Half an hour later, the old captain and Captain Haddock arrived at the villa and were welcomed into the study by Chapman.
The old captain, who was actually more than seventy years old, now looked like a middle-aged man in his forties with a profound aura. He was wearing a gorgeous sky-blue Frac suit, a blue three-legged hat with a red border, and a white civilized cane with an ivory top in his hand. It was hard to believe that this was a captain who had been at sea for decades.
The burly Captain Haddock was wearing a black gentleman's suit and a half top hat, and also held a black civilized cane in his hand.
Feng Chou politely asked the two to sit down. Unlike Chapman, the two captains and Feng Chou were in an employer-employee relationship. Relatively speaking, their status was more equal, but they were not that close.
Feng Chou asked about the preparation of the two captains.
The old captain spoke first, "According to your orders, only half of the twenty-five merchant ships are loaded. All of them are on standby at the port."
Feng Chou thought for a while and said, "It will take about two months to gather the people that need to be transported to the port. When everyone is gathered at the port, then you can start to purchase supplies. Each ship must prepare enough supplies for two thousand people to use for half a year."
After giving some instructions, Feng Chou sent the two captains away.
That night, Feng Chou stayed in the villa. In the dead of the night, he opened the window and released a group of pigeons that were very common in Tailun Port.
Most of these pigeons flew to the depths of the city, and some flew to the port that currently belonged to him. He needed to know if his subordinates were as prepared as they said.
Of course, it was not that Feng Chou did not trust Chapman or the two captains. He did not trust the people below him, especially Chapman, who had just taken over such a big port. It was difficult for him to carry out his will without any compromise. It was human nature to be sneaky and slippery.
The next day, Feng Chou called Chapman over and pointed out the problems in the preparation work of the port in detail. Chapman had long been accustomed to his master's omniscience. After he recorded down the problems pointed out by Feng Chou, he brought a group of people from Green Dragon Island to the port to inspect the work.
In just one day, a large number of problems were found, and some of the crafty dock workers were dismissed. During this time, there were even conflicts with the gangs near the dock.
Chapman, who was prepared for this, quickly mobilized hundreds of merchant ship guards.
The strongest members of these two gangs were just two high-grade Rogues. In front of the merchant ship guards who had an average profession level of almost Level 10, they were like a group of children. They were suppressed without causing any waves. Even the leaders of the two gangs who were hiding behind the scenes were taken down by Chapman's men.
Feng Chou stayed in Tailun City for three days. After confirming that the actions of the two gangs were due to their own greed, and that there was no mastermind behind them, he left Tailun City.
Around the fourth day after Feng Chou left, the ferries from the upper reaches of the Alvindale River continuously sent poor families who were willing to be recruited to the Lordship Of Pedro overseas.
These poor people mostly came from the bottom rung of the cities along the Alvindale River. For various reasons, they were willing to go to the Lordship overseas. If a mage were to observe them carefully, he would be able to see that many of them had the power of Controlling Spells in effect.
If someone were to observe carefully, the commoners who were recruited had one thing in common. If they were recruited by a family, then there must be a child in the family. If they were recruited by an individual, then he must be a youth below the age of fifteen, or even an orphan.
The ferries that transported them were hired by different people at high prices, and they had signed very formal, legally binding contracts. They had to send these people safely to the Terex Pier in the new port area of Tailun City.
Those who were interested in the situation began to take action. They felt that this should be a good opportunity to find out the power behind the Green Dragon Island.
But everyone returned in disappointment. They did not find any clues, as if the recruiters did not exist at all …
In reality, the recruiters that they thought were real did not exist. This was all thanks to Qiankun Pagoda.
After this upgrade, Qiankun Pagoda was equivalent to an all-elemental high-level mage with unlimited Spell Slots. It was no longer the useless magical equipment that had no ability to interfere with the outside world.
Every time Feng Chou came to a city, he would release a large number of scouting birds to collect information from the slums of the city. The information collected would be analyzed by Qiankun Pagoda, and the target would be confirmed.
After that, Qiankun Pagoda would first go to the pier area, find a suitable ferry, and bring the relevant staff members into the Qiankun Pagoda, edit their memories, and use an attractive price to get them to agree to sign a harsh shipping contract.
After that, Qiankun Pagoda would teleport invisibly into the slums, avoiding the strongholds of some evil gods and demons. It would begin to wantonly bring the targeted families into the Qiankun Pagoda, using illusions to edit their memories, using Controlling Spells to influence their wills, and make them voluntarily board the reserved ferry at the pier …
Just like that, in a month, Feng Chou traveled two thousand kilometers along the Alvindale River, visited dozens of big and small cities, and recruited more than thirty thousand people.
Among these people, there were about seven thousand youths and children.
These youths and children either had the talent of a Fighter of Master-level or above, or had the talent of a Spell Caster of high-level or above.
Two months later, the people recruited by Qiankun Pagoda were all gathered in the warehouse area of the Terex Pier.
These people were forced to bathe here, change out of their original clothes, and put on new ones. The clothes they changed out of were gathered together and burned, and the sick were also treated by Divine Spells.
Half a month later, when everyone had completed their quarantine, the twenty-five merchant ships had also completed their purchase of supplies, and were ready to welcome the people aboard.
Boarding the ships and arranging the cabins took more than half a day. At about two-thirty in the afternoon, the twenty-five merchant ships were ready. Following the signal of the flag hung high above the old captain's flagship, all the merchant ships began to sound their horns and set sail.
Soon after, the twenty-five merchant ships formed a magnificent line, slowly leaving the port.
After the merchant ships left the port, Feng Chou instructed Butler Chapman to reopen the port. After a few words, he also left Tailun Port by teleportation.
After returning to Green Dragon Island, Feng Chou arranged a one-month holiday for himself. After that, he went into seclusion on the deserted island, and continued to study Cultivation Spells.
Four months later, the fleet successfully returned to Green Dragon Island. Feng Chou finally stopped his seclusion for a short while, and personally supervised the proper arrangements for the thirty thousand new immigrants.