When Luo Yashan's family arrived at Xiyang Cape, it was already the end of May in the 34th year of the Ming Dynasty.

The negotiations between Ming Dynasty and Lucia have ended, and the formal peace treaty documents have been completed. They are waiting for Luo Yashan to officially sign the contract after arriving.

After Rojashan arrived at the Western Cape, he first went to meet Prince Nicholas, Wedemeyer and Kutuzov of Lucia.

When brothers Luo Yashan and Nicholas met, they had completely different moods.

Lucia was the country with the most profound Minghua reforms, and even the throne succession system copied Zhu Cixang's.

Prince Nicholas is the younger brother, but he is more liked by Emperor Paul and is more supported by more and more Lucian elements.

If there had been no war, Nicholas would have succeeded to the throne under normal circumstances, but Luo Yashan never thought about it.

However, the Ming Dynasty proposed two options at that time. If Emperor Paul chose to fully Minghua and make Lucia as a whole a tributary state of the Ming Dynasty, then the Minglu mixed-blood Luo Yashan would be more likely to succeed to the throne.

So when Ming Dynasty proposed those two options, Prince Nicholas himself was quite uneasy, so he was a little excited at the time.

When Emperor Paul finally separated Lucia, Prince Nicholas actually breathed a sigh of relief.

Nicholas is in a good mood now and goes up to say hello more enthusiastically:

"elder brother……"

Luo Yashan didn't want to give Nicholas, his younger brother, any good looks.

In Luo Yashan's opinion, it was Nicholas, a big Lucian element, who indirectly promoted the war between Lucia and the Ming Dynasty.

Although he got a seemingly huge fiefdom, Luo Yashan couldn't be happy.

As the elder brother, Luo Yashan does not need to take special care of his younger brother's mood.

Royashan ignored Nikolai at all and went directly to Wedemeyer and Kutuzov to inquire about the situation.

Of course, Nicholas, who was left alone, was in a bad mood, but he finally endured it...

Through Wedemeyer, Luo Yashan found out the results of the negotiations and learned about the detailed arrangements for the follow-up.

The next morning, Luo Yashan's wife Zhao Xinlian got up early, bathed her daughter Sophia carefully, and then dressed up carefully.

Sophia knew that she was going to be sent to be the concubine of Prince Dashi, so she always cared about the situation in Dashi Kingdom during the journey.

I had been pretty relaxed along the way, but now I was getting nervous again when things came to a close.

While I was getting dressed, I couldn’t help but ask my mother again:

"Mom, Prince Dashi...will he dislike me for being a mixed race..."

Logically speaking, he should be disgusted, but at least he should be better than a pure-blooded white slave.

Zhao Xinlian could only answer vaguely:

"Feifei is three-quarters of Ming Dynasty blood, so she is already half a Ming Dynasty citizen, so don't worry."

Sophia was just a little child, but now she felt a little more relieved after hearing the comfort, and she changed her clothes in cooperation with her mother.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Luo Yashan took his wife and daughter Sophia to visit Zhu Jingyuan.

The two parties briefly greeted each other, and after the guests and hosts sat down, they exchanged a few polite words and started chatting to build up their mood.

Sophia lowered her head and sat next to her mother, secretly glanced at Zhu Jingyuan not far away, and then immediately blushed and lowered her head.

Sophia had only one feeling in her heart: all the European aristocratic boys she had ever seen were not as good as him.

Sophia suspected that she was dreaming, because there should not be such a handsome boy in reality.

She took another sneak peek and found that she still felt the same, and then her whole face turned red.

On the other side, Luo Yashan had already brewed his emotions, so he found a way to explain his true intention to Zhu Jingyuan:

"My little girl Feiya will be ten years old this year. Her appearance and appearance are quite acceptable. She is willing to be a little girl for His Highness.

"My father has prepared a manor of 10,000 square kilometers on the south bank of the Don River estuary, which can be used as a dowry for my little girl..."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't quite understand at first why the other party brought his wife and children with him when he came to visit him.

Only now did he finally understand that he wanted to give his daughter, who had just turned ten, as his concubine.

