Master Overlord - Chapter 378

When Arthur asked about his children, the unknown slave man quickly replied, “no naughty, no naughty! Although they are less than ten years old, they can work. They help build arrow feathers and make arrows every day and never make trouble! I… my wife and I will work hard and never be lazy!”

Looking at the trembling and frightened man, Arthur felt a little uneasy – this man is the father of two children.

He knew that the other party misunderstood his meaning and worried that the two children would eat free food, which would cause the dissatisfaction of his slave owner and reduce the punishment.

“Don’t worry, I don’t mean to punish you.” Arthur straightened the slave man with his back arched, “As long as you and your wife work hard, no one will punish you. In three years, your family will become free people on the river. At that time, if you want to continue to work, there will be many opportunities in the town, and you and your wife will be paid in full. If you don’t want to stay in the town, I will also assign you land and give you a chance to choose again.”

Because of the arrival of a large number of averier slaves, Arthur and Gustav negotiated to modify the slave policy.

All slaves in the territory who have been liberated for more than three years are counted as three years. During these three years, they have no choice. They can only do what they are assigned to do, and their remuneration is only one sixth of their normal remuneration.

During this period, if they escape or commit a crime, once they are arrested, the number of years of slavery will double, and they will be sent to serve in the hardest mines.

Of course, there are incentive plans.

In three years of slavery, those who perform well can get “commutation” ranging from three to six months.

In addition, if one of his family is selected as a soldier of the first army, he will be directly exempted from slavery and become a free people of Shanghe collar.

Arthur wanted to relax the slave liberation policy, not only because he didn’t want to turn the territory into a large slave garden, but also because relaxing the liberation policy could better stimulate the slaves’ enthusiasm for labor.

Today, the slave population in the territory accounts for more than half of the total population. Strict slave control will not only waste a lot of manpower, but also lead to various social contradictions and even slave riots.

Three years, not long, one sixth of the reward is also the reward!

Such a policy has little difficulty for these former freer slaves to accept – as long as they survive these three years, the future will be infinitely bright!

During the publicity, Arthur also warned Gustav not to use the expression “slave” but “debtor” to tell all slaves that you just owe the river – it’s natural to owe money! After paying off the debt in three years, you can be free.

In short, Arthur wants labor, not slaves!

He hoped that in three years, all the slaves of Shanghe collar would be proud and proud to become free people of Shanghe collar!

The slave man looked at Arthur in a daze for a moment, and his tone was finally grateful with joy.

Since he came to shangheling, he has heard people around him praise the Lord, saying that he is kind, wise and invincible – he simply doesn’t describe him as a noble Lord.

The officials who assigned jobs to their family, including the supervisors here, also warned him and other slaves from time to time that as long as they worked hard, they would be able to restore their freedom and live a good life in three years.

In his heart, in fact, there were some people who believed these people’s words, because he found that most of the people who worked together around him were serfs in the Lord’s old man’s farm, just like him.

But he still had doubts. They were slaves sold by wild people!

As long as he works hard for three years, he can regain his freedom, and if he wants to, he can get the land to cultivate in the future – how can such a good thing be possible!

Arthur didn’t care when he saw that the slave men still had doubts. Over time, these slaves from avery naturally believed everything they heard and saw – Arthur was confident that he was definitely one of the kindest nobles in the world!

If this can not assimilate this group of people and let them go up to the river, there will be no obstruction to the river after three years!

Looking at the man, Arthur continued to say kindly, “Shanghe collar is the home of every Shanghe collar. Since your family has come here, you should regard it as a new home and the beginning of a better new life.”

“Only if we all work together, our home will become stronger and more prosperous! In the future, you will also have your own house filled with grain in the granary, and your children’s children can grow up happily in this land!”

Then Arthur raised his hand and pointed to the workers around him, “they and I are working hard for this goal!”

Arthur’s words are very straightforward: live, eat, future generations.

But it is only in this way that we can most resonate with these bottom workers.

Sure enough, without waiting for the stunned slave man to respond, the crowd crowded around had erupted into bursts of cheers of recognition.

Arthur had no experience in politics in his previous life. From small to large, he was the biggest official, probably the class representative and the head of the university dormitory.

However, he loves reading miscellaneous books, and has also seen various speeches of leaders and scenes of going to the grass-roots level from the news.

To tell the truth, at the age of 17 or 18, he felt that the scenes were a little empty and a show, but as he grew older, he gradually understood a lot. Now, as the Lord of Shanghe collar, he really said what he had just said from the bottom of his heart.

This is not the butt determines the head, but a kind of cognitive growth!

When he left the castle for inspection, the most important purpose was not to see the construction of several houses – in the tower of the castle, he could directly see the barracks of the first army with a telescope.

When the cheering crowd calmed down, Arthur looked at the crowd and said some encouraging words before riding East under the escort of Thorne and others.

The workers gathered together and watched him leave. They waited until the distant team became a black spot, and then began to build the barracks again in full swing under the order of the supervisor such as Daska.

The slave questioned by Arthur immediately fell into the siege of other slaves and asked the Lord for details. Previously, they only dared to hide behind the crowd. After hearing the man’s story, the eyes of all slaves showed the light of hope!

On this day, Arthur traveled everywhere. In addition to inspecting the barracks of the first army, he also went to the nitrate factory, horse farm, forging factory and iron mine. He didn’t return to Lingfeng Castle until it was getting late.

Everywhere he went, he would talk to one or two slaves from averier County, ask them about their families and take care of them.

In the next period of time, he also planned to visit several other places and several villages in the West. Then, the recruits of the first army entered the camp.

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In the restaurant of the castle, Leah filled a glass of water and handed it to Arthur, while the servant brought fruit, bread, hot soup and bacon.

After gudu gudu drank more than half a glass of water, Arthur pointed to the chair beside him: “take some food, too. I know you haven’t eaten yet. Sit down with me. One person has less appetite than two.”

Leah stood aside and said, “Lord Arthur, master Boye came to see you at noon, but you weren’t in the castle. He specially told him to inform him immediately when you came back. It seems that there is something urgent.”

“If there’s anything urgent, master Boye is very acute, unless someone leads the army to attack us.” Arthur smiled and threw a fireberry into his mouth, urging, “go and get the food. No matter how big it is, we’ll wait until we finish the meal.”

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