Chapter 714

After all, Roger had hundreds of years of knowledge reserves and was much more knowledgeable than people of this era. When he heard what the company commander said, he knew what the problem was.

Due to the combined influence of geographical environment and natural conditions, the indigenous ethnic groups in Southeast Asia have always preferred a lazy and easy-going life attitude. This will not change significantly even after hundreds of years. Even if these people were introduced under the rule of Haihan

Due to differences in living habits and values ​​among other regions, it is difficult to quickly integrate into the local social system. In the past, Haihan’s choice of places to introduce immigrants was mostly based on the farming peoples in the mainland, and he was not too interested in the island natives.

Even if they are interested, they are mostly thrown into places with low technical content such as mines, forest farms, salt fields, and road construction sites to engage in purely manual labor.

In comparison, the situation of black Africans is better. If nothing else, at least they are stronger than the island natives of Southeast Asia and have more advantages in physical labor. Whether they are used as pure labor or recruited to fight in the army

, African blacks are considered a good choice. In the war between Portugal and the Netherlands for Macau in 1622, blacks from Africa were the main force of the Portuguese army stationed in Macau. In the original history, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son had an army composed of

An elite foreign gun unit composed of black people. During Zheng Chenggong's battle to regain Taiwan, these black soldiers also instigated their compatriots in the Dutch army and joined Zheng Chenggong's troops.

Of course, the time-travelers from 400 years later will not be so superstitious about the fighting power of black people. After all, in the world before they time-traveled, the fighting power of African black uncles could only be regarded as the lowest level in the world. There were only a few long-term

Countries that receive **** military assistance are somewhat decent. And taking into account racial differences, the Executive Committee and the Military Commission have always been cautious about overseas ethnic groups from other continents entering the Haihan Militia to serve. Similar to Annan

, Japan, North Korea and other countries are all fine. At least they have similar physical appearance and similar languages. Their various folk customs can be considered to be of the same origin. However, the racial differences in other continents are too great. Travelers from personal emotions

It’s not too easy to accept.

I remember that when the bearded Johnson and the old Morgan applied to join the time-travel operation, there was a heated discussion in the organizing committee because of their European and American ethnicity. Many people questioned the introduction of two blond foreigners.

The necessity of participating in the time-travel operation. If it were not for the serious lack of professional medical staff in the time-travel team, maybe they would have been directly kicked out during the registration stage. Of course, their performance after the time-travel operation still convinced all the doubters, not only

He has made great contributions in the field of medical and health care, has also performed military exploits in previous military operations, and has been awarded many times by the Executive Committee.

However, after them, no other European and American white people have been naturalized under the rule of Haihan. After all, talents with special expertise are too rare, and most of the Europeans who voluntarily went to the Far East, except for businessmen eyeing the treasures of the East, were in

Poor civilians or criminals who cannot survive in their country of origin are obviously not the targets of Haihan's interest. When Europeans came to colonize the Far East, it was unlikely that they would choose to naturalize in an Eastern country with huge cultural differences, let alone

Haihan manages the household registration system extremely strictly.

Southeast Asian indigenous and black people like these who were sold to Ambon Island as slaves actually still have the possibility of naturalization, but the naturalization examination period they have to spend is much longer than that of the Han people, and the conditions in various aspects are more stringent.

harsh.

Li Dagui responded: "Then next time Kunlun slaves from the South China Sea are shipped, I will lower the price even lower."

Roger nodded and said: "Not only must the price be lowered, but the proportion must also be stipulated. The number of slaves from the South China Sea cannot exceed one third. This is the bottom line. If it exceeds this proportion, it will be rejected directly! We paid for this ourselves and cannot buy it.

Come back and raise some lazy bones!"

Li Dagui quickly nodded in agreement and secretly wrote down Roger's instructions in his heart.

