Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner: Chapter 20 trial

"Master, Mr. Frick invited you to his manor, saying that he caught a Yankee from the subway!" The housekeeper reported to Tangning that day.

Although Tangning had always known about the "Underground Railroad", she had never seen a real person, so she immediately rushed over in a carriage.

As soon as they arrived at Frick Manor, the fat man Carter praised Tangning, "Tony, your method is better. This time we not only destroyed two underground railway stations, but also managed to catch one!"

"Where is this guy? Show me!" Tangning asked curiously.

When they arrived at the place of detention, Tangning saw a young man with flaxen curly hair **** tightly, surrounded by a group of slave owners who wanted to ridicule, ridicule and even beat him!

But the young man didn't give in and beg for mercy at all. Instead, he was scolding the slave owners without losing the slightest. The skinny William was so angry that he wanted to use a knife.

Tangning quickly stopped her, "Don't be in a hurry, I'll chat with him, what's this guy's name?"

Before William could speak, the young man answered proudly, "Julian-Francole!"

"Hello Mr. Frankel, judging from your current state, you should be very proud of what you've done, right?" Tangning asked with a smile.

Frankel nodded without hesitation and replied, "Of course! I'm saving those poor black slaves enslaved by you!"

"Okay, then let me ask you, after you rescued them, do you want them to disband on the spot or buy a ferry ticket to send them back to Africa?" Tangning asked.

Frankel thought to himself how could we have so much money to send them back to Africa, so he bravely replied: "We, we can recommend them to go to a factory, work and save money, and then go back to their hometown in Africa or stay in New York. It's their freedom!"

Tangning sneered, "Let's not talk about the many black slaves who don't want to work in factories at all, and have you been to those factories? Do you know how hard it is to work there? Do you know how blackhearted those factory owners are? Do you really think this is helping them?!

Not to mention, I also had a black slave who was abducted by you to New York before. As a result, he found that the days in the factory were not as good as in the plantation, so he not only came back, but also took the initiative to explain these factories to his friends. The truth, but in the end, it was actually killed by your people! "

"Is that Ajid your slave?" Frankel asked in surprise.

Tangning nodded and replied, "Of course! It looks like you know him!"

Frankel shook his head and replied, "I don't know him, I just heard of him. I wanted to have a debate with him, but unfortunately I don't have the opportunity!"

Then Frankel said: "I admit that some factory owners are very excessive, but after all, they are only a few, and our ultimate goal is not to sneak black slaves away like this, but to overthrow you slave owners and let them The land can be farmed freely so they don't have to work in factories."

Tangning snorted coldly, "Do you really think that after defeating us black slaves, we can farm freely? Do they have land? Do they have tools? Do they have seeds? And what do they eat and drink before harvesting? Is it all provided by you?"

Hearing this series of questions, Frankel couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because he had never thought about these questions before, and now they are indeed very difficult questions, this time Tangning added, "So even if we really beat us down. , these black slaves can only go to rent the land of the landlord to farm, so their life is actually not much better than now, if you don't believe it, you can go and see those serfs in Russia now!"

"Well, then that's not the reason you keep slaves all the time!" Frankel argued stubbornly.

"Actually, you don't need to do this at all, because we can't keep slaves forever, and I even think that in ten or twenty years, no one will buy black slaves again!"

"Why?!" Frankel asked in confusion.

"You have to sort out the economic relationship here. First of all, because the purchase price of cotton in the UK has risen year by year, this has stimulated us to open plantations for cotton cultivation, so we will buy black slaves for labor, but according to market laws, cotton The price of cotton will not rise forever, and British businessmen are gradually looking for cotton from other origins to replace American cotton. When there is no incentive for income, who do you think would spend so much money on black slaves?" Tangning explained.

"Are we really all in vain?" Frankel fell into self-doubt.

After coming out of the interrogation room, Frick praised Tangning, "Tony, it's still you who is amazing. You can shake this guy's words with just a few words. At first, I thought I'd just kill him!"

Although Tangning knew that in New Orleans, UU reading www. uukanshu.com These slave owners have done this kind of thing, and they will not be convicted for it, but they still persuade: "After all, he is different from those black slaves. If you can't kill it, don't kill it!"

"Well, I know this, I feel a little guilty about killing him." Flick agreed, and then asked: "Tony, you just said that cotton prices can't go up forever, and the British are looking for other places. to replace us with cotton, is it true?"

Tangning nodded and replied, "Of course it's true. First of all, nothing in this world can ever increase in price, right? Besides, if you were a British businessman, wouldn't you look for other sources with lower prices? To replace the old customers whose prices are going up every year?"

In fact, Tangning said this with confidence, because after the Civil War, British businessmen began to encourage Indian farmers to plant cotton, which eventually turned India from a major cotton cloth exporter into a major cotton growing and exporting country.

Hearing Tangning's words, Frick couldn't help taking a deep breath, "Tony, I've actually thought about these issues vaguely before, but they're not as thorough as you think. From this point of view, I can't put all of them together. All the money goes into the plantation!"

"It's okay in the past few years, but it's hard to say in a few years!" Tangning reminded vaguely.

And Frick was obviously wrong: "Well, maybe they will find cheaper cotton in a few years!"

Although Frick was wrong, Tangning didn't want to correct it. After all, when it comes to the Civil War, few people would believe it...

PS: Tomorrow will be a holiday, so there should be more time for coding, so I strive to save more manuscripts in the past few days, and restore the update time to 8:00 and 15:00.