In the open space not far from the ox cart, there was a place for the black slaves to eat, and unexpectedly, after a while, there was a slight low laugh from the black slave crowd, which left to attract the attention of the surrounding area.

Because the Arab sailors, including Decus himself, had never seen such a scene, probably because the delicious food was relaxing.

At this time, Degus, who was sitting in the tent, said to Sun Lao with emotion, "I can only see this scene on Thanksgiving and when the church pastors give communion - no matter who they are, they are all equal before God......

The afternoon registration operation resumed half an hour after lunch, and the progress seemed to have quickened a little, and the blacks seemed to be a little more energetic than in the morning, and the expressions on their faces were much more relaxed.

The Arabic interpreter next to Hu Sheng had been doing this for a long time, and for the first time he felt that the black people looked at them with less indifference and sluggishness......

Well, their eyes also speak, and even though these people are lowly black slaves, the Arabic interpreter suddenly has a feeling that through the eyes, blacks are also human ......

Malik Lefiq, who came from a wealthy Arab merchant family, is already a veteran of human trafficking in and out of black Africa several times, and he used to be one of the main agents of Degus's business in Saudi Arabia and India, but in recent years he has rarely done human business with Mr. Deguz, this Portuguese businessman was not interested in the sale of human trafficking in previous years, because he did not have a large client.

A few days ago, however, for unknown reasons, Mr. Degus made a surprise visit to the port of Ceylon, and he approached himself and asked to be part of a large slave trade.

Degus told him that the buyer was in the South Seas of the East, called the Australians, and that the requirements for black slaves were the same as those of Europeans, no castration, both men and women, but the price was much higher than that of Europeans, so Lefik himself came to explore the way for this unforgettable human trafficking.

He had a full 10-day dealings with this group of Chinese, called Australians, the well-informed Lefik, who were very sure that they were authentic Chinese.

Over the course of ten days, he witnessed how the Australians treated these "lowly slaves."

First of all, he was very satisfied with the money he had made in this transaction, but the experienced Lefiq knew in his heart that it was mainly due to the surprisingly low mortality rate along the way and the price offered by the Australians, who bought all black slaves, including female slaves, at the price of adult men.

There are also pots of ketchup that Dergux brought him, saying that it can prevent sepsis, and this ketchup has a lot of sugar added to it, so it is not only very durable but also very tasty.

Obviously, this was the key reason why the slaves and sailors did not get sepsis along the way, so the mortality rate of slaves and sailors dropped by more than half on this trip, but for the plague that took the lives of fifty-five slaves and sailors, Lefiq thought that it was a life test given to him by Allah, probably because Allah did not want him to make too much money in this transaction.

However, what shocked him the most was not how much money he earned, but about his conscience.

For the first time in his career, he felt that he was doing good deeds, and he suddenly realized that he was redeeming these black men by selling them to the Australians, because if these black men were sold to the Indian maharajas, most of the black slaves would be castrated, and it was clear that he had given these black men and women a good home.

Yes, it was to him that these blacks were able to meet the Australians, and for the first time he did not pray to Allah for his sins after doing business......

Not only Malik Lefiq, a veteran human trafficker, thought so, but also Degus, and both of them were a little surprised to find that the Australians were treating these slaves as their subordinates, not just as walking tools.

Not only did these black men and women eat the same as the Chinese and Japanese in Australia, but they were also often indistinguishable from Australians in other ways, and not only that, the living conditions of these black slaves were enviably clean, and in the station called the "naturalization camp", there were spacious beds, clean bedding and clean water sources, as well as special bathhouses and rooms.

Lefiq was particularly surprised by this, shouldn't these black slaves be confined like cattle to fend for themselves after their work, made of stone walls and straw piles?

Wasn't that how he sold black slaves to the farms of Indian maharajas, and who provided black and female slaves to the date orchards and pastures of the Saudian princes?

To Lefik's surprise, the Australians removed the shackles from their feet not long after the black slaves entered the camp, and all the abrasion wounds caused by the long-term shackles were immediately debrided and bandaged by the priests and doctors hired from Dili City.

What is surprising is that female slaves and male slaves are strictly separated, and female slaves actually use female native administrators! Lefik also had a lot of emotion about this, he had never heard that slave owners managed black slaves and women were in charge of women, and men were in charge of men - have you ever heard of a master who had to use women to manage his female livestock?

Thus, comparing the way the Arabs and Indian princes treated the black slaves, Lefik immediately felt that the Australians regarded the black slaves as "people".

In the following days of contact with Australians, Lefiq found that Australians even demanded that blacks be as clean as themselves, and they even demanded that blacks behave civilly!

This is simply excessive! When does the lowly humanoid self-propelled tool have anything to do with the words cleanliness and civility?!

But that's what the Australians did!

Time back to that black slave registration day, when the black slaves finished registering in the dock square, they were immediately escorted by the soldiers and lined up into the "naturalization camp".

This novel name was told to Lefik by the governor of Sin'an City, Lord Hou, although he did not quite understand the profound meaning of the word "naturalization" translated into Arabic, but only when taken literally, it seemed to be very similar to religious conversion.

Especially the Spaniards, however, compared to the Australians, it is clear that the Australians were much more kind to the black slaves......

Over the course of ten days, Lefik's idea was fully confirmed.

He was involved in the "naturalization" of these slaves in Australia, and recorded in detail what he saw and heard in his logbook, which later became part of a widely circulated book, some of which he recorded:

“…… When the black slaves entered the naturalization camp, the first thing they entered was the large bathhouse, and all the clothes on the black slaves—if any, a dirty giloin skirt at most—were forcibly removed, and then the blacks were doused with buckets of water by the natives next to them, and then a group of soldiers stepped forward, and more than a dozen long-handled brushes dipped in lime alkali water surrounded the swarthy naked bodies at least twice, and then, each of them was given a fine linen towel and asked to dry themselves.

It is said that the slave girls next door were washed at least three times, and were given not only towels, but also underpants, cotton menstrual cloths, and a kind of clothing called bras......"