A black line looms at the end of the sea level.
"Master Leslie, Paradise Island is coming."
"Well, let's start preparing for landing." Leslie put down the telescope in his hand, nodded to the men around him, and gave the order.
The sailors on the frigate immediately became busy.
About half an hour later, fifteen frigates, surrounded by two large cargo magic ships, arrived at the port of Paradise Island, which had been built just half a year ago.
The residents of the island saw the fleet approaching from a distance, but they did not show any expressions of surprise or panic. Instead, they all excitedly rushed to the port early, with faces full of expectations, doing Take a welcoming stance.
This fleet, said to be from the distant continent of Sainz, has been here dozens of times in nearly a year since they first arrived at Paradise Island. The residents of the island have long been surprised by it. Strange.
And every time this fleet comes, it will bring a lot of novel and good things, such as various specialties from the continent of Sainz, many scarce resources on the island, and various strange but extremely useful magic machines. …
When they sell these precious items to the island residents, what they need is not gold coins that are common everywhere, but just exchange for some medicinal herbs and minerals that are common on Paradise Island from the island residents.
At the same time, even this unusually wide port with ten piers was funded and built by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which is affiliated with this fleet.
When building this port, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also hired a large number of island residents to assist in the construction and offered them a high salary of up to five gold coins per month. These residents also made a small profit.
So for the islanders. Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and this fleet. It was like an angel descending from the sky, bringing them all kinds of benefits. Of course, they would be full of extraordinary expectations and welcome every arrival of this fleet.
As soon as the fleet docked at the port, residents from countless seasons immediately flocked to it.
However, the first people to step off the frigate were a group of soldiers who were fully armed and looked extremely majestic.
The residents of the island are not surprised by this, because according to people in the fleet, it is actually quite dangerous to sail on the endless sea. You will encounter pirates at every turn, so it is natural to maintain basic weapons as protection.
However, the island residents discovered that this time there seemed to be many more escorts coming off the frigate than usual.
Usually, every time the fleet comes, there are only a hundred guards coming down from above, but this time, a continuous stream of four or five hundred people came down.
When they went down to the open space at the port and formed an array, it looked completely dark and the momentum was quite astonishing.
Of course, when they turned around and saw that there were many more super-large steel ships outside the port than usual. Everyone felt relieved.
The fleet coming this time is much larger, and the number of escorts required will of course increase. This is not surprising.
But everyone was also curious, why did the fleet that came this time suddenly become larger in size? It even brought two large cargo magic ships that I hadn’t seen in a long time
Could it be that... what will the New Flying Chamber of Commerce do on the island this time
Remembering that the last time such a large fleet appeared was when the port was being built, everyone couldn't help but feel a little excited.
If this is the case, doesn't it mean that people like myself have another chance to work for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and make a small fortune
Thinking of this, the enthusiasm of the island residents became even higher. Before the subsequent crew members could disembark, they had already joined in.
If they hadn't been stopped by the guards who came down early, I'm afraid a bunch of people would have rushed directly to the ship.
When everyone saw Leslie stepping off the boat, they immediately burst into cheers.
Leslie raised her hand to say hello to the islanders on the pier, which elicited an even louder response from them.
"Hey, these guys are really innocent enough." Leslie smiled slightly, stepped onto the pier, walked to several boxes that had been set up by the guards a long time ago, bent his legs slightly, and jumped on them.
Seeing his appearance, the onlookers on the island became even more excited.
The last time the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce announced that it would build this port and recruit workers on the island, Mr. Leslie also announced like this from a high place.
Now that he has put on the same posture, he must announce the same thing!
The islanders on the pier surged up and surrounded Leslie.
Seeing everyone gathered around him, Leslie raised his hands. The noise around him quickly stopped, and everyone focused on him.
"Everyone, let me announce some good news to you. This time we are here and plan to open a magic machine parts processing factory on the island. We are also planning to open a steel mill and develop a mine, so we initially estimate that we will need to recruit about two thousand workers. …”
Hearing this, the crowd suddenly burst into an unusually loud exclamation.
