231 Slavery or emancipation
Therefore, it is believed that Dr. Zhu should have some mature and systematic ideas on this topic, and it is worth listening carefully to the opinions of this expert.
Seeing everyone's deaf look, Zhu Beiguo raised his head and smiled:
"I've talked to a lot of people about this kind of issue a while ago, so I've summarized a little opinion, and let's talk about this topic while everyone is gathering together today......
After Zhu Beiguo finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of water, cleared his throat, glanced at the small notebook in his hand, and said loudly to everyone:
"First of all, at least I know in my heart that there are many people here, although they say that they will go to the Australian mainland to capture slaves, but in fact, you all know very well in your hearts that no one wants to do this kind of thing, because this matter is obviously very tricky, in our group of people, who can be sent to arrest people?
Let's be clear, who of you are going to take part in a job that is harder, more tiring, and more dangerous than farm work?
You know, on that continent, in addition to a large number of natives with wooden spears and flying tools, hiding in the depths of the jungle and hunting for a living, there is a more primitive natural environment than our island!
There are a large number of crocodiles at the water's edge, in addition to cute otters, there are also all kinds of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects hidden in the jungle, and in addition to kangaroos, there are also swarms of mosquitoes and all kinds of fierce beasts in the savanna!
Even if we overcome all these unfavorable factors and go through a lot of hardships, the natives are caught, so how should we manage them?
I guess at least we need to be overseered, right?
So, which of you is going to drive these slaves to work every day with guns and whips in their hands?
Also, these natives have been in the jungle all their lives and have never experienced even a little labor training, so how can they ensure the quality of work?
Also, if these people resisted, would you beat him or her, or even shoot the person?
If the quality of these people's work is not high, are you sure that you can train these workforces? You must know that these people have not yet entered the agricultural era, and even farm work must be taught by hand.
Crucially, we don't have enough manpower to be overseers!
Ladies and gentlemen, we are all ordinary people, and we are very ordinary, we are born with no royal spirit to deter others, of course, we don't need the so-called royal eight qi, and we don't want to be intimidated by other people's royal eight qi, you see, this is us, a group of ordinary normal people.
I still remember last Sunday, that impressive thing, when Zhu Lao asked everyone to go to the farm to help kill a few sheep, remember?
Lao Zhu gave you a few knives, who of you are going to kill sheep?
Of course, another reason why it wasn't killed was that Tao Tao, the kid didn't let go of the lamb, crying and not letting you kill, but in the end, we couldn't say that it was because of the child's obstruction, right?
Actually, it's a fact that everyone, including me, is shaking with their hands holding knives?
Now the sheep are still grazing happily on the hillock! I think these sheep only have the economic value of shearing sheep.
Ladies and gentlemen, we don't even have a lot of people who can do such a job as killing chickens smoothly!
I told you, 'When the calves are grown up in a few months' time, which of you will kill the cows?' Last time Wei Dongli killed pigs, didn't they shoot Colt in the end?
Face to face, white knife into red knife, this kind of thing, even Wei Dongli Lanbo, who has seen blood, you haven't done it, right?
See, we are not a cruel bunch, so I can make a bold prediction that it will be difficult for us to kill a living person in front of us, simply because he or she cannot endure the hard work, or rebel against the desire for freedom!
Actually, it's not too difficult to be a cruel person, and when you kill someone, you close your eyes and endure it---- if one day we are forced to do this.
However, I sincerely hope that such a situation will never happen!
It's just that if I really become a bloodthirsty person, am I still me? What is the point of losing oneself and humanity, even if it is the whole world? I don't know anyway, but at least I know that my heart won't be happy, let alone peaceful......
One might argue that slavery is now prevalent in North America, where the slave trade is beginning to flourish.
But I hope you don't forget that there is still a strong political power behind the white people, and the population size of the white people is enough to form a secular society, and we do not have such conditions.
What's more, from the moment slavery was born, white society began to divide, and from that time on, there were already white people who began to organize against this inhumane system, and in the history you don't know, the abolitionist movement actually began when slavery first appeared.
In the Old World, in 1787, the most famous abolitionist international organization, the London Society, was founded. Although the abolition of slavery was not something that could be accomplished overnight, the period between the full flourishing of the slave trade in the early eighteenth century and the legal abolition of the slave trade by the British was actually less than 100 years old.
Of course, the law was enforced gradually, but the slave trade didn't really stop until the Civil War, because slavery was completely abolished in North America.
The history of mankind in the Old World has proven that inhuman things are inherently unsustainable!
And the historical aftermath of all these evils will be very serious, and in the old world, the problems of social division, ethnicity and racial discrimination have always plagued that superpower, and is not that the root cause of this?
Also, if we look back at the 300 years of European history from the beginning of the slave trade to its prosperity and extinction, we can see that the resistance of slaves has always been very fierce, and how much social upheaval and human tragedy occurred during this period?
As for us, we are not strong enough to have the size and social organization of white people, and if we also practice slavery, we will face the treatment that white people often suffer at all times: regular slave revolts, violence, passive sabotage, flight, and all kinds of sabotage and rebellion, both overt and covert.
In that case, we will live in fear and fear all day long, and I am afraid that we will bring about our own destruction.
In short, the purpose of this is to tell you that using slavery or other forced labor methods to solve the problem of labor shortage is not a smooth road.
So, everyone, the proposal to go to the Australian mainland to capture the aborigines as slaves, or go to sea to be pirates and plunder labor, is it better to dispense!
Even if one day we rob an official ship and occupy a certain kingdom, the only thing we can do is to free the slaves there instead of letting them change owners!
Because that's the only way we're going to have a truly secure, productive workforce, don't you think I'm right? ”
"Listening to Brother Zhu's words is better than reading a book for ten years......"
Wei Hong nodded thoughtfully, in the silent venue, he was the first person to respond to Zhu Beiguo's tirade just now.
"Xiao Zhu is right, liberating others instead of enslaving others should be the purpose of our actions!"
Gu Jin nodded and responded.
"This is also the only way for us to obtain a safe and performing workforce, Zhu Ge is right......"
"Safe and willing, I like this!"
"The problem is that most blacks in this era are still submissive, right? Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a large-scale plantation economy, would it? ”
"Yes, I checked the historical data, and it said that in some places, the ratio of blacks to whites was ten to one, and there was no resistance, why? Doesn't it feel like slavery was that cruel? ”