Chapter 253: Base Commercialization
Another half a month passed, and the fleet returned to Rainbow Island, because it went to sea too often, although it was greeted by the remaining pirates this time, it was not as lively as before.
When Sojers landed, Riddier had been waiting at the established docks, and he had been going to sea more frequently lately, and had experienced several battles, and he had some scars on his body, at least an extra scar of about an inch on his face, which also made his appearance a little more fierce.
In addition to Ridier himself, the island has also changed greatly this time, and most of the money earned from going to sea to do business, except for the commissions paid to pirates, is used to arm the island, and dozens of improvised turrets have now been set up on the periphery, and there is also a watchtower in each of the eight directions.
On average, there are 4 turrets near each watchtower, which is not much, but it can also be useful, and Lockhan and Dirk have recently had the idea of buying a mobile turret, and they also plan to increase the number of turrets on the island to 100, so that the island's ability to defend it can meet the expected passing line.
With the current financial resources of the Dragon's Tooth Pirate Regiment, although it is still very difficult to purchase 70 guns in one go and build their own turrets, but the construction in batches is not a problem, besides, the recent actions of the Dragon's Tooth Pirate Regiment are at least beneficial to the French Empire, according to their current commodity purchases, they need to buy more than 150,000 gold coins of goods in the French every year on average, such an amount can make the empire get more than 10,000 taxes, although it is not much, but at least it also shows that the Dragon's Tooth Pirate Group has always been in peace in the area under the jurisdiction of the Fran, and at the same time it has also contributed, plus the credit of so many years and the identity of Sogers himself, some of the Empire's military supplies will also provide them with some discounts.
Of course, it's just "some", not too much, but once you buy more, the gold saved is also not a small number.
As if a guest, Riddier took the people who returned from the sea to visit everywhere, and now Rainbow Island has initially had the prototype of a strong party, in addition to the periphery, the residential areas inside the island have also undergone some changes, not only the increase in the number of houses, but also some improvement in quality, many pirates who have more money on hand even bought some decorations in the residence after going to sea, this phenomenon also made Rock Khan smell a trace of business opportunities.
All along, Sojes, and the rest of the cadres, including Rock Khan, didn't care much about the lives of the pirates, until the phenomenon of "decorating" houses among the pirates frequently attracted their attention.
Rainbow Island is in a good location, and many times, the pirates who stay behind will always spot some ships passing by at the lookout, what does this mean?
Not every merchant ship is willing to go to the empire to sell goods, foreign ships dock in the empire need to pay an extra money, of course, the sale of goods also has to pay a tax, the two of the two seem to add up to not much, but it is not a lot, even if some merchant groups do not care about these, but the longer they stay at sea, the more likely they are to encounter risks.
It was unknown how much profit it would make if a staging station appeared in the Sacred Beast Sea, but when Rock Khan and Sojers talked about the idea, everyone thought it would work.
After careful discussion, it was decided to open up another vacant lot, and different types of taverns were built according to the style of each place, and at the same time, they also began to set up shops, and planned to set up a commercial street on the island to sell some daily consumables.
In this regard, Genevia joked that the current pirate group is less and less like a pirate group, except for the fanged pirate group, there is no pirate group like them to openly establish commercial and entertainment facilities on the territory to make money, but joke is ridiculous, and there is no rule that pirates must not use the territory to do business, in the world, some businessmen who do pirate deeds are not many, since businessmen can make a cameo appearance as pirates, then why can't pirates make a cameo appearance as a businessman? Anyway, being a pirate is also to get rich, and since you can make a fortune by robbing and you can get rich by doing business, why not come together?
There is another advantage to this, not everyone among the pirates is willing to embark on this path, there are also some people in the Dragon's Tooth Pirate Group who just want to rely on this method to make a living, now that they have no worries about food and clothing, these people's idea of plundering has been diluted a lot, and the heads of each ship also know more or less about the existence of such people on the ship, and they also know who has this thought, when they reported the list of these people, Sojes was not as angry as they expected, but immediately began to change jobs, so that those who are still interested in pirate life continue to work at sea, allowing these sailors who wanted to live a stable life to work in various production and commercial jobs on the island.
This move was well received by the whole team, and those who had the idea of retreating had been worried that the regimental commander would punish them for this, but now the regimental commander not only did not punish them, but gave them an ideal way of life, which also made them feel a little guilty while grateful, and at the same time assured that even if they withdrew from the front line of the battle, if there was a foreign enemy on the island, they would also contribute their own strength.
It is enough to have such a guarantee, and their appearance can be regarded as solving the problem of insufficient staff on the island, and they originally wanted to go to various countries to buy some x women back, but they were scolded back by a sealed eye fist from Genevia, and this idea that made most of the pirates in the team excited finally ended in vain.
After participating in the evening's revelry, Sorjes staggered to Genevia's room, and as soon as he entered the room, he smelled the fragrance from Genevia himself, but although he found out that it was not his room, he still didn't care, but muttered after realizing it:
"Anyway, even the person is mine, what if I enter the wrong room!"
Unfortunately, this sentence was heard by Genevia in the end, she was standing at the window enjoying the scenery outside the window just after taking a shower, her snow-white jade back was exposed, and she only wore a bra on her upper body, and only a nightdress on her lower body.
Although he heard Sorges's voice, Genevia did not stop him, but allowed him to walk behind him and wrap his arms around his waist.
"What's the matter, you haven't rested so late, are you waiting for me?"
Sojes's palms were very dishonest and touched her body, and due to the long practice of swinging the sword, Sojes's palms were covered with calluses, which made Genevia giggle, "Don't make a fuss, your hands are so stinging!"
"Hey, hey!"
With a smirk twice, Sorjes kissed her on the shoulder, slowly reaching her cheek, and seeing that he didn't mean to stop, Genevia quickly pressed his strange hand, "Okay!
The girl was in a good mood, and Sojes didn't talk nonsense, and just picked her up, and Genevia screamed, then put her arms around his neck and giggled, and the two of them rolled onto the bed.
"Blue, we're one step closer to our goal!"
The words were a bit abrupt, but Sojes had been with her for 4 years, and how could he not guess what she meant? With her long silky hair, Sojes gently kissed her forehead and said softly: "Well, it won't be long before the Dragon's Tooth Pirates will become one of the Eight Masters, and at that time, you will always belong to me." ”