"That's it...haha." The first mate was the first to express his position, but his smile was slightly forced.
Others reacted immediately and followed him hahaha, pretending to believe the explanation I gave.
It is estimated that at this moment, they feel regret that they mistakenly boarded the pirate ship, but what can they do?
If you still want to leave after knowing my secret, isn't that like jumping into the sea to feed the fish?
They whispered, thinking I couldn't hear them, but I heard them and pretended not to hear them.
In the end, designer Kang Lao was the one who thought broadly. He said that as long as everyone works hard and doesn’t talk too much, don’t look too much, and don’t think too much, life will still go on as usual.
He believed that the island owner was not a murderous person and would not necessarily kill people and silence them.
Indeed, I did not kill a few pirates or use cruel torture to shock the pirates.
I am using a gentle way to eliminate their edges and corners - hunger.
They are full of energy now, and of course they have bad tempers. When the energy in their bodies is exhausted, their tempers will also be released.
The antidote they took was effective, but fortunately, my Qi threads were in their bodies, helping them resist the influence of the aroma, because many people were lying in the sea of flowers and woods. Without my Qi threads to protect them, they would not have starved to death. It's too hot first.
But they didn't know that my breath was protecting them. When the antidote wore off, the pirates lying in the 'danger' area screamed desperately. They couldn't move their bodies, but their mouths were still free.
I took out the loudspeaker I made and explained to them casually that the island is now completely under my control. If I let them be okay, then it will be okay. It doesn't matter whether they take the antidote or not.
But if there are people who are looking for fun, I don't mind letting them experience the original entertainment of this island.
They still don't understand what I mean. There are no women among the pirates. All the people lying around are big men.
In order to ensure their stability, they swore to be obedient and loyal to my orders.
Just listen to the pirates' oaths. They are just afraid of the pain of skin and flesh. If they can be exempted from it by saying something nice and swearing a few poisonous oaths, of course they are willing. What is the bottom line for pirates?
They disguised themselves as shipwrecked sailors and called for help from merchant ships at sea. They often killed all the people on the ship when someone kindly rescued them.
As a result, merchant ships no longer dare to do good deeds when they go to sea, and they will never lend a helping hand when strangers are in trouble.
The success of Yehuan Sect is entirely because the merchants all know about the Biyi Sect and Biyi Island, and they have the Biyi Sect's tokens.
A bunch of thugs who are willing to do anything, and their guarantees are worthless.
It's true that it's temporarily quiet. No one dares to yell or spit out sweet things anymore.
The bird's nest on the island was demolished and there was no place for them to sleep. Even if it was not demolished, it would not be able to accommodate more than 3,000 people.
They had no sleep all night, mainly because there were too many mosquitoes.
I only protect them from cold and disease, and from being picked up by wild beasts.
Mosquito bites are also limited, at least a dozen per night.
The most uncomfortable thing was hunger. I was used to eating spicy food, so I skipped two meals. I was so hungry that I scratched my head, especially in the middle of the night. I was bitten by moths and hungry, so I couldn't sleep at all.
I sent someone to distribute soup to them. They still need to have soup and water, just add water.
Others were working as usual, just a little harder than usual.
And if a person only drinks water, he also has to discharge it. The pirates cannot move. The scene in the next few days will be very strong.
For people who have not endured hardship for a long time, when they fall into this situation, the psychological torture is far greater than the physical torture.
Those with poor psychological quality should surrender first. What they say is false, and willingness to work is the real thing.
If you don't want to be soaked in a "septic tank", you have to put down all your tempers and work as a free laborer.
Some people think that being a laborer is better than death. Isn't it because they are destroying their consciences to find a way out?
Surviving in their hearts is more important than anything else, including humanity, self-esteem and anything other than life.
They were the first to choose to save their lives, so I temporarily removed the air wire 'blocking' to allow them to get up and move around.
They had been lying down for several days without eating, and now they couldn't get up even if I asked them to get up. They managed to get up and immediately fell down. They felt like the sky was spinning and stars were shining in their eyes.
The people who worked for me gave them rice soup.
I assigned them tasks, and they will spend the rest of their lives working. After signing the contract, they are no longer independent people.
They can open up wasteland and build roads, starting from the basics, weeding and felling trees.
There are air threads monitoring their physical condition. Anyone who pretends to be sick will be starved, and there will be no unjust/false/wrong case.