The plantations on the Ambunas Islands were not entirely invested and developed by Haihan himself. A considerable part of them belonged to investors from Daming, Annan and other places. These people invested money to develop and build plantations on the islands. According to Haihan’s

It is recommended to plant cash crops and enjoy the income share in the next few years. Logically speaking, the risk of a plantation business that takes several years to recover the cost is not low, but due to Haihan’s experience in the management of agricultural products and cash crops in the past few years

There are numerous success stories, and investors who have tasted the benefits boldly chose to follow Haihan's footsteps.

Shortly after taking over the Ambrosia Islands last year, the Ministry of Commerce had already raised more than 100,000 taels of silver investment for the comprehensive development of the Ambrosia Islands. This amount of money was enough to create thousands of acres of plantations on the island. However,

Since Ambona Island is too far away, it is difficult for investors to organize a large number of immigrants to come here to engage in development and construction work. Therefore, Haihan provides another additional service, which is to provide labor for construction work for investors. The bosses

All you need to do is reimburse the expenses. For investors who don’t want to waste time, this is undoubtedly an excellent solution. Anyway, organizing immigrants from the mainland to settle locally requires a lot of money. It is better to directly organize immigration from Haihan.

Hire cheap labor and don’t have any worries.

So in fact, if we calculate this account, it is actually the investors who paid for the labor, but the ownership rights are in the hands of Haihan, and a considerable part of the value created belongs to Haihan. The quality of Kunlun slaves is low.

Haihan's profits will also be affected by this, so Roger will emphasize this point.

Slaves must first cut down the big tree, dig out the stump, then clear the surrounding shrubs, and finally transplant the rubber tree saplings transported from Hainan Island into the tree pit at specified intervals. The cut down tree will be dismembered and transported to

Outside the mountain, it was used as building materials to build slave camps.

Although these people were sold here as slaves, except for the armed guards outside the plantation area, no special precautions were taken for them, and there were no shackles or handcuffs on their bodies. After these people landed,

On the first day, they had been informed of the environmental conditions they were in. In this place, there was no way to escape. Even if they ran out, they could only wander around the island without finding food or a way to leave the island.

, because the only port is under the control of Haihan.

Although these people are called slaves, their food supply, accommodation conditions, etc. are much better than those in hard labor camps where criminals work hard. Of course, this is also partly due to the impact of the Shilu riots last year.

, the relevant departments do not want to squeeze these laborers so hard that they will arouse their resistance.

Although Roger also wanted to follow Qian Tiandun's approach in Annan and recruit a group of indigenous people to train his own troops, and reported to the Military Commission on the way back from Fujian. However, the Military Commission did not agree with the measures taken on Annan Island.

The reason for the original operation of the Annan Militia was that considering that the ethnic groups on the island were relatively complex, many problems would inevitably arise if a special local security force were formed. This basically eliminated the possibility for slaves to obtain Haihan citizenship by enlisting in the army.

, they can only survive the long inspection period before they have the opportunity to use their labor points to compete for the limited naturalization quota.

On June 3, two Dutch merchant ships carrying the flag of the East India Company sailed into the port of Ambona.

Li Dagui immediately ran to the port center and reported to Roger: "Chief Luo, the East India Company's slave ship has arrived. Do you want to go and take a look for yourself?"

Roger was also curious about what the real slave trade was like in history, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and take a look!"

During his service in the US military, Roger also had the experience of being stationed overseas, and saw the real squalor behind the "fight for democracy" and the tragic situation of the refugees at the bottom. Therefore, he did not have a Virgin mentality, and he had no idea about the slave trade.

I am more curious than disgusted. Human trafficking will be difficult to eradicate even hundreds of years later, let alone the 17th century now. No major country in this era will be completely insulated from human trafficking.

Official registration distinguishes legal from illegal.

The two Dutch merchant ships that docked in the port, both with a displacement of about 200 tons, lowered their sails one nautical mile away from the dock. This was also the rule that Haihan set for the Dutch after he took control of the Port of Ambrosia. They must enter the port.

