The convoy docked on a small island of modest size for the night, and continued its march towards the southern seas at dawn the next day.

About three hours later, a black line appeared on the distant sea, representing land.

"Leslie, this seems to be a lot bigger than you said in your letter. Xu Yi looked at the land in the distance through the telescope in his hand, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation. "It's such a big place, it's almost impossible to describe it as an island. ”

"In fact, it's just an island. Leslie smiled and stretched out her arm to draw a semicircle in the air. "We then explored around the island and found that the other closest island was the one we docked at last night, so it was actually still hovering alone in the water, which of course could only be considered an island. ”

"Do you know how big his area is?" Xu Yi asked again.

"I can't give you the exact number, if you really want to say it, let me think about it...... It's probably the size of dozens of Masur Islands. ”

"Is that just an island?" Xu Yi glared at Leslie.

Masur Island is the largest island discovered by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce convoy in the southern waters of the Candela Empire, covering an area of nearly twenty square kilometers.

If the island in front of you is the size of dozens of Masur Islands, doesn't it mean that it is even close to the size of thousands of square kilometers?

Although it can still be considered an island, an island as large as this kind of dù is extraordinary.

Xu Yi picked up the binoculars again and glanced at the island that was getting closer and closer, and sighed and said, "Leslie, I suddenly regretted that I wanted to hand over this island to you." Such a big island. The resources above are certainly very rich. I'm just handing over a mountain of gold to you. ”

Leslie rolled her eyes, "This place is going to be a colony by you." Even if it is handed over to me, it will not serve you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the end. ”

Xu Yi smiled, thinking that there were really few talents under him, and there were not many who could be trusted like Leslie.

If you want to learn from those countries in the Age of Discovery, there are really no suitable candidates other than Leslie.

Yesterday's idea of letting Leslie take charge of the colony had already surfaced in Xu Yi's mind when Leslie reported the discovery of an extremely large island in the deep sea part of the southern waters of the Candela Empire.

Wait until you meet Leslie this time. Xu Yi had already thought clearly.

It was not easy to find such a large island hanging out of the sea, if it was not in his own hands while other countries and forces on the Sainz continent were unable to get involved in it, it would be really tyrannical.

However, with the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the most important thing is the problem of manpower, and it is difficult to allocate manpower to control it here.

In that case, it is better to leave this place in the hands of Leslie and let him control it.

Although the Stark family has fallen, the Stark family has been at the peak of the Lampari Kingdom for hundreds of years, and the hidden strength is still extremely deep and has not completely disappeared.

It can be seen from the fact that Leslie had previously asked for a number of magic steamers. Leslie probably also has a huge amount of resources hidden by the Stark family, and Leslie did not hide this from Xu Yi.

So Hui has been thinking about how to arrange Leslie.

Leslie obviously couldn't stay in this position as commander of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet forever. Then it is very suitable for him to arrange for him to go overseas to develop a base for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Leslie has a lot of people who originally belonged to the Stark family to arrange, and it is difficult for them to continue to stay on the Sainz continent to get ahead, so it is a very good choice to run to this island far from the Sainz continent and start over.

When Xu Yi mentioned this arrangement to Leslie yesterday, Leslie was a little surprised at first, but after only a short period of thought, he determined that this arrangement was indeed very suitable for his situation.

It's just that it's still unknown, and they don't even know much about this island, so it's too early to say this, so Leslie just agreed to Xu Yi's arrangement, but didn't immediately agree.

As soon as you have to wait for the island to be explored, you will have to make a decision.

The convoy kept a high speed and quickly approached the island, and when it was already clear to see the outline of the island, Xu also ordered a magic airship to take off from the frigate and begin a general survey of the island.

"Have you ever been to the island before?" Xu also asked Leslie.

"Yes, we also found a natural deep-water port where we could dock, and we could land from there in a moment. Leslie pointed to a corner in front of the right.

"Oh, there's a natural deep-water port, and you seem to be in luck. Xu was also a little surprised.

Leslie laughed, "It's not just my luck, it's yours too." It's not all good luck, but you know what we found when we got ashore?"

Seeing Leslie's gloomy look, Xu Yi asked curiously, "What happened?"

