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"Why!"

In the aft cabin, there was a disgruntled shout, which seemed to be questioning something.

"Why do you want to do this, do you know, do you know it......"

Li Ziyuan's voice was a little hoarse, and his deep voice was full of dissatisfaction, and even mixed with anger.

"Do you know what those foreigners bought them for, and how many sins those Chinese workers will suffer, do you know?"

Although he was only new to this industry, when he was in Shanghai, in order to be able to enter this industry as soon as possible, he deliberately learned about the so-called trade when he bought a ship, and now the largest commodity shipped in by foreign countries is nothing more than opium, as for the two major commodities shipped out of China in addition to raw silk and tea, there is also a special kind of trade in the southeast coastal area -- the Chinese labor trade, those Chinese laborers who are called "piglets" are said to be Chinese laborers, but in fact they are slaves at all.

Even the opium business is far more upright than the slave business, which challenges the most basic human conscience. As a scholar, he naturally disdained to do this kind of "business", in fact, except for some subordinates who would do this, few compradors would do this kind of business.

To his surprise, Zhu Yifeng entered the city, not only negotiated the next batch of business, but also negotiated another business - buying people! Buy people directly from the hands of the Taiping Army! He really didn't miss any opportunity to get rich, but he lost the least conscience.

"Do you know how many sins the Chinese laborers have to suffer when they go to foreign countries? Silver, is silver really that important? ”

Two taels of silver for a strong man, such a cheap strong man is unprecedented, a strong man transported to the "Chinese worker market" in Macao and other places can earn at least a dozen taels, now, looking at Zhu Yifeng, he even has a feeling that Zhu Yifeng in front of him is even more ruthless than a foreigner, as cold-blooded as a foreigner.

Compared with the foreigners' privateering and abduction of Chinese workers, Zhu Yifeng borrowed the hands of the Taiping Army to directly plunder the people, for the Taiping Army, this is a businessless business, which will only make the Taiping Army devote themselves to this "capitalless industry", and what Zhu Yifeng is going to create in front of him is the bloodiest and darkest "industry".

"Are you finished?"

Although Li Ziyuan's questioning made Zhu Yifeng's face even a little unbearable, he still asked with a smile.

"I didn't say enough, Zhiyuan, if ......"

"Zilin, I will never sell those people to foreigners!"

Zhu Yifeng's tone seemed very calm, originally he wasn't going to explain anything now, but he didn't expect Li Ziyuan's reaction to be so big, but obviously he misunderstood what he meant.

"And what are you going to do?"

Not for sale to foreigners? Why did you buy people from the Taiping Army?

"Actually, when I went into the city......"

Referring to the killing he witnessed on the way into the city, Zhu Yifeng's hands were trembling slightly, and his voice full of chagrin was very low, he silently said everything he had witnessed, and finally closed his eyes and said.

"The thief will kill all the shavers, and the soldiers will come and kill all the hairgrowers,"

After quoting the records in this history book in advance, Zhu Yifeng's tone was a little helpless.

"Zilin, are we just watching them kill like this? Watching the people kill them like leeks? ”

Zhu Yifeng's words made Li Ziyuan's eyes widen, and he almost couldn't believe what his ears heard, but the floating corpses that floated by in the river from time to time flashed in front of his eyes.

"Why, how can this be?"

Li Ziyuan muttered, but looked at Zhu Yifeng again and said.

"Then you buy them......"

"Buy them, at least, give them an excuse to keep them under the knife!"

Zhu Yifeng smiled bitterly, this is at least an excuse not to kill. At least in the future, when the Taiping army attacks the city, it will always kill fewer people.

"Really? ……”

Li Ziyuan only felt a chill. He knew that this was not made up by Zhu Zi. But......

"But if you can save hundreds of people, how can you save everyone."

"If you can save one, it's one! ……”

Zhu Yifeng looked at the Yangtze River outside the window, and he couldn't help but think of the way the East King's eyes lit up when he proposed "human trafficking", after all, compared to silver, raw silk and tea, people are almost inexhaustible.

"But what can you do if you save them? We can't transport them all to Shanghai, in that case, will there be any trouble? Zhiyuan, have you thought about it? ”

"Hmm...... This? ”

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yifeng nodded and said.

"Well, I haven't thought about it yet......

This is indeed a problem, people are easy to buy, but what are you buying these people for? Is it just such a waste of money? Even if he has tens of thousands of family assets, how can he withstand such a "squander"?

Do good deeds once in a while...... But you must not drag yourself down, more importantly, this is a loss-making business, you really think too much!

This is the only time, not for example, not for example......

Saying this, in his heart, a thought kept flashing in Zhu Yifeng's mind, and he was thinking about a possibility to recover this "investment". Is there any way to secure my investment?

Do you really want to sell them overseas as "piglets"?

Overseas, Overseas ......

With such a thought, Zhu Yifeng's eyes suddenly lit up, he took out a large sea chart, and said to Li Ziyuan.

"I have an idea!"

Zhu Yifeng searched on the map as he spoke, and after flipping through a few charts, he finally found the place he was looking for on one of the charts -- the coast of East Africa.

"Zilin, look here, now this Africa is still a neglected and wild land for other countries, I see if we can do this, we can transport people there, maybe we can reclaim there......"

Reclamation!

Yes, that's right, it is completely possible to reclaim there, staring at the East African coast on the map, Zhu Yifeng is no stranger to Africa, the reason why he thinks of Africa is precisely because it was not until the Berlin Conference more than 30 years later that the European powers carved up Africa, before that, it was just a "terra nullius" or wild land belonging to the indigenous people.

But for the Chinese, what is the wild place in this world? As long as it is land, the Chinese can always reclaim it, just like the plantations and cities that China has cultivated in the South Seas, yes, it can be like this!

"That's right, we can transport people there, we can cultivate them, we can build plantations, we can grow spices, we can grow rubber ......"

Staring at the East African coast on the map, imagining that the vast African continent, at least before the Western colonizers noticed there, he could carry out decades of reclamation there, Zhu Yifeng even said with some excitement.

"We can use this as a base for moving forward, and in the future, we can march into Africa, and we can settle more migrants in Africa, so that we can save more people, and ......"

Moreover, there, there will be no more Manchu government offices, and there will be no more colonizers from various countries, some will only be themselves, and they can even establish a state there......

That's right, it is entirely possible to build a state there, and after decades of development, it is possible for you to carry out a "counteroffensive" against the continent ruled by the Manchus, all this is not impossible,

Compared with Zhu Yifeng's excitement, Li Ziyuan said calmly after a moment of surprise.

"Zhiyuan, don't say anything else, then, how far is it from here, how can these people be transported over, isn't our ship going to trade? ……”

"Shipped by ship, after the end of this trade, the market here is basically saturated, there is no need to think about this problem in the short term, if it is right, we have at least half a year as a buffer, and by then, maybe we have already built our own city there!" Cities marching into Africa! ”

Zhu Yifeng said with confidence that he believed in the wisdom and adaptability of the Chinese more than others, after all, in the following half century, it was the steady stream of Chinese who turned the wild land of Southeast Asia into plantations, arable land and mines, and even the capital of Malaysia, which was originally built by overseas Chinese in the tropical rainforest.

If they can do this in the South Seas, they can do it in Africa as well, and even better, because they can get more labor - the Taiping army can provide them with a steady stream of labor.

"But, Zhiyuan, well, even though we can transport them all, can we ...... But what now? We can't transport those people to Shanghai first! ”

Li Ziyuan's reminder made Zhu Yifeng's brows jump slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he looked at him and said.

"Out to sea! Let's go straight to the sea and go to Africa! ”