Chapter 484: The Coming Slavery and a Safety Line



Looking at the three captives lying on the ground in surrender, and then looking at the angry tribesmen, Han Cheng could understand everyone's feelings.

These three people are different from the previous Bone Tribe.

A few years ago, he attacked his own tribe and destroyed the Pig Tribe. Not long ago, he attacked the Donkey Tribe again, killing almost all the people in the Donkey Tribe.

Now they have set their sights on their tribe. Naturally, they want to kill all of these people and do not want them to join their tribe.

However, these people still have to stay, Han Cheng will not kill them.

Of course, he would not become a citizen of the Green Bird tribe like Tumao, but would exist as a slave.

With more than two hundred citizens as the foundation, it is time for the Qingque tribe to implement slavery.

Slaves themselves represent the lack of human rights and dignity. They can eat the least and worst food, do the most and hardest work, and create the most means of production.

When conflicts arise with other tribes, they can be used as cannon fodder to rush to the front line and consume the enemy's strength, and it doesn't hurt to use them...

Better than big cows that eat grass and produce milk.

With so many benefits, Han Cheng naturally would not kill these people.

It would be nice to keep them to work like slaves and create more things for the Qingque tribe.

This kind of punishment is much more severe than killing directly, and it will not cause too much sin of killing...

"These three people cannot be killed..."

Han Cheng looked at the people in the tribe and spoke.

Everyone was stunned, not understanding why the Son of God would do this.

"They will become slaves of our tribe..."

Han Cheng looked at everyone and began to talk about the various benefits of slaves.

In order to resolve the resentment in everyone's hearts towards these people, Han Cheng deliberately made the experiences of slaves sound more miserable.

As Han Cheng spoke, the confusion in everyone's hearts gradually faded away.

Wu stood beside Han Cheng, looked at Han Cheng and then at the three prisoners lying on the ground, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

Yes, why must they be killed?

Wouldn't it be better to let them live and continue working for their own tribe as slaves?

They are all strong male adults who can do a lot of things.

In this way, the tribe can produce a lot more things.

The tribe will also become stronger.

That’s a great idea!

Wu was thinking this with emotion, and suddenly he vaguely remembered that the Son of God had said this when he captured Ruhua a few years ago. As a result, Ruhua and the others were completely integrated into his tribe later. Could the Son of God be planning to do this this time?

He thought so and waited until there were fewer people around before asking Han Cheng about this.

Han Cheng smiled and shook his head: "No, at that time we were too few in number to be suitable for developing slaves. Now the population of our tribe has greatly increased, so we can develop slaves..."

Wu felt relieved when he heard Han Cheng's answer.

At this time, Han Cheng said: "But when the time comes, we may select a small number of them, free them from their slave status and make them official citizens of our tribe..."

"Son of God, why do you do this?"

When Wu heard Han Cheng say this, he was stunned for a moment. He thought about it for a while but did not understand the Son of God's intention.

In his opinion, it would be of great benefit to the tribe if these people became slaves.

Since there are huge benefits, why should we deslave some of them?

Wouldn't it be better to have them serve the tribe as slaves forever?

Moreover, making them slaves is to punish them. If their slave status is removed, won’t the punishment fail?

Wu really couldn't understand the meaning of this.

He couldn't understand it, but Han Cheng knew it clearly.

He deeply agrees that where there is oppression, there will be resistance.

Slaves and slave owners are two naturally opposing classes.

It is certain that slave owners oppress and exploit slaves, and it is also certain that in the long run, slaves will become dissatisfied with their owners.

When this dissatisfaction reaches a certain level, conflict will break out.

The most reliable and fundamental solution is not to carry out more brutal and bloody suppression, as this will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, and will make the conflict more acute.

It is better to unblock than to block.

The way to solve this problem is to establish rules so that the slaves living at the bottom of society can see a glimmer of hope and a way to escape from this most difficult situation.

Although this road is full of difficulties, although the process is extremely arduous and can only allow a very small number of people to escape this situation, as long as there is this only road, they will not be able to take the final step.

In this situation, the most terrifying thing is to see no hope. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will bravely move towards this hope.

This will not only ensure long-term stability for the slaves, but will also greatly motivate the slaves to work more enthusiastically.

Moreover, those who can usually get through such a difficult path are basically capable slaves.

If capable people can escape from the slave class in this way, the remaining people will be easier to control.

People who are born as slaves will consider the interests of slaves. There is no need to worry about such problems because it basically will not arise.

This is easy to understand. For example, officials under the imperial examination system, who were of ordinary origin, transformed themselves into the ruling class through the imperial examination system. When they faced the former ruled class, they would not be very merciful.

Another example is the peasant uprisings throughout the dynasties.

They revolt because they can no longer survive. However, when they achieve a certain victory and seize a certain political power, they will unknowingly become the people they hated in the first place.

There are even many things they have done that are even more outrageous than the ruling class they overthrew...

Of course, this alone is not enough. The citizens of the Green Bird tribe must also have military force. When there are restless slaves, they will use force to suppress them and force them to follow this path again.

Because of this road, even if force is used, the slaves will not be forced into a desperate situation.

The cooperation between the two can basically ensure the long-term stability of the slavery system of the Qingque tribe.

The principles behind this are a little too profound and complicated for a witch.

Han Cheng explained everything to Wu bit by bit in a way that Wu could understand, so that he could understand the significance of doing so.

After a long time, Wu gradually understood Han Cheng's intention. He admired the Son of God for being able to think so far ahead and consider such complicated matters.

If it weren't for the Son of God's explanation, he would never have understood why this seemingly simple practice of freeing a small number of people from slavery could have such great significance and be directly related to the future stability of the tribe.


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