Xu Yi's ambition is not big, and for the rest of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is not a problem.

Even on the contrary, the high-level members of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are more willing to know that their elders have such ambitions.

Because the word ambition is also called ambition from another point of view.

Rather than following an adult who has no ambition and whose goals are limited to the immediate future, of course, they prefer to follow an adult who has ambitions and long-term goals.

Only in this way will the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce continue to maintain its current shape, continue to develop at a high speed, and not only become a super-first-class chamber of commerce in several surrounding countries, but also a super-first-class chamber of commerce on the entire Sainz continent.

The stronger the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce becomes, the more amazing benefits these chamber leaders will naturally be able to follow the chamber of commerce.

What's more, even if you don't consider it from the perspective of practical benefits, just following the elder and achieving the goal of spreading magic machinery across the continent is already attractive enough, isn't it?

The last month of the year 3875 in the continental calendar passed quickly, and as soon as the new year passed, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce once again openly recruited a large number of workers.

It's no surprise that the new flying chamber has been desperately recruiting workers for the last two years and has never relaxed the demand for this.

However, this time's recruitment is slightly different from the previous ones, focusing on the resource gathering industry.

Moreover, there is a very significant condition in the recruitment conditions, that is, it is hoped that the workers who are willing to leave their hometowns and work thousands or even 2,000 kilometers away.

At the same time, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce showed that the conditions in the early stage of this work were very difficult, and it was not easy to go home. You must be able to endure hardship. You can still endure loneliness.

Such a request has attracted the attention of many. Because the conditions given to the employees under their name by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were very good before, but now it is clear that this job position is very difficult, which is really unusual.

But what these conditions require, compared to the salary advertised in the major newspapers, immediately became less important.

A minimum of 300 gold coins per year!

Although this salary is not particularly high in the current Bonta City, it can be regarded as a really high salary in both the Lampari Kingdom and the Kingdom of Ruersun.

You know, since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce dismissed more than 18,000 workers at one time. The competition among other chambers of commerce for these workers has raised the average salary in the magic industry to an astonishing level, but for ordinary workers, twenty gold coins a month is already a very good income.

What's more, although the salary of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has never had an absolute advantage over other chambers of commerce, it has always far surpassed all other chambers of commerce in terms of various benefits.

According to what is said in private, working in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, even if you only get a salary of ten gold coins a month, it is much better than getting twenty gold coins a month in other chambers of commerce.

Now the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is willing to offer an annual salary of 300 gold coins to the newly recruited workers, which not only breaks the practice of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce itself. It even touched the salary level of the entire magic industry at once.

As soon as the recruitment news was published, countless people immediately flocked to the recruitment points set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in various surrounding countries.

But a month passed in the New Year. The number of people actually recruited by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was only less than 2,000, which was far lower than the initial expectations of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

This made Xu Yi a little disappointed and a little incomprehensible.

It's a little uncomfortable to be away from home and work on an unknown island in the Endless Sea, a thousand or two kilometers away, but it's not so hard to accept.

More than 20,000 people came to apply, but in the end, only 2,000 people were willing to go, less than one-tenth, which is really too few.

And even if it is 2,000 people, not all of them can make it.

Xu also attaches great importance to the resource development of these islands in the Endless Sea, as well as the corresponding sea area control plan, and the workers sent to the past are not only required to be trustworthy, but also to have certain special qualities.

For example, you must endure loneliness, and you must have the ability to live a normal life on an island with harsh conditions......

According to Xu Yi's estimates, a quarter of the 2,000 newly recruited people will eventually go to those islands.

The real main force has to be selected from the old workers of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce itself.

But even if they were selected from among the old workers, there were still not many workers willing to accept such transfers.

Of course, Xu Yi could force them to be transferred to work on those islands, but from the perspective of stability, Xu Yi was not willing to do so.

"It looks like the progress of this project has to be postponed. Xu Yi looked at Kennard's recruitment progress report for himself and couldn't help but sigh.

Kennard on the side glanced at Xu Yi, hesitated, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, actually...... If you are willing to raise the salary level in this area a little more, for example, from 300 gold coins a year to 400 gold coins, I don't think there will be a problem in terms of manpower. ”

"No, I can't. Xu Yi shook his head very dryly. "This salary is set not only for the overall salary level of our chamber of commerce, but also for the salary level of the industry as a whole. If we set it too high all at once, it will be very difficult for other chambers of commerce. ”

Kennard smiled wryly and shook his head.

