Faced with this sweet trouble, He Lingchuan could only sigh: "Let's put aside the rest for the time being 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 on the Yangshan Islands."
Ding Zuodong smiled bitterly: "According to what you said, apart from mining, shipbuilding, and forging weapons, there is nothing else I have to do."
Isn’t that right?
"Can you estimate how many people we still lack?"
"Before you subdued 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 from 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.
Regarding wages, "It would be better to have three to four thousand more people, at least two thousand one to two."
"We've almost finished recruiting the boatmen and Lifu at Blade Port, right?"
Ding Zuodong nodded repeatedly: "Isn't that true? 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 period of 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 good roots."
He has suppressed bandits on both Hongya Road and Longchuan, and is well aware of the inextricable connections between bandits and locals. Pirates are no exception.
The wealth 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. The other things have to be sold by someone else."
Yue Pinghe's belongings were hidden in three storage rings. After he was beheaded, He Lingchuan inherited the inheritance. Although there was no so-called thirty or fifty thousand yuan in it, there were more than two thousand banknotes, as well as some magical weapons and miscellaneous items.
Things can be exchanged for money by selling them.
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 over and put it away. What should the boss do that he shouldn't 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 buying various production materials. There will be more people hired in the future, and labor will be the biggest part." Ding Zuodong settled the accounts for him, "We have hired
Most of the workers 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, as well as 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, why don't those with swords and guns get a higher salary than those with hoes and shovels? The basic salary for each person is at least five taels; Qiu Hu, Ding Zuodong and others have higher salaries.
Add these together, and add some miscellaneous items, and you will get at least 5,000 taels per month.
He Lingchuan smiled bitterly. He had to be happy with the minimum cost of 35,000 yuan a month, and he had to hope that all the money would be spent, because that meant that the farm workers could 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 will it actually last?
Fortunately, after the palm harvest season is over, the islands will no longer need so much labor.
However, He Lingchuan later had other plans, 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 his energy is strangely good. He took out a booklet and placed 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 to take the 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 be the only one to experience this kind of pain.
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 you be a teacher? Isn’t this an urban planning designer?
He Lingchuan scratched his head, he - well, he can't.
But it's 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 paid, 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 and is afraid of making money.
, lifeless flower.
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. Ever since he became the "island owner", he had to face these minute and endless trivial matters every day.
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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 her sister's location 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 jungle, one larger than the other and more ferocious than the other.
The largest one is at least twice as big as Aunt Zhu.
Not to mention that Min Tianxi, Huang Zhao and others were dumbfounded. Seeing so many prehistoric monsters lining up, the Rongshan disciples also felt their scalps go numb.
How could Master He always be friends with the giant prehistoric monster? First he easily signed an agreement with the King of Yin, and now he has so many big guys defecting to him.
Dragons meet dragons, phoenixes meet phoenixes, and 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 watched him quietly:
If you dare, come up and hug me.
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 another spider demon beside her, "This is my sister."
Everyone: "..."
These spider monsters were carved out of the same mold, except for the differences in their heads. But in the end, the two heads 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?"
Awesome! Everyone secretly gave a thumbs up. This big demon seemed to know Master He very well.
"No trouble!" He Lingchuan laughed, "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 and 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 skills, 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 almost as heavy as a hill. Therefore, he called in so many large ships, and each ship loaded
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 the size of your boat!"
"Why are you so anxious?" He Lingchuan is very patient. "No matter how big the ship is in the future, it will be available."
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 still two kilometers between Pansi Island and Longji Island.
They are two small islands, unable to see 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.