industrial lord

Chapter 307 Entering a black factory
Citrus Island is located in the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. It is triangular in shape and covers an area of ​​about 2.5 square kilometers. It is famous for its rich citrus, lemon and other fruits. Now the land on the island is planted with citrus.

There are many varieties of citrus, some with sweet juice and some with thick flesh. The ripening time is also different, and there are varieties that ripen from September to November.

Now the time has come to the beginning of December in 1033, and the ripe citrus in November has been picked. This kind of citrus has a lot of flesh, sweetness, and bright red color. It is a good product for canned fruit.

Listening to the captain's eloquent talk, Frederick nodded his head from time to time.

He has seen these data in the report before. The main reason for the rapid expansion of citrus orchards in recent years is the emergence of canning factories, beverage factories and fruit juice powder factories, the popularity of high-efficiency fertilizers, and the smooth water transportation to the north, which makes the products available. new huge market.

Not only sailors who have been sailing for a long time have problems such as bleeding gums, swelling, and gingivitis. Even nobles in cold northern regions will suffer from diseases due to lack of vitamin intake in winter. Canned fruits, juices, and juice powders from the south became their savior.

Fruits such as citrus bear fruit in three years, and enter the high-yield period in five years. This year happens to be the first round of fruiting in the expanded citrus orchard. Not only is the fruit harvest good, but the production line imported from Wessen has also begun to be used.

The captain also told Frederick that if the canned fruit and fruit juice powder were taken to the southern mainland, and then transported through forests and seas to the arid areas further south, they could be sold at a high price.

The ship docked soon, it was a small port, the captain explained that this is a private port owned by the chamber of commerce, and the tax revenue is much lower than other places.

There were more than a dozen people who disembarked with Frederick. They all came out of the forest to work here because they heard that the orange orchard here was very profitable.

A group of people set foot on a strange land full of expectations for the future life. Like Frederick, they went to the restaurant at the port to have a full meal under the warm hospitality of the locals, and then they were paralyzed by anesthesia. When they woke up, everyone looked like piglets. They were also bundled up naked, and pulled by a carriage to a cannery.

"The clothes are ten ore, if you want to leave, return the money first!"

A muscular brother Gui was holding an ax to give the new recruits induction training. Behind him was a cow that he had easily chopped in half just now. The new employees squatted on the ground and shivered.

Frederick took a look at his clothes. It was a flour bag with three openings for his head and hands to pass through.

The Ole here and the florin of the Rhine Union are equivalent to gold coins. Today, 1 florin can buy 1.2 tons of wheat in Wessen.

In other words, this flour sack is worth 12 tons of wheat.

Behind Frederick, a girl of similar age hid there trembling.

She and Frederick only met once on the boat, and they didn't know each other's name, but she knew that if she didn't want to be trampled to death at this time, she should hug one thigh tightly, and this person was the strongest of them all.

Frederick observed the surroundings carefully, and noticed that this muscular brother Gui and the other thugs surrounded had an octopus tattooed on the back of their left hands, and they did not seem to be Mistress's subordinates.

The muscular brother Guiduo looked at Frederick twice, thinking that his muscles were not as high as his own, so he ignored him.

He waved his hand, and the thugs kicked and punched them to their feet, and then rushed to what looked like a dormitory area.

It's evening now, it looks like work is off, many numb people come in from the outside, and many people are leaving, probably on the evening shift.

These people are in groups of three or five, and in each group there is a relatively strong-looking person with a cloth belt on his arm, which looks like a leader.

As soon as the newcomers appeared, the leaders with cloth belts gathered.

A bald man said to Frederick and the others: "Here, the fist is the boss, and whoever I like will follow me."

"Follow me, whether it's work, eating, drinking, or sleeping, you have to listen to me!"

"When the time comes, whoever does the work will not be a problem, and if I get beaten, I will beat whoever!"

Frederick raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This octopus gang has some skills in management.

Although so many people are troublesome, it is enough to divide the people into groups and manage the group leader well. If a group cannot complete the daily work, they will only punish the group leader, and it does not matter how the group leader punishes the team members.

At this time, another group of people came back, the head of the group was bruised and swollen, and it seemed that they had just been beaten.

The bald head sneered, and said, "Look, they didn't peel enough fruit today, and the bearded man was beaten. Let's see how the bearded man will deal with those people later. You won't end well."

Frederick squinted his eyes slightly, feeling that the bald head was the support of the octopus gang.

As soon as the group of people entered the dormitory area, the bearded man turned around and slapped a woman behind him, cursing: "You are responsible for today, I will fuck you to death!"

After speaking, he began to lift his flour sack to spoil the woman in public.

Frederick turned his head and asked the bald man, "It makes sense to have big fists in your heart, right?"

The bald head said: "If you have the ability, you can subdue him, whether it is to snatch the woman or become the team leader."

3 minute later.

The bald man lay on the ground and shouted anxiously: "I'll take it! I'll take it!"

He felt uncomfortable, Temiao's self was just watching the fun, so why did he beat himself too.

Frederick stood there completely fine, without sweating, and asked calmly, "Have you taken it all?"

The other leaders lying on the ground hurriedly shouted: "I've taken it, I've taken it too!"

As for the one who was beaten first, he had already passed out.

Frederick untied the cloth strip from the man's hand and put it on his arm, and the people with octopus tattoos standing at the door said nothing.

He walked up to the bald head again and asked, "Is it okay for me to find a few men?"

Not just the bald head, everyone else is fine.

So Frederick collected all the women among the workers into his own hands. There were six of them, and he counted as many as he could protect.

Finally Frederick kicked Baldhead to get him up.

The bald head ignored his left eye and was beaten so hard that his ribs seemed to be cracked in two. He enthusiastically led Frederick and his team members to arrange a separate dormitory, and took him to teach him when to eat and when to take a bath. , where to go to the toilet and so on.

At this time, the sound of the bell was ringing outside, and the bald head suddenly turned around to run, but he gave Frederick a hesitant look.

Frederick waved his hand and said, "Go to work."

The bald head ran fast.

Frederick glanced at his team members and said, "In the future, if you are bullied, please report my name, Charles Smith."

"Now, go to dinner?"

After speaking, he took his men to the place to eat.

Now it's meal time, and each person has a bowl of soy flour and oatmeal.

(End of this chapter)