<strong>Volume 5 Chapter 148 Locals</strong>


    The guard fleet stopped on an ind that wasn’t too big for a night and continued heading south the next morning.


    After around three hours, there was a ck line in the horizon that representednd.


    “Leslie, this seems to be even bigger than what you mentioned in your letters.” Xu Yi looked at thend in the distance with the telescope in his hand and gave a gasp, “Such arge piece ofnd, it simply can’t be described as just an ind.”


    “Actually, it is only an ind.” Leslie gave augh and drew a semicircle in the air, “We explored the surroundings of this ind and found that there was only the small ind that we stopped at yesterday that was nearby. So while it does upy this part of the sea alone, it can still be considered an ind.”


    “Then do you know how big it is specifically?” Xu Yi asked.


    “I can’t give you an urate measure, but if I had to, let me think.....It should be around several dozen times bigger than Masur Ind.”


    “Can that still be considered an ind?” Xu Yi looked right at Leslie.


    Masur Ind was the biggest ind the guard fleet had found on the southern seas, it was around twenty square kilometers.


    If this ind was several dozen times bigger, then didn’t that mean that it was over a thousand square kilometers?


    Although this was considered an ind, an ind of this size had a very different meaning.


    Xu Yi took the telescope to look at the approaching ind again and gave a sigh, “Leslie, I suddenly regret saying that I’ll give this ind to you. Such a big ind, there must be very rich resources on it. I am simply giving you a gold mine.”


    Leslie rolled his eyes, “This ce is being treated as a colony by you, so even if it is handed to me, doesn’t it still belong to you and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce?”


    Xu Yi revealed a smile. He thought that he really did have few talented people under him, he didn’t have many who he could trust like Leslie.


    To learn from earth and create colonies overseas, there was no better choice than Leslie.


    After telling Leslie his idea of starting a colony, the report that Leslie sent before saying that he had found an ind that was incredibly big was already on Xu Yi’s mind.


    When he saw Leslie again, Xu Yi had thought it through.


    It was hard enough to find such arge ind overseas, if he didn’t seize the chance to control it while the other countries of the Sines Continent couldn’t reach here yet, he would be wasting this natural gift.


    But with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s current strength and theck of manpower, it was hard for them to assign people here.


    Since it was like this, he might as well hand it to Leslie and let him control it.


    Although the Stagg Family had been destroyed, the Stagg Family had been prospering in the Lampuri Kingdom for several hundred years. They had a very deep stash umted and it hadn’tpletely vanished.


    It could be seen when Leslie asked to buy the Magic Ships before. Leslie might still have the hidden resources of the Stagg Family and Leslie had never hidden this from Xu Yi.


    So Xu Yi had always been thinking about what to do with Leslie.


    It was impossible for Leslie to stay as themander of the guard fleet, so having him be take care of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s colonies overseas was very suitable for him.


    Leslie had many people from the Stagg Family that he could move and it would be hard for them to raise their heads if they stayed on the Sines Continent. If they came to this ind that was far from the Sines Continent to restart, it would be a very good choice for them.


    When Xu Yi had raised this arrangement to Leslie yesterday, although Leslie was a bit surprised, it only took him a bit of thinking to confirm that this was indeed the best choice for him.


    But everything was unknown right now. They didn’t have much information on the ind, so it was too early to talk about this. Leslie only approved of Xu Yi’s arrangements, but he didn’t agree to them yet.


    Everything would have to be decided after they explored the ind.


    The guard fleet approached the ind at quick speeds. When they could see the coast of the ind, Xu Yi ordered one of the Magic Airships to start investigating the ind.


    “Have you gone on the ind before?” Xu Yi asked Leslie.


    “We have. We’ve already found a natural harbour in this ce, we’ll be able to dock thereter.” Leslie pointed to the right of the ind.


    “Oh? There’s actually a natural harbour? It seems like your luck is quite good.” Xu Yi was a bit surprised.


    Leslie gave augh, “This isn’t just my luck, it’s yours. But it isn’t all luck. Do you know what we’ve found after we went ashore?”


    Seeing Leslie’s dark look, Xu Yi asked in a curious voice, “What did you find?”


