But Lin Yi didn't dismiss it with a single stroke. He simultaneously thought about how to handle this matter.
To deal with this properly, there's only one way: to change these slaves, meaning to turn them directly into tenant workers like those on the landlords' estates, just without the slave identity.
At that point, they could work for the landlord every day, thereby earning some wages. And these wages aren't up to the landlord's discretion, but are paid according to Lin Yi's unified standard.
Furthermore, to stabilize the landlords' emotions, Lin Yi proposed a policy: the quasi-tenant workers must earn enough money for the landlord before their bodies can belong to themselves.
It's what is commonly referred to as redeeming oneself.
Of course, this redemption isn't possible after ten or twenty years without being freed.
Lin Yi's requirement is to work between one to three years.
