Chapter 148 Indigenous

The escort fleet stopped at a small island with a small area to rest for one night, and then continued to the southern waters at dawn the next day. ~,

About three hours later, a black line representing land appeared on the distant sea.

"Leslie, this seems to be much bigger than what you said in your letter." Xu Yi looked at the land in the distance through the telescope in his hand, and couldn't help but let out a sigh. "Such a large area can hardly be described as an island."

"Actually it's just an island." Leslie chuckled, stretching out his arms and drawing a semicircle in the air. "We explored around this island later, and found that the other island closest to it was the one we docked last night, so it is actually floating alone in this sea area, of course it can only It's an island."

"Then do you know how big his area is?" Xu Yi asked again.

"I can't give you the specific data. If you really want to say it, let me think about it...it might be as big as dozens of Masur Islands."

"That can only be regarded as an island?" Xu Yi glared at Leslie.

Masur Island is the largest island discovered by the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the southern waters of the Candela Empire, with an area of ​​nearly 20 square kilometers.

If the island in front of me is as large as dozens of Masur Islands, doesn't it mean that it is even close to a thousand square kilometers in size?

Although it can still be regarded as an island, the significance of an island of this size is extraordinary.

Xu Yi picked up the binoculars and glanced at the island that was getting closer, sighed and said: "Leslie, I suddenly regret that I want to hand over this island to you. Such a big island. The above resources must be very rich. I have directly handed over a mountain of gold to you."

Leslie rolled his eyes: "This place will be regarded as a colony by you. Even if it is handed over to me, it will not serve you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the end."

Xu Yi smiled, thinking that there are really few talents under his command, and there are not many who can be trusted like Leslie.

If you want to learn from those countries in the age of great exploration on earth to build overseas colonies, there is really no suitable candidate except for Leslie.

The idea of ​​letting him lead the colony with Leslie yesterday had already surfaced in Xu Yi's mind when Leslie reported that an extremely large island was discovered in the deep sea of ​​the southern sea of ​​the Kandela Empire.

Wait until I see Leslie this time. Xu Yi had already thought clearly.

After finally finding such a large island hanging overseas, if you don’t control it in your own hands when other countries and forces on the Sainz continent are unable to get involved here, it would be a waste of money.

But with the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the most important thing is the problem of manpower, it is difficult to allocate manpower to control this place.

In this case, it's better to hand this place over to Leslie and let him take control.

Although the Stark family has been destroyed, the Stark family has flourished in the Lampari Kingdom for hundreds of years, and the hidden strength is still extremely deep, and has not completely disappeared.

It can be seen from the fact that Leslie found himself asking to buy multiple magic ships. Leslie may also have the huge resources hidden by the Stark family in his hands, and Leslie did not hide this from Xu Yi.

So Xu Yi has been thinking about how to arrange for Leslie.

It is obviously impossible for Leslie to stay in this position as the commander of the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Then it would be very suitable to arrange for him to go overseas to develop a base for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Leslie has a lot of people who belonged to the Stark family who need to be arranged, and it is difficult for them to stay on the Sainz continent to have a bright future. If they go to this island far away from the Sainz continent to start again, then is a very good choice.

When Xu Yi mentioned this arrangement to Leslie yesterday, although Leslie was a little surprised at first, after only a short thought, he confirmed that this arrangement was indeed very suitable for his situation.

It's just that everything is still unknown at present, and they even have very little understanding of the island, so it's too early to say this, so Leslie only agreed to Xu Yi's arrangement, but did not agree immediately.

Everything has to be decided after exploring the island.

The escort fleet maintained a high speed and quickly approached the island. After the outline of the island could be clearly seen, Xu Yi ordered a magic airship to take off from the escort and began to conduct a general inspection of the island.

"Have you ever been to the island before?" Xu Yi asked Leslie.

"Yes, we found a natural deep-water port where we can dock, and we can land from there in a while." Leslie pointed to a corner on the front right.

"Oh? There is actually a natural deep-water port? It seems that your luck is really good." Xu Yi was a little surprised.

Leslie laughed: "It's not just my luck, but also yours. But it's not all good luck. Do you know what we found when we landed?"

Seeing Leslie's unlucky look, Xu Yi asked curiously, "What happened?"

"There are aborigines on this island, and the language used by these aborigines sounds a bit close to the common language of our Sainz mainland. According to my calculations, the aborigines on this island are likely to come from Sien Those who drifted over from the continent of Sri Lanka can actually be regarded as our fellow villagers."

