Magic Industry Empire - 793. Chapter 793

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

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

“Lesley, this seems to be a lot bigger than what you said in the letter.” Xu Yi looked at the land in the distance through the binoculars in his hand, and couldn’t help but let out an exclamation. “Such a large area can no longer be described as an island.”

“In fact, it is really just an island.” Leslie smiled, stretching out his arms and drew a semicircle in the air. “We later explored around this island and found that the other island closest to it was the one we stopped at last night, so it was actually still floating alone on this sea area, of course it could only It’s an island.”

“Then how big his area is, do you know?” Xu Yi asked again.

“I can’t give you the specific data. If I really want to say it, let me think about it… Maybe it can be dozens of islands the size of Masul Island.”

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

Masul Island is the largest island discovered by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce’s frigate in the southern waters of the Candela Empire, covering an area of nearly 20 square kilometers.

If the island in front of you is as big as dozens of Masul Island, doesn’t it mean that it is even close to thousands of square kilometers?

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

Xu Yi picked up the binoculars and glanced at the island that was getting closer and closer, and sighed: “Leslie, I suddenly regretted that I wanted to hand this island into your hands. Such a big island, The resources above must be very rich. I am equivalent to handing over a golden mountain directly to you.”

Leslie rolled his eyes: “This place is going to be regarded as a colony by your fellow. Even if it is handed over to me, it will not serve you and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the end.”

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

If you want to learn how the countries of the great nautical era on the earth have colonized overseas, there are really no suitable candidates besides Leslie.

Yesterday, with Leslie, the idea of letting him rule the colony had already surfaced in Xu Yi’s head when Leslie reported that an extremely large island had been discovered in the deep waters of the southern part of the Candela Empire.

By the time I saw Leslie this time, Xu Yi had already thought very clearly.

It’s hard to find such a large island hanging overseas. If you don’t take control of it when other countries and forces on the Sainz mainland are not able to get involved here, it will be a violent thing.

However, with the current strength of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the most important thing is the human issue, and it is difficult to allocate manpower to control it.

In that case, it’s better to put this place in Leslie’s hands and let him control it.

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

It can be seen from the fact that Leslie has found himself and asked to purchase multiple magic ships before, and Leslie may still have the huge resources hidden by the Stark family in his hands, and Leslie has not hidden this from Xu Yi. .

So Xu Yi has been considering how to arrange Leslie.

It was obvious that Leslie could not stay in this position as the commander of the New Flying Merchants Association’s escort fleet, so it would be very suitable for him to arrange for him to open up a base for the New Flying Merchants Association overseas.

Leslie’s staff had a lot of manpower that originally belonged to the Stark family and needed to be arranged, and it would be difficult for them to continue to stay on the Sainz continent. It is a very good choice.

When Xu Yi mentioned this arrangement to Leslie yesterday, Leslie was a little surprised at first, but after a short period of thought, he determined that this arrangement is indeed very suitable for his situation.

It’s just that everything is still in an unknown state. They even have a very little understanding of the island. They said it was too early, so Leslie only agreed with Xu Yi’s arrangement, but did not immediately agree to it.

Everything, you have to wait to make a decision after exploring the island.

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

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

“I’ve been there, we also found a natural deep-water port that can be docked in that place, and we will be able to land from there in a while.” Leslie pointed to a corner in front of the right.

“Oh? There is a natural deep-water port? It looks like 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 after we got ashore?”

Seeing Leslie’s unlucky look, Xu Yi asked curiously: “What happened?”

“There are natives on this island, and the languages spoken by these natives sound a bit close to our lingua franca of Sainz. According to my calculations, the natives on this island are probably from Sainz Those who drifted over from Sri Lanka can actually be regarded as our fellow villagers.”

“Isn’t that better? I’m still worried that it’s not good to communicate with the natives on the island. Now that the language problem is solved, it’s much simpler.”

“It’s as simple as that.” Leslie smiled wryly. “I don’t know why, the indigenous people on this island are very hostile to us. They shouted and screamed as soon as they saw us. We came here for the first time, and because you always said that you want to develop peacefully, so we didn’t do anything, we had to retreat. Come back.”

“In other words, is your initial exploration a failure?”

“more or less.”

Xu Yi frowned and looked at the huge island that was already close at hand. After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand: “No matter what, go up and take a look.”

“Then what if the natives yelled and screamed at us?”

Xu Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: “They can be hostile to outsiders like us, but they won’t be hostile to things that can make their lives better…”

Leslie glanced at the smile on Xu Yi’s face, couldn’t help but shook his head, and sighed: “Xu Yi, I find that you are more and more like a profiteer.”

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

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

Leslie has been here once, but is familiar with the situation here.

Xu Yi watched as he commanded the fleet to disperse and stop near the coast, and then took a magical assault boat to the shore.

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

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

If the island is to be truly developed, this natural port will obviously not be able to meet the demand, and another port must be sought.

But this is something that will be considered in the future, and for the time being, it can still be used.

Xu Yi glanced back at Leslie, who was commanding the guards lined up from the frigate, frowned, and shouted: “Leslie, let them all hide their weapons, at least what are the swords and crossbows on them? Collect all of them. We are going to do business with others, not to fight.”

Leslie was startled: “Didn’t I tell you just now, the natives on this island are very hostile to us, don’t you think you should be a little guarded?”

“Precaution is of course to be on guard, but if you run over with arms like this, people will become hostile even if they are not hostile. Listen to me, throw me all the obvious weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows, and only bring some Military magic machines such as magic rockets will do.”

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

“Well, you Xu Yi, I thought you wanted to be a peace messenger. After doing it for a long time, it was much more cruel than me.”

After that, Leslie turned his head and began to give orders to the guards, and according to Xu Yi’s instructions, only the military magic machinery was left on his body.

The appearance of these gadgets is completely different from traditional weapons such as swords, bows, and crossbows. The indigenous people on the island will not recognize them even if they see them, and their alertness will obviously be lower.

In addition to letting the guards lay down some weapons, Xu Yi also ordered everyone to bring all kinds of living supplies from the frigate, 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 for about three kilometers to the southeast, and they saw a small village consisting of about two dozen houses.

Seeing such a large group of people swarming from a distance, the residents of the village were obviously taken aback. They gathered together and looked at the crowd with horror.

Xu Yi glanced over the residents of the village and found that their clothes were extremely shabby, and many of them were wearing several patches.

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

It seems that the living conditions of these ordinary residents are really average, not to mention that compared with the people of the Lampari Kingdom and the Principality of Stantin, who are affected by the New Flying Merchants Association, their lives have been greatly improved, even if compared to the New Flying Merchants Association The lives of the citizens of Bangta City before they appeared were also slightly worse.

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

Seeing him coming over, the villagers involuntarily stepped back two steps, leaning closer to each other, and all looked at him nervously.

Xu Yi continued to smile and stopped about five meters away from the villagers. Then he put the flour in his hands on the ground, untied the rope, and exposed the white flour in the bag.

“Everyone, we are businessmen from afar. We came here to do some business with you. If you can provide anything valuable, 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 living supplies displayed by the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the distance. Everyone’s eyes suddenly lighted up.