Even at the end of December, it is still the deepest part of a verdant mountain forest.

By the edge of a clear stream, Byron rolled up his sleeves and planted the last spade of soil on a small spice sapling in front of him.

He took out the warrior's cup and read out the inscription: "Clear spring is like a note", and an endless stream of fresh water flowed out, completely feeding the saplings.

Farmhouse manure is still in the process of composting, and we will talk about it next time.

Catherine, who was wearing long pants and boots next to her, also put away a dozen shovels imitated by the [Mithril Hand], and sat on the ground without any image.

Covered in sweat, the back of the shirt was soaked, showing a translucent appearance.

"Five hundred spice trees, two thousand teak trees, finally finished.

Why is it that you are the one who bears the destiny of 'farming', but the last person to dig the pit is your sister?

Next time you have this kind of hard work, you should go to Bruch, no matter how much you roll and coquetry, I won't come.

He received the salary of a treasurer, but he did the work of digging pits and digging soil, even if he borrowed cattle from a neighbor's house. ”

I kicked off my shoes and dipped my barefoot in the cool water of the stream, and then sighed comfortably.

Recently, she has been planting trees with Byron, and in just a few days, she has dug more than 2,000 pits with her [Mithril Hand].

But she was so tired that there were several blisters on her feet.

But what they did really needed to be kept strictly secret.

In addition to Byron, Catherine, and Bruch, even the trusted Gus and Eight Fingers are not good.

Moreover, it was not until he began to plant trees that Byron suddenly discovered a serious problem.

Originally, the two types of wood he chose for shipbuilding were oak and teak.

But oak is not very suitable for growing in the tropics, and it is better suited to grow in the cooler northern hemisphere.

For example, the Channel Islands and the Eternal Night Peninsula.

On the contrary, teak, which is much more precious than oak in the Old World, is very suitable for the environment of Bantaan, and suitable saplings are readily available.

In fact, as a shipbuilding material, teak, a high-end tropical wood, performs much better than oak!

It is very resistant to wind and rain and seawater corrosion, even if it is subjected to long-term corrosion and sun and rain, it will not warp or crack, but will show a more beautiful color.

If it is an ocean-going ship made of oak or walnut, or even a sail battleship with the highest quality requirements, most of them can only last about 10 years.

Basically, a dozen ultra-long-distance ocean voyages can only be scrapped.

Unlike battleships built of teak, they are almost completely unafraid of the erosion of sea water and time, and their service life can be as high as 30 or even 40 years.

Even after the decommissioning of the teak warship, it can be dismantled and reused as a high-end furniture material, and it will definitely not lose money anyway.

It is not that the ship engineers of the countries of the Old World do not want to build warships from pure teak, purely because the raw materials are too expensive.

As teak from the Old Continent was consumed in large quantities, the supply exceeded demand for a long time, and the price went all the way up.

It has become so extravagant that even if it has been visited several times around the world, there are only a few large sailing ships built of pure teak.

Even the Armada of Castile could not afford to build capital ships entirely out of teak.

At present, only on the main battleships can you see the gun decks made of pure pomelo more than 10 centimeters thick, which need to carry several tons of heavy artillery wagons.

Finding that it was not appropriate to plant oak on the Tayman Islands, Byron did not stop doing it and simply changed it all to teak.

And with the help of Catherine's [Mithril Hand], this astonishing amount of work was completed.

also proves the joke that the rich woman is really using a gold and silver hoe when she is farming.

Byron took the crystal skull out of his belt bag and sang about it, making history repeat:

"The gods made the flesh and blood of the new man out of yellow and white corn dough, and forged the personality of man.

Then make bones out of reeds, put them in flesh and blood, and glow with vigorous energy."

Phew——!

The emblem of abundance burst out, covering most of the island, creating a vast area of abundance.

Byron put the [Moss Tombstone] and the Crystal Skull back in his belt bag, and Franklin immediately began to speak to the Crystal Skull:

"Composting is the use of various animal and plant residues, such as crop straw, weeds, leaves, peat, garbage and other wastes.

The main points of organic fertilizer made by fermentation and decomposition under high temperature and humidity conditions, etc., mixed with human and animal manure and urine, are as follows"

Obviously, this is a flavorful piece of agricultural science knowledge.

But for Yum Kaks, the corn god who embodies all the agricultural knowledge of the Taya civilization, every sentence and every word seems to be shining with the brilliance of civilization.

I listened to it with fascination and relish.

Moreover, the quality of this knowledge, which can raise the height of an agricultural civilization, is too high, far from being comparable to the petty fights in the brains of the old continent in the past.

The saplings around him rattled, and they began to rise rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This time, the [Land of Plenty] was far faster than any previous blood sacrifice on Taimanbrak Island, both in terms of spawning speed and coverage.

Even Byron felt that if the restrictions were lifted and the crystal skull exploded in full force, it would not be a problem for the planted saplings to grow into mature trees in just a few months.

"That's it.

While we don't have a Fertility Scolyte stationed here, the Land of Plenty remains the Crystal Skull's realm of power, targeting intruders through vegetation roots.

Coupled with the protection of the Silver Law from the lighthouse, the double insurance is enough to protect the secrets from being discovered by others.

The extent to which the island has been exploited by the local population has been very limited.

Later, when the spices and teak have grown, it makes perfect sense that we suddenly discovered it. ”

Having finally finished the most time-consuming thing, Byron also breathed a long sigh of relief.

Seeing that Catherine was lying on the ground and couldn't get up, and was still secretly taking a pair of eyes to glance at herself, she could only say helplessly:

"Sister, why don't I carry you down the mountain, and then I'll give you an aromatherapy massage when I go back?"

