Chapter 273: The Dirty Slave Bill

The great development of scientific and technological innovation is always accompanied by the improvement of productivity, and the improvement of productivity also means the increase of industrial workers.

From the initial development orientation, Australia has been moving towards industrial development, and has not characterized itself as a big agricultural country or a big animal husbandry country at all. As the recovery of various industries is progressing more and more, especially the emergence of the steam engine, the overall development pattern of Australia has been greatly changed.

The use of steam engine-driven ships, as well as port loading and unloading cargo towers, etc., are because of the emergence of the steam engine greatly liberated part of the labor force to carry out industrial transformation, thus providing more fresh blood for the development of various industries.

According to the statistics of the army units of the Ministry of National Defense, compared with last year, the number of dispatches by the entire army unit has decreased by nearly 23 times, and the number of slaves captured has also decreased by nearly 1,200.

This data shows that the improvement of machinery and equipment has replaced nearly 60% of the original manpower.

The decrease in the use of Tu Nu means that the country's development of scientific and technological recovery work is becoming more and more successful, but at the same time, another problem has arisen, Tu Nu generally has a low IQ, and their ability to learn technology is simply not comparable to that of immigrants from Europe or the Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen from the factories in the country that immigrants who originally did not have any skills can take on new positions and succeed in new positions after a period of training, while the natives cannot in the same situation.

It can be said that Australia has been able to develop to this day, and the soil slaves have played an indispensable role, and it is they who have helped the crossers to establish the most primitive development foundation with their hands, so that today's primary industry has been formed. Whether it is a large-scale national project or a public facility, there are indigenous figures.

If a descendant of an indigenous person in the future is able to recall or study this history, he will definitely accuse the inhumane act of crossing the people and demand an apology from the government.

But these are not the questions that everyone should think about now, but the most important thing to think about now is where the remaining indigenous labor in the factories will go as more and more machines are added.

Not long ago, Manchester City's steel smelter, the second largest in terms of employment, issued a downsizing notice. It also applied to the government for information on the whereabouts of the 70 slaves, according to the law on the use of slaves, all indigenous laborers are owned by the state, and are used by domestic units if necessary. It is necessary to apply to the government and pay a percentage of the fee each year.

Although the cost is not too high, with the increase of immigrants, more and more new workers who are more suitable for industrial development and training appear, and Tunu is naturally not liked by various enterprises.

With the knock-on effects of the downsizing at Manchester City's First Steel Plant. Other glass factories and steamship factories have also introduced downsizing policies, and the downsizing is all soil slaves, and the reason shown to the government is that the employee is not suitable for the current position.

Once upon a time, the soil slaves who made great contributions to the construction of Australia suddenly became the object of abandonment by major enterprises overnight, and were ruthlessly abandoned like unwanted rags that were still abandoned on the roadside.

This can stump the personnel who belong to the civil affairs work, so many natives don't want it, they can't be released from the beginning, who knows if these uncivilized savages will run back to the city to attack ordinary citizens after they are released, but it is a little too cruel to kill.

Although the problem of surplus slavery is now becoming more and more manifest. But when it comes to the abolition of slavery, everyone agrees that the time is not ripe, and that large factories do not need such primitive labor, but it does not mean that roads and mining are not needed, although the scale of mining has not yet been expanded.

However, with the development of the iron and steel smelting industry and the application of the steam engine, the construction of railways is an inevitable trend, and the manpower required to build railways is unimaginable.

Therefore, many people objected, and some even suggested that if it was really not possible, they would raise these slaves first. Anyway, the construction of the railway is also a matter of the next year or two, and even if the railway is not built, these slaves can be sent to the battlefield to be cannon fodder or used as civilian husbands.

Because the time entered the middle of 1642, it was very close to the time of the great change, if Australia had to say that there was an intervention. There must be sufficient logistical support forces, otherwise Australia's manpower is not enough to be stepped on by the Manchu Iron Horse.

This proposal looks good, it seems to make a lot of sense, and even the proposers have even thought of a new name for these slaves, called battlefield volunteers, volunteers. If the slave knows what this means, he will definitely greet the eighteenth generation of the ancestor of the person who named it, this is clearly mandatory, okay?

Although the proposal is good, but the representatives of the military did not agree, as far as the kind of Tunu kind of IQ that can even hear the sound of gunfire can be regarded as a divine punishment, if you really go to the battlefield, it is estimated that when you hear the sound of gunfire, you can immediately lie on the ground and bury your head in the soil as an ostrich, and want to rely on them to transport supplies, as for the cannon fodder, let alone think about it, that kind of combat effectiveness is estimated that a ten-person squad of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can deal with them 100 people.

In short, because of the slavery incident, which once made human rights activists think that it was the best time to repeal the decaying slave law, it did not appear, but instead became a discussion on how to continue to exert slave labor to the fullest.

Both the state-owned legislators and the private faction are involved in this discussion on the use of slaves, don't look at how they usually deal with it, but when it comes to common interests and exploitation of slaves, they have a consistent proposition, which is what several old people in the crowd want to see the most, at least they will not oppose because of opposition, if that situation really occurs, then the future of Australia will be over.

Originally, the National Assembly, which was initiated by human rights activists, discussed the slave case, but in the end, it became like this, which made human rights activists very dissatisfied and even publicly commented in private that some people were too filthy.

In order to let future generations remember how these rulers exploited the slaves, the human rights activists even went so far as to remember the discussion in the Diet as an enhanced version of the slave use program, but this kind of filthy and immoral behavior was designated by these ostensibly tall rulers.

This secret record has also become the best evidence for the study of slave labor in the later history of Australia and the material for revealing the historical truth, thus providing effective evidence for the descendants of Australian slaves to apply for government compensation and apology. (To be continued.) )