I am Peter III, Emperor of the Hexagon of the Goose Kingdom

Chapter 190 Barbaria's Horror Family

The nun swept across the crowd and asked:
"Who else of you hasn't gone back?"

The other armbands all replied:
"Sister Linda, we went back in the morning, and the task has been completed."

Sister Linda's eyes fell on Barbaria, the only one who didn't answer.

Barbaria hurriedly said:
"My lord nun, I, I just came back and got the farm tools. I was about to go back, and then I heard a sound here and took a look."

The nun snorted coldly and said, "Why don't you go back quickly?"

Barbaria saluted quickly: "Yes."

Then he lowered his head and turned away, his heart still beating wildly.

She knew that the penalty was not terrible, what was terrible was the deduction of points.

Once the points are severely deducted, the name of the armband will be deprived, and then they will be expelled. Not only will the family lose their tax cuts, but the future will be even more gloomy.

After experiencing the benefits here, who wants to go back?
Barbaria's home is on the outskirts of Moscow. She was walking home full of thoughts when she suddenly felt a shadow. She looked up and couldn't help being a little surprised. This was a young man, but his face was a little pale.

The young man looked at Barbaria in amazement, especially her chest, which was so impressive. The man showed a greedy smile and said:
"Miss, are you a serf?"

It was rude to ask this question, but the man was almost certain that this was not a lady from any family, most likely a serf.

Serfs are easy to say, there is nothing that cannot be bought.

"Yes."

Intuitively feeling that the person in front of her is a nobleman, Barbaria said cautiously.

Because she was returning home, she did not wear a uniform with white armbands when she came out.

The man was overjoyed immediately, and then said directly:

"I'll give you 60 rubles, you come with me."

Barbaria shook her head and said, "No way."

Then leave from one side.

Don't say that buying a white armband for 60 rubles is a joke, just say that according to the regulations of Notre Dame, the armbands also have the freedom to decide whether they are sold, and the marriage of the armbands must be approved.

Furthermore, she didn't like the man in front of her.

But the man staggered to stop her, and winked at the servant behind him, who surrounded her.

"What do you want to do? I am White Armband!"

Barbaria regretted not wearing her uniform, she snapped a warning.

"Haha, if you were the white armband, I would still be the director of the mysterious office."

The man smiled frivolously.

"Ivanovic, someone is impersonating you."

Not far away, startled by the movement here, a handsome young man with an extraordinary bearing, a handsome man with a dignified appearance, and a slightly dark complexion smiled softly at the half-bald man next to him.

"Master, how do you think we should deal with it?"

"What to do, men love women, and this figure, tsk tsk, is exaggerated enough among court ladies, isn't this human nature?"

Mirkowski was listening, and based on his understanding of His Majesty, His Majesty should have something to say.

Sure enough, Peter changed the subject:

"However, the woman has already indicated that it is a white armband, and he still wears it like this. This is a bit unreasonable. The armbands work for Notre Dame, which cannot guarantee safety. Ivanovic, you are responsible."

"Yes, sir!"

Ivanovic bowed his head and decided to go to the speaker of the parliament after returning to strengthen the security of the armbands.

Then he was about to step forward, but Peter stopped him, and said lightly:

"It's not easy to meet some interesting things. Who will come if I don't come to this kind of limelight?"

Peter got a little dark from the sun in the Gulf of Finland, and his heart that had been silent for a long time couldn't hold back.

Just when the man was about to make a move, an unsheathed sword blocked his hand. Archibald looked at it in astonishment. It was a tall and straight young man with some people behind him.

Just as Peter was about to speak, he suddenly saw a familiar face in the window of the carriage from the corner of his eye, and he couldn't help but froze for a moment.

It was old friend Ferdinandnov.

Ferdinandov apparently found Peter too, and couldn't help being overjoyed.

During this period of time, he hadn't seen Peter for a long time, so he immediately let the driver drive over, and then jumped out of the car to hug Peter.

Peter blocked the sword in the man's hand and then blocked Ferdinandov, who was not used to hugging him with a man.

And the young man couldn't help but panic when he saw that Ferdinandov was dressed in the most standard aristocratic attire and also had a sword.

Taking advantage of the conversation between Peter and Ferdinandnov, he slipped away in an instant.

Mirkowski winked at one of the guards, who immediately followed.

Barbaria stared blankly at the young man who rescued her, and hesitated to speak. They must be nobles.

