Chapter 70: Paradise Island
A black line looms at the end of the sea level.
"Lord Leslie, Paradise Island is coming. ”
"Well, start preparing for the landing. Leslie put down the binoculars in her hand, nodded to her subordinates, and gave the order.
The sailors on the frigate immediately got busy.
About half an hour later, fifteen frigates and two large cargo magic ships arrived at the harbor of Paradise Island, which had only been built half a year ago.
The inhabitants of the island saw the approach of the fleet from a distance, but they did not show any surprised and panicked expressions, but rushed to the harbor early with excitement one by one, and made a gesture of greeting with anticipation on their faces.
This fleet, which is said to be from the distant continent of Sainz, has been there dozens of times in the past year since they first came to Paradise Island, and the inhabitants of the island have already seen it.
And every time this fleet comes, it will bring a lot of new and good things, such as various specialties on the Sainz continent, such as many scarce resources on the island, and all kinds of strange but extremely useful magic machines......
When they sold these precious items to the islanders, they did not need gold coins that were common everywhere, but simply exchanged them for some herb ores that were common on Paradise Island.
At the same time, even the current port, which is unusually wide and has a full ten docks, was built at the expense of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which belongs to this fleet.
When building the port, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also hired a large number of islanders to assist in the construction, and paid them a high salary of up to five gold coins per month. So that these residents also made a small profit.
So for the islanders. The New Flying Chamber and this fleet. It's like angels falling from the sky, bringing them all sorts of benefits, and of course they will be filled with extraordinary anticipation and welcome for every arrival of this fleet.
As soon as the fleet docked in the harbor, the inhabitants of countless seasons immediately flocked to it.
However, the first to step down from the frigate were a group of soldiers who were heavily armed and looked extremely majestic.
The inhabitants of the island were not surprised by this, for according to the people in the fleet, it was quite dangerous to sail long distances on the endless sea. Encounters with pirates are frequent, and it is natural to maintain basic armament as a defense.
However, the residents of the island found that this time they stepped down from the frigate to see a lot more escorts than usual.
Normally, every time the fleet came, there were only a hundred guards coming down from above, but this time, it was continuous, and there were four or five hundred people coming down.
When they went down to the open space of the harbor and lined up in an array, it looked black and oppressive, and the momentum was quite amazing.
Of course, when they turned their heads to see the oversized steel ships outside the harbor that were much larger than usual. And the people were relieved.
The fleet that came this time was much larger, and of course the guards needed would increase. This is not surprising.
But at the same time, everyone was also curious, why did the fleet suddenly become larger, and even brought two large cargo magic ships that they hadn't seen for a long time?
Could it be ...... What is this new flying chamber going to do on the island this time?
Remembering the last time such a large fleet appeared, it was when the port was being built, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little excited.
If that's the case, doesn't it mean that these people have the opportunity to work for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and make a small profit?
Thinking of this, the enthusiasm of the islanders was even higher, and before the subsequent crew members got off the ship, they had already rushed up.
If it weren't for the guards who came down in advance, I'm afraid a bunch of people would have rushed directly to the ship.
When the crowd saw Leslie step off the board, they immediately erupted in cheers.
Leslie raised his hand to greet the islanders on the docks, prompting an even louder response.
"Hey, these guys are innocent enough. Leslie smiled slightly, stepped onto the dock, walked to the side of several boxes that had been set up by the guards a long time ago, bent her legs slightly, and jumped straight on.
Seeing him like this, the onlookers of the island were even more excited.
The last time the New Flying Chamber of Commerce announced that it was going to build this port and recruit workers on the island, this Lord Leslie also made an announcement from a high place like this.
Now that he's put on the same stance, he's definitely going to announce the same thing!
The islanders on the docks swarmed up and surrounded Leslie in the middle.
Seeing that everyone around him was gathered, Leslie raised his hands, and the noise around him quickly stopped, and everyone focused their eyes on him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have good news for you. This time, we are planning to open a magic machine parts processing factory on the island, as well as a steel mill and a mine, so it is tentatively expected that we will need to recruit about 2,000 workers......"
