Chapter 579： Indian pariah

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Amerigo went to India this time and brought a total of 10 ships with a displacement of more than 200 tons. The average cargo capacity of each ship can reach more than 120 tons, and a total of 1,200 tons can be carried.

However, because of the shortage of saltpetre, the fleet only brought back 450 tons of saltpetre. In addition, there are 100 tons of copper and 30 tons of tin planned earlier. Of course, there are "quota" of 50,000 pounds of spices. However, these goods only add up to a total of 602.6 tons. Counting, half of the fleet must be empty.

Of course, Marin also mentioned the matter of letting Americano and Draka "recruit" craftsmen and women who are proficient in cotton spinning in India. As a result, Draka also recruited such talents when acquiring other goods.

However, under the influence of Hinduism, Indian society has a distinct class. Those "superior people" with white skin and higher castes have a decent life and are protected by law. It is basically impossible for them to accept the recruitment of Draka and go overseas.

Therefore, the craftsmen recruited by Draka to make cotton spinning wheels and the women who are good at cotton spinning are all dark Indian pariahs.

In India, even in the 21st century, the status of untouchables is still low, and it is not worthy to sit with people of higher castes, otherwise, they will be beaten. In ancient times, this situation was even more serious.

In India in the early 16th century, the pariahs in India were not regarded as human beings, but humanoid animals. The places where the untouchables live are also strictly separated from those of higher castes. Moreover, Indian laws in this era did not protect untouchables. If people of higher caste have killed the untouchables, they can compensate up to one animal's money or food. If the wives and daughters of any untouchable family are beautiful, they can easily be violated by men of higher caste. Moreover, the pariah dare not beat the high caste who violated his wife because the wife was violated. No one accepted the case even if he went to sue.

Therefore, in ancient India, the pariahs were not slaves, but their status was similar to slaves. For example, this time Draka recruited a craftsman who knew how to make cotton spinning wheels and a woman who knew how to make cotton textiles at a high price, and was spotted by a local caste broker ...

Because the price offered by Draka is 5 gold coins for each craftsman, and 1 gold coin for each woman who knows how to make cotton cloth. In India, even after being promoted by Marin and the Spaniards, the price of pepper has only reached 1.5 fenny from 2 fenny. A gold coin, equivalent to 60 Finney, can buy 30 pounds of pepper.

The broker of the local high caste in India called Seka was very greedy for the price offered by Draka. However, this price is obviously not able to recruit artisans and women of higher caste locally.

Therefore, the ill-fated Seka simply rallied a local rogue gang and directly ransacked several untouchable villages and caught 50 untouchable craftsmen and 300 untouchable women who were proficient in cotton spinning. In accordance with the principle of thieves not going short, Seka not only kidnapped these untouchable craftsmen and untouchable women who are proficient in cotton spinning, but also abducted the wives of those craftsmen and the husbands of untouchable women together, and sold them together card.

As for the consequences of kidnapping so many untouchables, Seca only bribes the local judge with 20 gold coins, and the matter is considered over. And selling these people to Draka, the 50 craftsmen and 300 women who are proficient in cotton spinning, are worth up to 550 gold coins.

Moreover, when he learned that Seka had also brought in the spouses of these "recruited" pariah craftsmen and pariah women, Draka did not deny it. Of course, it will not give high prices. After all, that was not what he wanted. And the wives of the 50 craftsmen and the mature husbands of the 300 untouchable women, Draka gave a total of 70 gold coins, equivalent to 12 Finney ...

In this way, Draka spent only 620 gold coins to get 350 couples of middle age. On average, no one person can get a gold coin. In the same period, Marin needed up to 40 gold coins to buy black slaves from Portugal. For 700 people, it would cost 28,000 gold coins ...

This price, when reporting, directly surprised Marin ...

"What? You mean that you only spent 620 gold coins and you got 350 Indian couples?" Doesn't it mean that each person's price is less than one gold coin? "Marin was surprised.

