The mine is located east of Hope Island, about ten nautical miles.

From here, you have truly entered the Gulf Stream island chain. With the naked eye, you can see countless islands, large and small, scattered like chess pieces.

Of course, if you want to see the three main islands of the Gulf Stream Island Chain, you still need to go deeper.

On the Blolis, Hero stood on the bow of the ship, scanning the islands quite complacently—these were all his territory.

The wealth buried in the island of more than 30,000 square kilometers can be said to be astronomical.

It has been a rainy season recently. After several days of heavy rain, it finally cleared up and Hilo was able to go to the mine to see with his own eyes.

At this time, he had lost some weight and officially dropped below the 300-pound mark. He looked much more energetic.

Briana stood behind Shiloh. Next to her stood Connor, the unsmiling knight captain, and behind them were the backbone of Hannah's Chamber of Commerce and 20 fully armed knights.

Hilo has learned the lesson from the last battle with pirates. Now whenever he goes to sea, he will bring enough people with him.

He brought sword and shield soldiers, armored guards, and archers all on board.

Plus 50 sailors.

Safety, no problem.

"Brenna, the White Gull Queen is on standby at the mine. Tomorrow morning, your precious merchant ship will be loaded with ore and headed to the Kingdom of Pontos."

"Of course, in order to prevent you from being attacked again, I have specially sent two double-layer propeller warships to provide escort for you."

Brianna thanked her, but they both knew that the guard was fake and the surveillance was real.

Two smart people will not expose this layer. Although the trust relationship is fragile now, after repeated trades, those golden cuties will naturally make up for this layer of cracks and make them mutually trustworthy trading partners.

After sailing for more than half an hour, the Blolis finally arrived at the island where the mine was established. With a wave of his hand, Hilo directly named the island Gold Coin Island, which was so vulgar.

But vulgarity is elegance, and there is no such thing as vulgarity in anything that can make money.

The construction of the mine is not as hard as Stormwind City. It only needs to be renovated and maintained with the efforts of the previous pioneering lords, which is easy.

When Hilo and the others docked in a small boat, they happened to see a group of slaves, escorted by sailors, pulling several carts of ore and sending them to the White Gull Queen.

Shiloh waved his hand to signal the slaves to stop first. He casually took a piece of iron ore and handed it to Briana.

"Brenna, look at the purity of these ores."

Brianna took it and looked at it carefully.

"The purity of these iron ores is very high, it should be more than 80%... Your Highness, if the iron ore can be burned into fine iron blocks, these goods can be sold for at least double the price."

Shiloh nodded and said: "In that case, when you arrive at the Kingdom of Pontos, recruit some blacksmiths to bring back. By then, I hope the blacksmith shop on the island will be put into use."

Everyone was walking and chatting, and it was only then that Brianna experienced firsthand the rich mineral resources of the Gulf Stream Island Chain.

On Gold Coin Island, there are even mineral veins exposed on the surface that can be mined directly.

"It's incredible. It's like an undefended treasure."

Everyone praised him one after another.

After arriving at the mine, the sailors and slaves had already assembled. Shiloh clapped his hands and asked everyone to continue working, and then there was an inspection.

Since the mine has not been used for a long time, most of the tools can no longer be used and new ones need to be purchased.

The shortage of manpower has also greatly limited the productivity of iron ore.

A shipload of iron ore on board the White Gull Queen was the fruit of a hundred slaves' hard work that took several days.

"Your Highness, we are in urgent need of new tools...including horse-drawn carriages, ox carts, and hand shovels...a lot!"

"And more people are needed to mine it."

After the inspection, Briana provided timely opinions.

Shiloh nodded, but he thought more deeply than Brianna.

In addition to manpower and material resources, we also need to arrange systems... We cannot blindly exploit slaves, but we must make them regard this matter as their own work and give them appropriate remuneration to stimulate the labor force.

I am not a feudal landowner. A suitable system can better maintain the rule of the territory.

Shiloh carefully checked the plan of recruiting manpower and purchasing material resources with Brianna, and then handed over all the specific implementation powers to Brianna, making her fully responsible.

Afterwards, Shiloh himself also conceived a treatment system and planned to implement it after new staff came to Hope Island.

Everyone stayed in the mine overnight. The next day, the White Ou Queen was fully loaded with ore, and Rowan was waiting at the beach with two double-layer propeller warships, waiting to set off.

"Rowan, just leave the trade matters to Brianna. You only need to protect the safety of everyone in Hannah Chamber of Commerce and bring them back to Hope Island safely."

Rowan was cautious and naturally understood what Shiloh meant. He grinned and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. My boys and I will definitely protect Miss Briana's safety and return home with a full load."

On this trip to sea, Rowan brought 100 sailors and 150 slaves, directly taking away one-third of the population of Hope Island.

In half a month, they will bring new population and wealth to Hope Island, making Hope Island stronger.

After seeing off the Hanna Chamber of Commerce, Hilo returned to Hope Island, ready to plan the future development direction of the two islands.

If Hope Island is the administrative center of Herod in the future, then Gold Coin Island is the industrial center!

It must be constructed carefully.

Hilo is planning to build the Gold Coin Island into a huge factory with everything from mining to smelting.

And the food and accommodation for the slaves working on Gold Coin Island...

As well as the construction of new roads and ports to facilitate trade and freight transportation.

Maybe I will build a big market here in the future...

I need someone to help.

Shiloh carefully thought about the people he could use. Connor obviously focused all his talents on the military. As a captain, Rowan should be quite business-minded. Unfortunately, Shiloh had other plans for Rowan. After thinking about it,

Go, a figure suddenly popped into Herod's mind.

"Hey, why did you forget about him, that little boy..."

Shiloh smiled and immediately sent someone to find little Jack.

Little Jack obviously didn't expect that Shiloh valued him so much, and came to the executive hall with a confused look on his face.

Shiloh got straight to the point and told little Jack that he was going to put him in charge of the mining of Gold Coin Island and wanted to train this clever little guy.

"Little Jack, I know you want to be a warrior, but before that, you must learn to manage people."

"The minerals on Gold Coin Island will be an important industry for us in the future. I will give you full power now. If you can't manage it well, go back to the sea and become a sailor. Don't ever think about becoming a soldier again."

Shiloh's tone was serious. He was very optimistic about this clever little guy. Although his age was actually not much different from that of little Jack, his two lives of experience made him appear more mature.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I will do my job well!"

"Okay...little Jack, remember, you are now the number one in charge of the mine, and no one except me has the right to make irresponsible remarks."

"But you have to figure it out for yourself what to do when you fall to the ground. I can give you a hint."

"Remember, people come first."

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The next day, little Jack took some of his brothers to Gold Coin Island and replaced the person who was originally responsible for supervising the mines.
Chapter completed!