Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1588, Daming has a lot to do

In the waters of the Red Sea, the slave ship 'Little Herring' is heading towards the Indian Ocean. It is a slave ship belonging to the slave trading firm under the command of King Ning. Chixia City, and then monopolize it to the vassal states and colonies all over East Africa.

With the rapid development of the East African vassal states and colonies, the demand for labor force increased sharply. However, the immigrants from Ming Dynasty could not keep up with the development demand after all.

Although these colonies and vassal states have given extremely generous conditions, such as land grants, tax exemptions, and slaves, the growth of Han immigration in various vassal states and colonies has been relatively slow.

Therefore, these vassal states and colonies had to use a large number of slaves, and the demand for slaves also increased rapidly, even exceeding the demand for slaves in the Ming Dynasty.

King Ning's slave business is also getting more and more popular. If European slaves are transported to East Africa and sold casually, the profit will be several times, bringing a steady stream of wealth to King Ning.

Simon leaned on the railing, looked at the Red Sea in front of him, felt the hot atmosphere completely different from Europe, and looked at the slaves on the deck.

These slaves were all from Europe, with blond hair and blue eyes, high noses and deep eyes. They all looked depressed and sat on the deck very weakly, full of confusion about the future.

From the conversations between these slaves, Simon knew that among these slaves were Slavs, Italians, Venetians, Balkans, Hungarians, Poles and so on.

The source is also extremely complicated. Some soldiers were captured in the war, but they were sold to slave traders and passed into the hands of the Ming people.

Some of them were deceived, they came from a rural area somewhere in Europe, and they said they were going to the city to make a lot of money, but they were sold as slaves and ended up in the hands of the Ming people.

There are also farmers and serfs who were originally farmers and serfs, but were plundered by the Tatars when they plundered the grass valley, and sold to the Ming people as slaves; some people were in debt and had to sell themselves in the end. to pay off debts and become a slave.

In short, all kinds of people came from all over Europe, but at this moment they are all slaves, they can only stay on the deck honestly, otherwise they will be served by the Daming people with whips.

Simon was looking at these slaves, and these slaves were also looking at Simon, wondering why Simon was not a slave, but could move freely on the ship.

"Why can you move freely on the boat?"

"What languages ​​do you understand? Italian? Arabic? Germanic? Spanish?"

Bill was a slave from Italy. He looked at the leisurely Simon and asked in several languages ​​one after another.

"I can speak Italian~"

When Simon heard this, he also replied.

"Who are you, why can you move freely on the ship, why don't those Ming people target you?"

Bill finds it very strange that everyone looks similar, but the treatment is very different. Simon can move around freely like the Ming people on the boat, and he can also receive the courtesy of the Ming people.

"I'm a French Jew, this time I'm going to Ningguo Chixia City on this ship~"

"I'm not a slave. I paid for the ticket."

Simon thought for a while and replied.

"Jews? I'll just say you're a Jew."

Bill heard it, looked carefully again, and recognized it immediately.

Perhaps in the eyes of Daming people, it is difficult to identify a Jew, but Europeans can tell at a glance whether the other party is a Jew or not.

"Where is Chixia City?"

Bill thought for a while and asked again.

"Chixia City is the capital of Ningguo in West Africa. You will all be trafficked there, and then sold elsewhere."

Simon told the news he had heard.

"Mr. Simon~"

"Please don't talk to slaves, it's not easy for us to do things~"

While Simon was chatting with Bill, Liu Sandao, the captain of the 'Little Herring', came over to remind him.

He saw Simon chatting with the slave, and he didn't understand what he was saying, so he came to stop him for safety's sake.

To be honest, taking Simon to Chixia City, he also took some risks.

Slave ships have rules for slave ships, which are different from ordinary ships. As long as there is space, it’s okay to carry some cargo. If you meet people passing by, if you are from Daming, it’s okay to take it along. questionable.

But Simon knew at a glance that they were Europeans, and the slaves on his ship were also white European slaves. If they colluded together, it would be easy for trouble to happen.

