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    You, you, you, you all line up honestly, don¡¯t jump in line, you know!  You have to obey the rules when you come here, otherwise the dock security team will not be vegetarian.

    A Manhattan security team member wearing a green labor protection military cotton coat and a cotton hat, with blond hair and blue eyes, and holding a wooden spear, is maintaining order in the hard-working sales market.

    ??Here at the Manhattan Port, the Song Empire hired a lot of pure Europeans to work.

    To be honest, these guys work really hard. According to Zhang Tie, it is absolutely worth the money.

    In Europe, many of them work for nobles or other businessmen, and their wages are deducted when they are paid.  But such a thing would not happen in Manhattan Island, so the enthusiasm of these European fans was suddenly aroused.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTOUT THERE: Salaries in this era are not paid on time every month.  You have to look at your employer's mood. If he's in a good mood, he'll give you something like three melons and two dates, so that you don't starve to death.

    At the same time, when you ask for a salary, you have to put on a smile.

    It can be said that from the Middle Ages to the early 18th century, the lives of European and American women were a history of blood and tears.

    This is why after the New World was discovered, countless women rushed to the New World by boat.  Because what they want is to escape from the hellish European continent and find their own new life in the new world.

    After the 18th century, American immigrants established thirteen colonies.  But the rich, handsome and aristocratic people far away in England are still squeezing these women.

    Taxes that are higher than those in the local area need to be borne by the silkworms, and all kinds of taxes have fallen on them.

    This makes the fans very unhappy.

    So, the prostitutes gathered together and shouted, "Princes, generals, ministers, would rather have the seed!"  ¡¯ He rebelled.

    Well, actually, this is the history of the American silk counterattack.

    On the edge of the pier, in a "people's market", a group of British women from Virginia looking for work gathered there, waiting for someone to come to them for work.

    This open area was specially opened up by Zhang Tie.

    This group of people is not large, about two to three hundred people.

    The majority of them are British, accounting for half of these people.

    After all, Virginia is very close to here, so it is very convenient to come to Manhattan from Virginia.

    The remaining people are from the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, or France.

    These people are all people with no skills. They don¡¯t know carpentry or any skills, so they can only sell their own strength.

    For laborers, the Manhattan Port is still in great need.

    Therefore, Zhang Tie acquiesced to these people looking for food here and opened up a "human market" for them.

    This inspiration actually came from the labor market in Tianqiao, old Beijing. Zhang Tie felt pretty good about it after he made it, and these fans also liked it very much.

    Because with the existence of this "human market", they no longer need to promote themselves everywhere.  Just come here every day and wait for the boss who has a job to come to them.

    It¡¯s so convenient, so of course it will be welcomed by everyone.

    Everyone feels that Manhattan is better than their respective hometowns.

    "Uncle, I also want to marry a slave, although I will sign a contract of sale. But I don't think there is anything wrong with this. I think the nobles in the Song Empire are good, and they are not assholes like the local nobles."

    Among these people, a young man with a young face, probably about fifteen years old, with a face full of freckles and thick blond hair, squatted on the ground curled up and faced a big boy who also curled up and squatted on the ground.  The bearded middle-aged man said.

    This boy¡¯s name is Joey. He came to Manhattan three days ago with a Dutch merchant ship. In fact, he is French.

    Because he was too young and had no skills, under the guidance of some enthusiastic people, he entered the "Human Market" and became a laborer.

    Fortunately, there are many jobs in Manhattan, so those who work as laborers have something to do every day, and they don¡¯t have to worry about not having enough to eat.

    But because Joey has just arrived in Manhattan, he is still wearing the clothes he wore in Europe.

    A thin long-sleeved low-quality linen jacket, a shirt underneath, a pair of greasy trousers, and a pair of rotten shoes with toes exposed.

    This could not withstand the cold winter in Manhattan, so Joey's lips were livid and his body was shaking uncontrollably.

    butThe European ladies of this era are in good physical condition. Even so, Joey didn't feel like he couldn't bear it. After all, it was like this every winter in Europe.

    ¡°And it rains in winter in Europe, so it¡¯s bitingly cold.

    The cold here in Manhattan is dry and cold. As long as you have some work to do and you break out in a sweat, you¡¯ll be fine.

    The middle-aged bearded man squatting next to Joey glanced at the boy who huddled up into a ball. The bearded man had no eyeball in his right eye, only an empty bad flesh, which made him look a little intimidating.

    But Joey knew that this bearded man was a good man.

    ¡°After he came to Manhattan, he had no relatives or friends, but this bearded man took him in and gave him a place to stay.

    ¡°Otherwise, Joey would probably starve to death in Manhattan.

