Chapter 2542 Looking at the World
While inspecting the magic crystal mine in his own territory, Qiao An was still thinking in his heart that there was no need to squeeze the miners too much in the future.
Under the current technical conditions, it is difficult to increase the efficiency of mining and smelting coarse crystals no matter how much slaves are squeezed. It is better to perform "mythical advanced supernatural work" and directly purify the ore into industrial magic crystals.
It's a pity that this way of thinking, which is both pragmatic and humanitarian, does not conform to the mainstream concept of the beholders. In order to avoid suspicion, Joan can't implement too radical reforms in his territory.
Directly shortening the daily working hours of the slaves from 12 hours to 10 hours is not acceptable and will definitely attract criticism, but Joan can use a curve to increase the welfare of the slaves, such as changing two meals a day to three meals a day , add a lunch, and also convert the two-hour lunch and lunch break into working hours.
Why do you want to do this?
In fact, there is no particular reason, it is nothing more than not being able to see it, and I can't bear it in my heart.
If Joan was still living in the human world, as a noble lord, owning manors, mines, pastures and docks, and more than 300 slaves at her disposal, she would liberate the slaves under her name and allocate land to them Or provide jobs for hire, as progressives in the New World did with the “abolitionist movement.”
In Udinos, a more conservative place than Leighton City and Midgard, Joan had to do as the Romans do, but she could never be as crazy and cruel as a real beholder, taking pleasure in squeezing slaves .
No matter what species her body becomes, she doesn't want to completely betray the education she received in human society and the three views she established.
Professor Moriarty once told her that the value of "humanity" can be questioned and must be questioned, otherwise human beings will not be able to deeply understand what is human nature.
Joan admits that human nature is not perfect, and she is also practicing the advice given by her mentor to experience the difference between human and non-human.
However, she insists that imperfect human nature is at least human nature, and she will not and will not abandon those beautiful shining points in human nature, such as empathy and compassion for the weak.
After Ella settled down, Joan took Valak and sent them directly back to the living room, and then sent a letter to summon Tisitea. In Mitra's usual reserved tone, she gave them appropriate praise for their performance today, and also Each of them was given a "magic lens" as a reward.
What Tisitea got was a magic lens attached to "Spell Expansion". Wearing it on the main eye, it can expand the radiation range of the "Stunning Light Cone" from the original 60 feet to 120 feet.
What Valak obtained was a magic lens attached to the "Spell Chain". Joan suggested that she wear it on the eye stalk corresponding to the "slow ray", and then she could release the "group slow spell" at will to strengthen field control ability.
Tishitea and Valak used to occasionally receive praise and rewards from their masters for their outstanding performance, but their masters have never been so generous as they are today, with high-end magic lenses when they make a move.
It seems that the discovery of a new vein of magic crystals has greatly increased the wealth of the territory, which brought a rare good mood to the owner, and even they also benefited from it.
Filled with excitement, Tisitea and Valak thanked their master for the reward, and then carefully put away their magic lenses.
They are all subspecies of beholders, and they cannot openly wear magic lenses to show off in the city, but on the battlefield, let alone wearing a magic lens, no one cares about this kind of business if they are covered with lenses all over their eyes. One lens is more combat power and survival guarantee.
Tisitea and Valak resigned and left the reception room, Joan also returned to his residence at the bottom of the well, closed his eyes and meditated, connected to the "cloud network", checked the hundreds of news newspapers he subscribed to, found topics of interest, Just go to the forum to search for relevant revelations, see what the local insiders have to say about it, and even use the "myth alert" to eavesdrop and monitor the scene to collect first-hand information in person.
It is now the beginning of August in 1626. From the day Joan left Midgard to the present, in less than three months, many big and small news have happened in the surface world, especially in the new continent where the clouds of war are dense. Between the "Continental Army" and the Fizhen Army that suppressed the independence movement, two major battles that are destined to be recorded in history have broken out.
Although Qiao An left the human society and even temporarily gave up her human identity, she did not abandon the land where she was born and grew up, and continued to pay attention to the intensifying "independence war" in the New World.
Living in the crowd before, Joann read those news reports about violent conflicts, always unconsciously brought into one of them, empathizing with its fate.
For example, when he read a report about the suppression of protesting students by the military and police in Jotunheim, Joan could not help but sympathize with the young students who were beaten by the military and police, and felt disgusted with the bureaucrats who ordered the suppression.
Of course, there are factors that the news writer intends to guide public opinion, but it is mainly because she herself was a college student, and her status as a disadvantaged group of "young students" is more likely to arouse her empathy.
But in some occasions, this "sense of substitution" can also make her feel embarrassed and in a dilemma.
For example, a newsletter article about the mutual vendetta between the western colonists and the Asa aborigines, although the author's political stance leans towards the colonists, he added a lot of details describing the brutality of the aborigines, such as the bloody "headhunting" According to the customs, Joan still couldn't fully substitute into the colonists' side, and couldn't hate the aborigines like he hated the invaders.
Perhaps the aborigines were really barbaric and cruel. They really slaughtered many white colonists, even women and children, but what did the colonists do? Why did they appear on this land that belongs to the aboriginal people? Had they been invited to colonize?
In terms of love, Joan is a descendant of colonists, and he is also white. He was born and raised on the east coast of the New World where white colonists dominated the mainstream. Leaving their homes and coming to this strange continent to seek a living is nothing more than finding a land where they can settle down and support their families.
However, this land already has an owner. Isn't the so-called colonial movement essentially a robbery?
Yu Li, Qiao An couldn't help but sympathize with the suffering of the aborigines. The entire history of colonization of the old world to the New World for hundreds of years is a history of blood and tears for the aborigines. Shouldn't they resist?
On one side are compatriots of the same language and the same race, and on the other side are foreign races who have been insulted and hurt. In conscience, do you choose to "help" or "help relatives"?
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