After some exaggerated explanations, everyone did not express any suspicions, the secret of the mysterious canyon will not be known by anyone else for the time being, but Sister Hongmei persuaded me to forget if I really can't hunt the prey, anyway, there is enough meat supply in the bazaar, it is nothing more than to spend money, after all, the paradise island is too big, and if we have no auxiliary means of transportation to explore by just 11 roads, it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also easy to encounter dangers that outweigh the losses.

When it comes to money, it's not everything, but it's impossible to do without it. We live in a world where the pound sterling is the official currency, and the penny is the secondary currency unit under the pound. Among these people in the Boulder Camp, Uncle Song doesn't need to worry about his livelihood, as an imperial cabinet official, he can receive a hundred pence a day, which is one pound sterling, thirty pounds a month, and three hundred and sixty pounds a year, although I don't know if the empire will have any additional subsidies such as year-end bonuses and performance bonuses at the end of the year, but even if there is no such income, it is enough for him to live. Except for Uncle Song, the rest of us have to be self-reliant, I don't need to talk about it anyway, I already owe a lot of debts, and the assets are negative, Sister Hongmei and they rely on food products to sell money, but the current population of Paradise Island is so much, and the cultivation of grain, vegetables and fruits is the main or primary industry of the island at present, even if the production efficiency is low, there will be a problem of overproduction if there are more people, before getting the trade license with the Oprah Empire, the remaining products except for rations are digested on the island in addition to the island. It had to be transported by sea to the empire mainland or other overseas territories, and the economic added value of agricultural and sideline products was not high, and it was actually impossible to make a lot of money if the cost of transportation and the cost of the time cycle were discarded.

But all this will change soon, first of all, we decided to plant Lin Ruyi's special seeds on a large scale, the reason why we didn't do this before, one is because we haven't tested the seeds at that time, and the other is because we are afraid that James They know about the existence of special seeds, and finally the most important thing is that even if we planted it at that time, we had to send it to the empire with a fixed period of sailing flights, so that the advantage of the short growth cycle of special seeds was not reflected at all. The reason why this can be done now is because the trial has ended, and it can be said that Lin Ruyi's father's research theory is completely correct, and all the test results are in line with the original theoretical expectations. Second, because of the Tina incident, we estimate that both James and Sandro may already know about the existence of special seeds, but they are not interested in these seeds, so we don't need to hide it anymore. In the end, because I got the license to trade with the Oprah Empire, Duke Jackson helped me order a medium-sized cargo ship for transportation, and the ship will be delivered to Paradise Island in about ten days.

Of course, Jackson is not a fortune boy or philanthropist, and this cargo ship was not given to me for nothing. I already owe him 17,000 pounds for the construction of the rum distillery, and this time I have an extra debt of 13,000 pounds for buying the boat, and in total, I now owe 30,000 pounds to the Duke of Jackson! According to Uncle Song's annual income, it takes more than 80 years to pay off the debt without eating or drinking.

I said to Xiaoka and the students: "Your land has been exchanged with the big bear, and now it is equal to the five of you have a piece of land in common, and the pressure is not small, and the production capacity of this land will at least earn back the five of you two hundred pounds a year in citizenship tax, and I see, you will not sleep at night from this day onwards, and take turns farming." ”

Several students and Xiaoka were stunned by what I said, and Xiaoka touched his head and asked me: "If you don't sleep, how can you have the energy to farm?" Why don't I try another job? ”

Sister Hongmei smiled and said: "Don't listen to Xiao Han scare you, although you only have a piece of land now, but don't you still have us, we don't have to be so clear as a family now, besides, in addition to farming in the camp, you can also go to Xiao Han's winery to help, can't you also get paid, isn't it Xiao Han?" ”

I quickly waved my hand and said, "Forget it, if you go to help, it's okay to invite you to dinner, don't think about paying." I don't even know how much money I owe, and now the food expenses in the winery are all from the cheeky Long Xin'er. ”

As soon as Long Xin'er's name was mentioned, Lin Ruyi and Su Yuliu's faces immediately became gloomy, and Lin Ruyi asked me: "I see that Miss Long has nothing to do all day, and there are maids and guards under her, where did she get the money?" ”

"When the mission left before, that Lord Long left a sum of money, which was obtained from their trade in other territories of the empire, and at the same time, Long Xin'er himself also had several boxes of gold and silver jewelry, although there are not many rich people on the island, but there are still a few people with some financial resources, Long Xin'er also got a sum of money after exchanging a little jewelry."

"But isn't this the same as sitting on a mountain and eating nothing, even if she has more gold and silver jewelry, there will be a day when it will be sold out?" Su Yuliu tilted her head and asked me.

"I don't know about that." I spread my hands and shrugged, "I don't even know the real purpose of her coming to Paradise Island, let alone what she plans to do in the future." ”

"But isn't that dragon girl Brother Han's wife? If she has no money, can she ask Brother Han for it? Xiaoka, the unlucky child, didn't know why he suddenly asked, but Lin Su and the two daughters gave him a roll of the eyes almost at the same time, and Xiaoka was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about Long Xin'er, she is not a person from us all the way, let's still care about ourselves. How about it, Sister Hongmei took you around the street today, how do you feel? "I was afraid that mentioning Long Xin'er again might make the atmosphere awkward, so I quickly diverted the topic.

"I don't have any special feelings, but I don't think the people here are as industrious as the people of Suel, and there are quite a few people wandering the streets in broad daylight." One of the students said.

"You're seeing slaves who have just acquired citizenship, who used to have nowhere to go but to work, who can't do anything, but now they're suddenly free, and it's normal to look around, and I've heard they're busy finding people to match them with." Sister Hongmei explained on the side.

"Looking for a match? Do those people also have an inheritance to inherit in a hurry? I asked, puzzled.

"That's not it, these slaves have gained citizenship, they have acquired land, but they have nothing else, so they have to be together, there are more people to have enough labor productivity, and with enough labor productivity to achieve real self-reliance."

We were chatting when An An suddenly returned to the camp, she told us that Grace had left Paradise Island, and asked An An to say goodbye to the people at Boulder Camp on her behalf.

"Did she really leave in the end?" Although I had known that Grace would be leaving, I still didn't want to believe it when I heard the news of her departure.

"Well" An An nodded, "She asked me to tell everyone, although we haven't known us for too long, but she regards us as friends from the bottom of her heart, and there will always be sadness when parting, so she chose not to say goodbye to us in person, she hopes that we don't blame her, and when she goes back to deal with her mother's funeral and sets the wedding date, she will definitely send us invitations, and I hope we can all go and send blessings to her." ”