If it weren't for the money given by the other party, he, Liu Sandao, would not have brought Simon and the others.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Captain, to trouble you."

"I'll pay attention."

When Simon heard this, he quickly expressed his opinion.

"That's fine~"

Liu Sandao nodded in satisfaction. As the captain of the slave King Ning who specializes in transporting slaves, he, Liu Sandao, is naturally not a good person. If there is no gangster spirit, these slaves cannot be suppressed.

For those disobedient slaves, the Daming people on board would not be polite in the slightest.

After warning Simon, Liu Sandao glanced at the slaves on the ship again, and all the slaves on the ship immediately lowered their heads one by one, for fear of being beaten for just looking at them.

To be honest, these Ming people are much better than those slave traders and businessmen in Europe. At least, these Ming people will provide them with pretty good food. Many serfs were born or came from remote and poor rural areas in Europe. People, even think that being a slave is actually quite good.

At least you can eat enough, and I heard that Daming is extremely rich, and the people of Daming are also very nice. As long as you are willing to work, you basically don't have to worry about things like starvation.

The Europe of this matter is far from the Europe of later generations. Most of Europe is very poor, and this is even more so for the people at the bottom. Most ordinary Europeans even live on horse bread and black bread.

In contrast, the meals given to slaves by the Ming people were better than their own meals.

Corn paste, steamed buns, rice, steamed buns, sweet potatoes, etc. These are very common in Daming, Daming feudal states, and colonies. The output is large and the price is cheap. There is so much food that you can’t finish it, and a lot of it is used for feeding livestock.

The food that the Ming people gave these slaves was very good food for them, especially some Slavic serfs from Eastern Europe.

They used to work so hard that they couldn't even eat a decent meal all year round, but now they can take turns eating different foods, and they feel that this day seems to be a good one.

Anyway, they were all slaves, but they were changed to be slaves of Daming people in the future, and they all farmed land. They used to farm land for nobles, and now they farmed land for Daming people. It's all the same.

And I heard from these Ming people that as long as they behave well, they can change from slaves to civilians in the future, gain freedom, and get their own land on Daming's side.

In the eyes of many Slavic serfs, this is absolutely a fantasy.

You must know that in their hometown, they will never have any bright future. Serfs are serfs, they have been serfs for generations, and it is impossible for them to stand up.

Unexpectedly, the people of Daming would give them hope, and there would be a day to turn around.

As long as they work hard and perform well, Daming, who lacks labor force, is willing to give them the status of civilians and allow them to acquire land.

These Daming people on board even told them some legendary stories. Some slaves fought for His Highness King Ning and fought bravely. land and wealth.

All these made the slaves on the ship very excited, and even fantasized about living a quiet and prosperous life after Daming obtained the status of a commoner.

The Ming Empire was synonymous with incomparably rich.

Look at these Ming people, each one is tall, wearing exquisite clothes, with ruddy complexion, there is no trace of dirt on their bodies, and there is not even a trace of stink.

Unlike everyone, all of them are dressed in rags, unkempt, and smelly. These people smell everyone's smell and even stay away from them.

Compared with these slaves, as a businessman, Simon saw more.

"Slave trading is a big business, very profitable~"

"When these slaves were bought, they were only a few Daming silver dollars, but when they arrived at Daming, they could be sold for dozens of Daming silver dollars."

"The people of Daming are very rich. If you do business in Daming, you can definitely earn even greater wealth."

"Especially in the many vassal states, colonies, vassal states, and countries radiated by the Ming Dynasty, everyone recognizes the currency of the Ming Dynasty and uses the language of the Ming Dynasty. This is extremely beneficial for business."

"Coupled with the free trade atmosphere here in Ming Dynasty, immigrating to Ming Dynasty in the future will definitely have a lot to do~"

Thinking of this, Simon became excited. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Ming Dynasty was a huge empire with a vast territory and extremely rich. The key is a unified empire with a unified language, writing and currency, which is crucial for business. extremely beneficial.

(End of this chapter)