"Haha, didn't we meet these blind guys on the way here who wanted to rob our ship?" Qian Laosan said with a smile: "Then I thought that Duke Ping had said that he would open a workshop here, and these prisoners It's best to use it as a slave to keep it secret, so I brought it to them all."
Tang Ping inquired carefully, but he didn't expect that they were actually the Arab pirates who were ravaging the Mediterranean. They thought that the Tang fleet that came was a fat sheep, but they were taken advantage of.
He is currently thinking about how to deal with these pirates.
Because the existence of these pirates will greatly affect his business in Europe.
Businessmen no longer dare to go to sea. How can their goods be circulated?
Unexpectedly, Qian Laosan and the others had already helped him solve them all.
"Don, where is my cook?" Egbert no longer felt sad about leaving Wessex.
Since you have to leave, you might as well just leave.
Moreover, these thirty giant ships will be his own from now on, and he will open up a new kingdom. The unknown southern Africa attracts him even more.
All he cares about now is the cook Tang Ping promised to hire for him.
Tang Ping asked Qian Laosan, who smiled and said: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Liu of Bazhenlou heard that he was the person you wanted, so he directly sent two of their Bazhenlou chefs over. Change it every two or three years.”
"Well, that's good!" Tang Ping nodded. He changed his position every two or three years, so he wouldn't have to leave his hometown and work outside all the time.
Egbert's people were not lucky at all, but he had his own arrangements. He took several lords and some residents who wanted to follow them and curiously boarded the Tang Dynasty's giant ship.
These ships were manufactured by East Vietnam in the style of Ming Dynasty sailing ships at that time, and were almost a thousand years ahead of the world's technology.
It's just that Datang's technology has been updated too fast, especially now that gasoline engines and diesel engines have begun mass production, so this kind of sailboat will gradually be eliminated.
Egbert did not expect that the Tang Dynasty would not only send such a giant ship, but also prepare a lot of slaves for him to use for mining. He happily left Wessex and headed towards his new kingdom in southern Africa. And go.
Tang Ping made an appointment with him. After he brought everyone there and settled there, he would take Datang craftsmen there to help them establish mines and build some infrastructure.
After sending Egbert away, Tang Ping looked at the dozens of slaves he had left behind.
Although they don't like the slavery system very much, these guys are extremely vicious pirates in the Mediterranean, and they do a lot of bad things.
These slaves were also worried, especially knowing that the person in front of them was Tang Ping, the Duke of Ping, who was known as the Demon God of the Tang Dynasty.
Although they did not face Tang Ping directly in the last battle, there were many legends about Tang Ping.
In particular, he "slaughtered" more than 200,000 Arab soldiers in Tianzhu, which also made these prisoners extremely afraid of him.
"Ahem..." Tang Ping coughed and cleared his throat, and some of the prisoners were shocked.
"Don't be afraid!" Tang Ping said helplessly: "I won't eat you."
It's okay if he didn't say that. But when he said that, the captives had a thought in their hearts. Did he say that because he really knew how to eat people?
Although they were pirates and robbed merchant ships, in their opinion, the gap between their ranks and Tang Ping was too big.
"I can let go of what you did in the past. When you work here from now on, as long as you work honestly, I won't whip you at will, and I will feed you every day."
Tang Ping looked at these slaves and said: "And...as long as you work for five years, I can let those who perform well regain their freedom."
When Tang Ping spoke, these slaves lowered their heads, but after he finished speaking, all the slaves raised their heads and looked at him.
Because in their minds, once they are called slaves, not only will they be slaves for the rest of their lives, but even if they have descendants, they will always work for Tang Ping as slaves. I have never heard of any place where slaves can work for their masters for a few years and then become free again.
"What? Don't believe it?" Tang Ping looked at the expressions of these slaves and knew what they were thinking.
"Not only will I restore your freedom in a few years, but I will also teach you how to read!" Tang Ping continued to enlarge his moves.
When he said this, he was even more shocked than letting them regain their freedom.
Is literacy accessible to everyone?
In the past, many nobles in Arabia did not have the opportunity to be literate.
"You can try to believe me, work hard, and then become literate. When you become literate, we can sign a contract."
These slaves are slaves now, but in the past they were all powerful Arab navies.
Tang Ping didn't want to have to guard against them every day. If they wanted to escape, how many guards would he have to make just to prevent them from escaping every day?
It's better to give them hope and let them stay and work obediently.
Moreover, this brewing process also includes perfumes, and the technology is constantly improving. If they can read, it will be enough to give them the new formula when the time comes, and it will save time and effort to teach them.
When these slaves were doubtful, they were taken to the staff dormitory prepared by Tang Ping.
Then these slaves you look at me and I look at you.
Is this where slaves lived? In the past, Arab slaves lived in similar conditions to pigsties.
But what to say here?
Well... the conditions are much better than the military camps they used to have.
There are bunk beds for eight people per room, and there is also a toilet and shower room!
Bedding and everything were provided, and everyone was given two sets of blue clothes.
Although there is no meat in the meal, it is filling and there is an unlimited supply of rye steamed buns.
After working every day, there are two short breaks, where you can bask in the sun and do activities in the yard.
In the evening, Tang Ping personally came to teach them how to read.
At the end of the day, these slaves even thought, why didn't they be captured earlier and become slaves?
After all, even in the Arab Navy, they are very hierarchical. Senior officers may have a good life, but the soldiers at the bottom...
In other words, I can barely get enough food and clothing. In comparison, there is not much work to do here, and it is safe. It is really more comfortable than being a navy or a pirate in the past.
Therefore, in several workshops in Tangping, the most harmonious relationship between slaves and slave owners emerged.
These slaves went to and from work on time every day, never caused trouble, and even took the initiative to learn Tang Dynasty writing.
But what they don't know is that in Tang Ping, this kind of people are not called slaves, but have another name - reform-through-labor prisoners!
