Beast Taming·Chapter 191: Slavery

What would these lower-class miners look like when they knew they were freed?

It was dead silent, everyone held their breath and kept silent. There was no cheering as expected, no excited expressions as expected to thank them. All the miners were silent, just standing there with dull eyes and sluggish expressions.

Shi Yan looked at them strangely, not knowing what was going on.

"Maybe you're too happy and become stupid?" Shi Yan asked Xu Zuoxian in a low voice.

Xu Zuoxian seemed to have known that this kind of scene would happen. She was not surprised at all. She stood aside and watched the show, "Let's see what you can do!"

Ye Yier gently said to Shi Yan: "They have been enslaved for too long, so they are used to being enslaved. If you suddenly say you will give them freedom, they will be afraid."

"Afraid?" Shi Yan asked curiously, "Why would they be afraid? I gave them freedom, they should be happy, do they like being enslaved?"

"No one likes to be enslaved, and who doesn't yearn for freedom?" Ye Yier sighed, "It's just that the consciousness instilled in them since childhood makes it impossible for them to get rid of it all of a sudden."

"Slavery, the most terrible thing about people is slavery. Once people get used to slavery, they can no longer be called human beings. What is the difference between them and animals?" Mo Zixuan said calmly. As a disciple of the head of Huajian Sect, she was also considered an upper-class person. She had seen a lot of such things. After seeing it too much, her heart became hardened. Slaves were just slaves. She glanced at Shi Yan, "Could it be that you want to take them under your command?"

Shi Yan nodded, "I originally had this idea. After all, our manpower is too thin. Some things always need someone to do them."

Xu Zuoxian scratched his head and smiled, "Indeed, sometimes we really can't show up. Have you ever seen a leader of a mountain village always show up in public? The boss naturally has the awareness of being the boss, don't you think so, little sister Shi?"

Shi Yan ignored this guy directly. What mountain stronghold, what boss? Do you really think this is a robber's den? No!

"You are the little sister, your whole family is the little sister!" Shi Yan was angry. This guy was really infuriating!

"But these people are completely incapable of forming any combat effectiveness!" Mo Zixuan shook his head.

"But we can't just leave them there, they are quite pitiful." Ye Yier sighed. Shi Yan looked at Ye Yier, her eyes were exactly the same as when she saw the slaves waiting to be selected by buyers in Konghai. This girl's heart was really too kind.

"But what can we do? As you said, they have become slaves and cannot change their status."

"That's because no one guides them!" Ye Yier said, "Because they have long been accustomed to being slaves. They are used to eating grains and don't know that they can eat meat. They are used to sleeping in thatched houses and even fool their children by saying that sleeping in high-rise buildings will give them nightmares. They are used to being whipped and don't understand that no one has the right to whip others. They are used to poverty and even imagine that the lives of the rich are full of pain. Slavery is not an individual's dependence on society, nor is it an individual's obedience to social rules. Slavery is being at the mercy of others, leaving everything to fate, and obeying orders."

In Ye Yier's original world, such things were common in history, or in other words, the entire history was a history of slavery and being enslaved. It was not until modern times that the emergence of a generation of great men changed the status quo.

"Eliminating slavery and liberating human nature does not mean indulging in *, nor does it mean denying or betraying the rules of human society. It is simply a negation of the policy of keeping the people ignorant, and it is to restore the facts that were previously reversed. Let people enjoy equality, and let social institutions and social rules serve the happiness of every member of society, rather than serving the interests of individuals." Ye Yier sighed, "Hope is beautiful, but it is too difficult to achieve it. I don't expect everyone to provide services for the happiness of every member of society, as long as everyone can be responsible for their own happiness."

Shi Yan touched Ye Yier's head and asked gently, "Can you do it?"

"What?" Ye Yier didn't react for a moment, "What can't be done?"

Shi Yan pointed at the group of people below and said, "Can you make them get rid of their slave mentality and become upright people?"

Ye Yier was delighted. In this way, Shi Yan acknowledged her ideas and abilities. At the same time, she was also asking herself, "Can I do it?"

This is not something that can be achieved by just talking. It is not easy to get people to get rid of their slave mentality and truly stand up. Think about your own world. It was not until the motherland became truly strong that the people's backs stood up straight.

She knew the difficulty of this task, but seeing the trust in Shi Yan's eyes, she nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes!"

Shi Yan was curious, "So what are you going to do?"

