Chapter 674 Slaves are the cornerstone of Black Snake Bay’s economy
After listening to Javier's narration, Horn looked at this kind old man in disbelief. You, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are also a slave owner.
But when he thought about it carefully, these Black Snake Bay secret party wizards were not good people to begin with, and it was normal for them to have low moral standards.
But Horn really has to think carefully about the issue of slaves.
In the traditional narrative of the empire, races such as dwarves, lycanthropes, and Aiel, who are able to intermarry with humans and have children, are often called orthodox races. They are the favorites of the Holy Father and the primates of all things.
Those who cannot intermarry, such as vampires, ogres, centaurs, and snake-men, are all called heretics, that is, the alien species in Havel's mouth, and are creations of the devil who are not worthy of believing in Myrcella.
If the people of Qianhe River Valley are orthodox heretics, then the people of Black Snake Bay are orthodox heretics, and the snake people are the bottom of the disdain chain of heterogeneous paganism.
Against this cultural background, alien slaves appeared in many parts of the empire.
For example, there are centaur herdsmen in northern Leia, dwarf forge slaves found everywhere in Norn, and snake serfs common in Lilac Corridor and Griffin Point pioneer land.
Of course, with the current level of morality and civilization in this world, it is normal for everyone to slave to each other.
There are human slaves in the Royal Court of Flesh, centaurs also have human slaves, and even humans themselves have human slaves, which is not a strange thing.
However, since Horn's sacred axis takes freedom and equality as its program, it will inevitably put forward the proposition of religious tolerance, thus taking on the color of a universal empire.
Whether we can accept alien species as nationals is also an important matter. The narrative of the Sacred Axis in this aspect is quite vague and confusing, so we can only put it aside for now.
Based on the trend of freeing slaves in the Thousand River Valley itself, Horn felt that he could not give an excuse to the nobles, and finally rejected Havel's proposal: "Sorry, I can't agree."
In the current wartime situation, these Snake prisoners of war would be a waste of food if they were left alone. We might as well send them to the rear to build roads, and then send them away after the war.
"Those snake people who have eaten human flesh can be selected as slaves." Horn thought of the big pot in the center of the village, "You can take it away for free."
As if sensing Horn's thoughts, Javier smiled kindly and slowly explained: "Your Majesty, I know that you think I am cruel, but you know too little about Black Snake Bay. This is already the best solution. Method.
Black Snake Bay is sparsely populated, has a harsh environment and is blocked by the church, but we need manpower to grow food and maintain life.
Except for the local indigenous people, no one can work for us if we do not rely on slaves. The cost of a system like the manor is too high for us.
It's not that we haven't tried, but no one wants to live in this green prison. All the farmers want to escape all the time, so we have to brand them and put on shackles - but what is the difference between this and slaves?
You may think that the people of Black Snake Bay are too hypocritical. Since they advocate equality, why do they insist on keeping slaves? ”
Having said this, Javier laughed helplessly: "Your Majesty, people always have to eat, not to mention that the church often comes to purge us, so we also have to survive.
We still have a burden for human slaves, such as lycanthropes and forest savages, but are these snake people considered human beings? ”
Horn frowned and looked at the "obedient" snake people on the ground: "They have their own language, are they intelligent beings that can communicate?"
"Your Majesty, I am a monsterologist. No one knows the species in the world better than me. Just because you look like a human does not mean you are a human.
Apes look more like humans than they do, are they humans? Whales and dolphins also have their own language and clan. Can cetaceans also be considered intelligent life forms? ”
Javier pointed at the snakemen on the ground with his crutch: "These snakemen are no different from livestock. Do you remember how many steaks you have eaten?"
At this moment, Horn's face finally became solemn: "There are so many bankrupt and homeless farmers in the coastal areas of the empire. Are they unwilling to come here to become yeoman farmers even if they starve to death?"
"Haha, who will come? Aren't you afraid of not being able to go to heaven? Aren't you afraid of being tortured by the secret party? Even if you are willing, who will pay for the travel?" Javier shook his head, "Your Majesty, I have seen your efforts to unite Black Snake Bay. I also support it, but slavery is the cornerstone of Black Snake Bay’s economy and cannot be moved.”
