Chapter 715 Slave Trader

Although the Dutch merchant ship had been boarded and inspected before it docked, in order to prevent unexpected situations during the acceptance of slaves, Roger sent a company of soldiers to the dock in advance to be on guard. If there were restless people among the slaves,

If they try to cause trouble here, the Haihan Militia will immediately teach them what rules they must abide by.

In addition, Li Dagui also transferred several foremen from Southeast Asia and East Africa in advance to wait for orders. These foremen have been on Ampurna Island for more than a month, but they can already understand some simple Chinese instructions. If necessary, they can

Let them communicate with the newly arrived slaves.

Jansen called his subordinates to give some instructions, and soon the hatch on the ship was opened to let the slaves out. Although the Dutch gave up equipping the ship with artillery in order to transport more people, the crew still maintained basic armament.

They were all equipped with weapons such as knives and harpoons, which were arranged on both sides of the hatch leading from the cabin to the deck, forming a passage composed of two human walls. After the slaves came out of the cabin, they followed this passage and stepped onto the side of the ship.

gangplank to the shore.

Probably in order to prevent these slaves from causing trouble or jumping into the sea on the way, the Dutch used iron chains and shackles to connect every ten slaves together. This method is similar to the method used by Haihan when transporting prisoners of war or prisoners on a large scale.

After the slaves dragged their heavy shackles down to the shore, the Dutch crew came forward to untie the shackles one by one and asked them to sit down on the spot.

The staff at Haihan immediately began to check the physical condition of the slaves, mainly looking at the eyes and mouth, which are easier to observe the physical condition, and whether there are any obvious injuries or disabilities on the limbs and trunk. According to both parties

According to the agreement, Haihan can reject or reduce the price of slaves with obvious physical injuries or severe disabilities depending on the situation. And Haihan's staff also inspect very carefully, because those slaves who are not physically qualified

If it is not picked out at this stage but is discovered after the fact, then the blame will fall on them, the inspectors.

The physical quarantine carried out by relevant departments on these slaves is even more detailed than that of Hainan Island's acceptance of immigrants. This is because the Ministry of Health has specially issued a notice to prevent some strange tropical infectious diseases from flowing into the densely populated island.

Plantation areas. Although this kind of manual inspection cannot completely prevent the influx of infectious viruses, it can at least play a certain preventive role. Highly contagious tropical diseases such as malaria, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, dengue fever, etc. are currently all

It is a target of strict surveillance by the Ministry of Health. As long as relevant symptoms are found in slaves, Haihan will unconditionally reject such suspected cases.

Before this, Roger had given instructions to try to suppress the supply price of the Dutch, so Li Dagui was particularly strict today. Before all the slaves on the first boat landed on the shore, they had already been singled out.

He picked up a dozen slaves who were in poor health and drove them to another side to gather alone.

Yang Sen was a little panicked when he saw this situation, and quickly came to Roger and said: "Dear Sir, these people are just in a bad situation because they have consumed too much energy during the voyage at sea. I promise

They do not suffer from any disease that affects their work."

Roger smiled and responded: "Of course I believe what you said, Mr. Jansen. But you are the captain, and I am a soldier. Neither of us are professional doctors, right? So as for judging their physical condition, I

I think it’s better to trust the professionals.”

Yang Sen ate a soft nail, stepped aside with a sneer, and winked at Li Dagui repeatedly. When he shipped two ships of slaves last time, Li Dagui was the one in charge of receiving them. The two of them had dealt with each other, and Yang Sen also sent

Li Dagui gave Li Dagui a small bucket of wine brought from Europe as a gift. But the time when Li Dagui could make the decision has obviously passed. Now this Haihan man is obviously much smarter than Li Dagui, and judging from Li Dagui's obedient appearance, he is obviously also a Haihan man.

As a powerful figure, Yang Sen can only hope that Li Dagui can remember his previous friendship, say a few kind words for himself in front of this noble man, and relax his standards a little.

