"Sophia, where did you go last night?”
In a carriage at the Berlin train station, Sophia's snobbish mother, Duchess Anne of Anhalt, was sizing up her daughter with a scrutinizing look.
Last night, she went out to do something and did not come back until midnight. She did not pay attention to whether Sophia was sleeping in her room.
When he woke up this morning and opened the door, Sophia was not in the room.
Just as she was feeling anxious, Sophia came back and gave her an excuse to go out for breakfast.
As she had to catch the train, Annie didn't have time to ask.
However, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He kept feeling that Sophia was lying!
Sophia was lying on the table, listless.
The plan to travel by car had changed to travel by train at the last minute. Qin Jun should still be waiting for him by the roadside outside the city, right?
Would Qin Jun be angry if he couldn't wait for him?
If she was angry, would she abandon her?
Thinking of all kinds of possibilities, Sophia was so anxious that she wanted to jump out of the car and say goodbye to Qin Jun.
Annie was furious when she saw Sophia's absent-minded look.
"Sophia! Please answer my question!"
"Answer what? I just went to have breakfast."
"Hehe, he should be looking for that lowly gardener, right? Why do you have to lower yourself like this?”
Despicable himself?
Hearing her mother's sarcastic words, Sophia sat up straight.
He looked coldly at his mother, who had wanted to live a luxurious life by marrying him to a noble since he was young.
"Excuse me, are white people the most honorable in your eyes?”
Annie nodded.
"Isn't it?"
"I'm very sad. I'm sad to have an arrogant and superficial mother like you.”
Sophia shook her head. She hated her vain and hypocritical mother.
"The person you look down on is a recognized genius in the world of medicine. The Qin Antibiotic is a great invention that can save hundreds of millions of lives.”
"He's only twenty years old, but he can become the youngest billionaire in the world through his own efforts.”
"Can you do it?"
Anne did not take Sophia's question seriously.
So what if he was outstanding? Wasn't he just a lowly person with a pig's tail on the back of his head? They were even more lowly than black slaves.
"His birth determines his status. He will never be able to compare to Crown Prince Peter.”
“……”
Sophia was speechless!
If Peter was not born in the royal family, what achievements could he have?
Sophia rolled her eyes helplessly and leaned back on the table, staring blankly at the scenery outside the window.
Annie thought that she had won and smiled proudly.""Get yourself together. When we reach Moscow, your fate will change completely.”
"Is that so? Your dream is about to come true, right?”
……
On the streets of Berlin.
Qin Jun was still standing on the street waiting, occasionally raising his hand to check the time.
It was already 10:30. Why was Sophia not here yet?
At this moment, a young man in a suit and leather shoes with a silver traditional Qin character badge on his chest ran over.
"Young Master, Miss Sophia left on the train to Moscow at the train station.”
Take the train?
Qin Jun looked up at the train station. He did not blame Sophia because he knew that it must have been arranged by Duchess Anhardt.
"Young Master, are you going back to the manor?"
"To the company!"
Yes.
The young man turned around and left. Soon, a car arrived.
After Qin Jun got into the car, the car drove towards the headquarters of the Qin Pharmaceutical Company in the city center.
Looking at the bodyguard who was driving the car seriously, Qin Jun was lost in his memories.
Since he was ten years old, he had been rescuing the flower farmers who were being sold in Ou Zhou.
Most of these people were children in their teens!
Because children in their teens had good physical fitness and had a low mortality rate during long-distance voyages, slave traders basically bought children from the Qing Kingdom and sold them all over the world for profit.
In Ou Zhou, flower plantation slaves could be seen everywhere. Rich people would have one or two flower plantation servants in their homes.
The reason why he favored flower slaves was that they were kind, hardworking, submissive, and smart.
Secondly, the flower grower had a delicate appearance. Unlike the black people and Dongmanyans, his skin was dark or directly black as charcoal. It was simply disgusting.
Damn Brutal Pure!
If it weren't for this scourge, would the status of the floral race be lower than that of the black people?
The beautiful country had abolished the slavery law in the protest of the black people. There was no slavery in Europe!
In the end, the gardeners were still slaves. It could be seen that when a country was too weak, its citizens did not even have the right to be human.
The only thing Qin Jun could do was to save every single one of them. He would buy back the flower farmers who had been sold to Ou Zhou, give them freedom, and let them get a job.
"Qin Wu, how many years have you been with me?"
In the front passenger seat, a tall, muscular young man with a determined face turned around.
" Young Master, it's been seven years!"
"Do you miss home?"
Home…?
Qin Wu shook his head." No. When I was 12, there was a famine in my hometown in Hebei. The 16 people in my family starved to death one after another. I only managed to survive by relying on the three catties of low-quality flour my parents exchanged for by selling my younger sister. In the end, I fled to Taizhou and sold myself to slave traders. That was how I survived.”
"I was lucky to meet you as soon as I arrived in Ou Zhou.”
"Why do you miss home? Could it be that he would have to go back and work for the Jurchen dogs?”
As he spoke, the tall and burly Qin Wu recalled the tragic scene of his escape from famine back then and could not help but tear up.
Ever since the Qing court lost several trade wars against the western powers, various peasant uprisings in the country had emerged one after another, and social order and the legal system had completely collapsed.
Qianlong lost every battle against the outside world, but he won every battle internally. He commanded the Qing army to kill people all over the country, until no one dared to gather to rebel.
Do you think Qianlong won?
No, he lost!
Barbaric and brutal killings, coupled with the heavy taxes that had been multiplied countless times, caused the hearts of the people to be lost. Many people could not afford to pay taxes and could only sell their land to the rich and powerful landlords as tenants to avoid taxes.
As a result, land annexation was inevitable.
Qianlong didn't stop it, but instead allowed the annexation of land.
This was because the land would not run away. Whoever got it had to pay the land tax.
Therefore, when the land was in the hands of the landlord, it would not be abandoned.
The land owner had to pay taxes, and the people had to survive. Wouldn't it be better for the landlord to supervise and manage the large-scale production and planting of the people and greatly increase the output than for the court to supervise?
This model had both advantages and disadvantages!
In a good harvest year, the landlord might raise more tenants.
What about the year of disaster?
Starting from ten years ago, there were floods in the summer and ice and snow in the winter. Orphans like Qin Wu who had lost their families due to famine could be seen everywhere!
Therefore, many people fled to the coastal cities and sold themselves to slave traders, hoping to escape from the flowers.
After leaving the country, even if he became a slave, it was better than starving to death.
"Qin Wu, if I go back to planting flowers and rebel, will you follow me?”
What? Rebellion?
Qin Wu was stunned. Qin Xiong, who was driving, was also shocked. His hand slipped, and the car went into an S-shape, almost hitting a truck passing by.
"Young Master, are you really going to rebel?"
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