Ye Yier thought for a moment and said, "First of all, we need to give them a strong backing! Support them first. Only when their backs are straight, everything will be easy."

“However, before that, we must make them feel a sense of belonging and make them proud of our common prosperity!”

"That makes sense!" Xu Zuoxian laughed, "This little girl is very insightful. I, Xu Zuoxian, admire her."

Mo Zixuan covered his mouth and laughed, "Sister Yi'er, this Xu Zuoxian rarely admires people. At least I only know a handful of them."

Ye Yier blushed slightly. "No, I just think that as long as we stand up straight, we will be respected wherever we go. Otherwise, what's the point of being powerful? With a group of slaves, we are just a team transporting slaves wherever we go!"

"Yier is right. When one suffers, all suffer. When one prospers, all prosper. We must have this belief. Only in this way can we be more united!"

Above the Basin Valley, Canglan and Dongqi sat on the peak and looked down. Canglan smiled and said, "Shiyan, this kid, really has the talent to be a leader."

Dong Qi smiled and said, "I always feel that this guy is not simple, far from being as simple as it seems now. But for us, the more complicated, the better."

"Yeah." Canglan sighed.

The matter was settled, and Ye Yier joined the miners and began the massive project of helping them get rid of their slavery.

The others were not idle either. Since they had already decided to "rule the king of the mountain", they naturally had to make adequate preparations.

Shi Yan even asked Dongqi to set up restrictions within a ten-mile radius around the mining area. This was a huge project, and it took Dongqi three full days to complete it.

During these three days, the miners had learned that they no longer had to be slaves. At first, they were full of doubts, but when Xu Zuoxian confirmed it, they suddenly started to make a fuss. They were not happy, but panicked.

In their minds, if a slave is not a slave, it means that the master will despise him and no work will be assigned to him, which means he is useless. A useless slave will only die!

They knelt down and begged for mercy one by one, crying, which made Xu Zuoxian very depressed.

In the end, it was Ye Yier who spoke up and after a long speech, she finally calmed their emotions.

At this time, a problem arose that they had to face: these people were simply unable to practice!

What does it mean for a cultivator to be unable to practice? That means he will become useless!

Just like what was said at the beginning, no matter how glorious it was in the past, once it could no longer cultivate, wouldn't it still be treated as waste? Some people even threw it into the ancestral tomb for the sake of the family's reputation, leaving it to fend for itself.

Moreover, Shi Yan planned to lay the foundation step by step with the help of these people, but now they don’t know how to practice, what should he do?

Not being able to practice means not being able to form combat power. These people can only become a burden and need to be fed! When did I ever do something so unprofitable?

Since there is no solution at the moment, let them continue mining. After all, the mineral materials cannot be wasted.

As a result, the daily routine of these miners changed from mining in the morning, mining in the afternoon, and mining in the evening to education in the morning, mining in the afternoon, education in the evening, and then rest.

In this way, although the mine output is reduced, at least there is still some harvest.

However, Shi Yan discovered that these miners were very capable. The mining speed of a team of only 80 people was incredibly fast, almost catching up with the results of a team of 200 people. As a result, the output would not decrease much even if the working hours were shortened by two-thirds.

Curious Shi Yan followed them in to check while they were mining, and found that the way these miners mined was very peculiar. They did not just pick up a hoe and pry hard at a specific place until they knocked out the ore. When they worked, they used a tool like a ruler. A group of people gathered together to measure the distance, and then calculated. Through calculation, they found a mining point, and then dug around this point. Although it was not 100%, 80% of the areas around this point had a large amount of mineral materials. Shi Yan found an old miner who was the leader and asked him about it. When he first saw Shi Yan coming, he felt very upset and did not even have the courage to speak. Later, when he saw that Shi Yan did not embarrass him, but asked him for advice, the old miner who was the leader felt relieved and bold.

It turned out that this was a calculation method given to him by a superior slave. It used the distribution of stars and a specific formula to calculate the nodes of the mineral veins in order to find mineral deposits.

At the end of each day's mining, the old miners would carefully observe the movement and distribution of the stars, and then make calculations on the next day. It can be said that most of the mining time is spent on calculations, but the mining output is extremely high.

Even morning and evening classes will not affect mining efficiency.

"This is incredible! I didn't expect that there would be such talented people among the miners!" Shi Yan was greatly surprised. He suddenly realized that perhaps he could dig out some treasures from these miners!