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On November 11, 1620, after sixty-six days at sea, a galleon named Mayflower finally saw land—the first European colony on the American continent in northern Virginia.

The one hundred and two passengers on board were mainly from England, but there were also a few Dutch and other European colonists. Having detached themselves from their original countries, the laws of their home countries no longer work for these people, and religious beliefs and traditional morals alone do not seem to be enough to fully regulate their behavior, and the whole group could fall apart at any time.

In order to survive in the harsh environment of the North American continent, they must huddle together and form a close-knit community. After careful discussion and negotiation, they came up with a convention, the core of which was that individuals should cede a portion of their rights to ensure that the entire community could function and grow smoothly.

The public power of the state derives from the combination of some of the rights conceded by the people - the most important concept established by the Mayflower Convention, which later became the cornerstone of the development of the political system of the United States of America.

It's an interesting coincidence that when the passengers on board the Qionghai find themselves suddenly transported through time and space to a new and unfamiliar environment, they make a choice that is very similar to that of the group of Europeans back in the day - voluntarily giving up some of their individual rights and obeying the governing body in order to ensure the survival of the whole collective. ^^yd Chinese^^

But at the same time, they are also very vigilant, carefully monitoring the managers, and studying the rules and regulations thoroughly, lest those managers have any behavior beyond their authority.

"It's not entirely a coincidence, for a group of people who are completely equal to each other in terms of personality, and who recognize each other's equal rights, but who are sane enough. This organizational structure is probably the only option in the face of adversity. ”――

When Professor Li Mingyuan told this history to everyone, he summed it up like this.

It's funny, Jack. Although Henderson was a true citizen of the United States of America, he had no idea that there was such a thing, which made everyone scorn him.

"You old beauties boast all day long about how superior your system is. It's impossible not to teach this kind of stuff in school - you definitely didn't do well in history class in middle school! ”

For the ridicule of his partners, the big foreigner was not ashamed, shrugged his shoulders very casually, and spread his hands:

"Maybe I've said it in class before, but who cares, we're used to that kind of environment for a long time, and we don't need to study deliberately. **Aishang Novel Network .com**"

A simple rebuttal that was not intended made everyone speechless, and it took a long time for Pang Yu to smile bitterly:

"That's right. What is missing, what is missing. When a fish is in the water, they don't care if there is water around them...... But, old man, we don't have such a good environment here right now. You are living in the middle of a group of Chinese who have historically been accustomed to centralization. Although everyone is sane now, to be honest, we don't know what this group will become in the future......"

"It's up to all of us to sustain it, at least so far. We're doing a good job, aren't we? ”

Jack. Henderson laughed, he's not a stupid big guy, this guy has the title of doctor of psychology in addition to being good at cardiac surgery, and he is shrewd.

After the establishment of the committee, the first problem it faced was the snowflakes of applications for expansion - since the agricultural group had opened an opening, the other professional groups immediately followed up, and everyone asked for permission to expand the number of self-recruited personnel. ^^ started 3q^^

The Committee approved all of these requests. Anyway, there is no force on Hainan Island that can threaten them now, even if some Ming army spies and the like are mixed in.

After this war, I believe that both the Ming government and the Western colonizers must have wanted to find out: what special skills do these short-haired haves that can make such a big move with just over 100 people. All sorts of snooping methods will be used, but they are not at all afraid - their superiority in technology, organization, and way of thinking has been accumulated by the entire human civilization for more than 300 years. How can you learn to walk with just a few spies?

Of course. Necessary safety precautions must not be relaxed, and the construction of the main base in Baiyantan is still only allowed to modern people and the most trusted local workers. All the new recruits can only be placed in the area of the farm or the county barracks.

