Brun's death caused a great sensation in the Golden Islands, and rumors spread for a while, but all of this has nothing to do with us, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, where there are rivers and lakes, there are grievances, when are grievances? I'm afraid no one can say well.

After another quiet night, we went to say goodbye to Arthur early in the morning, and after a pretended politeness, we set out on our way home, and in the course of saying goodbye I noticed that the merchants from the East had also left at some point.

Although there were some twists and turns in the middle of this trip to the Golden Islands, the final result was good, we successfully reached a trade agreement with the pirates, our winery has a relatively stable sales market, and the first barrel of gold is not far away.

On the way back, I was going to go to Pelican Island again, I wanted to move all the modern things back in Xiaoka, but then Uncle Wei persuaded me to forget it, we can't use those things for the time being, and bringing them back may attract some unnecessary attention, I think it's right, so I gave up.

The people on the boat originally did not belong to the paradise island only Xiaoka and those students, Xiaoka now trusts me more anyway, his own life experience is confusing, and he can't figure out his own situation, rather than living alone aimlessly, it is better to follow me, so only those students are more troublesome.

The students were all from the distant Republic of Suel, and they came across the sea with a revolutionary enthusiasm, but they did not expect that in the end, the revolutionary spirit was not propagated, and their companions folded several in a foreign country, which can be summed up in four words, which is miserable. Theoretically, the best place for them to go now is of course to go back to Suel, if they don't have a long memory, they can still choose to continue the revolution, if they learn a lesson, they can also go back to school and study hard, and when they are ready, they can think about changing the world. It's just that we can't drive them back in person, so we have to take them back to Paradise Island first, then take a boat from Paradise Island to the British Empire, and finally find a way to go home.

The ship sails on the endless sea, and the warm sunlight shines on the sea, and every time I arrive at this time, I am very emotional, always thinking of the past, and at the same time full of confusion about the future.

I always like to persuade Su Yuliu and Lin Ruyi not to think too much and live a good life, but the question is, can you really not think about it? We have been living in this strange world for quite some time, but we still don't know anything about it, and even the farthest place we have been to is the Golden Islands, the Western Islands, the Eastern Islands, all just heard about it, is it our group of shipwreck survivors who have been kept in captivity, or the whole world has been kept in captivity? Maybe we'll never get an answer.

Finally, we returned to Paradise Island again, and saw Su Yuliu again with a burst of joy in my heart, and took the initiative to reach out and take her into my arms, although none of us pierced the last layer of paper, but it was impossible to deny that each other had become the most important concern in their hearts.

I asked Uncle Wei and them to take the others to the camp first, and then I went to the Governor's Mansion alone to find James, James saw that I came back without much emotional fluctuations, I told him about the Golden Islands, after listening, James just nodded and said: "This is a good start, if the pirates can really keep their promises, then the problem of rum sales has been solved a large part." However, you should be careful when you go to the Golden Islands later, it is best to choose the middle of the night when loading goods from the dock, the less people know about it, the better. ”

I nodded, but couldn't help but tease, "Aren't you the governor of the island?" Even if we load the ship in broad daylight, are you afraid that you won't be able to control it if someone finds out? ”

James didn't care about my ridicule, he said with a serious face: "If it's just me, it's okay, the problem is that in the next few days, Duke Jackson will come to Paradise Island." ”

"The Duke is coming?" At the mention of Duke Jackson, my mind chuckled, Nima's is my big creditor, and if he suddenly asks me to pay back, I won't be able to get a penny.

"Lord Duke, how can he come to Paradise Island in a good manner? It can't be to deal with Mattheison's death, right? ”

"Of course not, although Mathieson is the nephew of Count Soros, he is only a nephew after all, even if it is the earl's own son, the duke may not need to personally intervene. The purpose of the Duke's trip is not yet clear, but it seems to be related to slavery. ”

"Slavery-related?" I asked curiously, "Could it be that the Empire is ready to abolish slavery?" ”

"Abolish slavery? Why do you say that? James stood up with wide eyes and asked me with a frown.

"I'm just saying it casually." I smiled and rubbed my head and sloppily eyes.

"I said before that since we have chosen to cooperate, we should be honest with each other, you obviously have your opinion, but deliberately don't say it, isn't it not good?"

"Hey, actually, it's nothing, I'm just guessing. What do you think, who is Duke Jackson? He was one of the top magnates in the British Empire, and he had traveled all the way to Paradise Island, or was it about slavery, it was certainly not a trivial matter, and then you thought, what is a big deal about slavery? Isn't that just the abolition of humanity, oh no, a controversial system? ”

"But how is this possible? If all the slaves became citizens of the Empire, wouldn't the world be in chaos? How could the Queen agree to such a ridiculous idea? ”

"Why is it messed up? I'm afraid that you people with vested interests in society are unwilling to lose their privileged position, right? I thought so in my heart, but I didn't say so, "I just said it, but I guessed it on my own, and when the Duke comes, everything will be revealed." ”

After leaving James's Governor's Palace, I immediately rushed to Camp Boulder, the word slavery lingering in my head all the way.

Needless to say, slavery is certainly the most vicious, absurd, and dehumanizing system in human history, and it is ruthlessly crushed under the great wheel of historical progress, which is a matter of time, but will it really happen now? You must know that in the real historical process, the abolition of slavery involved a struggle of blood and tears, and the result of countless pioneers paying the price of their lives. If so, that's a bit of an incredible. Moreover, even if the elites were willing to abolish the system, I am afraid that the ordinary citizens of the empire would not agree. No matter in which historical stage, as long as there is a hierarchy in society, then there will be a phenomenon that the upper class looks down on the lower class, even if the upper class itself is only at the low end of the social chain, it can also have a sense of superiority, even if this so-called sense of superiority is just a vanity, and for the ordinary citizen class, the existence of slaves also means a large number of free labor, once slavery is abolished, then the cost of survival of this class will increase sharply, some do not want to make progress and eat lazy, Even those who can be eliminated directly from the bottom of society, so the abolition of slavery is an extremely difficult process from any point of view.