They realized how powerful I was and didn't dare to make mistakes easily. Only when the crew mentioned that I was a doctor did they understand why I had such a method.
From then on, the pirates no longer dared to pretend to be sick and worked honestly.
As for other pirates, they persisted with an attitude of preferring death to surrender.
At first they thought I would starve them to death, but a month later they realized that as long as I was around, they would not starve to death. The soup and water were rich in nutrients and blessed with healing powers. They wanted to die quickly. possible.
Someone tried to provoke me with verbal attacks and I cut his vocal cords.
If you really want to torture them severely and use some drastic methods of subjugation, most people might be able to withstand it.
But I don't beat them or scold them. I dry them in the sun every day like salted fish, maintaining the standard of survival. Although they have never heard of the word "vegetative state", their feelings should be the same.
The difference may be that people in a vegetative state are either lying in the hospital or lying at home. They lie in the open air, exposed to wind and rain, and have eczema on their bodies. The pain can be tolerated, but the itching cannot be tolerated.
After a lot of 'torture' and consumption, most of the pirates signed the contract of sale and body.
The few who are willing to lie down, let them lie down.
Some feelings can only be experienced after a person loses the ability to move. They are okay in the beginning, but become more difficult as time goes by.
Yelling and yelling will not lead to a happy death, but will only lead to the loss of one's voice.
If you can't move your body or speak, you will be like the living dead.
Therefore, pirates are not stupid. No matter how uncomfortable they feel, they will never speak dirty words again.
I didn't pay much attention to them. I was so busy with my daily work that I didn't have time to pay more attention to them.
I think the plan given by designer Kang Lao is very good, so I will build the road and build the house according to his plan.
There are no cement roads or asphalt roads in this world. If stone roads are paved, it would be very inconvenient for people living on the island to mine stones or purchase large quantities of slates.
The former requires manpower and time, and the latter requires a large number of sailors. Only by utilizing all pirate ships can the construction period be shortened.
The designer Kang Lao suggested that I use gravel to pave the road. He originally wanted to build a dirt road, but I insisted on building a road that is not afraid of rain. Walking on a dirt road on a rainy day feels terrible.
Kang Lao's designer will make a kind of mixed soil, which is very strong when used to build city walls and ancient tombs.
There is no need to cut or buy stones, but the production cost is very high. No one is willing to spend this money unless the king builds the city or buries the king.
I immediately made a decision and told him not to be polite. The road on the mountain can be gravel, stone, or slate. The main road between the living area and the future industrial area and entertainment area must be easy to walk. It doesn’t need to depend on the weather. The carriage can run When it rises, it won't turn the P-share into eight petals.
Before I started to break ground on the official house, I first built a tree house in the woods where I could see the sea but not too close, using local materials.
The selected ancient tree can support a mansion. The main view is wide, and you can directly see the watchtower in the distance and the sea beyond.
The treehouse has windows on all sides and the stairs are on the floor, making it feel like you have built a loft in the tree.
As the second-in-command on the island, Yunzhou hangs out with the construction team all day long, eating and living in the same place.
I suddenly felt like my new home was being renovated, and the man in the family was supervising the whole process.
It's a pity that I can't be a hands-off shopkeeper. He follows the manual labor team and I have to follow another production team.
The first mate gave me some advice. He heard that I wanted to hire people to farm. He said that there were many farmers along the coast who had sold their houses and land due to various difficulties and were too poor to survive.
Farmers who have lost their properties and fields can make a living no matter where they go. Maybe they are willing to come to the island to give it a try.
Although there are such people, finding them is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Professional matters must be left to professional people. I leave the task to the crew members. They go to sea to make a living on their own, but their relatives at home are fishing and farming.
They took a small boat home and helped me find out if there were any farmers who were willing to go to the island to farm. It would be best if the whole family could move here.
When there are many people, there is a problem of food. Crops are not grown in a day. There is not much food on the pirate ship. Their nest was bombed and sunk. Everyone fled in a hurry. There was no time to carry gold, silver and food on the ship.
On the way here, they ate almost all the food stored on the ship. When they came here, they planned to have a good meal, but they ended up starving every day.
After planning the entire island, the initial investment was indispensable. I didn't plan to keep any money, so Yunzhou also poured out his small treasury.
Maritime merchants are coming one after another to retrieve their goods. I have not hidden the pirates on the island. This matter cannot be hidden. As long as we plan to do business, they will definitely be discovered.
