Liu Jin looked at the busy streets of Crescent City. There were many pedestrians on the streets, and there were not only people from the Ming Dynasty, but also Japanese, Koreans, and businessmen from various countries in Southeast Asia, and even businessmen from the Middle East and Persia.
Various accents and various clothing gather together, making people feel like they are in a museum of civilized races.
People in the Ming Dynasty generally look arrogant, even the waiters in restaurants and teahouses.
The Ming Dynasty was extremely powerful, and it continuously fought in all directions, especially here in Nanyang, and swept away the countries in Nanyang, letting everyone know how powerful and terrifying the Ming Dynasty was, and naturally the people of the Ming Dynasty became straighter.
In addition, the people of the Ming Dynasty have always believed that everything is good in the Ming Dynasty, and those outside the Ming Dynasty are barbarians, backward and not civilized barbarians, so they naturally look down upon the foreigners here in Crescent City.
arrogant.
In addition to the Ming Dynasty people, the Japanese and Koreans also have their nostrils turned upward.
With the signing of the Ming Dynasty vassal state agreement between Japan and North Korea, they became vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. According to the agreement, people in North Korea and Japan must learn Chinese characters, speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin, and can travel freely to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, they have always been deeply influenced by Chinese civilization, claiming to be the descendants of Chinese civilization, and their appearance is no different from the people of Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, these Koreans and Japanese people naturally think that they are superior to other foreigners. They are as noble as the people of Ming Dynasty, and their nostrils are naturally raised.
Only when I met the Ming people, I immediately put on a smile, nodded and bowed.
In addition, people in the Luzon Kingdom also have their nostrils turned upward. They are also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Now the people in the Luzon Kingdom are trying their best to learn Chinese characters and Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Everyone has changed their surnames to Chinese, respecting Confucius and Mencius, and wearing Chinese surnames.
Hanfu.
Liu Jin had already seen the Luzon people who seemed to be wearing Hanfu and saying such lame slogans. Although they felt inferior when facing the Ming Dynasty, but when facing the Siamese, Sulu people, Persians, etc.? Again
It's a different scene.
As for the businessmen from various countries in Southeast Asia, they are all very cautious.
Ming Dynasty is so powerful!
The Ming Dynasty's army marched from north to south, and then from west to east, covering Annan, Champa, Siam, Malacca, Jinzhou, Java, and Bali, and conquered the entire Southeast Asia.
Annan, who always liked to dance, was wiped out. Siam was beaten to the ground, and half of Malacca was occupied. Several countries on Jinzhou were beaten to cede territory and pay compensation.
Java dared to loot Ming merchant ships and kill Ming merchants? It was almost completely destroyed by Liu Jin? Several countries in Java were destroyed, and a large number of people were sold as slaves to plantations in various parts of Southeast Asia.
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Several countries on the Balni Continent were all plowed by Liu Jin's men, and they all cut off their lands to pay compensation? Each one became honest.
The entire Southeast Asian countries were conquered by the powerful force of the Ming Dynasty? They all became honest.
In the past, these Southeast Asian countries levied heavy taxes on Ming merchant ships, and their merchants dared to deceive and bully Ming merchants. Now, who dares to offend Ming people?
Come to Ming Dynasty to do business? That's even more honest, for fear of offending the people of Ming Dynasty and then being attacked by Ming Dynasty.
As for those businessmen from the Middle East and Persia? Each one of them was extremely honest. They had already heard about the power of the Ming Dynasty when they came here. Their power on the island of Ceylon was wiped out by the Western United Trading Company, which made them know that the Ming Dynasty was powerful.
He may seem gentle and talkative, but when he actually makes a move, he will definitely make you cry.
"Brother Jin, there is a slave market over there. Do you want to go and see it together?"
Erhu also looked around, and soon saw a place, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said.
"Take it away. It just so happens that I also want to visit the slave market here in Nanyang."
Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded, walking towards the slave market.
The slave issue is a big issue, and Liu Jin naturally needs to understand it first, so that he can formulate better policies.
The slave market here is very lively.
It is said to be a market, but it is actually a very large open space where many people gather to watch the excitement, buy and sell slaves, etc.
Slave merchants occupied a place to trade slaves one after another. Because the demand for slaves was very strong, many slaves did not come to this market at all and had been booked and bought up in advance.
Competition for slaves who live here is also very fierce, and they are all purchased through bidding.
Slave merchants will gather a lot of people everywhere. Slave merchants will bid for slaves one by one. The one with the highest bid will get the slave after paying the original price.
"The slave below was caught by the Western United Trading Company from the island of Ceylon. You see, this slave is tall, strong, and very young. He will definitely be a good hand when he buys it back."