Zhu Jingyuan immediately couldn't help but frown:

"Mr. Luo, I remember that you are of mixed race and have studied in Ming Dynasty for many years. Mrs. Luo is my daughter of Ming Dynasty.

"You should know that our Ming Dynasty royal family is not allowed to marry foreigners, and concubines are only allowed to be taken in by the Korean and Japanese clans at most..."

Luo Yashan was stunned when he heard this, and immediately felt that Zhu Jingyuan was deliberately humiliating him.

Of course he knows this rule. His daughter can only be regarded as a maid by his side, not even a concubine.

However, as my daughter, if I really agree with this matter, I can treat her as a concubine in my daily life.

The actual status of his daughter in his palace will be no different from that of his concubines or concubines.

However, the status in the legal documents is that of a slave. The child will not be admitted to the Ming royal family, but can be returned to Lucia to inherit the mother's fiefdom.

The reason why I said I was being young was just to take care of my daughter and my own mentality. The other party should be able to understand my difficulties.

But the other party insisted on making it clear directly.

Luo Yashan's throat moved. He looked carefully at Zhu Jingyuan's expression and found that he looked matter-of-fact.

Then I had some doubts. Could it be that the other party was still young, so he didn't understand what was going on?

With three parts of grievance, three parts of doubt, three parts of helplessness, and one part of anger, Luo Yashan explained to Zhu Jingyuan:

"So...actually, according to the legal documents, the little girl will be His Highness's...call girl...

"But my little girl's dowry is a bit of income. I hope Your Highness can treat her as a concubine."

Zhu Jingyuan finally fully understood the other party's logic, and his expression suddenly turned into a helpless smile:

"Why do you all want to surround me with women?"

Zhu Jingyuan did not want to accept maids because he supported the abolition of slavery.

The reason for supporting the abolition of slavery is not because of how "kind-hearted" one is, nor because one "doesn't want to see the poor suffer", nor is it because of one's superiority.

They are all driven by very real interests.

The first is to combat the remnants of feudalism, eradicate personal dependence, weaken the influence of the traditional gentry on society, and stabilize the rule of the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

The second is to liberate the working population and send more laborers to factories as workers instead of staying in the homes of powerful people to serve others.

It was the same logic when Emperor Sejo banned human-powered sedans.

The abolition of slavery in history has never been abolition for the sake of abolition, but has always been determined by actual interests.

Abolition of slavery will never succeed because of "good intentions."

Freedom, human rights, equality, democracy and other reasons have always been action slogans and methods, not goals.

But slogans and methods are equally important, and Zhu Jingyuan also needs to find a suitable sign.

In order to support the abolition of slavery and to prepare for the complete abolition of slavery in the future, I must set an example for the abolition of slavery.

To put it bluntly, I want to build a memorial arch for myself.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't want to stand up at the same time, so he shouted that he wanted to abolish slavery for others, while he continued to use slaves himself.

That would be too cheap.

For the Ming Dynasty's citizen level, a maximum of three levels is enough, and no real slaves are needed.

Chunxiang and Qiuyue have been slaves since childhood, and have completely accepted and adapted to the status of the prince's personal maid.

Any changes in the future will make them uncomfortable. It is difficult for them to be self-reliant without feeling that their living standards have been reduced.

But after this, Zhu Jingyuan will work hard to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

So after Zhu Jingyuan sighed with emotion, he rejected Luo Yashan's suggestion very seriously:

"I personally oppose slavery and I hope to completely abolish slavery in the Ming Dynasty.

"I know this is difficult to achieve, but I will lead by example.

"I will no longer accept or buy slaves, and I don't want anyone to become a slave anymore.

"At the same time, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I cannot ask your daughter to be a concubine, so let's forget about it."

Luo Yashan was stunned for a few seconds and then said:

"But I heard that... the Duke of Persia sent two orchids to you..."

Zhu Jingyuan answered directly:

"Sisters An Xiaona are both free persons. They are not my slaves and have not signed a deed of sale.

"I sent them to school as international students, and after graduation they will work as senior employees in my manor.

"Because they are two businessmen's daughters, they are very flexible in mind and learn things quickly.

“I have trained two reserves of senior corporate managers.

"I helped them choose the path of self-reliance."

Luo Yashan's family was stunned.
To be continued...