"Yes, Grand Duke, but this is not representative. Because, this is the population that the rogue leader called Seka took from people. It is very cheap to sell to us, and it is very cheap. And, where Seka is The judge in that small city was very corrupt, and Seca bought the judge with 20 gold coins. If it was replaced by a place with a better legal system, the price might be more than that ... "Draka said calmly and lowly.

Marin smiled and said:

"How big can it be? The place with the best legal system is India. Untouchables are not human. As long as I pay 5 gold coins for the price of a mature man and woman, it is estimated that the local nobles can't help but grab the untouchables and sell them to me.

As the soul of the Chinese people of later generations, wouldn't Marin know the plight of Indian pariahs? In India, the untouchables basically have no guarantees, and even in the 21st century, they still have a difficult life.

It is precisely because they are looked down upon in India, and life is not guaranteed. Therefore, during the colonial era, many untouchables were recruited by the British to South Africa, Guyana, Suriname, Mauritius and other countries. Even, after independence, the main ethnic groups in Mauritius, Guyana and other countries were Indians.

Moreover, those untouchables are recruited abroad, some are forced, and some are voluntary. Because they do not see any hope or future in India. Therefore, it is not as good as going abroad.

Therefore, abroad, many Indians have darker skin. Because, many of them are untouchables. There is no way to go abroad to make a living. And those with pale skin and high caste status, who are in the country as landlords and rich men, why do they go abroad? Unless, it is to go to gold-plated universities in Europe and the United States to study abroad. Therefore, we often see Indian beautiful women with beautiful skin in Indian movies. However, the Indians seen in China are mostly dark.

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Hearing that Marin was willing to bid for 5 gold coins, Draka smiled and said confidently:

"Dagong, if you are really willing to bid 5 gold coins for ordinary Indian pariahs, your subordinates can guarantee that every year, tens of thousands of Indian pariahs who are good at farming will be removed from India to help you develop colonies!"

"This is a great idea!" Marin's eyes suddenly lightened.

Before, he had considered the problem of using Japanese farmers heavily in the colony. However, Marin is very worried about Japan. People of this ethnic group are very humble and obedient when they are weak. But you must not be fooled by them, because, after they become strong, they dare to tear off a piece of meat on you.

The Javanese on the island of Java in Indonesia are not good. These people are lazy and stupid themselves, but the wealth obtained by the honest Chinese has persecuted the Chinese several times. Therefore, Marin is very unwilling to see them. Even if recruited, they will not be regarded as human beings.

But unlike the untouchables in India, this ethnic group is very pitiful. They have been slaves for generations and have never enjoyed their rights. Although the later generations of A San could not provoke Hua Xia, most of them were made by the high-caste white brothers.

The white buddies are probably used to bullying the untouchables. They think they are the best in the world and always feel that they are superior ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Therefore, they always want to be overlords. In addition, his brain is not very easy to use, and when he was instigated by Lao Mei, he wanted to break his wrist with Huaxia. Marin has also served those white-skin brothers, so many small countries around, such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka, etc., have to provoke Huaxia, is not looking for abuse?

Although sympathizing with the Indian pariahs, Marin did not intend to let them go. After all, Indian untouchables are weak and easy to control. Moreover, their agricultural skills are good, at least a hundred times stronger than the black uncles. Although everyone's skin is as dark, one is honest and obedient and willing to work. And the other one is very restless, empty of strength, but unwilling to work ...

Therefore, Marin decided-after using the black slaves to open the Panamanian land passage, instead of introducing African black slaves, it would also introduce Japanese farmers, Javanese and Indian untouchables. Moreover, try to keep the balance of the three. In this way, the serfs could not achieve one mind, and it was more convenient to rule ...

The most important thing is that Indian pariahs are not only honest and obedient, but also cheaper! If introduced in large quantities, price and cost factors will be very important conditions. India's low prices have led to the acquisition of several untouchable serfs with relatively low costs. When buying black slaves with the Portuguese, those black slaves would not be able to do any farming work, but they only need 40 gold coins, which is almost expensive. If 100,000 black slaves were introduced, would it be necessary to pay 4 million gold coins? Therefore, honestly obedient, know how to do farm work, and the cheap Indian pariah is the better choice for Marin ...