    The bearded man named Michal is a Cossack from Russia.  He was originally a mercenary who was captured while participating in a war against a country in Eastern Europe, and then ended up in Manhattan.

    Mihai fumbled in his pocket, then took out two small silver coins and handed them over.

    "Go buy a cotton coat. The winter in this place is very cold. You can't stand it with your small body. I still have some money here. You can use it first. When you make money, you can return it to me.  ¡±

    Michal looked at the young Joey kindly with his remaining eyes.

    Looking at Joey, Michal thought of his son at home.  His son had just been born when he left home. If nothing had happened to him, he would have been as old as this young man.

    When Michal met Joey, it was on the road outside the port.

    At that time, Joey had fainted from exhaustion, hunger and cold. If Mihai hadn't saved him, Joey would have died silently like this.

    ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? being dead but it¡¯s nothing unusual for people to die in the New World.

    And Michal saved Joey just because he thought of his own child.

    Joey looked at Michal and shook his head: "Uncle, it's not easy for you to make money. These are the only two little dragons you have left. If you gave them to me, how would you pay the rent today? If I  If I remember correctly, the landlord said today is the day to teach rent."

    Joey was very moved. He felt that this seemingly barbaric uncle was actually a good man.  Not only did he save himself, he actually gave him all the money he had left.

    But Joey couldn¡¯t take it because he knew it was his uncle¡¯s last money.

    And today is the day to pay the rent.

    If you can¡¯t find any work today, you won¡¯t make any money.

    If you can¡¯t make money, how can you pay the rent?

    So, Joey shook his head and rejected Michal's kindness.

    (Note: In the Song Dynasty, one large dragon ocean can be exchanged for ten small dragon oceans. A monthly rent in Manhattan costs three dragon oceans, and a set of labor protection cotton clothes costs two small dragon oceans. At the same time, various commodities are divided into citizen prices and non-citizen prices.  , purchase quantity is limited.)

    "Silly boy, even if you want to be a slave, you have to make sure you survive first, right?" After seeing the boy shaking his head and rejecting him, Michal took his hand and forced the two little Longyangs into him.  into his hands.

    "You have to think carefully. The Song Empire's sale contract is different from what you have in mind. As long as you sign the sale contract, you will not be able to control your life or death in the future, and your children will also have children in the future.  All the children are also the slaves of their masters."

    He is from Russia, so Mihai is very aware of this kind of thing.

    Because in Russia in this era, such contracts and slaves also existed.

    "There are a lot of opportunities here in Manhattan, and jobs are everywhere. As long as you are willing to work hard, you don't have to worry about making money." Michal wanted to dispel Joey's thoughts of being a dressing slave and began to persuade him.  "And the Song people here in Manhattan are not evil. They are very fair when they ask you to work for you. You don't have to worry about your wages being deducted. Isn't this much better than being a prostitute?"

    Michal could have been a mercenary in Manhattan, but he was tired of the war.  So now I would rather work as a laborer at the dock than live the same life as before.

    And he had a hope in his heart, that is, to make money in Manhattan for a few years, and then find a ship to go home to Europe.

    "Uncle, you know you mean well, but I also have my own problems. If I want to be a slave in clothing, I will definitely be a slave of a great noble."

    Joey has already made up his mind.

      Michal could see that the people in Manhattan were greatly shocked by those who had become servants of the coated industry some time ago and suddenly achieved great success.

    Although selling oneself into slavery is not a very honorable thing, it can free them from a completely innocent situation, and they no longer have to do such tiring and hard work.

    Although life and death will not be up to you in the future, at least you will have a good time.

    People¡¯s ideals are different, and their situations are also different. What else could Michal do except sigh in his heart.

    "Okay, but I still advise you to buy a cotton-padded coat. After all, only a good body can be chosen by a good master. Look at how frail you are. If you are sick, who will choose you?"

    Joey was finally convinced, and he held the two Xiaolongyang in his hands tightly.

    "Uncle, if I become prosperous in the future, I will definitely repay you!"

    Joey's eyes were filled with tears.

    In the trend of dressing slaves, Joey is not the only one whose heart is moved, there are many people like him.

    It can be seen that selling oneself into slavery is nothing to Europeans.

    Many bankrupts in Europe also sold themselves to nobles or landowners.

    "The nobles and landowners treat these prostitutes no differently than the Chinese treat their own slaves who can be beaten to death.

    Zhang Tie, who was sitting not far away, heard the conversation between Joey and Michal, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

    ¡°Hmph, those Eight Banners slaves from the Manchu Qing Dynasty are nothing. I have European and American slaves.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to search Piaotian on Baidu and collect and recommend it. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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