Admiral in the Azure World

Chapter 166 Rose Island Deacon

In the early morning, the sky was still bright, and a faint mist enveloped the sea. The North Port of Jialan seemed particularly quiet. There were only a few little girls in strange swimsuits playing on the sea.At this time, most people were still sleeping, and only the breakfast shops opened early.

Smoke rises from the most famous breakfast street in Jia Lan.

In another hour or two, the workers from Cycad Island should be catching the boat. By then, the entire Beigang will be overcrowded, and the breakfast stall will be even more crowded.

Jiagang's dormitory has begun to light up sporadically. When the iconic bell tower of Beigang rings the six o'clock bell, the boat to Cycad Island is almost ready to sail.

It was also at this time that Stowe came to Gloria Island.

He is the deacon of Rose Island, and in every sense he is Huang Jiang's senior.

However, Stowe came here this time not to connect with Huang Jiang, but to discuss business.

The Rose Island where Stowe is located is located in the middle of the Sunflower Territory. There are no mirages there, so naturally there are no opportunities to earn meritorious service. However, the deacons who choose this kind of island as their territory don't care much about meritorious deeds. They are more concerned about meritorious deeds. Like to pursue stability.

And if you have been stable for a long time, you will unknowingly degenerate. You will indulge in red wine, women and flowers all day long. You are not like a federal elite at all, and sometimes you will even ignore your own sea soul.However, such deacons will soon be eliminated by the federation. After all, the deaconship granted to federal deacons by the federation is not unconditional. While they enjoy rights like feudal landlords, they must also fulfill corresponding obligations.

Such as supporting the battle of the Border Butler.

Therefore, most of the islands located in the territorial relaxation zone have higher taxes, and a large part of them is used to fund the border deacons. If everyone is still treated equally in this regard, the Federation will soon be filled with a group of people who prefer to be happy and have no aspirations. , thus ushering in the disaster of annihilation in Feifei.

It's a pity that there are policies and countermeasures, and the elite's brains always go in all kinds of strange ways when used in wrong ways. However, there are thousands of methods, and in the end they often transfer the financial pressure of the Deacon's House to the common people.So in the vast sea area in the central part of the Federation, the poor died of poverty and the hungry died of hunger.

It was not until the past few years that this phenomenon improved, because even the governors could no longer stand it.

A large number of deacons have been stripped of their title of federal deacons due to tax evasion charges.Naturally, what will greet them will not be destruction, because the sea soul resources in their hands are still very scarce. They also need to join the tax bureau, use the blood of more compatriots who evade taxes to wash away their crimes, and pursue the goal of decentralization again. Chance.

It was under such circumstances that Stowe became the deacon of Rose Island.During his tenure, the previous deacon of Rose Island almost squandered all the wealth accumulated on Rose Island and built a splendid palace. Then, before his butt was hot, he was caught by an old classmate from the tax bureau.

But all this has nothing to do with Huang Jiang. As a border deacon, it’s good that he didn’t suck the blood of the parliament.

Stowe is also in a dilemma. His family is not prominent. He has served the nobles diligently for decades before he became a deacon. Until now, his elderly father still thinks that the reason why he is what he is today. All the achievements are due to the gift of that noble Lord.

What makes Stowe happy is that although Rose Island has been completely destroyed, with a serious loss of islanders and backward infrastructure, it does have an aluminum mine that is rare in the federation.

Aluminum, as the precious metal of the Federation, is very popular in upper class circles.However, this popularity only happened in recent years. Before that, people were still generally worried about whether mirages would suddenly jump on their faces.

I got a big deal myself.

At least that's what Stowe thought when he first arrived at Rose Island.He fully thought that as long as he relied on this aluminum ore island, he could take root on Rose Island and gradually cultivate a new noble starting from himself.

But he was too naive.As a precious metal, aluminum is naturally expensive, but it is not directly linked to currency like gold, and until now, the development of aluminum has only limited to tableware and a small amount of jewelry, just for showing off.

Stowe's fantasy soon suffered a severe blow from reality. With the sea soul competition among the governors, the money in the hands of almost every deacon was tight, and with it came the upper class who funded these deacons. The financial crisis of the nobles.

The nobles were out of money.

As a result, Rose Island's aluminum was unsalable.You can imagine how delighted Stowe was when he learned that there was a deacon who had a long-term supply of aluminum.Stowe had heard about Gloria Island for a long time, even earlier than most people in the Federation knew about it, because as early as half a year ago, the deacon of Gloria Island had found him through the sea fog system.

But he was also talking about aluminum.

But at that time, Stowe was still immersed in the dream of getting rich from aluminum ore, and he didn't even open his eyes to look at his newly graduated junior student.

Unexpectedly, in just over half a year, the situation changed 180 degrees.

In order to survive, Stowe had to travel all the way from Sunflower Collar to Tulip Collar.

Only then did he realize how important a stable customer was.

"This...is this really the border?" When Stowe stood on the deck and saw the whole of Gloria Island for the first time, he was stunned by the sight before him.

Under the mist, the towering lighthouse of Gloria Island glows orange-red.Behind the lighthouse is an exquisite bell tower. The bronze mechanical clock has a different charm. It is not full of ancient memories like the historic bell tower, but it does not have the jumping-off point of a newly built bell tower. Instead, it brings a sense of elegance. With a kind of composure.

Behind the clock tower are four tall buildings that attract Stowe's attention all the time.Except for the high-rise building closest to the port, the other buildings look unfinished, but even if they are just unfinished embryos, they are already overlooking all living beings.

Stowe had a hard time imagining what it would be like to stand at such a height and look down at the world.

Oh my god...has this junior of mine really only graduated for half a year?

And is this really the border?How does it feel that the degree of luxury is not lower than the big cities he knows.

Black lampposts are neatly arranged on both sides of the straight street.

A ray of sunshine came from the east and swept across the earth quickly. Two rows of street lights were extinguished one by one along the road, as if there was an invisible god walking along this path, walking forward happily.

Hailixing walked out of the cabin with a plate of bacon sandwiches. She walked gently to Stowe's side and said distressedly:

"Don't be so nervous, Stowe. This is a fair deal, not a life and death battle."

"I know, Hailixing." Stowe looked into the distance, "I was just thinking about what kind of person I was going to meet. One who could develop a border island into what it is today in such a short period of time... "

Hai Lixing felt something and looked towards the sea.

"what happened?"

"There is a sea soul." Hai Lixing replied.

Stowe followed Hai Lixing's line of sight and saw six cute children swimming there. With the intuition given by the sea fog, he also saw that there were sea souls inside, but he couldn't see clearly, so he asked: "which one?"

"All of them."

(End of this chapter)