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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. | 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. | ||
The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] employed many gangs of former pirates and bandits to conduct its operations in [[Peratra]]. It also hired members of the Kaua tribe, a native group that made slavery its primary activity and who in this manner became a Qian client group. It sourced slaves from Muslim Audonian nations through intermediaries, prominent among these were the Walid brothers who operated in 1600's [[Tabish]]. The Walids were high ranking members of the Nasser tribe, one of the largest tribes of the territory that is now southern [[Rusana]]. The Nasser tribe were well known for being indiscriminate slavers, they would capture and sell even fellow Muslims. | The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] employed many gangs of former pirates and bandits to conduct its operations in [[Peratra]]. It also hired members of the Kaua tribe, a native group that made slavery its primary activity and who in this manner became a Qian client group. It sourced slaves from Muslim Audonian nations through intermediaries, prominent among these were the Walid brothers who operated in 1600's [[Tabish]]. The Walids were high ranking members of the Nasser tribe, one of the largest tribes of the territory that is now southern [[Rusana]]. The Nasser tribe were well known for being indiscriminate slavers, they would capture and sell even fellow Muslims. The Nassers were an authority unto itself that routinely challenged local emirs so their power and connections made them reliable partners. | ||
===Decline of demand=== | ===Decline of demand=== | ||