Chapter Seventy-Five: The Wheat Field
With Ofra taking the lead, Donner was surrounded by residents who had watched the announcement, which made the guards around Donner nervous.
Residents are scrambling to get ahead for fear of falling behind and not being able to recruit.
These people gossip, the chaotic scene made Donner's head bigger, he frowned secretly, in order not to make these residents afraid, Donner had to dissuade him bitterly: "Listen to me, everyone, don't crowd, line up, come one by one, you can rest assured, we will recruit everyone present." ”
"Our liberation group wants to transform Cancer Island, so not only you, but all the people on Cancer Island, as long as they come, we will recruit. ”
"Are you telling the truth?" someone asked.
The scene was a little quiet, and Donner smiled lightly: "I am the leader of the Liberation Regiment, we will never deceive you, the transformation of Cancer Island requires everyone's concerted efforts, so we need more people to help." ”
There was a whisper and discussion below.
"It turns out that he will be the head of these people!"
"Did he kill the Blood Shark Pirate Leader, he doesn't look very vicious. ”
"Indeed, it seems that he is still very young, he should only be about twenty years old! can he be the leader of a pirate group, and lead such a few people to defeat the Blood Shark pirate group?"
Donner was a little helpless when he heard these discussions, how could the attention of these residents suddenly shift to himself? Aren't they here to accept recruitment?
Donner had to keep the conversation going: "You guys should believe what I say!"
"You're the leader, we believe in you!" someone shouted.
"That's good!" Donner nodded, "you guys line up and register one by one." ”
Donner motioned to one of the guards around him to teach the residents how to line up.
The inhabitants were cooperative, as they had never seen the pirate leader, and could speak to them in such a gentle voice.
Forty or fifty residents lined up in a long line, a full fifty or sixty meters, and many children were curious to watch.
Gina also showed off to Blue in a coquettish voice: "We will also line up like this, Brother Donner has taught us classes, and we have to line up in a neat line after class and dinner." ”
Blue raised his sleeve and wiped his snot, and asked with a smile, "Gina, what's the class?"
"Blue is so stupid that he doesn't even know about class!" Dick laughed at the other kids.
Gina glared at Dick and patiently explained to Blue, "Classes are where we sit in a room, and Jason or Mr. Blair will teach us to read and count, and Big Donner will come sometimes. ”
"Alas, at first it was Brother Donner who taught us, but later, Brother Donner was very busy, so he rarely came to teach us. ”
Blue smiled stupidly, looked at Gina and frowned, learning to speak: "I like Brother Donner the most when he teaches us, he will tell a lot of good stories." ”
Blue scratched his head, unable to imagine the scene of storytelling in class.
"Before, I didn't like classes the most, but now I haven't had classes for a long time, and I miss them a little. Gina wondered, "Blue, do you want to read and count?" I'll ask Brother Donner to allow you to join us in class in the future, okay?" ”
"Good!" Blue smiled dumbly, and in the heart of the fourteen-year-old Blue, he felt that as long as he was with the beautiful and kind Gina, he would be willing to do anything.
Gina smiled and said, "Okay, when Brother Donner is done, I'll go and help you ask." ”
A group of innocent and cute children continued to discuss the lessons, and told the children of Cancer Island the little stories they heard from Donner.
On the other side, Donner was almost tired of dogs, and he asked one by one, and one by one he registered the information of these inhabitants on the vellum paper.
After the registration was completed, the people who received the food immediately ran back to bring the news to their friends and neighbors, and more residents rushed to the registration office.
Donner was busy until dark, and the line couldn't see the end, so Donner had no choice but to say to the residents: "Guys, you see it's dark now, today's recruitment is here for the time being, and if you haven't been recruited, will you continue to line up here tomorrow?"
"We've been waiting in line for so long, you won't be recruiting, are you?" a middle-aged man asked.
Downer explained: "No, please trust me, we will continue to recruit tomorrow, and you can also bring this news back to the others, and we will recruit as many people as possible." ”
"Really?"
"Really!" Donner replied in the affirmative.
Suspicious, the residents left the registry office and returned to their homes to discuss with family, neighbors and friends.
Over the next few days, residents began to register, and Donner handed over the registration to an assistant next to him, and he took Jason on the road to the brick kiln.
On the way, Jason reported to Donner about the recruitment: "There are currently five blacksmiths, ten stonemasons, seven carpenters, and other residents, a total of eighty-nine men and fifty-three women. ”
"According to your command, the blacksmith was assigned to assist Uncle Anderson in crafting weapons in the blacksmith's shop, the stonemason was assigned to Master Wada, the carpenter was given to Master Ulla, and all the male inhabitants were assigned to the two sides to reclaim the wasteland, and the women were assigned to the porcelain and brick kilns. ”
Donner nodded, and Jason continued: "Commander, there is one more thing, the wheat field on Cancer Island has been untended for many days, and it is overgrown with weeds, what do you think?"
Well?
Downer paused and asked, "What about the inhabitants of Cancer? Now that they're out of their houses, haven't they gone to take care of the wheat fields?"
"Commander, there's something you may not know. Jason smiled bitterly: "Strictly speaking, those wheat fields are not actually owned by the residents themselves, these wheat fields were previously controlled by the Blood Shark Pirate Regiment, and they arranged for some residents to cultivate them, and then distributed food to the residents. ”
"Now that we occupy Cancer Island, according to the rules, the wheat field belongs to us, so ......" Jason paused: "First, the residents don't dare to go to the wheat field to work without our permission, and the second one, the wheat field does not belong to them, and the residents don't have the heart to farm, and now we are recruiting residents with grain, so the wheat field has been untended by no one at the moment." ”
Hearing Jason's words, Donner frowned, and several thoughts flashed through his mind.
For example, the land is contracted to collect rent, or it is more direct to divide the land and collect taxes, etc., but after thinking about it, it is not very mature now.
So Donner said, "Let us arrange for a group of hired residents to take care of the wheat fields together, and organize some people by the way, while cultivating the wasteland on the other side of the creek, so that the wasteland on the opposite side will also be turned into a wheat field that can be cultivated." ”
Jason recorded Donner's words, and the two talked as they walked, and soon reached the brick kiln.