It's not necessarily a bad thing that there are strangers landing on the island. It's not me who's nervous, it's the pirates who are still lying dead.
They have no signatures and are still on the arrest lists of various countries. They can be exchanged for a lot of money by sending them to the government.
Whether to be a human being, meat, sashimi, or a laborer with three meals a day guaranteed, this multiple-choice question is not difficult to choose.
In the end, there were only a few people left who wanted to die and pretended to have figured it out. I continued to grind and warned them coldly that I could see through anyone's thoughts at a glance, so don't play tricks in front of me.
Even with such 'mysterious' things as who really figured it out and who really wanted to die, I could see that they were still dissatisfied with something, so they had to admit defeat, unless they wanted to spend their whole lives as humanoid plants in the flower jungle.
Some of the hair had moss growing on it, and the position where they lay was not ideal. There was no sunlight, and they couldn’t dry it after it rained and got wet.
The main thing is that I can't move, which is worse than going to jail and getting beaten.
Now that they have figured it out and are willing to take action, there is not much time to rest.
When the merchant who came to pick up the goods saw so many pirates on the island, he was startled at first and turned around to escape.
The dock workers stopped them and told them not to be afraid, saying that these pirates were nothing compared to the owners of An Island.
Upon closer inspection, we found that the pirates were all in extremely miserable condition. Their hair had not been washed and their clothes had not been changed for several months. They were once fierce and strong villains, but now they were so thin that they lost their looks.
The strangest thing is that no one made a sound, they just quietly pulled weeds and moved rocks.
The original pirate leader has become a labor team leader. They clearly have shovels and axes in their hands, but no one is wielding them to shout at people.
The merchants were shivering and finally walked to my office.
In fact, it is right next to the Bird's Nest building. There is a road originally built by the Biyi Sect. Coming from the shore saves time and effort. It is more convenient to receive outsiders to meet here.
And I got a special car to run this route. When a customer comes, I will send a special car to pick him up.
There are pirates working along the way. I am also planning to rebuild this road and need to expand it.
When the merchants saw me, they spoke a little cautiously, fearing that I would kill them.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. I am the new island owner of Biyi Island. Island owner Xiao left this island to me before his death. Now I have renamed it Treasure Island, which means that I hope this island can make real money. Silver's treasure/island is mainly about business and farming as a supplement. I just want to live in a corner and fight and kill, which is not what I like."
Although several maritime merchants said "Oh" in unison, they obviously didn't believe what I said.
I don't force it, I just ask someone to bring the goods list. Whoever owns the goods will recognize it. I just need to confirm the identity token, sign and fingerprint, to prove that the goods have been taken away by them.
They took away the goods safely, and both the people and the goods were safe. Naturally, they knew whether what I said was true or false.
There was a slightly younger merchant who was lagging behind his companions when he went out to collect the goods. He turned around and asked me in a low voice: "What kind of business does Master An plan to do? Zheng heard that there are many rare medicinal materials on the island..."
"I have this plan to use the island's resources to start a medicinal business." I said frankly.
"I hope I will have the opportunity to cooperate with Master An in the future." The maritime merchant named Zheng took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to me, and then quickly chased after his companion in front.
What he pushed into me must be an ancient version of the business card. Strictly speaking, it was just a note.
Written on the strip was his name, business project and store address.
There are no telephones or Internet in this world. If you want to contact him, you can only visit him or write a letter.
If you have a store address, you can send a message through a civilian post station, but it is very slow and not as fast as asking someone who wants to go there to send a message.
"Zheng Yi." I put the note away. This man was brave enough. When everyone was suspicious of me and wary of me, he dared to reveal the store address to me.
Among the few boxes of belongings collected by Yehuanmen, there were indeed several people with the surname Zheng, and one of them was named Zheng Zhi. Judging by their names, they should be the same family.
Zheng Zhi's merchant ship was transporting precious medicinal materials. These medicinal materials were very popular overseas and the prices were extremely high.
The people in Yehuan Sect also knew some knowledge about medicinal materials and knew what medicine was good, so they ate a lot of the few boats of medicinal materials.
I ate about a third of it. When I reported the number, Zheng Yi didn't have any big reaction and didn't feel distressed at all. He also said that enough was enough and he could save his money by retrieving the rest.
An older businessman next to him laughed and said that even if only one-tenth was left, it would be enough to protect the capital.
(End of chapter)