However, Roger's authority obviously far outweighed the superficial friendship between him and Li Dagui. Although Li Dagui could not understand the conversation between the two, he knew by observing their words that Yang Sen had probably hit a snag with Roger.

, instead of helping him, he said sternly: "Mr. Jansen, we are just acting in accordance with the agreement agreed upon by both parties. You don't have any other ideas about this, do you?"

Yang Sen smiled bitterly and replied: "Of course... no."

To be honest, the slaves that Jansen transported this time were indeed carefully selected at the slave market in Batavia City. Several slave traders who supplied him also sold out their friendship, keeping the ones in better physical condition.

It was given to him. Moreover, a lot of thought was put into the process of transporting it to the Ambrosia Islands, such as improving the ventilation of the cabin and hiring a doctor to observe the condition of the slaves on the ship, in order to sell it well to the Haihan people.

Price. But it’s really crazy to have hundreds of people stuck in a cabin, drifting at sea for more than two thousand miles, eating, drinking, and eating. They can eat one meal a day to satisfy their hunger, and they can still be full of energy when they get off the ship.

If the Haihan people refused to accept the selected slaves, then Jansen would have no choice but to transport them back to Batavia. But judging from the physical condition of these people, could the slaves return to Batavia alive?

It’s hard to say in the market, and maybe you won’t even be able to get your money back.

After an hour passed, the inventory and inspection of a total of 317 slaves on the first ship was finally completed. Twenty-seven of them were singled out because of suspicious physical conditions. This number made Jansen quietly erase it.

Taking into account the damage during transportation, this ratio is basically acceptable.

The second ship carried more slaves, so it took longer, but more people were picked out for physical reasons, but the proportion was not much different from the first ship, which was close to 10%.

Seeing these patients gathered on the other side, Jansen's heart bleeds. Even based on the cost price he paid to acquire these people in Batavia, this is a lot of money. No matter what,

, he would try again to persuade Roger to accept this group of people.

"You see, noble sir, if these poor fellows are to be shipped back to Batavia, perhaps they will be called by the Lord on the way. I would like to ask your Excellency to allow them to stay on this island,

It takes a few days to recover. If they can't survive it, then their fate is indeed bad, and it is their fate to rest here. If they can recover, then this is also a good thing for you, no

"?" Jansen walked up to Roger again, trying to get him to change his previous attitude.

Roger sat on a chair, holding a glass of fresh coconut juice in his hand, looking up at Jansen and smiling: "You mean, you want me to pay for these slaves who may die of illness at any time?"

"No, no, no, I have thought of a compromise." Yang Sen quickly responded: "I can leave these people here, and I will collect the money when I come next time. Of course, only living people will be collected.

part."

Roger responded: "This part needs to deduct the funeral expenses of the deceased..."

"No problem." Jansen agreed without hesitation: "To be fair, we can use one-fifth of a slave's worth as funeral expenses. What do you think?"

"I accept your proposal." Roger thought about it for a moment and then agreed. Currently, there is still a labor shortage in the island's plantations, and it is always good to have more manpower. As for the funeral expenses, it is nothing more than asking someone to find a place.

It was just a matter of digging a hole and burying the person. These slaves did not even need to erect tombstones after their death. The labor cost was negligible, in fact it was much lower than the number proposed by Jansen.

For the slave trader Jansen, this avoided the trouble of returning all the more than sixty unqualified slaves. By keeping them with the Haihan people, he also avoided the risk of damage on the way back.

Moreover, these sixty people should not all die in a short period of time. At least Jansen will not believe this evil. It is better to sell some than to lose all. Of course, for this reason, he probably needs to keep one or two crew members.

on the island to monitor whether the condition of these slaves has returned to the level of health required by the Haihan people.

Before Jansen could let go of the big stone in his heart, he heard Roger continue: "But I have another thing to say hello to you. We are no longer interested in accepting the indigenous people from these islands in the South China Sea."

