638 Records of Lefiq
Of course, Lefik didn't see this rumor about the slave girls with his own eyes, he originally subconsciously wanted to take a look, don't get me wrong, Mr. Lefik just wanted to see what state the goods he had just sold were in now, and he didn't treat these slave girls as women at all.
But as soon as he reached a doorway, he was immediately stopped by a Japanese soldier guarding the door, who pointed to a wooden sign at the door, on which there were several Chinese characters and a row of Portuguese, Lefik knew some Portuguese, and he understood what was written: women's dormitory, men's stop.
Well, after being surprised to realize that for the first time in his life he was being treated as a voyeur lady in the bath, Lefik had to retreat in embarrassment......
“…… When the slaves had bathed and wiped their bodies clean, the shackles on them and their feet were opened, and each of them was given a set of fine linen clothing, including a short-sleeved collarless seaman's shirt, a pair of knee-high shorts, and a pair of straw sandals. It is said that the slave girls also received two more pieces of underwear, including a bra.
Immediately afterwards, everyone also received two large wooden bowls and a pair of wooden chopsticks, except for a little chaos when receiving these things, and many blacks only knew that they consciously lined up after receiving a few whips, the whole process was undisturbed and orderly......"
In addition, Lefik's logbook also recorded many details, for example, the pile of waist skirts that had just been taken off from the black people were immediately carried into the stove of the house by several widows with their noses covered and carried by wooden poles, where they were burned clean by a fire.
Lefique knew that Europeans had a tradition of burning the clothing of people who had died of the plague, and it seems that Australians knew that too.
However, what makes Lefik feel a little cumbersome is that the Australians have done this level of cleaning work for this group of black slaves, and it is not finished, and in the end they still have to get a haircut!
When the blacks lined up to walk out of the bathhouse in their new clothes, there were already a dozen Chinese soldiers waiting in the courtyard with scissors, and soon, every black man was shaved bald, and at this time Lefick heard that the hair of the slave girls next door was not shaved, but it was also cut very short, as short as the Australians.
However, this is not the end of the story, after shaving, a group of soldiers have to do a full body examination of the black slaves, up and down, left and right, inside and out, this scene makes Lefiq himself feel a little ashamed, because the soldiers actually have to pick all the hairs on the black man's body, just to see if there are lice and other parasites.
Apparently this made Lefiq himself a little embarrassed, for he might have some parasites in his beard, and then he stole a glance at Mr. Dergus, who was not far away, who seemed to be scratching his scalp in his hair in embarrassment......
“…… Next, after cleaning up, the black people began to line up in groups, every group of ten, at this time, Governor Hou and a group of soldiers, after checking back and forth in the black crowd, directly designated more than 20 tallest people as team leaders, black people---- including those designated as team leaders, still do not understand what the team leader is for, but it will not be long before they will understand.
At present, however, the sole role of the group leader is to be the leader of a line, and it took an hour for the Australians to learn to line up the black men and women in the order of height according to where the group leader stands......"
Lefiq then wrote:
"After the small square of the camp of the Angelica camp was full of people, the effect of order was still initially revealed: at this time, the black people, both men and women, were wearing the same gray-white linen clothes, standing neatly in the small square of the camp, and the whole crowd was silent.
The next step was to receive a lecture from the Governor, the content of which was nothing more than no fighting, no open defecation, no loud noise affecting others, and no ...... There are more than a dozen prohibitions in total, and every time the governor announces one, the Arabic translator next to him must be translated into Portuguese and Arabic, because he also knows some black native languages, so he was also invited by the Australians to be the translator, but because of the many translations, the process of reading the discipline was very protracted, and finally, the announcement was finally completed, and then a few soldiers carried over a large wooden sign, on which the terms just announced were written in Chinese characters.
Obviously, the blacks can't understand it at all, even if there is a translation for this reading, only God knows whether the blacks understand it or not, but it doesn't matter, they will understand it slowly in the future......
In the next few days, it seems that the black people have made some progress in consciously queuing up to eat, queue up to go to the toilet, get up early and queue up to wash their faces, and queue up to enter the bathhouse at night.
Of course, I think that the main reason why these blacks were able to line up and obey the order was not the clauses on the wooden signs, but the whips in the hands of the soldiers and the small black houses......
Building a small black house is the first job of the black slaves, a few soldiers led a group of people to dig river sand in the river, another group of people moved stones in the wooden walls of Xin'an City, a group of people used wooden shovels to mix concrete, it only took one working day, a row of small black houses for people was built, the small black house was opposite the canteen, all those who violated the above dozen "prohibitions" were locked up, usually for 24 hours, the people who were imprisoned in these 24 hours can only look at the companions in the canteen eating steamed buns, eating meat and drinking soup, And I only have a bowl of water and a small steamed bun......
The second work of the black slaves into the naturalization camp is to build a second naturalization camp, the same barracks and facilities are located on the other side of the Xin'an River, the naturalization camp belongs to the Diao Company, after the camp is completed, more than 100 black slaves belonging to the company will be settled, it is said that the Diao Company will refer to the Australian way to treat these black slaves.
Most of the wasteland between Dili and Sinan, which is now owned by the Di'ao Company, is said to have wanted to build a large sugar cane plantation there, which is located between Dili and the Sian An River, an area exactly one mile in radius, and adjacent to the planned wooden wall in the eastern part of Sian An.
The second naturalization camp is just across the river from the first naturalization camp, and there are now two small wooden piers on both sides of the river......"
Finally, Lefiq wrote in his logbook:
“...... In the days that followed, I found that the slave escapes that I had been fearing did not happen, as has often happened in the past trades, and of course I knew very well that in the current situation, probably only fools would flee, and many said that the living conditions and daily diet in the naturalization camps could keep people, and even if you did escape, you would be forced to return because the fugitives had nowhere to go.
Obviously, this is not India, nor Central Asia, and the black slaves who escaped are afraid that they will not be long before they return obediently, because this island has primeval forests and indigenous tribes that often make strangers into human head specimens, and only Portuguese cities can go, but once they are in the city, they are likely to be caught and sent back, so if the fugitives do not want to become savages, there are no conditions for survival......"