Although the development of St. Dong Island is only now on the agenda, the island as a whole is very different from when it was first discovered.

For example, this port called the port of ruble. In the beginning, it was a wasteland, but with the transformation and construction of the church, it has become a township of a certain size.

So there are not only miners, but also many businessmen. They sell all kinds of household items, as well as some cheap liquor or beer. Suddenly, it looks like it's thriving.

It's just that compared to the haven of hundreds of thousands of permanent residents, it is still a simple rural place. So when they got off the boat and came here, Dongmen Hu, Ye Qing and others didn't have such a good impression of this place.

But then, when these people rested overnight in the port area and then left for the mine where they worked, they began to miss the port in the countryside.

Because their mine is like a refugee camp or a kennel at this point.

They were the first miners to arrive at the mine, so they naturally had to deal with a completely poor mine. Therefore, the first thing the miners do when they come to the mine is not to open the mine, but to do their best to build infrastructure.

Trees are cut down around the mine to clear weeds, and then the newly cut trees are rebarked and built into houses. Then there are the beds and furniture.

Who told them that this place is more than 200 kilometers from the port of ruble, and the transportation of materials is really miserable. So they had to do everything from scratch, including the bed and furniture, and they had to build it on their own.

Therefore, after everything was done, more than half a month had passed since they came to the mine. But until now, they haven't been able to mine even a kilogram of gold.

And this naturally makes the person in charge of the mine look at it in his eyes and be anxious in his heart. Although their Xihe Mining Company is a non-governmental organization, just look at the name and know that the person who really holds this company is the royal family of Xihe.

Although the power of the royal family is not as good as a year under the oppression of the church, as the superior person, the pomp and circumstance that the royal family should have is not lacking. Therefore, the expenses of the royal family are very huge, but the income of the royal family is ......

It's hard to put it into words.

If the church was originally confined to faith, now the church is like an all-encompassing government. Not only did he control the military power of the tribe and Xihe, but also controlled the executive, judicial and legislative power through gradual encroachment.

Thus the church can openly introduce laws and regulations, which must be followed locally. So after going back and forth, today's Xihe royal family has become a complete vase.

They are nominally the head of the country, but their power is held by the Church and those who are close to them.

The method of manipulation is that the church elects a nobleman who is satisfactory to the church to be the prime minister of Xihe, and then this prime minister has full control over the executive, judicial and legislative power of the state. Ostensibly accountable to the Kingdom, but in reality accountable to the Church.

As for the royal family and the king, they still retain a certain political status and have nothing to do with state power. Not only is the power of the state out of reach between the king and the royal family, but even the state finances and the king and the royal family have nothing to do with it.

The King and the Royal Family are not allowed to divert state funds for private expenses, and the State Treasury does not subsidize the King and the Royal Family. However, in order to make the king and the royal family willing to give up these rights, the church still made some concessions and bribes.

For example, many mines and lands were divided among the king and the royal family, which became the private property of the king and the royal family. The sum of these riches is terrifying and huge, and if the king and the royal family can manage this wealth well, then the king and the royal family will never be troubled by financial problems.

But this kind of thing is bad because of the "if you can". The king and the members of the royal family were highly educated, but they were outright laymen when it came to business, and they were extremely fond of extravagance and pomp.

As a result, their wealth has shrunk dramatically, and their total wealth has been decreasing almost every year. A large number of high-quality properties are sold by them in exchange for one-time short-term gains.

A cycle of evil begins. The king and the royal family need money, so they sell their assets, and the long-term income is reduced, and the king and the royal family squander and need money even more.

So it was really a waste of effort to get the king and the royal family to show up and buy this gold mine. If you can't see the benefits as soon as possible, then I'm afraid that the royal family will still have to sell the entire gold mine.

In this way, the person in charge of the gold mine is naturally anxious. After all, the gold mine is gone, and who will keep him as the person in charge of the gold mine? So when everything that should be prepared is almost ready, the person in charge of the gold mine immediately organizes the miners to put into production.

Gold mines of varying quality were removed from the mountains and then purified, and the first gold from the mine was produced in this way.

The gold is produced, and although the miners don't get much money, someone will definitely make a profit in the process. For example, the mine managers and other high-level officials, in the face of the gold, they can really be indifferent?

They all got a share of the money, and commerce flourished on the island. Because money is definitely going to be spent, and no one will keep it in their hands all the time.

Even though the prices of the island are much more expensive than the outside world, people are tempted to spend their money. This is no exception even for miners whose income is relatively low.

As a result, most businessmen can make a lot of money. Gradually, more and more businessmen came to do business on the island of Shengdong with the increase in the number of miners on the island.

Catalyzed by gold, this speed is fast.

In the 161st year of the Sacred Era, Shengdong Island was discovered, and three years later, that is, in the 163rd year of the Sacred Era, Shengdong Island, which was originally only a small town, gradually developed into a city of 20,000 or 30,000 people.

It's a pity that the development of this place is still only based on the gold. It is estimated that no one will reclaim land on this island to grow food until the gold on the island is completely mined.

The church can't do anything about it. The process of social development also needs to follow its inevitable laws. Many things can really only be pushed step by step through the fermentation of time. It's like it's impossible for a person to be fat in one bite.

Even though there is a lot of land on Shengdong Island that can be exploited, even if it is also a fertile land in addition to the land, it still needs enough time before it can be developed little by little.