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Chapter 280 This system is not good
Having too many slaves is not necessarily a good thing.

Although slaves were cheap labor, slave riots could be fatal.

Zhang Jingyi nodded and patted Elizabeth on the shoulder. "Don't worry. The slaves revolted because they were oppressed and tortured and saw no hope in life. If the slaves were well fed and well fed and given hope and a future... that would be a different result."

Elizabeth: "?"

Zhang Jingyi spread his hands: "In the final analysis, the system of slavery is not conducive to productivity. Think about it, when a person is deprived of his freedom and human rights, all the fruits of his labor belong to the master, and his power of life and death is also in the hands of the master. Even his children can only continue to be slaves. Where is the hope for his life?"

"Besides, humans also have the talent of [Self-interest]. When they earn money for others, their work enthusiasm will be reduced by 50%. Think about it, will the slaves activate this talent?"

Elizabeth nodded thoughtfully. "That makes sense! Slaves are making money for others, so the negative effects of the Selfishness talent will definitely be activated."

Zhang Jingyi: "So slavery is fundamentally reducing human productivity. The more people become slaves, the more people will mobilize their enthusiasm for production - 50% of their talent, which will affect the productivity of the entire society."

As a queen, Elizabeth has loved listening to analysis of this kind since she was a child. When Zhang Jingyi threw out these words that he had learned from the political textbook in middle school, Elizabeth was very excited.

The expression on her face also became serious: "Then how can we solve this problem?"

Zhang Jingyi: "That is to fundamentally negate the slave system and introduce a more advanced system. We cannot call them slaves, nor can we treat them as slaves. Instead, we must give them a new identity, give them hope for the future, and give them an environment where they can make money for themselves. This will stimulate their work enthusiasm +100% in their [self-interest] talents."

Elizabeth showed a confused expression on her face, and even Antonio and the old lady next to her couldn't help but prick up their ears and listen attentively.

Zhang Jingyi: "They will become 'people who work for us'. From now on, we will call them workers. They work hard and we will pay them wages. The more they work, the more wages they will get, and the less they work, the less wages they will get..."

Elizabeth understood all of a sudden: "Husband, the mining plant you asked Adrian to build in Xihuang Town uses this system."

Antonio couldn't help but ask, "But slaves don't need to be paid. If we make them workers and pay them, will our profits decrease?"

Zhang Jingyi: "It depends on whether the wages we pay can offset the 100% increase in productivity from their [self-interest] talents."

"For example, suppose a slave can help us earn 10 copper coins every day, but these 10 copper coins are produced after they activate the [Selfishness] talent, under the premise of -50% production enthusiasm. In other words, if the negative effect of the [Selfishness] talent is not activated, then he can help us earn 20 copper coins a day, right?"

Elizabeth, Antonio, and the old elf lady nodded together: "That's right! If there is no negative effect of [Self-interest], it should be 20 copper coins."

Zhang Jingyi said: "Then we activate the positive effect of the [Self-interest] talent on the basis of 20 copper coins, and increase his work enthusiasm by 100%. He can earn 40 copper coins, right?"

Several people nodded together: "Yes, I calculated correctly." Zhang Jingyi smiled: "Then suppose we take out 40 copper coins from these 20 copper coins to pay him wages, then we can get 20 copper coins, isn't this twice as much as the original 10 copper coins? We earn more, the workers earn more, everyone earns, and a world where no one gets hurt is achieved. Everyone is happy, and the slaves will naturally not be so easy to rebel and riot."

Elizabeth: “Huh?”

Antonio: "I see! It is indeed so."

The old lady couldn't help but sigh, "That makes sense. Slavery turns a person who can earn 40 copper coins a day into one who can only earn 10 copper coins. It really has a huge impact on productivity. As expected, Mr. Zhang is worthy of being a prophet. With your calculation, even an old woman like me can understand how bad slavery is."

Zhang Jingyi: "Last time when the werewolves captured a lot of kobolds as slaves, I wanted to complain about it, but I thought that the habits of kobolds are similar to those of dogs. They have strong obedience and can be safely managed as slaves. Moreover, they don't have the talent of [self-interest], so I didn't say anything. But this time, the slaves we captured are of a more complicated race. We can't just make them all slaves like we did with the kobolds. I will take good care of this matter, so don't worry."

Elizabeth was still a little confused, but she nodded.

The two old men, the Elf Grandma and Antonio, fell into deep thought. It was the first time they had heard the idea that social system affects productivity. The more they thought about it, the more it made sense and the more profound the issue seemed to them.

The knowledge involved here is so vast!

By the time the four of them had finished chatting, Akadullah's letter had already been written, as had dozens of other commanders, both large and small, with various titles.

A dragon eagle archer came over, put all the letters in his pocket, rode his dragon eagle to the sea, and went to find the desert kingdom's light sailboat... After a while, the dragon eagle archer came back and reported: "I shot their letters to the sailors on the light sailboat. They have received the letters and hurriedly set sail back to their country."

Zhang Jingyi nodded and said, "Okay, all the nobles who have written letters and can be redeemed will be placed in the Elf Village and guarded by the elves until the Desert Kingdom's ship brings gold to redeem them. As for the ordinary soldiers who no one is willing to pay to redeem, we will take them away and manage them together."

After the discussion, everyone started to act separately.

The elves found a big tree house to use as a prison cell and locked up Akadula and a group of nobles inside, waiting to exchange them for money.

Another thousand or so surrendered soldiers, escorted by the coalition forces of various ethnic groups, went upstream along the West Wind River towards the town of Gilneas.

Such a large number of surrendered soldiers certainly cannot be arranged in the town.

Zhang Jingyi found a small valley several miles away from the town and ordered the captives to build a huge "concentration camp" for themselves. He locked them all up inside, and had people from the coalition forces of various ethnic groups guard them from outside. He would then slowly solve the problem of turning them into "workers."

(End of this chapter)