Daming One Piece

Chapter 220 A New Life for Slaves and Slave Owners (Second Update)
Everything needs a process of adaptation.

For those immigrants who just arrived at Nantianmen, they were taught a lesson as soon as they arrived at the assigned immigration point.

"Steward, who are they? Why are they wearing iron rings around their necks?"

Like everyone else, Zhao Jiye was a little curious when he saw those iron rings around their necks. There were such natives in the villages he passed along the way.

"It's just a house slave!"

Speaking of slaves, I am afraid that no one can understand what it means, but the people of Ming Dynasty are quite familiar with the word "household slave".

"House servant?"

"Yes, but it's different from our family slaves in Daming. The house slaves here are dedicated to work for their masters. You can spend a few taels of silver to buy one, and you can do a lot of work! If you don't work honestly, you can just whip it. No! Even if you beat the government to death, you won’t ask.”

Zhao Jiye and the others were immediately dumbfounded, and the others were a little bit at a loss.

Here and there are house slaves, clearly...

"Anyway, we bought these natives and bought them back home. They are our domestic slaves, and we bought them with real money. How to clean them up is our business, and the government will not ask."

The steward of the team leader said specifically again.

"Anyway, as long as you're not from Daming, it's fine. These are savages, and they were all captured by slave ships from all over the world. Brother Zhao, if you have extra silver, you might as well buy a few, and use this place to open up wasteland and farm, and to cut wood. If you want to burn wasteland and dig trees, house slaves are definitely useful, but you also have to be on guard to prevent them from escaping, and if anyone escapes, you will kill them."

For the immigrants who arrived in the early days, they have already adapted to the life of having domestic slaves. In fact, the first to adapt were those gentry families who were flown here. After all, when they were in China in the past, they had domestic slaves in their homes. .However, different from the inland Ming Dynasty, in Nantianmen, the life and death of house slaves are decided by the master.

As for those ordinary immigrants, after feeling the benefits of driving their slaves to open up wasteland and farmland, they will quickly adapt to it. When it is time to beat and scold them, they are not softer than others.Of course, as long as those slaves are not lazy, their masters will not abuse them.

"This, isn't this not treating people as human beings!"

Despite what he said, after half a month of busy work in the woods, Zhao Jiye and the others bought six house slaves with money from selling wood. They were said to be house slaves, but in fact they belonged to their twenty immigrant families.

On the day they bought back six domestic slaves from the market, these natives put on specially made iron collars, which were stamped with the serial number of the village community, and then strung together by iron chains and brought back to the village. After leaving the village, two people took care of it, dug the roots in the ground, and opened up wasteland in the forest of Nantianmen. The roots were the biggest obstacle.Even if it is burning wasteland, the roots of the trees cannot be burned, and those roots often have to be dug out bit by bit.

Most of the trees that were cut down were sold to the city, and the rest were built into houses. The style of the house was the same as the barracks they lived in in the isolation camp. The structure was simple and easy to build, but it only took a few days. Immigrants live in new houses.Of course, these house slaves were not so lucky, they could only sleep in a makeshift shack first, and there was no extra house for them to live in.In addition, they can have two full meals a day, eating about the same as everyone else.

In fact, for these captured slaves, their days are not much different from the past. After all, whether in Mataram or Aceh, there are basically no so-called civilians, except for those Arab sea merchants Except for the aristocrats descended from their descendants and some aboriginal aristocrats, the vast majority of aboriginals are slaves.Now they just have a different master.

Of course, the process of changing owners also needs to get used to.

With the help of these slaves, the progress of land reclamation was significantly faster.Although these slaves are thin and small, they work hard and dig tree roots very seriously. After they get used to their new masters, they especially like to try their best in front of the new masters in exchange for the master's respect. appreciation.

Of course, Zhao Jiye repeatedly warned others to keep a distance from slaves. Maybe slaves will be loyal to slave owners, so it is definitely not to influence slaves by kindness. Slave owners and slaves are natural enemies, and natural contradictions cannot be reconciled. .The reason why slaves are loyal to their masters is, to put it bluntly, because they have no choice, and loyalty is their only choice in exchange for a better life.

Time is the best teacher.

Regardless of whether these immigrants are good or slaves, they will quickly adapt to their identities in a short period of time. Of course, for the vast majority of Ming people, even if they adapt to their identities, they will not When the slave owners are conscious, after all, their nature is kind. In just one month, these kind slave owners took the initiative to give the slaves an extra meal.

From two meals a day to three meals a day.

In this regard, the steward who came to the village for a tour, shook his head and sighed, but did not interfere much, but just reminded them to pay attention-the knife and gun must be held in their own hands.

"Zhao Jiye, you have also read the books. You are not of my race. You must have a different heart. If you treat them well, you must treat them well, but you must hold the knife handle in your own hands, you know?"

As the steward of the reclamation office, Han Anbang knew very well that for many people, they would only have a long memory if they suffered a loss and learned a lesson. Otherwise, it would be useless to persuade them.

So, just a reminder.

"Don't worry, Manager Han, it's just a few natives, they can't turn back."

Zhao Jiye smiled indifferently, and then deliberately showed off.

"Guard Han, look, we have cultivated nearly [-] mu of land here, and after tidying up these fields, it will be ripe land, and there will be a harvest in four months at most. We calculated that at this speed, we It will take two or three years for the thousand acres of land here to be fully developed."

Looking at Zhao Jiye's expectant face, Han Anbang just smiled. All immigrants are like this, which is why they came to Nantianmen.

"This is all thanks to the blessing of the comforter, so that we can live such a hopeful life..."

There is hope for the day!
For Zhao Jiye and the others, this is exactly what they couldn't see when they were in their hometown in the Mainland.But now there is hope.

"Uncle Xu, tell me, when you were in your hometown in Henan, you thought that one day, someone would farm for us!"

After sending off the steward, Zhao Jiye looked at the slaves working in the field and said.

"It's just a dream, I don't dare to think about it!"

Xu Fu was smoking a pipe, laughing while smoking.

"This day, live comfortably!"

(End of this chapter)