"There are natives on this island, and the language spoken by these natives sounds a little close to the lingua franca of our Sainz continent. According to my calculations, it is very likely that the natives of this island have drifted from the continent of Sainz, and they can actually be regarded as our hometowns. ”

"Wouldn't that be better? I'm worried that it's not going to be easy to communicate with the natives of the island, but now that the language problem is solved, it's much easier. ”

"It's as simple as that. Leslie smiled wryly. "For some reason, the natives of this island are very hostile to us, and they shout and kill us when they see us. We first arrived, and because you kept saying that you wanted peaceful development, we didn't do anything, so we had to retreat. ”

"In other words, your initial exploration has failed?"

"Pretty much. ”

Xu Yi frowned and looked at the huge island that was already close at hand, thought for a moment, and waved his hand: "No matter what." Let's go up and have a look. ”

"And what if the natives shout at us?"

Xu Yi glanced at him. Hehe smiled: "They can be hostile to us outsiders. But they won't be hostile to something that will make their lives better......"

Leslie glanced at the smile on Xu Yi's face, couldn't help but shake his head, and sighed: "Xu Yi, I found that this guy of yours is becoming more and more like a profiteer." ”

Twenty minutes later, the fleet stopped at the natural deep-water harbor to which Leslie was referring.

It is backed by a cliff with a not very wide beach next to it, so although it can be considered a natural deep-water port, it is not particularly large enough to provide a corvette docking.

Leslie came once. I'm familiar with the situation here.

Xu Yi watched as he commanded the fleet to disperse near the coast and stopped, and then arrived at the shore in a magic assault boat.

While feeling the softness brought by the fine sand under his feet, Xu Yi looked at the surrounding environment.

Although there is a natural harbor here, the area is limited, so there is not much room for development.

If the island is to be truly developed, it is clear that this natural port will not meet the demand, and another port will have to be sought.

However, this is something that will be considered later, and for the time being, it can be used.

Xu Yi glanced back at Leslie, who was directing the escorts to come down from the frigate, frowned, and shouted, "Leslie." Let them all hide their weapons, and at least put away all the swords, bows, and crossbows on their bodies. We're going to do business with other people. It's not going to war. ”

Leslie was stunned: "Didn't I sue you just now, the natives on this island are very hostile to us, don't you be a little more guarded?"

"Of course, you have to be on guard, but if you run over like this, people will become hostile even if they are not hostile. Listen to me, throw me all the obvious swords, bows, crossbows and other weapons, and just bring some magic magic machines like magic rockets. ”

Leslie frowned at first when she heard Xu Yi's command, but when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, you Xu Yi, I thought you wanted to be a peace messenger, but you were much more ruthless than me after a long time. ”

After that, Leslie turned his head and began to give orders to the guards, and according to Xu Yi's orders, only those military magic machines were left on his body.

These things are completely different from the appearance of traditional weapons such as swords, bows, and crossbows, and even if the natives on the island see them, they will not recognize them, and their vigilance will obviously be lower.

In addition to asking the guards to lay down some weapons, Xu Yi also ordered everyone to bring all kinds of daily necessities from the frigate, and then led everyone to the island from the slope next to the beach.

According to the information provided by Leslie, after going up the slope and walking about three kilometers to the southeast, they came across a small village of about two dozen houses.

Seeing such a large crowd of people swarming from afar, the inhabitants of the village were obviously taken aback, and gathered together, looking at everyone with horror on their faces.

Xu Yi swept his eyes over the residents of the village, and found that they were all dressed in extremely shabby clothes, and many of them had several patches on their bodies.

Looking at their black and yellow emaciated faces again, Xu Yi immediately understood in his heart.

It seems that the living conditions of these ordinary residents are really ordinary, not to mention that compared with the people of the Lampari Kingdom and the Duchy of Stantin, whose lives have been greatly improved under the influence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, even compared to the lives of the people of Bonta City before the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce appeared.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi showed a kind and kind smile on his face, took a bag of flour from the hand of a guard beside him, and walked over to the group of villagers alone.

Seeing him coming, the villagers involuntarily took two steps back, leaned closer to each other, and all looked at him nervously.

Xu Yi continued to smile, stopped about five meters away from the villagers, and then put the flour in his hand on the ground, untied the rope, and revealed the white flour with a slight golden color in the bag.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are businessmen from afar, and we have come here to do some business with you. If there is anything of value that you can offer, then we are willing to exchange what we have brought with you. ”

The villagers on the opposite side looked at the flour on the ground, and then looked at the various daily necessities displayed by the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the distance, and everyone's eyes suddenly lit up. (To be continued......)