    “There are locals on this ind and thenguage they use is simr to themonnguage of the Sines Continent. ording to my guesses, the locals on these inds should have wandered here from the Sines Continent, so they could be considered our old rtives.”


    “Isn’t that better? I was worried that we wouldn’t be able tomunicate with the locals, but now that we’ve solved thenguage problem, it should be much easier.”


    “It’s good if it was that simple.” Leslie said with a bitter smile, “I don’t know why, but the locals are very hostile towards us. They immediately shouted “kill them” as soon as they saw us. We had just arrived and because you always said to handle things peacefully, we couldn’t make a move and could only retreat.”


    “This means that you failed with the preliminary exploration?”


    “Pretty much.”


    Xu Yi knitted his brows to look at therge ind’s shore that was approaching. After thinking about it, he waved his hand, “No matter what, we’ll go on the ind and take a look first.”


    “Then if the locals want to kill us?”


    Xu Yi looked at him and said with augh, “They can be hostile to us outsiders, but being hostile doesn’t always make their lives better.....”


    Leslie looked at the smile on Xu Yi’s face and couldn’t help shaking his head as he said with a sigh, “Xu Yi, I’ve found that you’ve be more and more like a profiteer.”


    After twenty minutes, the fleetnded at the natural harbour that Leslie pointed out.


    This ce was near a cliff and there was a beach that wasn’t too wide by the cliff. So although this was a natural harbour, there wasn’t much space for the guard ships to anchor.


    Leslie had been here once, so he was familiar with this situation.


    Xu Yi watched as hemanded the fleet to stop by the coast and then sat in one of the Magic Speed Boats heading to the shore.


    While feeling the soft feeling of the sand underneath him, Xu Yi looked around himself.


    Although this was a natural harbour, the area was very limited and there wasn’t much room for development.


    If they wanted to keep developing this ind, this natural harbour wasn’t enough and they would have to find another harbour.


    But that was something to consider in the future, this ce could still be used for now.


    Xu Yi turned back to Leslie who was ordering the guards from the guard ship and knitted his brows as he shouted, “Leslie, have them hide their weapons. At least put away the swords and bows that they have. We are here to do business, not to go to war.”


    Leslie was surprised, “Didn’t I tell you just now that the locals are very hostile towards us, shouldn’t we be prepared at all?”


    “Of course we should be prepared, but if you go over fully armed, even people who aren’t hostile will be hostile. Listen to me, throw away the swords and bows for me, only bring some Magic Rockets and other military magic machines with us.”


    Leslie knitted his brows when he heard the first part of Xu Yi’s words, but after he heard the final part, he couldn’t help smiling.


    “Good Xu Yi, I thought that you wanted to work as an envoy of peace, but you’re even more ruthless than me.”


    Leslie turned to give the order to the guards after saying this and following Xu Yi’s orders, they only had a few military magic machines on them.


    These things didn’t look like normal swords and bows, so the locals of the ind wouldn’t be able to recognize them and would be less on their guard.


    Other than having the guards put away these weapons, Xu Yi ordered everyone to bring some goods from the ship and set up on the beach.


    Following Leslie’s information, their group walked around three kilometers to the southeast before they saw a small vige that had around twenty houses.


    Seeing thisrge group approaching, the vigers were clearly shocked and gathered up, looking at their group with vignce.


    Xu Yi looked over the vigers and found that they were wearing very tattered clothes, with several people just wearing patched up clothing.


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


    It seems like the living conditions were quite normal. Not to mention the people of the Lampuri Kingdom and the Stantine Duchy who lived much better lives under the influence of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, they were worse off than the citizens of Banta City before the Frestech Chamber of Commerce appeared.


    Thinking of this, Xu Yi revealed a warm smile. He took a bag of flour from one of the guards and walked over to these vigers.


    Seeing him walk over, these viges couldn’t help taking two steps back. They all came closer together as they anxiously watched him approach.


    Xu Yi had the same smile and stopped around five meters away from the vigers. Then he put the flour on the ground and opened up the sack, revealing the golden flour that was inside.


    “Everyone, we are merchants from afar, we’vee here to do some business with everyone. If you can provide anything valuable, we are willing to trade these things with you.”


    The vigers looked at the flour on the ground and looked at the various other products the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guards had before their eyes all lit up.