What happened in the southern seas of the Candela Empire, thousands of kilometers away, had little effect on the Duchy of Stantin and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

In recent times, the most striking thing in the Principality of State, and indeed in several surrounding countries, is a bill that is being resolved by the parliamentary assembly of the Principality of Statein.

This bill was introduced by Xu Ye, president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, in his capacity as an ordinary member of the National Assembly.

Due to Xu Yi's unparalleled influence in the Principality of Stantin, any proposal would have been easily approved, but it took two months for the proposal to enter the final process in the National Assembly, and it was subject to a public vote of the members of Congress before the decision would take effect.

The reason why this proposal is so difficult is that the content of the proposal is so amazing.

The content of this proposal is actually the abolition of slavery!

When Xu Yi first made this proposal, everyone thought he was crazy.

Since thousands of years of Qian Elf rule the entire continent, the slavery system has always existed on this continent, and up to now, the history of slaves has even exceeded tens of thousands of years.

In these tens of thousands of years, no matter how the continent changes, the slavery system has not changed, and even in the more than 2,000 years before and after the race war, slaves reached the peak of the entire continent.

Before the Race Wars, the Elves treated almost all other races as slaves, but after the Race Wars, it was replaced by humans who frantically captured other races to use as slaves.

As for the human beings themselves, they will likewise take a large number of their own kind as slaves.

For all the people on the continent of Sainz, the survival of slaves has long been a norm that everyone is accustomed to. No one thinks there's anything wrong with that.

Now Xu Yi suddenly came out and said that he wanted to abolish slavery. It's simply challenging everyone's common sense. Challenge the default rules of the entire continent.

Especially those slave owners who have benefited a lot from slaves have scoffed at Xu Yi's proposal and strongly opposed it.

Originally, because of the huge influence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the Duchy of Stantin, all the lords in the principality could only cooperate obediently, and did not dare to have any objections to any of Xu Yi's proposals.

But when Xu Yi threw out this proposal, these lords, who had always honestly obeyed Xu Yi's arrangement, expressed their opposition to this proposal in unison.

In the first vote on this proposal, the number of votes in favor of this proposal was a staggering zero!

This shows how big the impact of this proposal is on everyone. And how strong the opposition was.

However, with the strong influence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the Duchy of Stantin, under the strong promotion of Xu Yi, this proposal still received more votes in favor little by little, and finally entered the final negotiation process.

And today is the day when the Council of State of the Principality of Stantin initiates the final agreement process on this proposal.

As long as this proposal can be approved today, it means that the Duchy of Standine will really officially abolish slavery from today.

According to incomplete statistics, the total number of slaves owned in the Principality of Stantin now is between 160,000 and 170,000.

Once slavery is abolished, these more than 160,000 slaves will become ordinary civilians, and the social impact will undoubtedly be extremely enormous.

So the proposal is good or not. It can be said that it will plunge the entire Duchy of Stantin into great turmoil.

In the eyes of many, this is not a good thing.

"Why should I push so hard for the abolition of slavery?" Xu Yi looked at Baron Hainas, who was sitting opposite, with a smile on his face. Slowly shook his head. "Of course, it is not because, as many people say, I, like the saints, cannot see the slaves suffering, so I want to abolish this system and liberate them. ”

"You can't deny it entirely, can you? You can see from your attitude towards several slaves under your name, that you have always been very gentle with your slaves. Baron Haynas asked.

Although today is the time for the final agreement of the Principality of Stanting on the proposal to abolish slavery, because this matter has attracted so much attention, several surrounding countries have also sent people to pay attention to this matter, and countless newspapers have also targeted this matter, intending to report on it.

The final negotiation process of the National Assembly began in the afternoon, so in the morning, Xu also held a special press conference to accept interviews and questions from various newspapers.

Now at this press conference, there are people from the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom of Ruerson, the Principality of Delack, the Principality of Mirando, and the Principality of Norton...... Journalists from almost all newspapers in neighboring countries, and even the Kingdom of Sark sent three newspapers to report on the matter.

The total number of reporters even exceeded 500, and the hall was so crowded that there was almost nowhere to stay.

The reporters were well-informed people, and naturally knew that Xu Yi had a deep personal friendship with Baron Hainas, the editor-in-chief of Lampari Weekly, so the first question was consciously left to him.

"Personally, I really don't want to see slaves being brutalized. Because for me, there is no distinction between slaves and commoners, we are all the same human beings, so why should we distinguish between them and treat my own kind as if they were animals?"

"But there are many other races among the slaves besides humans, should they be treated as if they were of the same kind?" a reporter suddenly asked in a loud voice.

The other reporters turned to look at the reporter who was asking the question, thinking to themselves that this guy was an idiot.

It's a bit of a headache to ask this question to other people, and it's not a complete waste of time to ask Xu Yi this question.