You must first undergo a boarding inspection to ensure that the ship is not carrying contraband and has no illegal intentions before it can dock. Although the Dutch are very dissatisfied with this kind of treatment and will protest every time they dock here, Haihan did not

Ignoring their protests, they still insisted on this approach. Although the Dutch were dissatisfied, they did not dare to use wooden sailing boats to challenge Haihan's newly built coastal defense guns.

After Mushaba repelled the Dutch attack on Amborna Island a year ago, the military had abandoned the original decentralized linear defense system and concentrated all new coastal defense batteries on the front of the port, and implemented this through movable forts.

This provides a certain range of shooting angles. This makes it easier for the commander to issue unified orders to each gun position when concentrated fire is needed. Moreover, when the enemy launches a landing operation, the infantry can also concentrate on protecting them.

The area around the fort.

In addition, the main artillery on the fort has also been updated and upgraded, and two retractable breech guns were installed on the fort. This is a new type of gun steel made from the first batch of smelted gun steel after Shiluchanghua's steel complex was put into production.

Artillery. Since the production capacity of gun steel is still very low, the military industry department has only built a few as experimental products and handed them over to the army and navy for trial use. Due to the scarcity of materials, the processing technology is also troublesome, and the cost is far away.

It far exceeds the artillery currently installed in the army. It is estimated that it will take at least one to two years of trials, and when the gun steel production capacity is significantly improved, mass production and installation in the army will actually begin.

Although the Dutch have not tested the power of the Haihan coastal defense fort, it is obviously much more difficult than the dispersed forts built by the "pirates" they faced last year. Therefore, the Dutch insist on Haihan's insistence on checking before entering the port.

Although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to easily challenge the patience of the Haihan people.

When Roger arrived at the port, two Dutch merchant ships had completed their inspection and docked at the shore. However, because they had not yet received permission to disembark, even though a springboard to the shore had been built, the people on the ship and the shore were still watching each other.

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"Let their captain come down to handle the formalities." Roger gave the order to Li Dagui.

Soon a red-haired middle-aged Dutch man came to Roger, bowed slightly, and said in very broken Chinese: "Geert Janssen of the East India Company greets your distinguished Excellency and is willing to serve you!"

"Hello, Mr. Jansen." Roger nodded slightly, and then responded directly in English: "I heard that you brought us a lot of young labor this time?"

"Yes sir, after I learned that you were in urgent need of labor, I immediately shipped a group of healthy laborers from Batavia to you." Hearing Roger's pure English accent, Janssen also said

He immediately gave up his poor Chinese and spoke in English: "This group of people are all in good physical condition. Only five of them were thrown into the sea on the way from Batavia."

Roger understood what he meant by being "thrown into the sea". These slaves were loaded into the cabin like sardine cans. They didn't even have a chance to relax during the entire voyage. After a long period of turbulence at sea in a harsh environment,

It is often difficult for people with poor health to survive the voyage and reach the destination. For unlucky people who die on the way, the people on the ship will definitely throw the body into the sea for hygiene reasons. The longer the voyage, the mortality rate will increase accordingly.

High, only five people were lost during the voyage from Batavia to Ambrosia Island. It is indeed a number worthy of Jansen showing off.

"It sounds like a good situation, but I still believe that seeing is believing." Roger responded with a smile: "If you find that kind of dying guy later, Mr. Jansen, don't blame me for lowering the price."

"No, no, no, of course not." Yang Sen quickly confirmed: "Dear sir, you see, in order to maintain good ventilation, these two ships have canceled all the gun emplacements on the second deck and replaced them with ventilation

We also have a doctor on board to ensure that these guys can get enough fresh water supply on the way. Maybe some of them will be depressed, but I can guarantee with my life that these guys will be able to recover as long as they recover on land for a while.

Becoming more alive and kicking!"

Regarding Jansen's self-promotion, Roger still just smiled: "Let's take a look at the product, Mr. Jansen."
Chapter completed!