The black slaves came from several neighboring African tribes, both men and women, and some were related. Soon they found their brothers, wives, and sons in the crowd. Many people hugged each other and cried loudly, human beings
The feelings are always connected, and the sailor of the China Merchants Group who was responsible for taking care of them was very sad when he saw this scene.
Fortunately, black people have a more unrestrained personality and can easily forget unhappy things. When they see their enemies being arrested, their relatives being able to see each other, and having water and food, they immediately become happy again, dancing and humming.
It happened that Liu Ziguang, surrounded by a group of subordinates, came to inspect. Although the black people were culturally and economically backward, their intelligence was not bad. They could clearly distinguish who was the benefactor and who was the enemy. They could tell by looking at Liu Ziguang's demeanor.
The uncle is the leader of the benefactor. He only heard a young man yelling, and then the dancing black people bowed down to Liu Ziguang. The rest of the black people who could move followed suit. They used a kind of kneeling that was different from the Central Plains etiquette.
, lying on the ground with his whole body, clapping his hands, and mumbling words. The young man who gave the order first did not bow down, but just danced wildly and inexplicably.
"Well... everyone, please get up, you will be free from now on." Liu Ziguang raised his hands and said kindly, but the black people did not understand Chinese, and they still worshiped endlessly, and they did not get up until the young man gave the order.
"Is there any general who can speak the indigenous language? I want to talk to that young man. It seems that he is a leader." Liu Ziguang said.
"Back to the Marquis, these black people are all natives from Hezhou, Xiniu. They are thousands of miles apart. Not to mention that no one here can speak their language, even the Western sailors can't speak it." A subordinate said with embarrassment.
"Oh, that's it. Then send two smarter people to communicate with them through gestures and settle down first before making plans. These people are in good health and can be raised with a few good meals. They are all good labor forces.
." After Liu Ziguang finished speaking, he left. When the black people saw him leaving, they fell to the ground again to see him off, with very respectful expressions.
Although Liu Ziguang opposed the slave trade, he was not pure enough to send these slaves back. This group of people were originally intended to be sent to the Badawi Plantation as labor force, but now they just stay in Temasek to enrich the population. Anyway, there are both men and women.
, taking root here is that there is a large amount of British woven cotton at the port, which is cut into wide strips and distributed as fig leaves. Since you are a new citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you must have etiquette and cannot expose your breasts like this.
It is unsightly, and of course another important factor is that everyone will always have some subtle sense of inferiority when they see the big thing under the black guy's crotch...
When black people lived in Africa, they lived in simple grass huts. When they arrived on the subtropical island of Temasek, they took it like a duck to water. They found an open space and built huts with tree branches. Two thousand people lived in a large refugee camp, divided into three groups according to tribes.
There seemed to be several leaders among the four natural villages, and the young man was the leader of the leaders. Everyone must bow respectfully when they saw him. Through communicating with the black man's gestures, they finally understood
As for what they need to do, which is the transportation of dock goods and city construction, Temasek needs to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction, and these black people are the best free labor force.
The captains and sailors of those slave ships were imprisoned by Liu Ziguang in the place where black people once lived. Their hands and feet were chained with iron chains, and they were only given the minimum amount of dirty water and food every day. They endured the high temperature and stench every day and were unable to move.
When I raised my head, I hit the ship's plank above. A sailor with poor health died within a few days. His body stayed in the cabin for a long time before being thrown into the sea. The slave traders thoroughly experienced the feelings of the black slaves who were persecuted by them. This
It's not over yet, it's just a term of imprisonment. According to Ming law, their criminal tools and private property were confiscated. In an instant, they changed from wealthy slave traders to penniless death row prisoners. Although the court of the Ming Dynasty only sentenced
They have been imprisoned for twenty years, but they all know that in such a harsh environment, they may not survive even two months...
"This is retribution! I just want to make them unable to live and die."
Liu Ziguang said viciously that he would not only fight against Temasek's slave traders, but also fight against slave trading activities around the world. The war against imperialism must begin with the fight against slave trading. According to the plan formulated by Liu Ziguang, first of all, with Temasek as the core
The abolition of slavery was implemented in some places. A few cruisers were first deployed in the Strait of Malacca to forcefully inspect all passing ships. All slave trading ships were seized. Dutch plantations in Sumatra, Java and other places also had to intervene to free black brothers from slavery.
rescued.
The large islands of Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan are actually in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial state. The Kingdom of Java has been almost eroded by the Dutch. The business circle centered on Badawi is a relatively developed area in the southern part of Dongsheng China.
, many plantations provided various cash crops for the colonists. The local natives were lazy, greedy and unable to do any work. The main labor force in the plantations was the Chinese who immigrated in the early days. The Chinese have multiplied in Badawi over the years.
For several generations, the population seemed to exceed that of the locals. Since the Chinese were hard-working and hard-working, but their wages were low, the Dutch always liked to hire Chinese workers. However, this squeezed the jobs of the locals. After all, Java is a country of Javanese people.