He wanted to say that in fact, other chambers of commerce that were also engaged in the magic industry had never been afraid of this, and had been poaching people from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with high salaries, so we didn't need to scruple at all.

But after working by Xu Yi's side for so long, Kennard knows very well about Xu Yi's goal and knows that he values the development of the industry as a whole the most, so he doesn't care if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce suffers a little loss.

And Xu Yi is also right, even if it is only within the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, if the salaries of those workers sent overseas are set too high all of a sudden, it will inevitably affect the salary standards within the Chamber of Commerce and cause internal chaos.

At present, the salary standard of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still reformulated after the previous major layoffs. Now it's been less than a year since it broke. This is clearly inappropriate.

Xu Yi pondered for a moment. He smiled again: "Okay, actually, it's good to think about it carefully." The development of those islands cannot be rushed. If nothing else, at least we don't have that many magic ships now, do we?"

Kennard nodded, "Yes, Lord Lord, we currently only have eight large cargo magic ships, which is not enough to support a large number of sea cargo missions. In addition, in terms of combat magic ships, although it is enough to assemble two full fleets, it is also not enough in terms of training and personnel. It is too difficult to completely dominate the huge sea area in the southern part of the continent. ”

"Well, so be it. Step by step, we started with the islands off the coast of the Principality of Constantin, and then progressed to the southern seas of the continent. At the same time, we must pay close attention to the recruitment and training of personnel and the construction of ships, and we must do our best to have a strong enough convoy fleet. ”

Kennard looked at Xu Yi thoughtfully: "Isn't Viscount Leslie's fleet enough?"

"Of course. Xu Yi didn't have any special expression on his face, just nodded and didn't explain much.

Although Leslie is now counted under the name of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Team, he commands the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Fleet. But Xu Yi knew very well in his heart that Leslie might not be under him for a long time.

Wait until the right time. It is very likely that he will leave the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and build his own naval fleet.

The reason why Xu Yi is now handing over the escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to him is because of the personal relationship between the two, and secondly, because Leslie has the ability to do so, and has also inherited some resources from the previous Stark family.

Now that he is in command of the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it can actually be regarded as a cooperation between Xu Yi and Leslie, because both sides need to accumulate relevant experience in the sea fleet.

Since the shape has changed, Xu Yi and Kennard have made corresponding changes to the overall plan.

Because before this, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had actually done a detailed exploration of the waters near the Duchy of Stantin, and had made statistics and preliminary development of the islands with resources in the nearby waters, so this sea area was used as the www.biquge.info of this plan.

According to Xu Yi's plan, Xinfei merchants will set up small bases on these islands and arrange a small number of defense measures, and then link these islands to serve as the first defense island chain outside the coastline of the Principality of Stantin.

If there is a situation similar to the previous collusion between the Kingdom of Sark and the Earl of Weilun to attack the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, they must first break through the defenses of the first island chain before they can threaten the main base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

Next, Xu Yi's plan is to extend this first island chain all the way to the southern waters of the Ruerson Kingdom, and then advance to the southern waters of the Candela Empire, and finally draw a semicircle in the southern waters of the Sainz Continent to wrap the entire southern part of the Sainz Continent.

In order to achieve this goal, it is clear that it is not enough to develop only islands with various types of resources, but also to exploit some strategically important islands.

In this way, the investment in this whole program becomes extremely staggering.

Xu Yi and Kennard roughly estimated that the total investment of this plan would probably be calculated in the amount of hundreds of millions of gold coins.

"Well, Lord Grow, this plan is not something that can be achieved in a year or two, we can only take our time. Kennard sighed.

Xu Yi smiled: "Of course, I never thought that I would be able to complete this plan in a short period of time. In short, let's work in this direction. ”

Kennard laughed too, and was about to speak, when there was a strong knock on the office door.

Kennard frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "Come in." ”

The door opened, and the human secretary who was Kennard's assistant rushed in, with an extremely strange expression on his face, his gaze swept over Kennard, fell on Xu Yi's face, and after swallowing a mouthful of spit with difficulty, he said in a tone mixed with panic, shock, doubt, etc., "Yes...... Grow up...... Just received the news that Her Majesty Queen Sevinny xià her...... Officially announced that she was pregnant......"

Kennard opened his mouth in surprise, but didn't say anything, just turned his head to look at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was stunned, turned his head to look in the direction of Anweimar City in the northeast, and was silent for a long time. (To be continued......)