Chapter 208: The Unexpected Duke
Judging from the laws of the chaotic sea, the evil black businessmen who have done countless illegal deeds should have been hanged hundreds of times a long time ago, so they agreed to the matter of abandoning the open and joining the Demacilla Alliance without even thinking about it, the only question is how to distribute the benefits.
Therefore, in the next few days of sailing, the black merchants led by Mr. Krent launched a series of consultations and negotiations with the dark creatures of Angelina, and the two sides had several friendly exchanges in line with the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results, such as spitting on each other's immediate family members and lifting the black feet under the table, etc......
You go on, I'm just in charge of watching the fun!
Moved by their friendly atmosphere, Lin Taiping took a cup of tea from beginning to end, only when the two sides were really in dispute, they would stand up to help resolve the dispute, as for the solution to the dispute, it is also very simple, the five thousand years of civilization in the East has told us that the most just way to solve the problem is - rock-paper-scissors!
In this way, after three full days of negotiations, the Gold Chamber of Commerce officially announced its merger into the Demacian Alliance, and while the black merchants and dark creatures were smiling and laughing shoulder to shoulder, the Scarlet Queen finally slowly sailed into the Fire and Ice Islands after a long voyage, and then ...... The black businessmen, who were completely unexpected, were completely shocked!
"My God, Lin, is this your territory?" Looking at the blue sea in front of him, looking at the dozens of islands in front of him, Mr. Krent gasped in disbelief, there is a lot to be done, it is really promising, although this territory looks a little desolate, but as long as there is enough money and time, this place will soon rise rapidly, and even the future to replace the Duke of Bloodsa as the overlord of the southern seas is unknown.
"No, it's not my territory. It's our territory. Lin Taiping replied with a smile, and gently put his arm on Mr. Crent's shoulder, "How about it, are you interested in building it together, maybe in a few years, you can all own one of the islands and become a great nobleman in the sea area, and there are a lot of gold coins to earn!"
Hell if you're not interested!
As a result, the black businessmen who were stimulated by the interests and screamed were thinking about how much profit they could get from this. While not stingy to take out many years of savings to invest, you must know which of these guys is not a master of money grabbing, after so many years of accumulation, there is no more than 100,000 gold coins around him who are embarrassed to meet people.
In this way, after receiving sufficient financial support, the originally barren and desolate Ice and Fire Islands can finally begin to develop incredibly at a high speed according to Lin Taiping's original design.
Relying on their own personal networks, the black merchants roam the entire chaotic sea. A large number of construction materials were purchased, and the merchant ships of Guò were continuously transported to the Ice and Fire Islands, and dozens of merchant ships came and went to the temporary port every day, and the materials piled up on the docks were like small mountains. And it is growing rapidly at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.
The dark creatures led by Angelina worked hard to build, and on the No. 1 Islands, a simple but sturdy stone castle gradually took shape. It can accommodate thousands of people, and supporting facilities such as arrow towers, blacksmith shops, and equipment rooms have all been preliminarily completed.
And that's not all. In the stone castle, the black merchants also took the initiative to pay to build a comic studio, which was used exclusively by Miranda to create comics, this comic studio is the most luxurious and comfortable place in the entire stone castle, it can be said that there is everything, as long as Miranda snaps his fingers, even if he wants to eat the most precious redfin salmon, the black merchants will do their best to help him get it, of course, the premise is that Miranda must complete sixty drawings a day, even if it is one less, there will be countless pairs of resentful eyes looking at him.
In addition, on the Archipelago II, the valley with its warm spring was fully utilized and turned into a large plantation that provided raw materials for medicines, and the orcs simply set up a medicine factory nearby, which was used to make various medicines from nearby materials, and then directly loaded on ships and sold to all parts of the chaotic seas.
Of course, don't ignore the huge profits of the food business, on the Islands Six, Baizu and the orcs built a food workshop, using the abundant monsters and fish resources nearby, a steady stream of fast-frozen food, orders from all over the sea piled up, forcing them to work sixteen hours a day, and there is no overtime pay at all.
All in all, with these infrastructures, the original petty drug comic food business began to gradually become formalized, and the production efficiency has been continuously improved, the only problem is that the Demacilla Alliance is still too few people, even if everyone does not eat or sleep work, it is still unable to meet the needs of the huge market, which makes Lin Taiping miss the pig Instein very much, if the pig is here, maybe he can invent more machines to replace manpower.
But in any case, at least the Ice and Fire Islands are developing in a good way, and a large number of medicines, comics, merchandise, and delicacies are continuously produced, loaded onto merchant ships and shipped to various parts of the chaotic seas, in exchange for large sums of gold coins, which are further invested in expanding large-scale production, forming a good virtuous circle and making the prospects of the Demacian Alliance even better.
