Admiral in the Azure World

Chapter 141 Autumn Offensive
Iris Island.

The construction of new islands is in full swing.Neat and beautiful factory buildings were built one after another. Next to the temporary port was a row of crude iron factory buildings, in which the first batch of merchants had settled.

As Huang Jiang expected, due to factors such as transportation, facilities, environment, manpower, etc., none of the heavy industries that have settled on Iris Island today are just the most elementary light industries. For example, the textile industry has been surrounded by a series of ups and downs in the textile industry. downstream enterprises.Not far from the permanent factory building under construction, the three-story building under construction will be the future administrative center of Iris Island. Because the renovation equipment is too expensive, Huangjiang has no plans to set up a renovation point here for the time being, but the permanent The ship girl is on a rotation system. During peacetime, she will rotate once every three days and return to Gloriosa Island for supplies.

Today is the first day of the rotation. Hood returned to Gloria Island early in the morning, and it was Saratoga who took over Iris Island.

"Are you a newcomer? Why don't you sit in the service center with your classmates? It's much more comfortable there than on the construction site." Jia Jia looked up at the office building under construction and asked Miller beside him.

Miller smiled implicitly and said, "I'm more interested in this place."

Is this the ancestral land of my bloodline?Miller looked at the desolate Iris Island. If he had come here when Iris Island had just been recovered, he might have been desperate after seeing such a scene, right?But things are different now. Pile drivers and mixers are undoubtedly injecting a new blood into this reborn island, a blood that is very different from the small farmer life that grandpa said.

"Actually, I think it's okay to build a one-story building here." Miller said, "Iris Island is not big and the affairs are not busy. Some consuls will not even set up offices on the attached islands."

"We can't compete with each other." Saratoga shook his head and said, "Although there are so few people on Iris Island now, when the Deacon Mansion's industrial plan is fully rolled out, the introduction of labor will definitely be the top priority. Isn’t it embarrassing that there is no place for workers to handle even the most basic affairs? Moreover, this building is not just used as an office.”

"Oh?..." Miller was a little curious.

"It will also serve as a night school for literacy in the territory."

"Literacy? Night school?"

"Don't you understand this?" Saratoga said with a smile, "If the quality of the people cannot be improved, then a larger population will be in vain and even a burden. But once most people recognize it, Only then will they become a real labor force...Huh? Am I right...What did the admiral tell me at that time?"

Halfway through her pretense, Saratoga herself became confused. She lowered her head and pointed her fingers to recall what Huang Jiang told her that night about the relationship between literacy and labor.

Although what Jia Jia said was very confusing, Miller also roughly understood what the Deacon House meant. This was indeed a good thing. In an era when knowledge was monopolized by the nobles, such behavior was unprecedented. This would undoubtedly be opposed by the nobles. They will also suffer criticism from civilians.

The nobles will think that you are infringing on their rights, while the common people will think that you are looking for trouble and causing trouble for them.

"But I'm afraid it's not that easy to implement. After all, the workers are tired enough after get off work every day..."

"Don't worry, workers only work eight hours a day."

"How could it be?" Miller was startled. His first reaction was, wouldn't those factory owners rebel?
"This is written in the contract. If you want to set up a factory on Iris Island, you must fulfill this clause."

"Will anyone sign this?" Miller was a little confused. After all, many factories now adhere to the principle that if you don't do the job, someone will do it. They willfully suppress workers who are unwilling to work overtime in order to squeeze out more workforce to gain greater benefits.

These farmers who were driven out of their homes by the enclosure movement were thrown into sweatshops.

"If they can find a way to find a cheaper rental land." Jia Jia spread her hands and said. She has the same attitude as the majority of sweatshop capitalists on this point. If you don't sign this, someone will sign it. Anyway, the federation is bankrupt but it is There are many factory owners who are unwilling to give in.

"But this will eventually offend those factory owners, right?" Miller was a little worried.

"They will soon taste the sweetness, the difference between 20 hours of hard work and 8 hours of hard work." Jia Jia said, "And the admiral has no intention of attracting those who are used to steamed buns with human blood. From the beginning to the end, What he wants to attract are the lowest workers. Don't you think the eight-hour work system in this place will attract more workers?" "But what's the use?" Miller was a little incredulous.

"Factories like to run to crowded places. But before we can enjoy the dividends, we must first face the counterattack of factory owners across the federation. But what can they do against a deacon with a large number of sea soul troops?"

Jia Jia also wanted to show off her advanced thinking in the 40s and [-]s. She had also experienced that era and had seen ship girls in sweatshops. But just now, she received a communication from Huangjiang.

"Oh! The Admiral has come to Iris Island?" Jia Jia couldn't help shouting, and then she hurriedly said to Miller, "I'll leave this place to you. I'll go see what delicious food the Admiral brings me. Got it!"

Then Saratoga ran away in a hurry.

"..."

Miller was silent for a while, then muttered:
"If it's a sea soul sequence, maybe there will be a sea god in Jialan."

……

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“Alas——!” Jia Jia collapsed on the chair and looked feebly at the Huangjiang opposite, and said, “I thought the admiral knew that I was tired from the past few days and came here to visit me, but it turned out that he didn’t even have delicious food. None."

Huang Jiang replied speechlessly: "Are you very tired these days? Why do I feel that you have been fishing."

"I like to fish, so I'm a submarine, and I like to play with cats." Saratoga continued weakly.

"...Did you encounter anything when you went to Jimu Island the day before yesterday?" Huang Jiang asked about Jimu Island. Saratoga came back yesterday afternoon. At that time, Huang Jiang was already on the Jialan, so he didn't No chance to discuss this issue.

"It's nothing, it's just that the deacon named Anduo was a little surprised to see me. He thought I was my sister." Saratoga tugged on the collar around her neck, "Obviously there are obvious differences between us!"

"There's nothing else... I just heard that Andersen is going to summon the second sea soul."

"Will he summon the second sea soul?" Huang Jiang thought he would hang himself on a tree, but then he became confused and muttered, "Does he have the spare money?"

"I heard that Milton suppressed it. I heard from Anders that the surrounding islands have recently been asked to summon new sea spirits. They said it was to guard against the Mirage's autumn offensive."

"Is the Autumn Offensive difficult?" Gaga turned around and asked.

"The Autumn Offensive is just a younger brother." Huang Jiang rolled his eyes, "The mirage just wants to grab something for the winter, and it's still the kind of thing that he grabs and runs away. The entire Autumn Offensive will end up being a cat and mouse, and the sea will end every year. The soul troops are chasing after the mirage."

This is obviously not aimed at mirages, but is clearly intended to increase the number of sea souls to maintain deterrence.

No wonder Milton was so shameless in amassing money. It turned out that military spending was too high.

(End of this chapter)