, the emaciated camels of those princes were bigger than horses. They exerted pressure on the colonists and encouraged their subjects to hunt and kill the Chinese. The natives were not good at work, but they were good at murder and robbery. They caused several massacres against the Chinese in succession, which made Badawi
Rivers of blood flowed, and the Chinese hid in the jungle and did not dare to come out. The plantations were seriously short of labor, and the colonists were really unwilling to hire indigenous people, so they had to spend money to buy black slaves. This was the rise of the recent slave trade. Every week
More than a dozen ships of black slaves were transported from Madagascar.
When the massacre of Chinese people occurred in Badawi, the Song Dynasty once made a strong protest. However, due to the limited army troops, they could not land to intervene, so they could only issue a few protests. However, Nanming, thousands of miles away,
The imperial court didn't even hear about it, let alone make any reaction.
It’s different now. Liu Ziguang has arrived in Temasek. In just a few days, the news that Marquis Zhenwu of the Ming Dynasty has arrived in Temasek has spread hundreds of miles around. The kings of the feudal states came to pay their respects with gifts and hid in the jungle.
The Chinese also sent representatives to ask for help, hoping that the army of the mother country could help them.
Liu Ziguang's capture of Temasek was originally just a small project on his honeymoon trip, but what he saw and heard along the way made this honeymoon trip a bit heavy. The advent of the Age of Discovery, the experiences of the Chinese overseas and the evil slave trade all made the honeymoon trip a bit heavy.
Liu Ziguang felt that something should be done. The China Merchants Bureau, an organization that is both business and military, should play a greater role, and the naval power of the Song Dynasty should also be fully utilized. Since a collision with the European colonists will happen sooner or later,
Let’s start with the country of Java right under our noses.
After a telegram communication with Xinbianjing, a battle plan was finally formulated. The imperial court of the Song Dynasty came forward to reprimand Badawi for the Dutch East India Company's inaction, and sent the navy and the imperial army to Temasek in the name of protecting overseas Chinese.
, making a posture of using force at any time. At the same time, Liu Ziguang, as the admiral of the South Factory of the Ming Dynasty, lodged a protest with the Badawi authorities against them for housing a big corrupt criminal from the Ming Dynasty.
The Badawi authorities immediately surrendered, compensated and apologized! The most cruel move was the third move. The Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty reached an agreement to ban the slave trade.
After reading the White Paper on the Human Rights Situation in the Badawi Plantation, Her Highness the Princess was extremely indignant at this crime against humanity and issued an ultimatum to all slave-owning plantation owners in the Badawi area to release all black slaves within three days.
Slaves were given financial compensation for their workload, otherwise the Song Dynasty would have to fight for human rights.
For a while, Badawi was panicked, thinking that war was imminent. First, there was the disastrous defeat of the Spanish in Penghu and Taiwan, and then the defeat of the British in Majiadora. Now it was finally the turn of the Dutch, planters and maritime trade.
The merchants were filled with indignation and demonstrated at the gate of the East India Company, demanding a fight with the arrogant Easterners! However, the governor of the East India Company did not have the courage. He had to consult Amsterdam before making a decision.
The Dutch East India Company was a joint company composed of fourteen East India trade-focused companies. The company was headquartered in Amsterdam. Its board of directors consisted of more than seventy people, but only seventeen people actually held real power, known as
The Seventeen Gentlemen, the company could organize its own mercenaries, issue currency, was the first joint-stock company, and was allowed to make formal treaties with other countries, and exercise the power to colonize and rule the place.
The Dutch East India Company is the richest private company in the world, with more than a thousand merchant ships, a hundred warships, 50,000 employees, and an army of 10,000 mercenaries. The company's dividends are as high as 40%, and each time it issues new
When the shares were sold, Amsterdam was always empty, and huge wealth poured into the East India Company. It can be said that the company's performance was closely related to the lives of the Dutch. Anyone who wanted to take action against the East India Company would take action against the wallets of the Dutch.
The East India Company's headquarter in Dongsheng China was located in Badawi, Java. It was in charge of trade from the mainland to the Ming Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Taiwan and even Japan. At the same time, it brought rice, sugar, spices, pepper, amber, etc. from local plantations in Java.
Linen, cotton, tin, and lead were sent back to the Netherlands. Their economic status was very important. If they followed the threats of the Song and Ming Dynasties and turned against the local natives, handed over Cheng Liangjue, paid an apology, and released all the black slaves, the East India Company would be in disgrace.
Even if everything is lost, those wretched Easterners will definitely push their limits and make more unreasonable demands, and by then the company will no longer be able to carry out its business.
Fortunately, the Song and Ming joint navy on the Malacca Strait only hunted pirates and seized slave ships, and did not take action against ordinary merchant ships for the time being. Therefore, Governor Badawi wrote a letter and asked his fastest mail ship to rush to Amsterdam to report.
situation, on the other hand, the army was also prepared for war to prevent a sudden attack by the Han people.