After the immortal disappeared

Faced with this sweet trouble, He Lingchuan could only sigh: "Let's put aside the rest for now and do our best to solve the troubles in the palm season. By the way, the construction of the supply stack cannot be left behind. This golden waterway is the real road to wealth. The future will be more important than farming in the Yangshan Islands.”

Ding Zuodong smiled bitterly: "According to what you said, apart from mining, shipbuilding, and forging weapons, I have to do everything."

Isn’t it?

"Can you estimate how many people we still need?"

"Before you subdued the Yin Hui and the three pirates, we started recruiting people, but no one thought highly of us, and there were very few responders. When the news of your great power spreads, we will probably be able to recruit more people."

"Now we are most short of manpower for palm oil extraction and farming. Most of the agricultural workers we hire are the whole family, but it is not enough." The young and middle-aged climb trees and chop ears, and the old and the weak pick fruits and squeeze oil. The whole family can benefit from it. As for wages, "It's better to have three to four thousand more people, at least two thousand and one to two."

"Are we almost done recruiting the boatmen and Lifu in Blade Port?"

Ding Zuodong nodded repeatedly: "Really? There is no one on the pier."

Even if Blade Port is a large port, it will be difficult to gather so many laborers in a short time.

"I will ask the pirates on the island to go back to their villages and find people to come and work." He Lingchuan thought for a while, "Most of them are people with roots."

He has suppressed bandits on both Hongya Road and Longchuan, and is well aware of the inextricable connections between bandits and locals. Pirates want to be no exception.

The good news does not go to outsiders, and the pirates should be happy to find jobs for the villagers.

He Lingchuan snapped his fingers: "Also, go to Bailie to recruit people. The more the better, let's say our land rent here will be halved in the first ten years! We will purchase grain at a favorable price in the future."

Then, he took out a storage ring from his arms and handed it to Ding Zuodong: "This is Yue Pinghe's private inheritance. You can put the banknotes in it into your account first and use them first. You have to find someone to sell the other things."

Yue Pinghe's belongings were hidden in three storage rings. After he was beheaded, He Lingchuan inherited the inheritance. Although there is no so-called thirty or fifty thousand in it, there are more than two thousand in banknotes, as well as some magical artifacts and sundries, which can be exchanged for money.

Sure enough, murder and arson can make money quickly. No wonder pirates like to do business without capital.

Ding Zuodong was not polite and took it and put it away. What kind of things should the boss not spend money on?

Yue Ping and this supplement came just in time.

Just then He Lingchuan asked again: "How much have you spent recently?"

"Recently, the expenses on the account have been flowing like water. More than 10,000 taels have been spent on building houses, renting boats, and purchasing various production materials. There will be more people hired in the future, and labor is the bulk of it." Ding Zuodong settled the accounts for him, "We have hired Most of them are short-term and urgent workers, and the price is inherently higher than ordinary labor. If we can recruit seven or eight thousand people, including wages, food and other expenses, such as injury medicine, pensions and material losses, we will have to spend at least a thousand taels a day. Silver. Your Ronshan people, pirates, and those of us who are in charge of the business are also an expense."

There are six to seven hundred pirates alone. After being converted into archipelago guards, they will receive wages. Why aren't those with swords and guns paid more than those with hoes and shovels? The basic salary for each person is at least five taels; the salaries of Qiu Hu, Ding Zuodong and others are higher. Add these together, and mix in some miscellaneous items, at least another five thousand taels will go out every month.

He Lingchuan smiled bitterly. He has to be happy with the minimum cost of 35,000 yuan a month, and he has to hope that all the money will be spent, because that means that the farm workers can be fully recruited.

Sure enough, everything is difficult at the beginning.

The more than two hundred and forty thousand taels of silver in his pocket sounds very generous, but how long can it actually last?

Fortunately, after the palm harvesting season is over, the islands will no longer need so much labor.

However, He Lingchuan had other plans later, which cost more money and ruined his fortune.

So...poor!

But on the surface, he still had to be nonchalant: "Those are all trivial matters. Chief Manager, do you have enough people under your command?"

"Not enough." Ding Zuodong has been short of sleep these days. He has two big dark circles under his eyes, but he is in strangely good spirits. He took out a booklet and put it in front of He Lingchuan, "You need more stewards, accountants and supervisors. This is the waiting list, a total of sixty-two people. I think at least fifteen people should be selected. What do you think? ?”

He Lingchuan now had a headache when he saw the list, and immediately thought of a lazy way: "How about organizing a test!"

"test?"

"You and I will come up with some questions and let them gather together for a unified exam. Those who do well in the exam and score high will be retained." He Lingchuan said bitterly, "It will save you and me interviews one by one. You and I don't have time."

How Master Sun tested him, he would test these people. He cannot experience this pain alone.

Ding Zuodong nodded: "This is a good idea. Can you and I each ask three questions?"

He Lingchuan had no objection.

Ding Zuodong added: "You still need a few generals to plan the island's regional divisions and the island's architectural layout. But I'm afraid Blade Port doesn't have such talents."

Will be a teacher? Isn’t this an urban planner?

He Lingchuan scratched his head, he - well, he couldn't.

But this is not a priority right now.

At this time, Min Tianxi also came over and reported a question:

"Young Master, the farmers are not willing to go to Longji Island. They are afraid of evil spirits and evil spirits, and it is useless to explain."

