There is a saying that a scholar cannot reason with a soldier, let alone in an environment where slavery is being abolished and the slaves have the moral high ground.
Zhu Wencong felt the silent assembly hall and knew that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes.
Those traditionalists, all big landlords and slave owners, feared most the awakening of the slaves and fundamentally had no way to deal with it.
Previously, they were clamoring to deal with Zhu Wencong, but now they could not even afford to attend to him; their own houses were on fire!
If the fire is not handled properly, their entire families could be devoured by the flames, and no one would come to put out the fire; people would only watch indifferently from the other side.
Only once the traditionalists step down can California truly enter the industrial age and lead the Federation in industrialization.
"As I said before, I am here to save you, genuinely and sincerely.