715. Chapter 715: The Slave Trader
c_t; Although the Dutch merchant ships had been boarded and inspected before they landed, in order to prevent accidents during the process of accepting slaves, Roger had transferred a company of soldiers to the docks in advance. (Marshmallow: If there are restless people among the slaves who try to make trouble here, then the Haihan militia will immediately teach them what the rules must be followed.)
In addition, Li Dagui also transferred several foremen from Nanyang and East Africa to stand by in advance. The foremen had been on Ambuna for more than a month, but they had been able to understand some simple Chinese instructions and would allow them to communicate with the new slaves if necessary.
Janssen called out to his subordinates for a few words, and soon the hatch was opened for the slaves to come out. Although the Dutch abandoned the guns on board in order to carry more men, the crew remained basically armed, armed with knives and harpoons, which were arranged on both sides of the hatches leading from the cabin to the deck, forming a passage composed of two human walls. When the slaves came out of the cabin, they followed the passage onto the gangplank on the side of the ship to the shore.
Presumably to prevent the slaves from making trouble on the way or jumping into the sea, the Dutch chained and shackled together every ten, similar to the method used by the Haihan to transport prisoners of war or prisoners on a large scale. After the slaves had dragged their heavy shackles ashore, the Dutch crew stepped forward to untie the shackles one by one and let them sit down on the spot.
The staff on Haihan's side immediately began to check the physical condition of the slaves, mainly looking at the eyes and mouth, which are relatively easy to observe the physical condition, and whether there are obvious injuries or disabilities in the limbs and torsos. According to the agreement between the two sides, all slaves with obvious physical injuries and serious disabilities can be refused or lowered according to the situation. And the staff of Haihan also inspected it very carefully, because those slaves who were not in good physical condition were not picked out at this stage, but were found afterwards, then the pot had to be carried by them, the inspectors.
The physical quarantine of these slaves by the relevant authorities is even more meticulous than that of Hainan Island's acceptance of immigrants. This is because the Ministry of Health has issued a special notice to prevent some strange tropical infectious diseases from entering the island's densely populated plantations. Although this kind of manual examination cannot completely prevent the influx of infectious viruses, it can at least play a certain preventive role. Tropical diseases such as malaria, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, dengue fever and other highly contagious tropical diseases are currently strictly guarded by the Ministry of Health, and as long as relevant symptoms are found in slaves, Haihan will unconditionally refuse to accept such suspected cases.
Prior to this, Roger had already instructed to try to suppress the supply price of the Dutch, so Li Dagui was also very strict today. Before all the slaves on the first boat had gone down to shore, a dozen or so slaves in poor health had already been singled out and driven to the other side to be gathered in solitary groups.
Janssen was also a little flustered when he saw this situation, and hurriedly approached Roger and said: "Honorable sir, these people are only in a good condition for the time being because they have consumed too much body during the voyage at sea, and I guarantee that they are not suffering from any problems that affect their labor." [To see the latest chapter of this book, please go to the $>>>cotton__flower__sugar__small__say__網.]