There was no room for serfs to interject when the nobles were talking.

Then Peter stopped, glanced at Barbaria, and nodded to her with a kind expression.

As for the armbands, they are actually the product of his own policies behind the scenes, so of course he has a good impression of them.

Barbaria immediately said gratefully:

"Thank you for saving me!"

Peter nodded and asked, "You said you were a white armband just now. Which orphanage are you from?"

Barbaria said: "It's the No.18 orphanage."

Peter nodded, looked at Barbaria again and said, "Okay, go get busy."

Barbaria was a little shy. This man was also looking at her upper body, but somehow she didn't hate it. How much she wished that this man would also offer to buy her, but he didn't.

Barbaria walked slowly, looking back from time to time, but saw that the man was talking with the noble lord who got off the carriage, and didn't pay attention to her, so she couldn't help being very disappointed.

I don't know how to get home quickly, the closer I get to home, the more Barbaria hesitates, and even shows a nervous look.

And it all comes from her father.

There is no precedent for the issue of serfdom in the whole of Europe. Diderot was the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia, but there were also other scholars involved, but they only made general condemnations of serfdom. In reality, there is no need Look straight at the question.

Because in Europe 20 years later, the remnants of the feudal system of serfdom only existed in some scattered areas.

During the reign of George III, Britain, like other countries, operated the African slave trade. Every year, [-] men and women laborers were loaded on ships and shipped to the West Indies.

In addition, the colonies opened up by Britain in the Americas became the United States of America, and its leaders often talked about Enlightenment ideas.

But those gentlemen and landowners in Virginia who were committed to the cause of American independence were basically slave owners. Until his death in 1799, George Washington still kept slaves at Mount Vernon.

Thomas Jefferson wrote in the "Declaration of Independence" that "all men are created equal", and that all people have "the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", but he never gave up his "right" to own slaves, and at the same time His slave girl, Sally Hemings, lived together for 38 years and had 7 children.

Among the presidents of the United States, Washington and Jefferson are not isolated cases. In history, a total of 12 presidents had domestic slaves, and 8 of them did not even release their slaves during their administration.

The living conditions of Russian serfs are very similar to those of American black slaves in many ways. They are regarded as inferior creatures by their masters. The gap between serfs and masters is considered to be approved by God, and masters can be bought and sold like livestock. Serfs, they were treated wantonly, and the methods were often extremely cruel.

Russian serfs were not foreigners from a foreign country. No one forcibly plundered them from their homeland to the other side of the ocean and deprived them of their language and religious beliefs. Russian serfs were just poor people who lacked education from generation to generation. All belong to the same race, flow the same blood, and speak the same language.

However, just like the slave owners in America, the Russian serf owners also had complete control over these serfs. The serfs could not marry privately without the owner’s permission. Acts of stealing, stealing, fighting, and defiance may attract whips or clubs.

Although the nobles could not directly execute the serfs, they could impose severe punishments on the serfs, and these punishments often resulted in the death of the serfs.

A Frenchman who traveled in Russia once wrote:
"I saw a man with gray hair and a beautiful beard lying on the ground with his trousers down, being whipped like a child. That scene really made me sick. There are even more terrifying scenes, I even It's hard to say - some people sometimes force their sons to punish their fathers in this way."

The vast majority of serfs in Russia belong to the agricultural population, and they spend their entire lives on the land that has been reclaimed and farmed. With the changes of the seasons and the whims of their masters, they may also work as lumberjacks, gardeners, carpenters, waxsmiths, and painters. Along with cobblers, they also tended livestock and tended horses for carts and rides on the stud farm.

Female slaves had to do tedious jobs all their lives. Those who were frequently pregnant were not working in the fields with their husbands, cooking, washing clothes, or giving birth to children, creating more small serfs, and adding more wealth to their masters.

When they have a little leisure time, these women are often sent to the forest to pick mushrooms and berries, but they have no right to keep them for themselves, even if they just eat a little.

This is a horrible patriarchal society.The families of most serfs followed the ancient and common law of all cultures and societies, that is, the man who was abused and enslaved continued to enslave those within his jurisdiction, which usually meant their wives and children.

The male head of the serf family basically had absolute authority over the whole family, which often meant that the father had the right to use his daughter-in-law as his sexual tool.

The reason why Barbaria is reluctant to go home is because of the situation faced by her brother's wife.

(End of this chapter)