Chapter 614 Sugar War (please read it!)
Auge was stunned for several seconds, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "Are you serious?"
Bu Rizzo still nodded: "It's absolutely true. Your Majesty's order is on me."
Auge suppressed his excitement and asked: "So, how much does each black slave have to pay for himself? "
Briso patted his arm: "There is no fee and no restrictions. My friends, everyone will be completely free."
Oger's heart was beating wildly, but he looked at him with suspicious eyes: "You are not here to delay time, and there is an army on the way to Port-au-Prince..."
"I can ask you "God swears." Brissot said seriously, "There is no conspiracy, no army. Slavery in Saint-Domingue has become history."
Auge confirmed it several times and finally no longer doubted it. He began to cross himself desperately, but couldn't speak for a long time. The dream he had been working towards for decades suddenly came true.
Only then did he notice that Brissot was still standing, and he hurriedly moved a chair and said politely: "Please sit down quickly. This is indeed a bit sudden. Can you tell me why His Majesty decided to give this great gift to you?" Mercy?”
Brissot immediately told him patiently about the king and the crown prince’s recognition and practice of the ideas of freedom, equality, human rights, and fraternity. As a veteran abolitionist, this stuff comes right out of his mouth.
Then, he solemnly took out the edict of abolition and handed it to Auger.
The latter held the edict and nodded excitedly: "Long live His Majesty the King! Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
"Oh, Mr. Brissot, let's go to Parliament to announce the edict right now... ..."
Brissot raised his hand to stop him: "Mr. Auger, I'm sorry, the order cannot be made public yet. "
Auge was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "I knew this was just a scam! ”
"No, you have to believe in His Majesty's determination to abolish slavery." Brissot said hurriedly, "The Saint-Domingue Assembly can immediately pass a resolution to abolish slavery, and I guarantee that the slave-holding members will also vote in favor.
"The French government will express opposition and even send troops to show off, but there will never be any substantive action. "
Auge sneered: "Huh, why is this? "
Brissot sighed helplessly: "Please understand the government's difficulties. You know, public abolition would seriously affect the interests of other countries, such as Britain, which relied on black slaves to work on their large plantations in Jamaica, the Bahamas, and the West Indies.
"If the French government announces the abolition of slavery, black slaves in other countries will follow suit and demand restoration of freedom. Then France will definitely face serious diplomatic pressure. So we can only proceed in secret..."
Auge sat down slowly.
He knew the envoy was right. At present, Britain, the United States, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries are all keeping slaves, and they will definitely strongly oppose France's abolition policy. And if France receives too much international pressure, it is likely to give up the decision to abolish slavery.
"I'm sorry, I just lost my temper." He bowed to signal, and soon said with hope, "This will take some time, but the abolition of slavery will definitely be accepted by all countries.
“Oh, the British you mentioned just now actually support the abolition of slavery in Saint-Domingue. Not long ago, the Duke of Leeds came to Port-au-Prince to provide funding for the abolition movement..."
Ogès was not telling the truth. He was telling Brissot that if the French government did not keep its promise, We have other options.
He then smiled and waved his hand and said: "But there is no need for the abolition movement now, so we will not continue to contact the British."
Brissot, however, was wary and hurriedly asked: " You mean, the British support you?”
“That’s right”
“What funding did they provide?”
"Frankly speaking, I know you are brewing a riot. Are the British involved in this?"
Auge hesitated, nodded and admitted: "We are preparing for an armed protest. The Duke of Leeds is also involved in this Plan. He brought some flintlocks and cannons and promised to provide 30,000 pounds of supplies per month. "
The British never expected that the French government would take the initiative to abandon Saint-Domingue. They immediately lost value in the eyes of abolitionist organizations and were easily betrayed.
Auge showed sincerity, looked at Brissot and said: "I assure you that after the Parliament passes the abolition of slavery bill, our armed forces will be disbanded immediately."
"No, Your military needs to continue to exist..."
Brissot stopped mid-sentence.
According to the previous plan of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Auger's armed forces will secretly cooperate with the army of the Governor of Saint-Domingue to drive the lunatics of the Booker Movement to British Jamaica and let them slaughter the British there. people.
On the other side, the French army in Saint-Domingue will pretend to be defeated by Augé's army and throw a large amount of weapons and equipment to them, and then let Augé's abolitionist forces spread to the Bahamas and the West Indies. Eventually the entire Caribbean slave plantation economy was completely destroyed.
By then, France would have lost Saint-Domingue, and Britain would have lost almost all of its sugar cane producing areas, as well as a large number of cotton plantations in Jamaica and other places.
Even the abolition movement can affect Brazil, causing heavy damage to Britain's little follower Portugal - Brazil is Portugal's economic pillar.
As France was the first victim of the abolitionist movement, no one would doubt that France was behind it.
If sugar plantations in the Caribbean, which account for 80% of the world's total sugar production, are wiped out in large numbers, French sugar produced from beets will gain European sugar pricing power!
But at this time, Auger suddenly said that the British were also involved in the abolitionist movement in Saint-Domingue, so the plan might be slightly modified.
Brissot thought for a moment and said to Auger: "We will talk about your army later.
"I would like to convey some of His Majesty's expectations first. ”
Auger frowned slightly, but still nodded and said: "I am willing to serve your Majesty."
Brissot took out the document that had been drawn up and handed it to him: "Your Majesty believes that after the abolition of slavery, all Saint-Domingue The property of the people should be respected. No one should harm the plantation owners."
Brissot continued: "And the plantations need workers to maintain operations. So after the black people are freed, they will continue to work on the plantations where they originally worked for two years. Of course, they will receive due compensation and the respect of the plantation owners."
Augerio thought about it and nodded. Said: "This is acceptable."
He also knew that black slaves did not have any property. If they wanted to survive after being freed, they still had to depend on the plantation. As long as they are paid, they should be happy to stay.
Brissot glanced at Auger and continued: "The plantations damaged by Booker's riots should be compensated. And those thugs must be severely punished."
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