"Isn't that better? I was worried that it would be difficult to communicate with the natives on the island. Now that the language problem has been solved, it will be much easier."

"It's as simple as that." Leslie said with a wry smile. "I don't know why, but the natives on this island are very hostile to us. They shouted and killed us as soon as they saw us. We were new here, and because you kept saying that we wanted to develop peacefully, we didn't do anything, so we had to retreat. come back."

"In other words, your initial exploration has failed?"

"almost."

Xu Yi frowned and looked at the huge island that was already close at hand, thought for a while, and waved his hand: "Anyway, go up and have a look first."

"Then what if the natives yell at us?"

Xu Yi glanced at him. Hehe smiled and said: "They can be hostile to outsiders like us. But they will never be hostile to something that can make their lives better..."

Leslie looked at the smile on Xu Yi's face, couldn't help but shook his head, and sighed: "Xu Yi, I find that you are becoming more and more like a profiteer."

Twenty minutes later, the fleet stopped at the natural deep-water harbor Leslie was referring to.

It is backed by a cliff, and there is a not-so-wide beach next to the cliff, so although it can be regarded as a natural deep-water port, the range where frigates can dock is not particularly large.

Leslie came once. He is quite familiar with the situation here.

Xu Yi watched as he commanded the fleet to disperse and stop near the coast, and then arrived at the shore on a magic assault boat.

While feeling the softness brought by the fine sand under his feet, Xu Yi looked around and the surrounding environment.

Although there is a natural harbor here, the area is limited, so there is actually not much room for development.

If the island is to be really developed, this natural port obviously cannot meet the demand, and another port must be sought.

But this is something that will be considered later, and for the time being, it can be used as it is.

Xu Yi looked back at Leslie, who was directing the guards who came down from the frigate, frowned, and shouted: "Leslie, let them all hide their weapons, at least put those swords, bows and crossbows on their bodies. Take it all away. We're here to do business with other people. We're not going to fight a war."

Leslie was taken aback: "Didn't I tell you just now that the natives on this island are very hostile to us, shouldn't we be more prepared?"

"Of course you have to be prepared, but if you run over armed like this, people will become hostile even if they are not hostile. Listen to me, throw away all the obvious weapons such as swords, swords, bows and crossbows, and only bring some Military magic machines like magic rockets will do.”

Leslie frowned when he heard Xu Yi's order at first, but he couldn't help laughing when he heard the last sentence.

"Good Xu Yi, I thought you wanted to be an envoy of peace, but after a long time you are much more ruthless than me."

After that, Leslie turned his head and began to give orders to the guards. According to Xu Yi's instructions, he only left those military magic machines on his body.

These gadgets are completely different from traditional weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows. Even if they see them, the natives on the island will not recognize them, and their vigilance will obviously be lower.

In addition to asking the guards to lay down some weapons, Xu Yi also ordered everyone to bring all kinds of living supplies from the frigate this time, and then led them to the island from the slope next to the beach.

According to the information provided by Leslie, the group went up the slope and walked southeast for about three kilometers before seeing a small village consisting of about twenty houses.

Seeing such a large group of people swarming in from a distance, the residents of the village were obviously taken aback, and gathered together, looking at everyone with horror on their faces.

Xu Yi glanced over the residents of the village, and found that their clothes were extremely worn out, and many of them were wearing a few patches.

Looking at their black and yellow thin faces, Xu Yi immediately understood.

It seems that the living conditions of these ordinary residents are indeed very average. Not to mention compared with the people of the Kingdom of Lampari and the Principality of Standing, whose lives have been greatly improved due to the influence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, even if they are worse than the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The life of the people of Bangta City before it appeared was also slightly worse.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi showed a friendly smile on his face, took a bag of flour from a guard beside him, and walked towards the group of villagers alone.

Seeing him approaching, the villagers involuntarily took two steps back and moved closer to each other, all looking at him nervously.

Xu Yi continued to smile, and stopped about five meters away from the villagers, then put the generation of flour in his hand on the ground, untied the rope, and exposed the slightly golden yellow flour in the white of the bag.

"Everyone, we are businessmen from afar. We came here to do some business with you. If you can provide anything of value, then we are willing to exchange these things with you."

The villagers on the opposite side looked at the flour on the ground, and then at the various daily necessities displayed by the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the distance, and everyone's eyes lit up. (To be continued..)