Outside the council parlor in Iron Furnace Village, there were torches. Many slaves in the village stood outside, skinny and shivering in the night wind, but they looked at Zhou Qingfeng and others who came out with hope.

There are a lot of bankrupts from outside the Black Forest. Some stayed in the village of Black Swamp to fend for themselves, while others sold themselves to the leaders of various settlements and became slaves who lost their personal freedom.

The village of Harmony was built, and free adventurers and civilians flocked to it. Many of the remaining slaves were forcibly controlled by the leaders of the various families and could not leave. The lives and deaths of these people are not concerned at all, they just die early and die late.

Zhou Qingfeng has always felt that there is a mine in Iron Furnace Village, and his own iron-making furnace should not lack iron ore. But the least likely thing happened. Fei Zhe would rather not make money than sell more ore.

This is unacceptable for the harmonious village that wants to develop at a high speed. What's more, Fei Zhe still has the handle in the hands of Zhou Qingfeng, so naturally he must clean him up as soon as possible and control the mine in his own hands.

"Victor, do you want to pay for Zhe's family territory?" Inisha followed behind Zhou Qingfeng and reminded in a low voice. She agrees with cleaning up Fei Zhe, but she always feels that her man has to do more than that.

Zhou Qingfeng sneered in a low voice: "I'm fed up with those small forces who only think about themselves and don't care about the overall situation. In the future, under my rule, there will be no more fiefdoms. Those who are effectively loyal to me will only receive a salary. ”

This is a big step.

Even Inisha couldn't accept this, so she wanted to hold Zhou Qingfeng and persuade him to retract this idea. But Zhou Qingfeng said more directly: "I declare that in my ruling territory, it is forbidden to keep slaves.

All slaves were reinstated as freemen and were free to move and choose their own work. I will enact laws to protect the fundamental rights of life. No slavery is permitted. ”

Slavery, an inefficient mode of production, is a complete obstacle to social development. If the big slave owners controlled too many people, who else would Lao Tzu's factory recruit to work?

In a civilized society, we should talk about human rights.

When Inisha heard this, she was even more shocked. She had already taken Zhou Qingfeng's hand, lowered her voice and said eagerly: "Banning slaves will offend many people, this is more excessive than banning the feudal system." ”

It's just that Zhou Qingfeng's words have already been spoken, and the slaves who heard his declaration were still confused at first, but soon let out a noisy shout. In a few moments, the shouts turned into a neat wave - long live Victor Hugo, long live, long live!

The slaves shouted with almost all their might, they had long hoped that they would have personal freedom to leave the mines of Iron Furnace Village and go to Harmony Village to live a good life. Zhou Qingfeng's move was to free them from the heaviest shackles.

Of course, if the life of the Iron Furnace Village is better than that of Harmony Village. Slaves certainly didn't think so. Now they were naturally full of joy and shouted long live.

Regarding Inisa's warning, Zhou Qingfeng did not consider it. However, if we do not resolve some basic policy issues before our own forces really grow, there will be more vested interests to oppose them in the future, and there will be no way to solve them.

The cheers reverberated back and forth, and the entire Iron Furnace Village was in a joyful atmosphere.

Only then did Inisha understand what Zhou Qingfeng was going to do - this kid clearly wanted to take power, and did not allow any independent forces under his rule, and everyone must be attached to him. This is tantamount to determining the form of government.

While the slaves were cheering, Zhou Qingfeng even asked people to open the warehouse in Tielu Village and divide the clothes and food first. He also brought Bruno, the gray dwarf head of the forge and put him in charge of the mines.

"Can the elves' mining machines be used?" Zhou Qingfeng's main concern is whether he can greatly improve the efficiency of mining, otherwise his actions to free slaves will be meaningless.

Iron Furnace Village has a set of mining equipment left over from the retreat of the elves, powered by huge windmills, laying tracks, erecting winches, and transporting ore in large mine carts. There are even specialized mining machines in the mines. The only flaw is

"The elven days are so exquisite, their mining rigs are actually magically driven. I don't know magic or arcane. ”

After the gray dwarf was encouraged by Zhou Qingfeng, he also felt that his ideal of only wanting to pick a hammer in the past was too low-level. But now it's a bit difficult for him to play with the mining machine left by the elves.

Zhou Qingfeng was about to frown, but the gray dwarf said again: "But I can change those mining machines to animal power drives, and they should be able to be used, but the efficiency will be much lower." ”

"How much lower?"

"Maybe only one-tenth the efficiency of a magic miner."

"So low? What about manpower? ”

"Compared with manpower, it is naturally at least ten times higher, or even dozens of times. Those mining knives are as powerful as wind hammers. The elf-made stuff is still a bit interesting. ”

The gray dwarf danced to explain what a spinning knife was, but Zhou Qingfeng rolled his eyes and patted its head, and said in a deep voice: "Bruno, next time you speak, talk about the good aspects first." Otherwise I'll be by you. ”

Not to mention increasing mining efficiency by ten times, that is, increasing it by two or three times, Zhou Qingfeng is currently very satisfied. After all, the entire Northland is so poor, the market is so big, and the backward points of productivity can meet the demand.

Bruno also wanted to explain the wonderful invention of the elves, but Zhou Qingfeng ordered solemnly: "I will deprive other humans of the territory of the settlement of the Nodding Leader in the future, and I will liberate more people."

The former slaves will become free people, and I will send some of them to mine. At the same time, I will ask Rubio to come over and help you, sign employment contracts for all miners, so that they can eat and drink enough to have room for growth, and can mine happily. ”

Zhou Qingfeng's words sounded a little complicated, but Bruno understood in seconds, "Your Excellency, I understand what you mean. I was a slave under the Dark Elves, and I know how hard it was to live in fear.

The Dark Elves are masters of playing with people's hearts, and I've learned a lot from them to know how to keep those miners from being lazy. You have to be more merciful, and I don't need to resort to those cruel methods. ”

Bruno patted his chest and packed the ticket, Zhou Qingfeng felt that he might have really hired a gray dwarf who was good at management - he could escape from the hands of the dark elves to the ground, at least not a stupid person.

With limited food and a limited population, Zhou Qingfeng could only take the route of elite soldiers. This requires enough iron ore, and enough steel. With enough steel, the small forces controlled by Zhou Qingfeng can become more resilient.

There's a saying that 'steel is the country', and you can't be wrong.