I Will Be The Crowned King

That's right, to this day, not only Beluga Port, but the most scarce "commodity" in the entire colony is still people.

More precisely, a young, able-bodied workforce with few health problems—both men and women.

The vast land and the sparse population sounds promising, but it also means that the scarce labor force can only be concentrated in one or two more important industries. The poor population base not only supports the development of the industry, it is difficult to even expand the scale. .

With the distance from Beluga Port, the most densely populated area of ​​Ice Dragon Fjord, it has iron ore and coal mines, a well-developed forest farm, rich seafood and prosperous port trade... But she is the most important and labor-intensive The industry is still agriculture.

Not only that, but it is obviously the most important raw material producer in the country. Agricultural products and seafood are still the most important commodities in Beluga Port, and their status is no less than that of ore... Not only does it not need to be imported, but it can also export food to the surrounding small colonies.

If you want to reverse this situation, it is still the best way to truly tap the development potential of Beluga Port and increase the number of immigrants; and to make the local people willing to take the risk and settling down in the new world, in addition to the generous conditions, publicity and support are the same Very important.

"On the issue of immigration, I have already negotiated the terms with the Cecil family in Beigang, and they will provide us as much convenience as possible, but that's all." Anson chuckled:

"My suggestion is to directly set up an 'immigration company' in Beigang, which is specially used to recruit immigrants. The merchant ships of the Beluga Port Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for the transportation work, so there is no need to hire transport ships. By Beluga Harbour Council."

With the support of the local government and the rich and powerful, there is the acquiescence of the royal family, the considerate service provided by the consignee, and the price is guaranteed... The only thing this so-called "immigration company" has to do is to gather people, and it has no gender. There are no restrictions.

This kind of business with almost zero cost and guaranteed income in drought and flood immediately aroused Erich's interest: "Is this fee online? I mean... How many new immigrants can Beluga Port accept a year?"

How many? I would like to not cap it, but it is impossible for the Beluga Harbor Council to agree... An Sen sipped his rum lightly: "The specific number is still in the negotiation stage, but it should be roughly around 3,000 people."

This is also the current line that Beluga Port can withstand. If it exceeds this number, it is necessary to consider whether people will starve to death—of course, it is the upper limit of Beluga Port Council. Labor, these congressmen don't want to pay more for the poor and poor new immigrants.

However, Anson's purpose is not so pure. It is only for the prosperity of Beluga Harbor. This kind of words can only deceive a simple person like Bishop Ripper, and even the Beluga Harbor Council can't be fooled.

The new immigrants can not only supplement the labor shortage in the colony, but also Anson's "tool man": training new immigrants who have nothing from scratch, the cost is definitely much lower than the resettlement of old immigrants.

These colonists, who have nothing to do with the ghosts and monsters of the Beluga Harbor Council, are more likely to hold military power and remain loyal to the "honorary speaker" who can provide them with security and life guarantees.

A steady stream of new arrivals also keeps the colony alive—continuing to diminish the influence of those who reclaimed farms, mines, and forest owners and workers from trying to haggle with themselves.

"Three thousand people, and we need a young and strong labor force as young as possible... Well, it's not a big number, but it's not particularly easy to get enough."

Erich, who frowned, lowered his head and muttered to himself. He pondered for a while, and after hesitating for a long time, he slowly said, "I will try to gather as many heads as possible, but there may be no guarantee that all of them are Clovis people."

"As long as you can enter the factory or the farm, I don't mind if you get the Iser elf." Anson raised the corner of his mouth and handed the glass to Erich:

"But I don't think that's possible, right?"

"On the contrary, if you are really 'interested' in this area, I... really have connections in this area."

Erich held the wine glass in both hands and looked at Anson meaningfully: "The quality is absolutely guaranteed, and it won't cause you any trouble; of course, the price can't be calculated according to immigration... It's very expensive, you need Add money."