"Ah? Then I will find more black people to transport over next time." Yang Sen promised, but he felt something was wrong in his heart.

"I'm not talking about next time, I'm talking about starting from this time." Sure enough, he was afraid of what would happen. With a smile on his face, Roger gave a cold reply.

Yang Sen's heart trembled. Nearly half of the slaves transported this time were indigenous residents of the South China Sea islands. These slaves were basically plundered from various colonies of the East India Company, because these people were good at eating, lazy and not very productive.

Skills, the sales situation in the Batavia slave market is not very good. Jansen originally thought that the Haihan people who were in urgent need of labor would become a new sales channel, but now it seems that the Haihan people are also very dissatisfied with the performance of these guys.

Optimistic.

"Dear Sir, there is nothing wrong with the physical condition of these people, is there? They can work very well for your plantation. Even if there are some fools among them, I believe they will learn quickly under the whip.

How should I serve the master?" Jansen looked at Haihan's soldiers distinguishing the Nanyang natives from the crowd, and quickly pleaded with Roger.

Roger glanced at the poor Jansen and responded as if he was out of kindness: "Yeah, speaking of transporting these guys from Batavia, it should be a very troublesome thing..."

"It's not just a trouble, it's just a torment!" Yang Sen immediately began to complain: "These guys don't have a unified language and writing, and it's difficult to communicate. Only a whip can teach them the rules. If you are unwilling to accept these savages, then

I still have to spend time and effort transporting them back... This is a nightmare just thinking about it!"

Roger clicked his tongue and said: "Since everyone is in trouble, I don't think it's better to do this. I'll take half the price for what has been shipped this time. But the next time I trade, I don't want to see any South China Sea natives mixed in to fill up the balance.

.”

Yang Sen thought to himself that these slaves are also called replenishing numbers. These are slaves that are sold openly in the slave market with clearly marked prices. I also selected thousands of slaves who are in better physical condition to buy them and ship them over. The Haihan people are really difficult to take care of!

I'm going to criticize, but the business still has to be done, but if Roger cut it in half with just one word, Janssen would definitely not agree. If he really trades according to Roger's quotation, then there will be basically no profit at all from this trip.

Jansen was so stubborn that he foamed at the corners of his mouth, and Roger finally relaxed - but only a little bit, from cutting off half to cutting off one-third.

Before Jansen could continue grinding, Roger yawned and said, "Since Mr. Jansen is not satisfied yet, how about you stay at the port first? I will go into the mountains tomorrow and come back in a few days to continue the conversation.

"

How could Jansen dare to wait until a few days later to talk? By then Roger would still say no. Then Jansen would have lost time and money. At that moment, he didn’t dare to go on with Roger any longer and quickly finalized the deal.

Agreement. Although Roger cut off a lot of it over time, the result of the transaction was quite decent. At least Janssen still made a slight profit after saving the cost of this trip. Of course, the premise is that he returned to Batavia.

It can be smooth sailing and don't encounter bad weather on the way. Otherwise, even if the journey is delayed for a few more days, the consumption of the two ships will be enough to absorb this profit.

After finalizing the deal, Jansen immediately took the withdrawal order signed by Roger and went to the Haihan Bank at the port to withdraw cash. Although Dutch merchant ships could dock here, he did not want to delay here at all. Haihan people stipulated

Extremely strict rules. When a Dutch merchant ship docks, the crew's activities are restricted to the dock. They are not even allowed to go to the inland towns west of the port. This kind of rule makes people want to go ashore for a drink after docking.

The crew members were very unhappy to find a few women to relax. Moreover, the supplies provided by the Haihan people were very expensive. One more day of delay here would cost more. Jansen was not willing to spend the hard-earned profits through this method.

Return it to the Haihan people.

After sending Jansen away, Roger said sternly to Li Dagui: "From now on, all slave transactions with the Dutch will be handled according to the rules this time. If they don't accept it, they will refuse to accept it. They are not the only ones doing the slave business.

There’s no need to spoil them!”
Chapter completed!