"Something to do with slavery? Brother Yang, is it possible that the empire is going to abolish the slavery system? A boy looked at Yang Biao excitedly and said.

"Oh?" Yang Biao sighed meaningfully, looked at the boy and said, "Where do you start talking about this?" ”

The man with glasses has always been very assertive, and rarely takes the initiative to listen to the opinions of the people below, this unprecedented question, so that the boy was a little flattered, he sat up straight and said excitedly: "I heard the sailors on those cargo ships at the dock chatting before, some time ago, there was a gladiator slave riot in the West, the gladiator slaves slaughtered the slave owner's family, and even unveiled the revolt to prepare for a big fight, but later failed under the suppression of the army, which is a bit like the TV series Spartacus I watched before." Hearing about this incident touched the magnates of the entire Western Empire greatly, and many people in the empire circulated that there were people who proposed to abolish slavery. Now that Duke Jackson has suddenly visited Paradise Island, and it is related to slavery, it is very likely that slavery will be abolished. ”

The man in glasses nodded, some agreeing and some disagreeing, and he asked the boy, "Why does it have to be related to the abolition of slavery?" Even if slavery was to be abolished, there was no need for him to come all the way to Paradise Island. ”

"Brother Yang, you think, in fact, with our understanding of the British Empire, although it has a cabinet and parliamentary mechanism, but to put it bluntly, it only has the shadow of a modern Western regime, and it is still ruled by a feudal dynasty in its bones, so the upper nobles of the empire are definitely unwilling to abolish slavery, even if it is to be abolished, it will definitely not be achieved overnight, it must be after protecting the interests of the magnates, and then the smooth transition, but the discussion on the abolition of slavery is very fierce among the people, and there are revolutionaries who believe in the republic preaching everywhere, So in order to calm these things, it is definitely not possible to do nothing. So what's the best course of action if there's a system that has to be implemented, but can't risk implementing it all at once? ”

"Experimental field?" The other boys said in unison.

"You're saying that it's very likely that Duke Jackson intended to make Paradise Island a test field for the abolition of slavery?" The man with glasses asked rhetorically. In fact, in his heart, he had already thought of this possibility, but he deliberately threw out this topic, just to see if his side was all stupid, and he was pleased that there was at least one person who was willing to use his brain.

"Hmm. In this way, it is possible to try to abolish slavery and see what effect it will have on the existing system of government, and it is also possible to show the people of the empire that the elites are indeed trying to make changes. Paradise Island is far from the British Empire mainland, and even from the nearest colony, so whatever the outcome of the attempted reforms here will not have much impact on the empire itself. ”

"What you said is very reasonable, if all of you can think so positively about things, then there will be a lot less pressure on me. If the abolition of slavery really came true, then there would be a lot of new forces on the island, and these new forces would be the objects we could fight for, and the objects that we could make a fuss about. ”

The man with the eyes discussed fiercely with his subordinates, in the island barracks, Sandro was also pondering this matter, the news that Duke Jackson was coming to the island, he also learned, but the Duke didn't even tell him the purpose of the trip, but just mentioned the issue of slavery many times between the lines, which made him very strange, he was the Duke's henchman, and even handed over to him the matter of secretly investigating and monitoring the aborigines of the island, could it be that there was something earth-shattering to do on this trip?

He was even more surprised by the suggestion that Bird had returned, and according to Birdie, he guessed that the purpose of Duke Jackson's trip was probably to use Paradise Island as a test field to try to abolish slavery.

Abolition of slavery? Is it possible? Wouldn't it be crazy? A slave like Tina, who used to have complete control over her life and death, may reward her with food if she is in a good mood, but if she is in a bad mood, she may not even be given saliva to drink, let alone do some dirty things to her at any time, if slavery is abolished, Tina will become a citizen of the British Empire, and if she wants to be called again in the future, she can only hire her to pay her salary, and everything done to her must comply with the laws of the British Empire, which is completely unimaginable. Sandro touched his bald head and couldn't understand why the Duke had agreed to do this.

In the Governor's Palace, Long Xin'er also saw Duke Jackson's letter writing a letter from James.

James sat on the chair and asked Long Xin'er puzzled: "What do you think about this?" Why did the Duke suddenly come to Paradise Island? What slavery is also said to be related to? ”

Long Xin'er shook her head, "We can only know this when he comes, I have heard some things about slaves before, but whether in the West or the East, slaves or slaves, they are just subordinates, what kind of storm can they set off." I think you should think carefully about how to explain Mathieson to the Duke, and now that my lord is not on the island, it would be difficult to ask if the Duke came before him. ”

"I've written to the Duke to report Matthieson's matter before, but the Duke hasn't replied to me, and I'll bite the black gun that Sandro has set off anyway. As for Han Dong, the citizens on the island are free to enter and exit, and as a governor, I have so many things to deal with every day, and the Duke can't let me keep an eye on him every day, right? But Mrs. Han, I still have to confirm that it was really not your people who shot at the beach that day? ”

"Of course, if it was my people who did it, I didn't have to hide it. I returned to the winery after talking to you that day, only to hear that Mathieson had been kidnapped and shot dead by pirates. And my men are not very good at using guns, and even if they do, they will choose something else. ”

"So who did it? Could it really be that Sandro's men shot him? ”

"Since the Governor is ready to bite Sandro to death, it was his men who shot him, and there is no need to suspect anyone else. Besides, does it really matter who shoots the gun? ”

In the Boulder Camp, Uncle Song brought the same news to the others, but Sister Hongmei didn't think about abolishing slavery, they were more worried about whether Duke Jackson would be suspicious if he came to Paradise Island before me.

Uncle Song said: "I'm also worried about this, that Duke is the actual funder of the distillery, even if he doesn't look for Xiao Han because of Mathieson's matter, he will also find him because of the winery's business, we have to unify the tone with all the people who know about the trade with pirates, don't talk about it when the time comes." ”

"Han Dong and the others don't know what the situation is with the pirates, and there is no news at all." Su Yuliu said to herself with some worry.

"You don't have to worry too much, with Miss Lin, uh, with Uncle Wei here, it should be fine." Sister Hongmei comforted.

At this moment, the big bear bounced all the way back to the camp whistling, and everyone was very curious, wasn't this grandson still depressed and sad when he left? Why is it like a different person now? Bought a lottery ticket and won 5 million?

After seeing everyone, Da Xiong deliberately coughed twice and pretended to say: "Everyone, I have two good news to share with you, how about it, which one do you want to hear first?" ”