Chapter 487 Castel and Blood Harbor
Xius sat back in his office, feeling a little tired.
In the past six months, he has been working in Blood Harbor most of the time, while Alexi is in charge of Castel.
Blood Harbor is in a period of rapid development, and there should be a lot of space for Castel to develop, but there is a big problem there - there are not enough people.
These are the only islanders on Castel. As a town, it is too big, as a city, it is too small, and as an earldom, it is better not to mention it.
No matter how much Hughes tried to improve efficiency and popularize education, he could not achieve much with just a few thousand people like Castel, so he focused on Blood Harbor.
During this period, Castel's investment in Blood Harbor was quite large. The factory's production capacity and revenue were secondary, and the main purpose was to attract a steady influx of population.
The population here has received basic education and is capable of engaging in industrial production. Therefore, Hughes puts the most effort into various schools.
With the graduation of the first batch of literacy class members, Blood Harbor began to build factories, and these people could gradually take over some simple jobs.
They also spread the factory's systems and welfare benefits, which attracted a large number of free people.
Some came for Leo, some for knowledge, some for upward mobility, and some for the rare fairness under the system. At this time, the Blood Harbor was ready. The first batch of cement was used to build the wharf, and the second batch was used to build the school.
Castel's large-scale construction naturally attracted a large number of people, and when they learned that what was being built was a school, they became even more excited.
Xiusi had already announced that the literacy classes would be permanently free and that the tuition for the advanced classes would not be high. If one's family was in financial difficulty and one had excellent grades, one could sign an agreement with the factory and receive a subsidy, but would have to work for the factory for several years after graduation.
The poor boys in the slums have never seen such a good thing. They can learn knowledge without spending any money, and most importantly, they can even get a job after graduation.
As for whether life in the factory is hard and whether they have lost their freedom. To be honest, these words are too luxurious for the truly poor people. Not to mention Hughes' factory, even those backward sweatshops in the Rhine have people rushing to get in.
——If you work in these factories, you might be exhausted to death by the age of 30, but if you don’t, you might starve to death tomorrow.
Such generous conditions naturally attracted a large number of people immediately. The prince was originally worried about whether Castel could handle so many people, but he soon found that this was completely unnecessary.
Even his harbor guards kept running to factories and schools. Prince couldn't do anything about it, but he also couldn't ignore it, which troubled him for a while. But that's a story for later.
Castel was determined to expand outward. If there were not enough schools, he would continue to build. If there was not enough land, he would ask the prince for it. Shiploads of cement and food were shipped in, and this peak of registrations was eaten up.
There were more than 5,000 people in this group, which was an exaggerated number even for Blood Harbor, but Castel showed extremely strong organizational skills.
It was a really difficult time, with countless troubles. But at least I managed to get through it.
Nowadays, most of the workers in the newly built factories in Blood Harbor are from this batch of graduates, and only some backbones and technical personnel are from Castel. Blood Harbor already has a basic industrial foundation.
Castres also benefited greatly. The workers drawn from the factory at that time have long been replaced. Now Castres' population has exceeded 10,000, with a permanent population of more than 11,000.
You have to know that this is the number of people who joined the expeditionary force or became teachers in the school in Blood Harbor.
There was a knock on the door. Zeus knew who it was without even raising his eyelids. The messages in the mind link were almost connected into a string.
Nini: "Open the door, open the door, open the door!"
Nini: "Old Lord, I have something urgent to ask you!"
Xiu Si: "What urgent matter could you have? If you had any urgent matter, you would have told me directly through the mind link. You are here now, so there is no urgent matter."
Nini: "Well, doesn't this show that I am sincere?"
Hughes: "If you have nothing to do, go back. I'm not familiar with this place and I'm tired. I'm going to sleep."
Bang!
The door opened and Nini squeezed into the room with a flattering look on her face.
"My Lord, the great Lord of Castel, the controller of the Ocean of Storms, the leader of the Great Crusade, the Lord of Blood Harbor..."
"Stop, stop, stop. My office is small and can't accommodate so many people. Just tell me what you want to say."
Xiusi rubbed his eyebrows and his left and right eyelids were twitching at the same time.
There must be one person who is responsible for this.
"Boss, in the last battle, everyone on the other side was dead before I could even charge forward!"
"Not everyone is dead. Isn't Hunter still alive? Besides, aren't you a war correspondent? Why are you rushing so far forward?"
"How can we interview if we don't move forward? This time we moved too far back and failed the interview!" Nini had a look of regret on her face.
"So, Lord, can you let us go out for the interview alone?"
Xiu Si sneered: "Will there be no one left alive after you finish the interview? Are you interviewing with a Gatling gun or a dragon breath cannon?"
Nini's eyes suddenly widened.
"You, how can you say such nonsense? I am here to interview someone seriously, not to kill anyone!"
"Who do you want to interview?"
"Nora."
Zeus closed his eyes, and his eyelids stopped twitching.
My heart was completely broken.
Sure enough, this Nini is here to cause trouble.
"You have to go to the North to interview Nora? Oh, big Nora, right? How do you interview that Nora? She doesn't even have a mouth. Does she speak with a shield or a flail?"
"Well, I'm just giving an example. I actually want to interview the resistance, like Gwen."
"You have to go to the North to interview Gwen? Oh, big Gwen. This..."
Xius frowned and thought for a while, then nodded.
"That's possible. The resistance army just needs to send someone to take a look and provide some support. But wouldn't it be too conspicuous for you to go there? Would the Vatican have any ideas?"
"The Holy See? How many divisions does he have?" Nini smiled contemptuously, stretched out her hand to her waist and prepared to use the Dragon Breath Cannon to test it, but she caught nothing - she had even forgotten that she was not on the front line.
Xius nodded: "That's right."
The Holy See actually has quite a few armies and countless extraordinary people, but the Holy See is on the side of the Empire.
The expeditionary army of Zeus has built a railway to the north, why would they care about you? If they have the guts, they can send troops to encircle and suppress the Banshee. In this way, they will have to defeat the three dukes of the four northern territories first. Is there such a good thing?
As for the Banshee encountering a superhuman, Zeus is actually not too worried. The Banshee has a strong ability in frontal combat, and it becomes even stronger after wearing specially made heavy armor. And with the Dragon's Breath Cannon, Zeus has made a name for himself in the North with two Dragon's Breath Cannons in the past six months!
(End of this chapter)
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