence of slavery, many powerful empires fell to the ground. Like the very famous ancient Roman Empire, slavery has long been the glory of the ancient Roman Empire, but also because of slavery Destroy the ancient Roman Empire completely."

"A large number of slaves are used to make the imperial nation itself more lazy. This is very detrimental to the long-term development of our empire, and it is easy to quickly obliterate the excellent hardworking qualities that our Chinese nation has cultivated for thousands of years."

"In addition, the existence of slaves is itself a very unstable factor. Although the current technological means are becoming more and more sophisticated and their control is stronger, slaves are not animals that know nothing after all, and the potential risks are very high. .”

"I think this is an important reason why our empire does not allow the existence of slavery. The leaders of the empire must take a long-term view when considering issues."

Li Wandu explained to Ding Xiaoqiang with a smile while walking.

"I see."

Ding Xiaoqiang nodded as if suddenly enlightened after hearing this.

"The interstellar slave trade is still very prosperous. Look at this booth, there are more or less slaves. If you look carefully at their eyes, do you see the raging anger, especially those slaves who have initiated civilization? , although it is well hidden, it may erupt at any time."

Li Wandu strolled casually, looking at the slaves locked in cages in the stalls.

"Well, I can clearly feel the burning anger in their hearts. If I were sold as a slave in the interstellar universe, I would be the same."

"That's right. They are very calm now. That's because no matter what they do now, it won't help. So they either die in silence or explode in silence. Slavery itself is a huge risk, not to mention people, or animals. There will be times of resistance."

"It has to be said that it is a kind of sadness. A free person in a civilized world has become an interstellar slave in a blink of an eye, and is trafficked like a beast in the universe at will."

"We should be thankful, thankful that we live in an empire, in a powerful country, we have enough strength to protect our own people, being weak is not a sin, but in the universe no one will sympathize with the weak, it will only be more wanton bullying."

Li Wandu let out a long sigh.

"Look at the soldiers of the Karan Empire. They are smiling at us one by one. It's because we defeated them, so they are like this. Look at the things they sell. How many of these things are theirs? The ones I bought with my own money were basically snatched from the indigenous planets."

"Not only robbing you of your wealth, but also selling you like a slave. This is the treatment of a weak civilization. They don't have the slightest right to speak, and they can only be slaughtered at will."

Li Wandu pointed to a stall and said to Ding Xiaoqiang.

"Well, because we defeated them, they respected us and bowed to us, and the civilization where these slaves belonged to lost to them, so they not only lost their own wealth, but also became interstellar slaves themselves. Guoguo's law of the forest."

Ding Xiaoqiang nodded, as if he had figured out something in his mind.

"So, feel the responsibility and burden on your shoulders. If our predecessors hadn't worked hard to develop technology and strengthen ourselves, maybe today we would be like these slaves, being sold in the universe like commodities."

"In other words, if we don't work hard today to develop technology and improve the strength of our empire, then one day in the future, we will encounter a more powerful civilization, and it is very likely that our descendants will encounter today's civilization. Everything about these slaves."

"Look at the history of our descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Only when we become stronger can we shock the world. Whenever we become weak, it is the suffering of our descendants of the Yellow Emperor."

"So, seeing what happened to these slaves, thinking about the past and the future, I feel like there is a mountain on my shoulders. In the interstellar universe, only the strong have the right to speak."

(End of this chapter)