Sure enough, Xu Yi smiled lightly and replied, "There is not much difference between other races and humans, isn't it? Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has hired so many employees of other races over the years, and I don't see anything special from them that we humans are different. If anything, it's probably because there are some differences in their cultures. But even among us human beings, aren't there cultural differences due to different ethnic regions? So I don't think it's a problem. ”

"President Xu. Let's get back to business. What you just answered was from a personal point of view. It was hoped that slavery would be abolished. But after all, you are the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It's a big man with a lot of influence that everyone knows, and it's obviously impossible for you to put forward this proposal from your personal point of view, right?" another reporter asked.

"Of course. Xu Yi didn't hesitate at all, nodded and acknowledged. Of course, this mention also has my consideration from a holistic perspective. ”

"President Xu, I'm a journalist from the Kingdom of Ruerson. Before I came here, I heard a message. In our kingdom of Ruersun, there is a chamber of commerce that specializes in the production of zuò magic lamps, because all the people who use them are slave workers. Therefore, the cost of the magic lamp produced by them is lower, and the price is much lower than that of your new flying brand magic lamp, which is very popular in our kingdom of Luersun. Are you now mentioning the abolition of slavery because you perceive a threat from this chamber of commerce?" another reporter in the crowd asked in a loud voice.

All the reporters in the audience were moved.

This news is the first time that many people have heard of it, and if this is true, then the reason why Xu Ye proposed this proposal is intriguing.

Xu Yi glanced at the reporter and asked rhetorically, "You're talking about the Sanchi Chamber of Commerce in Rio City, right?"

The reporter was stunned for a moment and did not answer, apparently acquiescing.

Xu Yi smiled and continued: "First of all. My proposal is only for the Duchy of Stantin, even if this proposal is an ultimatum. It will not affect the Ruerson Kingdom, and the Sanchi Chamber of Commerce wants to continue to use slave workers, and it is still no problem, and it will not be affected in any way. ”

Everyone in the audience nodded in unison.

The Duchy of Stantin was actually a small country, much worse than the Kingdom of Ruersun.

If it weren't for the fact that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was here, and the proposal was too shocking, I am afraid that not many people would pay too much attention to the policies of such a small country.

"Secondly, the magic lamp produced by the Sanchi Chamber of Commerce did not pass the quality inspection of the Magic Industry Administration of the Ruerson Kingdom, but chose to sell it privately, which has seriously violated the magic industry management regulations of the Ruerson Kingdom, and is now under investigation by the Magic Industry Administration of the Ruerson Kingdom and ordered it to suspend business for rectification, do you know this?"

Everyone's eyes fell on the face of the reporter who claimed to be from the Kingdom of Luxon, and found that he looked a little embarrassed.

Obviously, he knew about it, but deliberately chose not to say it.

"Finally, why do you think I would consider the magic lamps produced by such a chamber of commerce as a threat? I think...... None of the reporters here would think that this Sanchi Chamber of Commerce would pose a threat to our new flying merchants, would they?"

Everyone in the audience couldn't help but nod in unison.

They have never heard of this Sanchi Chamber of Commerce, what do they compare with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?

This guy would actually think that Xu Yi felt that the Sanchi Chamber of Commerce was a threat to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it was ridiculous!

The reporter's face flashed with a hint of red, and he said loudly and unconvinced: "President Xu, maybe the Sanchi Chamber of Commerce will not pose any threat to your new flying merchants, but you must be afraid that other chambers of commerce will also use slave workers to reduce costs and compete with your new flying merchants, right? You must be hoping so much to abolish slavery because you expected this situation!"

The other reporters in the audience fell silent.

In fact, this is also a doubt in their minds.

If it weren't for the perspective of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, why did Xu Yi have to work so thanklessly to abolish slavery in the face of so many people's opposition?

"Maybe you're right, it's a problem. But I have to remind you of the fact that not only now, but even a few years ago, many chambers of commerce were employing slave workers, but they didn't have a particular advantage over that, do you understand why?" Xu Yi asked rhetorically.

Everyone looked at each other and found that Xu Yi's question sounded a little unreasonable at first glance, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, it is very worth pondering.

Yes, it's not a day or two since the slave thing has been stored on the Sainz continent.

There are now a large number of chambers of commerce that produce magic machinery in the surrounding countries, and many of them have adopted a large number of slave workers to reduce the cost of production, but this does not give them much of an advantage.

This is not for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, as there is no other Chamber of Commerce in the magical industry that can match the New Flying Chamber of Commerce at the moment.

However, when compared with other chambers of commerce in the same industry, the chambers that adopted slaves did not achieve a particularly large advantage.

This is the biggest reason why I want slavery to be abolished, and it is also the conclusion I have come to for the sake of the whole. In fact, the reason is very simple, the vast majority of slaves are not actually a complete labor force in my opinion. ”

"Because slaves are generally not educated, and do not have any enthusiasm or initiative, even if they participate in production, they are only completely passive. Such workers will not only not reduce production costs in actual production, but will actually greatly affect production efficiency and product quality. ”

"From a businessman's point of view, these slave workers are completely negative assets of the Chamber of Commerce. What I want to do now is to turn these negative assets into positives!" (To be continued......