Looking at the departing figure of the old human supremacist wizard, Horn was in a daze for a moment.
These secret parties, which took equality as their banner, widely used the most unequal system of slavery as a production system.
It can be seen that in the eyes of Javier and other secret parties, humans are more equal than snake people. Judging from the intelligence obtained by Cheka and Horn themselves, many of the Black Snake Bay secret party's behaviors are quite anthropomorphic.
The slave problem is prevalent in Black Snake Bay. There are a large number of savage slaves in the plantations of a large number of wizard families and the alchemy workshops of the secret party.
Unlike the semi-serfs like Gong Bo Nong, these slaves were real slaves and could be beaten, scolded, slaughtered, and sold at will.
It’s not just the slave issue. A large number of secret parties are also involved in various criminal activities, including human trafficking, terrorist attacks, opening gambling houses, raising monsters, etc.
Judging from the investigation results of the Cheka and the Holy Father monks, some of the secret parties did it as a last resort, while others were even proud of it.
This is contrary to the stable production environment required by the Sacred Axis.
Horn looked at the God's Punishment Army soldiers who were opening the snake man's mouth to look at his teeth, but his eyes narrowed unconsciously.
If the people of Qianhe River Valley do not have "self-awareness" and "rebellious spirit", then the people of Black Snake Bay have too much "self-awareness" and "rebellious spirit".
This kind of thinking even gave birth to a trend of thought similar to primitive anarchism, so Horn had to compromise with a federal government.
This has not solved the previous problem, and the slavery problem of Black Snake Bay itself has arisen again.
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As Javier said, slavery is indeed the cornerstone of Black Snake Bay's economy, and Horn really can't move it for a while.
But at the very least, he must eradicate those customs and secret parties that affect the production and economic environment in the Black Snake Bay Federation.
Before that, Horne's most important task was to completely expel the church army from the southern counties and prevent the important sweet branches and spice producing areas from falling into the hands of the nobles of the Lilac Corridor.
After pondering for a moment, Horn waved to Mormont: "How about this concentrated bombardment tactic test?"
"Judging from the current situation, the effect is very good." Mormont seemed to be watching his children looking at the glossy falcon cannon in the sun. "If it is a small wooden stronghold, I think three rounds of bombardment are enough. Breaking through the wall.
This is not because the wall is too thick, but because the impact point of the shells is not concentrated enough. If you are unlucky, four rounds, five rounds, or even seven or eight rounds are possible.
After the bombardment, and then suppressing the enemy archers through the projectiles of Holy Gunmen and Falcon Cannons, our infantry was able to quickly approach the fort and break through the wall. This battle took a total of 3 hours, and we only slightly injured seven or eight people. ”
"Very good." Horn nodded with satisfaction, "When we go back, we will summarize all these data and on-site conditions and submit them to the Privy Council."
This tactic of concentrating the bombardment of the entire regiment's 24 Falcon cannons when attacking small settlements is one of the new tactics Horn is preparing to test.
Otherwise, every attack on such a small stronghold will cause certain casualties, which is really unnecessary.
Horn adopted a new tactical system in the Battle of Black Snake Bay, which was actually a combination of artillery and infantry.
This is an extension of the combination of infantry and cavalry in the Thousand Valley War, and it is also a preview of the future invasion of the Kingdom of Leia.
This was supposed to bring cavalry troops, but the terrain of Black Snake Bay was really not suitable for large-scale cavalry deployment, so we had to give up for the time being.
After capturing this village outside the city, as long as the infantry is sent to clean up the nearby small strongholds, the north and east sides of the Avis Temple can basically be occupied.
However, before that, the hydraulic winding machine must be determined first, otherwise even if the four sand cannons from the rear are transported, the bombardment will not be sustained.
"Leonardo, how's the situation with the water tanker?" Horn asked as he looked at Leonardo trotting over.
The mechanical engineer with a hairline like the horizon gasped for air: "After inspection, the damage is a bit serious and time is tight. However, you captured the village community in advance to make up for this part. We should be able to complete the transformation before dinner."< br>
"Okay." Horn looked out of sight in the direction of the Temple of Avis, "The siege will officially begin tomorrow."
(End of chapter)