Recruiting two thousand workers
By the gods, the total population of the entire paradise island is only 20,000 to 30,000 people, and this new flying chamber of commerce is actually recruiting one-tenth of it!
Putting aside the children and old people who have little labor force on the island, this means that among the less than 10,000 prime-age people left on the island, many of them will be able to get good jobs with a monthly salary of at least five gold coins!
And from the tone of Mr. Leslie, it can be heard that these two unknown factories and the mine are obviously not just short-term projects like this port, but will be opened in the long term.
This also means that as long as people on the island can enter and have the opportunity to work inside, they will receive long-term and stable income.
This is simply the greatest gospel for the island residents who can only rely on the island's resources to survive.
Although gold coins were not of much significance to Paradise Island, which was almost isolated from the world before, now that the fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can come frequently to transport goods from Sainz Continent, the gold coins are quite useful.
For example, a magic fan that can bring cool breeze to people in hot summer requires three gold coins to purchase.
In the past, people on the island had to collect a lot of medicinal herbs to barely buy one, but now if they can get this job, they can even buy one in a month!
"Master Leslie, I want to sign up!" A shout suddenly rang out from the crowd.
After the crowd was quiet for a moment, there was a chorus of shouts, and everyone desperately raised their arms to try to attract Leslie's attention.
Leslie raised his hands and arms again to signal everyone to quiet down.
"Everyone, please listen carefully. Regarding the specific recruitment of workers, we will openly recruit after the factories and mines are officially established. But before that, we must first build these two factories and mines, which also requires a large number of manpower. If you are willing to help us build these two factories and mines, please sign up at the recruitment office we have set up soon. We will select the best according to the situation. Do you understand?"
Leslie made it clear and had similar experiences before, so the crowd easily accepted this arrangement.
After announcing this matter, they entered the mutual trade link that both parties had long been familiar with.
This time Leslie led such a huge fleet and naturally brought various supplies from Sainz Continent. During this time, the residents of the island were also desperately collecting new supplies before the Chamber of Commerce. Purchase herbs, ores and other items.
The two sides started a primitive transaction of bartering at the port, and the scene seemed extremely lively for a while.
Leslie looked at this scene from a distance and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
Paradise Island is isolated overseas and has been isolated from the continent of Sainz for so long that even the most basic monetary system has disappeared, and it can only use such primitive transaction methods.
It seems that it will take a lot of effort to develop this place into a reliable backup base.
While Leslie was thinking about his future plan, one of his men suddenly came over and whispered to him: "Sir, there is something moving over there."
"Oh?" Leslie raised his eyebrows and made a waving gesture to his men. "Give me the order and act according to the plan."
"yes."
The men were ordered to leave.
Leslie continued to stay in the shadow next to the dock. After waiting quietly for about ten minutes, he heard waves of low ground vibrations coming from the land on the island in the distance.
"coming."
Leslie turned his head and looked in the direction of the island, and saw a group of dark figures rushing towards this side from a distance.
The island residents who were doing business with the sailors of the fleet also heard the voice coming from behind. When they turned around, their expressions changed.
"The royal family is here!"
"Oh my god! Why are they here?"
"What are they here for?"
"Could they..."
…
After a while, the group of people ran to the edge of the beach. It can be seen that these people are all wearing uniform clothes and holding various iron weapons in their hands. Although the formation is scattered and the body shape is not very uniform, , but it can still be seen that they have received certain training and can be called an armed force.
Among these people, you can also see a simple carriage pulled by two horses. On the carriage sits a fat middle-aged man with a big belly, piled inside like a mountain of meat, with a special figure shining on his head. The crown was so big that almost the entire face was buried in it, making it impossible to see the face clearly.
After the people stopped, a man came out, took a look at the situation on the beach, and shouted loudly: "What are so many people gathering here for? Do you want to cause trouble?"
The island residents 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 motionless on the edge of the beach.
"It's my turn to take action."
Leslie smiled slightly, stood up, and faced the team with a relaxed expression. (To be continued...)