"Okay, okay, it's a puppy."

The girl immediately jumped up happily.

Throwing his boots to Byron, he jumped barefoot on his back, hung himself tightly like a koala, and dried his feet on his pants by the way.

I can't tell who is the sister and who is the younger brother at this time.

"Let's take off!"

After Byron opened the [Children of the Storm], Catherine, who was very light on her back, was also defaulted to equipment, and gravity was forced to zero.

Immediately, he jumped forward, like a gust of wind, stepping on the blades of grass on the ground layer and the shrubs in the three-dimensional rainforest.

The young branches of the young tree, the branches of the canopy, and the tall exposed layer until they see the light of day.

A large sea of green trees swaying in the wind appeared in front of me.

Byron only needed a leaf at his feet, and he jumped dozens of meters and swooped down to the foot of the mountain with Catherine on his back like a bird of prey.

"Ah——!h

The sudden weightlessness made Catherine's heart beat faster, and she closed her eyes and screamed.

I couldn't help but hug Byron's neck harder, and my legs clamped around his waist, for fear that I would fall from the sky.

It's even more exciting than the adventurer's "Birth from the Sky" and "Wind Surge".

"Sister, open your eyes and look at our new home, this side has a unique view."

At this time, the golden red sunset in the west, the blue waves in the distance rippled with a little scales, and the only populated town outside the mountains and forests was curling with smoke.

Most people are still busy in the fields, wineries, blacksmiths, carpenter's workshops, dockyards, etc.

There are also many familiar figures to be seen.

Old Hans is already old, and even if he is not in a combat position, it is not suitable to continue to follow the pirate ship in the wind and rain.

Byron was appointed as the first chief engineer and director of the dockyard.

Catherine assigned several handmaidens who had been with her for many years, as well as the steward of the manor, to key positions in the town.

With his rich experience as a deacon of the great aristocratic family, he helped the town to complete all aspects of technological innovation.

This is the benefit of the lord colony, which is ruled by the lord.

There is no need to consider other people's ideas at all, as long as the lord thinks it is most beneficial to do so, he can directly implement it.

The premise is that the lords must have enough talents, and they are not short of such things.

It's been less than a week since the two took over Georgetown, but the town is changing day by day, and everyone from top to bottom is full of energy and hope for the future.

As for where did they get the money to start a full-scale infrastructure?

Of course, the 50,000 pounds of gold and silver that had just been distributed to the crew's pockets!

"I have a good idea, right?

Without the Pioneer Bank and the Pioneer Pilot Colony Company, where would the money that had been distributed flow back to participate in the construction of the territory so easily, forming a positive cycle?

It's called money never sleeps! ”

Speaking of her field of expertise and great achievements, Catherine of the Golden Yuan Sequence lay on Byron's back and raised her delicate chin high.

"Sister is mighty, if the territory doesn't have you, I don't know what to do."

"That's it."

The booty, which had previously amounted to 50,000 pounds, was taken by pirate officers and stormtroopers, carpenters, doctors, cooks, 25 per cent, and the ordinary crew 40 per cent, for a total of 65 per cent of 32,500 pounds.

The average person is more than 300 pounds, which is worth the salary of a peasant in the Old World for 30 years.

The question is that you can keep so much money at once? What should I do if I accidentally lose it, or what should I do if someone steals it?

It is impossible for a single crew member to travel all the way to the royal colonies of various countries to save pension money, right?

The gold and silver deposited in the hands of the crew are no different from stones, and only when they are circulated can they truly reflect their value as money.

So, two days ago, Catherine, in the name of the Greenville family, applied to the Governor's Mansion for the registration of the "Pioneer Bank" and the "Pioneer Pilot Colonial Trading Company".

Then Byron assisted Catherine, who specialized in finance and economics, to start a series of operations with his own territory and the two companies in his hands

First, most of the banks during this period are engaged in fund custody business.

There are even some banks whose main income is the "custody fee" paid by depositors.

They took advantage of the trust of their territory, the captain, and the advantage of zero custody fees (yes, absolutely no interest) to attract the crew to save at the Pioneer Bank.

Byron and all the pirate officers took the lead in the demonstration, and the pirates were very enthusiastic.

The Pioneer Bank then used the money to lend to the Pioneer Pilot Colony Company at a low interest rate.

The colonial company used the money to buy taverns, buy building materials, recruit laborers, and start Georgetown's vigorous infrastructure and consumer goods supply business.

Then through tavern operations, blacksmith sword repairs, tailor shop clothes, open [blood brew] sales, and even just beginning real estate sales

and other consumption channels, so that the spare money in the hands of the pirates will further flow back.

Eventually, the more than 30,000 pounds of gold and silver went around in the hands of the crew, and most of them were back in their hands.

Then the two companies will purchase or continue to invest in the construction of the territory.

Gradually, a positive cycle of funds has been formed.

Of course, there is no need to say more about the land use rights of the territory to the colonial company, the various consumption taxes on the territory, and other things that the pirates cannot see or understand.

In short, money flows in this chain, and someone has become richer and richer, but we don't say who this person is.

However, Catherine gradually has a second title in addition to the [Flower of the Northland]: [Mithril Dragon]!

In the end, the crew was given a fair distribution of the spoils and the enjoyment of the big city; The townspeople were given jobs that were sufficient to feed themselves;

Byron and Catherine received real money for the construction of their realms; and a large number of crew members who were re-energized due to lack of money.

They are all winners!

But that wasn't enough for Byron.