With money, it is naturally easy to do, the dark creatures who were originally poor and destitute are getting richer and richer day by day, Angelina began to use expensive whale oil to maintain the fishtail, Baizu and orcs did not eat the best fresh veal steak, Jufang spent a lot of money to build a splendid luxury kitchen for himself, Lin Taiping maintained a hard and simple style, just let people dig a super large swimming pool for themselves...... What? Can't swim? You care about me, I like to leave it and see, can't you?
Heaven, this is heaven, enjoying the happy life of the nouveau riche, a large group of dark creatures burst into tears, wishing to die on the islands of ice and fire from now on, but their happy life did not last long, because about a month later, Mr. Krent, who had just returned from the perfect food business, brought a very important news-
It is said that the Duke of Bloodsa has agreed to the exchange and is angrily heading towards Lanshan Island!
"Well, it seems that the Duke still loves children. When he heard the news, Lin Taiping was instructing Jufang how to call Huaji, "Okay, for millions of gold coins, we will reluctantly go to Lanshan Island." Who's going to bring Baron Mills up?"
Baron Mills and Giant Tooth looked at each other, staring at each other with strange big eyes, Lin Taiping looked at them speechlessly, and suddenly had a very bad premonition, don't tell me that since you brought him back to the Ice and Fire Islands, you have forgotten about his storage?
"Well, I've been a bit busy lately. In an awkward atmosphere, Angelina finally stood up and shook the fishtail thoughtfully. "Well, let me think about it, I locked that guy in a cave more than a month ago and threw him a few pieces of bread...... This, if you save some food, it should be enough, right?"
As it turned out, a few loaves of bread were really enough, although Baron Mills was skinny with hunger. Although he even gnawed the soles of his belts clean, although the first time he saw Lin Taiping, he rushed up crying silently and cried: "Woo woo, protest." I want to protest that you can't treat a nobleman like this, even if you die, you have to give me a good meal first. ”
It's so pitiful! If Duke Bloodsa saw this, he would definitely cut the ransom in half!
Lin Taiping expressed extreme guilt for this. Immediately, someone brought half a roast chicken over, and at this time, Baron Mills was completely careless, squatting there holding the roast chicken was crazy to gnaw. Even when he was dragged onto the Scarlet Queen by the dark creatures, he only had the roast chicken in his eyes, so deep and affectionate......
Two days later, in the romance between Baron Mills and Roast Chicken, the Scarlet Queen arrived at Lanshan Island very smoothly, according to the prior agreement between the two parties, Duke Bloodsa can only bring a battleship and dozens of ordinary retinues to come, and at this moment, the sea near Lanshan Island does seem empty, cloudless and good weather, so that all the seabirds within a radius of dozens of nautical miles can be seen at a glance, even a seabird that flies inadvertently will be clearly detected, not to mention the battleships and ambushes.
"Looks like the Duke kept his word. Lin Taiping stood on the deck and drank tea very happily, but Angelina next to him still did not let her guard down, "Xiao Linzi, don't be careless, compared to Mills's stupid pig, that bastard is simply an old fox, maybe he still has some tricks hidden that we don't know." ”
I understand, I understand, Lin Taiping took a sip of tea, watched the Scarlet Queen slowly lower its sails and slow down, leaning forward a few nautical miles away Lanshan Island, because it was seized by Baron Mills some time ago, this once prosperous black market island is already desolate, only the simple dock on the shore is still there, but it has also been flooded by the sea for most of it.
And at this moment, on the damp planks of this improvised dock, there are dozens of armed soldiers standing with expressionless faces, a burly figure in a black cloak, with his back to the Scarlet Queen slowly approaching the shore, as if unaware of the scorching sun, surprisingly, although it is still quite hot early autumn, but the breath that spits out from the mouth of this figure is as cold as frost, directly condensed into white gas in the air.
"That guy who looks cold?" Lin Taiping pushed his glasses in some surprise, turned his head to look at Angelina beside him, the latter did not answer, but bit Sakura's lips tightly, revealing a little uneasiness and vigilance, the dark creatures around him were more like being affected by some kind of powerful aura, and subconsciously clenched the blood-colored battle axe.
Almost at the same time, as if feeling the doubtful gaze cast from behind, the burly figure looking at the scorching sun suddenly turned around, the calm sea breeze suddenly became violent at this moment, the pitch-black cloak fluttered like bat wings, he snorted expressionlessly, and stepped forward suddenly, shaking the entire dock trembling slightly, and then ......
Then, a short man in golden armor suddenly stepped out from behind the burly figure!
Raising his head as if no one was around, this strange guy who was only as tall as the waist of an ordinary person strode forward surrounded by armed soldiers, and looked at Lin Taiping arrogantly and rudely, as if he was not trying his best to raise his neck and look up, but condescendingly looked down at the inferior creatures.
"So, you're the one who kidnapped my son...... Yellow-skinned monkey?" (to be continued......)