Slave merchant Zhang Qu pointed at the newly pulled out strong slave and shouted very loudly.
"I am not a slave~I am not a slave~I am a Persian, I am a Persian~"
As for the slave, his hair and beard were shaved off, revealing blue eyes, a tall nose, and the word slave branded on the left chest of his shirtless upper body.
Seeing that he was about to be auctioned, he couldn't help shouting loudly. He was a Middle Eastern businessman who settled here on Ceylon Island. Who knew that the Ming Dynasty swept across Ceylon Island, captured them all, and sold them here as slaves.
But no one could understand what he said, and he was shouting, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the slave merchant, who soon slapped him hard.
Buyers want slaves who work hard and honestly, not slaves who shout and are restless.
Under Zhang Qu's fierce whipping, the slave finally stood up obediently, his eyes becoming dull.
"It turns out to be a rare white slave, he must be from the Middle East~"
"Although he is strong and strong, he seems to be very ambitious. It would be easy for something to happen if he buys it back."
"Yes, yes, something happened on Lao Li's plantation last time. The slaves rebelled. I heard it was also caused by white slaves."
"Well, I can't buy it. Those dwarf slaves and black slaves are better."
When the many buyers nearby saw it, they immediately started talking and shaking their heads.
"You started with thirty taels of silver, do you want anything?"
When Zhang Qu heard this, he immediately became anxious. He bought this slave for twenty taels of silver. If no one wanted it, wouldn't he lose money?
"Old Zhang, this slave of yours is so wild, you better go back and give it a good training first, otherwise no one would dare to buy it back."
Someone who knew Zhang Qu also said bluntly.
"Don't worry, put on the ankle cuffs and bracelets, what can happen?"
"Let's see how strong it is. It must be very powerful. It will definitely be good to buy it back and work hard."
When Zhang Qu heard this, he also started talking again and again.
"No, no, I don't even want it for free."
Everyone shook their heads. They bought slaves to go back to work, not to buy unstable explosives.
"Damn slave~"
Seeing that no one wanted him, Zhang Qu couldn't help but pick up the whip and whipped the slave hard again, until the slave's skin and flesh were ripped open, and then he stopped.
Soon another slave stood up. This was a Sinhala man from the island of Ceylon. He was dark-skinned, short in stature, and a low-caste person. Therefore, he was very docile and seemed to have no idea about his status as a slave.
Too much resistance.
"The starting price is thirty taels of silver~"
Zhang Qu shouted.
"Thirty-two taels~"
"Thirty-three taels~"
"Thirty-five taels~"
As soon as he finished speaking, people started bidding one after another. These low-caste Sinhalese people on the island of Ceylon are very good slaves. They work hard and rarely make trouble, so everyone likes them very much. There is more competition.
fierce.
Soon the price reached a high price of more than forty taels of silver, and it was eventually bought by a plantation owner.
"Interesting, it's the same as the slave trade I saw on TV before time travel."
Liu Jin watched the slave trade with great interest, and some Western movies he had watched before traveling came to mind. However, in the movies, black slaves were bought and sold, and there were many types of slaves bought and sold here.
There are indigenous slaves from Java, Siam, Jinzhou, and Bo Ni. Some were captured by Liu Jin's army, but now more and more people from these countries are capturing slaves for trafficking.
A slave was worth dozens of taels of silver, which also gave rise to many slave traders and slave-catching teams. In these countries in Southeast Asia, some people specifically captured slaves and sold them to slave traders in the Ming Dynasty, forming an industrial chain.
There were also slaves from the Western Island of Ceylon. The Western United Trading Company swept across the Island of Ceylon and sold Middle Easterners, Persians, Sinhalese and Tamils from the island to this island on a large scale, which also added many white slaves.
"Oh~oh~"
At this time, a burst of cheers came. When Liu Jin heard it, he immediately looked over and saw that in the middle of the slave market, there was a slave merchant auctioning female slaves.
These slaves are from the Middle East, Persians and high-caste Sinhalese from the island of Ceylon. They have white skin and plump figures. In order to sell them for more money, these slave traders also stripped them naked and immediately
It also attracted a lot of eyes and cheers.
People of the Ming Dynasty like whiteness and regard whiteness as beauty, so these fair-skinned slaves are considered the most expensive slaves in the slave market. Their treatment is much better than other slaves. The same price is also very high.
"Everyone, everyone, this is the latest arrival of the top-quality white slaves~ Everyone has seen the goods."
"This fair skin, this figure, and this butt... Hehe, you will be blessed if you buy it back, and I will keep it for you to live happily ever after."
A slave merchant pulled a slave out and introduced him to everyone with a smile on his face.
