Chapter Ninety-Four: The Manpower Problem

A gentle breeze blows, and the leaves are blowing.

Lin stood in front of the window, the orderly guards outside walked by in a row, and in the training ground inside the manor, dozens of big men were training shirtless with various equipment.

Koba stood behind Rin.

"Young Master, your training manual has been made and distributed, according to your orders, now in addition to the necessary patrol tasks, every family guard will conduct eight hours of training every day, and the training items are all improved according to you."

"Eight hours?"

"Yes, that's right, according to the training plan you formulated, I divided the escort team into ten squads, each squad of ten people, every two squads rotated, and at the same time two squads will be patrolling, and the remaining eight squads are all training, and the training intensity is according to the booklet you wrote."

Lin listened to Koba's words and nodded secretly.

This group of people is the most elite group of young people in the family, most of them are from the local area of Frost Moon Village, and some of them have learned swordsmanship in the Yixin Dojo, which can be regarded as Lin's junior disciples.

The family's treatment for this group of people is not low, each of them can receive a salary of 50,000 Bailey every month, which is much more than fishing and farming for others as small laborers.

"Okay, after the training is brought up, improve the food, don't be stingy with this money."

"Okay, young master."

After thinking about it, Lin continued:

"The family holds a competition every month, and the top ten get the prize money, and this matter will be handed over to you."

Koba replied:

"Okay, young master."

Lin turned his head and continued to ask:

"By the way, how did you plan the business I asked you to get last time in Cocosia Village?"

Koba paused, seemingly indescribable.

Lin chuckled and said:

"Uncle Koba, do you have any concerns between us, let's talk about it!"

Koba smiled bitterly and said:

"Young master, the business you said last time has a good profit, if you can eat it completely, there will be nearly 70 million Bailey's income every year, which is good, but we may not be able to accept it?"

Lin frowned and asked:

"Is there something wrong?"

Koba explains:

"We are currently mainly engaged in the business of timber and daily necessities, these goods have basically used up most of our manpower, if we take over the business you said, we have to build another ship, and also allocate a part of the manpower to escort the goods, there are only a few people in the family who can escort the delivery ship alone, it is almost saturated, if there are a few more routes, I'm afraid I can't eat it?"

After a pause, Koba continued to pour bitter water:

"Moreover, opening up a new route is not so simple as taking a single business, our routes are the most optimized routes that took a long time to explore, and the safety performance is also high, if a new route is opened, it is not only a matter of personnel, we also have to spend some time to survey the situation around the route, whether there are reefs, whether there are large and vicious marine fish and the like."

Lin tapped his forehead with his index finger, but Lin didn't expect to have these problems.

Lin's strength is strong, and he drives a large warship, so he naturally won't be afraid of these things, so he has never taken these things to heart, and today after listening to Koba's words, he realized that it was so difficult to open up a new route to transport goods.

"Alas, there are still too few soldiers at your disposal!"

I didn't expect such a small question to stump Koba and Lin.

The family members who can independently escort one route, such as Will, Saloba, Creel, and Nemon, plus some people from the original escort team, can count the Wilson family to escort up to five routes of goods at a time.

But after Creel joined the navy, he was not as free as before, Saroba was okay, he could often come out to help escort the delivery ship, anyway, Colonel Rat also knew Saroba well, and he turned a blind eye to Saroba's failure to report.

And Nemon is following Lin's orders and is buried in the martial arts, and the only people who can be used by the family are Levi.

Therefore, there are only three routes in the family that can ship at any time, and if this route for transporting oranges is added, it will inevitably affect the shipping speed of other routes.

"Let a bunch of navies escort the cargo?" This thought flashed through Lin's mind, but was quickly denied by Lin himself.

This kind of thing will seriously damage Lin's credibility and status in the navy, and he can't damage his own image because of this incident.

"Let the Revolutionary Army help?" Lin soon thought of Haku, the fish-man who was recuperating from his injuries in the family.

The revolutionary army is distributed all over the world, and if there is the help of the revolutionary army, it is not easy to transport goods, but this idea was also denied by Lin, because it is not Lin's style to lose a small loss.

Lin sat in his chair and tapped his index finger on the table.

"So be it! Uncle Koba, you have let out your mouth on various islands near the East China Sea, saying that the family is looking for a group of mercenaries. ”

Koba asked suspiciously:

"Mercenaries?"

Lin nodded, turned his chair over, and said to Koba:

"That's right, mercenaries, pirate hunters, we pay them in the form of a hired cargo, let them help us escort the goods."

Koba didn't trust this method a little, and said:

"Can these people rest assured? What if the goods are robbed? ”

Lin Haha smiled and said:

"Don't worry, find out their details, and try their skills when recruiting mercenaries."

Koba seemed a little uneasy, and continued:

"What about the route?"

Mapping a safe route requires a specialized navigator to do it, and there is no such talent in the family.

Lin stood up and patted Koba's shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, this is simple, I have a subordinate who has rich sailing experience, and it is not a problem to draw a route map."