Chapter 394: Meereen's Family II
Yi Huan, who was sitting in the chair, was slightly stunned, thought about it and stood up, and walked to the window of the conference room, "Why do you want to do it to them, Daenerys, just because they have their own servants, and you have too." ”
At first, when Daenerys was called by her name, Gray Bug and the others were very angry, but as the importance of spices was revealed, Daenerys herself did not care much, and they gradually ignored the issue.
"This ...... It's not the same. Faced with Yi Huan's rhetorical question, Daenerys was stunned for a moment and said with some hesitation.
"A slave is a possession that belongs to the master." Yi Huan shook his head, "And Meereen no longer has zài slaves, servants are a kind of employment relationship, just like you hire good masters to help you trade, and you hire those free slaves to process spices." ”
"Because it is completely pointless for the servant to go to the trouble of the good master." Yi Huan looked out the window, Winnie was teaching several Unsullied people in the square, her long sword completely suppressed them from standing up, "It's just their job, and you need someone like that." ”
Daenerys listened quietly, frowning from time to time, "There are nearly 100,000 people in Meereen, and most of them, except for a few thousand good masters, are newly freed slaves, and they have no source of income, in other words, they can't support themselves. ”
"They are still alive and there is no riot because you sent the Unsullied to distribute food, but how long can this last, the survival of 100,000 people is like a bottomless pit, and Meereen's storage will soon bottom out, I believe you know better than me."
"A small group of skilled slaves survived by peddling handicrafts at the docks. But the number is too small, and they can't even be self-sufficient, so how did they survive before. It's because of the good Lord. ”
"The good lord is responsible for their food, which is not enough but is also a staggering figure, and the good lord trades slaves, and they are their labor in addition to the good lord's commodities."
"The construction of the port needed people, the processing workshop also needed people, and there were many slaves who could make other goods that could be organized and expanded. And then hire men, these Meereen civilians. You're in charge of their food, and they're in charge of doing the work for you. ”
"In this way, you can drive the economy of Meereen, instead of you feeding them in vain, after all, there is no large-scale grain farmland near Meereen to cultivate for them."
One hundred thousand slaves has always been Meereen's big problem. They support Daenerys, so Daenerys can quickly overthrow the good lord, but again, they become Daenerys's burden without the good lord's protection.
Before the trade ceased, these slaves who had become commoners had been consuming Meereen's food stockpiles, and they were soon to run out, after all, Meereen had no other goods to hand except slaves.
"Employment is treaty-based and completely free. So it's not about enslaving them again. Yi Huan looked at Daenerys who was lost in thought, and his voice was calm.
"But they probably don't think so." "They're doing well right now." ”
"That's why we need the Good Lord." Yi Huan continued. "As the spice trade unfolds, large sums of money will appear in the hands of the good lords, and gold coins are of no use in Meereen, because there are few goods, and I will persuade them to use this money to buy goods and set up shops all over the city of Meereen. grains of fruits, as well as vegetables and daily necessities. ”
"The food distributed to civilians is only a single ration. And gradually dwindling, if you want to be fed, you need to go to work, the people in the port and the processing workshop will be their example, and they are still hired by the good masters, but the good masters are hired by us, so it will not damage Daenerys's prestige. ”
"Everybody rejoices." Yi Huan spread his hands and pulled the corners of his mouth down lazily.
The Good Lords are the beings of Meereen's former ruling class, and although they have changed their names, they are essentially chambers of commerce, except that commodities are living human slaves.
In the past, Meereen was ruled by the good lords, and Daenerys's arrival was just one more city lord.
Yi Huan does not advocate exterminating the good masters, a city needs trade, there will inevitably be poor and rich people, rather than let the unpredictable poor become rich and then under his command, it is better to directly control the existing good masters.
Of course, the good lords related to the Harpy and the good lords who were hostile during the attack on Meereen must be eliminated and leave no trouble.
In the past, the slaves in the city belonged to the good masters, so Meereen was not a prosperous city, the good masters plundered the slaves and sold them and then bought food to maintain the turnover of slaves, completely like raising pigs, so when Daenerys killed Meereen, there was not even a single individual shop in the city.
The survival and management of civilians is Meereen's biggest problem, and it is also where Daenerys walks on thin ice the most, so after she solves Meereen's trade problem, the first problem she discusses with Yi Huan is about the good lord and the commoners.
"Will those families cooperate?" Daenerys, who had been thinking about it, finally made up her mind and raised her head and asked.
"The surviving family will definitely cooperate completely." Yi Huan smiled, "And there are already many families with good intentions, they are just for the gold coins, such a valuable cooperation, I believe they will not mind giving up the slave business to change careers." ”
Daenerys nodded, agreeing to the matter.
Yi Huan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the reason why Daenerys stayed in Meereen, in addition to learning to manage the city, was more to worry about the slaves here, and if the slave problem was not solved, Daenerys would not really devote himself to the battle against Westeros.
That would have an impact on Yi Huan's plans, after all, starting a war to measure the strength of the army is not a simple matter, neither logistics nor marching can be supported by one person.
Yi Huan's magic may be able to control a few people and a dozen people, but it can't affect the psychology of tens of thousands of people, and he also needs the population and real materials that Daenerys provided him, which all need the support of gold coins, I believe that Daenerys will definitely be reluctant to provide innocent people and civilians after learning about Yi Huan's experiment, and will only go to capture prisoners of war.
Of course, Daenerys likes to renovate and develop the city of Meereen, and little girls like to play at home, but Daenerys, as the queen, has more luxurious games.
In the coming period, the large-scale export of spices and the mirror of high-end goods will make Meereen's economy prosperous, and the gradual increase of workshops and shops will solve the problem of the survival of the common people, eliminate the uncooperative families, and support a group of friendly families as a chamber of commerce will make Daenerys's rule stronger.
Then you can finally consider the problem of the magic legion, as for the battleship, if you have money, you are afraid that you can't build a ship, and there are many special Oz ship types stored in the Eye of Oz system.
With Daenerys' series of orders, this meeting is coming to an end, and the shadow of Yi Huantong Guò is connected to the Eye of Oz system, and he needs Daenerys to help find some special animals and plants, because for the next period of time, he will no longer interfere in Meereen's affairs, but will concentrate on studying his own magic reality.
"Ahem." With a light cough, Daenerys's blue gaze fell on Yi Huan, and he shrugged, "Your goal is already very clear, to use magic and humans to transform an army, as the main force to attack the continent of Westeros, to test the most perfect transformation plan, and I will take the most perfect individual as a prototype, and then the rest will be yours." ”
"I don't want to do everything anymore." Yi Huan pulled out the light curtain of the Eye of Oz, and the black crows and wyverns he had released earlier in King's Landing could act as satellites in the sky at this time.
"Stannis is making a mess of things in Westeros, and if we want to get involved, we need to find a good moment sooner rather than later, and I happen to be in touch with Stannis, eh...... What is it?! ”
Looking at the map of Westeros that the Eye of Oz presented from the Wyvern's field of vision, Yi Huan was suddenly stunned for a moment, because everyone present noticed that in the north of Westeros, there seemed to be an unusual change. (To be continued)