This completely off-topic answer made Anson silent for a long time. He didn't know how to answer it. He could only pretend that he didn't understand clearly: "For the prosperity of the Rune family and Beluga Port!"

The very interesting arms dealer also deliberately ignored the past: "For the great future of Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief and Speaker of Beluga Port!"

"Snapped!"

The little secretary sitting in the corner lightly knocked his wine glass on the coffee table, smiled and drank it with the two of them at the same time.

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The immigration plan was finalized, and Erich, who had a heavy responsibility, was not in a hurry to leave the colony. He turned around and found Mason Weizler, the leader of the Beluga Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the actual representative of the parliament, and negotiated with the other party about the steel plant and the Construction of military factories.

According to the junior clerk, a "representative" like Erich who handles financial issues for the Rune family is "no less than a handful" in the most conservative estimate - evidence is that he briefly served as Talia's clerk In those few short days, he wrote letters to no less than a dozen "Mr. Erich".

Therefore, only need to send a letter, Erich does not even need to return to the mainland, a month later Beigang will "automatically" appear an immigration company with the name Beluga Harbor, recruiting in the name of the Rune family by virtue of their business network migrant.

And since Erich himself had cooperated with Anson before, the cooperation between the two parties is also a tacit understanding. Naturally, it is best to stay in the colony and take over the operation of the Luen family's factory and the increasingly prosperous "Beluga Port Good Man".

As a qualified arms dealer and factory owner, Erich has little experience with newspapers, but fortunately he has few competitors; a small paper mill plus a few second-hand letterpress presses, he can monopolize the entire ice The media world of Longfjord.

Moreover, the printing industry is a very small industry, it does not take up much labor, does not affect the development of other industries, and can form an excellent publicity effect with newspapers; it is really a small volume like Beluga Port, but the economic benefits are very good. The first choice for colonial port development.

As for the steel plant and the military plant still under construction, Erich merged the two plants into the "Beluga Harbor Steel Company" and negotiated the supply directly with the committees formed by the iron ore and coal mine owners in the Beluga Harbor Council. The goods agreement, relying on the Rune family and the storm division behind them, obtained sufficient raw materials at a price that was only ten percent higher than the local price.

However, considering that the scale of this steel factory is not large at present, it is only supporting the military factory to ensure that the Storm Division can barely be self-sufficient in infantry weapons; those committees simply pinched their noses and paid an extra amount of protection. fee.

What's more, they didn't suffer—in addition to the stable orders, Erich also distributed a total of 40% of the shares for free, and the two companies each accounted for 20%.

Considering that the garrison is the only and absolutely loyal customer of this steel company, there is almost no possibility of a loss on the book - after all, the storm division will not let it sell its weapons to others.

And Erich did not directly hand over the shares to the owners, but the "Beluga Port Ore Committee" and "Beluga Port Coal Committee". The additional dividends were directly handed over to the two committees in cash for the month. representative.

As for how the money will be divided, it has nothing to do with the steel company. It belongs to the "internal affairs" of the two committees, and it is inconvenient to interfere.

In this way, there is no need for An Sen to intervene. In order to protect their own profits and external "bargaining power", the two committees will automatically report to the group to warm up, forming a more organized and united interest group than now, and relying on scale to generate greater benefits, Drive the entire industry forward.

And once other property owners and land reclamation farm organizations realize this, in order not to be crowded out of living space and robbed of labor, they must do the same thing—the Beluga Harbor Council, which was originally forced by Anson to reform, will do the same for their own sake. interests are divided.

Holding the military power and the "Honorary Speaker" of the Faithful Alliance, it is more convenient to mediate each other between groups, and there is no need to worry about them holding together in a group to fight against the "foreigner" themselves.

Of course, the promotion of the scale and organization of various industries is also to further expand the trade network of Beluga Port and enhance its influence in the outside world, especially other colonies in the New World, rather than just limited to the Ice Dragon Fjord.

