Chapter 559: True Thoughts
There are more than 3,000 known blacks alone, even if only one-tenth of them stay in China to breed offspring, the consequences are unimaginable, you know, the reproductive ability of blacks is extremely strong, and the slave-owning business owners will find women to breed blacks in order to obtain cheap labor!
Although China has publicly abolished slavery since the Han Dynasty, in fact, slavery has always been haunted by the two Jin dynasties, the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and even the Republic of China, and it often changes its appearance to play a new signboard.
"Thank you for your understanding!" Suppressing the shock in his heart, Wang Feng arched his hand and said, "Commander Chen, let the brothers go back with the bosses, and bring the black people on the dock first." ”
"Yes!" Boss Chen saluted, and then sent two regiment commanders to each send their troops and follow the bosses towards the dock.
Wang Feng turned his eyes to the foreigners again, and said in English: "China does not allow slavery, slavery is illegal in China, I ask you, within twenty-four hours, let the black slaves disappear in China, if there are still black slaves on your ship by this time tomorrow, you will be fined a high amount, and the black slaves will be confiscated!" ”
"No, we don't agree, the black slaves are our private property, and the Chinese side has no right to dispose of them!"
"Your actions are illegal, it is revenge on the United States, and we will let the consulate come over to negotiate!"
After all, Britain and France and other countries explicitly prohibit slave ownership, and it is only in the southern United States that slave ownership is legal.
The Americans knew that in order to meet the deadline given by Wang Feng, and not to kill the black slaves for no reason, the ship could only leave immediately after unloading. But settlement takes time, even if someone can complete the settlement and settle the payment within a day. But the return of the empty ship means a huge loss, how can they be reconciled?
"Pap~~" Wang Feng clapped his hands. When the noise was quieter, he said: "Gentlemen, I know that this is unfair to you, but China is a country of equality and freedom, and slavery is the ugliest system in the world. But no slaves are allowed to exist in China, and if you want to do business with China, you can't bring slaves to China!
Of course, this decree was promulgated too hastily, and many people were unprepared, so I can't let you suffer too much loss, so I will pay for the ransom of fifty taels of silver for each black slave. ”
"Oh. My God, I bought it for twenty-five pounds! ”
"My black slave is worth thirty pounds, and fifty taels of silver is not even half of it!"
The Americans patted their heads one after another, their faces full of reluctance.
"Alright, alright. Something is better than nothing, slavery should never have existed in the first place, and you should be glad that you can recover some of the losses. "The British, French, and even Dutch around them were schadenfreude. They don't mind seeing the Americans suffer heavy losses, and they even have a faint sense of pleasure in their hearts. Because the Americans used black slaves, it was equivalent to reducing the cost of shipping. This makes American products more competitive in price than in Europe.
Wang Feng also said sharply: "Fifty taels of silver, I won't add more, I solemnly advise you to face the reality, by this time tomorrow, it will not be given a tael of silver, in addition, I must affirm, I am by no means making things difficult for you, I am not afraid of your consul Mr. coming to the door, black people are also people, and they also have human rights, as a civilized country, we must protect the basic rights of the weak race, you should think about it!" ”
"Okay, good, what Commander Wang said is good!" In addition to the Americans, foreigners praised loudly, Zhou Xiuying, Hong Xuanjiao, and Yang Shuijiao coveted each other, this kind of thing, people who don't know Wang Feng will take it seriously, but for them, Wang Feng will seek justice for the blacks? Is it really the Virgin?
In the midst of repeated consideration and inner torment, an American shipowner finally shouted in distress: "Fifty taels is fifty taels, one hand to pay the money, the other hand to the person!" ”
"Forget it, give Commander Wang a face, everyone go back to the boat, and hand over the black man now!"
Although the Americans were reluctant to sell the black man to Wang Feng at such a cheap price, they all knew that even if they found Jing Yihua, it would not be useful.
The foreigners dispersed in groups, and groups of blacks came in the distance under the escort of the soldiers, Yang Shuijiao couldn't help but shudder, and patted her heart and said: "The blacks are so terrible, Wang Feng, I still don't believe that you really want to liberate the blacks, what do you have in mind?" ”
Wang Feng said unabashedly: "Whether the black slavery system in the United States is humane or not, we have nothing to do with it, but this system is destroying the world economic order, the wages of British workers are low enough, and the consequence of it is that the prices of British industrial products are abnormally cheap, and the labor costs of black slaves are lower than those of industrial workers, because blacks are slaves, and they don't even have to pay wages, they only need to be fed."
"Oh, I see what you mean!" Yang Shuijiao took over and said: "European and American countries are desperately trying to reduce labor costs, eager to treat workers as slaves, just work without paying, and you, through various industry associations for the rights and interests of workers, for higher wages, which has brought about the evil consequences of rising production costs."
Although many of our export products have a monopoly advantage for the time being, and we are not afraid of rising costs, it is difficult to say what will happen in the future, if European and American countries develop the same products, then we will lose our competitive advantage in the international market, and the consequences will be disastrous, so you will oppose the black slavery system in the United States in order to gradually raise the labor costs of the United States. ”
"I get it too!" Zhou Xiuying said thoughtfully: "No wonder you never let prison products be sold on the market, only for internal use in the army, it turned out that you were afraid that the cost would be too low to impact the market price, but as far as I know, the United States only uses blacks on a large scale in the south, and the south is mainly to produce agricultural products, as if it does not have an impact on the price of industrial products, right?" ”
Wang Feng shook his head: "Agriculture is the foundation of industry, and the cost of agriculture is too low, which will lower the price of industrial products, but things have to be viewed from two aspects, although the black slavery system will reduce the labor cost of the United States, but this system also hinders the United States from moving towards a truly modern country, so the impact of the United Kingdom and France to overthrow the black slavery system in the United States needs to be seriously evaluated, and I do not plan to make a move against the black slavery system in the United States for the time being."
To raise the cost of production in Europe and the United States, it is necessary to start from many aspects, launch a communist revolution, urge the workers to awaken and fight for their own rights and interests, and attack the overseas colonies of the European powers is also another aspect.
And the black slavery system is an important factor in it, but it is not the decisive factor, the reason why I force the merchants and foreigners to hand over the blacks is because I need the blacks, and the blacks will certainly pollute the blood of the Chinese, but they will also pollute the blood of other countries! (To be continued......)