Hearing this, an unusually loud exclamation suddenly erupted in the crowd.
Recruit two thousand workers?
With the gods above, the population of the entire paradise island adds up to 20,000 or 30,000 people, and this new flying chamber of commerce is actually recruiting one-tenth of it at once!
Leaving aside the children and elderly people on the island who don't have much labor, this means that among the less than 10,000 middle-aged people left on the island, many will be able to get good jobs with at least five gold dollars per month!
And from the tone of this Lord Leslie, it is clear that these two factories and the mine are not just short-term projects like this port, but will be open for a long time.
This means that as long as the people on the island have access and the opportunity to work in it, they will receive a long-term and stable income.
This is simply the greatest blessing for the islanders who can only rely on the island's resources to barely get fruit.
Although gold coins did not mean much to the paradise island that was almost isolated from the rest of the world, now that the fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can come regularly to transport goods from the continent of Sainz, then gold coins can be quite useful.
For example, a magic fan that can bring cool breeze to people in the hot summer months costs three gold coins to buy.
In the past, the people on the island had to collect a lot of herbs to get one, but now if they can get this job, they can even buy one a month!
"Lord Leslie, I want to sign up!" suddenly shouted from the crowd.
The crowd was silent for a moment, and then a chorus of shouts rang out, all desperately trying to raise their arms in an attempt to get Leslie's attention.
Leslie raised her arms again, signaling for the crowd to be quiet.
"Listen, everyone, as for the specific recruitment of workers, we will open the recruitment after the factory and mine are officially established. But before we could do that, we had to build these two factories and mines, which also required a lot of manpower. If you are willing to assist us in setting up these two factories and mines, please go to our recruitment office in a while to apply, and we will select the best candidates according to the situation, understand?"
Leslie made it clear, and with similar experiences before, the onlookers easily accepted the arrangement.
After announcing this matter, they entered the mutual trade link that the two sides had already been proficient in.
This time, Lesley led such a large fleet to come, and naturally brought all kinds of materials from the Sainz Continent, and the residents of the island were also desperately collecting herbs, ores and other items that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce had acquired before during this time.
The two sides started a primitive trade of bartering at the port, and the scene was extremely lively for a while.
Leslie looked at the scene from afar and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.
Paradise Island is isolated from the continent of Sainz for too long, and even the most basic monetary system has disappeared, and it can only use such primitive trading methods.
It seems that it will take a lot of work to develop this place into a reliable backup base.
Just as Leslie was pondering his future plans, one of his men suddenly approached him and whispered to him, "My lord, there's movement over there." ”
"Oh?" Leslie raised her eyebrows and waved her hand to her men. "Pass the order down and follow the plan. ”
"Yes. ”
The men were ordered to leave.
Leslie continued to stay in the shadows next to the dock, and after waiting quietly for about ten minutes, he heard a low sound of the ground shaking from the distant island land.
"It's coming. ”
Leslie turned her head to look in the direction of the island, and saw a black and oppressive figure rushing towards her in the distance.
The islanders, who were trading with the sailors of the fleet, also heard the voice behind them, and turned their heads to see that they were all changing colors.
"The people of the royal family are here!"
"Oh my God! Why are they here?"
"What are they doing here?"
"Don't they ......?"
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After a while, the group of people ran to the edge of the beach, and it could be seen that the group of people were all dressed in uniform clothes, and held various iron weapons in their hands.
Among these people, you can also see a simple carriage drawn by two horses, on which sat a middle-aged fat man with a big belly, piled up in it like a mountain of meat, and a particularly large crown shining on his head, almost his entire face was buried in it, and his face could not be seen clearly.
When the men stopped, a man came out, took a look at the beach, and shouted, "What are so many people doing here?
The islanders on the beach stopped what they were doing, looked at each other, and then turned their heads together to look at Leslie, who had been sitting on the edge of the beach.
"It's my turn. ”
Leslie smiled slightly, stood up, and greeted the team with a relaxed expression. (To be continued......)