There are long-term and short-term workers in Blade Port all year round, commonly known as the unemployed labor force. As long as they are given money, they can do any job. However, the Yangshan Islands have a bad reputation. Although there are divergent opinions recently, everyone is still suspicious of the former no-man's land, fearing that they will make money but lose their lives.

This kind of doubt can only be smoothed over by time.

"How about extra money?"

"The wages have been increased by 30%, but there are less than a hundred people willing to go to the island." Min Tianxi asked, "How about more?"

Ding Zuodong objected: "When the more than 100 people who have gone to the island have returned safely many times, others will naturally know that Longji Island is not dangerous."

"Doesn't this take time?" What they lack most now is time and manpower.

The two of them looked at He Lingchuan together, waiting for him to make a decision.

He Lingchuan rubbed his eyes. Since becoming the "island owner", he has to face these minute and endless trivial matters every day.

Alas, the happiness of being alone in the past is gone forever.

But before he could speak, Aunt Zhu suddenly appeared outside the window, her huge figure blocking the light coming in from outside:

"My sister is here."

The spider demon sisters have a good understanding of each other, and Aunt Zhu can know the location of her sister in real time.

"The second mother is here?" He Lingchuan asked casually, suddenly trembled and stood up, "The second mother is here!"

Second mother?

Looking at his happy face, the other two had question marks on their faces.

Aunt Zhu is a spider demon, so Er Niang should also be a big monster?

He Lingchuan didn't bother to explain to them and ran out like the wind.

…

In order to avoid causing panic, Zhu Erniang did not enter Blade Port, but stopped at the western suburbs of the port.

When He Lingchuan arrived, a row of giant spider demons emerged from the deserted forest, each one bigger and more ferocious than the other.

The largest one was at least twice as big as Aunt Zhu.

Not to mention that Min Tianxi, Huang Zhao and others were dumbfounded, the Rongshan disciples also felt their scalps numb when they saw so many prehistoric monsters lining up.

How can Master He always be friends with the prehistoric monster? First, it was easy to sign an agreement with the King of Yin, and now there are so many big guys coming to join him.

Dragons interact with dragons, phoenixes interact with phoenixes, and Young Master He who can be friends with a prehistoric monster is definitely not an ordinary person.

"Second mother!" He Lingchuan opened his arms to greet her, his face filled with the joy of seeing her again after a long absence.

Zhu Erniang quietly watched him act like a monster:

Come up and hug me if you dare.

Sure enough, He Lingchuan stopped in front of the spider demon's dense spikes and said resentfully: "Why are you so cold?"

"You made a mistake." Aunt Zhu pointed at the other spider demon next to her with her claws, "This is my sister."

Everyone: "..."

These spider demons look like they were carved from the same mold, but there are differences in their heads. But in the end, the two ends were almost the same, so it’s no wonder that Mr. He admitted his mistake.

He Lingchuan turned to Zhu Erniang, still enthusiastic: "Er Niang, I miss you so much!"

Zhu Erniang said calmly: "Are you in trouble again?"

sharp! Everyone secretly gave a thumbs up. This big demon seemed to know Master He very well.

"No trouble!" He Lingchuan smiled, "It's just some sweet troubles."

Zhu Erniang directly changed the subject: "Sister said, have you prepared a new home for me?"

Otherwise, it has already made its home in the eastern valley of Mou State. Why would it come all the way to He Lingchuan?

It wasn't because Aunt Zhu was trying her best to encourage her, claiming that the environment here was first-rate and most suitable for burrowing spiders to build their nests.

"Exactly!" He Lingchuan pointed towards the seaside, "Please get on the boat, we'll talk as we walk."

It is close to the sea, but there is no dock. Six large ships are moored just below the three-foot-high cliff.

He Lingchuan chose this deserted place to connect because he didn't want to attract the attention of idlers.

Fortunately, everyone has good cultivation, so climbing down the cliff is just a piece of cake. The Spider Demon Sisters Flower and Spider Slough walked down the cliff as if they were walking on flat ground.

He Lingchuan knew very well how Zhu Erniang moved, and knew that thousands of her descendants were stuffed into spider sloughs, and each spider slough was as heavy as a hill. So he called in so many large ships, each carrying a giant spider.

Zhu Erniang saw it and said: "Your boat is too small. The big boat I took here from Baisha Bay is three times as big as your boat!"

"Why are you so anxious?" He Lingchuan has plenty of patience, "Every big ship will have it in the future."

The giant cargo ship Zhu Erniang mentioned will also be used to transport goods in the Yangshan Islands in the future.

The ship set off and sailed to the depths of the Yangshan Islands with the wind.

About half an hour later, the ship docked and everyone filed onto the island.

"This is the island I reserved for you sisters - Pansi Island." He Lingchuan led the guests around and explained attentively.

The name of this island was specially changed for the Spider Demon Sisters. It is located in the northwest of the main island, Longji Island. It is about two-quarters of an hour's boat ride from the main island. It is very convenient to send messages back and forth. However, there are two small islands separated between Pansi Island and Longji Island, so they cannot overlook each other.

This ensures the privacy of the spider demon's territory.

The island covers an area of ​​about 400 hectares and is the fourth largest island in the Yangshan Islands.