In the end, it was his father who spoke up and arranged a captain's position for him. He added, "This is a task of expanding territory, and the prince personally arranged it."
"Captain it is. As long as they are trained by me, a hundred thugs can take down two hundred regular soldiers. Humph! Just wait and see."
Boarding a large sailboat, he sailed thousands of miles, leaving the surging waves behind. The islands and continents he had never heard of before gave Liu San a sense of the joy of conquest, until he was personally received by Qin Mo.
"In the future, there will be hundreds or even thousands of production teams here. Every team leader will be a future official of our VIPs. As long as you do a good job, you might be the next port governor." Qin Mo's words ignited the passion in many people, but also completely extinguished the enthusiasm of others.
"Turns out, my job as team leader is a production team leader, and I'm in charge of a hundred Japanese team leaders. I can't let them work themselves to death; if one dies, I lose a point. If I lose too many points, my name will be posted all over Luzon (Manila)... and their parents will be notified..."
Liu San, who had never cried in a fight before, finally broke down in tears. She wasn't the captain at all! She was just a wife serving her wicked mother-in-law!
Three days later, Liu Huaiyu summoned his subordinates and began to question them.
"Who among you knows carpentry?"
Four or five arms stretched out, which made Liu San lose all hope.
"Who can build a ship?" As expected, not a single hand was raised.
The area around Luzon Island is rich in abaca, which can be used to weave hemp fabric and canvas; there is teak in the jungle, which can be used for shipbuilding and furniture making; there is also plenty of sugarcane, which can be used to make sugar. But looking at these silly Japanese people, Liu San knew that perhaps he could only lead them to log and cut sugarcane.
"Who knows how to mine..." Liu San said weakly. He had learned from Qin Mo a few days ago that there was an urgent need for miners, but mining is a technical job, and it could really kill you if you're not careful. He really didn't want to lead a team to mine.
"They've mined silver in Japan..."
Akita raised his hand tremblingly. He had eaten a lot these past few days and felt he needed to do something to repay the kind captain.
When Liu Huaiyu got the simplified map of the mine tunnel from Qin Mo, Akita almost banged his head against the wall in shame. He couldn't understand it at all, nor could he comprehend what the captain was talking about regarding the purpose of these complicated pillars and supports.
"Captain, we can just dig a hole and go straight down. Using so many pillars, beams, and supports to build this tunnel... will waste a lot of manpower, and we won't be able to dig much." Akita finally mustered up the courage to raise his objection to Liu Huaiyu.
"Is this method of mining safer and less prone to collapse?"
"Yes, Captain, this is indeed very safe... too safe."
"Then why the hell are you talking so much? This was drawn by the prince himself. I dare not say anything more. If you want your men to die, then don't hit the pillar."
With every word Liu Huaiyu uttered, it was like kicking the newly promoted vice-captain, making Akita Neiji feel warm inside and unable to stop crying.
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