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It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands. | It was the Qian dynasty that began in the 1500's CE that really made the use of slavery a cornerstone of its economic policies. Qian seafaring exploration took them first to the north of [[Crona]] and the gates of the [[Nysdra Sea]]. The island of [[Cao]] had been captured by the predecessors of the Qian, the Zhong, who had left most of the native population in place. The Qian decided to uproot the vast majority, almost eighty percent of the non-Daxian islanders were taken as slaves to be sold in the mainland. Qian pirates and raiders took to capturing slaves from all around the Nysdra south coast and taking them to [[Cao]] which became a prominent slave market on its own. The slave trade led to skirmishes with [[Varshan]] but their inadequate power at sea ensured these did not escalate into open war, very often the Zurgs were simply paid off to look the other way. The rulers of the [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]] also routinely engaged in the trade and sold their own 'excess' or troublesome subjects to [[Daxia]], in time the contacts would expand and give the Qian their first foothold in what would eventually become [[Xisheng]]. The [[Daxian colonization of Australis]] opened new, untapped sources of manual labor. Compared to the strong, centralized states of [[Crona]], the tribe kingdoms of [[Peratra]] were technologically backward and not strong enough to resist. The Qian colonies in [[Peratra]] became the premier recruitment grounds for slaves. The discovery and establishment of [[The Southern Route|the southern route]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Sarpedon]] and regular contacts between the Qian in [[Peratra]] and other white 'Easterners' led to an explosion in the number of slaves changing hands. | ||
===Caphirian connection and zenith of the trade=== | ===Caphirian connection and zenith of the trade=== | ||
A relative newcomer to trade with [[Audonia]], the [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] had deeper pockets than the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] and soon eclipsed it in regards to trade with the Qian dynasty. [[Caphiria]]n need for manual labor was nigh inexhaustible and continental sources were limited to greek and slavic populations of the imperial outskirts. While ordinarily [[Pelaxia]]ns and [[Cartadania]]ns would have fulfilled the conditions to be enslaved by Caphiria, political expediency and tight economic relations might have meant they were not as readily taken into slavery. Slaves from the domains of the Qian dynasty were plentiful, relatively cheap and ethnically alien to the Caphirian masses, they could be readily dehumanized and exploited as their masters saw fit. The first batch of slaves from the Qian were thirty Muslim eunuchs given as a gift to the banker [[Ottorio Adelistian Malessar]] for his good diplomatic offices. He was given eunuchs so he could not breed them and make more slaves on his own, he would have to buy them from the Qian if he wanted more of the same quality. Soon flesh markets would sprout in disorderly manner all over [[Zhijun]], [[Truk]] and [[Peratra]]. To firmly control the slave trade, the Qian empowered the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] to create its own mechanisms of control and taxation on behalf of the dynasty. The Company created the Central Divan of Control to manage the maintainment of standards in the flesh markets, the collection of taxes and duties on sold slaves, the insurance of slave batches and the organization of fleet detachments to provide protection to slave ship convoys. The Company would initially only serve as an administrative agent facilitating the trade but by 1620's it was profiting directly from it, and its control of the central divan made it an unequal competitor that began to dominate the trade. | A relative newcomer to trade with [[Audonia]], the [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] had deeper pockets than the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]] and soon eclipsed it in regards to trade with the Qian dynasty. [[Caphiria]]n need for manual labor was nigh inexhaustible and continental sources were limited to greek and slavic populations of the imperial outskirts. While ordinarily [[Pelaxia]]ns and [[Cartadania]]ns would have fulfilled the conditions to be enslaved by Caphiria, political expediency and tight economic relations might have meant they were not as readily taken into slavery. Slaves from the domains of the Qian dynasty were plentiful, relatively cheap and ethnically alien to the Caphirian masses, they could be readily dehumanized and exploited as their masters saw fit. The first batch of slaves from the Qian were thirty Muslim eunuchs given as a gift to the banker [[Ottorio Adelistian Malessar]] for his good diplomatic offices. He was given eunuchs so he could not breed them and make more slaves on his own, he would have to buy them from the Qian if he wanted more of the same quality. Soon flesh markets would sprout in disorderly manner all over [[Zhijun]], [[Truk]] and [[Peratra]]. To firmly control the slave trade, the Qian empowered the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] to create its own mechanisms of control and taxation on behalf of the dynasty. The Company created the Central Divan of Control to manage the maintainment of standards in the flesh markets, the collection of taxes and duties on sold slaves, the insurance of slave batches and the organization of fleet detachments to provide protection to slave ship convoys. The Company would initially only serve as an administrative agent facilitating the trade but by 1620's it was profiting directly from it, and its control of the central divan made it an unequal competitor that began to dominate the trade. The Qian government was not unaware of this manipulation of its authority to profit but generous bribes were directed at key imperial bureaucrats, and it was seen as preferrable and more practical to deal with a single slaver interest than several. | ||
===Decline of demand=== | ===Decline of demand=== | ||