Chapter 70 Paradise Island

A black line looms at the end of the sea level.

"Master Leslie, Paradise Island is coming."

"Well, start preparing for landing." Leslie put down the binoculars in his hand, nodded to his subordinates, and issued an order.

The sailors on the frigate immediately got busy.

About half an hour later, fifteen frigates, surrounded by two large cargo magic ships, arrived at the port where Paradise Island was built just half a year ago.

The residents on the island saw the fleet approaching from a distance, but they didn't show any expressions of surprise or panic. Instead, they all rushed to the port very excitedly, with full of expectations on their faces, doing Out of a welcoming posture.

This fleet is said to be from the distant continent of Sainz. After they first came to Paradise Island, they have visited dozens of times in the past year. The residents on the island have long been surprised. Strange.

And every time this fleet comes, it will bring a lot of new and good things, such as various special products on the Sainz continent, such as 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 the gold coins that are common in all places, but just exchange some medicinal herb ores that are very common on Paradise Island from the island residents.

At the same time, even the current port, which is extremely wide and has a full ten piers, was funded by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to which this fleet belongs.

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. Let these residents also make 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 abnormal expectations and welcome every time this fleet came.

As soon as the fleet docked at the port, residents from countless seasons immediately flocked to it.

However, the first ones to come down from the frigate were a group of heavily armed soldiers who looked extremely majestic.

The residents of the island are not surprised by this, because according to the people in the fleet, sailing on the endless sea is actually quite dangerous. You will encounter pirates at every turn, and it is only natural to maintain basic armor as a protection.

It's just that the residents on the island found that there seemed to be a lot more guards coming off the frigate this time than usual.

Usually, every time the fleet came, there were only a hundred guards coming down from above, but this time, there were four or five hundred guards coming down continuously.

When they went down to the open space of the port and lined up, it looked like a dense mass of darkness, and the momentum was quite astonishing.

Of course, when they turned their heads and saw that there were many more super-large steel ships outside the port than usual every time. Everyone was relieved.

The size of the fleet coming this time is much larger, and the required guards will of course also increase. This is not surprising.

But everyone is also very curious, why the size of the fleet that came this time has suddenly increased? It even brought two large cargo magic ships that I haven't seen for a long time?

Could it be... what will the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce do on the island this time?

Thinking of the last time such a large-scale fleet appeared, 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 the opportunity to work for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and make a small fortune?

Thinking of this, the enthusiasm of the residents on the island became even higher, and before the follow-up crew got off the ship, they had already gathered together.

If it hadn't been stopped by the guards who came down early, a bunch of people would have rushed directly to the boat.

When everyone saw Leslie stepping off the board, they burst into cheers.

Leslie raised her hand to greet the islanders on the pier, prompting a louder response from them.

"Hey, these guys are really simple enough." Leslie smiled slightly, stepped onto the pier, walked to several boxes that had already been built by the guards, bent his legs slightly, and jumped directly onto it.

Seeing his appearance, the surrounding residents on the island were even more excited.

The last time the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce announced that it would build this port and recruit workers on the island, this Lord Leslie also announced from a high place like this.

Now that he has put on the same posture, he must announce the same thing!

The island residents on the pier rushed up like a tide, surrounding Leslie.

Seeing everyone gathered around, Leslie raised his hands, the noisy voices around him stopped quickly, and everyone focused their eyes on him.

"Everyone, I would like to announce some good news to everyone. This time we are here, and we plan to open a magic machinery parts processing factory on the island, as well as a steelmaking plant and a mine. Therefore, it is initially estimated that we will need to recruit about 2,000 workers. ..."

Hearing this, there was an unusually loud exclamation from the crowd.

Recruit two thousand workers?

By God, the total population of the entire Paradise Island is only 20,000 to 30,000, and this Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is actually going to recruit one-tenth of it all at once!

Leaving aside those children and the elderly who have no labor force on the island, this means that among the less than 10,000 middle-aged 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 Lord Leslie, it can be heard that these two factories and the mine are obviously not just short-term projects like this port, but will be opened for a long time.

This also means that as long as people on the island can enter and have the opportunity to work inside, they will get long-term and stable income.

This is simply the greatest blessing for the island residents who can only rely on the island's resources to barely preserve fruit.

Although gold coins are not very meaningful to Paradise Island, which was almost isolated from the world before, but now the fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can come frequently to transport the goods from the Sainz continent, then the gold coins are quite useful.

For example, a magic fan that can bring cool breeze to people in hot summer needs three gold coins to buy.

In the past, people on the island had to collect a lot of herbs to barely buy one, but now if they can get this job, they can even buy one in a month!

"Lord Leslie, I want to sign up!" A shout suddenly sounded from the crowd.

After a moment of silence, the crowd yelled in unison, and everyone desperately raised their arms, trying to get Leslie's attention.

Leslie raised his arms again, motioning the crowd to be quiet.

"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 have to build these two factories and mines first, which also requires a lot of manpower. Those who are willing to assist us in establishing these two factories and mines, please apply at the recruitment office we set up in a while, and we will select the best candidates according to the situation, understand?"

Leslie made it clear, and with similar experience before, the crowd onlookers easily accepted this arrangement.

After announcing this matter, they entered the mutual market trade link that both parties have long been proficient in.

This time, Leslie led such a huge fleet, and naturally brought various supplies from the Sainz continent, and the residents on the island were also desperately collecting new items from before the Chamber of Commerce. Acquisition of herbs, ores and other items.

The two sides started the original transaction of bartering at the port, and the scene seemed extremely lively for a while.

Leslie watched the scene from a distance, and couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

Paradise Island is isolated overseas and has been isolated from the Sainz continent for too long. Even the most basic currency system has disappeared, and only such primitive trading methods can be used.

It seems that it will take a lot of effort to develop this place into a reliable backup base.

Just as Leslie was thinking about his future plans, a subordinate suddenly came over and whispered to him, "My lord, there is movement over there."

"Oh?" Leslie raised his eyebrows, and made a gesture of waving his hands to his subordinates. "Pass down the order and act according to the plan."

"yes."

The subordinates took orders to leave.

Leslie continued to stay in the shadow beside the pier, and after waiting quietly for about ten minutes, he heard a low-pitched sound of ground shaking from the land on the island in the distance.

"coming."

Leslie turned his head to look towards the direction of the island, and saw a group of dark figures rushing towards him from a distance.

The residents on the island who were dealing with the sailors of the fleet also heard the voice behind them, and when they turned their heads, their faces changed.

"The royal family is here!"

"My God! Why are they here?"

"What are they here for?"

"Could it be that they..."

...

After a while, the group of people ran to the edge of the beach, and it could be seen that the group of people were all wearing uniform clothing and holding various iron weapons in their hands. Although the formation was scattered and their body shapes were 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, one can still see a crude carriage drawn by two horses. On the carriage sat a middle-aged fat man with a big belly, piled inside like a mountain of meat, with a special photo on his head. The big crown buried almost the entire face, making it impossible to see the face clearly.

After those people stopped, a man came out, took a look at the situation on the beach, and shouted loudly: "What are so many people doing here? Are you trying to make 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 on the edge of the beach without moving.

"It's my turn."

Leslie smiled slightly, stood up, and greeted the team with a relaxed face. (To be continued..)