When recruiting local laborers, the travelers encountered an unexpected phenomenon - the local labor force is not based on individual units, but on the basis of "households", which means that as long as you recruit one person, you are equivalent to employing that large family at the same time. =3q Chinese==

And it wasn't employment in the ordinary sense of the word, and the locals voluntarily signed a deed of sale - and the whole family did. The human resources group Ade originally prepared a labor and employment contract, which clearly stipulated the rights and obligations of both parties, treatment and holidays, but when he saw the terms of the contract sent by the guarantor from the other party, Rao is Cantonese has always boasted of being ruthless with his heart, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

A good and decent commoner family actually took the initiative to ask the whole family to sell themselves as servants, the men were responsible for the physical work outside, the women worked at home as servants, and even the children volunteered to be the master's little followers...... And it's not one household or two households doing this, all the local documents sent by Master Li Changqian, the local guarantor, are all under this condition.

Ade thought that these people had been deceived, and he didn't want to leave any sequelae, so he pointed at the back of his head and scolded people in the future. So I interviewed them one by one in person. It turned out that these people knew very well what their choice was, and they understood all the terms of the contract.

"Are they stupid or am I crazy? Good free people don't do what they have to be slaves, these people don't look like fools. Aishang Novel Network .com**"

Ade really didn't dare to sign those contracts for a while, lest there was any trap in them that he didn't see, and then Professor Li came over to explain his doubts:

"These people aren't stupid, and they're not cheap bones. How can a people who shout out that they are princely and generals, and prefer to have a kind of people, be born willing to be slaves to others - this is also a last resort. ”

Professor Li elaborated on the reasons why those people voluntarily became slaves: the key was that they could evade taxes and labor - the law of the Ming Dynasty meant that those who raised more than one person did not have to pay taxes and did not have to serve. By enslaving large families, the whole family can legally avoid the large and exorbitant taxes imposed by the government, as well as the increasingly hard labor.

Therefore, reading in the book was an extremely important thing in the Ming Dynasty. It didn't matter how poor the family was, once they became a lifter, someone would voluntarily bring their houses and properties to work, or even volunteer to become domestic servants...... This has become a trend in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

In a scholar's family, even if it is just for the sake of face, most people usually do not be too strict with their subordinates. And the government officials urged tax servitude, which often caused deaths. It is no wonder that it is much more comfortable to be a servant than to be a freeman.

Specific to Lingao County, of course, no one in the crossing team was lifted. However, even if they lent ten guts to those county officials, it is estimated that they would not dare to come to the county warehouse compound to collect taxes, so once this side proves that they have enough strength to protect their own people, it is not surprising that a large number of locals will immediately join in. Professor Li concluded:

"Speaking of which, the fact that so many people are willing to come to us has a lot to do with the fact that we have retained the local bureaucracy...... The Ming Dynasty's government in Lingao County is still operating according to its original habits - the dozen or so officials are still collecting taxes everywhere, and they still have to deduct some of them. And because the original warehouse was snatched away by us, they exploited it even more. forced many people to join the bandits. ”

It sounded like it was in favor of this side, but none of the committee members present could laugh. Even the old Jack of the outsider couldn't help shaking his head and sighing:

"Persecuted to such an extent that the free people, who are the basis of the state, it is no wonder that this dynasty has fallen."

This American was not familiar with Chinese history, but after staying here for so long, he learned some historical knowledge about China from his companions.

It's just that many people here don't agree with the concept that he has to put everything on the "freedom".

"In our original history, the dynasty that replaced the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, basically did not have free people. There were two kinds of people in the Qing Dynasty - either masters or slaves. Therefore, the claim that the freemen are the cornerstone of the state is not necessarily correct. ”

Xie retorted unhappily, but Jack didn't notice his attitude.

"Oh my God! A slave country with hundreds of millions of people! What a tragedy! "It depends on who it is...... Only for those common people, n,, that's the tragedy. The lives of the princes are good - and our future generations of film and television workers only pay attention to them. ”

Suddenly remembered that he had watched a movie before, Pang Yu laughed bitterly twice with self-deprecation, Old Jack didn't understand his jokes, but everyone didn't talk much about this topic.

In the end, Ade still signed these contracts, and the cheapness of the delivery to the door was not taken advantage of. As for the employment contracts that had been prepared and drawn up in accordance with the spirit of the Labour Code, they were put on the shelf and did not need to be considered for the time being.

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