"Do they all want to give up their identities as border residents?" Zhang Tie widely opened his eyes at once.
"The so-called border residents are just an expression that Xuanyuan Hill wants to show to outsiders for the sake of Taixia Country, the most powerful human country. Actually, when these foreign people come to Taixia Country, especially in times of war, they would eventually become the domestic servants of major clans or the slaves of wasteland pioneers. Their life and death would be determined by others. How could they be border residents?"
"Isn't it troublesome?"
"Troublesome? Even if all of them died or were killed, do you think that someone would really stand up for them?"
"Nobody cares about them?"
"Nobody cares about them at all?" Bai Runshan shook his head. "If too many of these people die, the government will intervene. The rich and powerful clans have many ways to deal with them. One of the simplest ways is to make a fuss about the identities of these people. They can say that these people are just slaves hired by the rich and powerful clans. In this way, there won't be any trouble!
"Slaves hired by major clans?"
"Slaves are not allowed in Taixia Country; however, slaves are allowed in subcontinents and foreign countries. Therefore, when these people are sold to Taixia Country, superficially, they could be regarded as border residents of Taixia Country. However, as long as those major clans found some agents or business groups in the Western Continent or those subcontinents, they could easily turn these people into slaves who were rented to Taixia Country by foreign agencies or business groups. Slaves don't have personal rights. Even if they have, all their personal rights are in the hands of those foreign agencies or business groups. If something happens and the Supreme Court investigates it, as long as those major clans present a relevant agreement with the foreign agencies or business groups, they could shirk all the responsibilities. The relationship between Taixia Country and the countries on the subcontinents is restricted by the Brilliant Charter of Humans. Taixia Country has no right to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries on the national and legal level. As long as the victims are not Hua people in Taixia Country, Taixia Country could not grant these slaves personal rights on behalf of the slave owners. Neither could the Supreme Court enforce the law in foreign countries. Therefore, it's tacit in Taixia Country that those foreigners would become …" Immortal Deyang let out a sigh as he explained to Zhang Tie.
Since he came to Taixia Country, Zhang Tie had barely contacted with the Hebrews at the bottom of Taixia Country. He had not imagined that there was such a dark side behind the slave trade in Taixia Country. The so-called border residents were just a disguise for slave trade in many cases.
Perhaps, this was a problem that could not be solved at all. Slaves were a social class. As long as there were social classes, there would be the lowest class. It was said that even before the Catastrophe, the human society had already developed to a certain degree. At that time, all the human countries declared that they had exterminated slaves; however, there were still a lot of slaves in some dark corners. Those slaves just became the toys of rich people.
Zhang Tie felt that now that this class had already existed objectively, it was better to tear off the disguise of border residents and expose it to the public. Meanwhile, he perfected the laws and regulations so as to guarantee the basic human rights of these people in case of any loopholes. Additionally, these people could be separated from the slave class. In this way, it would be better for these people. At least, even if these people were killed, nobody would care about it.
"Although the domestic servants of Lord Guangnan's Mansion are also like slaves, these people would not encounter those bad things in Lord Guangnan's Mansion. It's really not worthwhile for Lord Guangnan's Mansion to bear the reputation of being brutal and cruel in Taixia Country!" After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie's face, Bai Runshan explained, "When these people were in other continents and subcontinents, most of them were living under the harsh rule of various lords and pseudo nobles. They were in a precarious and homeless situation. Those who once ruled them wanted to exploit them; however, they couldn't guarantee their safety and stable lives. Therefore, they ended up in Taixia Country. After coming to the territory of Lord Guangnan's Mansion, many people's lives were not worse than that in those subcontinents; instead, they even had houses, wives and kids. Additionally, Lord Guangnan is a real noble clan among humans. When they came here, they treated Lord Guangnan as their lord. They worked for Lord Guangnan's Mansion and followed all the arrangements of Lord Guangnan's Mansion. Lord Guangnan's Mansion also protected their safety. Many people didn't feel that the status of domestic servants was bad; instead, they were pretty happy and proud about it. If you don't believe me, you can ask them, how many of them would like to leave South Border to live outside?"
After throwing another glance at those domestic servants, Zhang Tie found that their eyes were not purely fearful; instead, they were full of reverence and a bit humble hope which seemed to be waiting for praises and recognition. Zhang Tie threw another glance at those domestic servants and found that those domestic servants were not simply afraid of Bai Runshan, Zhang Tie and Bai Yunfei; instead, their eyes were full of reverence.
Watching the faint hope, Zhang Tie let out a sigh inside.
"I'm Zhang Tie, nicknamed Immortal Qianji, the husband of the princess of Lord Guangnan's Mansion, the guerrilla general of Taixia Country and the owner of Iron-Dragon Sect in Youzhou Province, Taixia Country …" Zhang Tie turned around and introduced himself to those craftsmen. After hearing Zhang Tie's introduction, the craftsmen were in an uproar as many of them gazed at Zhang Tie with widely opened eyes. Zhang Tie's reputation was too great; especially Zhang Tie's fiery oil had already penetrated into commoners' lives. Therefore, some craftsmen must have heard about Zhang Tie's reputation. "This is my castle. In the future, this castle will provide lodging and rest for those knights who come here for cultivation. After leaving here, they would become more powerful. In the future, many powerful knights would become the vanguard fighting demons or protect more humans. They are the most important force for humans. Therefore, to a certain degree, this castle that you've built is as significant as those battle fortresses facing demons in the theater of operations. What you've done here is even more important. What you've done here is definitely a contribution to the holy war between humans and demons. Therefore, I want to thank you!"
After saying that, Zhang Tie pointed at the three brilliant stone walls around the square of the castle, "You have to leave here today. However, if you like, you could leave your name on the three walls before you leave. As long as this castle exists, your name would not disappear. Later on, each knight who comes here could see who built this castle on the top of this mountain!" (To be continued).
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