The entire New World runs from east to west along the coast of the turbulent sea, with a total of thirteen colonies of large scale and influence on the surrounding area; Clovis controls two including Beluga Harbor, and each of the three North Sea countries. There is one.

The empire nominally controls six places, but because the largest port and navy are in the Duchy of Adelaide, and many other duchy giants are very interested in investing in colonies, each of them has funded and even supported many colonial teams, and These colonies needed to be escorted by the Imperial Navy to reach the new world safely.

Therefore, it is a question that His Majesty the Emperor himself does not want to know, which of the Herid royal family and the Bernard family has more influence on the colony.

Among the thirteen large colonies, Beluga Port is neither the most populous nor the most resource-rich - its advantage is that it is the closest in line to the mainland (North Port), and it is not too far from the Three Kingdoms of the North Sea.

It is precisely by virtue of the advantage of distance, coupled with the fact that there are already several mature colonies around to provide labor and a small amount of trade, it has helped Beluga Harbor to overcome the initial difficulties. It only took a mere fifty years to grow to other colonies. A level that can only be achieved in a century, and still maintains a considerable degree of expansion momentum.

Anson's next plan is to expand trade with these colonies, increase the purchase of some of their "specialty" commodities, reduce transportation costs by renting merchant ships from the Royal Navy, and strive to win by quantity.

In the past, trade between such large colonies was scattered and spontaneous. At most, it was like the Beluga Harbor Chamber of Commerce, buying low and selling high; of course, it was not as efficient as Beluga Harbor, or even the entire Ice Dragon Fjord. The main body can gain bargaining power by relying on its size and purchasing power.

The most important thing is to take advantage of the distance between Beluga Port and the mainland, rely on cheaper and more abundant manufactured goods and luxury goods, and control the market in the new world - not only to go out, but also to attract the other party to take the initiative to Beluga. Hong Kong trade, let the lighthouse of this "new world" really shine.

In this way, the development of Beluga Port was promoted, and the raw material market of other colonies was also attracted to Beluga Port and shipped to the mainland by merchant ships.

This not only reduces the supply of raw materials for the empire, but also provides a more sufficient supply of iron ore and coal for the Kingdom of Clovis, stimulates the mainland to increase trade with Beluga Port, lowers the price of manufactured products, and further stabilizes Beluga Port. position in the entire New World trading system.

Every time he thinks of this, Anson feels that his loyalty is a little more sincere; it would be too sad if the mainland could not agree to his request and appoint an honorary governor.

However, just like the most perfect apple cider will definitely have the taste of oak barrels, no matter how perfect the plan is, there are often uncontrollable, unexpected or unexpected situations that break the beautiful blueprint that someone has worked so hard to build.

Of course, when this happens, he will often become aware of some small details in his heart, and his heartbeat will start to speed up, paving the way for the next thing he doesn't want to hear.

This situation may be a startling bird passing by in the air, it may be the last leaf falling from a branch, it may be a protruding wound on the cheek without any warning...

For Anson Bach, that was when Carl Bain, who had an unsure expression on his face, appeared in front of him with two notes.

"Which is the good news?"

In the church in the parliamentary district, Anson almost subconsciously stopped the chief of staff who was about to step forward, causing the latter to stand in a daze, and it took five seconds for him to react.

"It depends on what you think." Carl didn't know how to answer:

"In short, let's talk about the worse one first - your good friend Louis Bernard didn't lie to you, the Empire really dispatched a regular army of about the size of ours, about ten infantry regiments, to the colony, and there are quite a number of them. cavalry and artillery; plus the colonial militia, there are about thirty or forty thousand people."

"...What about the good news?"

"The good news is that the people in the army staff are just a bunch of fools who frighten themselves. This army was not sent to encircle and suppress us at all - so there is no need to worry about this anymore."

"It's not us... Who is that?"

"They themselves." Carl rolled his eyes:

"The colony of the empire has betrayed!"

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