Chapter 286 (2/2)

Donne frowned, ”didn't I say don't mention it again before?”

”But you must know that buying a thousand slaves is only 100000 gold coins, but these slaves do not need to be paid at all and can be at their disposal.”

Donne said seriously, ”Fiona, you have to know one thing.”

Fiona was stunned: ”what?”

”No business, no harm.”

Donne asked, ”there is no big war in prandal now, so where do the slaves from all countries come from?”

”They are mainly born as slaves by inheriting the identity of their parents, then losers in factional struggle, refugees who can't survive and sell their freedom, and some caught mixed race races, etc.”

”That's right.”

Donne smiled and pointed to the stool next to him. After Fiona sat down, he continued, ”but don't you see that this society is changing?”

”Change?”

”Yes, slaves are a special product of the relatively primitive period of productivity. At that time, human productivity was insufficient, so it was necessary to plunder others to meet their own productivity needs. At that time, slaves were equal to wealth, so the slave trade was very developed.”

”However, with the progress of productivity, human rights have been paid more and more attention, so now in prandal, slave traders are despised by people - because no one likes to be slaves, and no one wants to become slaves in case of failure.”

Fiona thought about it carefully and found that this truth was true. None of the big slave traders in yarinks had a more glorious identity. They were ignored both in the aristocratic circle and in the merchant circle, just like living in a crack.

In fact, Donne discovered this when he was in arlinks. His feeling is very subtle.

Yes, prandal, a world with true gods, is in a wonderful state of superposition of slave society, feudal society and capitalist society. There are still slaves here. Feudal kingship occupies national sovereignty, but at the same time, businessmen have begun to unite against kingship and intend to seek more interests and discourse. This is clearly the germination of capitalist society.

”Slaves are also human beings, especially some born slaves. Their longing for freedom and power is extremely strong, just like a long-standing volcano, which may erupt at any time.”

Donne sipped his tea. ”What I can tell you is that using slaves is actually a very dangerous behavior at this time.”

Yes, that's why Donne didn't use slaves.

Prandar's social form is changing, and what he is doing now is to speed up the process of change. If he turns against the past and uses a large number of slaves at this time, on the one hand, it will stimulate the declining slave trade market and lead more innocent people to become slaves. On the other hand, it will also have a negative effect on his propaganda.

Most importantly, slaves yearned for freedom, and without culture, they were easily bought and used.

Of course, Donne can buy a large number of slaves and give them the freedom and respect they desire. However, once they have been oppressed for a long time, once they are used, they will not hesitate to deal with Donne in turn. There is no doubt - don't forget that Donne now represents the aristocratic privileged class and is opposed to slaves.

From another perspective, slaves need to fight for freedom. If Donne was a slave owner at that time and he was at the disadvantage of the tide of the times, what excuse should he use to save the world?

Fiona didn't understand this at first, but when Donne briefly reminded her, she soon figured it out.

”That is to say, now we Ellington neither oppose nor support slavery?”

Donne's mouth tilted: ”although we have not stated our position, haven't we already stated our attitude in our foreign publicity policy?”

Fiona was stunned and suddenly remembered the slogan written by Donne.

”Ellington welcomes any law-abiding citizen to settle here. As long as you are willing to work and abide by our laws, come to Ellington!”

”Here, you will get all the rights you deserve!”

All rights naturally include the right to personal freedom!