Chapter 755: Self-Supervision?

Fan and the others had firmly established a foothold in Liuhuangdi. The only drawback was that there were too few trees; if they wanted to build houses, it was very difficult to obtain timber, so building houses meant they could only dig cave dwellings and then set up some wood inside to reinforce the structure.

At first, they didn't really like these kinds of houses. After all, the lighting inside didn't feel very good, and it was all dirt. Having grown accustomed to living in spacious and bright houses, cave dwellings were still somewhat of a torment for them.

But what they didn't expect was that after living there for a long time, they discovered that cave dwellings were truly good residences. Currently, the temperature in Liuhuangdi was still very high, the sun was scorching, and the air was dry, but inside the cave dwellings, it was unexpectedly cool, and one wouldn't feel it to be creepy, nor was it that stuffy.

Lighting wasn't very important to them, after all, the time they could spend inside every day wasn't very long. When they needed light during the day, they were all working outside; only during their lunch break or at night could they come back to sleep.

Moreover, the distance between the core area and the residence they chose was still somewhat far, making it impossible to support them coming back to sleep and rest at noon, so they could only find a place to sleep near Liuhuangdi, and they also ate there.

But because the water there was poisonous, the water was all brought over from their Battalion. Of course, the water at the Battalion couldn't be guaranteed to be truly safe and non-toxic either, but in terms of taste, there was no strange odor, nor was there any special color.

The water in the core mining area had a distinct smell of sulfur, so naturally, it was impossible to drink. Of course, perhaps the people of the Sisia Tribe used to drink the water from the core area; they might not have cared that much, and this was perhaps the reason that caused them to quickly become poisoned and die.

Fan knew that the ultimate fate of these Slaves was certain death, but the longer they lived, the more value they created for Huaxia. After all, sulfur had to be mined continuously. In the future, Huaxia might not necessarily be able to find enough Slaves to send here to engage in this dangerous work of certain death. Letting the people of Huaxia come over would definitely cause certain negative impacts, so he tried his best to let these Slaves live a few more years.

Only a few Huaxia Soldiers would follow them to engage in supervision and guard work, and they even took turns; the remaining people stayed in place to guard the food.

Regarding the policy for the Slaves, Fan had already explained it very clearly. If they wanted to run away, they could, but they had to think clearly: alone, without a Weapon, without food, what could they do if they escaped?

Even if they found or made a Weapon, in a tribe that was all men, was there a chance to continue their lineage? One side was the Suiren Clan, and the other was the Xuanyuan Tribe. What was the difference between these Slaves going to challenge them or going to snatch women and sending themselves to their deaths?

In the best-case scenario, it would just be changing places to be a Slave. But would they still receive the treatment they had in Huaxia? Fan appealed to their emotions and reasoned with them, telling them the disadvantages of running away and that there was no bright future.

Then he dangled a carrot in front of them: work for Huaxia, and they would have enough to eat and a good place to live. Huaxia even gave them enough rest time. Had the Slaves ever felt so tired they couldn't go on? He asked them, and they hadn't, right?

Finally, he played his trump card: the Slaves, as long as they served for a sufficient number of years, could obtain citizenship, no longer be Slaves, and their descendants would not be Slaves either. They could independently choose what work they should do, and their descendants could live in Huaxia as a Free Person.

Huaxia also did not restrict their reproductive rights. As long as it was within the law and no violence was used, they could find a partner according to their own wishes and join together. Of course, it was still somewhat difficult to require the Slaves to follow Huaxia's set of family ethics, as they didn't even have a fixed residence now, and for pregnant female Slaves, it wasn't even clear whose child they were carrying.

Unless they proposed it themselves, needing to settle down and live relying on each other, then Huaxia would consider, under the existing circumstances, changing their living place to let them live a little better. Yinyang and the other one were the precedent.

The main reason Huaxia did this was still because they didn't want anyone to destroy the ethical system that had been established with such difficulty. This was too important to Huaxia. By comparison, changing the living environment for the Slaves seemed insignificant.

Those factories were also quite wealthy; they had enough food and enough wealth to build a row of rooms for the Slaves to live in. The Slaves' requirements for living were also far inferior to those of Huaxia's citizens. For them, as long as there was a room of a few square meters sufficient for two or three people to live in, that was enough. As for what to do after a child was born, they wouldn't consider that far ahead.

The Slaves naturally believed these things. After all, except for the item of freedom, everything else had already been realized. Even regarding obtaining freedom, from the moment they entered Huaxia and their identities were registered, a portion of them had already obtained the status of a Free Person. Some of them had already seen former companions who were now tenant farmers.

For a tribe that could even supply food in abundance, a free status seemed less important to them. These Slaves had also already become accustomed to this kind of life. As long as they could live and have enough to eat, that was already enough.

Therefore, even without a large number of Soldiers supervising them, they would still work earnestly. After the whistle blew, they would get up, wash, eat breakfast, pack their tools and Dry Rations, and go to the mining area in a grand procession to work. In the evening, they would walk back on their own according to the position of the sun.

Fan was also considering whether to select people from among them based on their performance to be a Leader or something, having them supervise themselves and manage themselves, and completely withdrawing the Huaxia Soldiers from the mining area. After all, the current Soldiers also knew the dangers of sulfur, and everyone was somewhat worried about letting them go to the mining area.

Fan, as the Leader and the superior of everyone, needed to set an example. The army was different from other departments; the higher the rank, the more one needed to lead by example. Back then, Chi absolutely could not have avoided going, yet he still led so many Soldiers and resolutely went to execute that task of certain death.

Chi was the role model for all their Soldiers and their spiritual idol. Moreover, the compensation and honor Huaxia gave them were high enough, which was also the reason why these Soldiers came here without any complaints.

For the first supervision mission, Fan led the team himself. In the subsequent scheduling, Fan also added his own name to it, but now, based on the performance of the Slaves, he felt that the work of supervision was not necessary.